Ahsoka Review Disney RUINS Past Star Wars Season 1 Episode 5 

Ahsoka review of Season 1 Episode 5 with Hayden Christensen reprising his role as Anakin for a young clone wars Ahsoka. While his talents are undeniable, it simply highlights how bad adult Ahsoka is, and makes it more laughable when she beats him in the fight. The rest of the story, is largely waffle or talking about giant space whales. Giant space whales, something everyone tunes into Star Wars for. But this is Disney Star Wars, and so the cinema Ahsoka special turned out to be, a slightly improved version of what we had all season. Albeit with some nice effects in places. But what did you think of what you saw? Let me know your thoughts down below and as always, thanks for watching :)

“We start by waving a camera over some broccoli” strong start 😭🤣

You can tell Hayden actually had professional sword fighting training.

Imagine how this must feel for Hayden. He was scorned by the masses to the point of irrelevancy for being too whiny a character, and now he's watching lesser performances out of actors maintaining relevancy despite poor performances. Must feel hopelessly crushing.

No kidding Hayden is better with a lightsaber than literally anyone in Disney Star Wars. He and Ewen trained for the Mustafar fight in Episode 3 for something like _six months._ That's the sort of thing actors used to do when they wanted to portray characters of skill: actually get skilled.

Anakin vs Ahsoka shows the difference between someone who was TRAINED in sword choreography and practiced fast action lightsaber duels countless times before actually filming, and someone who gets bored after the third take and didn't even bother to call in a stunt double.

Remember they casted a professional stunt man to play Darth Maul just because of his ability with martial arts. They trained forever to get Hayden and Ewan to the point shown in the movies. So either you hire people that are already used to physical stun choreography or you train them up to be. If you want the make the fight scenes look good that is.

Anakin's footwork is the element that everyone is noticing in his form. He's always balanced and looks powerful, because he actually would be fighting like this. Its not a show. Hes actually learned how to duel. All those hours of practice paid off. Imagine if these current actors tried as hard today.

Girl boss: "Do you know who I am?" Logical person: "They refuse to identify themselves, open fire."

She managed to answer a 50/50 question correctly, on the second try.

Anakins duel with Ahsoka reminds me of the duels in the prequel Trilogy. Fast, strong, precise. Not like two toddlers waving sticks at each other. Shows just how talented Hayden actually is. He completely stole the episode.

I feel like not bothering to train actors for their rolls is an issue with productions these days. It really hurts the realism that we are suppose to believe that she is good at fighting. It really looked like he was really holding back to make her seem better.

I'm not at all surprised that Hayden actually looks very competent at lightsaber duels. You can tell he really pours himself into this role, but absolutely every step in production is working against him. I can almost imagine them filming this, and he just naturally is so good at the choreography that he has to consciously slow himself down. I feel sorry for the guy not being able to get a decent script as Anakin.

Hayden was actually very skilled when he and Ewan practiced for ROTS. Totally looks like he dialed it down here lol

It's ridiculous that YOUNG Ahsoka has better Lightsaber Skills than adult Ahsoka. The actress did a FABULOUS job Hayden Christensen's Lightsaber Skills remain off the chart and his acting of both Light Anakin and Dark Anakin was spot on. It's a JOY to see that the Saber Training Hayden learned from Nick Gillard are still with him. In fact, Gillard should be the only Saber Trainer & Choreographer on all future Star Wars Projects.

I hate how new Star Wars forgets Vader Redeemed himself by both saving and dying for his son and the galaxy.

Hayden's fight was almost painful to watch...not that he did anything wrong, but he was too good compared to an opponent who seemed bored and couldn't be bothered. It's like watching someone play pretend where 1 is really into it while the other would rather be home watching TV.

George Lucas Star Wars: Actors train for months with stunt fighters and each other in order to create fluid, fast-paced battles that are visually amazing, technically brilliant and engaging. Disney Star Wars: "Eh, just swing your lightsaber around. Who gives a sh**?"

