At right now’s Ahsoka panel throughout Star Wars Celebration Europe, new particulars concerning the thrilling upcoming Disney+ sequence have been revealed. We realized extra about Shin Hati, one of many antagonists of the present who will probably be performed by Ivanna Sakhno, and who has been given the unenviable job of making an attempt to carry down the titular hero on the behest of her darkish grasp.
Shin is alleged to be the disciple and apprentice of Baylon (Ray Stevenson)—who was additionally confirmed on the panel—a former Jedi who survived Order 66 (quite a lot of Jedi appeared to outlive this, in hindsight) by fleeing into the Unknown Regions. Baylon is believed to be an ally of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who sends Shin to take out Ahsoka.
Stevenson spoke with Collider’s Steve Weintraub after the showcase the place Ahsoka was proven off to the followers in attendance on the ExCel Centre in London, and the English actor – who beforehand voiced the function of Mandalorian warrior Gar Saxon in each Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels – when requested what’s favorite episode was, said “Well, there’s eight episodes” and that his favorite was “one to eight” as a result of he could not decide the most effective. This brings the sequence according to its live-action Star Wars sister sequence to the present, The Mandalorian.
Who Else is in Ahsoka?
Rosario Dawson stars as Ahsoka Tano within the restricted sequence after the character made her live-action debut in The Mandalorian. Ahsoka iwill proceed the character’s story arc which started when she joined forces with Pedro Pascal‘s Din Djarin in the course of the second season of that present. Joining Dawson isNatasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren and Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, together with Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The restricted sequence is written by Dave Filoni, who’s govt producing together with Jon Favreau and Kathleen Kennedy.
As was already established, Ahsoka Tano really left the Jedi Order in its waning years, a sufferer of a conspiracy depicted in The Clone Wars animated sequence. It’s unknown how a lot she continued her Jedi coaching within the intervening years, and he or she was by no means knighted nor reached the rank of grasp, remaining a Padawan by doing so. However, having seen her seem in Star Wars Rebels and The Book of Boba Fett – the place she labored with Mark Hamill‘s Luke Skywalker – it could be honest to imagine she nonetheless considers herself a Jedi.
The first trailer for Ahsoka was launched yesterday, and showcased the thrilling motion followers can count on when the sequence premieres on Disney+ in August 2023. Check out the teaser trailer for Ahsoka down under.