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OH MY GOD??????
THEY WERE GATEKEEPING IT FOR 10 YEARS
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THE ACOLYTE TRAILER JUST DROPPED
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MAE
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“Mae gets swept up into a sinister mystery—one that puts her into the center of a conflict in unexpected ways.”
SOL
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“Master Sol is a wise, highly respected, powerful Jedi Master, strong in the ways of the Force, who is going through emotional conflict.”
QIMIR
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“Qimir is a former smuggler who now makes his living as a trader, procuring unusual things and enjoying a life of leisure.”
JECKI
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“Jecki is the Padawan apprentice to Master Sol. Although she is young, she projects calm and conducts herself with maturity.”
YORD
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“Yord, a Jedi Knight and guardian from the Jedi Temple, is an overachiever and a rule follower. His need to be a by-the-book Jedi can cloud his mind.”
VERNESTRA “VERN” RWOH
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“Vernestra Rwoh is an elder Jedi Master who has ascended the ranks of the Jedi from a teenage prodigy to a leader in the Order. She became one of the youngest Jedi Knights in a generation at age 15, and solidified her status as a prodigy when she took Imri Cantaros as a Padawan the next year. With a purple-bladed lightsaber that can change into a lightwhip, young Rwoh led with unwavering faith in the Force and devotion to the Jedi Order. But in the year after the fall of Starlight Beacon — while mourning those lost in the destruction, including her own Padawan — Vernestra pulled back from the Order and shifted her focus to heal herself.”
MOTHER ANISEYA
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“Mother Aniseya is the leader of a coven of Witches who value their independence and the preservation of their beliefs and powers.”
KELNACCA
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“Kelnacca, a Wookiee Jedi, is a loner who lives a solitary life.”
INDARA
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“Master Indara is a Jedi Master of great physical and mental skill.”
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@here-on-occasion
Your tags 😂 I could not resist doing this:
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"burning things to the ground is easy, fixing things is hard" is crazy. dude became a centrist as a metaphor for his collapsing situationship.
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thevibraniumveterans · 2 months
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ECHO
1.5 — MAYA
The episode opens on the lake. The woodpecker makes an appearance. The bird seems to be important.
Young Maya shoots it down, as she practices her aiming. She however, brings it to her mom saying that she found it hurt. Which is true… in a way. Her mom knows that it didn’t just fall; Maya say she didn’t mean to hurt it. Which… is a lie. She aimed for it. She apologizes for making contact with the bird. Her mom says to not hurt animals, and then proceeds to heal it.
There is a violent flashback to the night her mom was killed in the car crash.
Chula visits Skully on her way to work. She picks up the sewing machine she’s looking for.
Chula gets to the mailroom, and is bumped into by a little girl on her way out. Chula drops her letters, but Fisk is there. He picks up her stuff for her.
Maya bikes to a convenience store. Biscuits is suspicious of an RV.
Maya dines at the restaurant; she receives a text from Biscuits, and sees a woodpecker out the window. Biscuits’ text is a warning; she heeds the woodpecker and speeds out.
She heads home, gun out. She somehow finds her mom Taloa at home.
Thought: Which is odd, because her mom died years ago.
Taloa proceeds to heal Maya; Maya’s memories bring her to the accident and back. Taloa imparts on Maya a gentle lesson on remembering those who came before, and to keep all of them with her.
Maya sees her suit, lovingly crafted by her grandmother Chula. The vision fades, and Maya inspects her new outfit.
It’s the night of the powwow. Final preparations are underway. Two Ford vans roll up; the people inside have guns.
The Powwow begins; Maya is in the middle of it. There is danger afoot; the woodpecker signifies danger. She walks away. She sneaks out of the venue. As she walks, the lights above her flicker on.
Fisk has arrived. Maya faces him, gun drawn shakily.
She is disarmed. Chulo and Bonnie are held as hostages.
Maya insists that she now fights for her family, not her association with Fisk. Bonnie is forced to translate Fisk’s words into ASL. Fisk says he killed Maya’s dad William.
Maya is struck, but she rises again, this time with the strength of all the women in her family that has come before her. She is able to lend some of that power to her grandmother and also Bonnie.
Thought: this is a way better version of “I am all the Jedi” from Star Wars, because this time there is actual meaning behind it, not some shoehorned power surge.
Maya uses the healing spell on both Fisk’s heart and mind. She takes him back to the day his dad killed his mom.
Back in the present, he is confused, but leaves. Seems like he is taken away.
Back at the lake home years ago, young Maya frees the now-healed woodpecker.
In the present, Maya returns for a family get-together BBQ.
Post-credits see Fisk speaking with someone. There is a news segment on the plane TV about voting. The descriptions seem to match Fisk; he uncertainly leans forward.
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thevibraniumveterans · 2 months
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ECHO
1.4 — TALOA
Flashback to New York 2008. Maya is a child, unable to get ice cream. Fisk accosts the ice cream vendor, wanting to ensure whatever Maya wants, Maya gets, no exceptions.
Fast forward to 2021. Fisk teaches Maya to trust nobody but herself and him. He dismisses the ASL interpreter.
Thought: But why? That’s cruel, to have her killed.
Back to the present. Maya faces down Fisk. The man she thought she killed stands before her. He has her restrained, and without her consent places an ASL interpretation contact lens into her left eye. Fisk tells her that there must be no “go-between”, hence the device.
He tells her he’d like to have dinner. His tone is that of an order, not a request or opinion. Maya is left with no choice.
Inside her home, Maya switches on the lights. Fisk’s face is half shrouded in darkness, an intentional lighting choice.
Thought: Isn’t he emotionally manipulating her?
Maya pours the wine down the sink. He gives her cookies and hopes they don’t go to waste; his tone is subtly ominous, a slight threat in the tone.
