Draft:Ahsoka season 2

The second season of the American television series Ahsoka is part of the Star Wars franchise, taking place in the same timeframe as the series The Mandalorian after the events of the film Return of the Jedi (1983). It follows Ahsoka Tano and her Jedi apprentice Sabine Wren as they are stranded in another galaxy. The season is produced by Lucasfilm and Golem Creations, with Dave Filoni serving as showrunner.

Rosario Dawson stars as the title character, reprising her role from The Mandalorian. Natasha Liu Bordizzo also stars. Filoni was considering prioritizing a second season of the series over a planned The Mandalorian crossover film by November 2023, and the second season was confirmed in January 2024. Filming is expected to begin in late 2024.

The season is expected to be released on the streaming service Disney+.

Starring

 * Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano
 * Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren

Background
Lucasfilm announced several spin-offs from the Star Wars series The Mandalorian in December 2020, including Ahsoka. Rosario Dawson was set to reprise her role as Ahsoka Tano from The Mandalorian, having taken over from Ashley Eckstein who voiced the character in Dave Filoni's animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. The new spin-off series were set in the same trimeframe as The Mandalorian—during the 30 years between the films Return of the Jedi (1983) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)—and were planned to culminate in a "climactic story event". They were being concurrently developed by The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau and Filoni, with Filoni creating, writing, and serving as lead producer and showrunner on Ahsoka. Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy, Carrie Beck, and Colin Wilson were also executive producers.

The first season of Ahsoka continued a story that Filoni established in the epilogue of Rebels, and was referred to by some fans and commentators as effectively being a fifth season of Rebels. That series ended with protagonist Ezra Bridger and antagonist Grand Admiral Thrawn being taken to an unknown location, and the epilogue showed Ahsoka joining Ezra's friend Sabine Wren to search for them. In the first season of Ahsoka, Ezra and Thrawn are found in another galaxy and return to the main Star Wars galaxy, while Ahsoka and Sabine are stranded in the other galaxy with new antagonists Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati. Baylan discovers large statues of the Mortis gods–powerful Force-wielders introduced in The Clone Wars–as part of his own journey. It was initially unclear how Baylan's story would continue following the death of actor Ray Stevenson in May 2023.

Development
Ahsoka was initially reported to be a miniseries, but Disney was not listing it as such by February 2023. That April, Filoni was announced to be making a film that would serve as a culmination of the interconnected stories of The Mandalorian and its spin-offs. The film's timing would depend on future seasons of the series, including a possible second season of Ahsoka which was dependent on the first season's performance. When the first season was fully released in October, a second season was considered more likely to be Filoni's next project than the film. The next month, Filoni revealed that he was now chief creative officer at Lucasfilm and would be directly involved in the planning of future films and series. He was considering a second season of Ahsoka at that time, and Lucasfilm officially announced that Filoni was developing the season in January 2024.

Filming
Principal photography is scheduled to begin in late 2024.

Marketing
The season's announcement was accompanied by a sketch from Filoni featuring Ahsoka and Sabine with the Mortis gods statues, leading to speculation about the season's possible story.

Release
The season is expected to be released on the streaming service Disney+.