Ahsoka Episode 6 BREAKDOWN - Reaction & Review! Spoilers! Easter Eggs, Ending Explained! 

Every moment Ray Stevenson is on screen is both incredible and so sad at the same time. He has such a presence and commands every scene and piece of dialogue he has that it is crushing that we know we will not be getting anymore of him. I've not been so intrigued by a character in Star Wars since Kylo Ren.

Grace with respect Clone wars is not too much of an ask, I guarantee once you start watching it you will love it like so many others. truly some great stories and action..

Most people who watched all of Clone Wars would have watched all of Rebels, Grace. So I think for most Filoni fans, ep 5 and 6 both worked for them

This episode felt like 60% Dune and 40% Star Wars

I felt the true magic of Star Wars when the little turtles started popping up, gathering together and talking like Jawa's.

I don't mind Thrawn "bigger" look, he is much older then he was in Rebels. In the books he fought with Anakin in the Clone Wars as basically a Captain in the his people's navy so he is likely just over 70 or so now and while we don't know how long the Chiss (his people) live we can assume he is actually getting up there in years.

You’re probably the only person who didn’t go nuts over last week’s episode

I found the part with Baylan talking about ending the cycle reminded me so much of Daenerys “breaking the wheel”

Grace basically everything you praise about rebels and the bad batch were done first and best in The Clone Wars, you’re really missing out by writing it off

Actually, I felt that Thrawn (albeit somewhat reminiscent of a Blue Elon) was presented rather strikingly. In fact, without much explanation: all of these imperials are extremely interesting. I'm particularly enamored with the East meets West motif; these sort of ravaged and scavenged Romano-Japanese stormtroopers--a Kintsugi-Legion, if you will.

The last episode wasn’t just a look into the past 🙄. It was necessary for Ahsoka’s character development

Oh Grace. You should watch Clone Wars on your own time. It really fills the gab between II and III. Like you understand the in universe love for Anakin.

23:33 think theyre referencing Japanese culture with kintugi where they repair broken part (mostly pottery) with gold. Its displayed in some of the storm troppers as well as the ship. One storm trooper even use red wizard garbs to repair broken armor

This show has totally expanded the Star Wars universe, and leaves me wanting even more. Wonder how they’re going to conclude the season… Wouldn’t mind a cliffhanger

uhhh Grace, the witches of Dathomir have been in Star Wars lore since the Clone Wars, with some pretty awesome links into characters we know and adore Love your vids!!!! Subscriber since like 2017 and still watching your content deep into college.

Baylan is such an interesting character with more left to explore… RIP Ray Stevenson 🙏❤

I was ok with seeing Ezra finally but episode 5 was peak star wars, this episode was getting back to ground seeing stuff that was more expected but still enjoyable. The last two episodes I'm pretty sure are gonna be great.

Enoch’s gold face plate Is mesmerizing 🔥🤘🏻

Grace, considering how slow it is right now, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND at least watching the last short season of The Clone Wars. It’s incredible start to finish and it will enhance the Ahsoka experience, especially with Anakins appearance in the last episode. If that’s too much then watch the last 4 episodes of the finale season. I was putting it off at first too but I ended up watching the entire thing and I’m so glad that I did. You will come to appreciate the complexity of Ahsokas relationship with her master and it will show you the most incredible lightsaber battle in animation ever! Ahsoka vs. Maul is jaw dropping! Last it actually illustrates Anikins turn to the dark side from a different perspective. It will rip your heart out in the last episode as it connects so many storylines but you will really appreciate how everything ties together now. I really hope you treat yourself and take my advice! Lol 🙏🤓

I think having the guy who voiced Thrawn playing Thrawn is one of the greatest decisions in this show, even though he looks a bit different its like he just leaped out of Rebel's to live action. He delivers his lines so good.

