Ashoka (Ahsoka) is a 2023 American fantasy adventure film series created by Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni. The film premiered on the movie platform Disney+ is on August 23, 2023.
The film is part of the Star Wars franchise and has a connection to the series The Mandalorian (The Mandalorian), which takes place in the same time frame as this series and its other interconnected "offshoots" after the events of Return of the Jedi (Return of the Jedi) from 1983, and is also a sequel to the animated series "„Star Wars: Rebels„". The series follows Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to the galaxy after the fall of the Empire.
Rosario Dawson plays the role of Ahsoka Tano, reprising her role from The Mandalorian. The character was created for the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars (voiced by Ashley Eckstein) and made her live-action debut in the second season of The Mandalorian.
A standalone series focusing on the character was announced in December 2020, with Dawson reprising his role and Filoni attached to write the series, having created the character. Filming began in early May 2022, with multiple characters from Rebels revealed to be appearing.
In April 2023, additional casting was revealed, highlighted by Lars Mikkelsen reprising his role as Grand Admiral Thrawn in Rebels, and it was confirmed that the series would continue the story begun in Rebels.
