Ahsoka, also known as Star Wars: Ahsoka,[1] is an American television series created and written by Dave Filoni for Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise and a spin-off from the series The Mandalorian (2019–present), taking place in the same timeframe as that series and its other interconnected spin-offs after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983), while also serving as a continuation to the animated series Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018). The series follows Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to the galaxy following the fall of the Empire.
Rosario Dawson stars as Ahsoka Tano, reprising her role from The Mandalorian. The character was created for the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020), voiced by Ashley Eckstein, and made her live-action debut in the second season of The Mandalorian. A spin-off series focused on the character was announced in December 2020, with Dawson reprising her role and Filoni set as writer after he co-created the character. Filming began in early May 2022, when multiple characters from Rebels were revealed to be appearing, and wrapped in October. In April 2023, additional castings were revealed, highlighted by Lars Mikkelsen reprising his Rebels role of Grand Admiral Thrawn, and the series was confirmed to be continuing the story established in Rebels.
The first season of Ahsoka consists of eight episodes, the first two of which premiered on August 22, 2023, and concluded on October 3. It received positive reviews from critics. In January 2024, Lucasfilm confirmed that a second season was in development.
Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano: A former JediPadawan, and apprentice to Anakin Skywalker.[4][5] Dawson noted the character's montrals had been rebuilt with "technology that didn't even exist when we first started", resulting in them being longer and having a 3D-printed skeleton inside them that allowed for more fluid movement.[6] Dawson worked with fight coordinator Ming Qiu to learn how to fight ambidextrously for the series.[7]
Ariana Greenblatt portrays young Ahsoka during the Clone Wars flashbacks in the World Between Worlds.[8]
Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren: A Mandalorian warrior and graffiti artist, Imperial Academy dropout, former bounty hunter, and Ahsoka's former apprentice with expert knowledge of weapons and explosives.[9][5] Bordizzo watched Star Wars Rebels to prepare for her role,[10] and spent three months prior to the start of filming fight training with Qiu and learning how to use a lightsaber, given the character is now using Ezra Bridger's old one.[11]: 7 [7]
Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla: A Twi'lek New Republic general who is the pilot of the Ghost. Hera had a son, Jacen, with the late Jedi knight Kanan Jarrus.[12][5] Winstead referred back to Hera's character development on Rebels, while also discussing the character with creator Dave Filoni, to inform her performance.[13] She described Hera as a "strong leader and fighter" while also having maternal instincts; she felt this was unique from other army generals as they are conventionally depicted as being "very masculine, hard figures".[7]
Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll: A former Jedi who survived Order 66 by fleeing into the Unknown Regions and is now a Dark Jedi and mercenary in search of power. He is Shin Hati's master and is working with Morgan Elsbeth.[14][5]
Ivanna Sakhno as Shin Hati: Baylan's apprentice, who is a Dark Jedi and is ordered by Baylan to go after Ahsoka.[15][12][14] Sakhno described Hati as "calculated" and "impatient, but ... a seeker", and was encouraged by Filoni to help develop elements of her character's backstory.[7]
Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger: A former con artist and thief from Lothal who was taken in by Kanan Jarrus and trained as a Jedi before sacrificing himself and disappearing from the galaxy with Thrawn.[17][5]
Lars Mikkelsen as Grand Admiral Thrawn: A Chiss high-ranking senior officer of the Galactic Empire known for his tactical cunning who had previously been taken into hyperspace by Ezra and the Purrgil.[22][5] Mikkelsen previously voiced the character in animated form on Rebels.[22] Mikkelsen felt Thrawn was a formidable adversary since he is "seven paces ahead of everybody" and is not a Jedi or Force user.[23]
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO: A protocol droid built by Anakin Skywalker as a child, who now serves his daughter, Senator Leia Organa.[24]
Baylan Skoll, a fallen-Jedi-now-mercenary, and Shin Hati, his apprentice, assault a New Republic cruiser to rescue Morgan Elsbeth, who had previously been apprehended by Ahsoka Tano.[a] Elsbeth informs Skoll that Ahsoka is searching for Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has been missing for years after he and Ezra Bridger were dragged to an unknown location by the Purrgil.[b] Ahsoka and Huyang obtain a star map to the location of Thrawn (and potentially Bridger) before being informed of Elsbeth's escape. Regrouping with the fleet, Ahsoka meets with General Hera Syndulla, whereupon Huyang reveals that the star map is still locked. Syndulla advises Ahsoka to obtain the help of Sabine Wren, Ahsoka's former Padawan, in unlocking the map. Ahsoka and Huyang travel to Lothal and meet with Wren, who takes the map. Just as Wren unlocks the map, she is confronted by Hati, who steals the map and stabs Wren during a lightsaber duel.
