Getting Sabine back into fighting form with a lightsaber, Ahsoka takes over from Huyang (David Tennant) to try the practice style known as "Zatochi". Giving Sabine a masked helmet to block her physical sight, the training technique is a callback to Luke Skywalker's initial training from Obi-Wan Kenobi as seen in A New Hope. This is a very cool reveal, giving the technique its official name as used by the Jedi Order. Likewise, the new name appears to be derived from Zatoichi, a blind masseur and swordsman of Japan's Edo period created by novelist Kan Shimozawa. The fictional fighter also became the leading character of 26 Japanese films between 1962-1989. As such, the name continues Star Wars' classic influences from Japanese culture such as the films by Akira Kurosawa and the way of the samurai. Appearing before a New Republic Senatorial Committee to requisition a task force to help Ahsoka and Sabine, Hera's proposal was declined with the belief that not enough evidence was present for an Imperial resurgence, nor Thrawn's return. Likewise, it was also suggested that Hera simply wanted more resources to help in her ongoing quest to find Ezra Bridger, long thought to have died along with Thrawn as seen in Star Wars Rebels' series finale. While Chancellor Mon Mothma (Genevieve O'Reilly) was sympathetic, Hera's primary opposition came from Senator Xiono (a returning character from Star Wars Resistance).

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