The greatest humor comes from the fact that none of it mattered. Whether it was a dream, or not. Whether that was really Anakin, or not. The whole "chosen one" storyline did not matter because Palpatine won in the end and even took Skywalkers name for his own legacy.

Hayden is an absolute beast and I’m so glad he’s finally getting the appreciation he deserves. He saved that one episode of obi wan and he has certainly levelled up the Ashoka series with his presence.

The absolute BEST part was seeing Hayden Christensen again MASTERFULLY performing lightsaber duels, he is truly the MASTER. His passion, dedication to the part and character is exemplary.

My favorite part of this episode is when General told her son "GO! GET TO THE CHOPPER!!"

I really hate all of the stereotypes Disney keeps reinforcing: -Women can’t fight -Women are bad leaders -Women are bad writers -Women are self absorbed -Women can only be strong if the men around them are weakened. It’s exhausting. I don’t know if these writers are doing it on purpose. It’s possible they’re just bad writers, or even they are not actually writers and were hired for their “values”. At this point they don’t deserve to be a multibillion dollar entertainment company. They haven’t entertained anyone in a long time.

This show is improved tremendously by watching it at 1.5 speed. The dialogue better paced, the action isn't as sluggish, and the episodes are over faster.

Hayden Christenson is literally one of the best swordsmen in Hollywood. I GUARANTEE they told him to slow down on purpose cause he actually trains hard to be as good as he is, I'm not convinced anyone in this show picked up lightsabre before the cameras were even rolling.

Ashoka refusing to fight to save lives is shockingly out of character for her. She cared about the clones and learned the lessons about war and the death it required in the Clone Wars series. She only stopped fighting and lost faith when the Jedi council nearly convicted her for a crime she didn't commit. They didn't trust her and she lost trust in them. THAT is what it took to make her stop fighting

Do the writers of the series actually understand what a military General does?

7:55 The thing that annoys me the most about this scene is: She's looking away! Rule number one in not just swordfighting but fighting in generel: Never take your eyes off your opponent! This isn't even something you really need to learn when training in swordfighting, it's something you naturally do.

The other day my cousin made a typo and wrote "Star Worse" instead of Star Wars, I loved that happy accident and decided to make use of that from now on to refer to this kind of Disney Wars. This isn't Star Wars anymore, it's Star Worse.

So far, from what I’ve heard the only good things about this episode are: 1. Hayden Christensen as Anakin. 2. The child actress playing Young Ashoka

It is absolutely sad they had to restrict Haydens skills because Rosario Dawson is shit at lightsaber skills. Even after all this time he still is perfectly fluid in his movements. Just make this show a flashback of Anakin at his prime and maybe Disney will actually survive.

The reason Hayden's choreography looks so much better is his footwork, look carefully and you'll see he's in a fully stable position before swinging or blocking. He's ready for the next move, be it attack or defend while Rosario is always scrambling to get into position... She's literally one step behind.

It has now been established that anakin could’ve talked to his GRANDSON at any time to sway him from the dark side, saving countless lives, but chose not to

I love how they try to make Ahsoka anti war, But she more than anyone understood the importance of being willing to fight as well as sheathe her sword.

They will never know what you’ve sacrificed, Disparu

Hayden had to swing over her head to prevent hitting her in real life I think, because she didn't duck.

It's unbelievable that all these actors on Disney SW won't train their sword fighting techniques, you can see the huge difference between Hayden and the rest!

It took everything Obi Wan had to defeat Anakin in the prequils. Luke only defeated Vader by almost giving in to the dark side. But Ahsoka. Piece of cake, no problem at all. She's immune to Lightsabers.

