History Recap / AhsokaS1E6Chapter6FarFarAway

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Huyang and Ahsoka talk about the three-part series of stories about the history of the galaxy he used to tell younglings in the temple, with Ahsoka directly saying the first part was the best. Sounds a bit like how the movies are made up of three parts and the first part is agreed to be the best, doesn't it? The comparison is even more obvious by how Huyang opens the story with "a long time ago, in a galaxy, far, far away", which is how every ''Star Wars'' movie opens.

* TitleDrop: Huyang starts his story with a phrase that often begins the franchise as a whole.
-->'''Huyang:''' [[ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.]]

* NotQuiteDead: Morgan's party is met by three living Nightsisters on Peridea, confirming that they and the Dathomiri are not quite as extinct as it seemed after the massacre on Dathomir -- in fact, they have an old ancestral home they are thriving on.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Baylan believed Ahsoka dead after her fall at Seatos, and to be fair to him, chucking her off a cliff to be dashed against the rocks would kill most anyone else. Ahsoka's dip into the nether realm of the World Between Worlds and disappearance in the real world implies that, absent her connection to that realm, it probably would have.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Huyang and Ashoka talk about the three-part series of stories about the history of the galaxy he used to tell younglings in the temple, with Ashoka directly saying the first part was the best. Sounds a bit like how the movies are made up of three parts and the first part is agreed to be the best, doesn't it? The comparison is even more obvious by how Huyang opens the story with "a long time ago, in a galaxy, far, far away", which is how every ''Star Wars'' movie opens.

* {{Leitmotif}}: The return of Thrawn also brings with it the return of composer Kevin Kiner's distinct organ theme for the Grand Admiral from ''Rebels''.

Morgan's group arrives at Peridea.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Baylan and Shin, the latter in particular, are rather unnerved when Thrawn orders them to hunt down Sabine and kill her if she finds Ezra, seeing it as a violation (in spirit) of Baylan's deal with her. Shin's obvious dismay is even more palpable knowing that she tried to kill Sabine in the previous episode.

* ItsPersonal: Thrawn seems to have it out for Force-users and Jedi since they were what caused his defeat at Atollon. He isn't happy with how Ahsoka survived despite Baylan's claim she perished, would prefer Ezra and Sabine to be killed if he can't simply strand them on Peridea, and orders that any approaching purrgil be shot down with prejudice. He's also allied with the Great Mothers who hate Jedi with a passion to help him get the edge against any Force-users.

** Subverted with Thrawn, who's still wearing the familiar white Grand Admiral's uniform, albeit with signs of signs of wear and tear from a decade of exile.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Baylan and Shin, the latter in particular, are rather unnerved when Thrawn orders them to hunt down Sabine and kill her if she finds Ezra, seeing it as a violation (in spirit) of Baylan's deal with her.

* NonUniformUniform: Due to their long exile, Thrawn's stormtroopers wear a combination of standard stormtrooper armor and improvised armor cobbled together from whatever they could find. Some stormtroopers -- such as Enoch -- wear what appear to be the parts of statues welded onto their gear.
** Subverted with Thrawn, who's still wearing the familiar white Grand Admiral's uniform. But while the uniform remains basically intact, it's still visibly suffered signs of wear and a tear over the last decade.

* SeenItAll: Huyang lampshades that undergoing hyperspace travel in a Purgill means he really has done everything now.

* MythologyGag: Huyang starts his story with the iconic opening line of the franchise, "[[ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.]]"

* FailedASpotCheck: Amusingly, despite being able to peg [[BadassNormal Sabine]] as a Jedi affiliate the moment they set eyes on her, the Great Mothers don't sense the same from [[FallenHero Baylan]] when he and his Padawan are right in front of them and wearing lightsabers. It's not until Thrawn identifies him as an ex-Jedi that they make the connection, giving him a DeathGlare.

* UncertifiedExpert: Baylan describes Ezra as a "Bokken Jedi" because he was trained out in the wild after the fall of the Temple. When Shin notes she would fall under the same category, Baylan counters that Ezra was trained as a Jedi, while he trained her to be better.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The state of the ''Chimaera'' and its crew. It's been nearly a decade since ''Rebels'' and Thrawn and his flagship getting pulled out of their galaxy and left to fend for themselves against an unknown galaxy and its localized threats. They've had no access to Imperial drydocks to repair battle damage or Imperial military bases to resupply them. Frankly, it's amazing the ship and its crew are in as good shape as they are. It's even more amazing that the ''Chimaera'' hasn't run out of fuel in all that time.
** Thrawn's plan to have Sabine lead Baylan and Shin to Ezra nearly fails because of the one thing a master planner like Thrawn can't control: random happenstance. Sabine's tracking equipment was wrecked by a bandit attack, and it's only by a stroke of luck that she comes across natives who know Ezra and can take her to him.