Fisk tells Maya what he knows she is. Has she been given the chance to speak for herself in the presence of Fisk? He wants to give her what she wants, and says he would be in New York, but more importantly, that he’d be waiting for her. “I hope you’re on that plane.” It sounds like a command, not a comment.
Emotionally, it feels like she’s his prisoner.
Maya speaks with Uncle Henry. He’s afraid for her, as he had once been under Kingpin’s orders too.
The next scene is at the Haskell Co. Fairgrounds, where a Choctaw Nation Powwow is to be held. Preparations are underway.
Chula, and elsewhere Maya, experiences a vision. Henry drives Maya to Chula’s home. Maya recounts her visions, and Chula explains her family’s history.
Chula says, “I think generations are echoing, reaching out, to us. At a time we need them the most.”
Scenes play; Biscuits looking for parts, Chula making an outfit for Maya, Henry cleaning up at his skate rink, Bonnie is contemplative.
Maya goes to the hotel to face down Fisk. She tells him, “You isolated me. Told me you were the only one I could trust.”
Thought: Good on Maya for recognizing she’s a victim of manipulation even though the past acts of killing that she did, were carried out by her.
She continues, “But it was all a lie. Even these contacts, you got them because you didn’t care enough to learn to sign.”
Fisk defends himself, saying he defeated his own dad for harming his mom. He says he killed his own dad to be free. He acknowledges he failed Maya, and tells her if she so wished to actually kill him, to get on with it. He hands her the hammer, but she throws it down.
Maya stands by a lake, going through her memories. She leaves Tamaha.
Fisk is notified that Maya has left.
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thevibraniumveterans · 2 months
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ECHO
1.3 — TUKLO
Black and white scenes play as an intro. Starts off with a statement, “In the late 1800s, Indian country was infested with dangerous criminals, threatening the safety of the Native Nations. Tribes established their own police force to Bri g these criminals to justice. These tribal police were called… the Lighthorsemen.” Footage plays of them, then TUKLO and her dad. A next statement reads: “Her father was a Lighthorseman, but TUKLO was a mighty force all on her own.” She shows accuracy with both a pistol and a projectile. She is quoted as saying, “The time is right, Father. I am ready to join you. I want to be a Lighthorseman.” Her father disagrees: “No. Women are life-givers. Men are life-takers.” She counters: “To give life means nothing if I cannot protect it.” She rides off, and is next shown by the water. The next statement reads: “Braids are for men. Braids are for Choctaw warriors.” She braids her hair, resolute in her goals to be a warrior like her father before her. Her thoughts read: “They will see me. Not as they think I should be. They will see me as I am.” The next statement: “Across the plains, the Lighthorsemen are called to action!” One of them say (as the words onscreen reflect), “These are the criminals we’ve been looking for.” But it’s “A TRAP!” They get shot. The onscreen text reads, “Meanwhile, TUKLO senses something…” She receives a vision, and goes to shoot the men who shot her father’s companions. Her father is proud. The black and white film stutters out.
Thought: The inclusion of this intro in such a format gives us context in a way that we’ve never seen before in the MCU.
Chula visits Skully, and is upset that Maya is in town and that Biscuits is “caught up” with her. Clearly, Chula is hurt over Maya, but tries not to show it.
Maya takes a walk and receives a vision. But she is taken by surprise. She wakes to find herself strung upside down in the skate ring she visited in the first episode. She falls to the ground, sees Henry (her Uncle?) gagged, and gets pulled to the back and restrained. Bonnie walks in, unaware of the trouble. Henry redirects her back out, but she is accosted.
Bonnie is upset, but Vickie has her removed from the premises.
Maya makes an improvised weapon. Very resourceful.
Henry and Bonnie are interrogated. Maya’s rigged the laser tag area, and takes down several assailants. She calls on the power of her ancestors, specifically TUKLO. Maya goes on what seems like a one-woman rampage to take down those seeking to hurt her. She makes use of her surroundings and props to fight back, very much like Jackie Chan.
Zane and his associates are called off: Bonnie, Maya, and Henry are let free.
Skully visits Maya, and gives her a gift for her new prosthesis. He says it represents who she is. She likes it.
She sees Bonnie, but gets on her way.
Biscuit, Chula, and many others are at a gathering, singing a Choctaw song titled “Vba Isht Taloa #121”.
She arrives back home, only to see Fisk at her doorstep. She is shocked.
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thevibraniumveterans · 3 months
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ECHO
1.2 — LOWAK
Past scenes of Native Mohawk communities, 1200 AD, in what is now Alabama. We get to see what pre-Spanish/pre-British/pre-USA North America might’ve been like. Languages spoken include Choctaw and Cherokee. Two teams are involved in an intertribal competition, not unlike many modern two-team sport. But turns out, they are playing for their lives, their right to belong.
Mid credits at the beginning.
Maya requests Biscuits to go shopping; he gets what she needs.
It’s night; Biscuits has driven Maya to a bridge, and he wonders what’s going on. There’s something she’s not letting on.
She pairs her tracker with his phone and tells him to follow it; she jumps off the bridge and lands on a moving train. He follows in his car.
She’s on the tail of some suspicious guys; works a microcamera through a hole in the train car. She goes inside and retrieves what she’s looking for. Biscuits goes off-road to track his friend.
Maya’s prosthetic gets caught in the connecting segment, but has a vision. Turns out, she has a power her ancestors also have. Her tracker loses signal, but she finds a way to keep Biscuits on track. He sees her; she jumps from the train onto his pickup. She says she didn’t steal anything. Perhaps, then, she took something back?
Turns out, she snuck a trigger-explosive in. Maya knows what she’s doing.
Maya gets her prosthetic fixed, and uses a temporary one. She speaks with the store owner Skully about Chafa, her ancestor, who would “watch out for family in times of need”.
