Anakin vs Ahsoka | Star Wars Ahsoka Episode 5 | Disney+ 

Best duelist in the universe

I wouldn’t want to fight him.

He is Anakin. Always has been, always will be.

That's the main thing I was paying attention to with this fight. The fluidity in the way he fights compared to everyone else on the show is extremely noticeable.

​@OG_FonyTerguson, it's because the prequels had a great fight and stunt crew. They would spend hours and hours and days training. That was my issue with the sequels, it look like the stunt crew only had a week to train them, thats why the sequel lightsaber fights look like teenagers waving glowsticks and here the lightsabers look scary, heavy and intense.

I was really thinking that we were catching a glimpse of what Vader would have been like had he not lost the duel on Mustafar

@@williamdiment7439 100%. This makes me want to see a Star Wars what if so bad

Meanwhile on Exegol. Palpatine: WHY DIDN’T I GET THAT!?!?

A bit yes. Vador uses the power way more

Live-action Knightfall Vader

Right!!!!!!❤ “Obi wan,has taught you well” “ i wont fight you father”

So this takes place after Vader's death? Is this force Anakin?

@@mattd6200 Yes

Yea i was thinking the same thing like didn’t luke say that before

The fact that he's using his blue lightsaber again is a great nod towards his redemption before becoming a force ghost.@@mattd6200

He also looks like he's in his 20s too, which is crazy.

Yes ikr

​@@Axl21facts

Hayden looks great for his age. It’s clear he moves quite a bit

Lol he had 2

Anakin is a very effective teacher.. his methods are just... unorthadox to say the least.

@@thewalrus45 His methods are right for the student he was given.

his brutality saved her from getting shot by clones

I kinda wish they had hugged at the end. They deserve to hug after everything. But Anakin was never really a touchy feely kind of guy, so I get it. And this is very in character for him. When Ahsoka lost her entire squadron, he just put her right back out there. Not to be cruel, but to let her know he still had faith in her and her abilities. To show vs tell her that she had to move on. Obi-Wan never SHOWED Anakin things like this, he just TOLD Anakin what to do, how to feel. That type of teaching clearly didn't work.

Live or Die feels like a very brutal interpretation of Do or Do not.

yep one of my biggest gripes with the show was ahsoka seemed completely lifeless in the first four episodes but its obvious after this episode that that was intentional

@@AIRWAY26 seeing her gleeful old self return was so beautiful. Rosario nails it.

Instead of trying to train Sabine, she now will... after fighting Thrawn

i thought it was to be faster

Did/Does Anakin give himself a pass for killing 5-10 year old kids?

True but maybe he also continued martial arts training for all these years and may be that contributed too)

The biggest difference I can see is that Hayden was actually trained 😂

He truly IS the chosen one

He knows martial arts, he is a beast

Didn’t he play Darth Vader in Rogue One?

Damn right the legend himself.

Anakin is basically the only role Hayden has ever had in his entire life, with one exception being the Jumper film he did awhile ago. But other than that, Hayden has and always will be Anakin Skywalker.

@@nateborie6329he was also in Takers.

@@nateborie6329 That's a ridiculous thing to say, he had films before and after Star Wars. Read his filmography before writing this nonsense. Yes, his career might be not as prolific as Ewan's for example, but to say he only had one role is ridiculous and factually incorrect.

@@nateborie6329actually that’s where you are completely wrong. Check his filmography! He’s done a lot more than just Star Wars and Jumper!

There's no way he wasn't.

might've been when ahsoka and vader fought in rebels

Maybe. But its probably that and his fight with Ashoka. He's heard it from both his adopted sister and son.

No rebels she said Ahsoka: "I won't fight you" Vader: "Then you will die" Ties back to the lesson.

@@armaniwebb4467 I thought she said “I won’t leave you… not this time” but I could be wrong

What performance by Matt lanter, his voice😂

💯💯💯💯

Yes it was direction. I did not realize it for years and years, but George had directed him to speak with Darth Vader's cadence. It made him sound like a robot, which fit DV's aesthetic but was awful for Anakin.

