The really big “Star Wars” news of the day is of course that in addition to the already announced films by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, James Mangold and Dave Filoni, a “The Mandalorian” film by Jon Favreau is also in the works. – and will be the first new “Star Wars” film to hit theaters since “Star Wars 9: The Rise of Skywalker.” The title: “The Mandalorian and Grogu“. But hidden within this big announcement from Lucasfilm is a smaller, hardly less exciting piece of information that series fans have been waiting for for a while: “Ahsoka“Season 2 is in development.
Dave Filoni wears the hat again this season. Work on the new “Ahsoka” episodes for Disney+ was almost casually confirmed in the press release on “The Mandalorian & Grogu,” stating that films are in the works from “Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, James Mangold and Dave Filoni, who is also currently developing ‘Ahsoka’ Season 2.”
Series creator Dave Filoni and lead actress Rosario Dawson had recently repeatedly expressed optimism about a second season, but fans were slowly growing restless as no official announcement followed the end of season 1 on Disney+ in early October 2023. But now it’s clear: there are more episodes about the famous Togruta, her brother-in-arms Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), droid Huyang (David Tennant) and Co., which ‘Star Wars’ fans have already learned to love the series “Rebels” has, it is being worked on.
The second season of ‘Ahsoka’ will also likely focus on Ahsoka and her friends eventually embarking on a big cinematic adventure with the other characters from the ‘Mandalorian’ universe. This as-yet-untitled Star Wars film is directed by Dave Filoni. We’ve already thought extensively about what else could happen in season 2 of “Ahsoka”: