Star Wars: Ahsoka

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Season 1
  • Network: Disney+
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 22, 2023
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4.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 147 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 66 out of 147
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  1. namesnotmark
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    "Ahsoka" is a prime example of how to let Star Wars fans down in almost every way. Right out the gate, the pacing is a drag; two episodes in and it feels like we're stuck in a Star Wars traffic jam, inching towards a climax that never seems to come. The script is pure amateur hour, sprinkled with dialogue so cringeworthy it makes Jar Jar Binks look like a Shakespearean scholar. The"Ahsoka" is a prime example of how to let Star Wars fans down in almost every way. Right out the gate, the pacing is a drag; two episodes in and it feels like we're stuck in a Star Wars traffic jam, inching towards a climax that never seems to come. The script is pure amateur hour, sprinkled with dialogue so cringeworthy it makes Jar Jar Binks look like a Shakespearean scholar. The characters are robotic and flat, they interact like a couple of malfunctioning Siri devices having a bad day. The show shamelessly pilfers scenes and ideas from other movies and lacks that authentic Star Wars essence that die-hard fans yearn for. Let's not even touch on the fight choreography; I've seen better battles between toddlers. Visually, instead of "Mandalorian" quality, it looks like Disney's budget went the way of Alderaan. Sadly, "Ahsoka" feels less like the next great Star Wars chapter and more like a god damn galactic faceplant.… Expand
  2. maxbackwards
    Aug 23, 2023
    3
    Profoundly awful filmmaking despite Star Wars's visionary legacy. Like Boba Fett, season 3 of Mandalorian, and Obi Wan, there is nothing at play narratively and emotionally. Fight scenes are an absolute joke with poor choreography, bland camera movement (simple pans), and lazy editing with zero sense of geography. What's crazy is that they ARE capable of great storytelling as seen in Jedi:Profoundly awful filmmaking despite Star Wars's visionary legacy. Like Boba Fett, season 3 of Mandalorian, and Obi Wan, there is nothing at play narratively and emotionally. Fight scenes are an absolute joke with poor choreography, bland camera movement (simple pans), and lazy editing with zero sense of geography. What's crazy is that they ARE capable of great storytelling as seen in Jedi: Survivor & Andor. Filoni & Kennedy need to step down before they kill the franchise.… Expand
  3. Apollus
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    More Disney garbage... with vanilla characters, bad writing, cosplay costumes, poor acting, and a reliance on cameos. Wish people would realize that Filoni is NOT good. Most everything he makes is bad... with occasional strong moments that any fanfic writer could write.
  4. Seanpad
    Aug 23, 2023
    2
    Really boring first episode , a huge step up down from Andor. This seems more inline with Kenobi and Mando S3
  5. Oxymandias
    Aug 23, 2023
    3
    I didn't get my hopes up for this one... Characters flat and like they where drugged... I think the animated characters had more energy than this live program.

    Story line very average, special effects great.
  6. power9090
    Aug 22, 2023
    2
    Like always, the same thing out of Disney, they can't get one thing right. without messaging. For christ sake just end this, Star Wars is dead, just leave it, stop dragging the corps.
  7. Luthen_Rael
    Aug 22, 2023
    1
    In the first two episodes, there is no news of reaching the climax of the story, it is a shame that Ahsoka could not have a good start.
  8. Jacktronics
    Aug 22, 2023
    2
    Before Disney took over, EVERY piece of Star Wars property had an opening crawl. The red flag, everyone, was the bland, red text opening, something that looked like it was out of a SyFY generic.
  9. enut_butter
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    It’s more Disney Wars. And you know what that means. Cringe writing. Terrible dialogue. Horrible performances. The Filoniverse desperately tries to attract fans by bastardizing the Timothy Zahn novels but fails as completely as anything else Disney has done with the IP. It truly is time to put Star Wars out of its misery.
  10. fallenazael
    Aug 27, 2023
    1
    Bad writing. Man hating. Stealing plots from various disney star wars movies ie get the idiot item, to unlock a map and go get something / someone. The acting is atrocious, boring, and dragged out. The worst is the combat which looks slow, choreographed in slow motion , executed whilst waist deep in tar.

