The fourth episode of Ahsoka has our heroes desperate to stop Morgan traveling on the Eye of Sion, but Baylan and his apprentice might stop Ahsoka and Sabine! Re:cap - “Time to Fly”; Sabine is training with Ahsoka, she tries to use the Force, and Hera has to deal with the Senate Committee. It rejects the request to send ships to the Denab system. Ahsoka, Sabine, and Huyang encounter the Eye of Sion and have to escape to the planet Seatos! They see the purrgils, star whales, that had taken away Ezra and Thrawn. Marrok and the apprentice are in pursuit, foolishly firing blasters around the purrgils, but lose them with Sabine’s maneuvers. Huyang reactivates as they put the shuttle down at the red forest. Ahsoka has the power shut down including Huyang as the ships pass over head. She reactivates Huyang and he shows them a hologram of the vessel has six hyperdrive engines. The final one from Corellia is installed into the ring.
Ahsoka asks if it could jump to another galaxy. Huyang notes that the Jedi archives had intergalactic lanes that followed the migration patterns of purrgil! At the stone circle, Baylan orders assassin droids and scout guards to hunt down the “Jedi.” The fourth episode is directed by Peter Ramsey who previously directed "Chapter 21: The Pirate" of The Mandalorian. It is written by Dave Filoni who also provides the voice of Chopper. “Fallen Jedi” begins with forest sounds. Sparks from the Eta-shuttle cockpit, Sabine walks in to work on repairs with Huyang. I think Huyang is a great droid! Sabine goes outside of the ship to update Ahsoka on the repairs. She is standing silently and Ahsoka mentions that the enemy has the means to reach Thrawn. Ahsoka brings up the idea that no one should reach the other galaxy! Sabine doesn’t think that it has reached that point. Ahsoka doesn’t want Thrawn to be “heir to the Empire”, geeking out at the title mention!
Sabine just wants to find the enemy ground base. Huyang goes to make repairs. Do they have any survelliance systems? The fist of an assassin droid clenches past the shuttle! At the base, Morgan waits with Baylan as his apprentice reports about the starship. He orders the attack. Morgan senses fear in Baylan and he says it is experience! Blaster rifles are seen as Huyang works. Inside the ship, Sabine is in her Mandalorian armor, readying her blasters. These are her trademark WESTAR-35 blaster pistols. Huyang finishes on one part of the ship, but then hears something out in the forest! An assassin droid starts fighting with him, Huyang is almost able to defend himself, something right out of Real Steel (2011)! He tries to call out for help, but the assassin droid covers his vocoder. Huyang strikes a part that cuts power, Ahsoka ignites her lightsabers, Sabine puts on her helmet!
A great action scene highlighted by Sabine using her blasters the Mandalorian way! Ahsoka and Sabine make a formidable duo! Huyang picks himself up and Ahsoka tells him to contact General Syndulla when he can. The forest trees look strange in the background, not like the Volume or matte paintings, more like trees from the Wizard of Oz (1939), kinda fake. The New Republic fleet, on board Home One, Lt. Hawkins tries to stop General Syndulla from leaving. She heads off with Chopper and Jacen and has Hawkins deal with the general staff. Hera enters the cockpit of the Ghost, it has been six years since we saw Hera fly the Ghost!, it is the VCX-100 light freighter, the familiar ship from Star Wars: Rebels! Joining her fiv X-Wings including Carson Teva (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee), so if he is there, it has to be Zeb! Jacen throws the Ghost into hyperdrive!
Baylan is concerned about the coordinates and Morgan tells him to have faith which he says he “lost a long time ago.” Morgan activates the map sphere. A navigator droid checks the coordinates. Ahsoka and Sabine race through the forest until encountering the apprentice and Marrok. She unhooks her cloak and hops down. Um, Sabine is in Mandalorian armor! She blasts the apprentice and they run off into their battle. Ahsoka eyes Marrok who activates his double-bladed lightsaber. Does Ray Park play Marrok? She faces him with a single lightsaber. The apprentice runs deflecting Sabine’s blasts. She Force pushes Sabine into a tree knocking off her helmet. Sabine has her lightsaber ready. It looks like time is running out, ready for General Sydnulla to arrive! Morgan and Baylan wait, we see the coordinates lock in on a console, two wedges completed.