@@ProCoRat BRO YES, that's something that i only realized now too, i was trying to explain why it was weird but this is the answer

The magic moment for me was Anakin and young Ahsoka's first time on the clone wars battlefield. As soon as he mentors her after the battle you can hear the writing of those characters via Dave. But you get Hayden and the young actress being able to live those characters with all that history and chemistry between them super naturally. That had to be a really fulfilling moment for Dave and Hayden both

Ya that dynamic was one of the redeeming qualities of the Jedi eatch master and apprentice were highly close for the most part with a few exceptions

@@seanbraley2772 I know what you mean, but I don’t think that’s the case with most of the Jedi. That was their problem. They blocked themselves off from their emotions. They were training to be monks or robots, and not full human beings, emotionally/spirituality well rounded, no true family or friends, no full attachment. Anakin was attached to Ahsoka. She was more than just an apprentice to him.

@@afrinaut3094 they are all pretty much like that they are eather a parent figure if they train the student at a young enuff age or a older sibling one if the student is older the few that are agest that rule would be thoses like duku who only took a student to get the rank of master or yoda who took duku as his student to keep him away from the master he wanted and the temptation of studying dark side artifates

@@afrinaut3094 The late Jedi definitely show the detachment you write of. The original mantra of the Jedi seems to simply be: "control your emotions" "let go of things that are out of your control" "be compassionate to those around you help those that need it. Maybe even those that don't." All of these things are sound pieces of advice and should be practiced on a regular bases. However, if taken to their extremes, it can lead to what we see in the Prequels with plenty of Jedi (such as Mundi and Windu). If left uncheked, controlling emotions can lead to not having any emotion at all. Letting go of things too easily can make you detached from the world (such as Luminara and Barris). And then how can you show compassion and help those around you if you do not feel emotion or don't care about anything? And not to mention the fact that in order to be a peacekeeper, you gotta be ready to fight those that seek to do harm, which can either lead down the path of hatred, the path of arrogance, or the path of desensitization. We see example of this in many Jedi: - Ki-Adi-Mundi, who was allowed to have children due to his endangered species, but was a terrible father and gave no love to his wives. Not to mention of how desensitized he was during some of the episodes. - Mace Windu with his disregard for Boba Fett's loss and feelings of revenge. Not to mention his arrogance that came from being a war hero (as well as from being a part of the Council). As well as his disregard for Ahsoka's troubles during her final arc on the 2008 Clone Wars. - The entirety of Ahsoka's trial in the 2008 Clone Wars, with them throwing her under the bus and slightest hint of malice. - Luminara immediately letting go of Barris on Geonosis without any confirmation that they were actually dead. Sure, she mentioned this to Anakin saying to him "would you do the same?" Which fair, but if it wasn't for Anakin, those two would've been dead. We also see glimpses of Jedi being what they're made for: - Yoda speaking to the clones in one of the first episodes. - The giant amount of compassion Plo Koon holds for the Wolfpack Squad throughout the entire series. - Plo Koon apologizing profusely after finding out Ahsoka was innocent. - Kenobi not wavering after Satine's death. - Kanan letting Ezra's "death wash over him as to not allow it to take control of his soul. - Ezra letting go of his parents and their deaths. - Anakin and Ahsoka having a giant amount of love for those that they help throughout the series. - Kit Fisto and Aayla Secura having a secret relationship.

@@afrinaut3094 No full attachment does not mean no emotions at all. They clearly still formed bonds between themselves as shown between Ob-Wan and Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Anakin (we were like brothers). Their purpose was to instill that mission/duty and allegiance to the Force and galactic order should be above all. The teaching was to love and show compassion but not be attached or try to control/possess something that can't be. I'm not justifying just explaining because you twisted it a bit. The doctrine itself isn't necessarily wrong but the fact that some took it to extremes and became so dogmatic and unflexible is. I think Lucas took principles of non-attachemnts from Buddhist and Thao teaching that also think that attachment is a root of suffering and preach to love but not grow attached/become possessive. Of course it's natural to people to grow attached and get emotional but Jedi were no ordinary people. Being consumed by emotions could be dangerous for powerful force-wielder (as shown with Anakin) - but as other person here said, suppressing emotions is also unhealthy. The original purpose was to balance emotions/attachemnts and raise above them NOT to kill them completely though. Some of them did become rather uncaring and callous but most of them were still compassionate.

