This week on Ahsoka, Sabine tries and fails to use the Force, Hera visits an iconic Star Wars location and learns that the New Republic is a big waste of taxpayer money while she’s there, and Ahsoka herself pulls maybe the silliest move in live-action Star Wars history.
Warning: This article is full of spoilers for the third episode of Ahsoka, “Time to Fly.”
Last week, the series premiere episode of Ahsoka was 57 minutes long, and it was followed by the 44-minute second episode. This week, we’ve got the third episode clocking in at 37 minutes–but it’s under 30 if we don’t include the credits or “previously on” segment.
While it’s tempting to complain about the short length, this episode from director Steph Green is much better than last week’s two-part premiere. The length is actually immaterial to the comparison, though–while episode three, “Time to Fly,” is short, it’s paced well, has a nice rhythm, and manages to still have room to breathe despite the length.
There are basically three major scenes/sequences in this episode. When we pick up with Ahsoka and Sabine, they’re on their way to Seatos, that creepy planet with the red trees that the bad guys were hanging out on at the end of last week’s pair of episodes. On the way, Ahsoka tries to give Sabine some Jedi training, and it goes okay, but Sabine can’t feel the Force.
Hera Syndulla, meanwhile, tries to petition the New Republic–and Mon Mothma specifically–for a task force to send after Morgan Elsbeth and her unaffiliated Dark Force user allies. The New Republic is as useless as the Old one was, though, and they offer zero support of any kind.
And that means Ahsoka, Sabine and Huyang are on their own for this mission, and the remainder of the episode is spent in battle. Ahsoka flies the ship against subfighters–two of which are piloted by bad guys Shin Hati and Marrock–while Sabine is on the turret. But after a long battle, Ahsoka’s ship is disabled.
It’s a situation that calls for drastic measures, so Ahsoka did something drastic while Sabine does repairs: She put on a space suit, walked out onto the surface of the ship, and used her lightsabers to deflect any lasers fired at them. Maybe they should have tried shooting at the side of the ship she wasn’t standing on. This scene was truly ridiculous
But Sabine manages to get the ship working well enough to land it on the planet, and the episode ended with Baylan Skoll sending out his forces to look for them.
While this episode was very short, it had more than its fair share of Easter eggs and references to all sorts of stuff. Let’s dive in.
