As Sabine recovers from her near-fatal encounter with Shin Hati, Ahsoka does very little to conceal her disappointment that Sabine allowed the map to fall into Elsbeth’s hands. She returns to Sabine’s home in the communications tower and, as expected, one of the assassin droids that tried to kill Sabine has stayed behind to kill whoever shows up there. Ahsoka destroys it, delivering its intact head to Sabine, who is able to find out that it came from Corellia – now serving as the hub of shipbuilding activity in the New Republic. Ahsoka meets Hera there to conduct an investigation of the shipbuilding operation formerly owned by Morgan Elsbeth, where they see an enormous hyperdrive under construction, far larger than any current ship design used by the Republic. The Imperial sympathizers within the operation quickly break their cover and attempt to kill Hera and Ahsoka, but fail miserably. Ahsoka faces off against a lightsaber-wielding opponent while Hera, in the Phantom, follows the transport moving the hyperdrive engine to an unknown location. Hera’s capable but cantankerous astromech droid, Chopper, manages to plant a homing device on the transport before it escapes; Ahsoka’s assailants also escape, having intended only to distract her. In the Seaton system, Morgan Elsbeth awaits the arrival of the hyperdrive as she prepares to launch a gigantic ship that will help her retrieve Thrawn, who the map has revealed is in another galaxy. On Lothal, fully recovered, Sabine once again dons her Mandalorian armor and her lightsaber, ready to resume her training.
written by Dave Filoni
directed by Steph Green
music by Kevin Kiner
additional music by Sean Kiner, Deana Kiner, and David G. Russell
Cast: Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka Tano), Natasha Liu Bordizzo (Sabine Wren), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (General Hera Syndulla), Ray Stevenson (Baylan Skoll), Ivanna Sakhno (Shin Hati), Diana Lee Inosanto (Morgan Elsbeth), David Tennant (Huyang), Eman Esfandi (Ezra Bridger), Peter Jacobson (Myn Weaver), Shelby Young (C1-D1), Kelly Phelan (Command Crew #1), Chris Bartlett (C1-D1 performance artist), Leeanna Vamp (Corellia Protocol Droid performance artist), Paul Darnell (Marrok performance artist), Daniel Bohman (Protocol Droid performance artist), Justin Sonfield (Protocol Droid performance artist), David W. Collins (additional voices), Terri Douglas (additional voices), Robin Atkin Downes (additional voices), Michael Ralph (additional voices), Sam Witwer (additional voices), Matthew Wood (additional voices)
Notes: Much like Coruscant, Corellia – not seen since Solo – seems to have a problem with Imperial sympathizers operating within the New Republic. This is not the first time Chopper has been seen in live action Star Wars; he also made a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo in Rogue One (2016).
LogBook entry by Earl Green
