The eighth and final episode of Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 1, “The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord,” delivered a hell of a great ending to the season! I was so happy as I watched the story play out for this final chapter, and it pretty much delivered everything that I was hoping for, I was completely satisfied. It was easily the best episode of the season.
I know I previously complained about Ezra (Eman Esfandi) being underutilized in the previous episode, was upset he didn’t take back his lightsaber, and he didn’t get any lightsaber fight scenes. Well, those disappointments were quickly distinguished when we see Ezra building a new lightsaber with the help of the droid Professor Huyang. The lightsaber is made from a piece that Huyang gave to Ezra, and the other piece belonged to Kanan. With this, Ezra finishes his lightsaber and ignites his new blue blade.
We also got to see Ezra get into some real action in the episode and it’s exactly the kind of thing that I wanted to see! Things got even more awesome when Ezra, Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson), and Sabine (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) found themselves battling a horde of undead zombie Stormtroopers! I already thought the Night Troopers were undead earlier in the season, but in this episode after the three heroes kill several Night Troopers, Nigthsisters rose them from the dead, and they came complete with green glowing eyes! I’ve always wanted to see Zombie Stormtroopers in a live-action Star Wars project, and Dave Filoni gave us that in Ahsoka.
The zombie Night Troopers proves to be a challenge to take out and as they are fighting them, Ahsoka finds herself in a rematch with Morgan Elsbeth, but Morgan has gone through a transformation. At the top of the episode, the Nightsister Great Mothers thank Morgan Elsbeth for coming and offering the Gift of Shadows. Morgan pledges to abandon her old life and to commit herself to them. They proceed to brand Morgan’s face before summoning a vortex of green magick.
As the green fire dies, the Blade of Talzin is revealed, which is a cool callback to Mother Talzin, who led the Nightsisters in The Clone Wars. They give Morgan the blade, which glows with emerald flames. This was such a cool visual.
The lightsaber battle between Ahsoka and Morgan was one of the best in the series. There was never any doubt that Ahsoka wouldn’t beat her, but it really was an intense battle with great fight choreography. The climactic moment of the fight sees Ahsoka fight Morgan along with several Night Troopers, but when Sabine jumps in to help, Ahsoka manages to take down Morgan, but not before one of her two lightsabers is cut in half.
As all this is happening Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) is as cool as a cucumber. He doesn’t seem to have a worry in the world and he is confident that he’s going to take the win and get away. Thrawn and the Great Mother escape on the Eye of Sion, but Ahsoka and Sabine chase the Eye of Sion down. As they do, Thrawn calls Ahsoka’s ship and mentions he knew her master Anakin and briefly talks about Ankin’s teachings for his victory. With one last “Long live the Empire,” he jumps into hyperspace, which damages Ahsoka’s starship.
Over the course of the battle, Ezra ended up on board the Eye of Sion. But, he threw on some Night Trooper gear and stole an Imperial shuttle after the Eye of Sion finds itself approaching the planet of Dathomir. Ezra takes the shuttle and reunites with Hera Syndulla and Chopper, which is a cool and emotional moment.
The end of the episode sees Shin Hati (Ivanna Sakhno) reuniting with the bandits she fought with before as she ignites her lightsaber. Then there’s Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson), who is standing on one of the statues on the planet. The statue is the Father, one of the Gods of Mortis, who represents Balance in the Force. To the right of the statue is a figure of the Brother, which is the personification of the dark side. To the left looks to be the shattered remains of the Sister, which is the personification of the light side.
Sabine, Ahsoka, and Huyang return to the Noti, and Ahsoka praises Sabine for getting Ezra home. Ahsoka says they are where they need to be and that it’s time to move on.
There’s a moment where Sabine is looking out into the distance and feels something but brushes it off. Ahsoka then looks out and gives a little smirk as the show ends with Anakin’s (Hayden Christensen) Force ghost looking over his old padawan.
I had a great time watching this show, and I can’t wait to see the story continue in Season 2! I hate that we have to wait for so long before that happens, but it will happen one day! What did you think of the season finale of Ahsoka? Is there anything that stuck out to you? What were some of your favorite parts?
