The latest "Star Wars" series on Disney+ seeks new life in classic formulas.
The first episode of "Ahsoka," Disney+'s new "Star Wars" mini-series, is titled "Master and Apprentice," of course.
Obi-Wan and Luke, Yoda and Luke, Obi-Wan and Anakin, Anakin and Ahsoka, the Mandalorian, and the floating baby are all characters in the Star Wars universe.
"Star Wars" has a single story and will stick to it. "Ahsoka," two of the eight episodes of which were available for review (they premiered on Tuesday night).
stays loyal to the time-honored narrative of acrimonious mentorship and surrogate parenthood.
It pits two master-apprentice pairs against each other, the lapsed Jedi Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) and her young Mandalorian protégé.
Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), on the good side, and the former Jedi Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson) and his grim sidekick, Shin Hati (Ivanna Sakhno), on the bad.
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