Television series

Ahsoka

Name: Ahsoka
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Released: 2023
Cast: Rosario Dawson, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Ray Stevenson, David Tennant, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Ahsoka is a Star Wars series that finally lets Rosario Dawson's beloved character lead. It's a taut adventure through a post-Empire galaxy, balancing intimate character work with big lightsaber moments. If you love the Rebellion and want to see what happens next, or if you've been waiting for Ahsoka to get her own story, this is it.

TVMaze rating

3.8

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you like your space opera slower and more reflective, with lightsaber duels that sit inside a quiet hunt for answers and a lead who has earned her weariness.

Skip it if you want nonstop blasters, since this moves in a deliberate, talky way and its mysteries unspool slowly across nine episodes.

What it asks of you: Roughly forty-five minutes an episode across nine, it wants patience through slow stretches of conversation and wandering before the set pieces arrive, and it rewards attention rather than half-watching.

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