Biscuits broadcasts over the radio and Bonnie, Maya’s childhood friend, picks up in the fire station. Biscuits accidentally reveals he ran into Maya, which worries Bonnie.
Maya gets a talking to from Henry but she’s resolute about her goals. He’s mad that he has to clean up after her.
She gets a text from Bonnie; upset, she shoots the swings she used to play under as a youngster. She’s metaphorically killing her childhood, not willing to let that get in her way.
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thevibraniumveterans · 3 months
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ECHO
1.1 — CHAFA
Mysterious intro. Kind of reminds me of Kahhori’s origin story in certain ways, such as the water.
The bird seems important.
Maya lost her leg because of a car crash.
Maya asking about if dragons can come into our world? We already know they exist in the MCU, just… not where regular people can see them.
We see Maya in martial arts class. It’s a flashback; shes in the present; in the boxing ring. But it’s night; she witnesses someone in the Ronin outfit on a killing spree. (Barton had, in Hawkeye, said he didn’t kill her dad as she had, reasonably, assumed.)
Question: Now that I think about it, I do have one Hawkeye-related question regarding Maya. So in the Hawkeye series a while back, we learned (as we do here) that Ronin killed Maya’s dad. And Ronin is Barton, but he says Kingpin wanted Maya’s dad dead. So does that mean Ronin killed Maya’s dad on Kingpin’s orders, thereby rendering Barton guilty BUT also pinning the blame solely on Fisk?
Maya is cornered; but for Fisk to scare even the police says a lot about how scary he is.
The hand to hand combat between Daredevil and Maya is fascinating if only because a man who can’t see fights a woman who can’t hear. Both fight well and are evenly matched, as expected of experienced combatants. But how does she get up so fast after having a metal shelf fall on her back?
It rehashes a little her journey through Hawkeye. Just a little. Seems to me they reuse footage from Hawkeye; either that, or they did reshoots for Hawkeye, for Echo for this reason. So that’s why it comes to Hawkeye’s end scene where Maya shoots Fisk. But… it skips to 5 months later.
She’s been in a scuffle, and wounded. She stops, wraps herself up, and continues on.
At home, she stitches her wound, and wakes the next morning, meets Biscuits, an old family friend.
We learn Fisk is alive.
Also, we get a preview/trailer of the rest of the season at the end of Ep1. That’s new.
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S2 of WHAT IF…
Ep1- “…Nebula joined the Nova Corps?”
Love the bleak opening sequence
Fascinating how Nebula narrates the context. Her “five years of isolation” hits hard.
Nova Prime siding with Ronan was a surprise
Ep2- “…Peter Quill Attacked Earth’s Mightiest Heroes?”
Cool intro; Peter leaning into his inherent powers is interesting…
The Winter Soldier being Gorbachev’s tool to contain Peter is surprising, but not unexpected…
“Does anyone have a plan?”/“I have a plan; retreat.” 😂
Thor announcing that Peter killed off all the Nine Realms except Earth; Peter needed containment to prevent him being too powerful.
Hope breaking Peter out is unexpected.
But Peter defeating his dad is a great ending.
Ep3- “…Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?”
Cool X’mas riff in the beginning music
Avengers Tower… looking festive.
Happy getting accidentally injected with Banner blood is unexpected.
Beethoven’s 9th riff playing when Darcy discovers a whole collection!
“Time for the Hammer to get nailed” 🤣
Overall, great X’mas episode.
Ep4- “…Iron Man Crashed into the Grandmaster?”
Cool that the Guardians of the Multiverse (from S1) are back!
Gamora’s origin story is a Tony Stark episode that looks to focus a bit on Valkyrie? Interesting…
Wonder what Gamora is doing there.
The little Chinchilla is adorable.
Tony with the nicknames (“Technicolor Dream Coat” is a Andrew Lloyd Webber musical reference) is hilarious
Also, Tony building a suit that reforms into a race car on command, and back, is AWESOME
Turns out, Tony inspired Gamora to be a hero.
Gamora melting Thanos, did not see that coming.
Ep5- “…Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?”
Cool Avengers team; with Carter and Janet instead of Steve and Banner.
It’s kind of what if 2012’s Battle of New York went differently. Then we pick up kind of CATWS but it’s Peggy and Nat.
Peggy’s spin-twist was really cool.
The whole reverse-CATWS but instead of Bucky gone bad and Steve finding out, it’s Steve gone bad and Peggy finding out.
Bucky as a Secretary of State? Did NOT see that coming. But makes sense that Bucky would be the one to try to bring Steve back. Truly a reverse CATWS.
The Stomper Suit keeping Steve alive, I wonder how.
Carter’s hilarious Star Wars reference to carbonite.
Also, the camera panning around Steve and Peggy, is a mirror of the Tony/Pepper one in Endgame.
Melina being part robot is also kind of creepy.
Captain Carter having a musical is hilarious too
Also, the emotional vibes kind of veering into CACW and “Black Widow” territory is quite fascinating.
Peggy disappears thru a portal, only to be greeted by Wanda.
Ep6- “…Kahhori Reshaped the World?”
Ragnarok comes early…
Also, this episode isn’t the first time we see the horrors of Spanish conquistadors invading on native land; we last saw that in Wakanda Forever a few years ago.
But when the Watcher narrates the context, it mirrors the Black Panther movie’s narrative about how the Vibranium came to Earth and ended with the peacemaking between various tribes.
Also great to note that this is the first MCU entry where nobody, except the Watcher (and Stephen Strange at the end) speaks English.
It’s really awesome that the Space Stone energy gives the people from the Sky World (who are formerly Mohawk natives from Earth) and Kahhori very, VERY interesting powers.
KAHHORI MOVED THE PORTAL TO THE LAND!! That is an insane amount of power and strength! That’s wonderful!
