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- What was he like? - Intense.

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It's been a long time...

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OKAY BYE

if the word “snips” leaves hayden christensen’s mouth in any context you will never hear from me again

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thinking about young, rash, desperate anakin playing god to keep ahsoka alive on mortis vs an older, wiser, steadier anakin teaching ahsoka how to choose to stay alive in the world between worlds. and yes, things change, but- look how happy he was both times, when he realized she was going to be alright.

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one thing i am not sold on is sabine as ahsoka's apprentice. it doesn't make sense to me. i keep being told there is this preexisting bond there and that's why there's so much hurt between them, but i don't see it. they're so interesting to me when viewed through both of them trying to force this- thing, that doesn't exist (a master/padawan relationship, sabine's force sensitivity) into reality. playing roles. playing pretend. but what i cannot figure out is why either of them would want to.

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I've noticed newer media about tcw era anakin and ahsoka is generally more angsty and has touched more upon anakin's tough love teaching style (aka tales of the jedi ep), and this episode in particular portrays... idk, a degree of emotional unavailability on anakin's end? which is kind of fascinating because it's somewhat incongruent with their actual tcw portrayal which tended to put a lighthearted spin on things—i think it's partly because newer content is made knowing that the main fanbase has aged up, partly because the deep ins and outs of their dynamic was never the main focus, and partly because filoni's own opinions have developed over the years.

at the same time, this is also something that i've kind of suspected for a while?? anakin's whole deal is chronically bottling up his extremely strong internal emotions, so i don't think it's unrealistic that he seems distant/closed off and then sublimates those feelings into extremely overprotective actions and harsh training. which then also doubly explains why ahsoka was always so frustrated by that in earlier tcw arcs, because from her perspective, it's like he's wanting her to be super independent but then is also simultaneously overbearing.

i've always felt they've never had a "talking" kind of relationship (see: old friends not forgotten), and all of this fits with that idea. that being said, both the totj ep and the ryloth vision are set earlier in their relationship, which tracks with how i believe things improved with time as they got to know each other better, with ahsoka in particular getting a better grasp on the more unsaid things between them.

anyways, it's all very interesting and i'm glad their relationship is being shown as complex and messy, because it was!! they both cared SO deeply about each other, but their respective inability to properly communicate and open up when it mattered doomed them, especially in the setting of such a high stress/trauma situation.

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honestly i'm glad i got to run the gauntlet of episodes 1-5 in a single evening i really feel like the experience was much more fulfilling that way lmao

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Ariana Greenblatt as YOUNG AHSOKA TANO AHSOKA — Part 5: Shadow Warrior

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HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN AND ARIANA GREENBLATT as Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano Ahsoka: Part 5 - Shadow Warrior (2023)

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would i be me if i didn't lose my mind over name dynamics. because do you know what this older, post-vader anakin calling ahsoka snips did to me as a person.

he hasn't done that since she was expelled from the jedi order. since everything changed for them.

and here, three decades later, walking a line between life and death, he greets her with a face she'll know immediately and a name he gave her on the first day they met. nobody speak to me for at least three days.

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OBI-WAN CRUMBS in AHSOKA episode 5 'SHADOW WARRIOR'

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HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN as ANAKIN SKYWALKER

Ahsoka (2023-)

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)

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I'm not crying 🥲💖

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The Hero With No Fear ― Matthew Stover, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

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AHSOKA 1x05 (2023) | RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)

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do not touch me

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(through tears) WHAT IF THEY IDK. HAD A NICE LITTLE CHAT OR SOMETHING