If the worlds at the Empire's mercy stand any chance, it lies with an unlikely band of allies: Jyn Erso, a resourceful young woman seeking vengeance Cassian Andor, a war-weary rebel commander Bodhi Rook, a defector from the Empire's military Chirrut Imwe, a blind holy man and his crack-shot companion, Baze Malbus and K-2SO, a deadly Imperial droid turned against its former masters. and a threat that may be too great to overcome. Deep in Empire-dominated space, a machine of unimaginable destructive power is nearing completion. The Rebellion has learned of a sinister Imperial plot to bring entire worlds to their knees. As the shadows of the Empire loom ever larger across the galaxy, so do deeply troubling rumors. “It’s never a straight line with you Jedi,” observes General Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), which is also true of Ahsoka’s plot.Go beyond the film with a novelization featuring new scenes and expanded material. But not long after the opening titles, Elsbeth is busted from space jail by Baylan Skoll (the late, great Ray Stevenson) and the chase is on for the show’s central MacGuffin: a mechanical map that leads, for some reason, to Thrawn’s hideout. If you were watching carefully during “Chapter 13: The Jedi”, then you’ll have seen Rosario Dawson’s Ahsoka Tano placing rogue administrator Morgan Elsbeth (Diana Lee Inosanto) under arrest and urging her to reveal the whereabouts of shadowy Empire bigwig, Thrawn. This is small screen TV at, quite literally, its biggest.Īhsoka picks up a thread left hanging in The Mandalorian. So it was with Disney+’s Star Wars: Ahsoka, which I watched at the cinema amid a sea of twirling lightsabers and papier-mâché montrals. But there are some projects that defy that convention, throwing glitzy screenings and acting as if their product were always intended for the big screen. It is the perfect simulation of how a show’s core audience will consume the product. Usually, when new television series are released for preview, I watch them like the rest of the viewing public: sprawled out on my couch in front of a 32-inch screen.
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