Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead has joined the cast of Ahsoka, spin-off of Star Wars: The Mandalorian
According The Hollywood ReporterMary Elizabeth Winstead (Birds of Prey, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) is the latest actress to join the cast of the upcoming live-action series from Star Wars Ahsoka. The next series of Disney+, which in turn is a spin-off of the popular The Mandalorian, a series that takes place five years after the return of the jedi. As with most projects related to starwars, the details of who will play Winstead are a mystery. Production on Ahsoka is expected to begin in the spring, and coronavirus permitting.
Winstead will star in the series alongside Rosario Dawson as main character Ahsoka Tano. A role he first played in the second season of The Mandalorian.
Ahsoka, in addition to being a formidable user of the Force in her own right, was Anakin Skywalker’s former Padawan. A character that will also appear in the series that will be played once again by Hayden Christensen, reprising the role he played in Attack of the clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005). If the two do interact on screen, this will be the first time the Master and Padawan have met in real action. Until now, they have only appeared together in the animated series. Star Wars: The Clone Wars and in Rebels. In Rebels Ahsoka and Anakin / Vader staged an epic lightsaber fight where master and apprentice faced each other.
What we know so far
Also recently announced as part of the cast are Ukrainian actress Ivanna Sakhno in a currently unknown role and Australian actress Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren, a character who made her first appearance in the animated film. Star Wars: Rebels. The series will be written by Dave Filoni, who wrote, directed and executive produced The Clone Wars and Rebels.
Ahsoka is expected to be like a sequel to Rebels, whose ending left us with Sabine Wren and Ahsoka just after the battle of Endor leaving in search of Ezra Bridger, a character that could be played by Mena Massoud. In the second season of The Mandalorian, it is revealed that Ahsoka is looking for Grand Admiral Thrawn, a character with whom Ezra was last seen.