The Reel Rejects - AHSOKA EPISODE 8 | Season Finale Breakdown, Review, & Ending Explained | Star Wars Rebels

Episode Date: October 4, 2023

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Part 8, The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord. Very cool title for a very cool episode. I mean, you know, various opinions to come. Michael, Greg, and I are about to give ours fresh off the reaction. If you want to see the highlight reel, you can check that out at YouTube.com slash the real rejects. If you want to sync up and enjoy the full Asoka experience alongside us for episode 8 as well as all the other episodes previous, those are on patreon.com.com. We've also got some new Asoka-inspired designs in our Rejectnation shop.com store.

Very excited about the new SnipSnip shirt in particular, designed by Greg's sister. Many more to come. So if you want to support the channel, grab some cool swag in the process. Go on over there. And without further adieu. Let's talk about Asoka. Here we go. Yes.

Oh, my dude. He's not look happy. No, no, he's not. Wow, he looks even better than he did in the Return of the Jedi Special Edition. That was a Rick family, Yua. Oh, wow. Look at that. Oh, wow.

That was fun. I am satisfied. I started off in a way where I was like, I'm enjoying it. Something's kind of like missing in suspense. And then the last half I really thought, really brought it, man. And then some big things to talk about. We got some things to talk about. We're getting an Ezra Bridger show.

And Jace. I just, what a great pairing and a perfect master. I know. To go from Canaan to Ezra, from Ezra to Jace, that'd be awesome. It also would be great if we keep them separate from Luke so they don't all get slaughtered by Kyla. All righty guys. Well, we got some talking points to hit here. We got things we got to go over. If you are listening to this on Apple or Spotify, please rate this video. We just watched Asoka finale. Oh, no, we got to do our generals out of the way. Generals. John, what would you rate it at a 10? Eight. I give this one a solid eight. I thought it was pretty good. That was pretty thrilling. What would you give it? I would give it a General Kenobi.

Come on, what's that? Honestly, honestly, I'm just impressed. I'm impressed that they got as much done. Cowell. Man, it's a nine. Wow. It's a nine. It's a nine. Disney shill over here. Disney shill, yeah.

Easy to please. Disney, do me a favor. If I'm going to be such a shill, pay me all right. I've racked up a lot of credit, I would argue. No, I mean, I've given this series, I think, some fair criticisms over the course, but I think this was a tough finale, and I think they wrapped it up in a way that I am satisfied, excited, and I have questions, but I also got answers. Yeah.

How about you, Greg? Four out of ten. Okay. That's about fair, yeah. Yeah, really want to balance the scales. I agree. I'm not balanced four. I've got to edit, so I'm going to delay this even more.

To make a life more stressful for me. No, I would actually meet John at an eight, actually. Yeah, I'm about an 8. I have some criticisms about the episode, but overall, no, there's a lot that I really like. I'd probably bump it up to like an 8.1.75. By the time that we're 20. I'll probably go down to an 8 by the time. If this was rotten tomatoes, I'd be like, 83%.

Yeah, sure. All right, then so, okay, John, please, since you are the lowest of us. Yes, since I am. What are your general thoughts? We'll call this chapter, John. John's general thoughts. John's bullshit. No, I liked this episode.

I thought, yeah, I was having a certain reservation similar to yours earlier on being like, okay, you know, this is thrilling and immediate, but is this going to be as satisfying as like a season finale needs to be? And this isn't necessarily like the big, all-out punctuation, you know, that you might expect from a series finale, a season finale. But, you know, the pace of the series up until now has kind of led me to expect something that felt and was scaled a bit more like this is clearly

part of an ongoing story that will probably span out, as you guys have speculated, past Asoka, into other spinoffs and whatnot. That all said, I thought the developments with, like, seeing the Knight Sisters do their thing and the Knight Troopers and all that stuff like that scratches. It's just

for me just as like a witchcraft love and horror person. But beyond that, I thought this made for an appropriately thrilling, immediate, and you know, palpable end chapter and by the time we get to those finale moments of like them doing the alley push of Ezra onto the ship and Morgan Al's best fight with Asoka and you know them making the sacrifice to at least get one of them home the person we came here for home all those things