The fact that you saw and enjoyed one of the animated shows. Clone Wars, Rebels or Bad Batch, that makes you 100% a Filoni fan. I have a friend that saw only 1 of 3 animated shows and love both Mandalorian and Ahsoka, some episodes not so much but likes the path these shows are taking. So I think that even if you see one of those shows and like it, you are without a doubt a Filoni fan. And it’s understandable to not see every piece of Star Wars content because even if I love Clone Wars, I get it Can be too much. And even more so if you add Rebels and Bad Batch. So in my opinion, any animated show fan supports these live action shows one way or another

Even with the graveyard, I'm puzzled why so many are making comments assuming it's one way for all the Purrgils and not part of their travel patterns. They sure used to travel away from there in the past so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The last thing Ezra says to Sabine in Rebels is “I’m counting on you" and the first thing he says when he sees her again is “I knew I could count on you". Symmetry is nice.

Morgan's ship and the Eye of Sion to me feel very Old Republic. The eye of Sion might have it's name from the ancient Sith lord Darth Sion who could not die. He was physically holding himself together with the force to keep himself alive. He was the lord of pain. The other 2 notable sith that were loosely allied with him were Darth Traya who was a master manipulator, and Darth Nihilus who was the lord of Hunger. His physical body had been destroyed and he survived by draining the life out of entire planets and beings. I actually don't mind Thrawn's look. I didn't think he looked amazing in the trailer, but he looked better here. In the timeline he is supposed to be about 10 years older than when we last saw him in Rebels.

I disagree with many of your critics, but that's exactly why I love your channel. I get a different perspective. Being a huge fan, everything about this episode was great.

Also I think Thrawn is coming back because he’s gonna be the villain of the the Filoni Star Wars movie, it’s gonna take Din, Grogu, Ahsoka, The Rebels Crew, The Skeleton Crew guys, The New Republic Army, Bo and the Mandelorians, and Boba Fett and his team to defeat Thrawn.

Grace: Rebels has the best lightsaber fights ever! Me: *sigh* Watch Clone Wars, Grace! Literally one of the criticisms fans had when Rebels was being aired was that the fight scenes weren't as good as in TCW.

From what I understand it’s been 11 years since Ezra and Sabine have seen each other, and I felt their initial reaction to seeing each other was somewhat underwhelming considering what they supposedly mean to each other. Aside from that I really enjoyed this episode and more than anything else really want to know what Baylan is planning. Thanks for the review Grace

I never saw Rebels, or actually any of the animated things. Never read the books, either. But I'm pretty enthralled anyway- and there are enough "high fantasy" tropes in the story to make following along really easy, if you're into that sort of thing (high fantasy and space opera genre stuff) like I am. I love it!

How can anyone who has watched star wars not have an emotional reaction to Anakin returning? Hmm interesting

Sabine hasn’t seen Ezra in 10 YEARS. Asoka takes place during Mando S3 which is 9 ABY. Rebels S4, before the epilogue, ends at 1 BBY, one year before the battle of Yavin in a New Hope. Love having these breakdowns Grace 😂 gives me a place to nerd out.

Sorry Grace Clone Wars is better than Rebels

The stormtrooper guy and The Chimaera were covered in gold also.

This series has been outstanding

Getting excited over Ezra than Anakin is… interesting

Grace, the witches aren’t new, they are from Clone Wars and were very prominent. Daphamere is where darth Maul is from. They helped heal him and also one of their sisters was Dooku’s apprentice. These witches are known for bringing spirits back from the dead. Those containers being loaded on Thran’s ship are most likely undead troopers or some dead males or females of their own. So this episode was actually a 50/50 mix of Clone wars and Rebels. If you haven’t watched Clone Wars you wouldn’t know this so you get a pass. Lol

Grace the Great thing about clone wars is that you don’t have to watch the whole show to have an amazing experience. There are like 10 arcs you can watch that I guarantee you will love. Everything you love about the other filoni shows is done first and in many ways better in clone wars. It’s also WAY darker and more mature than rebels.

I also found it really interesting that the witches of dathomir gave me vibes of the fates from Greek stories or even the witches from Macbeth again that sense of the old world especially talking about threads of thrawns fate .

