Ahsoka Information, Rumours, Casting and Potential Launch Date

Who’re the solid and crew?

Rosario Dawson can be reprising her position as Ahsoka Tano from The Mandalorian. Initially, the character was voiced by Ashley Eckstein in Clone Wars and Rebels, however Dawson has typically been obtained properly to date.

Becoming a member of her can be Hayden Christensen, who’s reprising his position as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader (through The Hollywood Reporter). The 2 characters shared a bond in The Clone Wars, as Tano was the padawan of Skywalker.

Ahsoka is because of happen similtaneously The Mandalorian, which is 5 years after Return of the Jedi. Subsequently, we count on Anakin will both seem within the type of flashbacks or as a power ghost.

Christensen additionally performed a significant half within the Obi-Wan sequence – however this takes place lots sooner than Ahsoka. 

Natasha Liu Bordizzo (finest recognized for The Society) is becoming a member of the solid as Sabine Wren, a younger Mandalorian who dropped out of the Imperial Academy.

Additionally becoming a member of the sequence would be the star of Birds of Prey and the Netflix thriller Kate, Mary Elizabeth Winstead – although to date her position is unconfirmed. One other star with an undisclosed character is Ivanna Sakhno.

Making Star Wars reported rumours that LucasFilm has been casting for actresses to play Ahsoka at youthful ages – maybe her teenagers, setting some flashbacks across the time of The Clone Wars.

The Mandalorian’s Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni will each function govt producers, while Filoni may also act as a author on the present. The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Peter Ramsey – finest recognized for Into the Spider-Verse – can be directing not less than one episode of Ahsoka. 

The Radio Instances has reported that Filoni has hinted that Mandalorian graffiti artist Sabine Wren from Star Wars Rebels could be part of her on her travels – although this isn’t official but. 

There have additionally been rumours in regards to the casting of Ezra Bridger, however nothing concrete has been confirmed but.

What’s the plot of Ahsoka?

Plot particulars about Ahsoka are fairly skinny in the meanwhile, however we do know that it is going to be set in the identical time interval as The Mandalorian.

Ahsoka talked about looking for Grand Admiral Thrawn (AKA Mitth’uncooked’nuruodo), a villain in all probability finest recognized from Rebels who disappeared together with Jedi-in-training, Ezra Bridger. Subsequently, we suspect that Thrawn would be the important antagonist of the sequence, and that Ezra may also play a pivotal position within the story.

That is additional supported by Rosario Dawson at C2E2, who has claimed that they’re making an attempt to trace Thrawn down.

We additionally think about that we could get extra particulars and backstory to Ahsoka’s time as a younger apprentice of former Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, and her subsequent battle with him as Darth Vader.

Ahsoka will allegedly tie into one other new Star Wars present, Rangers of the New Republic. We additionally think about that we haven’t seen the final of her and her storyline overlapping with Mando’s.

Showrunner Dave Filoni has allegedly seen a tough reduce of an episode, and had a visceral response to it: