Per the official S2 premise: “Season 2 continues the story of Ahsoka Tano and her extraordinary journey beyond the known galaxy. As Ahsoka and her Jedi apprentice Sabine Wren travel across a mysterious and perilous world to find their way home, their friends Hera, Ezra, Zeb, and Chopper, must face the powerful Grand Admiral Thrawn and his sinister allies, who seek to plunge the New Republic into war.”
Dawson, Bordizzo, and Mikkelson are back for S2, of course, along with Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla, Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger, Ivanna Sakhno as Shin Hati, David Tennant as Huyang, Dave Filoni as Chopper;, and Elden Bennett as Admiral Akbar. Rory McCann (Game of Thrones) replaces Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll (the actor died in 2023). As the logline confirms, “Zeb” Orrelios will also appear in S2.
The second season of Ahsoka will premiere on January 20, 2027, on Disney+.
Avengers: Doomsday
Marvel dropped the first full trailer for Doomsday a few days before San Diego Comic-Con last month, and unveiled an exclusive “special look” at additional footage for SDCC attendees. The rest of us are finally getting to see that footage.
The film takes place 14 months after the events of Thunderbolts*. Per the official logline: “Beloved heroes from three distinct universes will be set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered.” Those universes are Earth-616 (the Avengers, Wakandans, and New Avengers), Earth-828 (Fantastic Four), and the “original” X-Men (more on this below).
In the footage, we learn more about Robert Downey Jr.’s Victor von Doom character via a voiceover by Sue Reed (Vanessa Kirby). Victor was an old friend, the smartest guy in the room, and Sue assures us that “he used to be different” before “everything he loved was taken from him. I knew he was lost. But I did not realize he was broken.” Dr. Doom’s voiceover accuses our star-studded ensemble cast of living “stolen lives,” and insists that “now you must give them back.” This does not bode well for anyone.
