Star Wars: Ahsoka (D+) - The Mandalorian Spin-Off

[Lucavi]

Spoiler: show

If you can, watch her duel against Darth Vader on Star Wars Rebels. Such a bad ass fighting scene. Filoni states it's one of the few times where you will see the shadow of Darth Vader pull back and Anakin emerge, even if only for a moment.

I'm waaaaaaaaaaaaaay late, but I'm seconding this shit. This shit is like "best scene in an amazing Video Game" levels of amazing. Its the best part of the entire series and one of my highlights for the entire Star Wars canon.

I don't watch much TV, but I've got to keep my eyes on this, just to see if we get anything close to that level of quality and drama.

[Anoat]

Eman Esfandi has been cast as Ezra Bridger

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...di-1235129369/

Ezra Bridger is officially headed to live-action, with Eman Esfandi playing the Star Wars animated character in Ahsoka, the Disney+ series toplined by Rosario Dawson.

Esfandi’s credits include the Robert Rodriguez horror film Red 11, which screened at Cannes in 2019, as well as a small role in best picture nominee King Richard. He also appears in the upcoming gay military drama The Inspection, which is getting strong early reviews out of the Toronto Film Festival this week.

Ezra Bridger debuted in 2014 in the animated Star Wars Rebels, where he was voiced by actor Taylor Gray. The character grew from an orphan with a knack for the Force into a Rebel who trained in the ways of the Jedi. The geek culture-focused site Cinelinx first reported the news.

[Cail]

[Greedouw]

[Kaslo]

This just seems like live action Rebels, and I'm here for it.

[Weltall]

That’s one of the best trailers I’ve seen in a long ass time.

[Krandor]

"Heir to the Empire"

Oh baby they said the thing

[Tyrath]

I haven't read the books but even I went all Leo pointing meme when they said that

[Weltall]

3 Star Wars movies were announced, one by Filoni that is supposed to bring all the Mando-verse characters together for a finale. Seems pretty obvious Thrawn will be the main villain of that conclusion.

[Serra]

Those lightsabers seem more orange than red, no?

[Weltall]

Yes, a differing color on purpose. She is fighting at least 1 Inquisitor with a normal red saber, but the other 2 with orange are probably Jedi clones. The entire over-arching storyline is Snoke/Palpatine cloning, so that is my best guess.

Also, it appears to be the World Between Worlds where she faces off against the Baylan (orange saber old guy).

[Greedouw]

Baylans lightsaber is supposed to be “claymore” esque… maybe he’s from a different age?

[6souls]

https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-ahsoka-trailer

Not much from the article other than cast confirmations; Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) & Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)

Also, those lightsabers are meant to be "red"

Ahsoka in battle against droids, characters wielding red-bladed lightsabers, Mon Mothma, a rear-shot of Grand Admiral Thrawn, and the ancient droid Huyang.

[Krandor]

Also, those lightsabers are meant to be "red"

K, but they're clearly not red and it's not like Disney is some small budget company that would fuck up color grading.

[Weltall]

They are very much differentiated for a reason lmao.

And they could be from a different time period via World Between Worlds, but that would violate all we know about it so far (time travel not really possible). I'm still going with cloned Dark Jedi via Empire. Tests that lead to Snoke/Palps.

[Vagrant]

With the Heir to the Empire name drop I wonder if the older lightsaber wielder would end up being Joruus C'Baoth

[Weltall]

He has a name, Baylar (or something). 99% of Star Wars viewers don't know who C'Baoth is, so hiding his name for some reveal would be meaningless.

[Cail]

yooooo, lets gooooooo

The Zahn trilogy were some of my favorite books growing up, so live-action Thrawn is epic

[6souls]

He has a name, Baylar (or something).

Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson). His apprentice's name is Shin Hati (Ivanna Sakhno).

[Krandor]

I haven't read the books but even I went all Leo pointing meme when they said that

Heir to the Empire/Thrawn trilogy and its success led directly to George Lucas deciding to make the prequel trilogy and the creation of the Expanded Universe. It's the most important not-movie piece of Star Wars history.