Skoll and Hati take the map to the planet Seatos, where Elsbeth reveals that Thrawn is trapped in another galaxy. Wren, who survived Hati's attack, recovers and informs Ahsoka of her findings, and also traces the droids that attacked her to Elsbeth's factories on Corellia. Seeking the map, Ahsoka and Syndulla travel to the Corellian shipyards, where they discover a massive hyperdrive being built by workers loyal to the Galactic Empire. Syndulla chases after the transport carrying the hyperdrive while Ahsoka duels Marrok, a former Inquisitor working for Elsbeth. Marrok and the transport escape, but not before Syndulla's astromech droid Chopper attaches a tracking device. After arresting the shipyard workers, Ahsoka is contacted by Wren, who is ready to become her Padawan again and find Bridger after she recuperated and cut her hair. Elsbeth is contacted by Skoll, Hati, and Marrok, who obtained the hyperdrive so they can finish building her ship, the Eye of Sion, and find Thrawn. Skoll senses that Ahsoka will come for them.
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"Part Three: Time to Fly"
Steph Green
Dave Filoni
August 29, 2023 (2023-08-29)
Wren restarts her training under Ahsoka and Huyang's guidance as she struggles with her inability to use the Force. Syndulla meets with Chancellor Mon Mothma and a group of influential senators in order to gain permission to send Republic forces to Seatos. Despite Mothma's support, the senators refuse to believe that Thrawn and Bridger are alive and deny Syndulla's request. Ahsoka, Wren, and Huyang travel to Seatos themselves, where they discover the Eye of Sion, but are intercepted by a squadron of fighters led by Hati and Marrok as Elsbeth uses cannons on the Eye of Sion to fire on them. Just as Huyang finishes scanning the Eye of Sion, Ahsoka's shuttle takes a direct hit, forcing the group to make an emergency landing on the planet, passing through a pod of Purrgil along the way to evade the remaining enemy fighters. After taking refuge in a forest, Huyang gives his full analysis on the Eye of Sion which he classifies as a Hyperspace ring designed to travel to another galaxy. However, Hati soon becomes aware of their attempt to hide, prompting Skoll to send his forces into the woods to hunt them down.
Ahsoka, Wren, and Huyang are attacked by Skoll's forces, but are able to dispatch them. Fearing that Elsbeth and Skoll will acquire the coordinates to Thrawn's location, they head to their base but are intercepted by Hati and Marrok. Ahsoka kills Marrok and continues on alone, while Wren stays behind to hold off Hati, who realizes that Wren cannot wield the Force. Ahsoka reaches Skoll, and the two engage in a duel; Ahsoka retrieves the map, but tosses it aside after it burns her hand. When Skoll sends Ahsoka plummeting into the ocean, Wren holds the map at gunpoint, but Skoll manipulates her into handing it over by promising to take her to Bridger. After Thrawn's location is revealed, Skoll destroys the map to ensure they aren't followed, and he and Hati depart with Wren as their prisoner. A squadron of New Republic fighters, led by Syndulla, arrives at Seatos and tries, but fails, to stop the Eye of Sion from jumping into hyperspace. Meanwhile, Ahsoka awakens in the World Between Worlds, where she is met by her former master, Anakin Skywalker.
