53. "Specifically for troopers this is new. But reanimation isn’t new. " In response to In response to 52
The night sisters did it in The Clone Wars using the same green smoke magic, and they did it in Jedi Fallen Order, and in this show they set it up through Marrok’s death with the green smoke showing that he’d been reanimated (along with the setup of Thrawn telling the Mothers that he’d need them to use their dark magik again.)
People were also predicting that the night troopers were already reanimated - because of the name Thrawn called them and because of the red nightsister cloth on them. I thought it was set up well, and also managed to avert expectation by having them get killed in earlier episodes and seem “normal” until this finale setup showing the Mothers actually casting the spells to reanimate them. I totally get why someone would feel that zombies in Star Wars is laughable though.