That Ahsoka lightsaber battle is a major milestone for Star Wars

The episode 1 showdown is a big deal

Ahsoka
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Warning: The following contains spoilers for Ahsoka! Turn back now if you're not up to date! 

Ahsoka episode 1 sees new villain Shin Hati and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Sabine Wren go head to head in a vicious lightsaber battle. It's been a while since Sabine was trained by 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ahsoka Tano, and she's n꧟ot actually Force-sensitive, meaning Shin gets the bet༒ter of the Mandalorian and stabs her through the stomach. Luckily, Sabine survives thanks to Ahsoka arriving in time to get her medical help. 

While the battle is pretty epic on its own, one fact makes it evenಌ better. This is actually the first time in live-action Star Wars that two women have had a lightsaber battle. 

It's a major milestone for the saga that comes in a show that's putting its female characters first – as our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ahsoka review points out: "Ahsoka represents a groundbreaking moment for the women of Star Wars. This is a franchise that has always had strong female characters at its heart, but t🍬hey've never been given the space to lead a story as completely as this. As I'm sure is the case for many❀ other lifelong fans of the galaxy far, far away, it's especially moving to witness this with characters that are so fully fleshed out, flawed, and fierce."

We also saw Ahsoka duel 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Morgan Elsbeth in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian season 2, episode 5 – though, crucially, Morgan was armed with a beskar spear rather than a lightsaber of her own. 

The villains of Ahsoka are shaping up to be very interesting indeed. Thanks to an 澳洲幸运5开奖号码🍷历史查询:omi🍸nous connection to Norse mythology, Shin Hati and Baylan Skoll could turn out to be even more sinister villains than they already appear. Plus, the mysterious 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Inquisitor Marrok is spurring plenty of theories about his true identity, from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ezra Bridger to Starkill෴er (thanks to a key voice act⛎or listed in the credits). What's more, we know that Morgan Elsbeth is a descendant of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nightsisters of Dathomir. 

Ahsoka is currently releasing weekly on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Disney Plus. For much more on the show, check ☂out our deep dives on: 

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