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"Part Five: Shadow Warrior"
Dave Filoni
Dave Filoni
September 12, 2023 (2023-09-12)
While searching Seatos for Ahsoka and Wren alongside his mother, Jacen Syndulla senses that Ahsoka is in the World Between Worlds, thus revealing his own connection with the Force. Anakin explains to Ahsoka that he had been watching her through the Force and deduces that her loss against Skoll is partially due to her unresolved guilt over the events that drove them apart. Ahsoka loses a duel with Anakin and relives fragments of her past during the Clone Wars, during which she grows concerned that her legacy will only be one of fighting. Believing Anakin's teachings includes his legacy as Darth Vader, she initially refuses him, which leads to another duel between them. Finally understanding that she wasn't involved in Anakin's downfall, Ahsoka chooses to live and continue fighting. She is recovered by Syndulla's crew, and through her powers she learns that Wren is with Skoll. Syndulla is contacted by Mothma, who informs her that New Republic forces are en route to take her and Ahsoka into custody for performing an unauthorized mission. As the Republic fleet detachment arrives, Ahsoka recruits a pod of Purrgil to take her and Huyang to Bridger and Wren, while Syndulla, Jacen, and Chopper stay behind.
The Eye of Sion arrives on Peridea, the ancient homeworld of Elsbeth's people, the Dathomiri. Elsbeth, Skoll, Hati, and Wren meet the Great Mothers, a group of Nightsisters allied with Thrawn. As they wait for the Grand Admiral, Skoll relates to Hati his belief that the fall of the Jedi and the rise of the Empire were part of an inevitable cycle, one he intends to break. Thrawn arrives aboard his Star Destroyer, the Chimaera, and honors Skoll's promise by providing Wren with provisions, a mount, and Bridger's whereabouts. After Wren leaves, Thrawn orders Skoll and Hati to follow her so they can kill both her and Bridger. Surviving an ambush by bandits, Wren encounters the native Noti and follows them to their village, where she finally reunites with Bridger. While tracking Wren, Skoll senses that there is a greater power on Peridea and tells Hati that he intends to find and use it. As the Great Mothers sense Ahsoka's imminent arrival, Thrawn demands all the details of her history from Elsbeth and prepares his defenses.
On Coruscant, Syndulla faces a disciplinary hearing, with tribunal member Senator Hamato Xiono objecting to her reports of the secret Imperial Remnant conspiracy. C-3PO arrives and provides the tribunal with a fake authorization by Senator Leia Organa, forcing the court to absolve Syndulla and Mothma to consider the threat of an Imperial resurgence. Arriving at Peridea, the Purrgils run into a minefield left by Thrawn's forces and retreat. Continuing alone, Ahsoka and Huyang are attacked by enemy fighters and hide in a debris field. Elsbeth informs Thrawn that Ahsoka was trained by Anakin, compelling the Grand Admiral to adopt a more calculated approach. Ahsoka locates Wren through the Force and heads to the planet's surface. Bridger, Wren, and the Noti are attacked by Hati, the local bandits, and Thrawn's Night Troopers, while Skoll leaves to pursue his own agenda. Ahsoka's intervention forces Thrawn to withdraw his remaining Night Troopers and prepare his imminent departure. Ahsoka invites Hati, who has been left behind, to join them, but Hati flees anyway. Ahsoka then reunites with Wren and Bridger.
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"Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord"
To confront the Jedi, Elsbeth is gifted Mother Talzin's sword by the Great Mothers, while Bridger constructs a new lightsaber using spare parts from his late master, Kanan Jarrus. After their ship is damaged by a fighter attack, Ahsoka, Wren, and Bridger make their way on foot to the Chimaera, which has docked with the Eye of Sion. They are confronted by Elsbeth and the Night Troopers, whom the Great Mothers keep resurrecting after they are killed. Wren uses the Force to help Bridger jump onto the Chimaera, then she stays behind to help Ahsoka, who kills Elsbeth. The Eye of Sion jumps to hyperspace, leaving Ahsoka, Wren, and Huyang stranded on Peridea. Hati joins the bandits, while Skoll is guided to a mountain by a statue of the Mortis Gods. As Thrawn and the Great Mothers arrive over Dathomir, Bridger sneaks out and reunites with Syndulla and Chopper. Ahsoka, Wren, and Huyang join the Noti and make their new home on Peridea, watched over by Anakin's Force spirit.
