Part Five: Shadow Warrior

Tone, music, choreography, nostalgia... wish it was even longer. Compared to previous episodes, there is much more focus on her this time. Rosario Dawson is doing great in bringing Ahsoka to life and of course, always a pleasure to see more of Hayden Christensen.

As a Star Wars fan, I am delighted to see how much love The Clone Wars and Rebels animations are getting, back then I never imagined we would see live action series such as this. No doubt there will be more coming, so here's me hoping for a series based on Maul.

Thank you George Lucas and Dave Filoni for creating this wonderful character.

Simply...finally an episode that make sense in "Star Wars" episode... Seeing real life representations of classic characters and the return of "you know who" to play his role was an act of splendor. Thank you David Filoni.

With this episode I can say that the show needs more content, the previous episodes were just...not what they were supposed to be.

I am genuinely looking forward to more content next week BUT please don't mess it up with unnecessary elements like someone gets stabbed by lightsaber and walks it off. Perfection and satisfying everyone is not possible but going near them can be done.

This episode was fantastic and while it wasn't perfect, it was what Star Wars has always been about at its best. There are some decisions in here made by certain characters that make a whole lot of sense at times but this is nit picking.

The characterisations in this episode was phenomenal and without spoiling anything, Hayden Christensen REALLY shines. He has quite the job to combine so many different portrayals of Anakin through various forms of media and he nails it. He really shows his acting ability here.

Ahsoka, all of her in this episode is really well done and Star Wars continues to find some fantastic actors in the 'Mandoverse'. There are some really hard hitting moments throughout this episode and it all works. Ahsoka as a character arrives with impact.

The pacing of this episode is excellent and I really want to pay homage to the use of lighting and music in this episode, absolutely top notch. But the symbolism in colour is what nails it all. The colours as a through line are just brilliant.

And then the back end of the episode sets us up cinematically for basically this show's third act now. Really, that last few minutes that HEAVILY links into Rebels was beautiful and would have been stunning to watch at a cinema.

Finally, we get to see Hayden Christensen as the Anakin we've always wanted to see. This starts to connect the dots in ways that are missing from the movies. I wish there had been more in the episode with Anakin and Ashoka, but I appreciate the opportunity to see Anakin in more depth and complexity. Hayden Christensen is perfect as Anakin - both charming and sinister. You can see Luke and Leia's father and Darth Vader in his performance. Jacen is also a great character and I hope we get to see more of his journey as an adult. Thank you Dave Filoni for bringing this part of the story to live action.

One of the best hours of Star Wars ever for those who have been on the entire ride. The relationship between Skyguy and Snips is stregthened.

Filoni has taken the soul of Star Wars to new heights. I recently read that Filoni said that Star Wars should ultimately be uplifting. This episode followed that mantra.

Ahsoka through the first four episode was a brooding, lost soul, but after her experiences in this episode, she is again the optimistic free spirit we all have grown to love.

The force is strong in this one and I can't wait to see where this story will take us!

Filoni is indeed the torch bearer of the future of Star Wars.