Incredible. So much happened in this episode I’m gonna have to watch it again just to process. Also the wait from one week to the next for the following episode is TOUGH.

But wow…Ezra was representing in this episode. We got 3PO! Loved the hologram recording of Anakin training Ahsoka. Mon Mothma is looking a bit too young since they didn’t age her up at all from Andor, and we know how the original actress looked in ROTJ which is before this in the timeline. Thrawn looked shook for a bit when he head Ahsoka was trained by Anakin. (By the way, he knows that Vader was Anakin.) Rosario is killing this as Ahsoka. I hope she gets credit for clearly showing the character development from being stoic and fearful of the worse to Ahsoka the White and being optimistic, playful like young Clone Wars Ahsoka, etc.

So many questions going into the finale. What is Baylan up to out here? Is Shin going to try to go back to him? What is Ezra going to think about Sabine undoing his sacrifice by giving Thrawn a way to return home? How will the heroes get home with no Star whales and no hyperspace ring?

Okay wild speculation going into the finale, just off the top of my head after watching this episode. I think Thrawn and the mothers will all make the hyperspace jump back to the main galaxy at the beginning of the finale, leaving the heroes along with Baylan and Shin in Peridea. I think Baylan is trying to get to some power like the World Between Worlds with a goal of going back to reset the timeline. I think Ahsoka and the crew will also find the World Between Worlds, and use that to get home. Maybe there’s some kind of conflict between them all in the WBW. Back in the main galaxy I think Thrawn will end the season with some kind of huge victory - showing what a large threat he is along with proving to the New Republic that he’s back. Maybe he manages to destroy those three Capital ships that were sent after Hera (although I’d guess those ships took here back to Coruscant for that hearing.) Whatever it is I think the season ends on a win for Thrawn which is allowing this to build up towards Filoni’s Mandoverse movie.

Speaking of the Mandoverse, we got an indication from Carson Teva in this episode on the timeline, confirming that this season is happening concurrently with Mando season 3. (He arrived at the hearing after he was in that season trying to get the NR to act on Moff Gideon.)