Production
Development
In December 2020, Lucasfilm announced several spin-off series from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, including Ahsoka and The Book of Boba Fett;[40][41] the spin-offs exist alongside The Mandalorian through interconnected stories, culminating in a "climactic story event",[4][41] with Star Wars: Skeleton Crew also being set in the same timeframe as The Mandalorian and Ahsoka.[42] Each series was being concurrently developed by Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni,[40][41] with Filoni creating, writing, and serving as lead producer and showrunner on Ahsoka.[43][6] The series focuses on the character Ahsoka Tano, who was co-created by Filoni for the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and made her live-action debut in the second season of The Mandalorian.[44][45] By April 2022, Peter Ramsey was hired to direct at least one episode of the series,[46] with Filoni also directing multiple episodes of the series.[47][48] A year later, the rest of the directors were confirmed, which included Steph Green, Jennifer Getzinger, Geeta Patel, and Rick Famuyiwa.[22] Filoni explained that the eight episodes of the season would be "relatively" similar in length to the previous episodes he worked on for The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett (which ranged from 32 to 47 minutes), noting he hoped to keep them "moving" and make them "tight and fast because to make the action work, they've got to be shorter".[49]Kathleen Kennedy, Carrie Beck, and Colin Wilson also serve as executive producers on the series.[50]
In January 2024, Lucasfilm announced that a second season was in development with Filoni.[51]
Writing
The series begins after Ahsoka's appearances on The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, during which she is shown to be searching for Grand Admiral Thrawn, and Filoni said the series would tell a serialized story rather than having separate adventures in each episode.[52] Filoni and Favreau consulted with Thrawn trilogy author Timothy Zahn regarding Thrawn's appearance in the series because the character is "his thing... [w]e want to make sure we get it right".[53] Star Rosario Dawson confirmed in April 2023 that Ahsoka would continue the story established in the animated series Star Wars Rebels.[48] Regarding Ahsoka being a continuation of Rebels or referred to as a fifth season of that series, Filoni said that was "interesting" and "one way of looking at it" explaining, "For me, when I'm telling those stories, I don't limit things like, 'Oh, well, I did it an animation, so I would do it distinctly different in live action.' There's just the story that it is, and I was telling it in one medium."[54] Dawson and Beck believed Filoni had created the series' story in a way that all viewers would be able to follow the story and the relevant information from past series.[55][7] Ahsoka's ambiguous ending in Rebels had been interpreted by Beck as being a "big open question" that provided many storytelling opportunities. Dawson had also been interested in the moment, saying that she had enjoyed the "idea that there was even another level to her". While discussing her transition, Dawson and Filoni had referenced The Lord of the Rings character Gandalf as he goes from Gandalf the Gray to Gandalf the White.[7] The series initially begins with Ahsoka as a "wanderer", with Filoni noting that she had abandoned her role as a Jedi and had been skeptical of organizations of power, while saying "she walks a path that basically died out a long time ago". Filoni recognized that some audiences were already familiar with Ahsoka, while others were not, feeling she was "an interesting bridge between what came before and what's really possible".[56] The series focuses on the themes of masters and apprentices, notably Sabine Wren's dynamic with Ahsoka, having earlier been her apprentice.[11]: 2–3 Ahsoka is concurrent to the events of the third season of The Mandalorian.[57]
Casting
