Thus far, all the live-action Star Wars exhibits which were launched completely to Disney+ subscribers have, for probably the most half, been simply accessible to those that’ve merely watched the Star Wars films so as. That mentioned, most of those exhibits even have ties to the animated packages The Clone Wars and Rebels to at least one diploma or one other, and the upcoming Ahsoka is kicking issues up a notch by specializing in a personality who was launched within the former sequence and instantly follows up on occasions from the latter sequence. However can Ahsoka be loved with out seeing The Clone Wars and Rebels? One of many govt producers has chimed in on the matter.
With just some weeks left to go till Ahsoka premieres on Disney+, Lucasfilm govt Carrie Beck was among the many individuals EW interviewed in regards to the sequence, and one of many matters she addressed was how needed it’s for one to have seen The Clone Wars and Rebels to observe together with this newest small display screen providing from a galaxy far, distant. As Beck defined beneath, showrunner Dave Filoni did his finest to make sure that it’s accessible to newcomers to this nook of the franchise:
That is been the problem of the sequence. However Dave was very considerate about crafting the narrative in a approach that would invite individuals in. The present tells them all the pieces they should know alongside the way in which.
Launched in 2008 within the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film that preceded the same-named TV sequence, Ahsoka Tano, voiced in animation by Ashley Eckstein, has turn out to be one of the in style non-movie Star Wars characters. The Clone Wars depicted her teenage years first as Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice, after which putting out on her personal after leaving the Jedi Order, after which Rebels explored her as an grownup aiding the Insurrection, initially going by the pseudonym Fulcrum. Rosario Dawson has since performed the live-action Ahsoka in The Mandalorian and The E book of Boba Fett, however as a result of she was a guest-starring character in each exhibits, one didn’t must be absolutely conscious of her previous.
The Ahsoka present, then again, is a special beast because it’s so closely leaning on plot threads from Star Wars Rebels, starting from the title character and Natasha Liu Bordizzo’s Sabine Wren trying to find Man Esfandi’s Ezra Bridger, to Lars Mikkelsen’s Grand Admiral Thrawn resurfacing after being forcibly taken to elements unknown by Ezra. However in response to Carrie Beck, Dave Filoni, who labored on each The Clone Wars and Rebels, took steps to make sure that individuals unfamiliar with both of these animated exhibits will nonetheless be capable to observe what goes down in Ahsoka and never really feel misplaced. In the end it’ll be as much as the person to find out whether or not he efficiently pulled this off, nevertheless it definitely wouldn’t damage for Disney+ to launch a video that summarizes what occurred to Ahsoka in The Clone Wars and Rebels, akin to the Marvel Studios: Legends episodes that tie into new MCU tasks.
No matter how acquainted you might be of Ahsoka Tano’s backstory, you’ll be capable to observe together with the subsequent chapter of her life when Ahsoka premieres on August 23. Together with the aforementioned actors, the Ahsoka solid contains Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla, Invanna Sakhno as Shin Hati, Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth and the late Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll.