    Oh yeah. And nerfing the fact that lightsabers kill. Padded to fluff out another    Bad writing. Man hating. Stealing plots from various disney star wars movies ie get the idiot item, to unlock a map and go get something / someone. The acting is atrocious, boring, and dragged out. The worst is the combat which looks slow, choreographed in slow motion , executed whilst waist deep in tar.

    Oh yeah. And nerfing the fact that lightsabers kill.
    Padded to fluff out another short idea. Avoid like the plague    … Expand
  11. Elkar
    Aug 26, 2023
    0
    If you ever liked Star Wars then stay away from this thing. Since the Force is female, now all relevant characters are women, lightsabers are only for show, you can't kill anyone with them, and all the plot is about finding a Mcguffin, really sad.
  12. BossHogg2022
    Aug 23, 2023
    3
    Had high hopes for Ahsoka... but the show was completely meh. It was slow, without scope, no feeling of impending doom. A lot of unnecessary stuff. These 2 episodes cut have been cut down to one and the story would still have made sense. Tooo much fluff. Everyone kept talking in this crazy monotone voice, Ahsoka was the worst, it fell flat like "hey! there's a fire in the middle of theHad high hopes for Ahsoka... but the show was completely meh. It was slow, without scope, no feeling of impending doom. A lot of unnecessary stuff. These 2 episodes cut have been cut down to one and the story would still have made sense. Tooo much fluff. Everyone kept talking in this crazy monotone voice, Ahsoka was the worst, it fell flat like "hey! there's a fire in the middle of the room" type of deal but everyone was all chill about it and max relax about it. "ah, there is a fire in the room, let me flush that toilet, no big deal"... It was just weird as if every read one line at a time from a page and the camera recorded the work. No emotion in the dialogue except for the villains' who barely managed to have good conversational tones for their roles. I remember Ahsoka being feisty and brash, she just looked smug for most of the show.... like seriously? Is that how it is gonna be? Hera was way too happy. I remember being a nervous wreck most of the time but now it is like she was on some happy pills. The music was there but did not really give any character to the show. You know it is StarWars when John Williams gets the French Horns blowing when the baddies arrive. No such thing here. Just ambient music. Music in StarWars in itself is a character that helps narrate the story. Nothing of the sort here.

    Lots of great visuals but empty as far as meaning to them. it just felt like a theatre play more than anything else, not the best StarWars out there... so far. Unless the tempo ramps up, its on pace to become like Obi Wan category in ratings. Most people will like this show, but if you are a die hard fan of the material from the start and not just the recent stuff and format, it will feel subpar for you.

    No wonder these 2 episodes came out i think they know it is not really good material and wanted to get it out of the way asap. For now. It is a Filoni fail for me. Hope it get's better!    … Expand
  13. Delbuthos
    Aug 25, 2023
    0
    Total crap that insults the intelligence of the viewer. Every single scene is an intellectual drama, a banal plot. Just please don't watch
  14. Carewolf
    Aug 27, 2023
    3
    Pretty bad. We are back to ancient relics revealing present day locations of people missing. Add to that idiot, irresponsible and unlikable main characters
  15. Agpf
    Aug 27, 2023
    3
    Another Starwars flop? Maybe not but not great. The writing is mediocre, the physical performance is poor. Rosario is pretty good but the rest of the cast is lacking. It is about what I was expecting from Disney.
  16. domiica
    Aug 23, 2023
    2
    What a letdown, I have a feeling the writers forgot what Star Wars is. Fun, decently paced, emotional at times. Not a brooding, slow paced, serious show this series seems to be going in.

