Ahsoka Tano is an interesting character to gage what people really want in Star Wars. On the one hand, it's episodes like this where some people give up with her, and think her overconfidence, her brash and impulsive attitude, and her overall disregard for protocol makes her unlikable and impossible to relate to. And then there is people like me, who see this and go "oh, so THAT'S what they are doing with the character" and love her all the more for it. Ahsoka fails in this episode and it comes back to bite her in the ass as Ventress infiltrates the ship. The Clone Wars has flirted with darkness before like in the Malevolence arc and Rookies and here it's in full force once again.
Killer lightsaber fights here too. The show has mostly gotten by without them or has had small skirmishes here and there but this is the first one to really be a full on setpiece and it's fantastic! The nature of animation gives it a creativity not seen in the movies and Ventress is a great opponent here. The ending is also wonderfully, and beautifully, twisted. I wish the twist with Argyus wasn't as telegraphed, but James Marsters is clearly having a ball here so it picks up the slack. Great stuff.
Review by LegionWrexBlockedParent2022-04-05T19:13:16Z
Ahsoka Tano is an interesting character to gage what people really want in Star Wars. On the one hand, it's episodes like this where some people give up with her, and think her overconfidence, her brash and impulsive attitude, and her overall disregard for protocol makes her unlikable and impossible to relate to. And then there is people like me, who see this and go "oh, so THAT'S what they are doing with the character" and love her all the more for it. Ahsoka fails in this episode and it comes back to bite her in the ass as Ventress infiltrates the ship. The Clone Wars has flirted with darkness before like in the Malevolence arc and Rookies and here it's in full force once again.
Killer lightsaber fights here too. The show has mostly gotten by without them or has had small skirmishes here and there but this is the first one to really be a full on setpiece and it's fantastic! The nature of animation gives it a creativity not seen in the movies and Ventress is a great opponent here. The ending is also wonderfully, and beautifully, twisted. I wish the twist with Argyus wasn't as telegraphed, but James Marsters is clearly having a ball here so it picks up the slack. Great stuff.