The story of Ahsoka continues with “Half Seven: Desires and Insanity.” This Disney+ collection set within the Star Wars universe has given followers of the franchise lots of fantastic moments. This episode is written by Dave Filoni and directed by Geeta Vasant Patel, who each convey much more epic moments to the collection. The brand new episode is an action-packed outing for Star Wars, supplying you with lots of what you’re keen on from this collection whereas additional enriching these characters and organising what may very well be a robust, thrilling finale.
The episode begins with Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) going through a disciplinary listening to for her actions. Senator Hamato Xiono (Nelson Lee) chastises her for her actions. His refusal to see the return of Thrawn as a potential risk is well-written, as is Hera’s opposition to his agency beliefs. Quickly after, we get the return of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO with a faux authorization from Basic Leia Organa. This can be a good little Star Wars fan service second that is smart for the place the galaxy is on the time. In fact, it’s additionally nice to see Daniels again because the droid who was one of many first characters we noticed within the unique 1977 Star Wars movie.
Moreover, attending to see C-3PO work together with Hera is a worlds colliding second that we by no means knew we ended. It’s two generations of Star Wars coming head to head, which is one thing this present is ready to do once more within the subsequent scene. As Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) trains with a lightsaber, she performs hologram recordings that her former grasp Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) made for her a long time prior. Anakin even mentions Asajj Ventress, a villain from Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The connection between live-action and animated Star Wars now feels extra full on account of a present that brings the mediums collectively completely.
On a deeper stage, it’s crucial to Ahsoka’s character that she remains to be watching these messages. Regardless of realizing what he would develop into, she clings to the recollections they shared collectively, remembering what it was wish to be his padawan. The teachings she discovered from him stay together with her, and she will be able to at all times hear his voice calling her Snips. As Ahsoka and Huyang (David Tennant) arrive within the right galaxy, they discover themselves caught in a minefield arrange across the planet. Much like the asteroid subject chase in The Empire Strikes Again, a ship flying via a minefield is the precise enjoyable kind of scary state of affairs for a Star Wars collection. Moreover, the scene will get delivered to life by wonderful banter between Ahsoka and Huyang.
Talking of banter, Ezra Bridger (Eman Esfandi) and Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) are again collectively once more in scenes that really feel straight out of Rebels. They’ve the banter to a tee, and we get to spend extra time with them than we usually would with the hour-long episode format. You actually get the sense that these are two outdated associates reconnecting after not having seen one another for years. We get caught up on just a few of the occasions that occurred in Return of the Jedi, and we see that Ahsoka and Sabine are linked via the Drive.
Out of all of the episodes we now have seen up thus far, Half Seven could be essentially the most action-packed. We have now our rematch between Ahsoka and Bayaln Skoll (Ray Stevenson), and we additionally discover ourselves in a giant combat and shootout with Ezra, Sabine, and lots of the antagonists from prior episodes. It’s fantastic to see not solely the humor between Ezra and Sabine, however the best way that Ezra returns to motion, combating the bandits utilizing the Drive and demonstrating unbelievable talent with out a weapon.
The one minor mishap right here is that when Ahsoka seems to combat alongside Ezra and Sabine, it ought to be an enormous crowd-pleasing second. As an alternative, it feels a bit too transient and anticlimactic, though the context is great. We have now a tremendous remaining motion set piece because the Evening Troopers and Hati retreat. Ezra is worked up to return house, and we finish the episode on a extra hopeful observe than different penultimate episodes, which finish on the most important cliffhanger. One should surprise if that is how pleased Half Seven is ending, then Half Eight should have a nasty shock up its sleeve for the destiny of our characters. We must wait just a little longer to search out out, however this was one other wonderful episode of Ahsoka.
SCORE: 8/10
As ComingSoon’s assessment coverage explains, a rating of 8 equates to “Nice.” Whereas there are just a few minor points, this rating signifies that the artwork succeeds at its aim and leaves a memorable affect.