Was suprised to

I wanted to reach out and just FLING myself at him in a hug, cause same I missed Anakin Skywalker so badly lol. I don't care if Anakin isn't much of a hugger HE'D BE GETTING ONE FROM ME DAMMIT lol.

Actually the best thing about Hayden is when it comes to Anakin's fight choreography, Hayden came up with a lot of it during the training process. That includes his signature spinning the lightsaber behind his back.

Anakin Was one of the best lightsaber duelists I’m the order he was better then average at form 1 mastered form 6 and form 5 and then created a variant of form 5 when he had to have the majority of his body replaced by prosthetics in the Lucas books they fully expected him to be the next battle master of the order

Hayden like anakin is a skilled one with a saber

I'm pretty sure it was really a callback to their fight on Malachor, but an argument could be made for Return of the Jedi as well, I guess. Maybe.

@@ethanschmid4104 she didn’t say the line then so he wasn’t referring to that. Him saying he heard it before is a direct reference to Luke. Considering he was trying to teach her the lesson Luke showed him of throwing away the lightsaber and choosing to be selfless, it’s definitely a Luke reference

​@kurtadams4791 Sometimes when people say things like "I won't leave you" it's inferred that they don't want any harm to come to you it was ahsokas way of telling vader/anakin that in rebels

I thought it was kinda obvious that he was referring to Ahsoka fight in Rebels finale. It doesn't have to be a word to word quote.

​@@Commander_Shepard.But she doesn't say anything resembling that. Luke did.

You should praise Hayden instead

you just know he was thinking "damn, couldn't do that in the suit"

​@@tuahsakato17praise filoni and hayden

​@@FEDsquaredit's an awesome way to look at it. Like an athlete coming back from an injury. At first, they're just testing themselves, being careful not to reinjure themselves. Once they get their sea legs, they're running around and dunking on people. This is what I feel like Anakin was going through here. He's like "okay, I think I'm BACK back"

@@FEDsquared fr

Couldn’t agree more, and I love it

I couldn't help but smile when he called her "Snips". I think about all the times they'd call each other by their respective nicknames of "Sky Guy" and "Snips".

Now with this knowledge, watch the Final duel in ROTS.

Anakin finally getting the respect he deserves

I have for very long felt that Hayden was unfairly treated by critics and that his performance was never held in contempt by the wider audience. I never got what was so wrong with his acting.

​@@erikpersson2047 +1 my friend

​@@erikpersson2047It really was mistreating him for script issues - Anakin's cringe lines were not Hayden's fault, and people gradually forgave him for them, and this is the reward we were given for that.

@@TheMimiSardbasically it was the fault of the writing of dialogue not Hayden

@@TheMimiSard But it was more in Episode 2 that he was criticized, but in episode 3 his lines and acting improved, including an improvement in the dialogues.

if only the sequels had this kind of quality....

We have ton man, you’re just too stuck up in nostalgia to see them. It’s really sad that you let your emotions control so much over whether or not you like a part of a story that ultimately doesn’t exist. We have to accept a lot about life and nature. Why not let entertainment media do it’s job and entertain us lol. You don’t have to love everything but I genuinely think modern Star Wars has some amazing moments. Not everything is amazing but the same applies to all of Lucas’s stuff. You look past all the issues in those and still enjoy them…

Or he just doesn't like them lmao

@@TheSCPStudio😂 Sequels are bad, with plenty of reasons. It has nothing to do with nostalgia.

​@@Xardasjconsidering Star Wars fans were unbelievably toxic during the prequel era. Yes, it is clearly is nostalgia lmao.

If they made a live action clone wars series, I’m all for it. Deepfakes and cgi would probably make Disney bankrupt though lmao

​@@Us3r739disney and bankrupt does not belong in the same sentence lmao, do you know how rich they are 😂😂😂

It should’ve been done before between when AOTC and ROTS was made. The clone wars really could’ve been it’s own set of movies if George had thought of it back then or had thought of the idea of making the prequel era more than a trilogy.