coalesced to be pretty satisfying to me in the end and then the stuff setting up for the future especially with like even though I have no idea kind of what you guys are talking about when it comes to what Baylon is looking for like the amalgamation of his presence up till now plus the striking nature he thinks he can do it better than the Nazis yes so he's looking for the dial of destiny to go back he needs to go back so that he can kill Hitler that takes a place it's not on Disney Plus it guys no no no it's okay it's not that's no it's about but uh so okay Michael but even that stuff got me very intrigued like I was like oh i cannot wait to find out or at least i'm very excited to find out what uh the next step of

his journey will be tragedy of his loss as an actor's side all that stuff you know piqued my interest and this did all the things i think a finale's supposed to do to you so yeah i dug it yeah man all right here's my general thoughts really quick my general thoughts are from the following several months ago did a trailer reaction of soka and there were many comments many, many comments. And I'm just going to read the top comment. I won't say the name. Because I confidently said, not even questionably

or apprehensively said, Sabine is force sensitive. Oh. And the top comment was, Sabine is not force sensitive. One of the top comments. Sabine's not force sensitive. She's one of the few non-forced sensitive people

to wheel the lightsaber. And then goes on to explain stuff, basically. But it's a whole bunch of back and forth in the comments. 67 replies about how she's not for sensitive. And I would have been part of that camp. I was like,

no, she is. That's 67 plates of crow. We got to serve up now. Boom. This episode went to a 10 out of 10 for me just now. Who's sensitive now? See that ego? I'm stroking it. Yeah. Stroke that eaguer. Like a lightsaber.

Like a lightsaber. If you stroke to a lightsaber, it would cut, it would melt your hand. I'd actually... What about Morgan Ellisbus? I'd actually agree... I know, she was stroking the side. It was interesting. I'd actually agree with

it was in a lightsaber. I'd agree with everything you said, John, actually. If you want to know my general thoughts, skip to John's general thoughts, and then go, Greg, sounds like those are Greg's general thoughts. Are we putting them on an infinite loop of just rewatching that segment?

But I'm just, I guess I'm more... I really like the fight... I just add to, like, I really like the fight choreography free quite a bit, like, just to add on a couple of other things you were saying, like, yeah, some of that tension was a little bit missing for me when, you know, like, they go into, like, it was fun, I want to say thrilling, it was fun, and then they go into the temple, then just, like, cuts to, and they're just fighting the night troopers. I was like, something's off about the editing here, like, what are they trying to sell me on?

And while I like the gracefulness of Assoca fighting, there was also something where I felt like she wasn't really playing to anything physical, like, I could feel like the detachment of green screen and stuff. So that was some of the things that was kind of like undercutting it for me. When necromancy Night Trooper thing happened, I thought that was really, I thought that was really fun. That was really cool. And that's when the suspense and intrigues started really built for me. And I really did love the last half of this.

And I thought the Morgan Elizabeth fight with Asoka. I thought the choreography was great. I love when they do, because you got like multiple people, lightsabers and blades and whatnot. And what I think is really impressive is when you can demonstrate the different types of fight choreography style while putting it in what. fight you know because they're they're very distinct fighting styles and I thought like towards the end I was really gripped and I loved everything they set up like the T I did not expect I thought it was going to be something more

Zephyl related you've been going more Chis route which is still there still there I'm holding firm on that and you think with what this planet has in store that that that because it's like I think Thron we'll talk more about it but that's something I thought was interesting like Theron is constantly you know downplaying the Jedi but from being on planet you think he'd but but I think I think he does I don't think he ever necessarily downplay the right that's not the right call down playing he talks down to the chat about the Jedi but no he definitely doesn't down

downplay would mean he doesn't find a threat but he was clearly like oh we gotta eliminate these guys I agree with that but I feel like his mentality is very similar to like you know in in episode four when all the Imperial officers are talking to Vader about like you know you're wacky your wacky order right you know And I think it's a similar, they fought a worthless crusade and, you know, he looks down on them because they were so easily manipulated. But, McKell, dude, thoughts. Yeah. As somebody that, like, loved the expanded universe growing up in playing all the games, reading a bunch of comics, books, this was, like, the nicest love letter in so many ways.