This show is an expensive LARP session. The pauses for thought (of making up lines on the spot), the stilted acting, the cheap fighting, the obvious cosplay costumes... This episode, someone brought their little sister, who being a kid is actually trying. And someone else brought in their professional uncle who actually knows what they're doing It's still terrible, but there are a couple cameos who are actually putting in effort

Apparently things are far worse at Disney than anyone realizes, if they can't afford choreographers for their fight scenes anymore.

No sabine this ep, a win is a win. Also yeah, Hayden definitely looked to be slowing down for her to keep up and "win".

The symbolism/deliberate meaning of Ahsoka not just beating Anakin in a lightsaber duel...but DISARMING him of his own lightsaber...just 😵‍💫🙄! Why do they continue to do Hayden/Anakin dirty in these shows??!

I can't believe wheel of time is so bad that you've essentially dropped it for Ahsoka

You know, Hayden really got a raw deal. It's been so long, yet you can see just how much unbelievable work he put in years ago.

Hera: “But don’t wander off too far.” Disparu: “Yeah, wouldn’t want to get murdered out of earshot. If you’re going to get eaten by some wolf creature, I at least want to be able to hear it.” 😂😂😂 Lol, both a fair point and why frankly you are one of the first reviewers I watch your reviews as soon as I get the notification! Great work as always!! Lol, seeing David Tennant decapitating Sabine would be peak viewing!!!

You can see that Hayden actually slowed down significantly for her.

They could have made that clone wars scene incredible to show her hesitance to fight. If you saw her frozen, scared, and hesitating while people died all around her while she did nothing. It could have been a powerful moment when something finally breaks/clicks in where she hardens herself and then runs in. They could even contrast it with showing Anakin hyping himself up while hinting that he's using frustration and anger where Ashoka is trying to calm herself.

She’s a general AND a single mom! Just amazing bravo… 🤮

What exactly happened during the Anakin “flashback” scenes? What did she learn? What changed? Nothing actually happened, it was just a bunch of rememberberries, “oh remember the Siege of Mandalore?!” “Remember Anakin!?”

I just want to point out a continuity error: in the first dream scene we see phase 1 clones, which means we're at the beginning of the war and Ahsoka is 14, but she was wearing the dress that she had when she was 16, at which time phase 2 clone armor was used. So even the best part of this episode isn't good unfortunately.

The one Ahsoka review I was waiting for the most. Also, who would have figured that Hayden Christensen, who acted like a wooden plank and got outshone by almost everyone in the Prequels now outshines everyone in Disney Soy Wars.

Disney just creates huge steaming piles of dog faeces, sprinkles some nostalgia and ships it. Hoping the nostalgia distracts from the absolute turd mountain its attached too.

“I shall draw you Thrawn as poison is drawn from a wound!” Proceeds to rip off robe and reveal Ahsoka the White. Hera interrupts to remind the audience that she is indeed a general.

Kanan's force ghost should come back just to ask Hera why the fuq their 'love child' looks EXACTLY LIKE YOUNG EZRA! wtf Hera!...

Okay. "You know how I know it's art? It's boring." You got me.

"She used a bubble of her own ego to shield herself from space." Aw! The Leia method.

Just watching the part with young Ahsoka and Anakin makes you sort of wish they had done a series with the two of them instead. They are better acted and choreographed than the rest of the show.

Ahsoka beating Anakin twice was just silly (again). Especially because it was so obviously a set up. If she has said something like "there is more to the Force than a skill with the lightsaber" and then done something different, it would have worked far better. As if we honestly can believe she would beat Anakin... 🙄 Filoni is just taking the Mickey with the Purgill - making them look even more like actual whales. And why were there so many? As soon as they reach the other galaxy, Thrawn and the Chimaera survivors will all fall down in horror at their worst nightmare returning!

