Star Wars: Ahsoka Official Trailer Breakdown and Analysis

The first official teaser trailer for Star Wars: Ahsoka™ is here! Revealed during Star Wars Celebration 2023™, the trailer provides more insight on the series’ plot as well as confirms quite a few appearances from Star Wars: Rebels™ characters. Watch the Star Wars: Ahsoka trailer below or on the official Star Wars™ YouTube channel, and then join us for a breakdown and analysis of the new footage below.

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Ahsoka Tano

Ahsoka Tano™ made her leap to a live-action Star Wars series in The Mandalorian™ season 2. Played by Rosario Dawson, Ahsoka Tano is as headstrong and independent as always. However, she also has a bit more wisdom that has come with age — as evidenced by her time guiding Grogu™ on Corvus™.

The trailer opens with Ahsoka traversing rocky ruins. She makes her own entrance into an underground cavern using her lightsabers™. Then later, above ground again, she’s beset by armored antagonists who are no match for her saber skills. We don’t know why Ahsoka is there, but since she’s on the hunt for Grand Admiral Thrawn™, she could be looking for clues on his whereabouts.

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Sabine Wren

The Mandalorian™ Sabine Wren™ was last seen in Star Wars: Rebels. Over the course of that animated series, Sabine most notably wielded the Darksaber™ and passed it to Bo-Katan Kryze™.

In the series finale, Sabine and Ahsoka decided to search for Ezra Bridger™, who disappeared alongside some very helpful space whales called Purgil™. Here’s where the timeline gets a little tricky. We don’t know if that meeting has already occurred, or if this is a live-action rewrite and recreation of the event. Sabine’s hair certainly looks a lot different, and it’s also implied she’s been living on Lothal™ for a while now.

Lothal (and a Loth Cat!)

Rebels fans, today is our day. Since Sabine Wren was last seen living on Lothal, we return to Ezra Bridger’s home planet. You might recognize the iconic watch tower that Ezra used as his house, or the purring critter known as a Loth Cat™. We can only cross our fingers that we may see the Loth Wolves™ again — perhaps they’re instrumental in locating our lost Jedi™?

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Hera and Chopper

Of course, this trailer also confirms which other Ghost Crew™ members we can expect. While the Ghost and Chopper™ both had cameos in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story™, the Ahsoka series will give them more of a spotlight. Notably, the teaser shows Captain Hera Syndulla™ and her trusty co-pilot Chopper flying high. It’s unclear whether they’re in pursuit of a target or being pursued. Either way, it’s good to see them. Since Ahsoka is set after Rebels, though, we have to wonder if we’ll see Jacen, the son of Hera and Kanan Jarrus™. Maybe he didn’t come with mom on this particular mission.

Hera also makes a brief appearance later in the trailer in front of other rebels. She seems to be making an inspirational speech. While her listeners are offscreen, we can cross our fingers that Captain Garzeb Orrellios™ could be there. He did, after all, just show up in The Mandalorian season 3 as a New Republic pilot.

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Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth

Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth™ is another familiar face. She faced defeat at the capable hands of Ahsoka Tano, and has now crawled back to her master after being presumed dead. In case you don’t recall, her master would be…

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Grand Admiral Thrawn

The man. The myth. The legend. Strong, fast, brilliant, and blue, Thrawn is one of the greatest Star Wars villains of all time. He and Ezra Bridger disappeared together, yet somehow Thrawn made it back. He’s even aiming to become the “heir to the Empire,” as Ahsoka puts it. This is a nod to Timothy Zahn’s novel Heir to the Empire, in which the character Thrawn debuted. Obviously he’ll be our big bad for the season.

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Inquisitors

Now, no one has confirmed if the dark side users in Ahsoka are Inquisitors™. It does, however, make a lot of sense if these secondary antagonsits are Inquisitors. Rebels and Obi-Wan Kenobi™ both dealt extensively with these ruthless Jedi hunters, so they are well established in the live-action canon.

Although, Ahsoka could be delving deeper into the light/gray/dark force wielders concepts. Are these new characters master and apprentice? Are those lightsabers red or orange? Finally, if not Darth Vader™, who do they work for? We’ll know this summer.

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Mon Mothma

Naturally, Mon Mothma™ is involved. As one of the key figures in the Rebellion, her presence is no surprise. Fans last saw her in Andor™ as she tactfully navigated life as both a senator and political conspirator. This begs the question — will another Fulcrum™ agent, Cassian Andor™, appear in Ahsoka?

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Ezra Bridger

Here’s the man of the hour. Although Ezra Bridger only shows up in the Ahsoka trailer as a hologram, all Star Wars fans probably lost their minds. We certainly did. Wearing his Rebels costume, Ezra’s hologram shines as a reminder of Sabine Wren’s mission. His last words to her were, “I’m counting on you.” Will Sabine be able to fulfill her unspoken promise to bring him home?

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Final Thoughts and Takeaways

Warrior. Outcast. Rebel. Jedi. Ahsoka Tano is known by many titles, each of them marking a distinct chapter in her life. Long ago, disillusioned with the Order, she discarded the role of Jedi. But as the lightsaber-crafting droid Huyang™ — a character from The Clone Wars™ — suggests, “Perhaps it is time to begin again.”

While the Jedi have fallen, Ahsoka still wields the Force and believes in the light. Naturally she’s going to use her powers and abilities to bring peace to the galaxy. As a Rebel, as Fulcrum, and as a friend of Luke Skywalker™, she still has a duty to uphold. Ahsoka will show us exactly how she plans to do that.

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Besides Ahsoka, many more exciting Star Wars news items came from Star Wars Celebration. Lucasfilm executives confirmed three new Star Wars film projects set in three different eras throughout a galaxy far, far away.

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