And they did it in a way that didn't feel inauthentic in a way that didn't feel unearned, which I honestly think is the most impressive part about this finale. Like, did it give me everything I wanted? No. But everything that we did get, I felt like we deserved it

based on everything that's happened, character development, character growth. Even Sabine, like, they could have gone overboard. And I think what they did with being able to grab the lightsaber and do the push, it was exactly about as far as I feel that she deserved to get in terms of the force

and it was I think it's impressive up until the end I really I didn't know who's gonna land where and I think in an age of like such predictability

it was so nice to genuinely be like oh wow that's that's a surprising twist that has completely like any like pre-existing theories that people have like investments of time into into where they thought this was going has now been thrown off course

yet again. Yeah. And I'm genuinely excited and intrigued by all the seeds that were planted. That being said, like the action sequences like they were fun. Yeah. I had a lot of fun. And talk about the ones, Michael. The ones. Talk about the ones.

So. Recall this chapter, the ones. The ones. So, you know, for those that watch the Clone Wars, like we know the mortis arc and something that like we've been saying and the whole internet's been saying is like well they've been setting Anakin up to be the father

you know Asoka to potentially be the daughter Ezra to be the son but I don't think that's happening anymore I wonder if maybe Baylon fits that role but I think what we've officially set ourselves up for in kind of this like this overarching the force behind the force is Abilith

who is the mother and we only ever saw Abilif in I think it was 2008, 2009 The Fate of the Jedi book series which is like one of the last expanded universe pieces and she is like

her title's like the bringer of chaos or something to that effect and is one of the most horrifying horrific misbalances of the force and presents an existential threat, not just to the galaxy, but to the galaxy's plural and to the force and the balance of it as a whole. And this idea of like a old gray Jedi who survived Order 66, who has kind of

done everything he can to get to this galaxy to go on this quest, I'm so excited to like, I would just watch Baylon with no other characters go on this journey and would be a happy, happy camper. But they, you know, this was an arc that, one of the few that George Lucas really gravitated towards and actually adapted from the books into the Clone Wars arc. And I'm sure Dave Floney had a hand in that. But this to me seems like I don't know what the treatments of you know, seven, eight, nine were that George Lucas was dreaming up and had offered to Disney. But But I've got a feeling that we're seeing it. Yeah.

At least an extent of it. You know, it's... Well, then you also got James Mangold's movie, which is supposed to be the... Is it the origin of the Jedi or something? The origin of the Jedi, which I think is the perfect... I think we'll probably see Abilith in her prime. Yeah.

And maybe even that whole... I mean, I'm so curious. What would be the most efficient way to describe... Like the father, son, and daughter. They are the physical representations of the balance of the force. And so the father being the epitome of balance and keeping light and darkness from consuming one another and from one becoming too powerful. Yeah. The mother is a factor that we haven't seen and how that plays in.

And in a way, and this is what I'm really, really hoping for, Anakin's story, could theoretically continue as he takes on this role. Like his role of the chosen one to bring balance of the force based on everything that they've set up was for him to become the father after the father died.

It's been a couple years since I've seen that. Yeah, I just rewatched it, which is great. If I'm not, if my memory serves me correct, didn't the father want Anagan to take, was it the son's place or his place? His place. His place, yes. He wanted to see the chosen.

one in person to see if it was true. Yes. And when it, when the reckoning came, part of explaining to Anakin that he was the chosen one was showing him what he will become in the form of Vader. And that is ultimately I think what pushed him away from it. But notice how in the time that the father died, the balance of the force has since been completely off. Right. And now there is this opportunity to remedy it. Um, but I think that, you know, so like what, what, in the Clone Wars date, when it was like Obi-1, uh, Asoka and Anakin were on an adventure. Then they got pulled into, it's

it's called mortis. Yeah. They got pulled into mortis. That's where they met them on this like beautiful. Imagine like a legend of Zelda and Nintendo DS. That's right. And, uh, and yeah, they got And the son was like, it's literally just father, son, daughter. And like the way they're, this like ethereal way, they're all drawn. One of them has a big beard. One of them has a big beard. Which I saw carved in the stone. Yeah, that's great catch.

