Full Series Ahsoka in Rebels

I find I'm unable to accept a death from a heroic deed, I'm usually unable to do so with chars I hold close. Granted, yes, let her make an impact that spurred the Rebellion onward (stealing the plans of the DS as some suggested) but thereafter mysteriously vanished or thought lost after a battle to escape with it. I don't see why she couldn't "lurk" during the time period of the OT, with the others taking center stage, and lived on. I don't know, I guess there's no depiction of her having a settled life (peace) for any length of time which makes her death in any situation...unfair? There's only the impression that she's constantly on the move, facing jeopardy, crisis and overcoming them. So far, of all the fictional chars (of other franchises) I've an interest in, only one has a death in which I accepted with sadness and no regret. His death was already foretold and affirmed in the story. He went on to accomplish his goals and in that time period, the viewer knows he had a settled life, peace and a measure of happiness with his family. His passing was shown and there are questions because of what happened after he died but it is a death that raised no ruckus. *shrug* If anything, if they're going to kill her, I'd like some advanced warning because I'd prefer to distance myself before I get whopped over the head. But then of course, I doubt they would do that.

On further thought, it's probably better I start distancing now. That's not going to be easy.

 

I'm not following. Which part was I wrong about?

 

About people not liking the videos.

 

I didn't say "no one" would like them. I only suggested that those videos might only get a few likes.

 

What did they do to her face?​

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^ ?? Er...what're you referring to?

 

They've changed her face slightly. It does look rather unlike her old one. I would have preferred something more like the Mortis vision.

 

Change, in art style.

 

I was thrown off at first too. Not so much by the changes to her face markings but by the strips on her lekku. I’m going to give it some time to see if it grows on me. Personally, I’m far more interested in seeing how her personality has changed.

 

The art styles are surely different of course. I would say looked good on Rebels, although I think that headband is also throwing people as some of her forehead is not visible with it on. Her patterns seems have changed due her aging, as its part've her skin pattern. The forehead pattern loses is very fine and nicer CW style which probably is annoying people. Even taking the headband into account they did seem to make her more lower foreheaded, where the pattern becomes very chunky and somewhat ugly.

 

Her TCW face is more angular - both her story era (teenage) face and her "future self" face from the Mortis vision. Her Rebels face has softer curves. The Rebels face is the more "realistic" of the two - her eyes are a realistic size, vs her cartoonishly large anime-esque eyes in the TCW model.

Her TCW face is also broader, her Rebels face a little thinner. Again, no biggie... a lot of people have somewhat rounder or more puffy faces during their teens. Puppy fat as it's known. That's obviously a human thing, but since Togruta are one of those alien species whose face is pretty much identical to a human face (which is of course improbable scientifically speaking, but that's for another discussion) it seems likely the same thing would happen with them.

 

I thought her TCW face looked odd, somewhat bigger than adult faces. But I like how she looks in Rebels, softer curves, not so angular with that dent in chin and proportionate eyes. It's a change but a nice realistic change; faces tend to thin out and lengthen as one grows older. Moreover togrutan adults have long faces and high foreheads. It marks the difference between then and now.

There's also something bugging me; aren't the montrails a hindrance sometimes? Sometimes I'll have this whimsical scene; Ahsoka tries to hide behind some barriers. Stormtroopers come running up and look around.

Trooper A : It's easy to nail a togrutan.
Trooper B : Really? How?
Tropper A : Bunny ears.

 

Interesting new video
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...no-star-wars-rebels-exclusive-video/28457211/

 

I get the impression from the video that Ahsoka, in fact, does not know who Vader really is. Not at first anyway. This is actually a good thing to me. Discovering something of that magnitude is really something that deserves to be seen on screen.

Some of the brief clips of her we see in this video are interesting too. her and Kanan using the Force together with his hand on her shoulder. Igniting her sabers, ready to kick some butt. And a worried look on her face even as the other seem to be celebrating something.

Season 2 can't come soon enough.

 

Well, that is one unhappy Togruta. I wonder who she's looking at.

 

Looks like Takobo City background:





http://rebelsreport.com/2015/05/25/possible-star-wars-rebels-season-2-concept-art-takobo-city/

 

Got a lot of Russian vibe with that city and that it is not a bad thing.

 

I know right it looks like a giant Russian Orthodox church.

 

Doubtful Tano would kill Lux, let alone need two lightsabers to do it. He was not that bad of a character and he was just a young boy on the show and she was a young girl that were thrown into events far greater than themselves, including war and calls to take up roles of leadership at such young ages.

 

I think you're taking that post too seriously.

(I think you all can guess who I think it is...)

 

I'm gonna have to watch that video when I get home from work today.

 

I find interesting Filoni saying specifically the "Anakin trained Ahsoka" would not stand a chance while showing a clip of an about even match up between the two during Mortis back in TCW. But Vader is not Anakin anymore and he also makes a point she's this all grown up Jedi mentor and great warrior and being compared to Yoda and Obi Wan, so perhaps someone else trained her and that someone else made her more than a match for Vader.

 

That match up was less even and more Anakin didn't want to hurt her because she was kind of being posessed.

He outright said that Vader would definitely beat her in a fight because Vader trained her, all of the power she has now originates from her connection to him and in a fight with him that connection would become her greatest weakness. I imagine she would do a much better job of losing than Kanan and Ezra, but it still would not go well for her.

 

That looks like the Kremlin or something behind Comrade Tano there...

Hey, my prediction here, though made in jest, might yet come true. I was thinking of the soviet posters of Lenin, Stalin etc. when I wrote that.