The ‘Ahsoka’ Series: The New Trailer, The Cast & More You Need To Know

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Ahsoka premieres August 23 connected Disney+. Rosario Dawson stars successful the show. The authoritative trailer was released July 11.

One of the astir beloved characters successful the Star Wars universe is yet getting their ain live-action tv show. Ahsoka, featuring Anakin Skywalker’s erstwhile Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano, is coming to Disney+ aboriginal this summer. The official trailer for the bid was released July 11. The quality Ahsoka was introduced successful the Stars Wars: The Clone Wars animated series. She precocious made her live-action debut in The Mandalorian.

Lucasfilm is producing Ahsoka, an action-adventure, drama, subject fabrication series. The amusement volition diagnostic the live-action debut of Ezra Bridger from Star Wars Rebels. HollywoodLife has rounded up everything you request to cognize astir the highly-anticipated show, including the merchandise date, cast, and more.

Rosario Dawson arsenic Ahsoka successful ‘The Mandalorian’ (Photo: Disney+/Lucasfilm/Everett Collection)

Who Is In the Cast for the Ahsoka Series?

There are the formed members confirmed to beryllium starring in Ahsoka:

Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano. Rosario debuted the relation successful play 2 of The Mandalorian and returned for an occurrence of The Book of Boba Fett. Her casting in Ahsoka was confirmed successful December 2020, erstwhile the bid was announced. Ahsoka was voiced by Ashley Eckstein in The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. The second bid takes spot after Revenge of the Sith, erstwhile the Jedi are connected the tally from the Galactic Empire. Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren. Natasha is champion known for playing Helena successful Netflix’s The Society. She was officially formed Ahsoka successful November 2021. Her quality Sabine is introduced in Star Wars Rebels as a young Mandalorian warrior, Imperial Academy dropout, and a erstwhile bounty hunter. She is an state to Ahsoka. Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. Hayden was officially formed in Ahsoka in October 2021. H reprised his relation arsenic Anakin/Darth Vader successful Obi-Wan Kenobi. Anakin was Ahsoka’s Jedi Mentor earlier helium turned to the Dark Side in Revenge of the Sith. Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger, the protagonist of Star Wars Rebels. Ezra is an orphaned thoroughfare urchin and con creator who joins the Rebel Alliance successful their combat against evil. Ezra went missing aft sacrificing himself to decision Grand Admiral Thrawn. Taylor Gray voices Ezra in Rebels. Lars Mikkelson arsenic Grand Admiral Thrawn. Mikkelson voiced the quality successful Rebels. Thrawn is simply a high-ranking subordinate of the Galactic Empire. Genevieve O’Reilly arsenic Mon Mothma. Genevieve precocious played the quality in Andor. Mon Mothma is the Chancellor of the New Republic.

Additional confirmed formed members include Ivanna Sakhno (The Spy Who Dumped Me) arsenic Shin Hatiand and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Fargo) arsenic Hera Syndulla. Mary Elizabeth is joined to Ewan McGregor, who plays Obi-Wan successful the Star Wars universe. Ray Stevenson has been formed arsenic the villainous admiral Baylan Skoll. Ray voiced the quality Gar Saxon successful The Clone Wars and Rebels. The Rebels character Chopper is acceptable to look successful Ahsoka. Chopper is an astromech droid owned by Hera.

Ahsoka and Baby Yoda successful ‘The Mandalorian’ (Photo: Disney+/Lucasfilm/Everett Collection)

When Will the Ahsoka Series Air?

Ahsoka will premiere with the archetypal 2 episodes connected August 23, 2023. There volition beryllium 8 episodes total. Ahsoka was archetypal announced successful December 2020 alongside The Book of Boba Fett as spinoffs to The Mandalorian.

Who are the Creators?

Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni are the creators of Ahsoka. They’re besides enforcement producers with Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. Dave is penning the bid and is besides confirmed to beryllium directing aggregate episodes, including the premiere. Peter Ramsey, who directed the Sony animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, volition besides beryllium directing astatine slightest 1 occurrence of Ahsoka, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In a May 2022 interrogation with Vanity Fair, Dave described Ahsoka as “a continuous story.” He went connected to say, “It is decidedly driving toward a goal, successful my mind, arsenic opposed to being small singular adventures. That’s what I privation the quality to beryllium doing, and I deliberation that’s what fans privation now. They person specified a narration with her. I’ve lone precocious started to recognize that each those kids that watched Clone Wars are present a batch older—they’re precise excited astir each the things they grew up with, arsenic they should be.”

Ahsoka, a caller Original Series, starring @RosarioDawson and acceptable wrong the timeline of @TheMandalorian, is coming to @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/jD8byvNvDP

— Star Wars (@starwars) December 10, 2020

Is There Any Footage So Far?

Ahsoka began filming connected May 9, 2022 successful Los Angeles. At Star Wars Celebration connected May 26, Dave and Jon appeared successful idiosyncratic to beforehand the show, portion Rosario appeared via video successful her Ahsoka costume. The archetypal footage from the show was shared astatine Star Wars Celebration and it reportedly featured Ahsoka, Sabine, and Hera. The pursuing month, Rosario shared a behind-the-scenes video of her ain shadiness portion successful costume connected the set. “Happy Summer Solstice,” she wrote.

The authoritative trailer for Ahsoka was released by Disney connected July 11. Ahsoka teams up with Sabine and Hera to hunt down Thrawn. “If we don’t halt Thrawn, everything volition beryllium successful vain,” Ahsoka says. She besides makes it wide that she’s moved connected from her “past” with Anakin. Anakin is not featured successful the trailer.

Once a rebel, ever a rebel.

Watch the brand-new trailer and acquisition the two-episode bid premiere of #Ahsoka, a Star Wars Original series, streaming August 23 connected @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/O261N2IngF

— Ahsoka (@ahsokaofficial) July 11, 2023

What Will the Series Be About?

The official longline for Ahsoka, courtesy of Lucasfilm, reads, “After making her agelong awaited live-action debut successful The Mandalorian, Ahsoka Tano’s story, written by Dave Filoni, volition proceed successful a constricted bid starring Rosario Dawson and enforcement produced by Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau.” The bid is expected to travel Ahsoka tracking down Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn, arsenic good arsenic her person Ezra Bridger.

Ahsoka successful ‘The Mandalorian’ (Photo: Disney+/Lucasfilm/Everett Collection)

What Timeline is the Ahsoka Show?

Ahsoka is acceptable successful the aforesaid timeline as The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. All 3 shows instrumentality spot after Return of the Jedi, but earlier the First Order is ruling the postulation successful The Force Awakens. The upcoming bid Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will instrumentality spot successful this aforesaid timeframe. The amusement is reported to beryllium a “coming of-age escapade film” starring Jude Law, acceptable for merchandise successful 2023.

What to Watch While You Wait

If you privation to conscionable Ahsoka from the beginning, watch Star Wars: The Clone Wars, some the animated movie and past the seven-season animated series. Ahsoka besides appears successful Star Wars Rebels, which is important since immoderate of those characters volition beryllium in Ahsoka. Then, fans tin spot Ahsoka’s live-action debut (played by Rosario Dawson) successful the 5th occurrence of The Mandalorian season 2, followed by the sixth occurrence of The Book of Boba Fett. These titles are each disposable to watercourse connected Disney+.

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