That's great catch. And the sun kind of looks like a grand inquisit. Like the, yeah, it's from Udhap. Do the kids represent chaos or aering toward one side of the spectrum or another? The daughter is the light. The sun is the darkness. And then Asoka died in this arc and then was brought back to life by the daughter. Like giving her life force into her.

And that bird that we saw, Mori is a representation of that and following her out. But the question I have is, Asoka doesn't remember any of that, right? If I'm not mistaken, that's right. They don't remember any of that. I think there is only bits and pieces. I did not think this would be such a thing we were talking about

in this episode but damn that's the ending they set it up man it's what they it's playing into the and I'm hopefully what this origin of the Jedi movie

will be is getting into like like the crazy like spirituality of the force and like the idea of balance and the hopeful darkness if Filoni's evolved in that Jedi movie

I'm hopefully hopefully well I think it has to be it would be a waste of they've made so many positive strides in telling a cohesive narrative. And I think it's great. It takes away some characters that we care about and puts them in an arc that is equally important in an entirely different galaxy. And that has really high stakes.

Well, also, like, bringing back Ezra and allowing us to, like, continue. I mean, Ezra is going to be such a great addition to the Mandalorian team up, you know, and all that. Totally agree. But what is, how is Baylon? He keeps talking about obtaining a power. How would he obtain a power from this? I think in the same way that Anakin and Asoka were brought to Mortis. Baylon has been summoned to this galaxy.

And he has been through the force. Abilith, who has been literally, like, if I'm remembering correctly, and it's been a while, like, she was banished and locked away and kept away, which is why we don't see her in the mortis arc crazy bitch and so this idea you know father represents balance your mother is insane

a woman represents chaos they're both they can't control bailin probably thinks he is finding that balance when in reality he is unleashing chaos and I think ultimately uh balin is a fascinating choice for the son

because we never did get a replacement for you know who's going to fill that that void um anakin assoca and balin i would just watch that i would just watch them talk to each other about like whoa that was the weather didn't i mean force ghost aniken is a great thing to be bringing in here because one thing that excites me as like what i would inform of via the comments you guys is that hating christians it didn't actually he did actually consume clone wars uh he went back and he watched all of it ate everything TVD. Well, no, I mean, because that was one of the great things about his performance was it felt like...

It was informed by all of the progress of the... Yeah, he was bringing the animated performance to life. It was a great marriage of what he did in the prequels and then what you see in the animated shows. And so every time he's there, I love seeing him because he's doing it. He's doing it all. But he just seems so happy to be here. He does. He does seem happy to be here.

And with them being stranded here, with all the Jedi training that could be taking place, of course, with Asoka and Sabine, we'll get some present-day interaction that is not so much of an ethereal wonderland, like, world between worlds, but something more akin to like when Luke interacts with Obi-Wan's ghost or when Luke interacts with Yoda. Oh, it's almost very similar. I mean, even in timing of, you know, in the Obi-Wan series, it took that entire experience for Obi-Wan to be able to. see Quigon and to be able to commune with him in the force. And I think for Asoka, this is finally the, not only has she come to terms with him and what went wrong, but she's also come to terms with herself and where she wronged her Padawan.

And I think that balance will be really helpful for all of them. I'm just so curious, because you also have Shin, which, like, that's just an open-ended, fascinating, where is she going to go? like there's there's I think there's still a lot more there um she found her people yeah but but that's whatever the hell's going on there that's a temporary you i rule you now uh i mean same uh this is great huh isn't this barren wasteland awesome i mean i hope it amounts to more than just her being

there to create fun scenes next year we're gonna kick these naughty's asses every day every day they're gonna bully it's gonna go like this for centuries and have some turtles perpetuate a cycle of violence. Yeah. I mean, what's next on our list here? I mean, we were talking about Force Ghost Anakin, which I'm very much excited about. We covered Mortis, The Ones, Mori. I guess I would like to talk about Morgan Ellsworth next. That would be fun.

What a great character, great execution, a villain with motive that I believed, an actor that just, I think, knocked it out of the park. I think she brought more to it than the right. brought to it on. Yes, a thousand percent. Like, I think the writing was very, like, I,

the, Faloni is one of those writers. Like, conceptually, I think he is a fucking genius. Conceptually speaking. And what he adds to universe building is phenomenal. At times, though, like,

his dialogue is not the greatest, you know, and sometimes his character development is not the greatest. In terms of how to write certain, Sometimes it is really great. Like, he's ridden some of the best Star Wars you will have ever seen. All right. I got to just say, like, he's ridden some amazing Star Wars content.

