David Tennant and Lars Mikkelsen have joined Lucasfilm’s upcoming Ahsoka sequence.
The information was confirmed this morning on stage at Star Wars Celebration in London, the place sequence creators Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau appeared alongside sequence lead Rosario Dawson.
“You have to have him. He makes it work,” Filoni mentioned of Tennant
Tennant, finest identified for his flip as Doctor Who, will play the droid character Huyang within the sequence. He beforehand voiced the character in Filoni’s animated model of the sequence and received a Daytime Emmy for his work on the present.
Later through the panel, Filoni and Favreau shared new footage of the present that additionally revealed Lars Mikkelsen is returning to the Star Wars universe to play Admiral Thrawn in Ahsoka. Mikkelsen voiced Thrawn within the animated sequence. Mikkelsen later appeared on stage with the forged to tease his function.
“It’s wonderful,” he mentioned, when requested the way it feels to return to Star Wars.
The line-up of administrators set to work on the sequence was additionally unveiled this morning in London. Filoni will shoot episodes alongside Steph Green, Peter Ramsey, Jennifer Getzinger, Geeta Patel, and Rick Famuyiwa.
Disney unveiled the primary trailer for Ahsoka yesterday through the Lucasfilm Studios Showcase on the Star Wars Celebration. The similar teaser was screened immediately with a number of additional scenes added. The studio additionally launched a sequence of updates yesterday, together with a broad launch date for the present: August 2023.
Ahsoka is Disney+’s spin-off of the hit sequence The Mandalorian. Rosario Dawson stars because the titular Ahsoka Tano. Dawson was current at Star Wars Celebration together with different forged and the likes of Jude Law, who’s main a special spin-off, Skeleton Crew.
Written by Star Wars Rebels co-creator Dave Filoni and govt produced by Filoni and Jon Favreau, Ahsoka will proceed Ahsoka’s story from The Mandalorian. She is from the alien species Togruta, identified for his or her massive montrals and head tails, and colourful pigments. The character of Ahsoka was co-created by George Lucas and Filoni.
Plot particulars for Ahsoka have been saved beneath wraps. There was no phrase on Hayden Christensen’s rumored return as Luke Skywalker within the sequence.
Cast additionally consists of Ray Stevenson, Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren from the Star Wars Rebels animated sequence, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Winstead will play Hera, which was additionally revealed on stage on the Celebration.
You can watch yesterday’s teaser trailer right here.
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