Ahsoka Tano

Three new lightsabers from Ahsoka. But which is which?Photo: io9/Germain LussierOne of the best things about a brand new Star Wars show is brand new Star Wars tech. Blasters, ships, armors and, of course, lightsabers. And when you’re talking about a show like Ahsoka, one thathas a lot of Force users in it both good and bad, there are bound to be a lot of new lightsabers. And now you can check them out.Lucasfilm has several props from the upcoming show on display at San Diego Comic-Con and they’re sure to get cosplayers…

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Image: Disney/LucasfilmAfter recent teases throughout the last couple of days, Disney has released a new trailer for Star Wars: Ahsoka that sees Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) reunite with some familiar faces. Along with Star Wars Rebels characters Sabine (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) and Hera (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), the ex-Jedi crosses paths with Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) as she and Sabine endeavor to find Ezra Bridger (Eman Esfadi).Ahsoka | Official Trailer | Disney+Set during the same time as The Mandalorian’s…

Image: LegoNine years after taking a first crack at the ship, Lego is returning to Hera Syndulla’s ride of choice, the Ghost, ahead of the ship’s return to prominence in Star Wars: Ahsoka next month. And while her crew certainly looks different, the ship itself is looking better than ever.Today Lego revealed a new set simply called “The Ghost and Phantom II,” the first playset from the company to officially come from Ahsoka. The new Ghost has roughly 460 more parts compared to the 2014 Rebels set, mostly because unlike…

Image: Disney/LucasfilmNext month’s Star Wars: Ahsoka sees the titular non-Jedi (voiced by Ashley Eckstein in animation and played in live-action by Rosario Dawson) make a return to live-action after previously showing up in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. Outside of Ahsoka herself, the big draw of her show is seeing the return of beloved Star Wars Rebels characters such as Sabine Wren (Tiya Sicar/Natasha Liu Bordizzo). Rebels ended with the two women preparing to embark on a journey to find that show’s…

When we say that Star Wars has a complicated relationship with death, it’s usually about how the franchise is unwilling to let go of its own past, or how a desire to cheat the final end has driven much of the series’ theological explorations recently. Sometimes, it just means you have to be persistent as hell to survive being dragged away by giant monsters into the bowels of an exploding space station.‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’That was the case for young Wookiee Jedi Burryaga Agaburry, a breakout highlight of the first…

Satine Kryze seemingly changed Star Wars forever when she was introduced in Clone Wars as the face of a Mandalore unlike anything fans and stories had imagined in the decades since Boba Fett first appeared in Empire Strikes Back. But in her wake, as Star Wars has pushed deeper into Mandalorian storytelling, it’s like Satine has vanished from memory. Why?Spoilers of the Week: July 1stThe simple answer is, well, she died. Near the climaxof Clone Wars’ fifth season, Maul and Death Watch’s coup on Mandalore climaxes with…

Ten thousand Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice across the Star Wars galaxy before the rise of the Empire laid them low. But as devastating as Palpatine’s issuing of Order 66 was to the Jedi, in recent years we’ve seen more and more tales of Jedi that survived its wrath. Is that a problem? As always with Star Wars, not really... from a certain point of view.The Rings of Power | First FandomsThe number of Jedi who survived Order 66 has been in the spotlight this week, after Empire Magazine’s coverage of…

Image: LucasfilmWe’ve long known that Star Wars’ Clone Wars-born heroine would be making the jump from cameos on The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett to her own live-action series, Ahsoka, this August—and now we have a precise date, August 23, to add to our countdown calendars.Here’s a look at the latest TV spot, which showcases Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, back to lead a band of Dave Filoni universe-created misfits to take on the threat of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who we last saw on Star Wars: Rebels disappearing…