Lucasfilm Announced That AHSOKA Has Started Production
Lucasfilm has started production on its live-action Star Wars series Ahsoka. This is a show that I’ve been extremely excited about because it’s basically a direct continuation of the story from the animated shows. The announcement came with a tweet from the official Star Wars Twitter account. Check it out:
The story follows Ahsoka and Sabine as they hunt for Grand Admiral Thrawn in hopes that it will lead them to find the lost Ezra Bridger, the young Jedi who disappeared with Thrawn many years ago. There’s still so much we don’t know about the show, but I have no doubt that it’s going to deliver a great story!
Dave Filoni wrote the series and is executive producing with Jon Favreau, and I imagine they’ll both be directing episodes. With Bryce Dallas Howard recently talking about the series, that leads me to believe that she is directing as well. The directing lineup has yet to be officially announced, though.
The series stars Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, who plays Sabine Wren, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead in an undisclosed role. It also stars Ivanna Sakhno and Hayden Christensen, who will be back as Darth Vader.