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brianhanes · 2 years

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21 Concepts “Star Wars Ahsoka” Should Have

1. Grand Admiral Thrawn (Legends Style)

For those who don’t know, Grand Admiral Thrawn was a major anti-hero in a popular Star Wars “Hier to the Empire” 1993 novel trilogy. He would later be used again in Disney’s “Star Wars Rebels” series, but the big difference I would like to see is a scaled-up Thrawn from that version. In Rebels, Thrawn seemed to be a bit watered down. He gave away battles as he looked at ‘the big picture’.

A major change that we need to see a Thrawn who is constantly winning important battles and seems unbeatable (as he was in Legends). Someone who dominates the scene almost all the time and only gives up ground when necessary. Someone who only takes battles worth taking rather than wasting time on pointless missions.

Thrawn might be the only big villain in season 1, but that could leave room for another key villain to rise in book 2! Hopefully this villain would be teased during the end of season 1 (read more to find out who I’m talking about).

2. Mara Jade

Like Thrawn, Mara Jade was a major character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe (comics, novels, etc. outside of the main films) before Disney took over. While Disney may be looking to promote the new characters it has introduced, it would be a travesty if they ignore her. Thousands of legends fans would salivate at the sight of her! It would automatically give the series more love and praise. Mara=$$$ so they better not pass this up!

Mara was an Emperor’s Hand meaning she was trained and raised by Emperor Palpatine himself. The Emperor Hand was a special program that is similar to the Imperial Inquisitor program in that it brought in dark force sensitives into the Empire. Like inquisitors, hands were not Palpatine’s actual apprentices and weren’t caught as deeply in the dark side as Vader. On the other hand (no pun intended), Hands didn’t grow up as Jedi.

Mara was also special in that she was trained to be a grey user. Palpatine wanted to see if he could successfully recruit a grey person to his ranks that would be less likely to betray him than another Sith. Mara Jade was pushed to be completely loyal to Palpatine and she was until his ‘passing’ during the Battle of Endor. It would be nice to see Mara with her purple lightsaber, hand-to-hand skills, force lightning, marksmanship (she could use a sniper rifle or pistol in battle), force choke abilities, and wit in to rival Ahsoka.

Mara is also an expert pilot like Luke. She is sort of like a combination of Ventress, Black Widow, and Luke! That is too good of a character to be passed up. And when I say great pilot, I mean even better than Ahsoka good (only Luke should be able to match her in space).

3. Ezra

Now I’ll mention another given, Ezra definitely will be in this show. To be honest with you, I really enjoyed some episodes of Rebels however, I didn’t like most of the show. For me, Rebels seemed a bit watered down (I wanted a gritty war story with lots of cultural/political lore like Star Wars: The Clone Wars). On the bright (or should I say light) side, I got much of what I wanted to see in Rebels with Rogue One and the Mandalorian. I also expect to get even more of that from Andor.

Like Ashoka, when Ezra first entered Rebels, he was very annoying. However, by the third season, I really liked him. He started reminding me of Anakin from the Star Wars 2003 Clone Wars series. Ezra was more mature, powerful, and seemed like a truly gifted Padawan. At this point, we can get an Ezra that is at knight level. We will see this with his maturity and wisdom but hopefully he also knows when to think outside the box like Qui Gon.

4. Lumiya

This is the season 2 boss I was talking about. Maybe operate on her own at first and her loyalists will run into Ahsoka and her friends. After a few conflicts, Lumiya could join forces with Thrawn.

Like Mara Jade, Lumiya was also an Emperor’s Hand. She was brutal, intelligent, adaptive, manipulative, and through in the force. Lumiya was trained more deeply in the darkness than Mara, which makes for a good contrast of their characters.

Mara is that dream female supervillain that ever story needs. She gives me Cheetah vibes from DC Universe or Azula vibes from Avatar: The Last Airbender. Sometimes you really have to appreciate an amazing female villain and Lumiya is one who does this naturally. To add to that, Lumiya was experimented on from a young age. She has super strength, immense speed (like Palpatine), and amazing acrobatics (like Darth Talon).

Lumiya should be portrayed in a way that shows she is obviously physically superior to the other characters in the series. Lumiya uses a lightsaber whip that makes her distinct from other lightsaber duelists. Her whip gives her more range in a duel and she maintains a firm grip of her weapon so she isn’t easily disarmed.

One major disadvantage of the lightsaber whip is that it limits her ability to defend against saber strikes. However, Lumiya is incredibly fast and agile so she can flip and leap away when her enemies attack. On top of that, she uses force push, pull, force throw, and lightning to keep enemies away from her. Another special aspect of Lumiya’s lightsaber whip vs other whips (like the ones used by Zygerian slavers in Star Wars the Clone Wars) should be that it is lethal.

