Filming is currently underway for the Disney+ Original series “Ahsoka” at Manhattan Beach Studios in California.
Rosario Dawson will be reprising her role as Ahsoka in the limited series who we last saw in Season 2 of The Mandalorian and in Chapter 6 of The Book of Boba Fett. Reports have confirmed that Natasha Liu Bordizzo will portray Sabine Wren and Ivanna Sakhno will play a newly created character reportedly named Astrid. Mary Elizabeth Winstead has also reportedly been cast in an undisclosed role. Additionally, Ray Stevenson (Vikings) joined the cast. THR reports that “he is a villain in the series and will play an admiral … although, not Thrawn.”
According to a new casting rumor, Lars Mikkelsen has been cast to play Grand Admiral Thrawn in the upcoming “Ahsoka” series. Mikkelsen provided the voice for Thrawn in Star Wars: Rebels.
The rumor comes from @_ChristopherM who revealed the news on social media which you can see below:
Looks like #Ahsoka has indeed hired Lars Mikkelsen to play THRAWN in the series and will have his traditional white uniform in the streaming series. Mikkelsen has been rumored for ages and previously voiced the character on #StarWarsRebels pic.twitter.com/kMuHzziN52
— Christopher Marc (@_ChristopherM) October 10, 2022
As always, since nothing has been confirmed by Disney or Lucasfilm, we will treat this as a rumor for now.
Insider Daniel Richtman previously revealed the following logline and synopsis for the series:
In “Ahsoka” Tano (Rosario Dawson) is on the hunt for the evil Grand Admiral Thrawn in the hope it will help her locate the missing Ezra Bridger, the young Jedi that disappeared with Thrawn many years ago. Based on characters from the “Star Wars” franchise. A spinoff of the TV series “The Mandalorian.”
Eman Esfandi (King Richard) was recently announced to play Ezra Bridger in the series.
Peter Ramsey will reportedly direct at least one episode of Disney+’s upcoming “Ahsoka” series. Ramsey is the first Black filmmaker to win the animated feature Oscar as co-director of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Dave Filoni is attached to write the show and is exec producing with Jon Favreau.
“Ahsoka” is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ in 2023.
Source: @_ChristopherM via The Direct