Star Wars as We Know it Has Now Changed Forever - Ahsoka Episode 5 REACTION "Shadow Warrior" 

EDIT: The first battle is the Battle of Teth as seen in the Clone Wars movie (2008) the Second Battle is Ryloth!

One of the best episodes of all times

Literal chills seeing Anakin fight again considering he's got all his memories from both his lives,also seeing him being a master ,just beautiful.

It was so trippy seeing Ahsoka as an actual child during the clone wars, sometimes it’s hard to remember just how young she is in the animated shows. Seeing an actual kid play her really puts it into perspective, she was literally just a child in the middle of a war, just imagine…this little Ahsoka had to face Darth Maul.

Respectfully, we'll have to agree to disagree. To me, this is the best Ahsoka episode yet by a mile. I feel it delivered on so much of what fans had been hoping to see the instant we learned Ahsoka was coming into live action. And Hayden's portrayal, while brief, was spectacular. He displayed the perfect transition to the Anakin we all know and love in Clone Wars so naturally. And the young lady playing younger Ahsoka gave me absolute chills, especially when she spoke about her grievances to being a Jedi just as she did upon leaving the order. I could've sworn this episode had added an additional 15-20 minutes given how much was happening, but they managed to deliver so MUCH within the regular time frame. THIS is Star Wars.

Can we appreciate how good the actress for young Ahsoka was? She nailed the character spot on!

Episode 5 of Ahsoka is the definition of PEAK STAR WARS. Filoni outdid himself. He deserves all of the praise and recognition.

We definitely need to have a talk about Anakin WILLINGLY going in and out of the dark side. I was NOT expecting that 😭😭

It was incredible seeing Hayden Christensen as Anakin in a live action Clone Wars battle. Also, seeing the Clones in live action was great. Hayden is still impressive with his lightsaber technique.

When Anakin walked towards ahsoka and flashed into vader gave me CHILLS!

Let’s give the vfx house a massive round of applause on the job they did de-aging Hayden

I have no words.. Ahsokas training, Anakins clone wars armor, Ahsoka got a glimpse of Knightfall Anakin for herself. This was incredible 👏🏾

I like the mystical element coming back to the force. The scene with Hera and Jacen listening to the sea was awsome.

I think we can all agree that this is the best live-action spin-off episode to ever exist.

I feel sorry for anakin in the 1st scene we all know how much he hates sand

I feel like Anikin was the Jedi to bring balance to the force. Now he is the balance of the force. Not a Jedi or a sith but having full control of both sides of the force.

My bro and I just watched it. I think Anakin is one Mortis god encompassing both light and dark - no need for any others. He's been both sides and so in himself, can bring balance. That's why he can change between light and dark so easily.

I loved the change in vocabulary and voice cadence, when anakin would shift to his red saber. Spoke like Vader without the mask

Anakin literally came back from the netherworld of the force in order to help Ahsoka get over her previous traumas, showing why he was the Chosen One. God, I loved this episode!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

“I will not fight you” and “i won’t leave you” are Ahsoka words that burn through you as a fan 😭

You.. completely missed Ahsoka's eyes turning yellow for a frame or two when she's holding the saber to Anakin's neck.. They flash yellow as she presses in close briefly then change back as she stops.. Literally gave me chills on top of the chills.

i love how Anakin acknowledged Vader; "is this what this is about?". its so trippy seeing an Anakin who is aware of everything he has done. also both Ahsoka and Luke have refused to fight Vader, so that line can be interpreted as both

Holy crap this episode was friken amazing. I LOVED this episode. Also I love how the episode didn’t tell you Anakin lesson, it showed you the lesson and let’s you figure it out with Ashoka.

Filoni is a mad genius, and the undertones and subtlety throughout this episode are apparent. He is Lucas's padawan, and the student has definitely become the master.

I loved seeing Ashoka's eyes go yellow

Both Hayden and Rosario played brilliantly. It was great watching them together. Hayden really took it to the next level and brought home Anakin and Vader. It's like watching poetry in action

Seeing Hayden in the black Clone Wars armor was AWESOME!!!! Such a great episode. And loved the shots when seeing him flash between Anakin and Vader as he challenged her.

I think the first battle was supposed to be ryloth from Clone Wars season 1 because of the twilek standing next to Rex. The sand is consistent with enough with ryloth. Maybe this is supposed to depict what anakin and ahsoka were doing off screen while the ryloth episodes focused on obi wan and mace

This is literally going to make me cry. We need more flashbacks. And this little actress did an amazing job. We need a scene where Anakin hugs Ahsoka, like in the clone wars when he was afraid she was gonna die. He's tough on her, but this is big brother love.

