What we've learned from AHSOKA

Aaron, Esta, Jami, and Tarush season review of AHSOKA. Spoiler Alert: we didn’t love it.

E1-2 😊

“AHSOKA either needs to prove that it is more than a REBELS sequel and lean into its incredibly powerful, complex main character or needs to deliver on the mystical, world-breaking extensions of the Force.“

– Tarush

PART THREE: TIME TO FLY 🤩

“What makes this series really hit its mark is the talented Rosario Dawson as AHSOKA. Her presence is felt everywhere, whether she is dodging bullets while spacewalking or calmly teaching Wren to “listen with her eyes.”

– Esta

PART FOUR: FALLEN JEDI 😊

“Most of everything else in AHSOKA, and especially here in E4, is far too tied into the STAR WARS: REBELS mythos, a show I’ve only seen a bit of. Instead of feeling like I’m being introduced to new (to me) characters and settings, I feel like an outsider who is never fully getting it. This is where the issue with AHSOKA lies; it never fully commits to being something fresh, but it’s also not STAR WARS REBELS: THE LIVE ACTION SERIES either.“

– Jami

PART FIVE SHADOW WARRIOR 😊

“At one point, Ahsoka looks outward and says, “That will do.” The same can be said for this good-not-great series. “That will do,” Dave Filoni, but can we please figure out how to shift from the past canon of the STAR WARS universe and jump to lightspeed to move this universe forward?“

– Aaron

PART SIX FAR, FAR AWAY 😊

“I hope story time is over for AHSOKA, and battles are next on the agenda. The sounds of menacing music and a chance to “die well” are what we all live for.“

– Esta

PART SEVEN DREAMS AND MADNESS 😊

“I’ve gone so far as to confirm with a few friends that without REBELS, the emotional moments of this series will feel muted. In DREAMS AND MADNESS, I wanted to swoon for Dave Filoni’s extension of STAR WARS. But instead, I continue to shrug my shoulders while not getting it.“

– Aaron

PART EIGHT THE JEDI, THE WITCH, AND THE WARLORD 😊

“What I’ve learned from my time watching AHSOKA, OBI-WAN, THE MANDALORIAN, and BOBA FETT is for me to care about a STAR WARS show, I need Grogu.“

– Aaron

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STAR WARS AHSOKA is available to stream on Disney+.

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Aaron "Dobler" Goldstein

Aaron Goldstein is a Product Manager by day, ludicrous speed content consumer by night. He’s a LA Film School Alumni and TV Academy / Producers Guild of America member. Aaron is a proud parent and dad joke enthusiast.

Esta Rosevear

Esta Rosevear has been a Theatre Arts teacher and director for 35+ years, published Children’s author of the Rebecca series, and is passionate about playing her violin, walking, gardening, and reading murder mysteries.

Jami Losurdo

When not writing film and tv reviews, Jami is expanding her collection of colorful sunglasses, lifting weights, and working her day job as a Digital Advertising Director. An alumnus of NYU Tisch for Film/TV, Jami made Los Angeles her home in the early 2000s and continues her quest to find the very BEST tacos of all time.

Tarush Mohanti

Tarush Mohant is a playlist curator and music explorer, the creator of illussongs (illustrations of songs), and has a fitness plan motivated by action movies (running, climbing, swimming, hiking).