Kahhori and her people sinking the Spanish Armada is a sight to behold.
Ep7- “…Hela Found the Ten Rings?”
Hela suddenly being able to speak Putonghua was a surprise.
Odin says that the bearer of Hela’s crown be merciful, which explains why Hela is at first unable to lift it. Just like the first Thor movie.
I kind of wonder why Wenwu would invite Hela to wear a traditional dress; but more importantly, why does he have one ready?
MORRIS RETURNS!! Best fuzzy thing.
Hela visits Talo.
Folding paper. That’s basically Origami. IRL history has it that China has its own paper folding traditions long ago, just like Japan, but separately.
Hela being upset that Fenrir as a puppy was taken from her, is something interesting too.
Asgard, a realm of Norse legend, and Ta Lo, a fictitious Chinese fantasy realm, coming together to free the cosmos, is something I did not see coming.
Ep8- ���…the Avengers Assembled in 1602?”
Tom Hiddleston as Loki narrating Hamlet? Not surprising.
Wanda summoned Carter from three episodes ago, and turns out Thor knew about this here.
But what are those portals? Wanda warns to stop them.
Wanda speaks of a lost traveler…
Tony says “Forerunner” but the caption says “person”.
Loki speaking of William Shakespeare writing about Iago in the play Othello.
Rogers Hood. Hilarious combo of Steve Rogers and Robin Hood.
Rogers and Carter double-teaming with the shield is really cool.
Where did the Destroyer come from?
Hogan throwing out all manner of old fashioned insults is hilarious 😆
Also, why is Hogan a hulk in this episode? He was one in the Christmas episode but this one?
Turns out the Forerunner is mainMCU!Steve?
The main effect is that Carter is alone again.
Strange Supreme makes an appearance. Which we leave on a “TBC” for next episode. The fact that he went to fetch Kahhori in Ep6 must mean something big is in the finale…
Ep9- “…Strange Supreme Intervened?”
Interesting; we get the full MCU theme for the title card. We never got the full theme in previous episodes.
Peggy speaks with Strange, who keeps dangerous beings inside their own little crystals.
If the Watcher is a metaphor for us, and Strange implying that the Watcher may not always be right, that means that we might not also always be right about certain things.
Peggy enters South Dakota… where Red Skull (HYDRA) exploded the Tesseract. But why would Kahhori be a danger to the Multiverse, considering Strange net with her last episode? Why is she considered a danger in this one?
Also, Kahhori now speaks English. Not odd, per se, but it helps. She says Strange is “a universe killer.” Which, in some way, he is.
Also, a dragon from Ta Lo, which kinda sells the point.
Hela being insulted that Kahhori sent the swords back is hilarious 😆
Peggy gets an Infinity Armor is pretty to cool. Also, Peggy and Kahhori vs Strange? That’s also really cool.
Peggy gets sent back to her home, but it’s an illusion, and she sees right through it.
Though, playing with the lives of so many people to face Strange, that’s a weird effect, perhaps meant to be “comedic” in a way, but comes off as cruel, which might have been the more intended effect.
Also, the characters falling to the portal just basically overpowering Peggy with their weapons? It’s very interesting because it’s not overpowering her for no reason, she NEEDS to be overpowered to stop an already over-powered Strange. She needs to be MORE than him to win.She gets Hela’s crown, a large sword, and multiple other weapons, while Kahhori uses her powers to lift Thor’s hammers and also uses the Ten Rings. Both Peggy and Kahhori MUST be overpowered to overpower Strange and stop him.
Strange becomes a huge devil monster and falls into the Forge.
Peggy goes to the Watcher.
S2E9 ending exactly as Loki S2E6 did, that’s interesting.
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thevibraniumveterans · 4 months
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Yes.
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The comments under the art with Sabine and the cat gave me some thoughts.
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Ezra Bridger 🫐
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thevibraniumveterans · 4 months
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Be respectful and have fun ✨
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Haven’t seen this posted here yet, so I’m doing it now.
The above pictured cast members will be attending the LA Comic-Con this weekend.
I’m not sure what the event is - it could be an official panel talking about the Ahsoka show or just a fan meet and greet; I’m inclined to believe that it is the former from what I’ve been hearing.
If you are attending or know people that are then please, please do not ask any questions regarding the ships. Steer clear of that area of questioning.
We do not want to make the cast members uncomfortable or put them on the spot regarding story details that may or may not be available to them.
If the cast do talk about any romance involving their characters of their own volition, then that’s fine. But, otherwise, do not expect or ask them to speak about it.
We’re there to celebrate their hard work in bringing to life these amazing characters that we all love. Let’s not ruin it with petty ship wars.