Amazing episode, so awesome to see phase 1 clone armor in live action. Hayden did a phenomenal job in this as well as the young ahsoka actress

One of the best episodes of all times, it tied in so many moments between Ahsoka and Anakin, even the unspoken bond they had was translated so well. This was a great wake up call for Ahsoka, you either learn to live with who you are or you die not realizing your full potential this was lesson she learned. He even lightened the mood by laughing during that critical time in the clone wars letting her know it’s ok to show who you are even in a difficult moment. So many lessons, huge moment for me after watching her growth through every show she has been in.

God this show keeps getting better and better every episode.

This episode was wild definitely a 10/10 My heart was going crazy seeing clone troopers Captain Rex and mandalorians super commandos looked amazing in live action

This was an amazing episode. Loved seeing those flashbacks with rex. The visuals were top notch. Loved Hayden Christensen play anakin like this. Such an amazing episode

Episode 5 is the BEST episode thus far hands down…Anakin, Anakin fighting in the clone wars along young Ahsoka, Anakin switching from light to dark to light… wow…

This episode floored me, and I've been very skeptical of this series, but seeing anakin and seeing him in this way was simply amazing. And they still left it vague enough and obscure enough to leave some mystery.

It was beautiful to me how Ahsoka flashed Anakin her own sith eyes to him. Showing him she knows the infinite depths of darkness, hatred and rage but also can balance it back when it matters. Anakin realized this, he is still the Chosen One

Ahsoka had such empathy for the clones... I was nice to see it in live action.

Did anyone else notice Ahsoka's eyes change as well? She wanted to end things but chose peace with him to live.

Ahsoka has always been one of my favorite characters in all of fiction. As I grew up “with” her, I’ve seen her struggles and growth, her victories and betrayals. But she’s one of those characters that I can look up to, she’s like me and she is always there to fight and become not just a survivor, but always wiser than before. The true embodiment of the best of apprentices: the one who never stops learning. To see her in this episode however, made me realized that she’s even like me even more than before. Because now she looks at the past with regret and sorrow. She starts to think that no matter how strong she becomes, it comes at a great cost. Wether it is the lives of her clones or his master’s identity. She doubts, a lot. Just like I do from time to time. And now, similar to Obi-Wan in his own series, she got to face her demons directly. One final fight to end it all. One not for taking a life, but for making herself a new one. And don’t even get me started on Hayden. The moment I heard his voice scream “ONWARD!” made me feel what I’ve been waiting to feel for several years. That there was never two different Anakins, there was always one. The Anakin that I saw in the prequels and in The Clone Wars as a kid was HIM. Anakin Skywalker never felt so complete as a character. Overall, this episode didn’t just justify the show’s existence, it just showed how NECESSARY it always was. The fact that Dave Filoni managed to build over what George Lucas made and what he himself also made with the animated shows and make it even better and more complete feels so unreal. This, my friends, is peak Star Wars.

Ahsoka getting spiritual closure from Anakin's lesson was the highlight for me.

I'm so happ they brought Hayden back in and he is finally getting some respect and its long overdue. I actually liked him in the movies. Yeah he was written to be whiny and annoying...written to be a kid that had been used to being called the chosen one and treated better than most padawans! He was portrayed great by Hayden!

I swear Anakin flickering on/off to Vader REALLY blew me away 😳 and that Clone Wars flashback 🔥🔥🔥 ooooh! 🤯

WE NEED MORE ANAKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This episode makes me re-think what Ahsoka’s future self told her on Mortis back in clone wars season 3. “There are many contradictions in you and in your master”. She reconciled those contradictions by accepting that two truths, two sides of the same coin, the light and the dark, can co-exist, and that reconciliation of contradictions led to her being able to be Ahsoka the White. I don’t think this episode was about guilt (that was dealt with in Star Wars rebels). This meeting was more helping Ahsoka accept that she does not need to be defined by her past (it was not her choice that a galactic war broke out) and that what matters is what we do now, do we live or die? And she picks life.

I hope we eventually get to see Luke and Anakin together

I almost missed what Anakin was trying to teach to Ahsoka during my first watched But I re-watched the episode and I understand the lesson much more clearly and when Anakin said "You failed, let's try again" or "Then you didn't truly understand the lesson" to Ahsoka for some reason I also felt like he said that to the fans as well because we were learning with Ahsoka too 😅 (Like a proper master)

Hayden was the best he's ever been here in this episode.

I’ve never watched anything starwars and been so happy I cried. I’m a huge Rebels fan and this series is so far giving everything I wanted to see in a continuation of rebels.

Filoni delivered way more than we all had expected with this episode, best Star Wars content since ROTS hands down.

The force was strong in this episode 🙂

Love this episode in that it covered the horrors and tragedy of the clone wars in a way that a kids animation show couldn't do. When she held the clones hand as he lay dying was so intense. Also Ashoka smile at the end was everything!