    Not sure if that's the direction or the acting but man are the characters stiff. When two characters engage in dialog I can only see NPCs or two AIs talking to eachother. It just feels robotic,    What a letdown, I have a feeling the writers forgot what Star Wars is. Fun, decently paced, emotional at times. Not a brooding, slow paced, serious show this series seems to be going in.

    Not sure if that's the direction or the acting but man are the characters stiff. When two characters engage in dialog I can only see NPCs or two AIs talking to eachother. It just feels robotic, literally just not how people talk and engage in dialogue. Cudos to Peter Jacobson, he made the scene he's in feel normal.    … Expand
  17. chikiponmex
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    Dear oh dear. I had high hopes for this one after the terrible Obi Wan, Boba Fett and season 3 of the Mandalorian. I am not overly familiar with the Ahsoka character but I am a fan of Rosario Dawson and found her performance as the character compelling in the Mandalorian. Sadly this show is let down by the amateurish script. The opening will the sith boarding the ship is ridiculous. TheDear oh dear. I had high hopes for this one after the terrible Obi Wan, Boba Fett and season 3 of the Mandalorian. I am not overly familiar with the Ahsoka character but I am a fan of Rosario Dawson and found her performance as the character compelling in the Mandalorian. Sadly this show is let down by the amateurish script. The opening will the sith boarding the ship is ridiculous. The captain suspects they aren't who they say they are yet he let's them board. He they goes to meet them, not knowing how many there will be with just a handful of security one of which has flippers for hands so can't even use his weapon. No surprise then he dies. And why in these new Star Wars do they have people or bases which are hidden in a secret location yet they then create a map telling you how to find them/it and leave the map lying around in some old temple for anyone to find?
    Then we have Sabine. Am I the only one who knew she would take the map? I don't even know the character but it was obvious she wasn't going to do as she was told.
    And when she fought the sith girl why did the sith not just kill her. Clearly she could have. Why waste time playing with her and then leave her alive. When she stabbed her why not cut her in 2.
    Absolute drivel. I will watch the rest in the hopes it will improve but I am sceptical, Obi Wan, Boba Fett and the Mandalorian just got worse as they went along. But at least this show has plenty of female empowerment in it to keep us all happy..    … Expand
  18. BoltarCavanaugh
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    I am so done with woke disney stuff. All relevant roles are females and the few left in the galaxy are either dumb as hell or evil.

    Grand Admiral Yawn included.
  19. Ahlgren
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    Hahaha its a joke of a show, is so bad its funny.
    jokes is on you if you pay for this.....
    Search for Disparu on YouTube, perfect review of this 10/10
  20. Psitivebomthis1
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    Utterly plagiaristic and pathetic.
    The opening was stolen from the Darth Vader scene at the end of "Rogue One".
    The one-way elevator idea was directly ripped off from 2003's "Underworld". The Witch Temple scene was hijacked from the finale of “The Fifth Element” {but without Chris Tucker, so not a complete fail.} Just like “The Force Awakens”, someone who does NOT want to be found has    Utterly plagiaristic and pathetic.
    The opening was stolen from the Darth Vader scene at the end of "Rogue One".
    The one-way elevator idea was directly ripped off from 2003's "Underworld".
    The Witch Temple scene was hijacked from the finale of “The Fifth Element” {but without Chris Tucker, so not a complete fail.}
    Just like “The Force Awakens”, someone who does NOT want to be found has left a convenient map to help find them.
    That’s all in just the first twelve minutes.
    I could go on, but why watch this when you could {re}watch MUCH better ORIGINAL films and shows?
    Disney’s writers and producers are thieving hacks that fumble a story that could be better authored by a brain-damaged weasel.
    Like “Rings of Power”, it’s only enjoyable use is as a pretty screen saver to help you fall asleep.
    Lifeless, hugely disappointing and boring, just like Bobba Fett, Obi-wan and Season Three of Mando.
    Disney is continuing to roger the rapidly cooling corpse of my fond Star Wars memories.    … Expand
  21. mickrussom
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    this show was stupid. plot holes. idiotic. boring. long silences. idiotic sword fights. crap physicality. crap cgi. stupid motives. bad dialogue. pointless. nobody wants to watch women pretending to be men. cartoonish. sucks. nothing a normal person can enjoy intellectually and nothing hot to look at. garabge.
  22. Weidenwiesel
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    This show is basically three diverse female wannabe jedi girlbosses with multicolored hair against evil white males. If that isn't red flag enough for you, I dont know what else to tell you. It's garbage, plain and simple.
  23. ou812
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    Soooooo........ 10 min into episode one and OMFG this looks like crap.....dunno who is in charge of the sets and filming but this does not look good or "authentic" at all. Looks super fake and is visually sucky.

