She’s simply a wandering ronin, locked in a one-woman quest to stop a war that may or may not ever come.Īnakin’s presence here is a way of forcing Ahsoka to confront her past and come to terms with their shared failures. Even years after the fall of the Empire, she won’t allow herself to settle down and put up roots anywhere.
She’s still haunted by the outcome of the Clone Wars and her failure to save her master. Ahsoka telling Baylan Skoll that she doesn’t want to dwell on the past is ironic, because that’s clearly all she does. Force Ghosts tend to appear only when they’re needed most, and Ahsoka clearly needs Anakin right now. This is no mere cameo, but part of something bigger and very meaningful for Ahsoka. It invokes seven seasons’ worth of triumph, failure and heartbreak in just a handful of words.īest of all, Christensen’s appearance at the end of Episode 4 is clearly just a prelude to a larger reunion sequence between the two characters. For The Clone Wars fans, that moment alone may justify the entire series. We even get to hear Christensen’s Anakin use Ahsoka’s nickname, Snips. We’ve now been able to see Dawson and Christensen give life to that crucial Ahsoka/Anakin relationship. Thanks to “Fallen Jedi,” we finally have that scene.
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This series needed a scene between Dawson’s Ahsoka and Christensen’s Anakin to complete her whirlwind journey. Seeing her communing with Anakin’s son Luke in The Book of Boba Fett was a start, but it wasn’t quite enough. Her transition from animation to live-action was never going to be complete without an acknowledgment of her all-important relationship with Anakin. But even so, something was always missing. Seeing Ahsoka make the jump to live-action has felt like a validation of the character and her integral role in the saga. As far as Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith would have us believe, Anakin never had a Padawan of his own. The Clone Wars shows the integral role Ahsoka played in the massive conflict between the Republic and the Separatists, but the series was always forced to dance between the raindrops of the prequel movies. Up till now, Ahsoka’s story has mainly unfolded in the animated realm in shows like Rebels and The Clone Wars.
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It’s a moment fans have been waiting for ever since Christensen’s involvement in the series was first teased.Īhsoka is an unusual character in that she’s among the most popular Star Wars heroes despite never having appeared in a live-action movie (we’re not really counting Ashley Eckstein’s vocal cameo in The Rise of Skywalker). We’ll get to the importance of the World Between Worlds shortly, but the biggest surprise here is that Ahsoka is greeted by none other than the spirit of her old master, Anakin. The final scene shows that Ahsoka isn’t quite dead, but she’s close enough that her consciousness has returned to a place with special significance for Rebels fans - the World Between Worlds. Things aren’t exactly going Ahsoka’s way by the end of “Fallen Jedi.” This episode ends with Sabine caving to Baylan Skoll’s malign influence and Ahsoka herself being knocked off a cliff.
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