Star Wars Rebels‘ epilogue really does serve as the launchpad for the upcoming Ahsoka Disney+ TV show, with hints the first episode will pick up straight from the epilogue. Star Wars Rebels‘ ending featured a time jump to after the fall of the Empire, an epilogue scene in which Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren teamed up once again to find their lost friend Ezra Bridger. This story has been picked up in a different format, with Rosario Dawson now cast as the live-action Ahsoka. What’s more, recent set photos have promised a direct recreation of Star Wars Rebels‘ epilogue.
The latest issue of Empire Magazine is dedicated to Ahsoka, and in amid the interviews there’s a fascinating comment. According to Empire, “At the outset of Ahsoka, Sabine is still grappling with what she lost and hasn’t yet found.” This seems to directly set up Ahsoka and Sabine’s scene, indicating the Ahsoka Disney+ TV show will waste no time giving viewers the reunion they’re longing for. It’s an exciting prospect because it hopefully means the show will be fast-paced – and headed in unexpected directions over the course of its eight episodes.
Ahsoka Disney+ TV Show Really Is A Star Wars Rebels Reunion
Marketing for Ahsoka has focused on the fact Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice has made her way into live-action as star of her own show. But Ahsoka really is far more than that; it’s essentially a Star Wars Rebels reunion, with so many other characters brought to life as well. Natasha Liu Bordizzo plays the live-action Sabine, Lucasfilm revealed the animatronic Chopper at Star Wars Celebration, and it’s surely no coincidence Steve Blum appeared as Zeb in The Mandalorian season 3. Even the villains are straight from the small screen, with Lars Mikkelsen now playing Grand Admiral Thrawn in live-action after voicing the part in Rebels.
It’s thrilling to see these popular and much-loved characters reinvented in live-action. At the same time, though, it’s important to note Ahsoka should not be seen as a sort of graduation, as though animation in some lesser art form; these are simply different mediums, and Rebels should be celebrated in its own right. It is a launchpad for another story – but it is also far more, a tremendous animated Star Wars TV show whose quality is proved by its legacy in Ahsoka.
Source: Empire Magazine