The lightsaber duels continue, Sabine’s fight makes me think of Rey, Marrok has his lightsaber on spin cycle, mechanical, not using the Force. Ahsoka makes a single strike! Marrok has a strike through his chest, the apprentice pauses to see Marrok’s death, he shrieks and green mist tears out of his withered form! Sabine tells Ahsoka to get the map confident she can take her rival! The apprentice is stunned at Marrok’s death and finally turns to strike at Sabine. Four more wedges, Morgan leaves to prepare for their journey, and she has Baylan watch over the map. Ahsoka sees Morgan’s shuttle leave and then she walks into the map sphere. Baylan is sitting and tells her that “Anakin spoke highly of you.” I’m still not certain of his place in the Jedi Order. They remove their cloaks, Ahsoka says she doesn’t care about the past and Baylan says he is there for the future.
I’m loving the dialogue, two “diameterically opposed foes”, but then Ahsoka activates her lightsaber. Another incredible lightsaber duel! We miss you Ray Stevenson! Morgan walks into the control room, now five wedges, a droid reports about the duel below. It is getting closer to final coordinates. The apprentice knocks down Sabine, she has her hand out, her rival says she has no power. Sabine uses her wrist gauntlet to blast away her lightsaber! Never underestimate a Mandalorian! Crossed lightsabers, Ahsoka kicks Baylan back several times, and she rushes over to grasp the map! It is painful for her to hold and she screams out. The map rolls away. Sabine has her wrist gauntlet pointed at the apprentice when she cowardly throws a smoke explosive and runs away. She picks up her lightsaber. Ahsoka is still in pain from the burning map when Baylan attacks and drives her back!
The apprentice appears, Baylan orders her to get the map, and Ahsoka slams her into one of the henges with the Force! Baylan savagely presses Ahsoka back to the cliff’s edge. Sabine shows up with her blaster pistol and the map. Ahsoka screams for her to destroy the map! Sabine has her blaster to the map and orders Baylan to retreat. Instead, he swings his lightsaber throwing Ahsoka off the cliff! He turns to Sabine, she blasts at him, but he easily deflects the blasts with his lightsaber. Then, she holds her blaster to the map, and he stops. Baylan tells her to destroy it, this is just giving time for his apprentice to recover, he closes his eyes and then deactivates his lightsaber. He says that Ezra Bridger is her only family and that her family died on Mandalore! We saw them very much alive in the Star Wars: Rebels finale, but not what happened to them at th Night of a Thousand Tears!
He walks up to Sabine asking her to join him and promises to reunite her with Ezra. Baylan reaches for the map. It almost feels like an eternity of Sabine holding the map and then placing in Baylan’s hand! Sabine is choking then falls as the apprentice has her hand out in a Force choke. Baylan tells Shin, yes, the first time she has been identified, to free Sabine. He uses the Force to hold her arm down and says he gave his word. Baylan places the map back to generate the sphere. The droid reports to Morgan that Lord Baylan is successful and they have mapped the hyperspace route. Morgan orders a shuttle for him. Huyang is working when he hears General Syndulla, finally! Huyang updates Hera on the situation and directs her to stop the Eye of Sion. She breaks off with the X-Wing fighters to stop it. Morgan tells Baylan to be ready for the shuttle. He takes his lightsaber to sever the map. Shin pushes Sabine in binders to the shuttle. It may be too late to stop the Eye of Sion! “Fallen Jedi” offers more action, the villains ahead of the heroes, and a mysterious, though familiar fate of Ahsoka!
Four Lightsabers out of Five!
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