Star Wars does plenty of issues, however highfalutin literary allusions normally aren’t amongst them. Ahsoka might now be altering that, by together with some reasonably delicate references to a number of the oldest fantasy legends round.
The 2-episode premiere re-introduced us to Diana Lee Inosanto’s Morgan Elsbeth, final seen twirling a Beskar spear in season 2 of The Mandalorian. She seems to be in charge of fallen Jedi mercenaries Baylan and Shin, but additionally has mysterious masked Inquisitor Marrok on the workforce.
College students of mythology may find these names very familiar:
The story of Sir Marrok is of an honorable knight who drove “robbers, witches, warlocks, and wolves” from the land, solely to be ensorceled by Morgan le Fay who transforms Marrok right into a wolf. Even on this type he continues battling evil, finally shattering the talisman that binds him to his lupine type.
Apparently there are extra wolf hyperlinks in Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati. Sköll and Hati are two wolves destined to chase the solar and moon by the sky (and might be acquainted to anybody who’s performed by God of Conflict: Ragnarok).
We’re naturally suspicious of any mysterious masked Pressure consumer and questioning who could be underneath that helmet. Theories vary from Rebels character Kanan Jarrus, Galen Marek, or perhaps a misplaced clone of Luke Skywalker created from his severed hand. Proper now we are able to solely speculate, however we’re positive solutions are coming quickly.
Ahsoka airs Wednesdays on Disney Plus.