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Very enjoyable but felt just a bit too short. We only have one episode left and I'm starting to feel more and more concerned that the finale has too much to wrap up in such a short period of time, but I will trust in Filoni until then. The episode began with a fantastic scene, featuring a reunion between us, the viewer and C3PO as well as Admiral Ackbar! We then move back to Peridea and witness Ahsoka and Huyang's arrival which is quite the spectacle. I was dreading seeing any Purrgil die but luckily it didn't come to that. Thrawn learns of Ashoka's past and devises a strategy, Baylan says goodbye to his apprentice and Ezra, Sabine and the Noti square off against Shin and the Night Troopers.

It was packed with great moments but just wizzed by far too quickly. Hopefully next week we get a bit more to work with. A decent 8/10 from me.

Alright, we are 87.5% done with Ahsoka. The show has gotten way better since the first three episodes. I will say that they have a lot to cover in episode 8.

This episode was good. Nothing spectacular though.

The stormtroopers are kind of just stormtroopers? Disappointing. Was hoping to see some nightsister magic.

Sooo is someone going to tell Ezra about how exactly she got to Ezra?? That was completely disregarded this episode.

Ezra was great!!! The actor has sold me. The scene where he was like "Ahsoka trained you?" and the one where Sabine was trying to give him his lightsaber seemed straight out of Rebels.

Ahsoka is more like herself and I love seeing it. That squeal she gave after she saw Ezra was adorable.

Baylan continues to sense something... and it's admittedly what I'm most excited to see from episode 8. Bendu? Abeloth? Something different?

Next week's episode will greatly influence my overall thoughts of this show, so hopefully it sticks the landing.

For a show titled Ahsoka, she doesn't feel like the main character to me. This show should be rebels season 5, or Sabine and friends. I knew going in it would be about the protagonists and antagonists efforts to bring back Thrawn and Ezra. It just seems to me the story is mostly told from Sabine's perspective. Ahsoka had the one episode with Anakin that focused on her.... but that's about it. This is not a complaint, just an opinion. Rosario Dawson does a good job portraying an older, wiser Ahsoka. She very much comes across as a wizened old master... more like Obi-Wan than Anakin so far. This show is interesting and looks good, but not alot seems to be going on. Looks like it will take an entire 8 episode season to show who, if anyone will make it home. I'm not sure if this is going to last multiple seasons, or if this show is just setting up a movie. With only one episode left, I don't see how they plan to tie this up in an hour. It really doesn't feel like a stand alone story, more of an opening chapter of a bigger story. Either way, it is an interesting ride. Still don't know if I'm completely sold on the live action versions of animated favorites.. but I believe they will grow on me. Thrawn, sounds and acts like the one from rebels, but doesn't look right and doesn't feel menacing. Looks like an old man Thrawn to me. Should show him from the neck up. Sabine is growing into the part. Hera doesn't look quite right, but will work. Chopper is...well Chopper, but only really standing in the background. Still no appearance for Zeb. Ezra, still too soon to tell how he will be. I am curious why he refused to use a lightsaber.. At first, I thought he renounced violence, but he seems to be fine with killing with a blaster...Hope they don't ruin him like they did Luke in the suckwell trilogy... I love starwars..I love clone wars and rebels..I like this show so far. Every episode is at least an 8 out of 10. But, nothing in this has reached the heights of the best episodes of those previous series. In the other hand, None have come close to the lows of Boba Fett. I am starting to wonder if this ends with them all stuck in this galaxy.

Part Seven: Dreams and Madness is directed by Geeta Vasant Pateland (who directed "The Lord of the Tides" of HOTD, a personal favorite) and written by Dave Filoni, the showrunner. This is the penultimate episode of Ahsoka, if a second season gets ordered it won't be the series finale. I think it's needed until the wait for Dave Filoni's film. I never wrote a review for the previous episode and I wish I did because of the appearance and introductions of Thrawn and Ezra into live-action. The actor for the former hasn't changed but Ezra Bridger did change and what little we saw in the previous episode, Lars gave a terrific performance which he keeps on giving in this episode, whilst Eman Esfandi was only seen at the end. There's more of them both in the penultimate and I like Ezra Bridger a lot more here in this show than in Rebels and the acting is fine, he gives that sense of hope in the performance which is good. Great performance! The new planet "Peridea" was a great addition to the Star Wars Universe, where the Night Sisters lived before Dathomir

The premise of the episode is: Hera must answer to the New Republic while a reunion takes place far, far away.