Thrawn is definitely escaping. And this show will hopefully be getting a second season if the Studios pay their writers and actors fairly and not engage with AI. Story needs more than 1 season.

I live the OT, the prequels, and Clone Wars and Rebels, I also read the Timothy Zan trilogy when it was originally released. I enjoyed the Mandolorian as a side story but Ahsoka has everything that makes Star Wars … Star Wars. Filoni honors George Lucas’s vision/ the lore and moves Star Wars forward. I loved both 5 and 6. I loved 5 more because the sequels ruined Anakin as the chosen one and Dave Filoni has found a way to suggest Anakin is still the chosen one in a even bigger way. Sabine and the turtle like creatures brought back vibes of when Leia meets the Ewoks.

Grace, Enoch (gold helmet trooper) shares the name with Enoch in the Bible who was taken into heaven without experiencing death. Thrawn disappeared without dying. v interesting

I laughed, when you talked about Ezra being stranded with the snail people. I was thinking it would have been funny if he introduced his snail kids and wife. The more I thought about it, the creepier it became.

I never seen rebels, but I watched all of Clone Wars and I loved seeing Anakin return, but I have felt no investment in finding Ezra. So I can understand how someone could feel the reverse. Personally I’m far more interested in the Villains of the show rather than the heroes.

Grace, I don’t appreciate the total dismissing of Clone Wars. It is the original animated show, most definitely on par with Rebels, and you can absolutely watch it by only watching the main story episodes. That removes a significant amount of episodes from all seven seasons. It makes sense that you loved Rebels, as you only watched the non-filler episodes, so I seriously encourage you to give Clone Wars a shot. The story may be moving forwards in terms of the timeline, but the characters certainly aren’t, and Ahsoka is and will be a major player going forward, and having not watched the show that introduced her and featured most of her character development totally ruins your understanding and appreciation of the character and what Rosario Dawson is doing with it now.

Grace loving Star Wars is so great just like us other Star Wars fans

Also when the big Star Destroyer was passing by , it looked like the big giant hyperdrive engines were busted, only the tinier drives were running

You should watch the night sister episodes of clone wars and it might help with the coffins. But I think we are going to find that it's not Thrawn who is going to be the villian, it's whatever Thrawn and the Night Sisters are running from and Baylan wants to find

The jumpring is build to fit the star destroyer inside. The chimera will return to known galaxy for sure

Exactly! We’re moving from the Skywalker saga to Thrawn saga. The heir of the empire

What?????? While Rebels is good, It's no Clone Wars. Sorry, Grace, but I have to disagree with you when it comes to Clone Wars.

The costuming department really did Lars Mikkelsen dirty this episode. I get that they wanted it to be the same outfit that he disappeared in, but surely they could've adjusted it to make it a little more flattering

The architecture design was really good. Not just the ship but all the monoliths sticking out from the ground.

If Grace thinks the lightsaber fights in Rebels is good she's missing out with the Clone Wars as they have the best lightsaber action ever imagined. Clone Wars is a touch above Rebels IMO but they're both great!

It's interesting how this show is the opposite of the sequels; Sabine can't just 'let the Force in', and needs discipline and training, strong focus on mentors and how their wisdom needs to be respected, hyperspace rams aren't a thing, when you find a long lost Jedi, he doesn't tell you to go away. Not to mention much more emphasis on monsters and creatures like a proper myth, and actually acknowledging Anakin and the prequels. And new elements (for the casual fans) like Nightsisters and fallen Jedi, along with exploring what the New Republic is, instead of just annihilating it.

Hi Grace, I think you should watch all seasons of Clone Wars. I believe you will enjoy the show, it binge worthy. Yes it a lot of homework but it 100% worth it. Also it means you can understand episode 5 so much more and clone wars have brilliant storytelling.

