There's genuinely no reason to put a white lead in an asian film though. Literally no reason that's valid at all. As for how Ahsoka will turn out: Well. It will turn out well. People love Ahsoka. I remember hearing about how a generation of young girls was able to empathize with Ahsoka and grow up with her. Was very cool.

Bite me, colonialist. You and I are friends now. Forever. You have no say in this. Honestly, I don't LIKE that Stormtroopers are cut down like that. I do care when they die regardless of their face coverings and it's a very bad media trope that reinforces the very wrong idea that you need a face to empathize with, which is wrong. The rule can apply to protagonists of their own stories, be they villains or not in the broader story. Unless we suddenly think Delta Squad doesn't matter, because they are very clear and cut straight up goons.

That's entirely untrue. What could possibly lead you to the conclusion that one needs a face to empathize with, that one needs a name? Before we knew his name and face, we knew him simply as a Mandalorian, rather The Mandalorian given the show's title. He was very recognizable and had plenty of character. Would you argue too, that for empathy one must have a human so that the audience has someone that looks like them? Contesting this notion is the entire thesis of my writing. Because that notion is incorrect. The Mandalorian was a fully realized character with needs, wants, fears and things he enjoyed, things he believed and we saw his creed be challenged multiple times. He has changed often and has learned much, but never did he need a name or face reveal, I don't think. When you think of Vader, Boba, Jango, do you ever consider the face under the mask before the helmet? Are you unable to empathize with Stormtroopers because they're nameless, do you not recognize their pain or when they die, because they are inhuman solely based on the merit that you don't know they're like you, so directly? Is Darth Vader more known for his face than his iconic mask? Is it hard to empathize with him because of his expressionless visage? Does the tonality in his voice, the motions of his body and digits, limbs, do nothing to evoke that empathetic response in you? If you answer difficulty with these things I don't really know what to say. But the notion that one needs something directly identifiable in their own visage is to me entirely flawed and even problematic. The notion that one cannot relate to something outside of themselves or what is immediately recognizable can be twisted and turned to various phobias even. Not what I'm accusing you of, but it's a dangerous notion - and a false one, to entertain. You do not need a name and a face to be somebody, recognizable or empathized with. You simply need actions. That's truly all you need to reach people.

The most unfortunately true thing I have ever read lmao and it's not even Bo-Katan or Ahsoka's fault. Grogu was more popular immediately. Poor Din Djarin. He will always be my favorite character on the show.

Simple. I know how Star Wars works. If The Force comes up as a used thing, the main characters around it all will just start flooding in. That is just how Star Wars works and I hate it. But it is what it is, which is, whatever. You and I, we're on the same page. But when The Darksaber came up, if you were still fooling yourself then? Honestly buddy that one's 100% on you if you know a single thing about The Darksaber. No sympathy there, that thing has "Saga" written all frakking over it.

If you thought it was gonna' be unrelated to everything else after Grogu helped kill The Mudhorn you're lying to yourself, no offense.

Given the trouble he went through to get it back I kinda' doubt that.

We don't actually know which side Jango was on. But as a foundling wearing silver/grey and blue, well. I can guess he was Death Watch.

Dude. Whoa.

What the ever loving f**k are you guys still on about?

And we knew **** well we were right!! Yep! I said that for years! Okay so, that wasn't time travel first of all. Second, The Valley of The Jedi was always a weird outlier, but you're also severely discounting the side effects of using The Valley the way they did. Reborn and Shadow Troopers were very much unstable, barely usable agents of The Dark Side. As for spontaneously developing the force, look, Din's shown absolutely zero superhuman capabilities. He's shown even less than Han Solo (who I maintain was indeed Force Sensitive but just had NO idea), he's just a dude. As for the Force healing wounds, it's clearly shown in TRoS to cost something. Also really don't use Legends lore. They use legends content frequently but the lore that came with it is NEVER kept intact. TIE Reapers are cool, but seeing these little landers is even cooler IMO. Besides, a Reaper wouldn't have fit inside an Arquitens' hangar bay... That it really shouldn't have in the first place quite frankly. Agreed on them finally shutting down Boba being a jobber, that was nice. As for Tython... Sorry. The Jedi are clearly at this time fairly ascetic. There isn't a whole lot to them when it comes to ruins and I like the stonehengeish vibe. It's an understated monument and completely natural without having to be surrounded by a standard perception of beauty. I honestly thought it was pretty gorgeous and that really any approach to a Jedi/Force paradise SHOULD be subtle. It also kind of mirrors Ahch-To. There's life all around it, but there's just as much danger. It's a place of balance.

Because that's decidedly not how The Force works.

Well, you aren't Asatru. There is more nuance to it.

Maybe you're trying to tie it too close to old stuff because old elements exist, but that's just my opinion. I want to see this as its own thing utterly divorced from older material. If The Mandalorian gets force powers I'll ****, honestly. I don't want that but if it happens it happens. I just don't think that's the way, you know?

I TOLD YOU. I TOLD EVERYONE ONE OF YOU FOR YEARS THAT BOBA AND JANGO WERE MANDALORIANS PROPER. FOR YEARS I TOLD YOU THAT STUPID MANDO POLITICIAN WAS DISAVOWING THEM. I WAS RIGHT. I WAS RIGHT DAMMIT! **** that was a good episode!

Haha. There's certainly some debate about what it takes to get into Valhalla. Some say that to fool Heimdall, or something else that kept watch, even Norsemen who did not die in battle would be given an axe to die with. Dunno' if it ever worked. But there's many battles to fight, one hardly has to outright die in battle, I don't think.

A'ight but what about Valhalla and Folkvangr?

Like no disagreement pal I'm lesbian and trans I GET what it's like, just no reason to attack someone for being a theist, you know?

That's just rude, you know. Can non religious folk really just, not dump all over theists constantly for once..?

Hah. That'd be kind of cool.

This is like, one of the many reasons I left Christianity.

I mean we saw why. Anyway, on Luke, look. Ahsoka likely knows. But she's not a Jedi. Their paths don't coincide.