With the series' announcement in December 2020, Rosario Dawson was confirmed to be reprising her role as Ahsoka Tano from The Mandalorian.[4] By August 2021, Lucasfilm was reportedly looking to cast an actress to play the Rebels character Sabine Wren in the series.[58] In October, Hayden Christensen was set to reprise his role as Anakin Skywalker,[19][20] and Natasha Liu Bordizzo was cast as Wren by November.[9] Later that month, Ivanna Sakhno joined the cast in an undisclosed role.[59] In January 2022, Mary Elizabeth Winstead joined the cast in an undisclosed role,[60] and the following month, Ray Stevenson joined the cast as an admiral. Stevenson previously voiced the character Gar Saxon in Rebels and The Clone Wars.[61] Bordizzo was officially announced to be playing Wren in May, when other Star Wars Rebels characters were revealed to be appearing in the series including Hera Syndulla and Chopper.[62][63] She had received news of her casting while filming Day Shift (2022).[10] In September 2022, it was revealed that Eman Esfandi was cast as Ezra Bridger in the series.[17]Mena Massoud had been rumored to be playing the character in the series, and stated after Esfandi's casting was revealed that he had auditioned for the role but the casting process had not gone further.[64]
At Star Wars Celebration Europe in April 2023, it was revealed that Winstead was portraying Hera Syndulla, Sakhno was portraying Shin Hati, and Stevenson was portraying Baylan Skoll.[15] Additionally, Genevieve O'Reilly, Diana Lee Inosanto, David Tennant, and Lars Mikkelsen were reprising their roles as Mon Mothma, Morgan Elsbeth, the voice of the droid Huyang,[12] and Grand Admiral Thrawn, respectively,[22] while various senators were portrayed by Maurice Irvin, Jacqueline Antaramian, Nelson Lee, and Erica Duke.[15] The production team had kept Mikkelsen's involvement secret until the 2023 Star Wars Celebration; Mikkelsen had previously denied reprising the role before being confirmed for the series.[7][22] Filoni had vaguely alluded to the possibility of him reprising his role as Thrawn in 2020, and later contacted him about the role for the series the next year.[7] Additionally, it was revealed that Wes Chatham was appearing in the series as Enoch, Thrawn's "right-hand man".[65][30]Anthony Daniels reprises his role as the droid C-3PO.[24]
Design
The first episode features an opening crawl, the first of the Star Wars Disney+ series to do so, after the crawls were previously reserved for the Skywalker Saga films. Unlike the crawl for those films, the Ahsoka one features red text and different formatting.[66] The Loth-cats were animatronics created by Legacy Effects; their previously live-action appearances in The Mandalorian were done through CGI.[67] The series' end credits feature a design reminiscent of the golden sphere and subsequent star map Elsbeth uses to search for Thrawn, and feature stylized Loth-wolves and Purrgil. Molly Edwards of Total Film also noted the credits had similarities to the World Between Worlds, as featured in Rebels, such as the text seen in the credits,[68] with that realm ultimately appearing in the series.[21]Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati wield lightsabers with a more orange color than the "stark red" usually depicted for Star Wars antagonists. Filoni said this choice was "very intentional" and was done to indicate that the two "might not straight up be what you think they are" at the start of the series. While not a straight orange color, Filoni likened what was chosen to his memory of Darth Vader's lightsaber in the original trilogy that "kind of fluctuated from visual effects" to have a more orange color.[69]
In April 2023, during Star Wars Celebration London, it was revealed that Kevin Kiner would compose the score for Ahsoka, after previously composing the music for the animated series The Clone Wars, Rebels, The Bad Batch, and Tales of the Jedi.[75] Sean Kiner, Deana Kiner and David Glen Russell provide additional music for the series.[76][77]
Walt Disney Records released the score for Ahsoka in two volumes: music from the first four episodes, including the in-universe song "Igyah Kah", which was co-written by Kevin Kiner, Ludwig Göransson, Deana Kiner and Noah Gorelick, and features vocals by Sarah Tudzin, was released digitally on September 15, 2023 as part of the first volume.[78] A second volume, which covers music from the final four episodes, was released on October 6.[79]
All music is composed by Kevin Kiner, Sean Kiner and Deana Kiner, except where noted.
