Star Wars The Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 6 has finally dropped on Disney+!
After exploring the story of the Bad Batch Clone Squad 99 in the last Arc, this episode
continues the Ashoka Alone Arc, taking us through Ahsoka’s life after fleeing the
Jedi order.
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The episode begins with Ahsoka and Trace working on repairing her Nebula class Star Freighter.
Right off the bat, Trace notices that Ahsoka’s skill and general knowledge is much greater
than anyone else that she had seen before on the lower levels of Coruscant.
Trace asks Ahsoka where she learnt these incredible skills, to which Ahsoka replies telling her
she attended the best of the best academy on the surface.
This arouses Trace’s suspicions, leading her to ask Ahsoka for the name of the Academy.
At this point, Ahsoka lets her guard slip, telling Trace that the name of the academy
is Skywalker academy.
The academy that she is talking about, is of course, the Jedi academy, under the apprenticeship
of Anakin Skywalker.
Trace clearly has no knowledge of the Clone Wars hero, Anakin Skywalker, and doesn’t
even bat an eye at the name.
She goes on to tell Ahsoka that she never went to an academy because there are no academies
on the lower levels of Coruscant.
After this conversation, Trace reveals that her sister won the hangar that they operate
out of from underground gambling . She tells Ahsoka that Raffa uses the hangar as a front
for her less than legal schemes.
Following that, Trace begs Ahsoka to stay with her crew after Ahsoka has some doubts
about her new life in the underworld of Coruscant.
Raffa then interrupts, asking Ahsoka if she has any useful skills that will assist in
their operations.
She also reveals that she had paid for a ship and crew to undertake an upcoming mission
for her, angering Trace, who had hoped to be the pilot for any future missions that
her sister would take on.
Raffa further questions Ahsoka, suspecting her of only joining the crew for personal
gain.
She reluctantly accepts Ahsoka into the mission, warning her that she still needs to build
their relationship and trust.
Next, their ship, the Silver Angel takes off accidentally entering a military restricted
zone, before being hailed by a republic cruiser.
The Republic Cruiser reprimands Trace, demanding that she hand over her star pilot's license
immediately.
Ahsoka advises Trace to cease communications with the Republic Ship immediately, and to
continue flying away from their location.
After this we get a huge reveal, Anakin Skywalker, former master of Ahsoka is aboard the Republic
Cruiser.
He demands to know who is on board the ship, after sensing a strong connection to something
within the ship.
This connection is of course, that of his former Padawan, Ahsoka Tano.
This moment is very touching, and further adds emotion to the disconnection between
Ahsoka and Anakin.
The crew then jumps into hyperspace, with Trace clearly displaying her inexperience
in flying the ship.
As the ship is about to exit hyperspace, Raffa reveals that they are travelling towards the
spice and coaxium mines of Kessel.
I absolutely loved this location in the Solo movie so it's incredible to see it animated
with the updated animations of Season 7 of the Clone Wars.
Ahsoka becomes extremely concerned with the true intentions of the mission, questioning
whether or not Raffa knows what she has truly gotten herself into.
When the ship arrives on Kessel, it lands on the opposite hemisphere of the planet to
the spice and coaxium mines.
The planet Kessel is actually perfectly divided into two, with one half dedicated to mining
and manufacturing, with the other side dedicated to agriculture and the growth of spice.
When they touch down on the planet, they are created by a Twi’Lek, who is wearing similar
garments as the one we saw in the last episode.
As the group sit down for a banquet hosted by the King, he confirms that their mission
will involve delivering spice.
Ahsoka notes that there are many purposes for spice, and that not all of them are good.
She also warns Raffa that any ship leaving Kessel is likely to be attacked by pirates
looking to steal the spice aboard their ship.
Ahsoka is very worried about the safety of the ship on such a dangerous mission, attempting
to warn the two sisters about the risks, but to no avail.
Following this, we get a fly over of the mining Hemisphere of the planet, which again is another
awesome callback to Solo.
We also get a deeper look into the slavery going on in the mines of Kessel, further backing
up the horrors we saw in the Solo movie.
The group then successfully load their ship with the spice, and set a course for the homeworld
of the Pyke’s Oba Diah.
Ahsoka again shocks Raffa with her extensive knowledge of the Pyke Crime family, warning
her that you cannot trade with the Pykes without incurring a hidden cost.
And of course we saw that throughout the Clone Wars series and throughout her time as a Jedi.
Ahsoka reiterates how cruel the Pyke’s can be, again warning Trace that her ship will
be stolen and turned into scrap metal should the deal go wrong.
The worried Trace panics, dumping all of the spice into space, never to be seen again.
This shocking decision puts the whole crew in jeopardy as they will no longer be able
to pay their debt to the Pykes, and have also failed to hold up their end of the deal with
the Twi’Leks on Kessel.
Ahsoka devises a plan to escape the grip of the Pyke syndicate, but refuses to share her
plan with the others.
The Pykes then greet the crew on Oba Diah, expecting their shipment of spice.
The Pyke leader reminds Raffa that it would be very unfortunate should she have any trouble
delivering her end of the deal.
He then demands to see the shipment of spice, leaving the group in a dead end position.
Ahsoka surprisingly pulls out a Jedi mind trick, tricking the Pyke leader into handing
over the payment and letting them go without having delivered the spice.
The episode concludes with the crew’s ship being held by a Pyke tractor beam.
The plan has failed and Raffa’s trust in Ahsoka is once again shaken.
Next episode, I do think we’ll see an escape, probably forcing Ahsoka to reveal more of
her Jedi powers and abilities to Trace and Raffa.
I also think there’s a strong possibility that we see more of Anakin in the next episode,
possibly coming to rescue the group and have a small moment of reconnection with Ahsoka.
That would be amazing to see and I really hope Dave Filloni has done that for the next
few episodes.
Overall, a much better episode than last, the pacing and story have really picked up
and will only continue to improve as this arc comes to its conclusion.
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