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I love how ESB came out decades before I was even born yet so many people love it 🥰
i love when i see hanleia posts talking about how their bickering/butting heads is not because they are "toxic" but because they both see each other more honestly than the other one wants because it's.... so important to me
like leia KNOWS he is a good man under the bluster. he can't abandon people, even when he tries really hard to. his heart is so big, and he HATES IT. and she sees it and he HATES THAT MORE, because it's vulnerable and she just gets right to the heart of him in one (1) millisecond
but because of all that. he KNOWS she loves him. like most ardently, most annoyingly, LOVES him, and that the feeling is so big that she doesn't have any time or bandwidth to even begin to process it
and when he presses her buttons and gives voice to the feeling she is resolutely ignoring, she gets SOOO annoyed because he sees her so clearly and then he has the audacity to be smug about it!!!! as if it wasn't trying enough
and throughout esb leia is trying to get han to admit he is a good man and han is trying to get leia to admit she loves him (except those two things are contingent on each other, leia loves him in part because he is a good man, and han is a good man in part because someone loves him so fiercely, so to admit one is to acknowledge the other, and even though they both want to be Right, they also both HATE being seen)
but then she is losing him!! and because he's sacrificing himself for them, she knows he can't run from being a good man anymore. and she can't run from her feelings either. so she says "i love you"
and when han says "i know" instead of i love you, its maybe a small part tongue in cheek i told so, because he is a smug bastard, but mostly him saying im glad you got here too. ive been waiting
so in the end, han admits he is a good man by making sure chewie will protect leia
and leia admits she loves him
and he says i know. because he has the whole time. and he's so glad she does
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REBELS REWATCH
S2E4 — RELICS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC
It is daylight. The modified AT-TE transport lumbers along the barren plains, smoke billowing from one of the Phantom’s engines. Sabine stands at its doorway, helmet on, and notes, “The probe hit us pretty badly. Repairs are gonna take a little while longer.” Inside the transport, Kanan responds, “We don’t have much time. No telling when the Empire will get here. We’ve got to get off the surface.” Sabine leans out of the Phantom, lowers her rangefinder, focuses on the fast-approaching monster of a sandstorm, and says, “Well, the Empire’s not our only problem. There’s a storm coming up behind us.” Kanan reminds her, “If the Empire gets here before we take off, the storm will be the least of our problems.” Behind Kanan, Rex holds up a data card containing “the coordinates of every Republic base, —” Ezra turns around to face the veterans. “—separatist installation, pirate hideout, and smuggler’s den in the Outer Rim.” Rex hands the card to Ezra. Wolffe helpfully adds, “Plus a few Mandalorian bases that they’ve forgotten about.” (This statement might appear to some to be insignificant, as it is information that the Spectres can use. Mandalore is a place. There are so many places. But the fact that Wolffe is specifically addressing Ezra while making this point, and at the same time making it sound like just a regular statement someone with info might say, is saying something, considering that Sabine is a Mandalorian, and that Ezra appears to be smiling when Wolffe provides that bit of info.) Ezra is grateful for the requested information: “Thank you, Captain. Sure you won’t come with us?” Zeb concurs, but Rex tells the teenager, “Yeah. Like I said, our war’s over, kid. Don’t much care to get mixed up in another. Oh, and say hello to Commander Tano for me.” Ezra, however, is rightfully worried, though not for himself: “But the Empire’s on its way, and they will find you.” Rex notes that he, Gregor, and Wolffe can “take care of ourselves.” Kanan comms Hera to let her know that he, Ezra, Sabine, and Zeb would be “down here a while longer.” Hoping for “some good news”, he asks, “Has the Empire showed up yet?” She replies saying that she’s busy with repairs and that Chopper hasn’t found anything untoward yet.
Hera tells Kanan that an ISD has just dropped out of hyperspace, and that she’s “gonna power down so they can’t scan me. Once I finish my repairs, I’ll come get you. Good luck down there.” Back on the transport, Rex informs the crew about the ISD’s protocols, saying that if the TIE fighters go by the book, they would perform searches “based on our last confirmed position”. Gregor isn’t too positive, and says that there is an “incoming Imperial transmission.” Ezra turns around. Apparently it was a return call, no thanks to Wolffe. Kanan maintains his distrust of clones, but Ezra frowns, and tells Wolffe to “just get rid of ‘em.” Apparently the call was from Kallus with a warning. And all too soon, an explosion rocks the transport. Ezra and everyone else inside looks up to where the noise could have come from. The main door opens, and Sabine comes rushing in: “They found us.” Ezra is not surprised: “Guess that search pattern paid off.”
They head to the exterior of the transport. Sure enough, TIE fighters are firing upon the transport; Ezra, standing behind Rex, is near panic: “We’re sitting mynocks on this thing!” He rushes up the ladder, and Rex orders Wolffe to perform “evasive maneuvers.” The action momentarily knocks Ezra off-balance, but as always, time is not of the essence. Sabine leads Zeb, Kanan, and Ezra into a charge, saying, “Hurry, he’s coming around the another pass.” She heads for the front of the transport, while Ezra and Kanan remain by the Phantom, sabers at the ready. Ezra literally leaps into action, determined to do his part, but Kanan instructs him to “protect the Phantom.” The teenager turns back around, points with his saber and asks, “What about the walker?” Kanan responds that it could probably withstand some damage. Ezra heeds the instruction and jumps back to his previous spot, saber up in defense. For her part, Sabine takes aim with a large borrowed rifle and fires several times. While Zeb fires repeatedly with a rotary cannon, Ezra tries to fend off several heavy-duty shots from above. Behind him, Rex and Gregor arrive. Rex provides some advice to Zeb, while Gregor seems to enjoy this, noting that he hasn’t had this much fun being shot at since the good old days. Sabine retorts: “Yeah? Well, it happens to us every day.” Ezra turns around and addresses Rex and Gregor: “Why doesn’t someone man the big gun?” Rex advises that doing so “in this situation” would be unwise, and tosses his bazooka to Gregor, who shoulders the bazooka, takes aim, and fires into the path of the TIE. The TIE goes up in flames. Ezra turns to Rex, telling him, “You know, we’d make a good team if we all fought together.” Kanan still harbors deep-seated distrust, disagrees, and says that their first priority right now is to possibly outrun the approaching storm. He informs Sabine that “we need the Phantom to fly.” She gets “on it” right away.