Kevin Kiner, David Glen Russell, Sean Kiner & Deana Kiner
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"Prepare for the Worst"
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"Far, Far Away"
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"To the Surface"
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"Something Wicked"
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"Baylan's Plans"
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"Grand Admiral Thrawn"
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"Sabine Rides Off"
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"Stranded or Killed"
Kevin Kiner, David Glen Russell, Sean Kiner & Deana Kiner
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"Coward"
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"That's a Rock"
David Glen Russell
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"I See Bandits"
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"It Worked, Didn't It?"
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"Another Is Coming"
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"Primary Objective"
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"Don't Be Afraid"
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"Field of Bones"
Kevin Kiner, David Glen Russell, Sean Kiner & Deana Kiner
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"Getting Home"
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"They're All Connected"
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"On Her Own"
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"Circle Up"
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"Not This Again"
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"Baylan's Decision"
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"What I See"
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"Clearly I Was Wrong"
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"It's Complicated"
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"Never Again"
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"I Have a System"
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"I'll Be There for You"
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"Only If We Let It"
David Glen Russell
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"Prepare"
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"Rain Hellfire"
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"This Is New"
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"I Understand"
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"I'll Handle This"
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"Use the Force"
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"What Was Required"
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"Open Fire"
David Glen Russell
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"A Ronin"
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"Epilogue Part I"
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"Epilogue Part II"
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Marketing
Filoni and Favreau promoted the series at Lucasfilm's Star Wars Celebration panel on May 26, 2022, with Dawson appearing in full costume via video message from the series' set.[42] Dawson appeared in person at a panel on May 28 for The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, along with Filoni, Favreau, Bordizzo, and Chopper, and footage from the first three weeks of Ahsoka's filming was shown.[62][63] Filoni, Favreau, Dawson, and Bordizzo debuted the first trailer for the series at Star Wars Celebration London on April 7, 2023,[80] with the cast presenting additional footage and confirming the inclusion of Mikkelsen as Grand Admiral Thrawn the following day.[81] A featurette, focusing on mentor-student relationships within Star Wars as well as that of George Lucas to Dave Filoni, titled Master & Apprentice: A Special Look at Ahsoka, was released on August 14, 2023,[82][83] and later released on Disney+ on September 8.[1][needs update]
Release
Ahsoka premiered on Disney+ on August 22, 2023 at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, with two episodes. Subsequent episodes were released weekly on Tuesdays at that same time,[84] the series concluded on October 3, 2023,[85] and consisted of eight episodes.[14] The first episode was dedicated to Stevenson, who died in May 2023.[86] The series was originally scheduled to premiere on August 23 and release on Wednesdays at 3 a.m. Eastern Time,[87][88] before moving to its Tuesday release schedule.[84] The fifth episode had a theatrical release on September 12, 2023, screening at ten theaters in the U.S. as well as an event in the UK.[89][90]
Reception
Audience viewership
Disney and Lucasfilm announced that "Part One" had 14 million views in the five days following its release, becoming the most watched title on Disney+ during the week of its launch; Disney defined views as total stream time divided by runtime, which The Hollywood Reporter equated to 784 million minutes.[91][92] According to Samba TV, the first episode was viewed in 1.2 million households over its first five days.[92] According to the streaming aggregator Reelgood, Ahsoka was the most streamed program across all platforms in the United States during the week of August 24–31, 2023.[93][94] According to Whip Media's TV Time, Ahsoka was again the most streamed television series across all platforms in the United States during the week of September 10, 2023,[95] during the week of September 17, 2023,[96] during the week of September 24, 2023,[97] during the week of October 1, 2023,[98] and during the week of October 8, 2023.[99]
According to Whip Media's viewership tracking app TV Time, Ahsoka was the ninth most-watched streaming original television series of 2023.[100][101]
Critical response
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 86% of 263 critics gave the series a positive review, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Elevated by Rosario Dawson's strong performance in the title role and a solid story that balances new and old elements of the Star Wars saga, Ahsoka is a must-watch for fans of the franchise."[102] On Metacritic, the series holds a weighted average score of 68 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[103] Stewart Heritage, writing for The Guardian, commented on the similarity of the appearance of Thrawn in the series to Elon Musk, something that was noticed by many fans and which trended on social media.[104]