The episode stars Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren, Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger, David Tennant as Huyang, Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll, Ivanna Sakhno as Shin Hati, Lars Mikkelsen as Grand Admiral Thrawn, Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth, and Hayden Christensen back as Anakin Skywalker in a hologram part recorded in the Clone Wars era. We get yet another cameo, this one made me smile because of it being non other than 3-CPO with Anthony Daniels back in the role yet again. It makes sense how he comes to speak on Leia's behalf, anyone else and it would not. One thought of Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati, their wolves are black and white, making the theory/fact that they're based on the wolves of Norse mythology, Skoll and Hati who pursue the sun and moon. I didn't write down all the actors who appeared because of how the whole ensemble appears, Hera and the characters of New Republic in smaller roles but important ones. The characterization for Thrawn is on point, his intelligence and strategic mastermind is shown, maybe not that much but a little bit. I found the writing to be quite great, one criticism I have is of the Noti people and how similar they are to the Evok. I get Filoni doesn't want to terrify the children but during the action sequence, they played it too safe as not a single Noti was killed or injured. It left a sour taste in my mouth, making it seem that the antagonists can't hurt anyone which leaves them weak in our eyes. After a couple of episodes with Ahsoka the White, I would say Rosario Dawson embodies the character in a great way, the criticism I had before is gone and instead are a likeable character again. I thought we would have gotten more scenes with Baylan and Shin, they are the most interesting characters of the show to me. Overall, good performances! Still don't like the writing for Sabine though, she's back to having the writing from episode 1-3, acting immaturely and you notice it more here with Ezra having matured by a mile. I hope Filoni improve her writing in the finale.

The action sequences were great in this episode, nicely directed and edited. From the action in space to the ground on Peridea, we get the anticipated rematch of Ahsoka vs Baylan. The music, stances, and choreography. The duel between these two are yet again heavily inspired by the Samurai or Ronin which is more what they are. I expected more of it but honestly, this isn't the finale, neither Baylan nor Ahsoka felt this fight to be important. Baylan has a plan we don't know yet and Ahsoka thought saving Ezra and Sabine to be more important, which is a good thing. It was nice to see how Ezra has grown, taking inspiration from Kanan (his teacher and the father to Jacen Syndulla) regarding him focusing on his spiritual side and the force with it. I expected him to wield his old lightsaber again but of course not, this arc is good. I had a discussion regarding Ezra with a friend and he thought it would be similar to this, meanwhile my thoughts were him not keeping his hope and spark alive. From what I've seen of him now, Ezra Bridger has never been this good of a character. Sabine and Ezra fought Shin Hati and the bandits, a great action sequence.

The mise-en-scene of the episode was fantastic, brilliantly shot and use of visual effects, clearly higher budget and more heart than what is The Mandalorian these days. Ahsoka have since the first episode been a great show, technically, and whilst some writing choices and how safe they can play it. Part Seven: Dreams and Madness is a great episode which is all about a reunion and a fight to stop Baylan and Shin, but do they have time for all of this? Ahsoka, Sabine and Ezra. The trio is back together and it's very nice to see, like the entire episode was to see. Though an action packed episode, it was a lot of build up for the finale, will Ahsoka and her companions be stranded on Peridea? Or will they succeed? These questions will be answered in the next episode, for now, I've witnessed a great episode of Star Wars but far from the season's best.

Don't you love it when the enemy goons have the order to kill the protagonists on sight, have every advantage and chance to shoot and kill them, but they just stand around doing nothing, and even when they finally decide to shoot, they stop because our good guy said "wait"?

I sure do love this trope and it makes me mad whenever I see a movie or a show that doesn't implement this amazing compelling storytelling device. I hope more shows do this, especially future Star Wars shows.

Anyway, this episode is just a giant action scene which I guess if you're a fan of seeing lame fightsabers and fighters chasing each other and shooting and flying into an obstacle and blowing up for the thousandth time, you'd love this episode. But if you're someone like me who's already tired of senseless and unexciting action scenes in movies and shows and you don't really care about shiny CGI action scenes and cameos and references and nostalgia-baiting, there's not much this episode can offer you. Especially considering this is the penultimate episode.

I personally don't really care about action scenes if I don't care about the characters. Action in Andor worked because there were actual stakes and you knew the characters fairly well and cared about them. But here, unless you've seen the animated series I guess, you're not gonna care about any of them, especially Ahsoka herself, because the characterization is just meh. Like it's been 7 episodes and that white-haired girl named Shin or something is as one-dimensional as you get and she's just basically there to fight Sabine occasionally throughout the season.

