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I was full out bawling by the end of the Len tribute, then saw Edyta was in her usual micro scrap of fabric for a costume and it somehow made me feel better.

There's a second table for "remainder of coverage" at the bottom of the page, and it looks like Peacock is covering everything, although it's just a blanket statement per event without events/times.

I’m confused. Did they preempt for certain markets? I’m in the DC metro region, and they played the episode with Lois today, although the middle was missing due to Biden speaking.

Yes! I keep waiting for this. Acknowledging that Ahsoka was a child soldier was the closest I’ve seen to pointing out the Jedi Order’s flaws. The Jedi are recruited as infants with no agency and isolated from their family so that the Order is all they have. That’s pretty messed up. Obi Wan trained Anakin, and knows his fighting style better than anyone. Anakin was the greatest warrior of his time, but he was also an emotional fighter, which made him sloppy. Obi Wan only ever bested Anakin by anticipating his mistakes.

I agree. I think it's fine to drop into the middle of a story and get to know the characters as you go along, but I felt this show depended too heavily on already watching Rebels. They tried to properly introduce Sabine with her motorcycle chase on Lothal, but the only character beats they seemed to cover with her was a brat who doesn't respond the authority. Her backstory was that her entire family was killed in the purge, but that was always mentioned as secondary to Sabine disobeying orders again. On paper: Sabine desperately wants to rescue Ezra because she couldn't save her family seems like pretty good character motivation, but in execution, came off really blasé. This was my primary thought through the finale. I was trying to think how many lightsaber battles there have been in the Star Wars television series. The Mandalorian has had a handful, but Kenobi is the only that's had several duels, and in those cases, the choreography was secondary to the emotional punch of the acting. The fight choreography in Ahsoka was abysmal. Rosario Dawson always looked like she was marking a rehearsal. There was an elaborate fight sequence in every episode, but they were performed so clunkily, I wish they'd only focus on a few. For example, the fight between young Ahsoka and Anakin was incredible, and I think it was partly due to it being their one great scene. Meanwhile, Rosario Dawson had to train for like 16 different fight sequences, and it showed.

Patrick Adams is the latest actor to fumble the terms of the SAG strike. It's a bummer for him that his former show is experiencing a resurgence during a period that he's not allowed to talk about it.

Didn't SAG-AFTRA even delay their strike authorization by a week or two? It felt like all of Hollywood wanted Barbenheimer to succeed.

I was thinking the same thing. I think most of the controversial talk show returns were syndicated. DWTS seemed to be the first network specific target, and the major breakthrough for negotiations happens 48 hours before the show was due to return.

Is this their way of saying this movie is never going to happen?

I think it was more about facing her demons. Ahsoka has been cagey about her past, and has stated that she and Anakin have unfinished business. If you hadn't watched the Clone Wars or Rebels, all you really know so far is that Ahsoka was trained by Anakin at some point, so I think this episode was important for giving an overview of Ahsoka's role in the Clone Wars. She was a kid, assigned to an unhinged prodigy with rage issues who was let loose on the battlefield. Everyone in Anakin's circle blamed themselves for his turn to the Dark Side, but in hindsight, there were red flags all along. I thought the point was for Ahsoka to see Anakin with a more nuanced perspective, so she could overcome her trauma and be free of her guilt over Anakin's fate. She could face the rest of eternity battling her demons, or she could live.

It seemed like she knew in the Boba Fett episode. She fondly compared Luke to his father, which I don't think she would have if she thought he died as Vader. Which just reminds me that we were deprived of Ahsoka learning about and meeting Luke. I had thought we might learn more about it in this series, but...

Yes, it was very marble mouthed and distorted.

I swear, Chad Duell is the walking embodiment of "Bless his heart."

I've noticed that she's been fighting while wearing her robe, which looks heavy and restricts movement. (Dropping the Jedi robe was so frequent in the prequels, it became a meme.) But I think the point is, Ahsoka hasn't faced a worthy enemy, so she doesn't need to do anything fancy. She can predict her enemies movements, so it looks telegraphed on her end. It wasn't until she faced Baylen that she shed her robe, although we still haven't reached prequel caliber choreography.

I know! I couldn't have cared less about Anakin during the prequel trilogies, but The Clone Wars made him one of my favorite characters, so I'm excited to see Hayden's take on Dave Filoni's version of the character. This is where the lack of Han and Leia's presence is glaring. If you're about to piss off your superiors, surely the Organa-Solo's would have your back and watch your kid. They could have even saved CGI bucks by having Hera dump Jacen on Chewie.

