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Written by Colton Ogburn (https://twitter.com/ColtonOgburn)
Hosted by Ryan Arey (http://twitter.com/ryanarey)
Edited by Lee Mazzio, Ethan Lavinsky, and Brianna McLarty

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And with the Ahsoka finale approaching, we need to talk about how it’s all going to end, how it’ll set up Dave Filoni’s new Star Wars movie, and why Ben Solo, Jacen Sendulla, and Din Grogu will be at the center of it all.

So as we discussed in yesterday's video, I think the bulk of the season finale is going to focus on what’s going on with Baylan Skoll. There’s a mysterious force calling to Baylan on Peridea [clip]

A force that is likely tied to the ancient force users called the Zeffo, and the mysterious realm of The World Between Worlds. It's a great video, be sure to check it out.

But then there’s the question of Thrawn, his undead army, and our journey to what will likely be a theatrical adaptation of Heir to the Empire. [clip]

Doug: What’s Heir to the Empire?

Okay so back in the 90’s, a few years after Return of the Jedi came out. There were a lot of great novels that followed the adventures of Luke, Han, Leia and the others after their defeat of the Galactic Empire. And one of the best post-Jedi stories was Heir to the Empire.

This is where we’re introduced to a surviving Grand Admiral of the Galactic Empire called Grand Admiral Thrawn. Thrawn has taken control of the remaining remnants of the Empire and is determined to retake the galaxy.

Luke is now a Jedi Knight and working on rebuilding the Jedi Order, sound familiar? [clip]

Leia and Han are married, expecting a baby, and are very involved in the New Republic.

So when Thrawn arrives, naturally we see Luke, Han, and Leia jump back into action to take on this new threat.

Now it's likely that Ahsoka, Hera, Ezra, and Sabine will be taking that center stage in this theatrical showdown with Thrawn–which makes sense canonically considering they fought and defeated Thrawn prior to A New Hope in Rebels. [clip]

But it’s still kind of weird to think that Luke, Han, and Leia wouldn’t be playing a major role in this fight against Thrawn and a resurrected Empire.

In yesterday's video we discussed that Disney really needs to recast the big three. Luke, Han, and Leia are the heart of Star Wars and it just doesn’t make sense that they wouldn’t be involved in this live action version of Heir to the Empire.

But we may have gotten a hint that Han, Luke, and Leia will be returning in the Heir to the Empire movie. Nira 592 on Twitter pointed out that in this scene from Ahsoka we can see some names displayed on Baylan’s wristband.

Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, R2D2, C3PO, and Ben.
This could be a wink and a nod to fans that these original trilogy heroes will be returning soon to join the fight against Thrawn. And the most interesting name on here has to Ben.

Doug: Yeah what’s that about? Is it like Ben Kenobi?

Actually buddy, I think it’s in reference to Ben Solo, aka, Kylo Ren. During this time Ben would be around 6 years old at the time of the Ahsola series. And we know from the Boba Fett series that Luke has just finished building his Jedi training temple.

So I think that in this Heir to the Empire movie we could see the early days of Ben Solo–and him showing an interest in training with his uncle Luke.

We could also see the son of Hera and Kanan, Jacen Syndulla, begin his training with Luke. [clip]

The Ahsoka series has shown that Jacen has an interest in learning the ways of the Jedi like his father. And we’ve also seen that he already has a strong connection to the force when he was able to sense Ahsoka in the World Between Worlds. [clip]