While promoting Spartacus: House of Ashur, Claudia Black spoke to Bleeding Cool about her role as Klothow, one of the three Great Mothers who allied with Grand Admiral Thrawn on Peridea in the first season of Ahsoka, and shared that she will not return for season two.
Well, I’m going to be transparent. They picked up season two, picked me up with it, and then Disney, which is structuring things differently these days, could not pay me what I needed to be paid as a single mother to keep all my responsibilities going at home in Los Angeles, because they were filming in London. It was not something that they could make happen, and therefore, I had to bow out for season two.
It was very sad for me. I sent an email to Dave Filoni thanking him, and I said, “What a ride!” Everyone like me who grew up in the 70s and 80s has always been into the Star Wars universe, and it’s a very playful environment to work in. I’m grateful that I got to be in that universe, lovely people, lovely directors, interesting to work on ‘The Volume.’ Their particular set, which is full of technology that George Lucas had dreamed about and talked about, and people thought he was crazy to suddenly be in that technology, see it working in real time, and talk to the company that had realized that technology.
I was fascinated by it, bugged them with questions about how it worked, and how they were able to render in real time while we were standing on the set, and the background was changing with us. It was extraordinary. It was a fun, playful space to be in, and people who wanted to be there were excited to be part of the Star Wars universe. It’s fun to do something that was relatable to my younger son, who was passionate about The Clone Wars, which was the new iteration for his generation.
Read more here, and stream the first season of Ahsoka on Disney+ now.
