3littlebyrds

I fell in love with Lothal in Rebels, so I was really happy with the depiction in the live action show!! I loved the ships, scenes, and Loth cats! As a lover of the ancient world and mythology, I really appreciated Ahsoka's scenes in the temple ruins, and when she got the map. I love the lore of the show, so I was happy to see all that. It was a little harder for me to adjust from animated characters to live action ones, but I'll grow to love them, too. I am prepared for a bumpy start to this series because the characters need some kind of developmental arc for viewers who didn't watch Clone Wars or Rebels. In CW and Rebels we would get resolved character development after a particular story plot, and in the next episode the same characters would have to start over and regain another level of trust, so this kind of story telling is pretty average in Star Wars. An example is when Kanan met Rex, they had an up and down relationship that developed over time. My issues are with some aspects of the plot. First issue: Why is Sabine suddenly a failed Jedi padawan and why is Ahsoka her master when Ahsoka, justly, left the Jedi order??? I was really hoping Ahsoka would become a Grey Jedi, or just a force user without all the stuffy rules of the Jedi. After what we saw in the prequel trilogy and CW, I was left feeling jaded about the Jedi, so they aren't these ultra good monks, they are merely on the spectrum of Force weilders. The rigid rules of the Jedi is part of what became their downfall. When Ahsoka showed up at the end of Rebels I assumed it meant she and Sabine would go searching for Ezra. Why was Ahsoka so frustrated that she abandoned the training with Sabine? I can accept that, technically, ALL living organisms have the force, and some are better able to tap into the force and let it flow through them. So I can accept that Sabine is force sensitive, but she wasn't interested in Jedi training in Rebels, but now all of a sudden she's a failed padawan? Ahsoka wouldn't even train Grogu. I don't know... Second issue was the "call their bluff" moment the captain had when allowing the fake Jedi to board his ship. So dumb and reckless. Perhaps it just shows the naivety and overconfidence of the New Republic? I mean, they had a whole Empire infiltration and operation build a planet sized space ship right under their noses. Third issue: Why are they saying Thrawn is exiled, or banished?? He's not, he was kidnapped against his will by a pod of Purgil. Do they not know that he was kidnapped? I could buy that they presumed he was dead. All in all, it was great, and I look forward to the story unfolding :)