A short time passes, and Sabine continues tinkering away at the Phantom’s interior. Outside the auxiliary craft, Ezra is sitting in the AT-TE’s gunner’s chair behind the big gun. Clearly, he is curious and also enjoying himself a bit too much at seeing how the thing works, and doesn’t notice Rex until the veteran steps closer. Sheepish, Ezra apologizes: “Uh, sorry. Um, I’m in your seat.” Rex takes no offense, and instead points out, “The traverse controls are over here on the left, and the elevation’s on the right.” Ezra wonders if this is so; Rex nods. Under Rex’s supervision, Ezra follows instructions and maneuvers the cannon slightly, and asks the veteran, “So, um, what was it like to fight in the Clone War?” Rex says, “I don’t think the fighting ever got to Lothal.” (It never did, as far as the audience is concerned.) “I tell ya, war was never dull. The general I fought with was among the greatest of the Jedi.” Ezra smiles. Rex continues, “I trusted him with my life more times than I can count.” He sighs. “And I tried my best to keep that trust.” Nearby, Sabine finishes up with her internal repairs, and announces, “All right. With any luck, we can get outta here soon.” Ezra turns around and tells her, “We can’t just leave Rex, Wolffe and Gregor here.” Rex notes, “Well, the Empire is here because of us.” (It’s a simple statement that means, on a surface level, that the Empire has found them because of Wolffe (well, kind of, then they took collective responsibility), but on a more meta level, Rex might have admitted, without meaning to, that he and the other clones are the very reason (well, the sub-reason) why the Empire existed (“here”, he said) in the first place. So yeah, the Empire is “here” because of the clones. That’s a scary thought.) “We’ll deal with the consequences,” he continues. Zeb hears something, and Wolffe points out the walkers in the distance. Ezra turns back around and sees them too. Rex and Gregor discuss what they see on the walkers in the distance, but Ezra, highlighting the urgency of the situation, tells them, “I’m glad you guys are so excited, but those—” He points at the horizon. “—giant death machines are on their way to blow us to bits!” Rex comes up the ladder and instructs Wolffe to “set vector two-niner-zero.” Kanan is confused: “Wait, you’re just gonna turn and run? Just like that?” Rex responds, saying that if there’s a “better idea”, he’s all ears. Kanan thinks that clones love to fight; Rex agrees, “but on my terms,” he says. Rex instructs Wolffe to turn 180 degrees.
Sabine steps out of the Phantom, swipes her hand across her forehead, and says of the auxiliary ship, “Kanan, I’m not sure how far we’ll get, but I think she’ll fly.” Kanan responds, saying that it’s better than nothing, and comms Zeb: “We’re going now.” Rex disagrees, saying that it’s “Too late.” Ezra also comes to the same conclusion: “He’s right, Kanan. They’ll shoot us down.” Kanan then wonders how hiding in a sandstorm “be any better”; Sabine tells him, “Well, the storm will scramble the scanners. We’ll all be blind.” Rex agrees, and points out that “a Jedi won’t.” Kanan reluctantly agrees, and orders everyone to head inside the transport. Sabine closes the Phantom’s hatch door and follows Kanan down, as does Ezra, and Rex behind him too.
In the sandstorm. Everyone is obviously indoors in the transport. Ezra points out, “We’re not gonna be able to hide in this storm forever.” Sabine responds, describing the AT-AT walkers: “Those things are practically impervious to blasters, but they have one weak point in their armor, the neck.” (That would be something Sabine would know from her Academy days, because it’s clear nobody else in the transport would know that.) Gregor says that “one well-placed shot” should damage it beyond usability; Rex is uncertain, but thinks that they might only get “one shot” at this. Zeb has no clue how to “shoot something we can’t see”, his reason being that he doesn’t even know “where the enemy is”. Kanan offers a piece of advice, which Ezra pays attention to: “You don’t always have to see something to know where it is. If you’re willing to trust me, I can get us that shot.” Rex says that he “always” trusts his general. Kanan reaches out, and advises that the transport be stopped. Ezra is silent but watches Kanan utilize the Force to know the surroundings. Kanan instructs Wolffe to “circle left” and then to make a “full stop”, but notes that they’re surrounded. Ezra’s in disbelief: “What?!” Rex realizes Kanan’s ploy — putting them all in the middle of being surrounded — is “crazy, but it’s probably our best chance”. Sabine, however, is more cautious: “Once we fire, we’ll reveal our location. If we miss, it’s all over.” Gregor volunteers to make the first shot, but Kanan announces that “Ezra should take the shot.” Ezra is unsure, scratches the back of his neck, and wonders if Kanan should do it instead. Rex agrees with Kanan, saying that they “need one Jedi up there manning the cannon and another Jedi down here to lead us out of this mess. You are the only ones who can see in this storm.” Ezra looks up at Rex, feeling burdened with the weight of the task. Rex turns around and says, “Sabine, spot him.” Sabine nods, turns around, and puts her helmet on. Ezra follows her. (It’s kind of funny how all the adults in the room are completely okay and willing to send the only two teenagers out in a sandstorm; it would makes sense for Sabine to go out there because she has her helmet, her armor, she’s protected and all that, but not Ezra, if only because he does not have armor to protect him. But it does make sense that Ezra is the one to man the cannon since he was curious about it earlier, and that Kanan is the relatively more experienced one (his Padawan status aside) and so he guides Ezra and the team. It would not make much sense for Kanan to man the cannon and Ezra stay inside, if only because Ezra is not that mature and knowledgeable yet.) Luckily, Rex tosses Ezra a helmet to borrow. Ezra straightens up, smiles, tucks the helmet under his arm, and heads out.