Ezra has been the missing piece this show has needed all along. When the credits rolled, I was like “damn, it’s already over.” I just didn’t want the scene to end, which is a sign they were doing something right with the storytelling. Not all cliffhangers have to involve peril; some can be you just wanting to see more of what’s going to happen next. And it was nice writing with Ezra basically wondering aloud when they would get around to him. The fans were wondering that too. “How long are you going to leave me hanging out in the wilderness, Sabine?”

Grace, I only got into Rebels because you mentioned it would tie into this and I’m sooo happy I did. Watching Thrawn, Ezra, and all of the other characters step into live action after bingeing them in animation for the past few weeks really made me fall in love with Star Wars all over again. I think it might have even dethroned Marvel for me right now!

I feel like the new galaxy has Dune vibes. With the witches being the Bene Gesserit. The vast open space and the Purrgil being the sand worms.

Did you just say you hope Anakin doesn't come back??? If so, you just don't get Star Wars. That's the most ridiculous comment ever, and I can assure you that you're going to get more Anakin. But you thought episode 5 was a bust when it was the best Star Wars content since the animated series. And the best live action episode to date.

Jacen is so much younger than Ezra was in rebels 😭😭 jacen is like 10 and Ezra was 14 or 15

I think Thrawn's army are mostly, if not entirely smoke zombies like Marrok. Also, in german "Nachtschwester"(Night sister) is what we call Night nurses.😁

Anakin IS Starwars... Starwars IS Anakin. They will never not be the same.

Hey Grace. Great review. I feel like they are borrowing from Lord of the Rings moreso than Game of Thrones. Ahsoka the white for example. However, Game of Thrones in its turn borrowed from LOTR, so tomato, tomato. I am curious what Baylan is seeking in this stories equivalent of Mount Doom and will he reveal a Sauron-type character who is the real bad guy. Can’t wait for next week! Really enjoying the show.

They’ve already announced an Heir to the Empire movie so Thrawn is defiantly getting back to the main universe he’s probably going to win completely by the end of this season setting up the movie

I just found out Baylon’s actor passed some time ago. I’m so heartbroken. Most interesting character on the show.

I loved that Thrawn had a paunch and the greying hair but I thought the wig looked odd.

"The Bad Batch" was introduced to us in the first episode of the seventh season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

I suspect if you watched Clone Wars you would be a Clone Wars fan.... You would have also got a lot of the context from that episode and would be in on some of the theories of what could be going on.

Chewbacca standing in the Millennium Falcon with its round hallways and throws his hands in the air says "Awrrwarrrr arrrr arwwww!"

Uh yeah Star Wars has always pulled inspiration from other sources. That is kind of a Star Wars thing... Dune (very heavy), Akira Kurosawa, etc

They are quite clearly Hermit Crabs (Hobit Crabs) lol

You know it's saying something when my favorite episode of Ahsoka is the on that barely has any Ahsoka in it.

I was very distracted when Sabine was resting with full color eye shadow after she was running through the woods with her helmet, battling, captured, and traveling through space.

The actor who plays the gold-plated stormtrooper is Wes Chatham from The Expanse fame (Amos).

Seeing Thrawn In Live Action was By far the biggest thing for me. I waited 30 years for this. Dont forget the Thrawn Trilogie books are maybe the Most beloved books in Star Wars history.

i totally got wizard of oz vibes out of this episode. which makes sense for a galaxy that's new to all the fans. you have witches, you have oz the great and terrible (thrawn), you have the castle guards (night troopers), you have munchkins (the noti), and of course you have dorothy (sabine) and her dog toto (the howler). so all sabine has to do to get ezra and her back home is knock her ruby slippers together, star wars style. 😄

Yep, I think the Metropolis reference was very intentional. Hel was a reference for the original design of 3PO, and Anakin losing his hand, and his glove design and building 3PO. Not to mention Coruscant. Because the Star Wars saga "is a silent movie". Of course, some choose to whine about the prequels, rather than understand what they are, but Filoni gets what Lucas made and why, as opposed to Iger, KK, JJ and Rian, who don't, and Gilroy, who doesn't care.