** The ''Chimaera'' herself has likewise been patched up with local materials to repair the damage caused by the Purrgils and the decade spent in exile in another galaxy.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Upon realizing that Ahsoka is still alive and en route despite Baylan claiming to have killed her, Thrawn notes that Baylan, being a former Jedi, should be considered "flawed", implying that he considers Baylan at fault (possibly suggesting he failed to kill her or even outright spared her). While a reasonable conclusion to draw with the information he has, Thrawn is wrong that Ahsoka's survival is Baylan's fault; he had every reason to think her dead and Ahsoka's method of survival is hardly something anyone could predict.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Baylan and Shin, the latter in particular, are rather unnerved when Thrawn orders them to hunt down Sabine and kill her if she finds Ezra.

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Baylan believed Ahsoka dead after her fall at Seatos, and to be fair to him, chucking her off a cliff to be dashed against the rocks would kill most anyone else. Ahsoka's dip into the nether realm of the World Between Worlds implies it did come close to killing her.
* OhCrap: Thrawn is unnerved to learn that a Jedi is approaching their location.

* FailedASpotCheck: Amusingly, despite being able to peg [[BadassNormal Sabine]] as a Jedi affiliate the moment they set eyes on her, the Great Mothers don't manage to recognize [[FallenHero Baylan]] as a former Jedi when he's right in front of them, wearing a lightsaber on his belt; they give him a DeathGlare when Thrawn identifies him as an ex-Jedi.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While imprisoned on the ''Eye of Sion'', Sabine clearly doubts whether Baylan will live up to his end of their agreement. While she isn't right to question Baylan's word, Sabine ends up with good reason to question [[ExactWords Thrawn's interpretation of the deal]].

* NobleDemon: Baylan straightforwardly intends to honor his deal with Sabine to the best of his ability, even though he doesn't actually have any guarantee that he can. Thrawn is a subversion; he agrees to uphold the deal as well -- returning her armor and weapons, and giving her provisions, a mount, and his last intel on Ezra's potential whereabouts -- but only because he intends to have Baylan and Shin follow her and eliminate them both.

* NoodleIncident: When [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E14FamilyReunionAndFarewellPartII last seen]], Ezra and Thrawn were in very close proximity, both aboard the ''Chimaera''; at some point in the intervening decade, Ezra clearly gave Thrawn the slip, as the Grand Admiral notes that he's not even sure if Ezra's alive. The exact circumstances of how they separated are left unrevealed.

* SignatureItemClue: The first Noti Sabine encounters recognizes her starbird insignia and produces a medallion with one carved out on it, making Sabine realize Ezra left it for her. A couple more exchanges where they can't understand each other but can understand the words "Ezra Bridger", and the Noti take her to him.

* DramaticIrony: Thrawn asks for all the information Elsbeth can provide about Ahsoka, including the identity of her master. Not yet knowing said master's [[Characters/StarWarsAnakinSkywalker identity]], Thrawn is unaware that [[Literature/ThrawnAlliances he's met and worked with Anakin]] under [[Characters/StarWarsDarthVaderAndServant both of his identities]].

* FailedASpotCheck: Amusingly, despite being able to peg [[BadassNormal Sabine]] as a Jedi affiliate the moment they set eyes on her, the Great Mothers don't manage to recognize [[FallenHero Baylan]] as a former Jedi when he's right in front of them, wearing a lightsaber on his belt.

* PetTheDog: Subverted; Thrawn gives Sabine her equipment, provisions, and a mount, plus free reign to seek out Ezra, though he tells her that he doesn't know if Ezra's alive and secretly plans to have Baylan and Shin eliminate them both if she does find him.

* TimePassageBeard: Ezra sports a respectable face of whiskers when Sabine finally catches up to him.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Ahsoka notes she didn't tell Hera that Sabine went with Baylan willingly.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The state of the ''Chimaera'' and its crew. It's been nearly a decade since ''Rebels'' and Thrawn and his flagship getting pulled out of their galaxy and left to fend for themselves against an unknown galaxy and its localized threats. They've had no access to Imperial drydocks to repair battle damage or Imperial military bases to resupply them. Frankly, it's amazing the ship and its crew are in as good shape as they are. It's even more amazing that the ''Chimaera'' hasn't run out of fuel in all that time.