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The Mandalorian Chapter 13: The Jedi Review

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  ALERT: if spoilers and reverence for the various works of Dave Filoni isn’t your thing, then turn away now. Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano. That's it, that's the caption (source: Lucasfilm) I’ll admit that it was only between the Rebels episodes Twilight of the Apprentice and the recent finale of The Clone Wars that I started to really appreciate Ahsoka Tano. It would be ignorant – reckless, even – to pretend that, in 2008, I was not among the countless viewers that wrote off the brattish then-Padawan in her earliest appearances. Those rainy Saturday nights at the start of autumn over a decade ago do not necessarily equate to some of my favorite Star Wars memories. However, almost singularly due to the nuance and commitment of Dave Filoni, throughout this calendar year in particular, to borrow the modern parlance I am here for Ahsoka Tano. Unlike so many episodes of The Mandalorian and long form television in general, in particularly important instances the temptation is