With a franchise as huge as Star Wars that has a large catalog of beloved characters, not even probably the most recognizable ones have a narrative fairly like Ahsoka Tano.
It’s exhausting to imagine that there was a time limit when followers thought the thought of Anakin Skywalker having a padawan was preposterous since no such factor had ever even been talked about within the live-action movies. Yet, slowly however absolutely, younger Ahsoka captured the hearts of the fandom, going from an conceited learner right into a affected person Jedi Knight in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-2022). When she left the Jedi Order to have a brand new life, many assumed that was the tip of her journey, and but she nonetheless selected to battle the great battle in Star Wars Rebels (2014-2018), even coming head to head together with her former grasp, now corrupted into the evil Darth Vader. Her duel with Vader additionally ought to have been the tip of her journey, but she by some means cheated demise and at last made her wonderful live-action debut in The Mandalorian (2019-), even making a temporary look in The Book of Boba Fett (2021).
Now that the fan favourite has turn out to be a family identify, her story is about to proceed as soon as once more together with her very personal live-action collection. Production on Ahsoka (2023) is simply wrapping up, and we lastly received some long-awaited particulars for her first-ever solo collection, so here is the whole lot we all know up to now about Snips’s subsequent collection journey.
Is There a Trailer for Ahsoka?
Since the present is at the moment filming, we weren’t anticipating to see footage for a short time. However, some footage did debut on the present’s panel at Star Wars Celebration, although sadly for these not in attendance, the sizzle reel was held behind closed doorways. As anticipated plot particulars have been saved below wraps, however it did reveal a serious connection to Rebels with a affirmation that Twi’Lek pilot of the Ghost Hera Syndulla would seem, alongside a number of different returning characters.
We additionally received an extremely temporary first public look at this present in Disney+’s 2023 sizzle reel, the place we see Ahsoka taking off her hood earlier than her subsequent journey hits the streaming service. Not a bombshell reveal, however the footage probably implies that a brand new trailer will not be far behind.
When and Where Is Ahsoka Premiering?
No official date has been set in stone fairly but, however Ahsoka is on monitor to premiere someday in 2023. As with the opposite live-action Star Wars exhibits like The Mandalorian and Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka might be making her unique dwelling on Disney+.
Will Ahsoka be Getting a Season 2?
Currently, Ahsoka is being billed as a miniseries, which means that this might be a single-season effort. However, followers of Tano should not quit hope simply but, as some Disney+ exhibits have been introduced as a miniseries after which instantly received picked up for an additional season, a first-rate instance being Loki.
It actually simply is dependent upon how properly the collection performs and the place Ahsoka’s story finally ends up and whether or not or not a full-blown sequel is justified or desired, and for the reason that present is following a personality as common as Ahsoka in addition to the opposite Rebels characters, it is exhausting to think about that it will be a flop.
Several a long time after she joined the franchise in The Clone Wars, her story in Ahsoka might be her most up-to-date journey thus far by way of when it is set. With Rosario Dawson persevering with to play the titular position, Ahsoka is anticipated to happen a while after the occasions of her live-action debut in The Mandalorian Season 2, and presumably after her temporary cameo in The Book of Boba Fett (though here is hoping we get to see the primary assembly between Ahsoka and Luke).
For these.curious how this matches into the timeline of the movies, this may place Ahsoka someplace in between the occasions of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, so after the autumn of the Empire and earlier than the rise of the First Order. However, these craving flashbacks exhibiting Ahsoka’s early years in a live-action Clone Wars could also be getting simply that, as there is a sure sand-hating Jedi who has been confirmed to seem.
What Is the Plot of Ahsoka?
Like just about each latest Star Wars undertaking, plot particulars are being saved to a strict minimal, however that does not imply we do not have a reasonably good concept of the place Ahsoka’s story goes subsequent. Towards the tip of her episode on The Mandalorian, Ahsoka’s aim grew to become fairly clear. After her duel with Morgan Elsbeth, Ahsoka made it clear that she was on the hunt for a much bigger fish: Grand Admiral Thrawn, the Chiss Imperial chief and a serious antagonist from Star Wars Rebels.
Despite tangling with a large number of Sith Lords and Inquisitors, Thrawn was one of the ruthless and formidable opponents that the band of Rebels had ever confronted, pushing the workforce to their bodily and psychological limits. The present’s conclusion felt much less like an ending and extra of a cliffhanger, with each Thrawn and Rebels protagonist Ezra Bridger disappearing into the vastness of house. So if Thrawn actually is alive like Ahsoka believes he’s, there is a good likelihood that Ezra may nonetheless be on the market as properly, making Ahsoka not only a continuation of Tano’s story, but additionally a direct sequel to Star Wars Rebels.
Who Is Making Ahsoka?
Leading the cost as author and showrunner is Dave Filoni, who has been concerned with just about each single Star Wars tv undertaking, each animated and live-action. This feels remarkably acceptable provided that Ahsoka is among the first Star Wars characters that Filoni personally created for The Clone Wars, to not point out being the creator of Rebels as properly. As per normal, Filoni will even be producing the present alongside Jon Favreau and Kathleen Kennedy. As if Filoni wasn’t already doing sufficient, he is additionally anticipated to direct, and whereas the total director record has but to be launched, we do know that Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse director Peter Ramsay is part of the crew.
Who Is within the Cast of Ahsoka?
Once once more, Ahsoka might be dropped at life by Rosario Dawson (Daredevil), who received her want to painting the position after a viral fan marketing campaign. Her heat reception from the remainder of the neighborhood after her Mandalorian look appeared to verify to Lucasfilm that she was the best alternative, though hopefully the unique voice actor for Ahsoka’s animated appearances, Ashley Eckstein, no less than has a cameo look.
Remember earlier after we mentioned that we may be getting some Clone Wars flashbacks? Well, the largest piece of proof for that’s the confirmed return of Hayden Christensen (Revenge of the Sith) as Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka’s former grasp in addition to the person who would turn out to be Darth Vader. Given that Ahsoka takes place after Return of the Jedi, Anakin has been lengthy useless at this level, that means the most certainly locations we’ll be seeing him is in a Clone Wars flashback with Anakin and Ahsoka combating off battle droids. Or maybe we’ll even see a quick return to the duel between Vader and Tano.
Ahsoka additionally is not the one character making the leap from animation to live-action, as Natasha Liu Bordizzo (Day Shift) might be enjoying Sabine Wren, a Mandalorian freedom fighter who as soon as was in possession of the fabled Darksaber. How she misplaced the Saber to Moff Gideon will most likely be addressed, however the character’s inclusion makes good sense given her shut relationship and friendship with Ahsoka.
Eman Esfandi (King Richard) might be enjoying one other Rebels alumni within the younger Jedi Ezra Bridger, who has at the moment gone lacking. Many initially suspected that Aladdin star Mena Massoud can be enjoying the fan-favorite character, however these rumors turned out to be unfaithful with the actor tweeting:
The remainder of the primary forged is rounded out by Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Birds of Prey), Ray Stevenson (Thor), and Ivanna Sakhno (Pacific Rim: Uprising). Who they are going to be enjoying is at the moment a thriller (Stevenson did play Mandalorian villain Gar Saxxon in Clone Wars and Rebels however his demise within the latter appeared fairly definitive), however it’s attainable they’re going to be enjoying another characters who’re anticipated to seem. These embody ace pilot Hera Syndulla, manipulative Imperial chief Grand Admiral Thrawn, and grumpy astromech droid Chopper.