Rumors also suggest that Bo-Katan Kryze, Thrawn, and characters from Star Wars Rebels will appear in the live-action series. Hayden Christensen will appear in the series as Ahsoka’s Jedi master, Anakin Skywalker. The Ahsoka series takes place in the same post- Return of the Jedi era as The Mandalorian. While the logical jump is to assume this is for Ahsoka, it is possible that Dawson could have signed on for another appearance in The Mandalorian, which began filming its third season this month. That seems to suggest Dawson’s Star Wars return is rolling before fans expected. The filmmaker mentioned wanting to have Dawson appear in a short film he’s making in December, saying that she’d be in the area anyway since she’s filming Star Wars on Manhattan Beach. But comments by Marc Bernardin during an episode of the Fatman Beyondpodcast suggest Dawson may be back to work on Star Wars in December. Until now, fans have been under the impression that Dawson will begin filming for the upcoming Ahsoka series on Disney+ in early 2022. It sounds like Rosario Dawson could be back picking her lightsabers back up as Ahsoka Tano in the Star Wars universe sooner than expected.