‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ premieres August 23rd on Disney+<p>Disney+ has set a premiere date of August 23rd for the highly-anticipated
Star Wars: Ahsoka series. The show takes place in the same timeline of
The Mandalorian, but stars a character that, sort of, goes all the way back to the prequels. Former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano first appeared in the
Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoon and her animated adventures continued on with
Star Wars: Rebels before finally appearing as live action in season two of
The Mandalorian and the first season of
The Book of Boba Fett.</p><p>Ahsoka is played by Rosario Dawson and it seems the show will be a pseudo-sequel to
Rebels, with many characters from that show appearing in live action for the first time. Natasha Liu Bordizzo stars as Sabine Wren, Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Hera Syndulla and Eman Esfandi appears as Ezra Bridger. Also, notorious franchise villain Grand Admiral Thrawn will make his live action debut, still portrayed by Lars Mikkelsen.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><div id="45db26d0243348d09b5817293e2e220c"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="
https://www.youtube.com/embed/J7-zia4oHuk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>The remaining cast includes David Tennant, Diana Lee Inosanto and the late Ray Stevenson, who died last month. There are also plenty of rumors that <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/disney-play-ahsoka-hayden-christensen-095105982.html">Hayden Christensen will return[/url] as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. For the uninitiated, Ahsoka Tano was Skywalker’s pupil before he started executing Jedi Padawans and blowing up entire planets.</p><p>Disney+ has dropped a new trailer for the show that will air on TV tonight during the NBA Finals Game 3. Most of the footage here was <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://money.yahoo.com/star-wars-ahsokas-first-trailer-113800666.html">already available in the previous trailer,[/url] but there are a few new shots here and there. The entire show is being written by franchise co-steward Dave Filoni, who originally created the character for
Clone Wars.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ premieres August 23rd on Disney+
