Thank you to all the fans who celebrated with us at our @AhsokaOfficial fan events around the world last night!

We’re excited to announce that new episodes of #Ahsoka will now launch Tuesdays at 6PM PT, starting with our two-episode premiere on August 22, only on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/Z2XqAqBiIC

— Star Wars (@starwars) August 18, 2023

Gotta be honest….kinda upset they aren't toothpick sabers….

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Thank you to all the fans who celebrated with us at our @AhsokaOfficial fan events around the world last night!

We’re excited to announce that new episodes of #Ahsoka will now launch Tuesdays at 6PM PT, starting with our two-episode premiere on August 22, only on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/Z2XqAqBiIC

— Star Wars (@starwars) August 18, 2023

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Best. News. Ever.

Finally.

I honestly think I'm going to like this show 10% more than I already would have, due to this change alone.

Of the major streamers, Is Netflix the last midnight premiere holdout? Apple, Amazon, Disney+, Hulu, and Max all now do some variation of a premiere between 6 PM and 9 PM Pacific.

As it should be.

Knocked out the Ahsoka's Exit arc of TCW. Really enjoyed that. And just like the final arc of the show, it makes for a great standalone story. It works without any other context needed. And I always enjoy the noir/mystery stories the best.

Since I've already seen the final arc of TCW, moving on to the three Tales of the Jedi episodes on the Ahsoka playlist.

Will probably knock out the 8 Rebels episodes on Sun/Mon.

Watch a 30 minute review by Screencrush. It'll tell you what you need to know

To be honest, I kind of doubt enough people care about this show that Disney will have to worry. Unfortunately I feel like between Boba Fett, Obi-Wan, and Mando S3, a lot of casual fans have probably fallen off.

I think you are 100% correct.

I haven't watched any of the animated shows either but I watched this recap that breaks down most of it.

I, for one, am just proud that you are watching Rebels.

I just rewatched the 4-episode arc of TCW where Tano leaves the order. Just fantastic.

SoulSlaveAG2005 said:

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I, for one, am just proud that you are watching Rebels.

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Here, here. It's a fantastic series that feels authentic despite shoe-horned in to a very narrow gap of time where a lot of parameters are already set up. Ezra took a log time to grow on me, much like Ahsoka did. He's basically Star Wars Aladdin when the show starts, but he grows up, especially once he gets a damn haircut.

Still wishing against wishes that there's a Freddie Prinze Jr. as Kanan Jarrus flashback cameo in Ahsoka. He was phenomenal throughout the series, especially at his end.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Funny you say Aladdin, cause the first half of Twilight of the Apprentice is basically just Aladdin and Jafar in the cave of wonders.

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This is what AI gave me for "ezra brider and sabine wren flying on a magic carpet over lothal"

I always thought space Aladdin would have been a better back story for Anakin.

Start him as a teenager or 20-something instead of a kid.
Give him a sister.
Make him a rogue-ish character with a heart of gold. Someone who has used the force without realizing it was the force to con and steal for a living.
Dispatch obiwan to Tattoine to handle some threat and have him meet Anakin and his sister there.
Kill the sister in the finale.
Make that grief, anger and vengeance the seed that turns Anakin into Darth Vader over the course of episodes 2 and 3.
He should love sand.
Alas.

Slight tangent, but something I did really like about what I saw of Rebels was the concept of The World Between Worlds, to the point where I was actively wishing something similar (if not the exact same thing) would have been a major plot point in the sequel trilogy instead. Rather than The First Order trying to build another redundant, uninspired, planet-sized super weapon, one that simply blows up even more planets, it would have been so much more fun and mysterious if there was an archeological race of sorts to find, excavate, and utilize the portal. Basically, take Mads Mikkelsen's character's motivation from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, apply it to Kylo Ren, and have Kylo/The First Order obsessed with wanting to go back in time to try and wrong the rights of Vader's and Luke's actions at the end of Return of the Jedi. Then let Rey represent the whole "let the past die" thing and, thematically speaking, make the sequel trilogy more about needing to move on from the OT/PT era (while also paying homage to it). Heck, Thrawn could have even taken Snoke's place to a degree, and the whole Ezra-sacrifices-himself-and-Thrawn-to-The-Outer-Regions thing could have made for the perfect Episode VIII, Empire-like cliffhanger, only it's Rey and not Ezra.

I don't know, it's just such good drama, and the perfect nostalgic McGuffin, that for lack of a better word was "wasted" on an animated show not everyone has seen, when the sequel trilogy was in desperate need of something fresh, and this basic plot line would have been the perfect solve.

Oh well. At least it makes for a good cliffhanger/lead-in here, and I'm definitely eager to see where it all goes.