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July 31, 2024
Star Wars: Ahsoka Episode 3 | Summary, Recap, & Review
Need a little recap for the third episode of Ahsoka? Well look no farther. Check out our recap and review written by a true Star Wars fan.
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Short & Sweet
Episode 3 of Ahsoka, despite having a short run time, has enough room for great character development and action sequences.
- Ahsoka and Sabine's chemistry is getting better.
- Hati and Marrok's ship looks old and realistic.
- The fight scenes are well choreographed.
Pros
- They reuse several shots of the three starfighters that trail Ahsoka's ship.
- Not enough screentime for the Lothcat.
Cons
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Disney Plus’ new live-action show Ahsoka continues to be a solid addition to the Star Wars canon. “Part Three: Time to Fly” may be short (It’s only 30 minutes after the recap, titles, and credits), but it is packed with action. Like the previous episode, it is written by Dave Filoni and directed by Steph Green. It premiered August 29, 2023 on Disney Plus.
Spoilers for Ahsoka abound in this article. Read with caution!
Ahsoka Episode 3 | Summary & Recap
The episode opens with Ahsoka’s ship traveling through hyperspace. Huyang (David Tennant) is teaching Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) different lightsaber stances and attack patterns. He has four arms, each holding a hologram sword. After they finish, he says that her skills are mediocre at best. Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) wants to teach her padawan the Zatochi technique, but Huyang says no, claiming it would be too difficult for her.
Ahsoka tells Sabine that she needs to train her mind as well as her body. Since Sabine is a Mandalorian, she has some skill with a blade, but not enough to be a Jedi. Ahsoka gives her a helmet with a shield over her face, completely blinding her to the outside world. Ahsoka moves around Sabine telling her to use her senses to find her. It’s a cool cat and mouse scene with no stakes. The two spar a bit until Sabine is sent to the floor.
Aboard the Home One, Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) meets with Chancellor Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly) and a group of Senators. One of the Senators is Hamato Xiono, a pacifist who does not want to focus on military matters. Hera talks about the reconnaissance they did on Corellia. She believes that there is still a strong Imperial presence on Corellia, however, one Senator thinks that Hera might be biased. She mentions Grand Admiral Thrawn and how he is most likely behind all of this. Mothma is shocked, but the other Senators don’t believe he is still alive. Hera wants to send a task force to the Denab system. Xiono thinks this is just another attempt for Hera to use New Republic resources to find Ezra. Hera takes him to task about not being in the war. They don’t realize the threat Thrawn poses to the New Republic.
Hera exits the briefing room while Mothma and the Senators confer. She runs into Chopper and her son, Jacen Syndulla (Evan Whitten). He asks her if it’s true that Sabine is going to become a Jedi. Jacen hopes to be a Jedi like Sabine and his father, Kanan Jarrus. Hera pats his head and hugs him.
Back on Ahsoka’s ship, Sabine wants to speed up her Jedi training. She’s good with weapons but doesn’t feel the Force. Ahsoka tells her to start small and to be patient, something Sabine struggles with. She goes to the cockpit and chats with Huyang about Sabine. Huyang reiterates that she would not be an ideal candidate for the Jedi. Few Mandalorians were ever able to become Jedi. In the lounge, Sabine tries to move a cup using the Force. She is interrupted by Ahsoka telling her that Hera is on the ship’s holo.
Hera informs them that they are on their own. The New Republic does not want to send any troops, including herself, to Seatos. Suddenly, the comms cut off. Communications are being jammed in the Denab System. Huyang drops them from hyperspace. There is a large ship on their scanners that Huyang doesn’t recognize in his databanks. He begins a scan of the ship.
Shin Hati (Ivanna Sahkno) and Marrok (Paul Darnell) are piloting a small squadron of Republic-era starfighters around the system. They look like ships from the Clone Wars. They are speeding towards Ahsoka and the team. Sabine runs to the gunner seat while Ahsoka pilots. Sabine is struggling to hit anything with the blasters and pleads for Ahsoka to help her. She tells Sabine to trust the ways of the Force. Huyang chastises them for being reckless and not working together. Once they start working together, Sabine starts hitting ships, destroying several of them.
The Eye of Sion comes into view. It is in a hyperspace ring, also from the Republic era. Hati warns Morgan Elsbeth (Diana Lee Inosanto) that Ahsoka is coming for her. She preps the turbolasers. Huyang needs the team to get closer to the ship in order for him to complete the scan. They fly around and shoot at each other for a while. Once the scan finishes, they are hit and it looks like Huyang explodes. They don’t crash, and Hati congratulates Elsbeth for almost getting them.
Ahsoka and Sabine try to fix the ship enough to at least get them onto the planet. Ahsoka goes out on the ship with a spacesuit and battles in the vacuum of space. She deflects bolts and slices ships. She gets knocked off the ship and drifts into space. Sabine fixes the ship and swoops the wings around to pick her up. They breach Seatos.
As they enter the atmosphere, a pod of space whales called Purrgils appears. There is a lot of swooping between Purrgil tentacles as they trade blasts. Hati and Marrok lose them among the tentacles and clouds.
After the battle, Huyang wakes up, saying his battery back-ups took a while to boot up. He informs them that the scan was completed before the attack. They set down deep in a forest of red trees and shut down power to the ship (and Huyang) so they won’t be detected. Hati and Marrok fly over them, completely unaware of their presence.
