Overall I think Ashoka teeters on the border between good and just okay.

A lot of the pieces are there for an excellent story. All of the core characters are interesting and the acting is solid, but some of the story beats just feel off.

Part of it is definitely the pacing. Not many threads were resolved this season, and many were left as cliffhangers. This might work out in the long term but on its own this season just ends up feeling incomplete.

There’s three areas where I think the show could have been a lot better:

1. Thrawn - I liked the portrayal of Thrawn, but his scale felt too small. Thrawn is at his best in large scale conflicts. I want to see him conquering planets and cleverly breaking supply lines, not sending a squad of useless stormtroopers against main characters who have impenetrable plot armor. Hopefully he is better utilized in his next appearances.

2. Sabine - I’m pretty ambivalent to the idea of Sabine being a Jedi. I just feel like it is totally unnecessary; I already liked her character, and I think there’s a lot of unique things they could have done with her character, but now it feels like she has been relegated to retreading the same “I can’t teach them they are too old/dangerous” story we have already seen with Luke/Anakin/Rey.

3. Ashoka - Weirdly Ashoka felt a little underdeveloped in her own show. She had her mini arc of dealing with her feelings about Anakin/Vader, which was definitely a highlight of the season. But otherwise, like Sabine, it feels like she was relegated to retreading standard Star Wars Jedi training issues. With her and Sabine now being stranded in the other galaxy I wish the show had better established a purpose for them and their future storyline with Baylan/Shin