You win the thread.

Yes, this episode occurs before Revival. I really liked this episode. Hondo is such a good character... makes me laugh so much. And the Slave 1 was epic! Hondo is so pro. I think I'm actually gonna miss the younglings - Byph was awesome. In my opinion, this season is great, and it keeps getting better.

Fair enough. I guess what I mean is, it's only fair if they have to start from scratch, like Luke has to start the Jedi over from scratch. The Banite line should be dead and gone with Sidious.

Here: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/A_Necessary_Bond That is the 4th episode in the arc, in which Ahsoka and the younglings aid Hondo in defeating Grievous, as Grievous attacks Hondo's base on Florrum. This is why Hondo's base is in shambles in Revival. So technically, Grievous can't stab Adi Gallia's corpse, since she hasn't died yet. I wouldn't consider it humiliating to lose to Ahsoka teamed up with pirates. But we'll see how legit it is in a couple weeks, I guess.

I heard that was the plot for Episode VIII...

When did I say there would be no dark side? My point was, there needs to be an enemy using the dark side of the force, and likely a red lightsaber. However, the dark side user(s) should be starting from scratch, just like Luke is doing with the light side. His "Jedi" are much different from the Jedi order of old. The Sith line died out with Sidious and Vader. There will be baddies who will come up and fill the power vacuum, but they won't be genuine Sith.

That article is pure nonsense. So they were tipped off by "industry insiders" only days after a director was chosen, and started to form IDEAS for a new script? Not even the writer knows who is in the story yet, let alone these imaginary "insiders". Get used to this people, there will be rumours like this until Episode VII comes out. Just sit tight.

The Sith cannot return as a dominant force without ruining the meaning and importance of Vader's redemption and Palpatine's death. Unless they go the galaxy-wide invasion route (Yuuzhan Vong style), they will have to make the scope of this trilogy a little smaller. Maybe they have to defeat the re-grouped remnants of the Empire, or maybe the Mandalorians start a conquest in the wake of the recently overthrown government. Those scenarios could satisfy the "Wars" in "Star Wars", but that doesn't solve everything. There HAVE to be lightsaber battles, with red lightsabers in the hands of the antagonist(s), otherwise Disney can kiss their profits goodbye. I feel like dark Jedi would work... or just basic dark-side users. But Sith and Sith code should die with Palps, just like the old Jedi order was wiped out without record. Seems only fair.

Man, that's a lot of 'Soka hate right there. Have you watched any TCW since the first season? She really has come a long way since then. She is one of my favourite characters now.

Actually, Revival IS after this arc. Revival happens after Grievous destroys Hondo's base, which happens in the 4th episode of this arc. I think Hondo is friendly to Obi-Wan because of the events in this arc, actually. On another note, the Tennant droid fighting without his arms or head was awesome, even if it was a stretch. And Ahsoka is quite the warrior... she's come a long way since season 1!

Ahsoka gets frozen in carbonite, and sits in some crime lord's basement for 50 years or so, and wakes up just in time to be the central character of Episode VII. You heard it here first.

Yep, Hondo will still be alive and kicking at the end of this arc. I know right? There was so much groaning about this arc, but it has been stellar so far. If the rest of the season is this good, I will be very pleased.

I was really impressed with this episode. Hondo is such a great character, and so is Ahsoka! The Tennant droid was a treat, too. I wonder how Hondo plans to profit from Ahsoka? Ransom? Auction her off as a slave?

To be fair, the Jedi never used them in ROTJ... they could in KOTOR.

I don't know if anyone has said this, but there were Gamorrean Axes in KOTOR (or maybe KOTOR II). The line has already been crossed, years ago.

This is such a good point. It's like the WZ matches are designed to have a gear imbalance. Every 10 matches or so, you get even teams, and this stalemate happens. As for resolve - it sucked before, and it sucks even more now. I played against a team that was really working their stuns today. I had a good healer on me, so I wasn't dying a whole lot, but I was stunned nearly constantly, and if I wasn't stunned, I was rooted. My resolve would build, I would have a white bar for a few seconds, take a couple swings at their healer, and then it was stun time again. As a Sentinel, I spent 85% of the time trying to close the gap, and only 15% actually doing some damage.

Wow, that sounds epic! I've had a few of these replacement-comeback matches. Join a VS, 4 min left on defense, and the attackers already at the last doors. We hold them until a minute left. We then go on the attack, and make it all the way. I love it when the rage quitters are the problem. I hate it when the other team does this, especially on NC. What is an easy match can suddenly turn into a 3-cap for the other team.

And why not? I wouldn't get your hopes up on seeing any Jar Jar love stories.

Nice, good article. I agree with Zahn... I think it would be best to restart after the events of the Thrawn trilogy, and focus on Luke and Leia's kids. I'd love to have a Luke meets Mara Jade movie, but they'd have to recast Luke... and that wouldn't go over so well.

I highly doubt she will be falling to the dark side. It looks as though she's gotten past her "attachment" to Lux, so she's pretty level-headed. If the writers wanted Ahsoka to go DS, Lux was their best shot, IMO. Now that SW is owned by Disney, I think there is next to a 0% chance that they will kill off their lead teen female character. Not good business.

If Kira died, I would stop playing my JK. She is hands-down my favourite companion in the game. Next comes Vette, but she's still a long ways off.

I think the arc is pretty good so far. I want to see where Ahsoka and Lux end off, and I think the whole Rebellion theme is cool, if not slightly ironic. But if that usurper king takes one more bite of some random fruit, I think I'll go nuts!

I feel your pain. I spend my huttball matches trying to gain scoring position and using my roots and slows to hinder other players. I even score sometimes. I notice certain players who just hack away in the pits, paying no attention to the game. When the end of the match comes around, the guy slashing away in the pit gets all the MVP votes, because he has the most damage. Just goes to show that the rest of the team didn't understand the objective, either. Most of the time I feel like I'm the only player who cares about the objective.

The most recently aired episode is Season 5, Episode 3. They have plans for a sixth season already. The first 4 seasons are available on DVD. I also heard that they were going to play on syndicated television in the US starting from the beginning. Not sure about the details though.

The love triangle can work, as long as it doesn't become the main focus of the Onderon arc. As a secondary plot, I think it serves well to show some of Ahsoka's character flaws - she's not the Mary Sue that all the haters would have you believe. It could be interesting to see how she would react if she can't have Lux in the end.