And then there are other times where it does feel, I don't know. It feels like an, I'm watching like a really neat outline. And that's the part where it can lack for me. And I think, like, you can see the right. And Morgan Ellsbeth is a case, too, where I felt like there was so much. much more richness to mine from her or to really develop that I was in I really enjoyed her presence here and um I actually liked the reveal how Thrawn was just like yep go when I need it out of her you don't really matter to me like yeah but when she does die it is a bummer to me

a because I thought there was more to really we could have done with her and be you know to have her set up in the Mandalorian again like I really love the writing of Faloni's writing in that episode I thought that was really great yeah that's one of the strongest episodes and he directed that one too usually when he directs and writes it's really strong

and then it does feel like we didn't really get enough out of her she was mainly here just giving information all season it's just just giving information she gave a main supporting character performance to a role written

like a main hench just like you know she had a lot of presence and I would have loved to have peered through that character's perspective, especially being that she is being inducted gradually into this order of Dathamian. Yeah. You know,

there's so much that's interesting about that and that expands just what this world deals with. I think all of this flirts with going into the more fantastical, the more spiritual. Like, Star Wars has all that, but I'm used to seeing the technological sci-fi side of that words. I feel like through her

you could have rung some rich drama, especially out of what appeared in Lars Mickelson's performance like a calculated move. Like not, oh, it's unfortunate, but this is what needs to be done. It's sort of like, no, now's the time for this move I anticipated. I'm going to sacrifice you. Oh, dude, yes. Thanks for segueing us.

John. Thron. Michael. Michael. Thron's plan. Thron wants to go to Dathamere. There was resurrect Darth Maulthage. For the third.

There was a, there was that one line of protecting the galaxy that I was like, oh, I'm a treasure protector. There she is what we've been building up towards. It could go so many directions. I mean, the obvious one is they're going to resurrect, whether it be the witches of Dathemaeer or more dead stormtroopers. It could be a meta commentary on rewriting the Star Wars Canyon, and so that would practice against Kathleen Kennedy.

That's exactly what it is. Save the Galaxy from Kathleen Kennedy. I mean, guys, right, click bay. And Ryan Johnson. I'm excited to... Is he ever going to get to that new trilogy? Yeah, no, this is tight. Probably not.

But, you know, I think we're looking at a head-to-head clash with the Imperial Remnant and all that. I just, I hope they don't waste Thrawn on, like, joining up with the emperor and the whole Siffy Turnal and all. I just, like, it doesn't do anything for me on a story level. And I think the far more interesting situation would be for Thron to get back, for him to get all the Imperial Remnant together,

and for them to fraction off because he's like, we need to save the galaxy from this external threat, and the other ones are going on the witch hunt to try to find Palpatine. Which at some point, like, that needs to connect because some of those folks end up going that route. There's great drama to ring out of a situation like that. Like, I think that's a show's worth. I don't think that's a movie.

Yeah. Honestly, like, I feel like a movie might rush that shit. Well, part of me wonders if we're missing some of the shows that are going to be coming out. Like, there's a weight to, like, they got Ezra back and, and, and, and, man, I am just blanking on everyone's names this episode. That's fun. No. No. Hara. God damn it. So, and Hara is right about Thron being a threat. And it's like, but at what cost was it to be right? And at what cost, like, well, what cost was it to bring back Ezra if it led to Thrawn returning? Unless, unless, I mean, they're on a return regardless. Unless the Thrawn's purpose is to protect the galaxy from a greater threat, which I continue. from the Griske, or the Yuzon Vang, depending on, you know, what you want to call them. But, you know, I think that's an interesting setup for a, you know, you could also see, like, the creation of the resistance, you know, this idea of, like, part of why Leia created it in the first place is because the New Republic wasn't taking the imperial remnant seriously.

