We get our first good look at Grand Admiral Thrawn in Ahsoka trailer

In April, we obtained our first take a look at the brand new Disney+ collection Star Wars: Ahsoka with the discharge of a teaser throughout Star Wars Celebration Day in London. It was tantalizing however a bit mild on particulars. Now we have a full-length trailer that reunites a number of fan favorites and likewise provides us our first peek on the live-action model of Grand Admiral Thrawn, whose rumored return will gas a lot of the plot for Ahsoka.

(Some spoilers for Star Wars: Rebels under.)

As beforehand reported, the Jedi Padawan of Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka, was launched as a supporting character in 2008’s animated movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the next animated collection (voiced by Ashley Eckstein). The character returned within the sequel collection Star Wars Rebels (2014-2018) as a member of the Insurgent Alliance, working beneath the codename Fulcrum, and made quite a few different cameo appearances within the prolonged Star Wars universe. Rosario Dawson’s live-action model made her debut in The Mandalorian‘s second season. We final noticed Ahsoka briefly in The Ebook of Boba Fett when she handed on a present of chain mail to Grogu after warning Mando/Din Djarin that his presence would distract from Grogu’s Jedi coaching. Everyone knows how that turned out: Din and Grogu reunited and went on to share much more adventures in The Mandalorian S3.

Ahsoka takes place in the identical timeline as that third Mandalorian season. Along with Dawson, the solid contains Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren, a younger Mandalorian warrior, graffiti artist, and former bounty hunter; Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla, a Twi’lek New Republic common and former pilot for the Rebel; Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger, a former con artist and thief who educated as a Jedi; and the just lately deceased Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll, a former Jedi and survivor or Order 66, now an ally of Thrawn, an Imperial navy chief who leads the remnants of the scattered Galactic Empire in a marketing campaign towards the New Republic in a trilogy of novels and Star Wars Rebels. Lars Mikkelsen voiced the character within the animated collection and returns to play the live-action model.

Ivanna Sakhno performs Shin Hati, Baylan’s lightsaber-wielding apprentice. Genevieve O’Reilly and Diana Lee Inosanto reprise their roles as Mon Mothma and Morgan Elsbeth, respectively, whereas David Tennant is again voicing Huyang, a lightsaber-crafting droid who appeared in The Clone Wars. Hayden Christensen will return as Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka’s former Jedi mentor who fell to the Darkish Facet of the Drive and have become Darth Vader. We’re additionally more likely to get extra of Ahsoka’s backstory since Savannah Steyn will play a youthful model of the character.

Showrunner Dave Filoni created Rebels and likewise co-created The Mandalorian, which makes him a pure option to helm Ahsoka. We realized in April that the collection will proceed the storyline of Rebels, which ended with Ezra Bridger basically sacrificing himself to vanish into the Unknown Areas with Thrawn. The trailer reveals that Ahsoka and Sabine tried to seek out Ezra and failed, splitting lower than amicably. So that they’ll seemingly must resolve some interpersonal points along with renewing their hunt for Ezra and combating off enemies over the course of the season-long arc.

The trailer opens with Baylan somberly declaring, “Conflict is inevitable. One should destroy in an effort to create. We are not any Jedi.” Then we see a lightsaber minimize down a random insurgent simply to drive house the purpose.  We minimize to Ahsoka, who has been choosing up on whispers of Thrawn’s return, looking for to reclaim his place as inheritor to the Empire. Baylan and Shin are in search of Thrawn in hopes of gaining energy “equivalent to you have by no means dreamed,” per Baylan. Shin has orders to seek out Ahsoka, and we see her crossing lightsabers with Sabine (who inherited Ezra’s weapon), nevertheless it’s Baylan who confronts Anakin’s former apprentice within the trailer.

In the meantime, Hera is weary of regularly being at battle and pleads with a gaggle of senators to assist her stop one other one. When Ahsoka approaches her about discovering Ezra, Hera makes the apparent suggestion: Sabine could be a giant assist. Ahsoka complains that Sabine stays extremely cussed, and Hera reminds her that her personal grasp seemingly discovered Ahsoka equally tough. “Anakin by no means obtained to complete my coaching,” Ahsoka replies. “I walked away from him. Simply as I walked away from Sabine.” However she and Sabine do workforce up, and Sabine is clearly as much as the challenges forward. As at all times, the stakes are excessive. “If we do not cease Thrawn, every part can be in useless,” Ahsoka says.

Ahsoka debuts on Disney+ on August 23, 2023.

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