Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Sabine Wren in the upcoming Disney+ Star Wars: Ahsoka series, has shared a picture of a poster given to her to celebrate her recent 28th birthday showing a Dave Filoni drawing of her as Sabine, plus it confirms some previous casting rumours.
Reddit users have managed to work out the following names…
• Dave Filoni, who is the creator, writer, executive producer and director of multiple episodes of Ahsoka. His signature is right below Sabine’s drawing.
• Rosario Dawson, who is obviously playing Ahsoka.
• A signature by Ivanna Sakhno, see hereShe was reported by Deadline to be joining the series, and shortly after, some rumored character details made their way online. According to The Illuminerdi, she would be playing a character named Astrid, a “striking and ferocious” mercenary who must now choose between two paths — she can either “follow the path of her unit or take hold of her own aspiration in service of her own glory.” Ivanna had already confirmed> her casting on Instagram.
• A signature by someone named Mary, who could potentially be Mary Elizabeth Winstead. She was reported to be joining the series earlier this year in an undisclosed role, with speculation pointing towards Hera (more on this later).
• Someone named Ray, who we assume is Ray Stevenson. He is reportedly playing an Admiral, but not Thrawn. See here.
• Brendan Wayne himself. He is one of the actors inside the Mando suit, which could hint at Din Djarin potentially appearing in the series. It’s also possible that they brought him in to play another character in a suit, as Lateef Crowder’s signature hasn’t been spotted.
• Tyler Williams, who is an Emmy-nominated actor from Dear White People and Abbott Elementary, but was also the name of a crew member on Obi-Wan Kenobi. No reports link the actor to the series, so it’s most likely the latter.
• Someone named Vanessa, which could potentially be Vanessa Marshall. She voiced Hera in Star Wars: Rebels, The BadBatch, and Star Wars: Squadrons, and could be the next animation actress to make the jump to live-action after Katee Sackhoff. However, it is also rumored that Mary Elizabeth Winstead will be playing the character in live-action, and if Vanessa Marshall was playing Hera, Lucasfilm probably wouldn’t have allowed her signature on the poster. But it is still a possibility that we should keep in mind. You can check out here Marshall’s signature and compare the two to judge for yourself.
• Someone named Shakira, who is most likely GLOW actress Shakira Barrera. Rumors about her involvement in the Ahsokaseries started circulating earlier this year, and may have been confirmed now.
• Someone named R.J. The obvious (and extremely unlikely) option is Rian Johnson, who obviously directed The Last Jedi. There are, however, some arguments to be made for his involvement (even if the handwriting doesn’t really match his). First, after the mixed fan reception of his Star Wars movie back in 2017, Lucasfilm has not exactly rushed to make the trilogy they had reportedly given him before The Last Jedi came out. However, neither party ever said the deal was off, and it is possible that Lucasfilm saw an opportunity in their Disney Plus slate to bring Johnson slowly back into the Star Wars galaxy, and test the waters with the fans. He is a prolific television director, who helmed three of the best episodes of Breaking Bad, including the season 5 episode Ozymandias, widely praised as one of the best episodes in television history. Why Ahsoka? As Dave Filoni revealed in The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian, it was Johnson that made Dave Filoni feel like directing live-action “was something [he] could do”, so it would be a nice way of coming full circle. All of this being said, we should stress it is very unlikely Rian Johnson will ever return to direct Star Wars, let alone an episode of Ahsoka, so we’ll label this as a pipe dream for The Last Jedi fans for now.Another possibility that has been floated around Reddit is another Breaking Bad connection, RJ Mitte, who played Walter Jr. in that show. Mitte has not been linked to Ahsoka so far, so this is still a wild guess. The most likely scenario is that this is someone we don’t know about, and probably a member of the crew.
• Someone named Rick, which could potentially be Rick Famuyiwa. He directed on both seasons 1 and 2 of The Mandalorian, and is coming back for at least a couple of episodes of season 3, where he will also be an executive producer. While he wasn’t involved with The Book of Boba Fett, he could potentially direct an episode of Ahsoka. So far, we only know about Dave Filoni and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse‘s Peter Ramsey directing. Most likely, though, this will be any other of the millions of Ricks working in Hollywood at the moment.
• Someone named Yvette, who has seemingly been identified as Yvette Marxer, a sound technician on The Mandalorian.
Can you spot anything else they may have missed? Let us know what you find.
Finally, we wish Natasha a belated happy birthday!
