Despite something of a rocky start after the mixed response to the Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie, Ahsoka Tano has become one of the Star Wars franchise's most popular characters. Following her live-action appearances in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, it's hardly a surprise that she's now set to take centre stage in her own Disney+ series.
The Star Wars Rebels sequel is coming to Disney+ next year, and stars Rosario Dawson and Natasha Liu Bordizzo shared some new details on the series during an interview with Entertainment Weekly (via SFFGazette.com). The former started by explaining what it's been like to go from making cameo appearances to taking on a lead role in her own show.
"What I love is that these little things we've gotten to hint at in these other shows, we get to more deeply explore," Dawson reveals. "I think whether you've seen the previous animations or have only seen these episodes, she's still quite mysterious at this stage and point in her life."
"That's what I think is the most exciting part of Ahsoka having her own series here, that you get to better understand her in this part of her journey."
At Star Wars Celebration, it was announced that Bordizzo will play Sabine Wren, but the actor confirmed that she wasn't even aware she was auditioning for a Star Wars project. However, once the ball got rolling, she soon realised that a trip to this Galaxy Far, Far Away awaited her.
"It was a very, very quick process," she recalls. "I was suspicious! I was like, 'Wait, I have the offer for this?' I met Jon Favreau later, and he was basically like, 'I get it. I'm an actor. I don't want to put you through the ringer, and I don't want to make you do a million takes and auditions and tests. We know we want you, and that's it.' I really appreciated that."
There's a lot of intrigue surrounding the show, including how Ezra Bridger and Grand Admiral Thrawn will factor into the story. We know Ahsoka is on the hunt for the latter, but what sort of consequences will that have for the Star Wars franchise and, more specifically, the sequel trilogy?
We'll find out soon as Ahsoka is set to premiere on Disney+ sometime in 2023.