The topic of “Star Wars: Ahsoka,” or more specifically the identity of the masked Inquisitor Marrok, has been high on social media trending lists for much of the past two weeks.
The double-bladed red lightsaber-wielding henchman serves alongside Ray Stevenson’s ex-Jedi Baylan Skoll and Ivanna Sakhno’s Shin Hati in the show. He got his first words on the third episode of the series last week which, unfortunately, did not clear things up.
As previously reported, Paul Darnell has been listed as Marrok’s stunt performer in the first two episodes and was upgraded to ‘featuring’ for the third episode, which first features Marrok’s heavily modulated voice.
At the same time, actor Sam Witwer appeared in the third episode’s credits as an additional voice actor – but the nature of his role is unknown.
There’s been plenty of speculation that Marrok could be the “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed” character of Galen Marek/Starkiller whom Witwer played in the games. But so far, no one has said anything.
Then, last week, Witwer popped up on an Instagram reel where he seemed to debunk the theory. User diamondfigs shared the reel in question in which Witwer basically said he couldn’t talk about any involvement in shows due to rules in place (either Lucasfilm or SAG-AFTRA strike rules – it’s not clear). But he did say:
“I don’t know what the rules are, I mean honestly, like I didn’t… I was just about to say I didn’t work on ‘Ahsoka’, but I did, so… yeah, I don’t think I can say anything, guys but proud of Dave [Filoni]. I love Dave.”
In the reel, Witwer seems to genuinely forget at first that he worked on the series before recalling that he did. He makes no further mention of what exactly he contributed, but an additional voice credit could be something that would be forgotten, whereas a key supporting on-screen role would not.
In the time since that reel was first shared, the theories surrounding Starkiller haven’t ceased, whilst others are also latching onto ideas like a dark side Ezra Bridger.
The fourth episode of “Ahsoka” is released tomorrow night with Inside the Magic reporting that Marrok’s identity will be revealed in that episode.
Source: Instagram (via CinemaBlend)
