Ahsoka Tano Disney + TV Series Announced

Anakin's apprentice herself Ahsoka Tano will be starring in her own Disney+ series! On December 10th, the public was welcomed with Disney's investors to watch a litany of new announcements for Disney's streaming portfolio. Ahsoka will be played by Rosario Dawson, who brought the character to live-action in The Mandalorian. The December 10th Disney Investor Day call has been especially good for Star Wars fans, who now have more content in the works than we've had in a long time.

Alongside several other Star Wars series, Ahsoka Tano now has her own show, putting her on par with her own aster's master: Obi-Wan Kenobi, star of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan will have his role reprised by Ewan McGregor as the Jedi Master, along with Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader.

To say that Ahsoka is important would be an understatement. While there have been women Jedi in Star Wars' past, Ahsoka Tano was the first main cast character to appear on screen embracing the role (because making Leia a Jedi Knight in The Rise of Skywalker doesn't count; Ahsoka was doing Jedi Knight things onscreen eleven years earlier). Ahsoka also has the most screen time of any woman in the Star Wars series; while women have always been a part of the Star Wars fandom, there is now an entire generation of young girls who grew up with Ahsoka over the past twelve years.

If you haven't seen the animated Star Wars shows, the name might sound new to you. Or maybe you saw The Mandalorian and just want to know more. We're glad to have you. For those that haven't seen the Force-wielding Torgruta in the past, there's a lot to know about Anakin's apprentice. First appearing on screen in the 2008 movie The Clone Wars, Ahsoka Tano made an impression on theater-goers as a rambunctious youth that gradually become one of the strongest Force users in the Star Wars galaxy. After the movie, she was a part of the main cast of the award-winning CGI series The Clone Wars, traveling the war-torn galaxy with her master Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Ahsoka Tano has gone from a teenaged Padawan prodigy to a dual-wielding powerhouse that has been brought back from the dead, time traveled, and had a vital leadership role as a spymaster in the Rebel Alliance. One important thing to know? Ahsoka is not a Jedi anymore. After being framed for a crime she didn't commit and getting prosecuted by the Jedi, she left the order after her name was cleared to find her own path.

The potential for where an Ahsoka series can go is limitless. Having access to time travel tends to open up a few possibilities. Even without time travel, though, Ahsoka's journey has been a collection of exciting adventures: between her time in the Clone Wars, her mostly-unexplored origins, her time working with the Martez sisters, the formation of the Rebellion, the time span of what was happening to her during the original trilogy, where she was after Return of the Jedi, and where she was between then and the sequel trilogy, there are decades' worth of places she could be featured!

The most likely answer, though, lies in her appearance in The Mandalorian. Viewers will remember that she asked, "Where is Admiral Thrawn?" But what she didn't ask was connected to that question. Where is Ezra Bridger? Ezra saved Ahsoka's life in the past, and later disappeared with Grand Admiral Thrawn by using the Force to command a fleet of space whales called the Purrgil to latch onto the Grand Admiral's flagship with their tentacles while Ezra was aboard, making the Purrgil jump into hyperspace and vanishing into parts unknown. I am now begging you watch Rebels; that is the only way that makes sense.

One curious place that Ahsoka can go is where the more experimental parts of the animated shows went: into the Force itself. The World Between Worlds is how Ahsoka was able to time travel, having been pulled away from her demise at the hands of Darth Vader at the last possible moment by Ezra Bridger. Ahsoka is no stranger to the metaphysical of the Star Wars universe, having been brought back to life by a Force wielder named The Daughter after she was murdered by The Son on the mysterious world of Mortis. I am now begging you watch The Clone Wars; that is the only way that makes sense.

Ahsoka's journey is long and eventful. It is worth watching both series to know about her. The upcoming series may reveal many things: how her trademark owl creatures came to be by her side, how she learned telepathy to communicate with the child Grogu, and just where she's been this entire time.

Written By Trey Atwood

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