Ahsoka: Part Three- Time to Fly

 "We almost died."

"Multiple times."

"Ah yes. Standard operating procedure."

This is a somewhat short episode but, yet again, it's a bloody good one, in terms of both plot and character. It is, though, centred on an utterly superb dogfight set piece that rivals anything in the films for drama. This series has the potential to be every bit as good as The Mandalorian.

There's a lot of fascinating plot development here. Despite what I assume are Mon Mothma's best efforts (she's Chancellor; is she head of state of the New Republic?), Hera meets with politocal scepticism that Thrawn is indeed out there, and is refused resources. Ahsoka and Sabine are on their own. Yet, atthe end, they discover that the baddies have nearly finished constructing a big artifact hanging in space: how very Star Wars. In this case it's a hyperspace ring which, it seems, is capable of travelling to another galaxy, using the intergalactic migration paths of Purrgil, intergalactic space whales. And, if the concept isn't cool enough, they actually bloody appear.

Even better, though, is the focus on training between Ahsoka and Sabine, with an extended scene with one of thosesightless hemets as worn by Luke in Star Wars. I loved everything about this training scene, which reminded me very much of a Shaw Brothers style '70s style kung fu movie from Hong Kong. The dynamic between them is great, as is Huyang's traditionalist pessimism.

I'm loving this. I'll do my best to blog the next episode a bit sooner.