Right. So, you know, and then the question is, like, is Luke getting involved? Like, there's just, I have so many questions and no answers, but I think they need a Thron show in order to properly tell that side of the story. I think it would just be nice if maybe bringing Thron back to the mess that is the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant, like, I think it would be a great opportunity for some characters to survey all of that and go like, none of you are doing this right. Right. Like, because one thing that has aggravated me about a few of these past series is just how kind of thick-headed the, uh, uh, uh, uh, you. you know, New Republic is in a maddening, kind of unbelievably cartoonish way? It is maddening and unbelievably.

Which is, yeah. Like, I understand what they're getting at. And, like, yes, like, of course there's going to be bureaucracy. Of course, it's going to be impossible to get a lot of things done. But, like, the sheer negligence of it all is just, like, so frustrating. Yeah. And to have a character that, like, you know, it's supposed to be this very, you know, wise and learned and calculated tactician,

I would hope. like that just demands a caliber of writing that the political leanings of the series have not been able to satisfy. Yeah. Sabine Wren, character arc. She went from her want was to save

Ezra, got it done. Her need was to believe in herself and grow and become the force-sensitive badass that she is and she is. I don't feel like her arc combined with writing and acting

it was necessarily a grand slam for me it didn't when it needed to it feels generous I mean it all fair it is all season long

she's been holding out her freaking hand trying to use the force and nothing's been happening yeah no so it does come in at the nick of time with an emotional up

and she's like with Ezra there's and she's feeling good about her she's got better things going on you know She's got to just... More light energy.

Yeah, you know, it's better. There's more reasons to believe in herself in this moment, man. It was satisfied. But the... It's like, it's all there, like, the arc, but it just... There's something that is like borderline flat to me about the landing point.

Other than some moments that I thought really shined. And I like a lot of her moments, especially in action scenes. uh however the there's a little bit one note of a performance of like writing and acting combined it was flat and i didn't want it to be flat i mean i was really really rooting for her my favorite character in the show next to canaan next is rebels uh she's my i was like what are you talking it's my favorite character in revels next to canaan and and that was a i think of all the disappointments i felt like they did such a great job um for zara dawson in particular evolved and like the intentionality

of the character and how she was able to capture Assoca really, really hit. And like any reservations I had in the beginning throughout the full season arc with it now in retrospect was perfectly executed.

Whereas Sabine, there was surface level growth, but honestly, I just like there was never chemistry where I wanted it to be. And there's like a little tiny bit with Ezra, but even that, like, I felt like Ezra was holding the entire

higher weight of that relationship. There was questionable choices on how to direct her for certain scenes, honestly. Like, it was just, there was a lot of questionable, like, yeah, the dialogue didn't help. There were questionable decisions about her, like, all the times where she's

like withholding information to her to Ezra. And a lot of it just kind of got chalked up to her like smiling and like pretend, like, like mirroring Assoca's mannerisms of confidence and Stozozum. Like, I understand, And, you know, like I've produced and worked in enough things to know, like, sometimes when you're in the middle of it, you realize that you might have made some wrong choices.

And I think the frustrating part is, like, continued for a long time to give the benefit of the doubt that lessons would be learned and that they would make those slight adjustments to wrap the season. I liked her a lot in the beginning. Well, I loved her in the first episode. Yeah, I remember the first episode loving her. I was like, wow, this is great. And then it was just a steady decline. honestly from the moment her and isoka teamed up which really again leads me to think it was a chemistry issue i liked her a lot in one three seven no when did she find ezra six six one three six yeah i liked her lot but even in six it was like it was like it was like it was like it was a strongly drawn to her and and that's a bummer whereas like i know risario dawson at first was like there's some things i'm not fully getting and then eventually was like oh i really that was that was that was a that was a performance

choice that needed to like there was a reason for it and then they explained the reason and then her character evolved with that arc and since then I like I've been just vibing with Asoka like I am bum we did not get to see them meet in person Thrawn in Asoka we will

we will yeah we will I like that Ezra got a new lightsaber which inspired by Canaan I thought it was just awesome I did not there were so many people up in arms about the lightsaber thing last week yeah about him not using his lightsaber like people were like up in arms about it well I mean it and I was like what it makes two fucking sense like a guy it's gonna it honestly the fact that he built the

lightsaber at all I thought was like well it's remarkably practical especially after being gone for so long yeah he also like if if you know the character of Ezra he's like he loves to tinker and build like of course he wasn't going to take back the lightsaber he was going to do his own thing because it's always been as well this is this is this third lightsaber no goes through them like a michael goes through women that's right oh geez use the force oh no i mean no no terrible ask politely obtain the consent luke do or do not there is no try yes or no god damn guys man that's disgusting this show i would say has a better a better

ensemble than it does individual character. There's a great. We need chemistry. We need... Well, aside from a couple of darksiders. The old thing, Baylon has chemistry with everything. I thought, like, air. I thought Asoka and Hu Yang had better chemistry than Asoka and Sabine.

