What we learned in Ahsoka, Episode 3: Space whales? Hera's son?

Y’all. The purrgil are back.

Episode 3 of Ahsoka – the latest live-action Star Wars show on Disney+ – featured a callback to Luke and Obi-Wan’s training aboard the Millenium Falcon in A New Hope, a good old fashion spaceship battle, politicians politicking, and SPACE WHALES.

Just like Episode 2, Steph Green was in the director’s chair for this one, with showrunner Dave Filoni picking up writing and producing credits. Green’s past work includes directing episodes of The Americans, Luke Cage, Scandal, The Book of Boba Fett, and The Deuce.

A quick recap: The episode begins with Sabine attempting to shake off the rust to pick her Jedi training back up, but it is apparent – to the viewers and Huyang – that there is just something missing. Meanwhile, as Ahsoka, Sabine and Huyang hurdle through hyperspace, Hera clashes with political leaders. She presents a hypothesis that none of them want to hear, that Thrawn is potentially alive, and his return could unite scattered Imperial remnants and loyalists to the Empire. While Mon Mothma – excuse me, Chancellor Mon Mothma – takes her seriously, the other senators simply don’t want to engage with this possibility, and so, they forbid Hera from creating a task force to investigate further. After a space battle with Morgan Elsbeth and co., in which Ahsoka sports a space suit and slices off the wing of a starfighter, she and Sabine cruise down to Seatos with some SPACE WHALES (more on those in a bit) before taking refuge in a forest area. Baylan Skoll senses their presence and the hunt is on.

While the third episode of Ahsoka didn’t contain as many easter eggs as the first two, or as many things that needed explanation, it was a compelling piece of Star Wars television that revealed a few details about where this series is headed.

Let’s break down what we learned.

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