Filoni is retconning ashoka's personality from the clone wars... She didn't want the war to end because she didn't know what she would do with herself in a time if peace... If anything, it was Anakin that wanted the war to end because he was married and wanted some alone time with padme... He prefered looking for shortcuts to end a fight because ge didn't have time for patience like Jedis do, he wanted the battle to end... What's the point of referencing better shows and bringing back old characters for fanservice if they're not going to behave the way we remember them??? Do they think a character is just his costume, his actor and his name??? Why bother showing us the clone wars if they're not going to behave like they did in the clone wars... When has ahsoka cared this much about clones dying??? They were literally made for this... This only applies for a pointless death like bad strategy, bettayal, accident, disobeying orders and sacrifice, you know, things that involves wasting kives pointlessly, not when they died in war in general... They won't exist without the war, they're ready to die but they don't want to waste their lives on something pointless... I'm sure this us confusing to the people who for some reason still thinks filoni made the clone wars show because god forbid george gets any single credit... Filoni was just the director, lucas was the producer... He hid away from the caneras because of manchildren who hated gim because they were rold to hate and they watched a boring movie but they tryly want to convince themselves that they're snart enough to understand the olot of the prequels and they know why it's bad as they all come up with different contradicting reasons from thin air that doesn't even make sense anymore, all to avoid saying they were just bored of it and to make sure the reason directly affect lucas and not the shitty acting even if they got nothing, even the so called clunky dialogue isn't even enough to go past a nitpick... Even disparu made one dumb criticism of the prequels here, saying yoda was jumping around using lightsaber even though that's the most effective way for him to fight and those idiots who say he shouldn't be using lightsabers, what the hell should he use then??? The force??? You do remember when he said the force shouldn't be used for attack in the OT??? Now don't you all feel stupid... Fucking contradicting themselves left and right just to have something bad to say, fucking cringe... Filoni doesn't know anything about writing and how to bring back the tone he f star wars which had this militarized feel to it unlike the Disney iterations which feel campy and cheesy, like it's a student council, like it's highschool... That's why andor was more star warsy than the mandalorian and everything else disney has created by a mile... The Disney star wars has veen missing politicking... Not real life politics shoehorned intio our escapist fantasy, i mean politics in the story's world itself,the batural politics of the world and people performing politics against themselves... Non of these Disney rubbish can ever achieve that apart from andor because they don't know any other polutics except the one of their ideologies in real life which must always be portrayed as the answer to everything, the correct politics to achieve paradise, the perfect politics, hence, they have no other ways of portraying the politics in the universe because even their ideological real life politics, they only know bullet points of the imagined and hopeful results, not gow the politics itself works so thry don't know how to establish it in their story's world...

I'm really getting tired of people just having or getting abilities for basically no reason or because the plot needs them to have them. Jedi who are strong in the force can sense ripples when big events are happening. We see examples of this in ROTS/Clone Wars S7 when Yoda senses all the Jedi being killed during Order 66 and Ahsoka senses Anakin's fall to the dark side when he cuts on Mace Windu's hand and Darth Sidious yeets him out the window. However, the ability that Ahsoka uses here with the orb isn't that. It's an ability called Pyschometery, which basically allows a Force user to sense echoes of people who have previously interacted with an object. The only cannon example of this is in the Jedi: Fallen Order/Survivor games with Cal Kestis. They make clear that this is an extremely rare ability, even amongst Jedi. Ahsoka has never had this ability, so why can she use it now all of a sudden? Answer: because the plot needs her to, or else they'd never know what happened to Sabine (even though it wouldn't be that difficult to figure out seeing as she's not laying there dead, and presumably isn't in the forest nearby, where else could she be?). "The plot needs it" is not a valid reason to give someone an ability, especially a rare one. Also, we finally got some okay fight choreography. Ahsoka seems to be fighting with her actual style again, but wow her skills are bad. Seriously, could Dawson not be bothered to learn to sword fight like Hayden and Ewan did, or at the very least, could they not have put in a stunt double to do it? It was absolutely laughable how much better Hayden was (though it would completely make sense for Anakin to be that much better than Ahsoka), but Ahsoka is at least skilled. She single-handedly captured Darth Maul. She's not this bad. I have nothing against Dawson as an actor, but if you know she can't do the choreography, please quit making her try. I swear, if I see Ahsoka pull out a single lightsaber and fight like a samurai with big powerful SLOW swings one more time, I'm gonna lose it

