I felt pretty confident that was Admiral Ackbar sitting on the tribunal.  And if there had been something relevant for him to add it would have been nice to hear him as part of the scene.

I shudder to include references to the RESISTANCE animated series here, but it is interesting to see how there have been entanglements between Leia and Senator Xiono going on for years.  Kaz's dad has been a bit of a prick for some time, it would seem.  And Leia's intervention, albeit through Threepio, sets the stage for her eventually forming the Resistance.

Regarding Mon Mothma though.  I love what Genevieve O'Reilly has done with the character - Mon Mothma has been developed infinitely more than during her brief monologue in ROTJ.  But there's something about her look in this series that irks me a little bit.  The costume / hair designers on ROGUE ONE made an effort to make her look much more like Caroline Blakiston, who played Mon in ROTJ.  But that seems to have been abandoned in AHSOKA.  It would have been good to see that kind of continuity continue into this series, and let her earlier appearance in ANDOR stand on its own as she appeared during that time.  But that's me nitpicking.

Seeing Ahsoka face off against Baylan again was great!  And in large part because her fighting style changed so dramatically between the two duels.  I thought it was really noteworthy how Ahsoka had only use the one lightsaber against Baylan in their first encounter.  But in this latest episode Ahsoka was much more herself, using the two lightsabers.  And she very wisely didn't overcommit during this fight.  She knew what she had to do, and she effectively took Baylan off the field so that she could get away to help Sabine and Ezra.

I am curious about what is to become of Baylan.  Thrawn took great notice of how Baylan was absent from the field as his Night Troopers and Shin took on Sabine, Ezra and the Noti.  And I suspect that Thrawn will take what he sees as appropriate action against Baylan.

As for the Night Troopers?  I know there had been some speculation that they might be like some kind of army of the dead.  But after seeing them get dispatched?  It seemed nothing like what happened to Marrok when he was struck down on Seatos.  I think their armor has just been mended and banded together in an effort to keep it serviceable.

The mystery remains about what is in those caskets that are being loaded on the Chimaera.  Dead Night Sisters?  Ysalamiri?  Or something more sinister?

Mine arrived today.  Glad to have these in hand, and get some new ROTJ characters in the process. 

What are people's general thoughts about the color of Tessek's skin?  It looks a little more orange than I had expected.

Plenty of Bib Fortuna's landing on eBay now.  Most are around $100.  I'm wondering how the market for those is going to develop?  I'd like to get a second so that I can open one and keep the other carded.

I came across the AHSOKA packaged Ahsoka and HK-87 droid today in Target.  I was tempted to get the droid, but I'm trying to exercise some purchasing discipline.

I don't want to do the math!

2 x Ghosts
1 x Throne Roon
2 x ROTJ Jabba's Goons 4-packs
1 x TM Speeder Bike

...and
1 x TBS Starkiller & Stormtroopers

My N-1 order seems to be up in the air with Hasbro Pulse.  And there's no sign yet of the other 2 x Speeder bikes from The Mandalorian that I ordered from Amazon.

I've been seeing these a good deal at GameStop.  One store had at least 3 different helmets in stock a few days ago - the 332nd Clone Trooper, Bo-Katan and the Artillery Stormtrooper.  I've seen the Darth Vader helmet more recently at Target.  And Hasbro seems to be responding to demand because they're offering the Red 5 helmet again, too.  The Captain Rex helmet is really tough to resist.  With as many clones as Dee Bradley Baker portrayed, Captain Rex was such a well developed character.  And seeing Rex portrayed in live action was amazing.

But I agree with Nick - the space these require to be displayed properly is a serious challenge!  Does anyone know if these would fit in an IKEA Detolf?  I've seen images of the helmets resting on top of them.  And I also have to wonder if Hasbro will get around to offering some kind of a helmet display pedestal at some point.  It might make for a nicer way to show these off rather than sitting on a shelf.

I ordered it from Pulse.  HK-47 and the meatbag, errr, REVAN, will be a nice addition to the line!

Quote from: Nicklab on September 22, 2023, 04:56 PM

But I was definitely struck by how much an older Ezra looks like his father.

My daughter asked why he looks like Jesus. 

Definitely seemed like he was a hippie living in a turtle shell camper on the side of the road.

I saw someone reference what looks like chainmail that Ezra was wearing.

A closer look revealed that it was composed of the dogtags of Stormtroopers.  Ezra has clearly been.... busy!