Ahsoka avoids the excessive cameos and contrived dot-connecting of other, lesser Star Wars shows, focusing instead on what makes this franchise so much fun — its characters.
For those who have never been intrigued by “Star Wars,” the master versus apprentice theme at the core of “Ahsoka” likely won’t be enough to push them to explore such an intensive world. However, for lifelong fans who understood the significance of “Rebels” and fell in love with one of the most iconic female characters of the franchise, learning more about her story and what happened to Thrawn and Ezra will likely be a transcendent experience.
Finally something new in star wars, easily the most original material since TCW. I've read so much hypocritical things on this show, that's saddening, like it's too slow, coming from people who praise Andor.
Story so far is the best of all the series (and not the hundredth retold of the same old story), acting wasn't the best (expect the bad guy) but improves in every episode.
I've not enjoyed Star Wars this much since in long time.
With a strong connection to Rebels, rich characters, and the ingredients for a solid story, Ahsoka is loaded with potential. However, the series stumbles a bit out the gate. The relationship between Ahsoka and Sabine is strained, but we’re not given enough backstory for it to feel genuine.
Disney+’s new live action series Ahsoka has the potential to explore the more cosmic and mystical aspects of the Star Wars universe, but the first two episodes feel flat at times as characters have to spend too much time catching up viewers who didn’t watch Star Wars Rebels.
It’s in many ways the anti-“Andor”: They both have slow builds, yet while the Emmy-nominated “Rogue One” spinoff focused on building up new characters, themes and corners of the galaxy, “Ahsoka” falls back on cherry-picking from its past. (Though for folks who just watch the movies, at least the "Rebels" folks will feel somewhat fresh.)
There’s a chance that when some of the people everybody keeps talking about finally make appearances in Ahsoka, the entire show will gain the immediacy that’s currently lacking. Even Andor, which not every Star Wars show needs to be, started slow, but it was never bland.
Ahsoka lacks the beauty or grandeur of the best of George Lucas’s vision. It has nothing of the tactility of Tatooine’s deserts or Hoth’s icescape. The production design is as flat and flimsy as the characterisation. Ahsoka herself is, on paper, a badass – but on the screen she feels joyless.
The Disney era of Star Wars has been a mixed bag, but with definite high points. It's too early to tell about "Ahsoka," but it is a step up from "Boba Fett." In episodes 1 and 2, there were some great scenes, but also scenes with a strange amount of dead air. A tighter edit would help. It does bother me that being impaled by a light saber is no longer fatal or apparently much of a problem at all. And why is there so much wasted empty space on Ahsoka's ship? On the Millennium Falcon, every inch of space seemed to have a reason for being.
Am I the only one who thinks the quality of the Star Wars series is declining? I know some people didn't like "Disney Star Wars" from the beginning, but looking at other shows like Andor, for example. A real masterpiece in terms of story, music, visuals. The story was more engaging. Of course, Ahsoka's plot isn't bad, but it's a definite downgrade from previous series. Not to mention the CGI that looks like Disney Channel at times. Of course, I'm only talking about flaws now, but as a Star Wars fan, unfortunately, I pay more attention to imperfections than others.
Sadly another dull Star Wars experience with very bad and plastic looking CGI in some scenes. Other scenes look good, but they can´t lift up the bad storytelling, the one dimensional characters and the lack of tension. I really liked the animated Rebels series and like the fanservice here and there, but sadly that´s not enough to keep the series from a very mediocre rating. I expected more from Mr. Filony, but maybe Kathleen "The Force is Female" Kennedy had to much power, when creating this series. Who knows...? Anyway, there´s not ONE character in the series, that I find sympathetic, except Chopper... And that should tell you what the real problem is... But hey, time to move on... Star Wars seems to be dead...