Once the danger passes, they boot up Huyang and he shows them that the hyperspace ring is still under construction. The ring is much bigger than he’s ever seen. The six cores could theoretically make a jump to a new galaxy. The Jedi Archives have records of intergalactic hyperspace lanes that follow the Purrgil migration pattern.
Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson) stands in the ruins site from Episode 2. He orders his troops to hunt down the Jedi before the credits roll.
Ahsoka Episode 3 | Review & Analysis
Performances | 8/10
Even though this episode had a shorter runtime, we saw some good character development for our protagonists. Sabine is starting to humble herself a bit more while still keeping her headstrong Mandalorian ways. Bordizzo still continues to impress me with her performances. The sparring scene at the beginning has a good moment of levity between her and Huyang, and she plays the comedy of it well. Honestly, any scene with Tennant and Bordizzo is just a treat. Ahsoka and Sabine's chemistry has really started to gel this week, and I hope it continues to grow.
Winstead’s Hera is another shining spot in this episode. Her combativeness during the briefing scene was an excellent choice. When she loses her cool and snaps at Senator Xiono, it feels very real. Like all of this anger from the war finally boils over, and she can’t take it anymore. Yes, she is obviously using this as a way to find Ezra, but it’s also to prevent another war from breaking out. She is frustrated that she knows how big of an enemy Thrawn is, but no one else can see it.
Our villains didn’t get a lot of time to shine, unfortunately. Sakhno had a few good lines, and she used them well. You can see a lot of Anakin Skywalker in her to Skoll’s young Obi-Wan Kenobi. Stevenson had literally two lines, but he has that pensive look down pat. With all the Clone Wars era weaponry, I think we are going to see some callbacks and connections to the Jedi of that era with Skoll.
Directing | 8/10
I’ve decided to forgo the “Music and Sound” portion of my reviews because it was starting to become the same thing each review. The music has been really good so far, and I don’t see that changing. I’d like to focus on the direction of each episode now, instead.
There is a scene at the beginning where Ahsoka seems to randomly teleport, which I know is specifically a metaphorical movement, but it really threw me off. Which, again, is the intended effect for the audience as we are in Sabine’s shoes at that time. I think it was a smart choice, but it could be confusing to other viewers who think it may be a Force power.
The dogfight was much better this time. There were actually stakes with this one as opposed to the one in the previous episode. However, they may have reused several shots of the three starfighters training Ahsoka’s ship. Green used that type of shot a few too many times and it felt like I was stuck in a timeloop. Overall, it’s still a cool scene.
All of the fight scenes in this show have been well choreographed. Say what you will about the prequels, but they did great things for lightsaber battles.
Sets & Costuming | 7/10
Huyang with four arms looks great. That whole scene was really pitch perfect. I’m focusing on him for a bit, but his four-armed form is a really cool look that still somehow looked dorky. Everything about that dang droid is dorky, even when he is doing battle with four blades.
Star Wars clothing is hard to do. I’m specifically referring to robes. We’ve seen in this show how cloaks and robes can help in a duel, but why are the Senators always in some sort of choir robe? I’ve always hated how this looks, and I wish it would change. I’m guessing they do robes because powerful people in our world don’t wear them, they wear suits, so it’s a way to set it outside of our universe. Either way, I don’t like it. All that being said, they do look nice, props to the costume designers.
In previous reviews, I’ve talked about how I wish things looked a bit more worn in the Star Wars galaxy. Everything is always shiny and chrome-plated. Hati and Marrok’s ships look run-down and old. This is what I like to see in my Star Wars.
As a final note, Ahsoka’s space suit looks like Saiyan armor from Dragon Ball Z, and I can’t unsee it. Neither can you.
Ahsoka Episode 3 | Final Thoughts & Feelings
I talked a big game in my last review. I said “If there is no Lothcat, I will stop watching.” Now, there is a brief shot of one in the recap, so, luckily, my requirements have been met. However, even if there wasn’t one, I would still keep watching. Everything is being set up so well in this series so far. I need to see what happens next.
All this to say, my rating would be higher if the Lothcat had a bigger role. It actually needs a bigger role in all Star Wars content.
Final Score | 8/10
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Ray Stevenson in Ahsoka?
+Ray Stevenson plays Baylan Skoll, a former Jedi Knight and one of the main antagonists of the show. He works for another antagonist, Morgan Elsbeth, while also training his apprentice, Shin Hati.
Did Anakin train Ahsoka?
+Yes, Anakin Skywalker (aka Darth Vader) trained Ahsoka Tano during the Clone Wars, a time where Jedi were soliders and before Anakin turned to the dark side.
Why did Ahsoka leave the Jedi Order?
+Ahsoka left the Jedi Order after being framed for treason and murder. She was imprisoned but she escaped. She wants to clear her name but she is hunted as a criminal.
Where can I watch Star Wars: Ahsoka?
+Star Wars: Ahsoka is only available on Disney Plus, along with other Star Wars series like Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Who is Ahsoka?
+Ahsoka is a female Togruta who was trained by Anakin Skywalker. She walked away from the Jedi Order after being framed, but continued to fight for justice.
Where is Thrawn in Ahsoka?
+During the events of the TV series, Ahsoka, Grand Admiral Thrawn is on Peridea, in the Far Galaxy. However, he manages to escape during the last episode.
Where is Ezra in Ahsoka?
+Ezra is stuck on Peridea in the Far Galaxy, along with Grand Admiral Thrawn, until Ahsoka and Sabine arrive looking for Thrawn.
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