Ahsoka Season 2 Rumors Teases Return of Huge Star Wars Prequel Trilogy Character

The latest rumors about “Ahsoka” Season 2 could be good news or bad news depending on which direction you want to take the “Star Wars” franchise. If you enjoyed the return of legacy characters like Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker, Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Temuera Morrison's Boba Fettthen you could be in for a treat. YouTuber and smoker Christian Harloff said in his latest podcast“I got word that (showrunner Dave) Filoni is trying really hard to get that one character back. I don't think it's a done deal yet, but it's close, and it looks like the return of Ahsoka could be one Natalie Portman.”

Like Christensen and McGregor, Portman was first introduced to the Star Wars prequel trilogy, which ran from 1999 to 2005. She played Padme Amidala, the new Queen of Naboo and eventually the planet's representative in the Galactic Senate. Padmé had a failed affair with Anakin that ended with him forcefully suffocating her while she was pregnant, and Padmé died giving birth to their twins: Luke and Leia Skywalker. The medical droid claims that Padme died because she simply “lost the will to live,” one of the many elements of the prequel trilogy that was very unpopular with fans.

Along with recent rumors that Christensen and McGregor will both return for “Ahsoka” season 2Harloff speculates that the show may be acting as a “World Between Worlds.” The World Between Worlds is an otherworldly plane in the Star Wars story, filled with pathways through time and space, and serving as a convenient meeting place for living and dead characters. In “Ahsoka” Season 1, Ahsoka spent some time with her former Jedi Master Anakin in the Worlds Between Worlds. It's certainly a convenient storytelling device to bring back characters who have been killed off… but is that what Star Wars fans are looking for?

While some Star Wars fans might celebrate this casting rumor, it's sure to cause groans in other areas of fandom. The most critically acclaimed “Star Wars” releases of Disney's era have largely been those centered around new characters, such as “Rogue One” and its prequel series “Andor,” the early seasons of “The Mandalorian” and others. recently, Amblin style adventure “Skeleton Crew”. Meanwhile, the biggest flop on the big screen was “Solo,” which told the story of the origin of the new Han Solo (played by Alden Ehrenreich). Since the conclusion of the sequel trilogy, progress on several Star Wars films has been sluggish, with a steady stream of projects. put into development and then cancelled.

On the television side, legacy characters like Obi-Wan, Anakin, and deep-faced Luke Skywalker generated brief excitement followed by rapidly diminishing returns. “Ahsoka” itself centers around characters from Filoni's animated shows “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels,” and Season 1 didn't do much to invest unfamiliar viewers in those characters. If “Ahsoka” Season 2 does end up with Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padme, there is a risk of further marginalizing the living heroes.

However, if Padme gets Anakin a posthumous blow, maybe it will be worth it.