Some Disappointing News About ‘Ahsoka' Season 2's Release Date
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Disney's Star Wars plans are all over the place, even as a recent event laid out a number of upcoming movies as the series will head back to theaters. It's sort of a 'we've heard this before' situation with so many cancelled projects, and the only one that is actually, literally coming out is The Mandalorian and Grogu, which has finished filming.
But then there's TV, and there's some news about The Mandalorian spin-off Ahsoka (kidding kidding Clone Wars fans). The series performed solidly enough relying on well-established Clone Wars and Rebels characters, and a season 2 was greenlit.
The bad news? Season 2 of Ahsoka has only just started filming now, delayed in part because of the development of The Mandalorian and Grogu, it seems. The announcement was just made as Rosario Dawson showed a shadowed picture of herself in costume.
The timeline here is…frustrating, and at the worst end of the streaming era gaps. Ahsoka season 1 aired in August of 2023, almost two years ago now. If filming is only just beginning now, from that to post-production to release is likely to be over a year. Season 1 of Ahsoka started filming in May of 2022, so that's 15 months until season 1 came out. 15 months from now would be August of 2026 and yes, that would mean it's exactly three years between seasons, even longer than what we just saw with Andor, released in September of 2022.
There seem to be a number of complicating factors here, including Dave Filoni doing some amount of work on Mandalorian and Grogu, plus the idea that the movie takes place story-wise before Ahsoka season 2 (it's not confirmed she or other characters from the show will appear in the film yet). The film will be (allegedly) released in May of 2026, so then ~3 months later, we'll see Ahsoka season 2.
The show also had to recast Baylan Skoll, played by Ray Stevenson before his tragic death in 2023 (before filming). The character will now be play4ed by Stevenson's friend and Game of Thrones veteran Rory McCann. The rest of the cast will return, including new fan-favorite and Skoll apprentice, Shin Hati, played by Ivanna Sakhno. There are also reports that Hayden Christensen may appear as Anakin in another cameo in season 2.
It's a frustrating situation, but Disney Star Wars is often a series of frustrating situations, being handled poorly over the years compared to Marvel properties with disjointed films, axed or overly expensive shows and other issues. Ahsoka may actually be the only show confirmed to even be coming back for another season at this point.
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