Earlier this month, production wrapped on the second season of the “Star Wars” series “Ahsoka” – the new run marking the sole live-action “Star Wars” series to hit the Disney+ streaming service next year.
The new season of eight episodes, all written by Dave Filoni, will deal with the consequences of the initial run with several characters trapped in an entirely different galaxy on the planet Peridea, while the exiled Thrawn has made his way back to the main “Star Wars” galaxy.
Series star Rosario Dawson, who plays Ahsoka Tano, along with Eman Esfadi as Ezra Bridger, both popped up at Scotland Comic-Con recently, where Dawson says despite the dire circumstances her character was left in at the end of the first season, expect a more ‘joyful’ version of her in the new run:
“She had a more of a strong gravitas at the beginning, and she was a little bit more unflappable. And I’m liking that she’s relaxing, she’s kind of getting back into her joy. I think those moments with Hayden [Christensen] and Anakin were so important for her to heal something so she could be more present.
And that’s what I’m really enjoying. I think we get to explore that a lot more in the second season. I’m really glad that we get to add more joy into her life and see her relax a little bit more and work in community a little bit more than she has.”
The comments follow on from some made the other week to Collider by actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who plays Hera Syndulla and says the big change for her next season is she’s not only more involved but gets much more action:
“I’m not sure what I can say, other than I’m in this season a bit more, which is fun. I’m definitely in on the action, as you say, quite a bit more, which was great to have a Hera really, kind of like, you know, getting some stuff done.
So yeah, I honestly, I’m not gonna say much more than that, just because I’ve not [been] given my guidelines yet. I’m gonna leave it at that. But it was so much fun. I just finished it, and it was an absolute blast. I loved every minute of it. I can’t wait for people to see it.”
The second season of “Ahsoka” is set to air on Disney+ sometime in 2026.