Outside. The wind whips the sand up at gale speed. Sabine, though fully armored, lifts an arm to shield her helmeted face, and steps forward. Behind her, Ezra does the same, but loses his balance. (Whether this is done on purpose or is purely by accident, nobody knows. If Ezra had chosen to lose balance, that would give him an excuse to let Sabine catch him. And that’s kind of funny because if it was purely by accident, it would not have made much sense because Ezra is not a lightweight. It could be just because the helmet is a bit big for him and so he can’t quite see out of it.) Sabine steps behind him, guiding him forward: “I gotcha! I gotcha! Come on!” Ezra gets into the gunner’s seat, and Sabine tells him, “Don’t miss.” Ezra shrugs and lightly retorts, “Hey, I never miss.” He receives a instruction from Kanan via the helmet comm: “There’s a walker somewhere…around point five.” Ezra is skeptical, but takes it in stride: “Somewhere around point five? Perfect.” He swings the big gun around 90 degrees to the left until it locks in place. Ezra realizes, “Targeting scope’s useless. I can’t see it.” Kanan advises Ezra that “it doesn’t matter” because he won’t necessarily need to see it to take proper aim, and to “trust yourself.” So Ezra does, and tightens his grip on the gunner’s controls. Taking a risk, Ezra removes his helmet to better connect with the Force around him, the wind and sand be damned. He keeps his eyes shut, furrows his brows, finds his target, and fires a single shot. True to form, the shot finds its mark, and the targeted AT-AT walker explodes and collapses. Ezra opens his eyes and announces triumphantly, “Got ‘em!”
The AT-TE transport emerges from the dust storm, and Ezra jumps off the seat and onto the main platform. Rex steps out with Kanan and Zeb, and congratulates Ezra. (Note, there is a parallel with A New Hope. Luke switches off his targeting computer; Ezra can’t see because of the storm. Luke lets the Force guide him to find the perfect chance to fire; Ezra uses the Force to find his target and fire. Both achieve their goals, their shots find their marks, and they are congratulated by an ally.) Rex advises that the Spectres “get yourself moving, This is your only chance.” Ezra is confused, and disagrees: “What? We can’t leave now.” Kanan, however tells him that they have to return to the Rebellion to give them the information the Rex provided. Without further ado, Sabine and Zeb rush into the Phantom, and Ezra steps forward to join them. However, he stops, and turns to face Kanan, saying, “The other part of that mission is to bring Rex back with us. We can’t just abandon them.” Rex, however, tells Ezra, “You’re not abandoning anyone. We’re covering your escape. Now move!” Ezra is conflicted and shuts his eyes for a moment, before returning the helmet to Rex, turning around, and heading into the Phantom. Rex reminds Ezra that he’s a soldier and that “this is what we were born to do.” The conflicted look never quite leaves Ezra’s face; within moments, the Phantom takes off.
Inside the Phantom, Kanan is piloting while Ezra, Sabine, and Zeb are in the jumpseats. Ezra says, “Kanan, you know better than anyone. They won’t give up. This fight is gonna be their last.” Hera comms in, “It’s too bad about Captain Rex, but at least you got the intel. I’ll rendezvous with you shortly.” Ezra, on the other hand, asks Kanan, “What are we gonna tell Ahsoka? Rex was her friend, even though he was a clone.” Kanan turns around, gets out of the pilot seat, and decides to confront his own issue head on. He tells the Spectres, “I’ve got my problems with clones, but I don’t want those men to die.” Sabine, Ezra, and Zeb smile, proud of Kanan for coming to his senses. It isn’t long before Sabine takes the controls and swoops the Phantom down low through the legs of the AT-AT walker and then straight up into the air, opening the hatch on the way up. Ezra, Kanan, and Zeb drop out of the Phantom, landing on the top of one of the walkers. Both Jedi have their sabers out, and upon landing, use their sabers to open the top hatch. Zeb removes the hatch, knocks the two soldiers out, and takes a seat, just like Kanan. Ezra steps closer to the controls next to Zeb, and they fire upon the remaining AT-AT. The three of them watch as Kallus and Co., retreat, and Rex, Gregor, and Wolf make it out of their AT-TE transport. Ezra, Kanan, and Zeb make out of the AT-AT; below them, Rex, Wolffe, and Gregor salute them. Behind them, the Ghost descends.
Later, the Ghost docks with Phoenix Home, the Rebellion’s mobile HQ. The Spectres make their way into the adjoining corridor, and greet Ahsoka halfway. Ezra, Zeb, and Kanan step aside to let Rex through and reunite him with Ahsoka. Ahsoka walks up to her old friend Rex, who tells her, “You got old.” Ahsoka responds, saying that it “had to happen sometime, Rex.” (Parallel this with in the Ahsoka series when the titular character meets Anakin in the WBW, and Anakin says, “You got old.” And Ahsoka says, “Well, it happens.”) Rex credits the Spectres for ensuring he made it out of the battle, and gestures behind him. Ezra looks from Kanan to Ashoka, who thanks them for trusting Rex. Kanan notes that it “wasn’t easy”, and it still isn’t, but Ahsoka offers him a piece of sage advice: “Nothing worth doing ever is.” She turns around, and leads the Spectres into Phoenix Home.
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Ezra Bridger went from telling Sabine "if I had hoped that my parents would come save me i wouldn't've survived" to his hope that Sabine would come save him being what kept him alive for so long
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Ahsoka S1 was a great season and it’s iconography continues to inspire me in the best ways
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Anakin has more or less always been there for Ahsoka. Ahsoka has pledged to be there for Sabine, come what may.
I wonder if there is a slight possibility that Anakin - having gone through a fall to the dark and a rise to the light, finally mastering both Light and Dark - would be able to provide insight to Sabine, should she choose to accept him?
I keep coming back to the “blocked” comment from Kanan - he’s made that comment only once each to Ezra first then to Sabine - because while Sabine may have already opened up a bit, thanks to Ezra, I kind of wonder whether this means she might be able to sense and communicate with Force Ghosts? The way Luke did with Obi-Wan in ESB even though the connection between them was not even that strong to begin with, and that Luke was, for lack of a better word, still a novice at that point?
Ahsoka Variety Interview Thoughts
Hello, Sabezra nation!
So, it will probably start spilling out soon but, yes, some of the cast members from Ahsoka - Rosario Dawson, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Hayden Christensen and some guy named Dave Filoni - did an interview with Variety recently to talk about the show.
Now, I know what you're thinking: was there anything regarding Sabine and Ezra's relationship?
And the answer is a resounding NOPE.
