The primary season of Ahsoka got here to an finish again in 2023 with loads of questions nonetheless unanswered for Star Wars followers with a Disney+ subscription. Now, with the 2025 TV schedule getting underway, we’ve a solution to the thriller of whether or not or not the late Ray Stevenson can be recast to proceed Baylan Skoll’s journey in Season 2. Sport of Thrones alum Rory McCann has reportedly been forged as Baylan Skoll for when Ahsoka returns, and I can not wait to see what he brings to the function.
Ray Stevenson was thought of by many followers to be a spotlight of Ahsoka‘s first season, which was a testomony to his talent however tragic in gentle of the actor passing away on the age of simply 58, simply months earlier than the Disney+ Star Wars present premiered in 2023. Ahsoka ended Season 1 on a cliffhanger for Baylan Skoll and the mysterious Mortis statues, elevating the difficulty of whether or not Stevenson can be recast to proceed what appeared like an essential story or the story can be scrapped. EP Dave Filoni would not commit both approach when requested; now, we’ve Rory McCann approaching board to step into Stevenson’s footwear.
Information of Rory McCann’s casting first broke courtesy of The Insneider, which THR went on to substantiate afterwards. Assuming the remainder of the Season 1 primary gamers return, the Sport of Thrones star joins Rosario Dawson, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ivanna Sakhno, David Tennant, Eman Esfandi, and Lars Mikkelsen. It appears doubtless that he’d share most screentime with Dawson, Bordizzo and/or Sakhno, provided that these three in addition to Baylan Skoll stayed behind on Peridea whereas Ezra and Thrawn returned to the primary galaxy.
Current credit for McCann embody voicing Megatron for Transformers: Earthspark, Normal Tegular in Gladiator 2, Ragnar in The Damned, The Purchaser in Knuckles, and Armstrong in Jackdaw, to only identify a handful of his post-Thrones gigs.
And whereas I would not have predicted that the actor famed for taking part in The Hound on Sport of Thrones because the substitute for Ray Stevenson in Ahsoka, I am excited to see what Rory McCann brings to the character. The Star Wars sequence is arguably the largest challenge he is landed since ending Thrones, and he clearly can match proper into the fantasy style. What’s Star Wars if not an area opera combining fantasy with science fiction?
On the time of writing, McCann has not but publicly commented on information that he’ll be enjoying Baylan Skoll for Ahsoka Season 2. Contemplating that Dave Filoni’s The Mandalorian & Grogu movie is predicted to tie the varied Disney+ live-action Star Wars exhibits collectively, enjoying Ray Stevenson’s unique character for Ahsoka might result in a task on the massive display for McCann.
Sadly, no premiere date has but been introduced for the second season of Ahsoka. Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is the newest Star Wars launch on Disney+ among the many upcoming Star Wars motion pictures and TV exhibits, with Andor Season 2 to observe with a premiere on April 22, 2025. With The Mandalorian & Grogu slated for Could 2026, it stays to be seen when Star Wars will schedule Ahsoka Season 2. I am hoping for a late 2025 or early 2026 arrival, however solely time will inform.
For now, followers can at all times revisit the primary season of Ahsoka streaming on Disney+. Or, if information of Rory McCann’s casting places you within the temper for some Sport of Thrones motion, you will discover all eight seasons of that sequence streaming with a Max subscription.