I actually liked this episode a lot better than the first two. I think the premiere leaned in too heavily on existing material. A lot of tell rather than show. But in this episode, seeing Ahsoka and Sabine work as a team, you could actually see the history between them. The episode flew by. I do wish they'd develop the villains a little more. Star Wars is famous for having evil characters who are evil for the sake of being evil, so it isn't a problem with this show, per se. We know Ahsoka was disenchanted by the Jedi order, so it would be relevant to the story to flesh out Baylon's falling out as well, but that's just me being nit picky. Bonus points if the time the Force actually "works" for her, it's actually just physics. This is the first time I think we've seen her post-RotJ, so now I'm actually nervous about whether she survives this series. I don't think she was ever mentioned in the sequel trilogy. This was all I could think about. One, this move was very Clone Wars. I remember Plo Koon standing on top of his fighter and I think there were a couple of battles on surfaces of ships throughout the series. And Anakin Skywalker's apprentice would 100% defend their ship this way. But also, yes, the ship was dead in the water with no shields. If it were a no-name Tie Fighter without plot armor, it would have exploded with a single laser bolt. Haven't they excused that Leia Poppins was special and unique to Leia because she was in the realm of Anakin and Luke when it came to wielding the Force?

Where late night still shines is in politics. There will be more urgency to get those shows back on track when the primaries get under way early next year.

Personally, it's because of the sequel trilogy. There was so much supplemental material for that, and it barely bled into the films, so you ended up with stellar exposition like "Somehow, Palpetine returned." I think most of the Star Wars shows have done a good job standing on their own (with the exception of Book of Boba Fett, which turned into Mandalorian season 2.5) Since I haven't gotten around to watching Rebels in full, it feels like I've missed a lot, because I know there's a lot of existing material for these characters, but maybe that's not the case.

I want to say the only instances of mind reading was done by Vader and Kylo Ren, and they were only vague interpretations of thoughts and feelings. Luke thinking about protecting his sister. Rey hiding the map with BB-8. It's not a photographic vision though, and I think it's more tied to the dark side of the Force. Although, obviously Ahsoka does not strictly adhere to the Jedi's rules for what is "good" and what is "bad."

I never got into Rebels the way I got into The Clone Wars. I watched a few episodes of Rebels, so I recognized most of the characters, but had no idea where that show left off. So with that perspective, I did not think they did a good job introducing this story arc. I found it relied too heavily on watching the last season of Rebels (or at least I assume it did.) They were telling us that these characters had history, but I wasn't feeling the chemistry. I think they should have used the prologue for whatever Ezra's sacrifice was (I only vaguely know the storyline) but I guess they want to save Thrawn's introduction for later. Another thing I hated was the colored contacts. I know that Hera had very striking blue eyes, but I could have lived with Mary Elizabeth Winstead's natural color. Rosario Dawson's aren't as distracting, but that's another unnecessary detail I don't think they needed. The other thing I found striking was the score. The scenes were either completely silent and then had very abrupt intense music, and then was silent again. I don't know, The Mandalorian and Andor made making Star Wars shows look effortless, but this one definitely felt rougher, like they made this show to fill the Disney+ lineup, similar to Book of Boba Fett. I'm going to stick it out, especially if but as a non-Rebel viewer, this one feels harder to get into.

The Cranky Nurse yesterday was played by Josh Swickard's (Chase) wife Lauren, so I have a feeling she'll turn into an evil accomplice in no time. I kind of hope they go with the unexpected twist of keeping her as a boring bureaucratic rule follower, and make Nice Nurse the evil one.

It honestly looks like he let Felicity cut it.

It's a grim thought, but I actually think social media/influencing might be these kids' saving grace. Joy needs to generate content, and she knows what type of content gets the most clicks. I don't agree with exploiting their children to generate content, but hopefully some good will come out it, as the kids will have access to services they wouldn't have otherwise explored, had it not been for youtube clicks.

The most obvious option for generating the most buzzworthy content would be a 100% AI generated product, but then they'll show their hand on where AI technology actually is, and how desperately they still need real writers and actors to generate content.

But aren't all the broadcast networks owned by Disney, Universal, and Paramount? They've been adjusting by airing "streaming exclusive" shows like Yellowstone on CBS.