I thought she was great from start to finish. As soon as I saw those white light sabers and her moving forward I literally yelled out in joy lol. I thought she did an amazing job portraying Ahsoka in this time line.
This isn't the Ahsoka from Clone Wars, it isn't even the same one from Rebels, this is all post Rebels (besides the end of Rebels which CC pointed out already). But it definitely still felt like Ahsoka. They had a strong stoic serious tone punctuated by the playfulness and smile of our Clone Wars Ahsoka.
I also thought the fight scenes were as good as we are going to get for live action without mixing in CGI. And I would rather just keep it live action and have less dramatic flips.
There was one moment where my heart just about ripped in half, when he was asking her to take Grogu and she hesitated, the scene from Clone Wars where she says "When you find people who need your help, you help them, no matter what." I thought in my head you have to help him, this is who you are, if they changed her for this show I will riot. But then she comes through with her own way of helping... while helping free a village on her other quest. I didn't expect Grogu to hop in her side pouch and for the show to just end obviously, I knew he had to be involved with Mando, but I was really happy with the way they handled it.
It was also really interesting to learn that Grogu was trained at the temple, and now it makes sense how he was able to wield his innate connection to the force in previous episodes. I always expected, but obviously it wasn't confirmed.
Now the big bomb, the bomb that literally had me yelling 'WHAT!!! WHAT!!!!' at my TV. I just was not expecting that AT ALL. Thrawn. Dun dun dun!!! He's back!
I fully believe that this event transpired before she shows up at the end of Rebels, part of the reason is that she is still wearing the cloak of Ahsoka the Grey. She is not Gand-- err Ahsoka the White yet
If they can link this events up into their own spin off animated/real life show I will just be tickled pink.
Filoni nailed it. Dawson nailed it. Grogu nailed it. Great episode. One of my favourites for sure. And I truly believe I would think that even if I wasn't an Ahsoka fanboi.
But I do believe people without previous knowledge of Ahsoka are definitely not going to get the same weight.. but that was to be expected. Perhaps this sends them reeling backwards into the archives of SW lore, further popularizing Rebels/CW (if possible) and adding fuel to the fire of extended work on these story lines and characters.