    Did Disney run out of budget for this or wtf? Jokes on me for expecting some Mandalorian type quality I guess.....very disappointing! Mandalorian cinematography =    Soooooo........ 10 min into episode one and OMFG this looks like crap.....dunno who is in charge of the sets and filming but this does not look good or "authentic" at all. Looks super fake and is visually sucky.

    Did Disney run out of budget for this or wtf?

    Jokes on me for expecting some Mandalorian type quality I guess.....very disappointing!

    Mandalorian cinematography = excellent aka This is the Way

    Ashoka cinematography = trash This is Not the Way.

    Looks fake AF, everything is too clean and it doesn't translate well to the screen, everything looks too antiseptic...even Ashoka's lekku (the head tails) look fake and cheap. What I heard in the first episode was also bad cheesy and wooden dialog too.

    How they went from looking great like in The Mandalorian to this cheap looking, amateur hour stuff is really sad, Ashoka deserved better.

    SMH what is going on at Disney......Awful cinematography!    … Expand
  24. SoManySaltySJW2
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    Sigh, I like the original Star Wars movies, I’d say a lot and Mandalorian ok but I am not a super fan (I’m a Trekkie). My fiancé on the other hand.. well when we met, first thing I noticed is a star wars tattoo arm sleeve. He is a huge fan. He was waiting on Ahsoka for a while and was very excited before the premier. When we started to watch it.. oh boy, to me it was so boring, cliche, soSigh, I like the original Star Wars movies, I’d say a lot and Mandalorian ok but I am not a super fan (I’m a Trekkie). My fiancé on the other hand.. well when we met, first thing I noticed is a star wars tattoo arm sleeve. He is a huge fan. He was waiting on Ahsoka for a while and was very excited before the premier. When we started to watch it.. oh boy, to me it was so boring, cliche, so much cgi, with some pouty bratty orange hair teenager running around, but I kept it to myself not to break his excitement. Towards the end I fell asleep and when I woke up, he was turning Disney plus off. I asked him “aren’t you going to watch part 2”, to which he replied he had no interest in continuing to watch it. My poor guy looked so sad. So one star to this show not only because I didn’t care for it at all but for disappointing my baby too … Expand
  25. snorkiss
    Aug 23, 2023
    1
    Disney hates you. It hates your fond memories of a simpler and happier time free of modern day politics. It hates authentic and realistic casting. It hates making new and original entertainment, and it'll no doubt hate the low score I'm giving this god-awful feminist Star Wars tv show - 1 star
  26. Quixomatic
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    Woke, dumpster fire of a show. Do yourself a favor and cancel your disney+ subscription. We need to put this company in the ground for ruining every good thing from our childhoods.
  27. metacritiqueur
    Aug 25, 2023
    1
    Une daube féministes sans âme. C'est d'un chiant, mais d'un chiant ma bonne dame. Les actrices ont un jeu d'acteur réduit à quelques mimiques et postures, prennent la pose devant tous ces fonds verts dégueulasses en 4K. Le scenar nous propose encore un MacGuffin fadasse et nous tease l'arrivée d'un méchant qu'on ne verra surement que dans le dernier épisode. Hey les têtes pensantee,Une daube féministes sans âme. C'est d'un chiant, mais d'un chiant ma bonne dame. Les actrices ont un jeu d'acteur réduit à quelques mimiques et postures, prennent la pose devant tous ces fonds verts dégueulasses en 4K. Le scenar nous propose encore un MacGuffin fadasse et nous tease l'arrivée d'un méchant qu'on ne verra surement que dans le dernier épisode. Hey les têtes pensantee, arrêtez votre grève et retournez bosser, vous ne méritez pas votre salaire lorsque vous nous pondez des bouses pareilles.… Expand
  28. PokeFred2424
    Aug 27, 2023
    1
    When episode 1 started it was interesting but then it became boring and both me and my mum stopped watching before we finished episode 1 after seeing the reviews on here, what a snooze fest...
  29. kingkay
    Aug 27, 2023
    3
