It's just a bit boring to watch Ahsoka sit around and wait for fate to run its course. To clarify: Trace is similar to Ahsoka's younger, more naive and idealistic self, while Rafa represents a potential future version of Ahsoka, one who eschews the path of the Jedi and looks out only for herself. Trace, beholden to Rafa, ends up getting the two of them out of a jam more often than not, and now Ahsoka has been pulled into their schemes, for better or worse. Trace is a hard-working and talented mechanic who's loyal to older sister Rafa, a devious and cunning crook who's willing to make dangerous deals with increasingly deadly bedfellows if it means earning a quick buck. Right now, they're acting as physical manifestations of the philosophical debate raging within Ahsoka. What part the Martez sisters have yet to play in Ahsoka's story (because it is still Ahsoka's story, even if we have to wait for her to take up agency within it again) remains to be seen. But in the follow-up frame, Ahsoka takes a back seat to pretty much everything as newcomers / sisters Trace and Rafa Martez take over. It was a fine enough introduction to the character for newcomers and a re-introduction of sorts for fans who have been waiting years for the series' return, and it even featured a fun, action-packed sequence to jazz up the proceedings a bit.
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Last week's new episode, which arrived on Disney+, caught viewers up with the former Jedi after she fled the surface city of Coruscant for the dangerous depths of Level 1313. It's a curious choice indeed to feature the return of fan-favorite character Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars only to relegate her to third wheel in what should be her story.