Grace: The witches of Dathomir are a fresh new addition! Clone Wars fans: Ughhh… Should we tell her? 😐

I thought both episodes 5 and 6 were great. They were very different, but I enjoyed both. It's getting interesting!

23:37 in the books both legend and canon thrawn is known to lead his stormtroopers very differently than the rest of the empire. Instead of using fear he gains their respect and awards creativity. So this makes sense that they are all chanting his name and have different markings.

Agree with you Grace! Rebels really is top tier content. People will say its just a kids show, but to me it captures exactly what I loved about Star Wars when I first viewed it. Easy, fun story lines you can keep up with while rooting for some cool characters. Hope they continue to expand on Ezra as hes the perfect lead character.

The creatures were more like Hermit Crabs, instead of snails 😅

As a casual Star Wars fan this series has for the first time got me saying "ok wow i need to see what happens next"!

I am looking forward to seeing Ezra and Ahsoka, fighting a whole bunch of green mist zombies, and one of the coming episodes!

Ahsoka has been a very refresing Disney plus show. The last time I felt this type of excitement was when Loki came out back in 2021

There is a galactic barrier situation in the Star Wars universe … it’s crazy difficult to leave to which is why getting the map with the exact route was needed. Navigating it is next to impossible.

No Grace....everything they did was Anakin was perfect. You have to REALLY watch clone wars to understand it. You said it yourself, you didn't watch it.

The Stormtroopers are cool due to their design being reminiscent of Japanese pottery where gold would be used on broken bowls. They also seem more Roman soldier styled which is timely and the red bandages make me think they’re Nightsister Zombies

That joke at the 13:32 mins mark made me laugh so hard.

*"This close to making out with a snail"* is a new level of bad day to be having lol, gonna need to work that one intomy vocabulary

Great Villains make such a difference and everyone really needs to give Filoni credit with his Villains. There actually a threat and have allure to them unlike the sequel movies. If Kylo Ren wasn’t played by Adam Driver the character would of fell flat on his face. Because he did absolutely freaking nothing to deserve the rep and cool factor

I have never seen Thrawn but with such a good actor likea Lars he really engaged the screen..like a Darth Vader presence, if he doesnt make it back i will be very upset with the show!

I feel like I'm interested in all the characters in this series so far... with the exception of Ahsoka lol

Giant circular Hyperdrive ring reminded me of giant, spherical Death Star. Yeah, not sure about your view that this is something we haven't seen before. Also, in the Prequels Obi-wan attached his Jedi starfighter to a hyperdrive ring to travel at lightspeed between worlds. So this is just a bigger version of that.

I appreciate hearing your perspective on this side of the franchise. As someone who grew up reading all the books/comics, playing the games, & watching all the movies/shows, this all feels very Star Wars to me and it's good to see another perspective.

Same with me, I didnt watch much clone wars. I loved the episode. And I watched a 5 minute youtube recap on Thrawn so I could understand more. Ray Stevenson is the best thing about this show. I didnt even learn of his passing until 2 episodes ago so I am so bummed we wont be getting more of him.

Well there's some key arcs in Clone Wars that you could watch, it's some of the best Star Wars stuff ever. It feels like Game of Thrones in the SW universe. You can look at it as just diving into lore and history of SW. It's so non-linear at this point you could watch it at any time and still feel like it's new. There's mystical stuff in there that they haven't tapped into yet in live action that I'm sure they will soon.

I’m just happy to actually get good Star Wars content consistently! As both a Clone Wars fan and a Rebels fan, I loved episode 5 and 6 for their story development AND their respect for the fans. But I am still a bit scared of what’s going on ahead… Since Disney + destroyed Marvel, and all SW series have been an up and down roller coaster, I will only get fully on board if they can wrap this series well. It needs to be epic, leave some open ends fortune next instalment, but also give us closure. I guess we will find that out in the next couple of weeks. 🤷‍♀️

I think as Ezra grew up in Rebels up until now, I felt him and Sabine were more a brother and sister vibe.

The pacing is still an issue for me, this episode could have been less than half the runtime and it only would have improved it.