    My list of shortcomings I found within Ahsoka contain things like poor performances, stale camerawork, uncomfortably slow pacing, bad dialogue, ugly as f*** alien cat abominations, unmissable cgi backgrounds and many more. These things are just obvious and noticable on the surface but they find themselves under a bad direction and overall insufficient budget. The responsible people thoughtMy list of shortcomings I found within Ahsoka contain things like poor performances, stale camerawork, uncomfortably slow pacing, bad dialogue, ugly as f*** alien cat abominations, unmissable cgi backgrounds and many more. These things are just obvious and noticable on the surface but they find themselves under a bad direction and overall insufficient budget. The responsible people thought that the state in which this series is good enough as it is and gave it a greenlight, so what else is there to say other than, that Ahsoka is not treated as a piece of art and entertainment but rather as a product, to fulfill checkmarks.… Expand
  30. OlivierPiel
    Aug 23, 2023
    3
    we start this story by fake Jedi warriors ridiculesly mowing down a ship crew like chainsaw through butter and Asohka retrieving a dragonball, i mean a map, that was revealed to her after she captured a renegade Imperial. So, instead of showing us the capture and interrogation, maybe the psychological tension and the motives of our protagonists, we have to sit through 5 minutes devoid ofwe start this story by fake Jedi warriors ridiculesly mowing down a ship crew like chainsaw through butter and Asohka retrieving a dragonball, i mean a map, that was revealed to her after she captured a renegade Imperial. So, instead of showing us the capture and interrogation, maybe the psychological tension and the motives of our protagonists, we have to sit through 5 minutes devoid of any suspense. The rest is just like that. Pointless dialogues and exposition. REJOICE PLEBS! DISNEY IS HERE!… Expand
  31. busiek
    Aug 24, 2023
    3
    After 2 episodes: Welcome in the world of Disney's Star Wars where stabbing with lightsaber means nothing, at most there will be a scar, it looks like in true Star Wars there were many weaklings who stupidly died... I didn't watch SW: Rebels", I don't remember "SW: Clone Wars" so nothing connects me to these characters, don't even know them, and most of them are annoying (Sabine - spoiledAfter 2 episodes: Welcome in the world of Disney's Star Wars where stabbing with lightsaber means nothing, at most there will be a scar, it looks like in true Star Wars there were many weaklings who stupidly died... I didn't watch SW: Rebels", I don't remember "SW: Clone Wars" so nothing connects me to these characters, don't even know them, and most of them are annoying (Sabine - spoiled kid in an adult body), story is pretty generic (uuuu, another mysterious map!), more survivors of 'Order 66', generic villains, pacing problems, lots of fillers, lots of bizarre staring at something or into the distance (or slow walking, or... you know what I mean), lazy scene creation (for example: different shadows in one scene), writing is mediocre, sometimes dialogs are cringeworthy, lots of ridiculous scenes - so I got TERRIBLY BORED...Even fight scenes are mostly nonsensical, with bad choreography... And music: da.n, this music is so bad, so anticlimactic! Series better than "BoBF" and "Obi-Wan Kenobi" - probably. Anyway this is end of watching, waste of time. BTW: I always thought that the destruction of canon started with introduction of Ahsoka character, now we got apprentice of Ahsoka Tano... Are you kidding me?… Expand
  32. badghost
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    Did not think it could get worse from Kenobi and Mando season 3 but here we are, you go girls
  33. AntiCringmovies
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    If you want to watch a serious toned Mean Girls space Sci Fi, this is it. Bratty eye rolling and awkward sissy fighting minus the humor rolled up in.
    With Star Wars, we viewers went from watching courage saving the main characters lives, to a cat like creature to make younger audiences somehow relate more. We watched engaging plotlines turn into hundreds of choppy cut scenes slapped    If you want to watch a serious toned Mean Girls space Sci Fi, this is it. Bratty eye rolling and awkward sissy fighting minus the humor rolled up in.
