Warning: The below contains major spoilers for Ahsoka Episode 8, which is now streaming on Disney+.
The final episode of Ahsoka featured several callbacks to The Clone Wars and Rebels, which fans have praised online, acknowledging that it is "amazing" to see such Easter eggs in a live-action Star Wars series.
Episode 8 of Ahsoka, "The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord", proved to be an action-packed 49 minutes, leaving the audience with plenty to unpack and discuss after its emotional final scenes played out. Some of the biggest talking points stemmed from The Clone Wars and Rebels references littered throughout the finale.
One particularly significant moment sees Morgan Elsbeth receiving the "Blade of Talzin" as a gift from the Nightsisters of Dathomir during her initiation into the coven. The weapon's name is a callback to Mother Talzin, who wielded the almighty sword in a duel against Mace Windu during the animated Clone Wars series.
Several tribes of Nightsisters once existed on Dathomir, though during the Clone Wars, a powerful matriarch known as Mother Talzin unified these factions and their members, including Asajj Ventress, who got a mention in Episode 7 of Ahsoka. Still, fans were surprised to hear the reference and see the blade in live-action.
Sorry but the Blade of Talzin left me gagging. Dave Filoni ??❤️ Amazing callback.#StarWars #Ahsoka #MorganElsbeth pic.twitter.com/Jqzxw0Q2EK
— MediaVerse: Comics Unwrapped (@MediaverseCU) October 4, 2023
#Ahsoka was absolutely fantastic, with some amazing callbacks to clone wars and rebels pic.twitter.com/bNBIJxCks9
— David Leavitt ???♂️? (@David_Leavitt) October 4, 2023
THE BLADE OF TALZIN?! #AHSOKA pic.twitter.com/y7d5CowdIN
— ?Taker6233? (@taker6233) October 4, 2023
Seeing Talzin’s sword in live action was FIRE#Ahsokapic.twitter.com/GH8QjqiKSM
— BLURAYANGEL ? (@blurayangel) October 4, 2023
Ahsoka has featured a few notable cameos, including fleeting moments from C-3PO and Captain Rex, but the series didn't end without dropping in another totally unexpected Clone Wars and Rebels character. Towards the end of the episode, a mysterious white bird appears: most likely Morai, a convor who debuted in Rebels.
Fans quickly identified Ahsoka's feathered friend as Morai because she is prone to showing up for key moments in her story. Morai has appeared in several Clone Wars and Rebels episodes and is likely the same bird that showed up in the second season of The Mandalorian, so people were elated to see her again.
Clone Wars and Rebels fans seeing Morai in the #Ahsoka finale pic.twitter.com/txsaSEgHR9
— BLURAYANGEL ? (@blurayangel) October 4, 2023
Birdy Morai be the cutest little teaser for the future #AhsokaSpoilers #Ahsoka #morai pic.twitter.com/rGrzjhh3Vs
— Emily ? (@Emilym6280) October 4, 2023
Morai live action just made the Ahsoka Finale top tier boys The Mother always has Ahsoka's back #Ahsoka #TanoTuesday #Ezra #Sabine #Thrawn pic.twitter.com/yJFe7vr1BL
— Thrawn Sage (@Dripmarvelshort) October 4, 2023
#ahsoka spoilers
— lizzie (@lizbedumb) October 4, 2023
im amazed at how happy it made me to see morai again, ahsoka really is on the right path pic.twitter.com/AondFD5nJf
Morai is a female convor known to have spiritual ties to the Force wielders of Mortis, particularly the Daughter, one of three Force gods introduced in The Clone Wars. Near the end of Ahsoka's final episode, Baylan Skoll appears to be standing atop stony statues resembling the Mortis Gods: the Father, the Son, and the Daughter.
Viewers were keen to see where Baylan would end up after parting ways with his apprentice, Shin Hati, and we now know that the Mortis God statues were his final destination. Here, the Son represents the dark side of the Force, the Daughter resembles the light side of the Force, while the Father acts as a balance between the two.
filoni before ahsoka premiered: oh yeah you can totally watch ahsoka if you haven’t seen clone wars!
— zeek ? (@superboysbestie) October 4, 2023
filoni in the ahsoka finale: so here are the fucking mortis gods pic.twitter.com/Cuy1eevYdI
The Mortis Gods in Ahsoka! ✨#Ahsoka #MortisGods pic.twitter.com/21e7PdJYgQ
— RaFe ? (@RaFe_Tano) October 4, 2023
Anakin Skywalker taming the light (the daughter) and dark side (the son) Mortis Gods in Clone Wars!
— BLURAYANGEL ? (@blurayangel) October 4, 2023
It seems like he’s the father (balance) Mortis God now in #Ahsokapic.twitter.com/5Ee3pxaPkw
DEFINITELY THE MORTIS GODS! ?
— Nathan Messer (@N8Mess) October 4, 2023
Baylan is being called, Ahsoka mentions her and Sabine are where they’re meant to be, all while Anakin is there watching over them!
ALL ROADS LEAD TO MORTIS ?️#Ahsoka #Anakin #Sabine #Baylan #AhsokaTano #Thrawn pic.twitter.com/nGySYBLxwd
The season finale of Ahsoka certainly left viewers with a lot to think about and will no doubt keep discussions going for a while. IGN's review of Ahsoka Episode 8 praised the show for an "excellent conclusion" that managed to "complete satisfying arcs for all its characters while still setting up a big cliffhanger".
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
