While many shows are vocally trying, and occasionally succeeding, to get release date gaps shorter between seasons, over in Disney Plus Star Wars land, they are not even remotely close when it comes to Dave Filoni’s Ahsoka.
Per Disney upfronts, it’s been revealed that Ahsoka has been pushed to “early 2027,” which will make this likely at least a 3.5-year gap, if not closer to 4, depending on what “early” means, or if early even happens at all. Filming of Ahsoka season 2 wrapped in October 2025, meaning that post-production is going to be at least a year-and-a-half, which is frankly ridiculous, even for a Star Wars show.
At upfronts, new footage was shown from the upcoming season, including more of Hayden Christensen returning as Anakin Skywalker, as he did in flashbacks/dream sequences in season 1. Ahsoka is the manifestation of Dave Filoni bringing a lot of his Rebels/Clone Wars characters to life in live-action, though fans aren’t wild about it, giving it an almost-rotten 64% Rotten Tomatoes score. Critics gave it a higher 86%, but that’s the sixth-highest Disney Plus Star Wars series behind Maul: Shadow Lord, Star Wars: Visions, Andor, The Mandalorian and The Bad Batch.
Why is Ahsoka taking so long? Outside of the usual “some big shows just take forever in 2026” issue that plagues large chunks of the industry, in Ahsoka’s case, there are two additional factors.
One is that Ahsoka actor Ray Stevenson tragically died in May of 2023, several months before Ahsoka season 1 even aired. His performance was highly praised, but rather than write out the character, Game of Thrones’ actor Rory McCann was cast to take over the role, first reported in January 2025, well ahead of October filming.
The second factor is likely the larger one, that Dave Filoni is not just a showrunner and writer on Ahsoka, he will now be co-president and CCO of Lucasfilm, behind the entire creative direction of the franchise going forward. So that transition is likely to keep him busier than he would have been otherwise, likely pushing Ahsoka back even further. It’s not clear if Ahsoka season 3 is supposed to arrive at some point in the future, but a reported big crossover film between The Mandalorian and Ahsoka, which takes place in the same time period, was scrapped, and now we have The Mandalorian and Grogu movie instead.
Some have criticized Filoni for overly focusing on his past animated characters rather than expanding too far beyond that, and Ahsoka is not the most beloved project by fans. But more recently, Maul: Shadow Lord just broke every Star Wars review score record there is, the show having been created by Filoni himself.
Still, a 3.5-4 year wait for a new season of Ahsoka is laughable, though larger questions now must be raised about the future of Disney Plus Star Wars content at all, as nearly every show has now ended short of very few exceptions (Maul). Is Disney just turning back to films almost exclusively? We may be walking that path.
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