Somewhere deep in the cosmos is a universe where our clone wars series was live action with Hayden AND Ewan in their iconic roles. Someone get me a portal gun 😭

Got to remember he was playing a confused young Jedi struggling with his emotions , in the middle of a war. I think Cristian did a great job in the Prequels. Remember he was not Vader yet

And live action Captain Rex

Agree to a extent still think there are some areas they could have refined or talked to a armor master about because I’m seeing stuff that would mess with your range of motion

*Casually severs space time*

Proceeds to slice the floor. 😂

Gets the high ground

@@JohnPeacekeeperhahaha. It’s such an Anakin thing to do too. Something so out of the box that the other person didn’t even consider as a choice.

Perfect Anakin response. Hayden delivered that line perfectly!

Definitely dude

ikr.

And it’s carried over he did some pretty advanced sword skills in the outcast movie he did about a disgraced crusader

Mmm, delicious memberberries. Keep eating them up little piggy, Disney loves your money.

Something that comes with hard work hell take keanu reeves who has a reload named after him that's not being used in 3 gun competitions

Hayden’s trademark move! I love it too!

Yes it brought me to nostalgic tears genuinely probably the best thing Disney has ever done with Star wars

My childhood flashed before my eyes

@@ethanschmid4104same I nearly cried seeing this episode

@@ethanschmid4104I was literally 8 when clone wars first premiered now I’m 23 and crying like a baby because of how they beautifully bright my childhood to life in this episode.

She needs a worthy apprentice, Sabine is a paper weight at best

​@@victorguerriero5002I'm hoping she'll decide to train Jacen.

@@Sodorboy98 same, his connection to the force is crazy strong

You nailed the lesson to be learned here :)

That ending was like a series finale!!!..I had chills so much is like a farewell ending and never coming back type feeling. An emotion!..this episode left me speechless

Me too.

@@nathancruz9172when does this take place? this is before revenge of the sith? ouo

@@BlankXInfinity yes, it takes place in revenge of the Sith.

​@@BlankXInfinitythis is long after revenge of the Sith. This is after the empire has fallen

Actually Ray Park is better than Ewan 👀

@@vutienphuc1519 in fairness, Ray, Hayden and Ewan are the holy trinity of lightsaber duelists

​@@matthewwhite4564both Ray and Neeson had worked on past projects ray from the martial arts world and Neeson was picked because of Rob Roy Ewen had no skill in that before and made it look effortless dude reminds me of keanu and what he done for this role for neo 8 hours a day training different martial arts

He has a problem with the youngster

Spot on, this comment.

No, it wasn’t about this at all. This wasn’t a lesson on combat. This was teaching her to stop blaming herself for Anakin’s fall, and to continue LIVING

It was much more deeper than that It was about living without shame and fear She regretted the clones dead, she was afraid of becoming Vader version of herself Thats why she was an a$$ to Sabine. Out of fear and regret

Naw, just Deborah Chow isn't filoni

Well in the kenobi flashbacks anakin wasn't half as skilled and strong as he was by episode 3 so they couldn't portray him at full strength or speed

in Kenobi, the flashback was Anakin as a Padawan. Less developed, less skilled, less refined. This is what Anakin could have been.

I think the Anakin we’re shown here could’ve been Anakin in his prime.

Just as Palpatine intended

Anakin force pushed her tho

@@Jelly_Raptorwhen

@@Jelly_Raptor when

@@Jelly_Raptor that was muscle force. She would've flied way further if it was the force

@@Paolini_18 Nah it was the force. Anakin would empower his saber swings with the Force which is what made him such a devastating duelist, even more so as Vader

Who wants Luke and Anakin to interact in a future Filoni project?🤚 (I don't know how it could work, but I'm sure Filoni could find a way)

Yes

Or when Ahsoka spoke to him on Malachor

​@@CRYSTAL_CUSTOMSexcept that's not what she said. She said "I won't leave you...not this time" so no, Anakin had not heard that fromm her before

This Anakin also shows the experience of being Vader in some of his speech, movements and mannerisms

Right? Like if you had throw all the characters in categories by movie style she definitely falls under the prequel style, I really look at her like one of them like she brings that clone wars touch to this era

Ahsoka* fix it

@@another501stguy What about Asokha?

@@exit1595 sinner

😂

Hayden has more experience than anyone, probably better choreographers and Dave is behind all this

Probably remembering the choreography and training from Nick Gillard. He’s the guy who made all the prequel light saber duels look as godlike as they did compared to the sequels.