I love these videos because it makes me have a deeper understanding of starwars and truly understand all the details most people will miss

Hell nuh this was probably the number episode or any Star Wars moment since I was little and watched revenge of the sith opening. I felt literally like a kid again rediscovering Star Wars. What a great episode.

This is awesome! I knew Filoni wouldn’t let us down! Why did anyone doubt him?

I really got the chills whenAnakin turned into Knightfall once again and held a red saber with sith eyes. The agressiveness and thenoverpowering moment he gave obi wan , Ahsoka experianced for herself. Incredible !

One thing I noticed in this episode that in my mind explains why psychologically Obi Wan believed Anakin was gone and Padme said Anakin was someone she didn’t know anymore (before he burned) was because of the tension in Anakin’s/Vader’s face when he turned to the dark side. The tension at the corners of his mouth, the furrow of his brows, and the tightness of his neck makes him look like a completely different person from the charismatic, confident, relaxed face Anakin normally has. Even with the de-aging technology in play, just look at pictures of Anakin before and after he turned to the dark side and there is a noticeable change that could reasonably make the case that Anakin and Vader different distinct personalities.

I gotta say I was thrilled to see the Clone Wars flashbacks and seeing the Siege of Mandolore and hearing/seeing Captain Rex again in his full gear was AWESOME!

You could tell Ashoka was way more kind hearted and happy after she returned. I feel like she will be the same to Sabine she will be a great master for Sabine.

WE ARE SO CLOSE AHSOKA AFTER THIS DESERVES HER OWN TRILOGY

Unbelievably incredible writing and creative direction. Filoni and his cowriters are going to go down as some of the best writers in modern entertainment. A brilliant culmination piece this episode turned out to be.

I had goosebumps when Anakin was like..."you're apart of a legacy." Which is so true.....dating all the way back to yoda and whoever trained him. (I don't remember) which is so cool to remember the clone wars episodes where yoda had a hand in training ashoka as well. Strong line of Jedi for sure.

I love the idea of Anakin's role as The Chosen One not just applying to his mortal life. But likely throughout all time. I used to think he failed his destiny and that's bothered me for so long and that Luke had to finish his purpose in defeating Palpatine. But Luke brought him back to the light, and now Anakin is in this higher state of being. Walking the World between worlds. Seemingly doing what the Father on Mortis wanted him to do. Free of Palpatine and the Dark sides corruption.

When ahsoka grabbed anakin's saber and held it to his throat, she briefly had sith eyes, but then let go and dropped the saber, saying "I choose to live", I think in a way taunting her old master but also showing him that she had grown beyond good or evil, that she could embrace the dark side and let it flow through her and past her, like the fear mantra from Dune.

That episode was a masterpiece!

Idk what I love more seeing more practical clone troopers or the live action clone wars or Hayden as Anakin in clone trooper armor....I loved everything about this episode...I can't stop crying, also we saw freaking Captain Rex in live action how awesome is this

I believe, partly from star wars theory, that anakin is now the force diety, replacing the father, son, and daughter and that is how he is ale to perfectly control the dark side and use it as needed

I adored this episode - seeing Anakin (whether it was his ghost or the son or some other force entity) cycle in and out of the dark side/Vader but ending eventually in a peaceful state was very comforting. Seeing Ashoka as her child soldier self - the self with the same fears that are still deep inside and guiding her - brought more depth and realism to this live action version of her. Seeing her connect to the pergil, just like she connected to the tiger creature as a baby, was very full circle. Emerging from her sleep in a white robe and with her spirit changed and a maybe a piece of her trauma healed. I am left wondering: will Jacen become her padawon, while Sabine becomes her enemy?

I love the symbolism of how both Obi-Wan and Ahsoka came to peace with Anakin in their shows., and how it represented their differing relationships with him. To Obi-Wan, Anakin was his student and good friend. To Ashoka, he was her teacher and mentor, the only one who always had complete faith and loyalty in her. In Kenobi, Obi-Wan dueled Darth Vader, the personification of his guilt and failures as a teacher. In that duel, he was still a student, the same blind and angry man that Obi-Wan had left to burn on Mustafar. And it was only after Obi-Wan smashed away the armor, beat Vader to the ground and smashed away his mask, was he able to see the broken shell of Anakin. And in that moment, Kenobi finally apologized. And yet, Vader responded that he was not his failure and absolved Kenobi of his long-held guilt. Vader then proudly proclaimed that it was he who “killed” Anakin Skywalker.And thus, Obi-Wan had closure and left with the belief that his friend was truly gone. With Ahsoka, Anakin came to her as her mentor once again. And he came to teach her one final lesson. To live or die. Ahsoka was still full of guilt for leaving Anakin behind, believing she failed as his student. That she failed the Jedi Order, and the galaxy as a whole. And when she had met him again on Malachor, he repeated the same words he had said to Obi-Wan during their rematch. And so she withdrew into her sullen state. After all, how could she pass on the teachings of the man she failed, who would go on to terrorize the galaxy? But the lesson Anakin taught her was that she too wasn't responsible for his failures. Darth Vader's legacy wasn't hers. She didn't fail Anakin, he failed her. And thus Ahsoka was finally able to come to peace with the memory of her master.

