Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joins Cast of Disney+’s Star Wars Spinoff Ahsoka
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is moving from Fargo to a galaxy far, far away: The actress has joined the cast of Disney+’s upcoming Star Wars series Ahsoka, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ahsoka stars Rosario Dawson, who will reprise her Mandalorian role as Jedi Knight warrior Ahsoka Tano. (The character, a fan favorite from the animated Clone Wars series, made her live-action debut in Season 2 of The Mandalorian.) Details about Winstead’s character are being kept tightly under wraps as of now.
Hayden Christiansen will also return to play Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the series, reprising his role from the Star Wars prequels Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. (Since Ahsoka takes place five years after Return of the Jedi, which saw the demise of Darth Vader, it’s assumed that Anakin will appear in flashbacks.) Plus, the cast includes Natasha Liu Bordizzo (The Society) as Sabine Wren and Ivanna Sakhno (High Fidelity) in an undisclosed role. Production is set to begin this spring; no premiere date has been set.
Winstead costarred alongside Ewan McGregor and Carrie Coon in Season 3 of the FX crime anthology Fargo, playing ex-con Nikki Swango. She also had lead roles on PBS’ Mercy Street and CBS’ BrainDead. Her film credits include 10 Cloverfield Lane and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
Well, cast Ezra already.
Very excited. Winstead is a terrific actress.
A sith lord maybe
Maybe Ventress? How clwould that be?
should have said “how cool would that be?
No, “how could that be” is correct.
Please be Mara Jade….Please be Mara Jade….Please be Mara Jade….!
Please don’t. I love Mara Jade, but the canon post ROTJ is already so vastly different from Legends post ROTJ, that Mara should stay in Legends.
Hera Syndulla
Show is looking more interesting already. Looking forward to it!
Ashoka isn’t a Jedi though. She left the order.
Anyone who can use the force and isn’t a Sith is a Jedi. Canan fled order 666 as a padawan,do you not consider him one? She has as much experience as him,maybe more.
Anyone who can use the Force And isn’t a Sith is a Jedi? So that kid at the end of The Last Jedi, is he a Jedi or a Sith?
Except Tano left the Jedi Order after the way she was treated by the council. Even she doesn’t consider herself a Jedi based on a line she says onscreen (“I am no Jedi”). If you leave a group, do you still consider yourself a part of that group? You may be knowledgeable about the group and their ways, but you’re now an ex-member of said group.
Kanan ran and hid due to Order 66 and was a Jedi padawan at the time. They’re not the same thing. He never left the order, the Jedi were massacred.
You don’t automatically become Jedi or Sith just because you can use the Force. Training is required. And what about the Nightsisters? They’re not exactly Sith either and aren’t Jedi for sure.