Although a precise launch date has but to be introduced, Ahsoka Season 2 would be the subsequent live-action providing on the upcoming Star Wars TV exhibits slate. Whereas plot particulars stay a closely-guarded secret for the following batch of episodes, we do have one other necessary piece of behind-the-scenes data to chew on. Bryce Dallas Howard confirmed that she is directing episodes of Ahsoka Season 2, and she or he used 4 descriptive phrases to explain what’s arising.
Howard has been an everyday within the Star Wars universe for a number of years now, having beforehand helmed episodes of The Mandalorian, The Guide of Boba Fett and Skeleton Crew, in addition to voiced Yaddle in Tales of the Jedi. The Jurassic World actress introduced up her newest contribution to the franchise’s Disney+ subscription-exclusive panorama throughout a panel at LA Comedian Con (through Jason Delgado on the Pink Carpet) whereas speaking about what a “pleasure” and “privilege” it’s been attending to work on Star Wars. First she stated this:
I simply completed capturing two episodes this summer season for Ahsoka Season 2. Y’all it’s so good. It’s lovely, it’s thrilling, it’s adventurous, it’s romantic. It’s all of the stuff you needed from an epic story.
Effectively that’s a surefire technique to get Ahsoka followers much more excited for what’s arising in Season 2. The primary season was notable for not simply bringing again Rosario Dawson’s older model of Ahsoka Tano following her visitor appearances in The Mandalorian and The Guide of Boba Fett, but in addition for bringing Star Wars Rebels characters like Sabine Wren, Hera Syndulla, Ezra Bridger and Grand Admiral Thrawn to stay motion for the primary time. Season 1 noticed Ahsoka and her allies working to forestall Thrawn from returning and uniting the fractured remnants of the Empire years after the occasions of Return of the Jedi.
I can’t say I’m shocked Bryce Dallas Howard was introduced on to direct one-fourth of Ahsoka Season 2 contemplating that all the earlier Star Wars exhibits she labored on additionally happen within the New Republic period. She additionally has nothing however reward for Dave Filoni, the chief artistic officer of Lucasfilm, creator of Ahsoka and govt producer on these different exhibits. In her phrases:
I like Dave Filoni, I might do something for and with Dave Filoni. He’s a rare chief and visionary, and he’s tremendous humorous, and the man is aware of what he’s speaking about. So sure, I simply received to complete that up, [I’ve] been engaged on the minimize.
Ahsoka Season 1 ran from August 22-October 3, 2023, so it’s attainable that Season 2 will premiere across the identical time subsequent yr. Nevertheless, if Bryce Dallas Howard is engaged on the cuts of her episodes, possibly that bodes effectively for it premiering earlier in 2026. Presently Ahsoka is the one live-action Star Wars TV present on the books, although the animated exhibits Maul — Shadow Lord and Star Wars: Visions Presents are each additionally anticipated to debut subsequent yr.
The excellent news is we don’t have to attend an excessive amount of longer for a well-known Star Wars TV sequence to return, as Visions Season 3 drops October 29 on Disney+. We can also’t neglect The Mandalorian & Grogu popping out Might 22 on the 2026 films schedule, and I’ll have an interest to see whether or not Ahsoka Season 2 is squeezed in earlier than of after that launch.