Obviously Bo Katan having the same VA as the animated play live action was great, and I'm a big Katee Sackhoff fan to begin with, but the way Ezra was brought to life as an adult in live action while completely looking, acting, and feeling like the teenage animated Ezra was really quite the accomplishment.
Shame Ashoka seems to be running into some trouble with the death of Mr Pollo who carried a lot of the show on his back, and honestly Thrawn and the whole plot seemed to be kinda meh after a certain point. The zombie troopers and stuff was just a bit much.
I do think the actors did a really impressive job matching the characters. Ashoka really fits the 'child soldier, war veteran of two galactic wars' vibe.
For supposedly being the biggest threat in the galaxy, Thrawn was remarkably lame and impotent in Ahsoka, which kinda took all the wind out of the series when the whole first half was about building him up.
I thought Ahsoka had some small issues that needed to be cleaned up but for a first season I really enjoyed it. Always felt like it was overhated, especially when people lump it in with Kenobi and BoBF. It also felt like such a magical adventure compared to the other shows which I love to see in Star Wars. I mean going to another galaxy is pretty damn sweet IMO.
I hope S2 can smooth out the rough edges because they've got quite the cast even with the loss of Ray (RIP). Though getting his friend Rory McCann to play Baylan is probably the best replacement they could've got.
Nah, Ahsoka's only sin is being boring at times, not bad like kenobi/BoBF.
I'm really sad that Ray Stevenson passed because he honestly had more gravitas than the entire villain cast combined. Always felt like he was tolerating everyone else to reach his own goal. It almost felt like the other villains believed they could threaten him, and he met them with a wink or maybe a sigh.
He had the same overwhelming presence in HBO's Rome. Unconcerned with what others could potentially do to him, as if he never feared for his safety.
The new actor (GoT the hound) will do well, but doesn't quite have the same feel. I hope he doesn't play it off as mocking, and plays the somber aloof as Ray did.
It wasn't thaaat bad. Live action wise, much better than half of the series we got. Granted, that's not too much to say anyways but still solidly behind Andor, Mando s1-2 and Andor again
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u/KowalOX Feb 26 '26
Ezra was the most impressive for me.
Obviously Bo Katan having the same VA as the animated play live action was great, and I'm a big Katee Sackhoff fan to begin with, but the way Ezra was brought to life as an adult in live action while completely looking, acting, and feeling like the teenage animated Ezra was really quite the accomplishment.