Dave Filoni took the stage at Star Wars Celebration, ostensibly for a glance again at season certainly one of Ahsoka—however the principle attraction was, in fact, the primary concrete information concerning season two of the Rosario Dawson-starring collection. Fans have been ready for updates because the emotional and open-ended season one finale again in late 2023, and Filoni lastly delivered the products.
Inspired by retro adverts for A New Hope‘s sequel earlier than something had been filmed for Empire Strikes Back, the brand new teaser for season 2, the brand new trailer was made completely of idea artwork for the season, with voiceover narration teasing the approaching battle between the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant.
The tease included glimpses of fleet battles between New Republic and Remnant ships, with Ezra suiting up alongside New Republic pilots to take the battle to the Empire. Meanwhile, within the different galaxy the place Ahsoka and Sabine stayed after season one, we noticed pictures of the Master and Padawan exploring historical ruins, and preventing big, previous droid guardians, with narration teasing a last confrontation with Baylan Skoll to culminate their journey.
Other intriguing pictures included David Tennant’s droid Huyang squaring off with Shin Hati (seemingly splitting his arms into multiples akin to Grievous, a saber in every hand), and Chopper blasting away with an enormous repeater cannon. The trailer additionally confirmed that Rebels‘ Zeb Orrelios, after his live-action debut in The Mandalorian, would finally be reunited with his animated compatriots.
Ahsoka‘s first season ran for eight episodes and explored not only the life of Dawson’s Ahsoka Tano—spinning off the character’s life-action debut in The Mandalorian—but additionally fellow Star Wars Rebels heroes Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), and Ezra Bridger (Eman Esfandi).
It additionally introduced Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) to live-action for the primary time, and featured the return of Hayden Christensen as future Darth Vader Anakin Skywalker.
The Star Wars Celebration panel confirmed the information that Game of Thrones star Rory McCann will take over the function of former Jedi Baylan Skoll, stepping in for the late Ray Stevenson, who portrayed the character in season one. Further teases included the truth that Admiral Ackbar will seem within the season, going (*2*) with Thrawn, and Hayden Christensen will reprise his function because the chosen one, Anakin Skywalker.
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