{"id":143762,"date":"2025-05-30T03:32:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T03:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/rory-mccann-on-replacing-ray-stevenson-as-baylan-skoll\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T03:32:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T03:32:24","slug":"rory-mccann-on-changing-ray-stevenson-as-baylan-skoll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/rory-mccann-on-changing-ray-stevenson-as-baylan-skoll\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McCann on changing Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ray Stevenson performed Baylan Skoll in Ahsoka<\/em>\u2018s first season, however sadly, he died<\/a> simply months earlier than the sequence debuted. The upcoming second season will proceed the story of Baylan Skoll, with Rory McCann (Game of Thrones<\/em>) taking up the position<\/a>. While talking with ComicBook.com<\/a>, McCann shared his ideas on changing Stevenson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s the right decision to carry on his storyline, not just cut it off,<\/mark>\u201d he stated. \u201cWe\u2019ve carried out\u00a0it earlier than with different issues. I hope the followers embrace it and I\u2019ll do my greatest.\u00a0I\u2019m simply beginning\u00a0now, so I\u2019m simply making an attempt to be in the precise zone for doing it. It\u2019s fairly bloody thrilling. I imply,\u00a0I keep in mind being a child with my dad, going to the primary one in all probability within the late \u201970s and\u00a0\u201980s.\u00a0Now I\u2019m coaching with a lightsaber at night time, so it\u2019s fairly thrilling.<\/mark>\u201c<\/p>\n

McCann has loads of sword expertise due to his time on Game of Thrones<\/em>, however he added that these swords didn\u2019t have the \u201csame sexy sound<\/mark>\u201d because the lightsabers. <\/p>\n

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During Star Wars Celebration earlier this yr, Ahsoka<\/em> creator Dave Filoni stated it took some time to contemplate persevering with the sequence after Stevenson\u2019s demise, however he believes the late actor could be completely satisfied that the character\u2019s story isn\u2019t over. \u201cI found a way in \u2014 I had Ray in my head. I\u2019m grateful for all my conversations with him about Baylan,<\/mark><\/mark>\u201d Filoni stated. \u201cSo, I understood what to do, it simply took some time to get there. I\u2019m very assured now that Ray could be pleased with the route that we\u2019ve chosen. The character is supposed to be the parallel to Ahsoka in each approach. If there\u2019s a light-weight, there\u2019s a darkish, and Baylan is representing a distinct journey for a Jedi as you (Rosario) signify one who walked away from the (Jedi) order, so did he. That\u2019s a parallel that should proceed.<\/mark><\/mark>\u201c<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been confirmed<\/a> that Hayden Christensen will return as Anakin Skywalker, plus Filoni teased that Admiral Ackbar will seem within the new season and can go \u201chead-to-head with Thrawn.<\/mark><\/mark>\u201d Filoni joked that it \u201ctook all my effort<\/mark><\/mark>\u201d to keep away from together with \u201cIt\u2019s a trap!<\/mark><\/mark>\u201d within the script. \u201cBecause I\u2019m like, I can\u2019t do that, that would be so lame,<\/mark><\/mark>\u201d he stated. \u201cBecause this man can\u2019t all the time get into traps. You\u2019d suppose he would see it this time.<\/mark><\/mark>\u201c<\/p>\n

Production on the second season of Ahsoka<\/em> kicked off final month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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[ad_1] Ray Stevenson performed Baylan Skoll in Ahsoka\u2018s first season, however sadly, he died simply months earlier than the sequence debuted. The upcoming second season will proceed the story of Baylan Skoll, with Rory McCann (Game of Thrones) taking up the position. While talking with ComicBook.com, McCann shared his ideas on changing Stevenson. \u201cI think […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[11281,11279,1652,4198,3673,11282,11280],"class_list":{"0":"post-143762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood","8":"tag-baylan","9":"tag-mccann","10":"tag-ray","11":"tag-replacing","12":"tag-rory","13":"tag-skoll","14":"tag-stevenson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}