I’m reading Star Wars Ahsoka (trying to finish my books TBR this month) and I must say I really like her. It’s an interesting character and a nice addition to SW stellar crew. But I think it’s so upsetting all this discourse of “not being a Jedi” just because she doesn’t belong to the Jedi Temple Studio 54. So, to be a Jedi you must be a member of a country club and that’s it? #starwars#ahsoka#books#reading@bookstodon
That’s so uncannon and go so against the very core of Star Wars. We all have learn that Luke is a Jedi. “Return of the Jedi” means something to anyone? Luke even restored the Jedi Order in EU (what they call Legends now). I know it’s an identity issue for her, but it really is… boring. #starwars#ahsoka#books#reading@bookstodon
@factolvictor@bookstodon One of the most interesting aspects of her character. She walks a different path and if you read/watch her story it's easy to see how she got her. It's great. #starwars#ahsoka
The thing with #Ahsoka is that Thrawn is obviously some badass empire dude who was so evil he was banished to some galaxy only reachable by massive space whales, but unless you're the geekiest of #StarWars nerds then you're like "if Thrawn was such a stalwart of the Empire, where was he in the original trilogy?"
Seeing "Clone Wars"-era Anakin and Ahsoka in live action feels strange. I'm so used to them in animated form.
I was struck by how much younger "Clone Wars" Ahsoka seems in live action. The Jedi throwing an untrained child into battle—in a leadership position, no less—was unconscionable.
For all I like #Ahsoka I do worry a little that it's by far the most intra-referential show yet for nu-#StarWars. Like to get the most from it you need to have seen TCW, Rebels, Mando + played at least Fallen Order, + read Zahn's books and I wonder how sustainable a model that is
So I watched eps 1 and 2 of Ahsoka and it made me realize what a key role Favreau played on The Mandalorian. Filoni is so in love with the Star Wars lore that every shot is framed like it's Huge and Important, but the show just hasn't earned that yet, so it comes off slow and ponderous. Filoni really needs a co-creator next to him saying "this is boring, how can we make the audience care?" That was Favreau for The Mandalorian and his absence in Ahshoka is palpable. #StarWars#Ahsoka
I'm enjoying reading people gush over #Ahsoka and pointing out things I missed but I'm so irritated with people who want to gatekeep.
"People who like #Andor are going to hate this because there's Force stuff & lightsabres in it."
No, that's not how that works. We can like both. We aren't the ones who deemed Andor "not #StarWars " because of the lack of those elements. We just enjoyed seeing the rest of the world who don't have those talents.
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