I’m a 44-year-old man who has been following the Star Wars universe since the age of three. I would be lying if I said the sequel trilogy didn’t leave a bitter taste in my mouth and how it handled the Skywalker legacy. I’ve gotten to a point where I had almost completely given up on Star Wars as a whole, but after watching this episode, felt myself falling in love with it all over again. I’m so grateful that Hayden Christiansen had this opportunity to give justice to his character and execute it so well. One of the more joyful moments of viewing the Star Wars universe that I can remember in a long time.

anybody else get chills when the purgills were about to launch into hyperspace? Man this is some of the best cinematography ive ever seen

I literally teared up at many points in this episode. I wish we would have had a bit of this Anakin in the prequel trilogy...so much of the hate for Hayden could have been avoided. This episode was amazing!

I absolutely loved this episode!! The best in Star Wars live action!! The flashback to the clone wars was beautifully done, and I totally loved seeing Rex in live action for the first time!!! Filoni definitely deserves an applause!!!

"I thought that the previous episode was just a little bit better." That's okay, we forgive you, nobody is perfect.

I like when anakin switches to the vader persona. You can see his walk switch to vaders dominating style of walking.

Poor ahsoka. She has had such a violent past. Fighting in a war so so young…

So many people keep saying that they think all of everything with anakin was in her head , I think that's an extremely childish observation as it makes no sence as to why that would have no reason for them to put that whole thing into the world between worlds

I never thought I'd see a live version of little Ahsoka! Took me back when I saw the movie and TV series but, LIVE! AAHH!!!

3:30 It's also a direct callback to Ahsoka telling Anakin that same thing when she faced him as Darth Vader in "Twilight of the Apprentice" in Rebels, which I humbly submit is the main reference they were going for here.

The 5th one was a great one like finally!! I felt like it was uniting the complete series of clone wars, rebels & the movies! The moment between these two is so touching. Can we please ship Sabezra too 🤷‍♂️

This episode brought some serious tears out of me I can't lie.

Ahsoka also said " i won't fight you" when she faced him in Rebels as Vader, a fight that ended with Ezra pulling her to the world between worlds before she dies "again"

Thank you Dave Filoni Words can describle how much I love this episode as a clone wars and star wars fan I was a little bit worried last week about how they'll do with clone wars Ahsoka The young actress did an amazing job! Her and Heyden have such a great dynamic and capture their brother and sister like relationship

I really love the pace of this show. This really is next level, what we wished so many other fantasy shows would have been… viewers have been disillusioned from all the rubbish TV these past few years. I hope they will attract more viewers as word spreads.

Young Asokha actress was incredible!

The Anakin fight scenes were incredible, the way he moved, the progression of their fight and discussion right to the end. It was an incredible scene. Hayden is awesome as Anakin. I need to watch their fight scenes again.

I grew up with Hayden as Anakin and loved his role and I feel like a lot of the fans don't get that George Lucas wanted him to play the role that way

Ashoka’s trial was finding closure about what happened to Anakin.

The clone armor and haircut were spot on man! And wow...the sith eyes were so siiiiiick...great episode!

This was my favorite episode so far! Stunning visuals and a deep emotional core throughout the whole episode..very good

She needs to learn that she’s still a Jedi no matter what

Superb- just an incredible piece of work.. well done DAVE . anakin being the literal balance of the force, amazing. The transformation between him and Vader chilling, and as aMASTER of both light and dark spot on .. 😮❤ absolutely loved it

I was expecting an epic episode coming into today's episode but fucking hell, it was even more epic than I was prepared for. Haydens performance was incredible, really showed why Anakin is the chosen one.

This was my favorite episode so far! Stunning visuals and a deep emotional core throughout the whole episode. Just amazing

I love how Anakin is truely the Balance in the force now, with him embodying both his dark side, and his light side. And i like the note of him having red eyes instead of sith yellow eyes.

“Come on snips!” I’m ngl I started crying when I heard that, hearing such warmth from a younger Hayden Anakin.

Filoni making George proud with this one !!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@6:42 when Ahsoka holds Vaders/Anikans blade I think her eyes are red/orange/yellow. Showing that she has also a dark side. But she controls that side when moments later she does not harm her opponent and throws away the saber. Just like Luke did.

The acting was perfect from all the main characters. I especially loved the younger Asokha. There was one moment in particular where she hits an expression Dawson uses.

Best ahoska episode I can’t believe we got this amazing episode