Lumiya also had her own royal guard stormtroopers who have red armor! That makes for a whole different vibe when the main character goes up against her. Lumiya’s character themes also would make an interaction between her and Mara Jade in the show insane. Imagine Mara Jade vs Lumiya in Ahsoka!

But if Disney wants to move in another direction, they could give her imperial royal guards instead. That still works with the epic boss villain afterall, some of them would need a new boss after Sidious.

5. Shadow Stormtroopers

If you have seen any of my other Star Wars threads, it should be obvious that I’m obsessed with the soldiers! Seriously, soldiers are a big part of what made the Clone Wars and Rogue One special! Just because Jedi are in this story doesn’t mean soldiers shouldn’t still get their moments. The Mandalorian brought dark troopers from legends to canon. Star Wars battlefront 2015 brought these guys to canon, still I’d like to see them on the big screen.

Shadowtroopers are stormtroopers that can turn invisible in battle. They are elite which means they have better aim, personal HUDs, superior tactics, smoke grenades, and can adjust more in firefights. Ahsoka would also be strong enough to beat them.

6. Evo Troopers

Here are some of the coolest stormtroopers in history. Evo troopers are environmental experts with armor that can help them survive in several different environments (duh)! What makes them even more special is they basically use electric shotguns in battle and those electric shot guns fire quickly and have a wide range. They are annoying to fight in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Seeing Ahsoka go up against these guys would give many fans a rush of nostalgia and they are just awesome anyway.

7. Tie Phantoms

Star Wars Rebels blessed us with tie defenders. While I didn’t like all the episodes in Rebels, I adore some of the things they did with the show. Tie defenders where special because they were specialized imperial tie fighters that had personal shields and more firepower. Phantoms are special because they are tie fighters that can turn invisible! Another reason they need to do this is because Ahsoka dueled Maul in season 7 of Star Wars the Clone Wars and he was the Phantom Menace!

8. Cal Kestits

Cal was the main character in Star Wars Fallen Order! He is a jedi survivor of Order 66. Fallen Order is one of the best Star Wars things I have seen in a while and it would be nice to see him.

9. Imperial Jumptroopers

One really special thing about Star Wars the Clone Wars, is there were always new droids to fight. From battledroids, to super battledroids, to commando droids, to magnaguards, to crab droids and so on. Imperial jumptroopers have been utilized a good amount by Rebels.

10. New Republic Soldiers

This is something the Mandalorian didn’t show us enough of. Although the New Republic was considered a joke in the show, it realistically would at least function throughout the Core worlds and Colonies. If matters were important enough and there was enough political demand, they would definitely battle against Imperial Remnant forces or whatever other threat is lurking around the galaxy.

11. New Republic Droids

We saw these bad boys in the Mandalorian series. They are durable, accurate shooters, and very strong. Although they are predictable, they would be useful in battle against Imperial forces.

12. Imperial Security Droids

On the flip side of this discussion, it would also be useful for the Empire to use more of its security droids. These guys are very big and strong. They also can run deceptively fast for their size. We see in Rogue One that they are very accurate. But instead of seeing them unarmed like in Fallen Order or with pistols like K-2SO, let’s see them with heavy blaster and disruptor rifles. Then they would be deadly juggernauts in battle that even a jedi would be cautious of taking on.

13. New Republic Light Cruiser

In the Mandalorian, there was a lot of hype about the New Republic Fleet dealing with some shady people in one of the episodes. Unfortunately, what we saw was underwhelming to say the least. We need to see a New Republic cruiser and it doesn’t need to be a massive one (a huge one wouldn’t even make sense in many cases).

14. More Battles

More battles is always useful in Star Wars. Especially during a timeline like this where the New Republic is more powerful than the Rebellion was and the Imperial Remnant strongholds are being knocked down as their resources dwindle.

15. Embo

Embo was a popular and honorable bounty hunter in Star Wars the Clone Wars. It would be great to see him on the big screen. Apparently, he retired and became a farmer but maybe we could see him defend his farm. I also think Embo deserves his own series, but that’s another story for another time.

16. Jedi Leia

The Jedi side of Leia has been abandoned in canon, but that can always change. Adding Leia and even having her fight against someone like Lumiya would be amazing. Still if Lumiya can defeat a seasoned Ahsoka the first time they fight, a less experienced Leia would really be at risk against her. Perhaps that’s where we see more parallels between Leia and her mother.

Padme was often seen as a helpless senator by Jedi but it turned out she could defend herself well with her surprising hand-to-hand and marksmanship skills. Leia showed us the same in A New Hope but in Ahsoka she will have to be even more cautious as she takes on greater challenges with skills that she is still honing.

17. Luke Skywalker

Luke has to be shown at some point in the series. He is just too important to not show.

