The live-action Ahsoka sequence simplest began capturing previous this month, however govt manufacturers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni thrilled Celebrity Wars Party Anaheim attendees on Saturday with the primary trailer for The Mandalorian derivative. It is set to come back to Disney Plus in 2023.
The trailer used to be proven completely on the conference and is not but to be had on-line. It published that former Jedi Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) will group up with the Ghost team to search out misplaced best friend Ezra Bridger, necessarily making the display a live-action followup to CGI animated sequence Rebels.
Favreau and Filoni additionally presented actor Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren, the Ghost team’s Mandalorian member, confirming experiences from closing 12 months.
“I think like I have simply been followed into a brand new circle of relatives,” Bordizzo instructed the Party crowd. “I know the way a lot Sabine manner to you guys. Looking at Rebels, she’s come to imply a hell of so much to me too.”
Ezra and Ghost pilot Hera Syndulla are glimpsed from in the back of within the trailer, however it is unclear at this level who they’re going to be performed by way of, and lovably imply astromech Chopper will seem as neatly.
Ahsoka is about on the identical level within the timeline as The Mandalorian, a couple of years after Go back of the Jedi. The display will hit Disney Plus someday subsequent 12 months, most probably after The Mandalorian season 3 (which starts in February).
Favreau additionally thrilled the gang by way of bringing The Mandalorian’s loved Grogu (AKA Child Yoda) onto the degree. The amazingly live-life puppet gestured, smiled and sat, incomes a collective “Awwwwww” from the assembled lovers.
Rebels, which resulted in 2018, used to be set within the years earlier than the unique Celebrity Wars. Ezra vanished into hyperspace towards an unknown destiny, in conjunction with Imperial villain Grand Admiral Thrawn, in that display’s finale. Saturday’s trailer means that the pair were lacking for a few years, however we all know from her look in The Mandalorian season 2 that Ahsoka is looking Thrawn — possibly as a part of the seek for Ezra.
Ahsoka made her animated debut as Anakin Skywalker’s Padawan in 2008’s The Clone Wars (which used to be set between Assault of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith) and performed a pivotal position within the seven-season sequence that adopted. She gave the impression once more in follow-up display Rebels, and used to be voiced by way of Ashley Eckstein in each.
Dawson took at the position when Ahsoka made her live-action debut in The Mandalorian season 2 (the place she had the glory of showing Child Yoda’s actual identify), and confirmed up in The E-book of Boba Fett previous this 12 months.
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