I cant believe they have a redeemed Anakin and Ahsoka reunites and with all the endless potential for "a Master bids his Padawan goodbye". They give us this wooden, inconsequential excuse for dialogue. Where the banter of a older brother and his sister. Ahsoka, whos lost all of the most important people in her life when she was 18, lingering in her own nostalgia to just be around Obi-wan, Padme, Cody, Jesse or Rex! Why!!!

Chopper is actually a surprisingly competent fighter. He'd get his ass kicked by any of the enemies on that planet but he could probably protect the kid from wildlife. He basically has a built-in stun gun and he's a remorseless sociopath

I won't lie, that 2 minute rock intro was the best character arc I've seen from modern Star wars.

I think I remember Kreia saying something like "some Jedi can hold their breath for days" the only problem is that happened in the extended universe of Knights of the old Republic , also also I think it took training to do it in the first place .

Uh, I watched the 2008 show and Ahsoka was EAGER to fight in TCW. She did feel bad over the loss of her troops (Storm Over Ryloth), but she never let it consume her.

Pretty sure Ewon and Hayden are the last 2 actors that still do SW that actually had saber training

I blame the director for the sloppy lightsaber fights. Close, quick photography and good editing for those fights are needed for them to be more exciting and realistic. Stunt doubles would have gone a long way with them. They did so for Christopher Lee when he played Count Duku. Another thing... sparks from a lightsaber strike??? Copying rocks from phaser strikes on Star Trek? Oh, Dave Filoni... YOU plagerist YOU...

I saw some idiot on Facebook basically gaslight himself by saying "all new star wars is great because at one time I didn't think we'd ever get anymore." Which with the EU, books, video games, clone wars, rebels, comics books, and fan films, has to be one of the most brain dead statements of all time. Much like in the ttrpg world they sat "no D&D is better than bad D&D" the same should be said for star wars. I'd rather have nothing than what they're giving us.

I remember when Poe was demoted and publically humiliated and excluded from future plans for defying orders that resulted in a victory. Hera gets a smile and pat on the shoulder for defying orders that result in failure and only a net loss of life.

That's always been the goal. Ruin the past to affirm their nonsense

“Mom, can I go out and fight Darth Vader? - As long as you’re careful” 😂

It's nice to see that Hayden is still a badass with a lightsaber. It's just a shame that he is wasted on Disney Star Wars, he honestly deserves better. The fact that they had to slow him down is both funny and sad.

Scenes with Anakin (despite making little sense) 8/10. Scenes featuring anyone other than Anakin 1/10. Its becoming increasingly clear they spent the entire budget on the space whale CGI….

To be fair, I am confident a woman could fight better than Ahsoka. I just don't think they put much effort in the foundational work (like training, or hiring an actress with sword fighting training).

If anakin is just chilling in the world between worlds able to just yank people out of the star wars timeline at any point whenever he feels like it then do people not realise how stupid that is and makes absolutely everything in star wars obsolete and pointless.

"what are you going to say now, she's breathing underwater using the force...." Well Leia was apparently able to use the force to keep breathing in the vacuum of space so I wouldn't put it past them.

I'm just glad Hayden still has his skill with a saber. Dude is a beast

Why does the dubious general look like she hulk’s younger sister and her supposed son resembles a Blue Beetle family member?

I think I liked how Hayden gave life to clone wars Anakin which in my opinion is better than his ep III portrayal. This lightsaber coreography demostrates that Disney could actually make better lightsaber duels but choose not to do so which is way worse than just incompetence.

I said this from the very start: the lightsaber fights are pathetically slow. I love how they let her beat him on the walkway when there were like 4-5 times he could have killed her outright.