18. Durge

Durge was a deadly bounty hunter in the Star Wars Clone Wars 2003 miniseries. He also appeared in several comics. Durge has also appeared in one of Disney’s canon comics.

19. Smugglers and pirates

I know this is a given, but I just decided to write it anyway. There literally has to be a couple of episodes with these type of characters. It’s like a Star Wars rite of passage for shows.

20. New Jedi Order

Not every jedi that is listed should be named. Fall Order did a good job of avoiding this mistake. It would be nice to see more ordinary jedi in this show as well and that would also make the Star Wars universe feel bigger. A scene of Luke training padawans would also be nice.

21. Ahsoka and Chewbacca reunite

Ahsoka has actually already met Chewbacca as a teenager during the Clone Wars. It would be nice to see them meet up again. This could also be an opportunity for her to meet Han Solo and Leia.

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pretchatta · 3 years

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swoon june day 12: forehead touching/Keldabe kiss

continued from day 4: battle couple

rating: general; kanan jarrus/hera syndulla; 1700 words

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They were halfway to the Ghost when the ambush hit them. The proximity sensors gave them a split-second’s warning, and then Imperial jumptroopers were appearing on all sides from out of the clouds.

Clan Syndulla immediately flew into a defensive formation centered on Kanan and the child who clung to his chest. Five sets of Mandalorian armour protected the boy from the jumptroopers’ blaster fire, four facing outwards and firing back. Sparks flew where plasma bolts struck beskar, but troopers were knocked out of the sky.

A lucky shot streaked past Numa’s elbow and hit Hera’s jetpack, striking an edge that had already seen battle damage and causing the machinery to spark and short out. The engine’s flame sputtered and vanished.

Hera dropped like a stone.

“Hera!” Kanan yelled, immediately lowering his altitude to prepare to dive after her. He was stopped by Cham’s hand on his arm.

“Get the child to safety, I’ll get her!” he ordered, and Kanan only hesitated for a moment before obeying. Cham was already dropping out of the formation, tucking his knees into his chest as he spun to face downwards. “Numa, take Kanan to the Ghost. Gobi, keep shooting!”

He hadn’t finished shouting his commands when he opened the throttle of his jetpack and dove.

Kanan didn’t hang around to watch him vanish into the clouds below. Numa flew in front of him, facing him and protecting the boy on his chest with her body, and the two of them prepared to make a break for the Ghost. Gobi continued to fire on the remaining jumptroopers, creating a gap in their ranks that allowed the three of them to escape the ring that surrounded them.

From there, it was a simple chase. Kanan had his hands on Numa’s elbows so that he could steer them both while her pistols were pointed over his shoulders, firing at the troopers behind them. Her shots were accompanied by the deeper roar of Gobi’s machine gun.

They hadn’t managed to take out the whole squad when the remaining jumptroopers broke off their pursuit completely. Somehow, Kanan knew they were going after Cham and Hera. He focused on getting to the Ghost.

Cham’s ship was hovering at the upper edge of the atmosphere waiting for them. It was an impressive sight, a hexagonal-shaped light freighter that bore many improvements and modifications, many of them added by Hera. One day, Cham promised, he would pass it on to his daughter.

Kanan opened his commlink. “Chopper, open the ramp, we’re coming back on board.”

He heard the droid grumble in response.

“I know you don’t see Hera and Cham, that’s because they’re not with us,” he replied through gritted teeth. “Just open the ramp.”

He was relieved to see the droid comply, and the three of them flew into the cargo bay. Numa and Gobi touched down gently onto the deck, but Kanan gave himself an extra boost and grabbed onto the ladder.

“We’ve got to go back for the others,” he called to them, managing to climb despite the child still attached to his front. “They’ve probably got company by now!”

He emerged into the cockpit as he heard Gobi start to climb up behind him and Numa head to the nose gun. It was now that he gently pried the boy’s arms from around his neck and set him down, ignoring Chopper’s inquisitive (and rude) binary.

“It’s okay now, you’re safe,” he said. “I’m Kanan. What’s your name?”

The child’s wide, fearful eyes flicked to Chopper and then tracked Gobi’s figure as it came through the cockpit and departed again, heading down the corridor to the turret gun. Then they snapped back to Kanan’s visor.

“Ezra,” he said finally in a surprisingly strong voice.

Beneath his helmet, Kanan smiled. The kid certainly had the spirit of a Mandalorian. “You’re safe now, Ezra. Sit here, and strap in.”

He helped Ezra into one of the spare seats before sliding himself into the pilot’s chair.

“Chopper, give me manual control. I’m flying back for Hera and Cham.”

