I wasn't sure to start with the Clone Wars flashbacks, because visually.... complaints about filming in The Volume are finally reaching me because the scenery just looked very shallow and it added to a generic feeling of just being some non-distinct period in the Clone Wars.
Got better the moment I saw the orange paint on the Clone Troopers in the last scene and it actually hit you with meaning, even with Ahsoka getting older and now using her gifted set of lightsabers, as Anakin changes too. When I saw the orange paint I got a little concerned they were just throwing it in for nostalgia because the scenery was the same, but then everything else is clicking to place that yup this is scene really when you think it is.
Also reallllllly love Hayden Christensen lightsaber battles, he's got a great strength on his technique and it absolutely nails the RotS nostalgia along with his changing features, all so good. Also not being de-aged worked when he's succumbing to the dark side lol, had no complaints with his appearance at the end.
After that I actually ended up pleasantly surprised how long the show kept going, there were multiple points I kept thinking "awh this is the ending shot already?" but then it kept going. Instead it really let you breath in the scene with the purgills, I loved Ahoksa's new getup in the robes, and her character gets to feel a lot like the more classical Ahoksa and less-so the purely stoic version we've mostly been getting. She feels more serene with what's happening and it's pretty perfect.
Great ep!
*edit* also loved Anakin flashes as Vader and absolutely on-point with the music throughout this show
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