Here's a thought for Disney: get Hayden to be a body double for others in the cast during their lightsaber scenes, lol. And yeah, that first part with him fighting Ahsoka looked really ridiculous with how sluggish she was. I'm reminded of that RoP scene of Morfydd Clark taking on the Numenorean soldiers.

Having ruined current star wars well past the point of any redemption their only move left is to reach back to past successes and try to destroy them too.

Flashback to the Clone Wars scene -- shot on flat sandy ground like all other Disney+ Star Wars shows. Was it Tattooine, or any of the other innumerable sand planets in this galaxy?

But Disparu, how many times did Ahsoka cross her arms in the episode? Inquiring minds want to know!

I laughed at how Hera being a General is basically zero help to the heroes, it's only bringing them trouble. If she had just resigned her command and come there with her own ship, things would have gone so much smoother. Instead we will now have to sit through a pointless subplot where she gets "investigated" by the morons in the New Republic

You know they 100% told Hayden to water it down for Rosario cuz she’s not nearly as skilled as he is. I find it so funny they told the man to hold back and tone it down for the strong and powerful girl boss 💀💀

Hera animated: Wears only baggy trousers, sine her race are sexualized throughout the universe, and she is a smart strong woman who doesn't want to rely on her looks, instead she's caring to all in need in a mothering way. Hera Live action: wears the same identical trousers, but they're skintight and shine a light on her sexualized empty character who girlbosses, and skips out on being a good mother to her dimwitted son.

"Live... Or die?" "Uhh... Can I consult the audience?" Audience: 100% die.

As someone who loves Clone Wars, I can say: Ashoka isn’t the same character, not the old version and not the child version. Young Ashoka knew that her involvement in the war was essential to protect the Clones. Rebels cast I can’t give input on because that show is mostly like the worst filler episodes of Clone Wars, but an entire series of it, and what I have watched I have forgotten about. Christian Haydensen is great though.

Not even 10 seconds in and that shot at Lizzo had be burst out laughing. Masterclass, Disparu. Well done.

To be fair for the cast of Ashoka. Both Heydan and Ewan had ACTUAL swordplay training for Ep 1-3. Actually knowing how to fight and being taught by sword masters is a level the rest of the cast most likely didn't receive.

Stuff like this makes me so sad. We could have amazing lightsaber duels if the people behind these productions actually cared. Hayden still has amazing lightsaber skills and you can tell he loves his character and respects the role. The same cannot be said for the rest...

Congrats on 200k! It's crazy how much your channel has exploded. Well deserved!

Being powerful is like being a Lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. - Margaret Thatcher Same goes for Republic Generals. Rosario's Saber dueling is like watching an old Woman with arthritis trying to use a Ginsu knife to slice over ripe tomatoes. Every time they show Winstead's butt take a drink. P.S. Winstead is married to Simp Knight Ewan. Explains why she is here.

31:29 this ocean must be devoid of life, no sharks, crabs, fish

The jedi fought because they could do what non-Jedi could, and this whole "anti-war" thing is absolutely ridiculous when the enemy are robots, as if they're going to stop and smell the flowers

As hollywood dies it somehow becomes even more pretentious and haughty, either doubling down in a desperate attempt to do what it only knows how in order to survive or as a final and spiteful "fuck you!" with its dying breath. Either way, they ought not call it their grave, it's the future they chose.

Unrelated to the video but. 3:26 The calm “Trashed it” gave me a good laugh. 😂 Congrats on the 200K subs!

I don't know, mate, without Sabine's heavy breathing it's not a real Ahsoka episode and therefore cannot be (among) the best.

I can’t believe Filoni & the costume/makeup department okayed those bouncy rubber lekku/tentacles instead of giving them some weight and using materials that would permit them to move and flop rather than bounce stiffly. Also, did you know that Hera is a general?