Lucasfilm has not been shy about what Star Wars followers can anticipate from Ahsoka, the live-action Disney Plus sequence following fan-favorite Clone Wars character Ahsoka Tano, former apprentice to Anakin Skywalker and rogue Jedi badass performed by Rosario Dawson circa The Mandalorian: Thrawn.
The most important dangerous in Star Wars lore outdoors of the films will get identify checked right here, like in earlier trailers, as “inheritor to the empire,” partly as a result of that’s the identify of the the Legends novel by Timothy Zahn he first appeared in, together with many of the now-defunct Star Wars Expanded Universe.
Within the new canon, Thrawn has been lingering on the periphery of Star Wars media, his story being retold in novels and within the last seasons of Star Wars Rebels, the place he was a main antagonist. In these tales, he hasn’t but achieved the stature and energy that he wields in Inheritor to the Empire, however he’s on his means — and Ahsoka seems to be prefer it’s going to be partially about what occurs when he will get there.
Principally, the trailer reads like a love letter to the animated period of Star Wars that Ahsoka head author Dave Filoni has overseen since Clone Wars. Sharp-eyed viewers will discover a ton of characters from Clone Wars and Rebels making the soar to reside motion, together with Rebels protagonist Ezra Bridger (performed by Eman Esfandi).
Ahsoka will debut with a two-episode premiere on Aug. 23.
