Gosh, it’s been a very long time for the reason that season one finale of Ahsoka — one 12 months and 7 months. However two teases got here out of the Ahsoka panel tonight at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo: first Hayden Christensen is coming again as Anakin Skywalker; but additionally Rory McCann is stepping in to play evil Jedi Baylan Skoll after the loss of life of Ray Stevenson.
Additionally, Admiral Ackbar is coming again. “He’s going face to face with Thrawn,” stated Dave Filoni.
Season 2 is ready to enter manufacturing subsequent week, stated the group tonight.
Stevenson died in Could 2023 earlier than season certainly one of Ahsoka debuted. He performed a key nefarious antagonist. Dawson labored with McCann 20 years in the past, and concurred with Filoni that when it got here to filling in Stevenson’s sneakers, it boiled right down to an actor, and their eyes. McCann has that depth.
The final we left off in October 2023, Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) made the soar to hyperspace through an area loop whereas Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson), Sabine (Natasha Liu) and Ezra (Eman Esfandi) had been marooned within the inexperienced tundra tumbleweeds of Peridea in a galaxy far, distant. Thrawn’s m.o. is to reassemble the Empire aka “The Thrawn marketing campaign,” which was a collection of navy and political maneuvers by the blue man to revive the Empire and implode the New Republic.
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