    With Star Wars, we viewers went from watching courage saving the main characters lives, to a cat like creature to make younger audiences somehow relate more. We watched engaging plotlines turn into hundreds of choppy cut scenes slapped together to make an annoyingly random storyline. Nothing more to expect from this show.
    Sabina Wren was so edgy and cringe it hurt. I'm shocked in the quality difference between this and Boba Fett.
    Disney doesn't realize that when you have an all female lead, it doesn't make women want to watch Star Wars more AND it pushes men away from the show due to women not making intimidating or relatable characters for men. However in their hollywood board rooms fresh out of 'diversity university', they think making the same mistake as 7-9 will pan out in the end. They're betting all their imperial credits on it.
    Nothing about the first two episodes were engaging, or make you want to wait for the next episode.    … Expand
  34. Drjones101101
    Aug 25, 2023
    0
    EXTREMELY cringe acting, the female fight scenes are lame. All the commanders are female. This is ruining star wars franchise. I was excited waiting to see this, only to be let down
  35. Madremia
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    I feel as though the story was just thrown together. I don't understand why they are trying so hard for Sabine to become a Jedi. So far the show seems more like a sci fi mean girls. The plot is lacking and what really did it was the lightsaber strike to the chest. The next day she is sitting up and acting like nothing happened? Come on now, it just takes the effect away from the Saber. II feel as though the story was just thrown together. I don't understand why they are trying so hard for Sabine to become a Jedi. So far the show seems more like a sci fi mean girls. The plot is lacking and what really did it was the lightsaber strike to the chest. The next day she is sitting up and acting like nothing happened? Come on now, it just takes the effect away from the Saber. I really had high hopes for this show but so far its lacking a lot.… Expand
  36. ZimSan
    Aug 26, 2023
    1
    I clapped when I saw the thing from the thing I know! Star Wars sure has lightsabers again!

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. ABC News
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    Aug 25, 2023
    80
    Even lightsaber duels can’t match the fierce glow of Rosario Dawson as the ex-Jedi knight with the funky headgear who leads her sisterhood—glory to Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Natasha Liu Bordizzo—In battle against the Empire’s fading patriarchy. Now that’s worth celebrating.
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  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Sam Barsanti
    Aug 23, 2023
    55
    Unless you’re immensely invested in the relationships between Ahsoka, Sabine, and Hera, or the search for Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn and young Jedi Ezra Bridger, or a forgettable villain who was in one episode of The Mandalorian years ago, then there’s really nothing here to connect to. That could change, and I think that’s why Disney wisely decided to release two episodes at once, but as it stands the villains are boring and the heroes are all way too insistent on being stubbornly stoic about everything—which is also boring! [The score is the average of the grades for the first two episodes.]
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  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Jack Seale
    Aug 23, 2023
    40
    In a show where, when a scene needs to establish a thing, the characters often stand there directly, drily discussing that thing – “show don’t tell” being another writing rule that hasn’t survived the trip across the cosmos – Tennant is often left trying to say unfunny lines in a funny voice. Like everything in Ahsoka, he could be so much better if he were allowed to cut loose and entertain us.
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