Yes. Troyd. I like... Who Yang has chemistry with everyone. And Huying has chemistry with everyone. Baylon and Shinra great. Yeah. The last thing we got to talk about, night troopers.

This is something I've been waiting for from the comics forever. Like, and like, I think they needed to be reserved about it in the best way that they, like, I don't know. I think they found a balance. That scene was very clunky. But I'll tell you what. I think the reason why is they cut 10 minutes off, that way you have to do less editing.

Sure, I felt like that was the point. These reactors got to get their shit up, man. We can't do a 59-minute episode. Yeah, I mean, Other than, I guess what we need, what we, they really need to, other than the fact that they can be resurrected is like, like when you got zombie horror coming after you,

the fear is they're going to fucking bite you, you know? So, and here we need to establish something like, it needs to be crystal. Sure. What makes it more threatening? Yeah.

Because it seems like you can still just like strike them down. It just seems like they're more persistent in that state. Yeah. It's like they're more durable. There's no, like, what I noticed and what gave like me tension in the moment, maybe they didn't come across to you guys, is that they no longer

feared death. And so there was this, like, this willingness. Troopers, troopers ever like, oh my God. They got a wintaper. I'm going to get out of here. There's a, when I say fear death, I mean, there was an element of strategy, whereas these guys

were just like, get close and I don't care how brutal I die. But some of them get close with, like, no weapon, and I'm like, what's there to fear about that? Well, they've got to They could use their helmet to bedmashed. They might bite me and it might hurt. They might try to bite me through their mask.

Listen, if a stormtrooper can hold them down long enough, maybe one of them can get a straight shot for once. Like, you know, I don't know. Yeah, but I did like it when they're in a horde, when they are, when it is a swarm and you're an individual, that's when it's like scary. It's the irony of like... Because they charge.

Yeah, it's... It made them scarier only, I think, for that sake, because I think you're absolutely right. Like, logically speaking, unless there's a zombie virus to transmit, what is the threat here, except for the fact that, yeah, they can just hoard and just encroaching. Well, that's what it is in the expanding universe. Which is why I'm saying, like, I'm grateful for what we got, because I never thought we were going to get zombie stormtroopers, period. And they capture that well when the face breaks off and you have the...

And then when you also have, like, a Soka, trying to fight at Morgan Elizabeth in dealing with all that conclave. of all that, yeah. That was a... It felt kind of army of darkness or something. It felt kind of like you had like

a bunch of... Yeah, it felt pure samurai. Well, there was a bit of that like kind of slight camp

to it at least and you're in like a castle, you know, like... So... My thumbnail is gonna be an Anakin Force ghost.

I think that one wouldn't upset people. Smiling. We, um, we're gonna need... But it'll put the troll face

on his face. And then I'll split screen over the night. You know, I love it. I love it. I'm... And then the text will say,

Thrawn wins. Perthron? I mean, the galaxy would be better off. Sounds like, it's true. Seems like. All right, guys. What did you think about the Asoka finale? Did you love it?

Did you hate it? Do you got to have it? Do you like it? Have you been to Menchies? Which frozen yogurt is joined? Do you prefer yogurt land, Menchis? What's your preferred topping? Are we talking?

Are you like a cookie dough, M&M? Yeah. In pants sizes. how would you rate this episode? Have you had vegan ice cream? Leave your thoughts down below, guys. Hey, thanks for having me on for this, Greg. Will I be ever back?

Yeah, of course, man. We got... Nothing for a long time. Strikesman. This is a Star Wars season three. Tales of Jedi season two. Oh, that's right. Passion of the Christ, the resurrection.

