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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  1. Positive: 62 out of 147
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 147
  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. Bemehoth87
    Aug 23, 2023
    5
    La temporada 3 del mandaloriano bajo mucho el listón de Star wars, no se siente fresco se siente como las películas de superhéroes se siente que star wars está atascado y se le acaban las ideas a Dave filoni
  11. Kai82
    Sep 2, 2023
    4
    This wont save Star Wars. It is nothing special, wasted the great Rebels characters and the plot collapses when you start thinking about it. After the weak and disappointing Mandalorian season 3 this was the last hope for the Star Wars fans and Disney. Even more the Rebels characters and Thrawn return. Sadly the hype and hopes were crushed really fast. My favorite characters are barelyThis wont save Star Wars. It is nothing special, wasted the great Rebels characters and the plot collapses when you start thinking about it. After the weak and disappointing Mandalorian season 3 this was the last hope for the Star Wars fans and Disney. Even more the Rebels characters and Thrawn return. Sadly the hype and hopes were crushed really fast. My favorite characters are barely recognizable. Sabine Wren is completely different and what happen with Ahsoka is beyond my understanding. I recommend Rebels instead where the whole cast won me over and I deeply cared for them. They had their arcs, character grow, great chemistry and challenges. Then there is the story. Like I said it collapses really fast. For examples with a “Slight spoiler warning”: There is a valuable MacGuffin that is collected in episode 1. Now think about the last emergency action. If succeed this would destroy it and everything ended here and now. Also the explosion is really strong for such a small frame. Use whatever this is for ship to ship combat. A small vessel should take down a Star Destroyer with ease. Then the puzzle that only Sabine could solve is child play. I could solve it in minutes by just try and error. Deadly lightsaber wounds are just small bruises now. Lastly a lot of people are incompetent. The captain of the prison ship, the villains for their carelessness with droids and the leadership of the republic for ignoring serious threads. Especially Mon Mothma is degraded here to powerless leader. She was the leader of the rebellion that took down the Empire and now she fears to make the correct decisions just to please people that are ignorant. I will say again that I don't blame the actors for a bad script. Eve a great actor can not save a bad movie or show. Overall this is not garbage but feels painfully generic. They wasted an opportunity, great characters and fall back to tropes we don't like. I quit after episode3 were nothing happened that pushed the story forward. Give a 4/10 even if its is better than Book of Boba Fett and Obi Wan. It is fatigue for bad stories. Star Wars is now dead and there is just apathy from the fans. Great job Disney for destroying the “Money printing franchise” Star Wars was.… Expand
  12. jyphel
    Aug 29, 2023
    5
    Poor art direction, poor production value, convoluted story and dramaturgy, pacing too slow and long, characters psykos and attitude are completely different from Rebels, one more time the source material is not respected so in total, a mediocre serie.
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. 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
  20. Papabaer76
    Aug 24, 2023
    4
    Well, it is better than Kenobi or Book of Boba but still bad. Dumb dialogues, dumb and unlikable characters and it's just booooring.
  21. 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
  22. 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.
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. wookiebisquits
    Aug 23, 2023
    5
    While the cast is solid, the writing is mediocre at best, with awful dialogue. Just a small example: "Sometimes even the right reasons have the wrong consequences," says Ahsoka, as though speaking some deep Zen truth. Does that even make sense? How can a consequence be wrong?
  26. muslhed
    Aug 24, 2023
    4
    I purposely made an account for this review. As with every other Disney Star Wars movie or show, with the exception of the Mandalorian, it's main characters are strong female leads and most men are either a villain or a dumbass. The first 2 episodes were meh. Nothing special other than the music score, special effects and art design. These are all exceptional. But its just boring and blandI purposely made an account for this review. As with every other Disney Star Wars movie or show, with the exception of the Mandalorian, it's main characters are strong female leads and most men are either a villain or a dumbass. The first 2 episodes were meh. Nothing special other than the music score, special effects and art design. These are all exceptional. But its just boring and bland entertainment.

    I can under stand making a couple of these types of movies. But Star Wars was always a "guy thing". Probably 85% of fans were guys. So one would think Disney would target their main audience, but nooooo. Disney basically said eff you guys, you guys are going to pay to see it anyway, so we are going to target females, minorities, and the Alphabet people. Why cant movies just be good entertainment like they used to be without trying to push their politics down everyone's throat. I think people are starting to push back and are tired of this crap in movies, entertainment, and products we consume. Look at Disney, Bud Light and Target stocks. They are falling fast. It about time people are pushing back.    … Expand
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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
  30. 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
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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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