Rosario Dawson's Ahsoka show is now filming, as confirmed by a new behind-the-scenes photo from the live-action Star Wars series. The launch of Disney+ in 2019 brought new life to the galaxy far, far away thanks to the debut of The Mandalorian. It marked the first of many live-action shows in development from Lucasfilm for the streaming service, which included the eventual announcement of an Ahsoka series that returns Rosario Dawson as the former Jedi padawan who appeared in prior animated Star Wars TV shows.
Ahsoka Tano's upcoming spinoff comes after appearances in The Mandalorian season 2 and The Book of Boba Fett. Despite Lucasfilm's official announcement of the series in 2020, there is not much official information about it. There have been reports that Hayden Christensen returns as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader after Obi-Wan Kenobi, while Natasha Liu Bordizzo is attached to play live-action Sabine Wren. Additional speculation suggests that other characters from Star Wars Rebels will appear.
Now, Lucasfilm has officially confirmed that Ahsoka has started filming. The official Star Wars Twitter account shared a behind-the-scenes photo from the set of the series, showing a chair with the show's logo on it and the signature black cowboy hat of Dave Filoni, who created Ahsoka Tano and is writing, directing, and producing the show, hanging off the back. The Ahsoka set photo doesn't include any other revelations about the series or show Rosario Dawson on set. There is currently no official release date for Ahsoka.
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The start of filming for Ahsoka comes a few weeks before Star Wars Celebration takes place, which could mean that additional details about the series will be revealed there. The supporting cast around Rosario Dawson reportedly includes Mary Elizabeth Winston, Ray Stevenson, and Ivanna Sakhno, as well as the aforementioned appearances of Christensen and Bordizzo. Star Wars Celebration could bring confirmation on who these actors are playing. It might even be where casting for Grand Admiral Thrawn, Ezra Bridger, and others are announced.
Now that Ahsoka is filming, though, it marks the continuation of Disney+'s The Mandalorian universe. It also potentially signals that audiences can expect to see the Rosario Dawson-led spinoff in the summer of 2023. The Star Wars Disney+ shows usually begin streaming roughly a year after they start filming. With The Mandalorian season 3 expected to arrive in late 2022, Lucasfilm could wait only a few months before releasing Ahsoka. But since the show's release is still quite far off, fans can at least now be confident in knowing that it is making great progress during production.
Source: Star Wars/Twitter