We already watched Tales of Jedi. Oh, Passion of the Christ. No, we didn't. No, that was visions. Yeah. Tell the Jedi. Season two, the origin story is a bailin. The origin story is a bailin.

Who are they going to recast? Oh, my God. Oh, dude, Alan Richson. I like it. From Jack Reacher, guys. I'm here for it. I am. Get Ray Winstone. Does he have a brother?

Who? Ray Stevenson. Yeah, Ray Winston. There are a lot of Stevens. Yeah, Ray Winston's his brother. You should go. Raise the surname. Yeah, they're Korean secretly.

Sometimes they reorder the names. No one. It's the only good acting in Star Wars Because it's Korean Stevenson Ray and Winstone Ray Hey let's do a patron of the day shout out I love patrons Oh John wants to do the chat GBT

That's right John like a kid at the candy store Got it said there's a chat GVT window You know how we do here The Chanel said There's chat GVT right there There's people striking right now

That sounds like to end The writer's strike is done. We can make fun of chat GBT. Yeah, but the actors, well, they're not going to act with Chad GBT. We got this. We got very limited time. All right, Lance Dore, we're going to give you a Star Wars edition shout out. All right.

Michael, give me an article of clothing, Star Wars edition. Leah's Bikini. Leah's Bikini. Okay. John, give me a Star Wars. Or Hot Slayer, I think, is what the official merchandise is these days. Okay, a Hutzlayer. And then, John, give me a planet.

Because I know you can spell it. Degobah. Oh, nice. Degobah. And give me a... How do you spell Dagova? You spelled hot. I thought you said I spelled it wrong.

You did. There's two T. Jesus Christ. Oh, my God. All right. Who doesn't know how to spell out? I got limited time here. Degabah.

The Chattahee's supposed to speed up the process. Okay, okay. All right, okay. Give me your favorite Jedi. My favorite Jedi? Oh, my God. Just give me a Jedi. A.B. 1, Canovi.

Obi-1. Obi-1. Conobi. John, give me your favorite Star Wars character, non-Jedai. Dash Rendar. Dash Rendar. Okay.

And, all right, give me. a ship a ship the ebbin hawk have been a hawk did i spell it right sure did evan hawk yes all right give me your favorite actor in star wars ooh uh uh leum nisen leum nason okay all right give me your favorite disney plus show from star wars my favorite dis oh shh we're going mandolarian no no we're oh my god we're we're going bad batch season we're doing the bad Bad Batch Season 2. The Bad Batch. Best Star Wars content ever made.

Okay. All right. We're going. Then lastly, an obscure occupation in the galaxy. An obscure. A, a, uh, uh, a, uh, uh, banta, fodder, cleaner upper. Cleaner upper. Oh, last one.

Um, let's put chopper in here as a droid. Chopper, sure. Yeah. Okay. As a. Helly model. I have a YouTube channel where I need to shout out. My super sexy reject, a.k.a. a patron named Lance Dore.

Yes. We want to give him a Star Wars themed shout out. Write me a shout out that is, let's go with, let's up the game here. That is 70 words. Woo. That's a lot of words. Make sure to incorporate. I feel like we included

more than 70 words We certainly did incorporate these words into it All right And let's change it to 50 words Because 70's a lot

Take it away In a galaxy Where Leia's bikini Hutzlayer reigns supreme On the foggy planets Of Degobah Heroes like Obi-Wan Kenobi

and Dash Rendar fly the Ibn Hawk But only one legend Lance Dorr Mentored by Liam Neeson Outshines the Bad Batch Not just a Bantha Fodder's cleaner upper He's our chopper level patron

Shout out to you Oh my God, it is replacing Screenwriters everywhere That was so good So if you had a choice To write a new sequel trilogy Dave Filoni or chat GPT

chat GPT chat GPT with a cowboy rewrite the sequel trilogy for me in 30 words Oh Jesus no Let's see what they say Oh Jesus no Rebel legacy threatened

Ancient since secrets emerge Ray discovers lineage Challenges destiny Finn spark stormtrooper revolt Kylo seeks redemption Force ghosts guide galaxy Unites balance restore this is the best

oh man it read it got a Reddit post it was just like here you go thank you guys thank you Lance door I got to get this video to you guys see you soon