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AsStar Wars: Ahsokacontinues its successful first-season run on Disney Plus, one apparent retcon to an iconicStar Warsmoment has been confirmed and inadvertently canonized by Lucasfilm.
WhileStar Wars: Ahsokais a spin-off of the live-action showsThe MandalorianandThe Book of Boba Fett,where the titular character first appeared in live-action, the show has a muchmore significant connection toStar Wars Rebels,as attested by showrunner Dave Filoni.Rebels, a successor to the much-beloved animated seriesStar Wars: The Clone Wars,forms the basis for much of whatAhsokaexplores, with the live-action show taking place after the fall of the First Galactic Empire that the cast of Rebels struggled to help undermine and eventually topple.
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In addition to continuing the story fromRebels,Star Wars: Ahsokahas also given fans some spectacular recreations of important scenes and items of interest from the animated series, including one change that has now been made canon. In the second episode ofAhsoka’s 2-episode premiere, whichbeatThe Mandalorianseason 3 in ratings, Sabine Wren looks on at a mural depicting herself and her allies before heading off to join Ahsoka as the two start a search for Ezra Bridger. While the scene is generally a well-done recreation, small changes caused some to question if it was truly the same scene. Now, an officialStar Warspost has settled the matter and described the moment as “familiar to ‘Star Wars Rebels’ fans, with a few shot-for-shot recreations of the animated series’ epilogue.”
While the two major changes made between the animated show and live-action (Wren declines to put on her Mandalorian Helmet and shares a few words with Ahsoka before they depart in the live-action series), the gravity and heartfelt emotion the scene entails lends a deeper meaning to any alteration made. The recent statement on theStar Warswebsite superimposes the slightly altered events onto the canon, which settles the dispute about the nature of the changes once and for all, which fans have met with varying degrees of acceptance. However, this is a minor issue and only affects those whoseunderstanding ofAhsokadraws from watchingStar Wars Rebels.
While there isn’t any apparent fallout to the alterations in the scene, the decision to even slightly alter such an iconic scene (what effectively amounts to the final act ofRebels) by a show that has so far been such a love letter to fans of the animated series that came before that it has at times been to the detriment of welcomingnewer fans trying to get in onAhsoka.Fortunately, the confirmation and its implications have been drowned out by the rapidly increasing interest in the characters and events of the series itself, which is quickly carving its narrative path forward.
TheStar Warsfranchise continues to march onwards to new horizons on Disney Plus, promising fans something powerful forAhsoka’s remaining episodes. What the showrunners have in store is anyone’s guess, but the show will certainly keep to its roots even as it leaves its mark on the franchise.
