Ashoka Disney + Series
 

Weeks after debuting in live-action, Ahsoka Tano is getting her own series. Thursday afternoon at Disney's annual Investor Day presentation, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy revealed Rosario Dawson's take on the character is getting her own series for Disney+. Though the producer didn't get into specifics, she confirmed Dawson would return and the series is actively being developed by The Mandalorian producers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni.

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/...d-disney-plus/

So much for the rumors of the Rebels sequel being animated. :P

as long as Kennedy is kept far away from this that's all that matters

It was rather obvious she would get her own series. They didn't cast her in live action for just one or two episodes.

I don't know if her own series was always a given, though. Certainly that was the hope. They wanted to see the "Reaction" to her backdoor pilot in "The Mandalorian" first. Turns out it had a hugely positive reaction! So on we go...

This is one that I'll watch. The "Rangers of the New Republic" show or whatever it's called though? Not interested at all.

This is the tipping point now. They are either going to milk it correctly, or it's going to be a disaster. Obi Wan? Correctly. Space Rangers doing karate show? Not so much....

Hayden Christensen will reprise his role on Ashoka

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...ow-1235035459/

Nice. Between this and his reprisal over on "Obi-Wan"... sh**, a little bit of a Hayden/Vader apology renaissance!

Accidentally read that as “Reprise his role as Ahsoka”

‘Ahsoka’: Natasha Liu Bordizzo Cast as Sabine Wren in Disney+ Series

https://collider.com/ahsoka-natasha-...n-disney-plus/

https://i.imgur.com/y6NKtHD.jpg

Star Wars’: Eman Esfandi Joins ‘Ahsoka’ as Fan Favorite Ezra Bridger

https://i.imgur.com/dhuRpGC.jpg


https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...4c9ce9541f3e30

I don't really know that Ezra is actually a "Fan favorite" at all. The end of Rebels was a decent Cliffhanger though and seeing how that resolves with Thrawn would be neat.

This could be good

If things gradually move towards some kind of nu-retelling of the Thrawn trilogy, complete with Luke and Han and Leia and all (whether we're talking recastings or CGI stuff) I'd be all for that. That'd be moderately exciting.

I tried watching the show with my dad and brother, but it was too gloomy Andrew somber for us. It’s a shame because we did like the Rogue One film.

Nah I think we might get some continued Luke Skywalker from The Mando universe, but any real plot-driven long-form story with the the original triumvirate I'd say won't happen. Best we can hope for is some kind of CGi re-union cameo or something.

Definitely looking forward to Mando 3 and Ashoka though - those are "Day one viewing". Haven't watched Andor yet, but I'll get to it someday.

Thanks for posting this trailer. I love this character and am really looking forward to seeing her on screen.

My biggest concern here though is that in the post OT world there are a lot of people running around with lightsabers and it just shouldn't be that way.... But still - looking forward to this one.

Here’s hoping it doesn’t end up like the super insomnia induced nonsense like that Boba Fett show. I couldn’t get through it. I still haven’t watched the specific eps that’ll have some bearing on the new Mandalorian season. I’ll get around to that someday.

Am I the only one that thinks that Lars Mikkelsen looks ridiculous as Thrawn there? I really think Benedict would have been perfect.

He looks like Blue Elon Musk. I think Cumberbatch would have made a great Thrawn

:lol::lol::lol: omg he does.....

I mean, I'm looking forward to the show but I'm hardly like, chomping at the bit to see the episodes. I can wait.

Should be interesting at least. I'm sure the illegal streaming websites will have the eps uploaded within an hour of it going up on Disney+ so we can all watch them right away without paying for a subscription. God bless online streaming.

Also, I know, I know this is Dave Filoni's baby and the furthest thing we can get right now that's away from Kathleen Kennedy's influence... but damned if it doesn't look like Kathleen Kennedy Star Wars, from the previews.

I used to love Star Wars so much but now when I look at a trailer like that it's... there's just nothing. No disgust, annoyance, just a void.

Yeah. You think of something like Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan! We finally got a bunch of Obi-Wan with Ewan MacGregor and even Hayden last year... and it barely even registered. Some parts were kind of cool I guess, but overall? It felt like not much of anything -- like all Star Wars since maybe the end of "The Force Awakens" left us with interesting possibilities.

It's taking me a while to get through them, but I AM greatly enjoying The Clone Wars cartoons, which I arrived late to the party for. Some of these are just amazing, and they tonally can be so different from one another.

It's better this way. That way when you do watch something maybe it feels like a welcome surprise again.

It's the oversaturation of Star Wars. In a way people are getting almost everything they wanted or dreamed about, but now it's just that it's either not done the way they wanted or there's just too much of it.

Reasons I'm usually not excited for any Disney Star Wars streaming series.

Lack of color
Lack of aliens
Lack of exotic planets. Everything looks like earth.
No new technology.
Lack of epicness. No big battles.
Everything feels like I've seen it before.
The world seems very small.

This was true for when I watched Snyder's Justice League but with Star Wars I feel like Disney has successfully destroyed any interest I had. It's different with IPs where you can just ignore versions you don't like but in Star Wars everything seems canonically connected and the dumb **** that happens to beloved characters makes me even enjoy the classics less.

I agree with this 100% Both on the Snyder cut as well as Star Wars as a whole. I can go back and watch The Force Awakens to some extent, but the other two I don't even touch.

For sure. The Force Awakens made some bad choices I don't like, but it isn't a bad movie. And you can at least watch it and imagine a pretty good 8 and 9 coming after it, in another universe.

I’m going to give this a chance. I didn’t watch and haven’t watched any of the Star Wars animated shows (tried but couldn’t get into them), so this is kinda more or less my intro to the character outside her brief appearances on Mandalorian and couple Eps of Clone Wars

Know someone who went to see it at the cinema last week in Germany. He's keeping quiet on anything so I can't gauge whether he liked it or not!

Saw the first episode. idk. It's not bad but nothing really wowed me in it. I was hoping for a little bit more momentum and as for Ahsoka herself, 90% of the episode is just her standing around with her arms crossed. The Sabine "I'm a cool loner who does what she wants" stuff was a little bit overdrawn.

I watched every episode of SW Rebels back when it was airing, so I was ready for this show. I really liked everything about it. Good score, love seeing the animated characters in live action who mostly match well with the animated counterparts (though Ahsoka is a little more stern than she feels in animation), like the new characters and their motivations... overall one of the best star wars items in some time for me. Other than Andor. Only two eps in though so we'll see.

I really hope they show Jacen Syndulla soon because he is a major new character that should be more prominent here, we know he is there they just didn't show him yet.

If you don't like SW Rebels or haven't seen it then i'd skip this till you do. you'll get way more out of it that way.

Agreed on all fronts I loved seeing live action Sabine Hera and Chopper.

They really are taking inspiration from action anime shows, aren't they!