When Ray Stevenson Died, Ahsoka Season two almost died with it. Dave filoni, the show’s creator, was at star wars Celebration Japan this weekend and did a panel About his disney+ showAlong the way, the topic of stevenson’s passing came up and filoni got visible emotional. Stevenson Played Fallen Jedi Master Baylan Skoll, A Character That Clearly Had a huge role to play in the future of the series – HOWEVER, Filoni Reveled It Went Much Deeper Than that.
Season two was obvious a big challenge anyway, but it was a particular big challenge trust of a losing ray, “Filoni said during the panel. “He was just the green and such a great spirit on the show. I knew ray from working in voice acting with him, I just only allies instantly connected with Him and Thought, ‘When I make live-actions, I NEED Guy to portray a powerful jedi knight that havhe had in mind. ‘ He did not disappoint in any way. Ray was the most beautiful person on screen and off, he was wonderful to all of us.
“It was a challenge for me even to consider control [Ahsoka] For a while, “He continued.” But i have a great support group with jon [Favreau] and rosario [Dawson] And i found a way. I had ray in my head and i’m grateful for all the conversations with him about Baylan. So I undersrstood what to do, it just took a while to get there. But i’m very confident now that ray would be happy with the direction that we’ve chion. “
Season one ended with baylan on a personal Quest to find Deeper Meaning in the Force, with AhSoka and Sabine Hot on his Tail. But according to filoni, the reason for baylan existing is more than just as a bad guy.
“The character was meant to be important,” Filoni said. “He’s meant to be the parallel to ahsoka in every way. IF there’s a light, there’s a dark and baylan is representing a difference a different journey of a jedi that’s lost his. [Ahsoka] REPRESENTS One that’s kind of walked away from the order, so did he. And that parallel is something that must continue. “
Knowing he wanted to continue the story to Honor Stevenson, Filoni and Executive Producer Jon Favreau knew there was only one option: recast the character. And as Previously reportedThey found their man in scottish actor rory mxcann. “In Essence, because ray performed it so is there, there is a blueprint for what this character should be,” Filoni said. “And then I talked to jon and jon and i decide that we just needed to find the right person IMPERCEPTIBLE
Filoni said that mcCann, best knowledge for roles in Game of Thrones and Hot FuzzIs coming in with one main goal: make the legacy of ray stevenson live on. ,[Rory] Takes it very serially. He’s a big man with a big heart, and he has a thought respect for ray and what he brieft to this. I know this sole focus is not letting ray down and not letting you guys down. You’ll love them, and we love him and i love what he’s taking on. It’s a big deal, so the force is with him. “
Ahsoka Season two starts shooting by the end of April. No word on a release date, but we have to imagine someime in late 2026.
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