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I thought the lightsaber combat in this one was much better, too. I know that's been a complaint.

Ahsoka is probably as hard to port to live-action as Yoda would be. You watch her lightsaber combat in the Rebels or Clone Wars cartoons, and it's a whole other level beyond what they're able to show in live action.

If you watch the lightsaber combat between Ashoka and Anakin in the Clone Wars temple fight, especially, and you see her doing things athletically that you just can't make a real person do without a Matrix-style approach to combat, and that is costly in time and money.

Spoiler!

Seeing the ties to Mortis in this last episode (the statues of the Father and the Son), I have a new theory.

1. Anakin, in death, has taken the role of the Father as a Force Ghost. The first step in him fulfilling the prophecy of The Chosen One who brings balance to the Force.
2. There will be conflict between Ahsoka and Baylan as he tries to usurp Anakin's role as The Father. She will stop Baylan and die in the effort, but she will take up the role of The Daughter in her death (while also using the "ways between" to send Sabine back to the known galaxy)

Do you see where I'm going with this? What's next?

So, the role of the son? Who fills that. It's obvious, right? Anakin's de facto daughter is serving as The Daughter in the Mortis triad.

See it yet?

3. The role of the son won't be filled until 34 ABY, when Luke Skywalker dies during the events of The Last Jedi.

But wait! The Son was the emboidment of the Dark, the Daughter the embodiment of the Light, and the Father the balance between the two. How does this work? Luke wasn't a Sith or Dark Side user!

That's where I think the balance angle pays off. How do you ensure balance in the Force Trinity? By having all three roles filled with beings who have experienced the Light and the Dark and found balance internally between them.