David Tennant and Lars Mikkelsen have joined Lucasfilm’s upcoming Ahsoka series. The news was confirmed this morning on stage at Star Wars Celebration in London, where series creators Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau appeared alongside series lead Rosario Dawson. “You have to have him.
He makes it work,” Filoni said of Tennant Tennant, best known for his turn as Doctor Who, will play the droid character Huyang in the series.
He previously voiced the character in Filoni’s animated version of the series and won a Daytime Emmy for his work on the show.
Later during the panel, Filoni and Favreau shared new footage of the show that also revealed Lars Mikkelsen is returning to the Star Wars universe to play Admiral Thrawn in Ahsoka.
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