At least I can appreciate some things about the show like the setup and payoff they do so things just don't come out of nowhere, like the planet ring that was introduced last episode and was utilized here. I also appreciate them not making Sabine into a superhero and her actually taking damage and falling and not suddenly being a master swordswoman and all that.

Some details like the ones mentioned are appreciated, but don't really do much when the core of the show which should be the story and characters all fall flat. And if you're not really into the characters and don't particularly care about them and are just observing and watching the show not being that invested in the story or the characters, then the show has failed its assignment.

The dialogue is not that great either and is really forgettable. Dave Filoni should hire a team of writers or at least one other professional writer who can actually write decent dialogue and pace the story better or give the plot some meat instead of this straightforward and predictable plot we've got here.

It is also funny seeing them try so hard to make Thrawn look like a calculated villain who's achieving his goal of stalling Ahsoka in this episode, when buying time wasn't even necessary considering he could've just nuked them on the planet surface and be done with it but decided to just shrug it off and take the defeat when he has the upper hand.

Pretty much the title of the review. I oddly found the opening 10 minutes of this episode far more intriguing and entertaining than everything else that followed.

I have...no idea what this episode's was trying to do. You can miss this episode entirely and you won't miss anything. Nothing of any real plot significance occurs beside slightly confirming an aspect of Sabine's character that has been teased since the first episode.

This episode reminded me of the run-of-the-mill rebel episodes where the crew engage in a bunch of rebel hijinks against the empire and then it's roll credits.

I feel like the episode wasted it's chance to pursue what Baylon is after, instead of continuing to lengthen out the mystery only to cram it in the very last episode.

Turns out the night troopers were just...your typical bad aiming stormtrooper. Nothing special at all.

Thrawn-the great strategist waits to the last possible second to load the nightsisters' mysterious cargo. Why? What was stopping him from doing this years ago? Him sacrificing his already dwindled forces on a "oh, I was just distracting the enemy so they wouldn't stop the cargo transfer-that was my plan all along." Lmao. Man, you can sense the butthurt in Thrawn at this scene, because this obviously isn't was NOT the plan. Not to mention Hmm...let's see, Thrawn, if you hadn't gone out looking for a fight against Ezra-who was just minding his own business in the first place, you wouldn't had lost those forces since literally none of your adversaries are aware of your mystery cargo that you're "distracting" them from.

-_-

And this guy's calls himself a "strategist."

In fact, the more I think about it, what's the deal of wanting Ezra, Sabine and Ahsoka out of the picture? Thrawn said it himself, if he up and leaves with his ship they'll be stranded there forever. After sending Sabine on her way to find Ezra he could have just let her go, no need to send Baylon and Shin to go after her on the off chance they'll find Ezra in time before his ship departs the galaxy. This makes no sense. Ezra could have been ANYWHERE-on the opposite side of the planet, and Sabin manages to find this dude in like a DAY?? Is this planet's the size of the Vatican?

Another thing that doesn't make sense is Baylon. His motives are so obscure they could wind up being anything. Is he on the quest for the best tasting French toast? Who knows?

Its seems his goal was to venture to this other galaxy from the jump, but he's never quite clear on why that is. He's searching for a super powerful force being or something.

I would write more to this review, but there really isn't much else to say.

To find Ezra and chillax with him while travelling with the turtle people forever???

Thrawn is about to bring war to the Republic (thanks to her by the way) and she does not seem to care at all!! No plan? No regrets? Maybe... poorly written script?

If you pay attention Ezra has not mention Thrawn or the witches once! He only talks about the turtles.

Because Ahsoka is coming to the rescue the lazy writers of the show did not write plans or a good story for Ezra and Sabine. Ezra and Sabine are just there on stand-by mode "waiting" for an "Ahsoka" to happen.

After seven episodes I still don't like Sabine at all. I think is not the actress, its the poor script. She comes as a dumb brat. And don't get me started with Ahsoka The Bland.

I felt nothing when the trio got together again. Their lack of tears or joy does not make sense.

Is that the way you would react if someone dear to you a comrade in arms that was presumed dead for years suddenly shows up in front of you?

Sabine believed that Ahsoka was dead. Did you see their reaction when they saw each other again?

These characters really REALLY need to emote more!!!

The side story involving Hera and the senate is so ridiculous and cringe!!

Does a general has any autonomy? Does he/she has to ask permission to the senate before taking any little mundane decision? Does a general has to ask permission to send small reconnaissance mission to investigate a planet?