Chopper only gave him a little back-talk from his position at the terminal as he did what he was told. As soon as the autopilot flicked off, Kanan dipped the steering yoke and the Ghost spun into a nosedive. He heard Ezra give a little yelp of surprise, but the straps on his chair held him in place. Thuds came from the corridor announcing an unsecured passenger before the door opened and heavy footsteps stumbled in.

“I see you’ve come back from your recon,” a gruff voice said behind Kanan.

The voice – and the thuds – came from Garazeb Orrelios, a lasat mercenary. The Mandalorians wouldn’t normally work with his type, but he was one of the few people outside of other clans they considered a friend and had called in a favour they owed him. He was the reason they were making the trip that took them through this sector, and he had understood when they’d wanted to respond to the distress call from Ezra’s transport.

Kanan heard Zeb drop into the other spare seat as he pulled out of the dive, keeping one eye on the tracker that pointed him towards Hera and Cham.

“Who’s the kid? A survivor?” Zeb asked.

“The only one,” Kanan replied grimly. “Ezra, this is Zeb. Zeb, Ezra.”

“You ever been in an aerial firefight, kid?”

Kanan assumed Ezra was shaking his head, but didn’t turn to look as he called back, “Just sit tight and hang on!”

A moment later figures appeared from the clouds ahead of them. Through the forward viewport they could all clearly see a pair of Mandalorians surrounded by jumptroopers. As the better shot, Cham was trying to blast them out of the air while Hera clung to her father for dear life.

Kanan heard the Ghost’s weapons start to fire as both Gobi and Numa locked targets, but he ignored the streaks of plasma fire, getting the Ghost into position for what he planned. Some of the troopers switched targets and tried to fire at the ship, but the shield's absorbed their shots easily. Kanan remotely opened the main cargo bay doors and then gave a shouted warning through the internal comm before yanking on the steering yoke.

To their credit, Gobi and Numa continued to fire as the Ghost twisted sideways and down. Kanan knew he wasn’t as good at this as Hera, which was why he was using the main doors instead of the ramp, but he managed it, getting underneath his besieged family members as they turned fully upside-down and scooping them out of the air. The cargo bay doors closed as he finished the spin and righted them again.

"We're in," came Cham's voice over the internal comm. "Get us into hyperspace!"

Kanan didn't need telling twice. He was already moving to point their nose towards space, so he gunned the engines and they shot upwards, leaving the remaining troopers behind like they were just debris in an asteroid field. They left the atmosphere and he engaged the hyperdrive.

The viewport was filled with the white streaks of stars that became a swirling blue vortex as they entered the safety of hyperspace. Kanan heard footsteps coming up the cockpit ladder behind him and turned.

"Hera," he said with relief, crossing the space to draw her into his arms. He desperately wanted to see her face, to cup it between his hands and kiss it to reassure himself that she was okay, but they still had Zeb on board. His clan hadn't revealed their faces to anyone outside of each other in years, not even to friends, not when the Empire had so many of them on wanted lists and bounty boards. He settled for pressing his helmeted forehead against hers, feeling her return the pressure. It was an inherently Mandalorian gesture that gave them both comfort in their reunion.

"Alright, that’s enough of that!" Coming up the ladder behind Hera, Cham’s words were stern but the tips of his lekku betrayed his embarrassment as Hera and Kanan parted. “Where’s the child you saved?”

“Right here.” Kanan took a step back and placed a hand on Ezra’s shoulder. “This is Ezra.”

The kid no longer looked scared; maybe the shock of the crash had worn off, or maybe the adrenaline from the Kanan’s flying had replaced it.

“Who are you people?” Ezra asked in the same strong voice as before. “What do you want with me?”

Cham knelt down in front of him. “We are Clan Syndulla, from Mandalore, though the Empire has taken our home from us,” he said gently. “We help anyone who the Empire oppresses, like you and your people. We are sorry we could not save them. Do you have a home? A family we could take you to?”

Ezra looked unsure again. He shook his head. “They were all on the transport. They said – they told me to –” His voice started to break and Kanan instinctively leant down to wrap his arms around the boy.

“It’s okay,” he murmured, “you’re safe now. We’ve got you.”

He carefully released the safety harness holding Ezra to his chair and lifted him once again into his arms.

“He needs to rest, I’ll put him in my bunk for now,” he said to Cham, who nodded. As he made his way out of the cockpit, he briefly locked eyes with Hera through their helmet visors and knew they were both thinking the same thing.

What she’d said on the ground was right. Ezra had no-one, which meant he now had Clan Syndulla. They would give him the time and the space to mourn his family and to come to terms with his new circumstances, but it wouldn’t be long before Kanan and Hera would be saying the words. They were the same words Cham had said to Kanan five years ago.

Ni kyr'tayl gai sa'ad. I know your name as my child.

It was the Mandalorian adoption vow. Ezra was as good as family now.

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