Ahsoka Season 2 Officially In The Works As Dave Filoni Takes Over The Star Wars Universe
The apprentice has become the master... and unlike the Sith, he didn't have to stab him in the back with his lightsaber to do so! Yes, nearly 20 years after George Lucas recruited a humble storyboard artist and animation assistant director by the name of Dave Filoni to work with him at the newly launched Lucasfilm Animation, Filoni has now been named the chief creative officer at Lucasfilm. And if you were expecting him to just sit around on his hands after almost five years without a new "Star Wars" movie, well, guess again.
As part of today's announcement that Filoni's fellow "The Mandalorian" executive producer Jon Favreau is helming a film spinoff titled "The Mandalorian & Grogu," the official Star Wars website has confirmed that Filoni is "currently developing" a second season of his "Mandalorian" spinoff series "Ahsoka." That's in addition to his other ongoing projects, including a live-action film that will tie together the various plot threads from ... The Mando Saga? The Mando-Verse? Whatever you want to call it, in place of a more official branding.
Ahsoka, Sabine, and the Baylan Skoll in the room
"Ahsoka" season 1 served as the long-awaited continuation of Filoni's sensational animated series "Star Wars Rebels," picking up with its namesake, the former Jedi Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson), as she reunited with her old apprentice, the Mandalorian warrior Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), to track down their friend, the Jedi-adjacent Ezra Bridger (Eman Esfandi), years after he vanished deep into hyper-space alongside the villainous Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) and his Imperial forces. Season 1 itself was, frankly, a mixed bag that would've been better off as an animated series. Still, it did leave things in a rather intriguing place, with plenty of significant plot threads left dangling for season 2 to pick up.
Obviously, Thrawn's return to the "Star Wars" galaxy (and with the ability to create zombie troopers, no less!) — with Ahsoka and Sabine left stranded on the legendary Dathomirian home planet of Peridea in another galaxy after Ezra secretly hitched a ride with Thrawn's ship — will form the foundation of the conflict in season 2. The big question is how this season will address Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson), who was on his way to discovering something pretty major on Peridea at the end of season 1. Will the show merely re-cast Baylan in the wake of Stevenson's sudden death last year? Or will it find some other way to continue that thread? Thankfully, that's for Filoni to figure out and not me.
Tellingly, the first official concept art for season 2 even shows Ahsoka and Sabine finding one of the Mortis God statues that Baylan uncovered at the end of season 1. Take a look below:
The story continues.
Ahsoka Season 2 now in development with Dave Filoni. pic.twitter.com/cqgt1phU3P
— Star Wars (@starwars) January 10, 2024
"Ahsoka" season 1 is now streaming on Disney+. Season 2 has yet to set a premiere date.