Dave Filoni Discusses Lucasfilm's AHSOKA Series - "I Thought of This Adventure for Ahsoka for a Long Time"

Star Wars fans have been super excited about the upcoming live-action Ahsoka series that’s in development. Rosario Dawson made her big debut as Ahsoka Tano in The Mandalorian Season 2, and now her story is going to continue as she continues her journey to find her missing friend, Ezra Bridger, who is most likely with Grand Admiral Thrawn. Joining her on that journey is Sabine Wren, who will be played by Natasha Liu Bordizzo (The Voyeurs, Guns Akimbo).

Producer and director Dave Filoni took Ahsoka on an incredible journey in the animated shows Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, and now he is going to get to continue that journey with her in this new series.

During an interview with Empire, Filoni opens up about working on the Ahsoka show saying, "It's thrilling, I gotta tell you. It's something you imagine doing for a long time. And then it's kind of startling when you're sitting there, and now you have to do it."

He then goes on to explain that he’s been thinking of the adventure for Ahsoka for a long time, "I thought of this adventure for Ahsoka for a long time, and it's interesting to see how it's evolved. Years ago, I never would have imagined that it was sprung from a branch of a tree that had anything to do with a guy [like] Din Djarin, or a child that looks like Yoda. It's a great lesson for me on how, when you have other creatives like Jon Favreau, they can help lend such dimension and depth to what you're doing."

Ahsoka is expected to premiere on Disney+ sometime in 2022. As a huge fan of the animated Star Wars shows, I’m incredibly pumped up to see that aspect of the story continue in live action form. I never expected that to happen! Yet, here we are.