But, it's still a very interesting article and there were a few tidbits that stood out to me that I feel is Sabezra related. So, I'll talk about that here.
First up: an interesting quote from Sabine Wren herself, Natasha.
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I've written about this before in a previous post but it's very nice to have it be validated here by Natasha: that Sabine is, indeed, meant to come off as Anakin-coded in this first season of Ahsoka.
Others in this fandom have also noted this and this certainly lends credence to Sabine's feelings for Ezra being more than platonic. Sabine's decision to doom their galaxy in exchange for her friend's safety has enormous ramifications for the Star Wars universe going forward - and only one other character has had such an impact on the franchise: Anakin Skywalker.
Anakin made his choice out of desperation to save his wife, Padme. Star Wars loves its mythological cycles. Lucas passed on that love to Filoni so, in theory, Sabine should be following in the foot-steps of the disaster lineage of Jedi she is now a part of.
But, as I've noted before, one of Ahsoka's themes is trying to break cycles. Baylon wants to break the cycle of endless wars, Ahsoka wants to break the cycle of darkness plaguing her Jedi lineage, and Sabine wants to break the cycle of loss that's all too prevalent in her life.
What does that mean? It means that Filoni has the opportunity to do something that Anakin couldn't with Sabine: show a proper redemptive arc. Find a way to move forward with Ezra and everyone else she betrayed. Find a way to be forgiven and properly atone for her mistakes - preferably without dying or someone else dying on her behalf.
Of course, this is just interpretation on my behalf. The skeptic in me points out that Natasha is only referring to Sabine's recklessness and inner struggles as being what Ahsoka sees as similar to her former master. There's no mention of Ezra.
But we know that one of Anakin's "inner struggles" was his increasing attachment and feelings for Padme. So, is a stretch to say that these inner struggles that Sabine is wrestling with include her yet undisclosed feelings for her friend Ezra? No, not really.
With what Filoni set up from this first season, it's an inevitability that - at some point - Sabine is going to be questioned about why she made that decision. I personally see it as integral to her journey as a Jedi. Which means that Sabine needs to search her feelings and come to understand them.
It's significant that Natasha points out the echoes of Anakin in Sabine's personality and actions. It says quite a lot.
And to back up the whole "reverse Anidala" theory I have, here's what Filoni says in this next quote:
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So this quote is Filoni referencing Ahsoka's struggles with Anakin's legacy as Vader during Rebels and then later in Ahsoka.
"How does that affect somebody when a person that they really admire and looked up to turned out not to be the person they thought they were? Are we all just capable of a fall from grace? And what is forgiveness? What shape does that look like?"
But, keeping this in mind, you could also apply this to Sabine's situation with Ezra, along with everyone else she cares about that was put directly in harm's way with her decision (Hera, Jacen, Zeb, Chopper).
Ahsoka, having come to terms with her own long struggle of forgiving and accepting Anakin for who he was, now has something else to offer Sabine other than showing her how to fight: how to forgive.
Sabine is, presumably (hopefully if Filoni isn't just going to sweep her actions under the rug), going to be struggling with the ramifications of her betrayal at some point in the future. And, not to mention, everyone else also finding out and will most likely be upset, to say the least.
Ahsoka, armed with her own knowledge of how to navigate that thorny path, can be a mediator in that regard. She'll stand with Sabine, as she promised - not condoning her actions, but providing understanding and her own special viewpoint on how to forgive and move on from such an incredibly selfish and destructive action (thanks to Anakin) - and help everyone else find a way to do so, as well.
I figure Ezra and Hera will probably be the focal point of conflict for Sabine. Hera, for obvious reasons, will be upset since Sabine helped kick-start another potential war with the Empire - something she does not want her child to experience growing up in like she and countless others did.
And there's also the matter of how it directly undermines what Kanan and Ezra sacrificed so much for.
As for Ezra . . . I don't know. It's complicated. No idea how Filoni is planning to tackle that. But it's going to hurt him.
It's going to hurt him so much.
But with Ahsoka's presence, it stands to reason that Sabine and Ezra can find a way to reconcile and build something new and stronger from the ruins of their prior relationship.
Other interesting items/observations from the interview:
Filoni already has an outline for Ahsoka season 2. (Nothing confirmed about a renewal, but he's got one ready.)
Hayden Christensen makes an interesting observation about Anakin's return being that he now has the power to wield both the Light Side and Dark Side of the Force, which also gives him the power to save Ahsoka . . . the same power he was trying to obtain when he pledged himself to the Dark Side during Revenge of the Sith.
There are no current plans on Baylon's recasting as of yet. Filoni is still figuring that out. (RIP, Ray Stevenson).
Natasha sees Ahsoka season 1 as setting up "enduring drama" between Ahsoka and Sabine. They still obviously have a lot to work out to mend their relationship - like what happened to Sabine's family and how that was somehow Ahsoka's fault, also Ahsoka stopping her training shortly afterwards.
There is only one direct mention of Thrawn and Ezra: Filoni's decision to send them to another galaxy was because keeping them in the home one was too easy ("too many people travelling, flying around; you can send a signal and get found"). He knew about other galaxies from a scene in Attack of the Clones.
A word of caution: we'll probably be getting more interviews like this within the coming weeks so there will be, presumably, lots of new info coming in.
Hopefully we'll be getting interviews from Eman and Ivanna, as well, since I'm interested to hear more about their characters (Ezra, for obvious reasons, but Shin we definitely need to know more about) and what they might be up to in a future season.
But . . . some of these interviews might contain, shall we say, indications of where certain relationships might go or where whomever is being interviewed think they might go.
So saying this now: unless it comes from the hat man himself, don't get too caught up in whatever is said. It's all fun and speculation.
Sorry for the long ramble. Hope this all makes sense.
See you all down the road.
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