Doesn't the Senate has something better to do than to get all together and scold a general that took a few x-wing to check a possible Empire conspiration?

This is just ridiculous!! Hera was doing her job! Hera has PLENTY OF EVIDENCE that the Empire is up to something but the show seems to hide all the evidence under a rug.

One thing is to portrait The Republic Senators as morons and another thing is for the show to hide all the crystal clear evidence presented to audience and the characters.

How many people does the senate govern? I presume 50+ Billion people. How big is the Republic fleet? How many generals they have? The Senate have to lead soo many people and ships and still they have time to scold a Hera and her little reconnaissance mission? Ridiculous!

The all mighty Thrawn is not so all mighty after all. We just watch him loose his first battle against our heroic trio.

He failed to kill a single whale or shoot down Ahsoka's ship!!

He is nothing without the witches.

Does the Empire knows about bombs? Explosives?

There is no need for hand to hand combat when you can just throw a bomb in the middle of the turtle vehicle fortress and kill everybody .

Apparently the only person that knows about the uses of explosives is Sabine and her Mandalorian gadgets. She took three stormtroopers with a single tiny grenade.

One last point.

The trio was surrounded by stormtroopers on all sides. Suddenly, instead of shooting all at once to our trio, out of nowhere the troopers decided to run around and hide behind the turtle vehicles. WTF?

Not one of the better episodes in the series, but it's still a great time.

The reunion stuff with Ezra was great. I think the actor feels a lot like the character I saw in Rebels and his loyalty to the force was admirable and entertaining. The action/chase scenes with him, Sabine and the aliens was surprisingly fun. Not as fun as the animated action in Star Wars, persay, but still way more entertaining than one would think.

Ahsoka is back and as bada** as ever. I loved her fight with Baylan, and his absence at the end of the episode has me quite anxious for whatever comes next in the finale. Will he and Ahsoka end up offing each other in some way? I'm not sure that's likely, but imagine it.

I really like the way Baylan described he, his apprentice and all of the other force-sensitives in this episode. None of them are TRULY Jedi when you think about it. They all come from an odd training style (or left the order). I find it very fascinating.

Seeing Thrawn realize who trained Ahsoka was also very satisfying!

I do think think it sort of just feels like something to bridge us to the finale though. Why not just drop them both in the same day? Either way, I think people are being way too harsh on this (as usual with modern Star Wars now unfortunately).

Nowhere near as bad as some are saying, and I'm shocked so many think the series has been so bland so far. I've loved it all!

Ahsoka, a new Star Wars series directed by Dave Filoni, has been a surprising and unique experience. Initially conceived as a fifth season of Star Wars Rebels, the series has evolved into a spiritual expansion of the Star Wars universe, with nimble adventures. Episode 7 titled 'Dreams and Madness', directed by Geeta Vasant Patel, is the safest and most relaxed episode since the third. However, the plot inevitably leads to a time-sensitive conclusion that could pose challenges for the team of heroes and the entire galaxy. Hera Syndulla and the New Republic's subplot continues with a reunion on Coruscant, featuring an unexpected legacy cameo. For more Star Wars action, check out these ranked lists of the best movies and TV shows, as well as upcoming Star Wars TV shows. Anthony Daniels returns as C-3PO in The Mandalorian season 3, replacing Leia Organa, a senator and leader of the Defense Council. Billie Lourd, who played her mother's legendary character, is also back as her mother's legendary character. Leia supports Hera's mission to search for Imperial remnants, and C-3PO appears to support the General in front of politicians led by Chancellor Mothma and Senator Xiono. The New Republic subplot, developed in The Mandalorian season 3, is taking us into the planned event movie's political side and the pre-sequels scenario, where the government ignored signs of a new threat in the form of the First Order. Ahsoka Tano and Huyang are on their journey to an unknown galaxy, a journey that requires longer downtimes than usual Star Wars hyperspace trips. Lady Tano spends some time revisiting Anakin's Clone Wars-era lessons, allowing Hayden Christensen to make a significant comeback. This well-executed comeback makes the show more interesting in the future.

