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Ahsoka – Toil and Trouble

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  • Title: Ahsoka – Part Two: Toil and Trouble
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In typical Disney fashion, which we’ve seen playout with the Marvel series especially, the second episode of Ahsoka finishes the preamble allowing the story to actually kick off in the next episode. “Toil and Trouble” ends with Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson) and Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) back on the same page and the show finally catching up with the final scene of Star Wars Rebels as fans watched the pair of them sail off into the unknown seeking Ezra Bridger (Eman Esfandi) and Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen). Getting that search finally started seems to have given Sabine back some energy in the final moments of the episode (and got her back into her trademark Mandalorian armor) as sticking her in a hospital bed sidelining her for an entire episode doesn’t do much for either the character or the series at this point.

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Ahsoka – Master and Apprentice

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  • Title: Ahsoka – Part One: Master and Apprentice
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A live-action adaptation of Star Wars Rebels in all but name, the first episode of Ahsoka continues the path we saw Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson) on during her appearance in The Mandalorian: a search for Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen). I do love me some Star Wars Rebels, and seeing the characters and locales of the show lovingly recreated is certainly a feather in Ahsoka‘s cap. A fully realized live-action Lothal, complete with Loth-Cats, is a joy to behold. With the lone exception of The Last Jedi, for me Rebels is the best property Star Wars has produced in the last 40 years. That’s not to say I didn’t have some problems with this first episode (such as bringing back the hidden map idea used to mixed results in The Force Awakens).

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Young Jedi Adventures – The Junk Giant

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  • Title: Young Jedi Adventures – The Junk Giant
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Taborr (Trey Diaz Murphy) and his friends return for “The Junk Giant” as Kai Brightstar (Jamaal Avery Jr.) and Lys Solay (Juliet Donenfeld) discover they are responsible for the thefts from the local junk yard, building themselves a large droid to help with their schemes. While the Jedi fight off the droid, injuring it enough for Taborr to abandon it, in the end Kai takes the lesson he’s learned about objects having hidden value to heart and convinces the robot to turn to their side ultimately giving Jinara (Cree Summer) a new friend. Unfortunately, the structure of the episode means Nubs (Dee Bradley Baker) gets far less screentime than the Jedi, for the second adventure in a row, spending time cleaning up the junk yard while his friends get to have more fun.

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Young Jedi Adventures – Get Well Nubs

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  • Title: Young Jedi Adventures – Get Well Nubs
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With Nubs (Dee Bradley Baker) feeling under the weather and in danger of missing his own chance to see the eruption of the Kublop Geyser, Kai Brightstar (Jamaal Avery Jr.) and Lys Solay (Juliet Donenfeld) go on an adventure of their own to find a local herb which can heal their friend in time for the field trip. “Get Well Nubs” plays on the strength and weaknesses of each character with Kai racing ahead without thinking and Lys getting lost in the moment. Together, however, the two work together even when needing to fight their way through a gangul and return in time to enjoy the geyser with their friend.

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