Utterly fantastic stuff.Īhsoka faces Baylan. Again, the Kurosawa and other Eastern influences are the heaviest Star Wars has had so far in this show, and each duel in this episode mostly plays out like a clash of samurais and Ronins, with Kiner using the right instruments and pulse in the background. Shin fares much better with Sabine, who appears to briefly harness the Force and give her enemy a small push before getting out of danger with a good ol' Mandalorian trick. His fatal wound and what emerges from it seem to suggest Morgan had simply reanimated a dead Inquisitor with her Dathomirian magick, but it's not quite clear. Meanwhile, Ahsoka quickly takes care of Marrok, who's far from being a pushover Inquisitor, but isn't too different from the many that the titular Jedi has felled in the past. The forest scenery alone is reminiscent of Ahsoka's first live-action appearance in The Mandalorian, but it also facilitates some crystal-clear callbacks to The Force Awakens, with Sabine going all Finn – her courage is there, but her technique isn't – and struggling to keep up with a well-trained Force user. (Image credit: Disney)Īt the center of this episode, we have three freakin' duels! Three! And they're definitely great contenders for our best lightsaber fights list.
STAR WARS SCENERY MOVIE
As amazingly unique as Ludwig Göransson and Joseph Shirley's work on "The Mandalorian" and " The Book of Boba Fett" has been, it's Kiner who should get to score Dave Filoni's upcoming event movie in our humble opinion.Īhsoka gets a rematch against Marrok. He gets the soul of John Williams' sounds, but refuses to imitate his work unless the situation really asks for it, and even then, there's always new notes and arrangements to chew on. It took surprisingly long to have him write an original score for live-action Star Wars, but he's finally doing it and consistently knocking it out of the park. We'd also like to give another special shoutout to Kevin Kiner here. As much as we love the mystical core of the series, getting to see more of the New Republic and how they react to this new menace helps expand this barely explored era of the Star Wars timeline.
She's also joined by the always reliable and battle-ready Carson Teva and other X-Wing aces. Along for the ride are Chopper and Jacen, thankfully confirming Hera's son will be more than a simple throwaway cameo in this show. She might be a more mature leader now that she's a general, but she still puts her friends and allies above politics. Meanwhile, Hera Syndulla has decided to disobey New Republic command after communications with Ahsoka and Sabine were cut off as they jumped into the Denab system. A team-up with Din Djarin at some point would be awesome to see.
While Ahsoka fights them off with her two lightsabers and the Force, Sabine goes all Mando on them, skillfully dodging and blocking their shots as she lands her own hits. Indeed, we get to see her embracing her roots when Elsbeth's goons attack Huyang and their ship. Sabine might be far from being a perfect Jedi candidate, but no one should forget she's a remarkable Mandalorian. Things come to a boiling point in episode 4, and we'll be flying blind past this chapter.Īhsoka and Sabine's relationship remains shaky at best, but Lady Tano made some progress last episode, when she decided to listen to her apprentice and trusted her to make the right decisions in life-or-death situations. Making the major players in a story search for and try to obtain the same thing has always been a good narrative trick to propel the action and inject urgency into the script. The episode starts right where we left off last week, with Sabine Wren and Ahsoka preparing to defend themselves from Morgan Elsbeth's lackeys and collaborators before trying to get to the star map the villains are close to deciphering.
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