As they arrive, the pod of purrgils is besieged by a massive minefield around Peridea. Thrawn and Morgan Elsbeth's plan to kill the approaching space whales is a concern, as they can make short work of even large ships. However, it remains unclear where they stored or created the advanced mines. This well-executed comeback makes it a promising future show. The purrgils, who go to Peridea to die, are not okay with the idea of being blown apart by Imperials and decide to jump away into the unknown. Lars Mikkelsen embraces the twisted and cold side of Thrawn, a character closer to Timothy Zahn's novels than Star Wars Rebels. Ezra Bridger and Sabine Wren discuss the events since the former's disappearance, learning about the Emperor's death and the fall of the Empire. Sabine struggles to reveal her biggest mistake, and Ezra believes they'll go home without much trouble. Ahsoka reaches out through the Force to Sabine, similar to Luke's interaction with Leia in The Empire Strikes Back. The Mandalorian apprentice is not the best at using the Force, but she gets a feeling, similar to other untrained Star Wars characters. Dark forces are also at play, highlighting the spiritual moments of Leia and Finn. Ahsoka joins the fight, separated from the main group, and Baylan allows her apprentice to pursue her desires, such as battle against Sabine and Ezra. The showdown between Ahsoka and Baylan is brief, but more interesting is seeing Sabine and Ezra defend themselves against Shin Hati. Shin seems conflicted and lashing out at her enemies without a clear objective. Sabine's character arc is further solidified when Ezra goes all Force-powered martial arts on their enemies. The Jedi-centric show The Acolyte will feature martial arts action, which may be a glimpse of future events. Ahsoka breaks off the duel with Huyang's air support, and Baylan steals his howler mount during confusion. Sabine and Ezra are doing well against bandits and mysterious 'night troopers', but Shin remains a dangerous adversary. The penultimate episode seems to end with the two friends being captured by the dark apprentice and her troops, but Ahsoka jumps into the fray and turns the tables.

The penultimate episode of what's has been a great Star Wars show sets up what is set to be an exciting finale. The scene with the senators and Hera was a great reminder of the naivety of the New Republic and why it failed. C-3PO's cameo was great in the absence of the late Carrie Fisher. Also, Nelson Lee's character reminded me again that I need to watch Resistance at some point. The main bread and butter was Ahsoka and Huynag fighting off the Imps, with some great space combat and on the ground fighting. Also, this may be one of my fave new Star Wars duos. Reuniting with Sabine and Ezra was great, with Ezra showing how he has matured as a Jedi with Ahsoka and Sabine showing how they have learnt from their past mistakes in combat. Baylon diverging from Shin showed how he truly has become separate from the good v evil conflict and I'm interested to see how his story concludes. Shin is basically abandoned and I wonder how the next chapter of her story will come about. Thrawn as usual is one step ahead and still the great strategist we all know. (Also I need to read his books to understand his relationship with Anakin and why he is in alliance with the night sisters) Also, the Anakin scene was fun and well used. I'm sad this season is almost over, but it's been a fun and thrilling ride to set up the soon to be announced crossover film. Score: 8.5/10.

Last episode, I was hoping for something unexpected about Ezra. He's been gone for 10 years, he can't just be the same kid. That development showed up here: he's learned to fight using the Force alone, sans lightsaber, which of course he doesn't have and can't built. Now that's a new wrinkle on the old Jedi trope.

Of course it doesn't work so well against another Force user, oops. Good thing Sabine saved the day. Take your old lightsaber back, Ezra. You can do all the hand-twirly things too as your personal fighting style.

They're also doing a nice job portraying Thrawn as a guy who plays chess while everyone else is playing checkers.

Is this enough set up for the season finale? No. Is the writing still horrid? Yes.

On their own, the episodes are quite enjoyable. But in the grand scheme of things they add nothing to the story because nothing is explained!

Why is Filoni still so adamant to stay so vague!! At one point you actually have to explain the story in one way or another. The last episode should not be the one to do it (if it is even used to answer all the questions). It is so funny to me that this series was supposed to be a miniseries with one season. There would have been zero story.

I have been so disappointed by this show and I really want to like it! The writing feels like that of an amateur, leaning too heavily on being all vague and mysterious, creating tension that feels so terribly forced, not explaining anything through either showing or telling (at this point I would be fine with both!).

I find it quite audacious to assume that people who watch this show have seen all of Clone Wars and Rebels and potentially even read the Thrawn books. Only those who did will find enjoyment in this show and those who didn't will just watch with a big question mark over their head.

But even some who are Clone Wars/Rebels/Thrawn fans can recognize how bad the writing is. It somehow feels lazy and try-hard at the same time. In this show, Filoni relies a lot on telling, especially when it concerns the danger Thrawn poses. We are constantly told everything: Thrawn is dangerous, Ahsoka and Sabine have history, Skoll might have different motivations and so on... but nothing is ever shown!!! Why is Thrawn dangerous? Why should the republic care? Even a short exposition by anyone explaining Thrwan's past actions might be enough, but we get nothing.

I've stopped trying to like this show and make excuses. I don't care that Filoni has little experience with live action or that Ahsoka's acting is so stale because her emotions are supposed to be more intense when she shows them, or that she has gotten tired after fighting for so long that she now can show zero emotions. The show is not good and I am quite upset about it. There are moments I appreciate deeply because I've been a fan of Ahsoka for so long and Filoni sure knows how to be nostalgic, but that is Not enough for me to like it.

The second to last episode has done nothing and I still feel the same way after the first episode: indifferent. Nothing virtually happened. How can you have seven episodes avrg. 40min and still nothing to say!

One episode will be enough to change my mind.

Btw: if you want to write a military genius, maybe try a little harder to come up with a better strategy for Thrawn to take out Ahsoka and company (like an airstrike)!! You want to tell me he has thousands of space mines but not the capacity for a bombardment of a small village thingy? It is not like Thrawn has scruples about killing innocents (Lothal??). Or just be clearer if he wants them alive for some reason, but don't have him be like: "Uh, we should cut our loses but actually we won because of stuff I'm too lazy explain."

Sorry for the rant.

Senator Leia Organa, C-3PO, Anakin Skywalker. Plenty here to keep old school Star Wars fans happy.

To top it of, there is some shady shenanigans from Senator Hamato Xiono. He openly berates Hera Syndula for insubordination and recommends a court-martial.

Once again the politicians of the New Republic fail to appreciate a looming threat of the Empire. That Grand Admiral Thrawn is alive and well.

Elsewhere in the galaxy. Ahsoka, Ezra Bridger and Sabine Wren reunite. However it all plays into Thrawn's hand, his attempt at diversion worked out well. Ahsoka wasted time battling the Stormtroopers.

However the penultimate episode of the first season does not provide all the answers. Nobody is sure as to why Baylan cut Shin loose and went on a frolic of his own. Just what is his destiny.

Overall though, this was fun, it felt more organic and pushed the story forward.

This show is just a cash grab let's admit it. What is the point in this? The story is going nowhere, like what is this even about? Somebody at work told me it's to build up for a film? Well why not just make the film then. But seriously though with one episode left I can't tell you what has actually happened of any great importance.

They found a map that leads to Thrawn who is doing what exactly? They fight and Ashoka just looks weak. She falls off the cliffs and Anakin gives her a pep talk. She travels inside a whale through space, to find her friend Sabine who has just randomly found her friend Ezra. The whale leads her directly to the right planet lol.

Ahsoka then fights that guy again and instead the writers decide that she looks weak again, so she just runs off. Like how stupid is that, she should have gotten the win there, Anakins pep talk meant absolutely nothing.

So in these 7 episodes nothing has happened. Well that Thrawn guy has appeared and that's about it. Less said about Hera the better, absolutely pointless character.

I've given it 5 stars due to the lightsabre parts.

Another good episode. I like that this series progresses the plot through the development of the characters more so than the physical looming threat. It's all about characters being ready, particularly with Ahsoka and Sabine and we see them getting there.

I do understand the frustration of waiting for Thrawn's and Ezra's return home and the impact that will have, given that it's been what they've been trying to do since the first episode but if they continue to treat the characters stories and mental obstacles in a good way then being at that point will be even sweeter.

This episode gives us Anakin recordings, A C-3PO cameo, a reunion, a further reminder of the way Thrawn thinks and enjoyable action. Again, i've seen frustration at Ezra not using the lightsaber, I don't see that as overestimating his abilities but instead his protecting of Sabine as we know he would.

I enjoyed this episode and i'm patiently waiting to see what kind of victory the finale will bring. So many unanswered questions and so much potential for more stories of this era with Ahsoka and Thrawn!

Visually this show has been stunning. However Episode 7 is a great example as to why for me it hasn't been a success: There is no tension whatsoever. Through and through you know that none of the main characters are going to die.

Landing in a minefield should be catastrophic. But there are no consequences. Being chased by a pack of starfighters should be dangerous and challenging. Again no consequences. You'd expect Thrawn's troopers to be elite, but they wait 8 seconds after being told to fire and then one shoots and the rests scatters after Ahsoka's appearance. And speaking about Thrawn, where is his ruthless genius? This show hasn't demonstrated why the galaxy should be scared about Thrawn's return at all.

I keep watching because of Baylan, the only one with an interesting and compelling character arc. RIP Ray Stevenson.