''Ahsoka'' is an upcoming American television miniseries developed by

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and

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for

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. It is part of the ''

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'' franchise and a spin-off from the series ''

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'', taking place in the same timeframe as that series and its other interconnected spin-offs after the events of ''

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'' (1983). ''Ahsoka'' features the character

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from ''The Mandalorian'' and other ''Star Wars'' media.

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stars as Ahsoka Tano, reprising her role from ''The Mandalorian''. The character was created for the animated series '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', and made her live-action debut in the second season of ''The Mandalorian''. A spin-off series focused on the character was announced in December 2020, with Dawson reprising her role and Filoni set as writer after he co-created the character. Filming began in early May 2022, with multiple characters from the animated series ''

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'' revealed to be appearing. ''Ahsoka'' is scheduled to be released in 2023.

Episodes

is writing the series, while also directing multiple episodes, including the first, with

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also directing at least one episode.

Cast and characters

: A former Jedi Padawan, who was once

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's apprentice. ** Savannah Steyn as young Ahsoka Tano *

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:
A young

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warrior and graffiti artist, Imperial Academy dropout and a former bounty hunter with expert knowledge of weapons and explosives. Bordizzo watched ''Rebels'' to prepare for her role. *

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: Ahsoka's former Jedi mentor who fell to the

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and became the Sith Lord Darth Vader. * Eman Esfandi as

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: A former con artist who was taken in by

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to be trained as a

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. *

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: A Twi'lek pilot who fought for the Rebellion, who also had an important role in the New Republic's High Command. She was the leader of the Ghost Crew and also has a child with Ezra's dead master, Kanan Jarrus. *

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: A Chiss who was Grand Admiral for the Galactic Empire. He is considered missing and disappeared with Ezra. *

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as Baylon: A former Jedi Master who survived Order 66 and fled to the Unknown Regions. He is corrupted to the dark side and works alongside Thrawn. *

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as Shin: The apprentice of Baylon who is assigned to kill Ahsoka. Additionally, Chopper, a droid known from Rebels, also has an appearance in the series.

Production

Development

In December 2020,

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announced several spin-off series from the

series ''

'', including ''Ahsoka'' and ''

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''; the spin-offs exist alongside ''The Mandalorian'' through interconnected stories, culminating in a "climactic story event", with '' Star Wars: Skeleton Crew'' also being set in the same timeframe as ''The Mandalorian'' and ''Ahsoka''. Each series was being concurrently developed by

and

, with Filoni writing and serving as lead producer on ''Ahsoka''. The series focuses on the character

, who was co-created by Filoni for the animated series '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' and made her live-action debut in the second season of ''The Mandalorian''. By April 2022,

was hired to direct at least one episode of the series, with Filoni also directing multiple episodes of the series.

Writing

The series begins after Ahsoka's appearances in ''The Mandalorian'' and ''The Book of Boba Fett'', in which she is shown to be hunting for the character

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, and Filoni said the series would tell a serialized story rather than having separate adventures in each episode.

Casting

With the series' announcement in December 2020,

was confirmed to be reprising her role as Ahsoka Tano from ''The Mandalorian''. By August 2021, Lucasfilm was reportedly looking to cast an actress to play the ''

'' character

in the series. In October,

was set to reprise his role as Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader, and

was cast as Wren by November. Later that month,

joined the cast in an undisclosed role. In January 2022,

joined the cast in an undisclosed role, and the following month,

joined the cast as an admiral. Stevenson previously voiced the character Gar Saxon in ''Rebels'' and ''The Clone Wars''. Bordizzo was officially announced to be playing Wren in May, when other ''Star Wars Rebels'' characters were revealed to be appearing in the series including

and Chopper. She had received news of her casting while filming '' Day Shift'' (2022). In September 2022, it was revealed that Eman Esfandi was cast as

in the series.

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had been rumored to be playing the character in the series, and stated after Esfandi's casting was revealed that he had auditioned for the role but the casting process had not gone further.

Filming

Filming began on May 9, 2022, in

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, under the

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''Stormcrow''.

Marketing

Filoni and Favreau promoted the series at Lucasfilm's ''Star Wars'' Celebration panel on May 26, 2022, with Dawson appearing in full costume via video message from the series' set. Dawson appeared in person at a panel on May 28 for ''The Mandalorian'' and ''The Book of Boba Fett'', along with Filoni, Favreau, Bordizzo, and Chopper, and footage from the first three weeks of ''Ahsoka'' filming was shown.

Release

''Ahsoka'' is set to be released on Disney+ in 2023.

References

External links

* * *
Ahsoka on ''StarWars.com''
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