Rosario Dawson, Hayden Christensen and Mary Elizabeth Winstead have already started filming on the series, which is coming to Disney+ in 2023. Will Winstead be a new Sith?
In 2020, on Disney Investor Day, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy announced, along with the rest of the Star Wars release schedule, an ambitious expansion phase within the time arc of ‘The Mandalorian’. The bounty hunter series would be divided into two other spin-offs with which would come together again in a great crossover event of the three series, to which ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ should also be added. Those two spin-offs were titled ‘Ahsoka’ and ‘The Rangers of the New Republic’, but the latter is currently suspended (supposedly after the dismissal of Gina Carano). However, Anakin Skywalker’s ex-adawan played by Rosario Dawson will have her own series.
The alien Jedi has risen to prominence in the Star Wars universe since her appearance in the flesh, wielding twin white lightsabers, but her appearance in Star Wars dates back to the franchise’s animated series. Ahsoka Tano first appeared in the Clone Wars timeline. as the ward of the future Darth Vader, before he embraced the Dark Side. And later, in Star Wars Rebels in the arc he occupies from the end of ‘Episode III’ to ‘Episode IV’. In both cases, they were series in which screenwriter Dave Filoni had played an important role, so it was logical that already in charge of ‘The Mandalorian’ along with Jon Favreau, Filoni wanted to recover the character of Ahsoka.
That is youAll we know about the series.
‘Ahsoka’: Release date
From the official twitter account, Star Wars announced the start of filming on May 9, 2022. Most of it will be filmed in a studio, following the same technique as ‘The Mandalorian’ but it is still expected to be filmed last for some time.
As for the premiere, there is no official date. We can, however, make some calculations. We’ve already seen the end of ‘The Book of Boba Fett’, with what it means for ‘The Mandalorian’ arc and the ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ series. The premiere of ‘Andor’ is still scheduled for this year and then a gap is discovered, so It is possible that ‘Ahsoka’ will arrive on Disney + in early 2023.
‘Ahsoka’: Synopsis
Beyond the fact that the Ahsoka series will take place in the timeline of ‘The Mandalorian’ (you can check the order of the Star Wars movies and series here) and that it was designed to connect with ‘The Rangers of the New Republic’ , there is no official information. However, some have come leaks still unconfirmed indicating what the argument of the series may be.
According to this information in ‘Ahsoka’ we will follow the Jedi “in the hunt for the evil Grand Admiral Thrawn [un personaje puente entre el Imperio Galáctico de la trilogÃa original y la Priemera Orden de sus secuelas] in hopes of locating the missing Ezra Bridger, the young Jedi who disappeared with Thrawn many years ago.”
‘Ahsoka’: Cast
In the Ahsoka series we will see again, of course, Rosario Dawson playing the protagonist. Because several of the character’s appearances in the Star Wars Universe had been in animated series, until now the actress had only been able to embody her in ‘The Mandalorian’ and as one of the voices among the Jedi ancestors who helped Rey in ‘The rise of Skywalker’, but everything indicates that Lucasfilm has bigger plans (this time in live action) for her.
We will also see Hayden Christensen, that after all these years he has returned to play Anakin Skywalker both in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ and soon in ‘Ahsoka’. However, according to the Star Wars timeline, by the time ‘Ahsoka’ takes place, the character has already redeemed herself and sacrificed her life to save Luke’s at the end of ‘Return of the Jedi’, so her appearance probably have to be in the form of flash back or as a force spectrum. In any case, there is no doubt that her encounter with the former apprentice will be one of the most anticipated moments of the series. Does the Ahsoka of ‘The Mandalorian’ know that Anakin was redeemed or does he continue to believe in the Dark Side of the force?
Another confirmed cast member so far is ‘The Voyeurs’ actress, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, in the role of Sabine Wren. She is one of the key characters in the animated series ‘Star Wars Rebels’, a Mandalorian warrior who will now be played for the first time in real action. She is said to be accompanying Ahsoka Tano in search of the missing Ezra Bridger.
also just confirmed THR that Mary Elizabeth Winstead join the Disney+ series about the Jedi. Although details about what her character will be like have not yet come out, rumors suggest that she could occupy an antagonistic place to Ahsoka, focusing the Jedi confrontation between two women and increasing the feminine character of the series.
Lucasfilm is also rumored to be eyeing the ‘Aladdin’ actor, Mena Massoud, for the character of Bridger, but nothing is certain yet. Finally, the series will be produced by the same team as ‘The Mandalorina’, Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau, and written by Filoni himself.
‘Ahsoka’: Pictures
With the series still in production, there is still a long way to go before we begin to see the first images of ‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’. At the moment only its logo is available.
‘Ahsoka’: Trailer
The same thing happens with respect to the trailer of the series. As soon as there is new news and the first images arrive you will have them here.
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