Natasha Liu Bordizzo (Mine! Mine!)
to Play Star Wars Rebels Character Sabine Wren in STAR WARS: AHSOKA
Natasha Liu Bordizzo (
The Society) has been cast as a lead opposite Rosario Dawson in the Disney+ limited series
Star Wars: Ahsoka, a spinoff from the streamer’s hit series
The Mandalorian, Deadline has learned. Bordizzo will be taking on the character of Sabine Wren from the
Star Wars Rebels animated series. Reps from Lucasfilm and Bordizzo did not return emails seeking comment.
Dawson stars as Ahsoka Tano in the limited series after making the
Star Wars: Clone Wars and Rebels character’s live-action debut in
The Mandalorian. The offshoot, written by Dave Filoni and executive produced by Filoni and Jon Favreau, will continue Ahsoka’s story.
No additional information about the new series has been released by Lucasfilm, but there has been a lot of online speculation that key characters from
Rebels such as Sabine Wren and Ezra Bridger would join Ahsoka in the new show.
That is because, prior to dropping in on
The Mandalorian to assess the Child, Ahsoka was last seen in
the series finale of
Rebels, where she and Wren set out to find Bridger, who had been whisked away by the Purrgil.
Sabine Wren, who was voiced on
Rebels by Tiya Sircar, is a young Mandalorian warrior and graffiti artist, Imperial Academy dropout and a former bounty hunter with expert knowledge of weapons and explosives.
Ahsoha, which is eyeing a March production start date, according to a ProductionWeekly listing, also is expected to feature an appearance by Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, who would reunite with his Jedi Padawan, Ahsoka, likely in flashbacks as the series is set five years after
Return of the Jedi.
Bordizzo made her screen debut as Snow Vase in Netflix’s
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny. She also starred on the streamer’s series
The Society and in the 2019 film
Crazy About You. Her feature credits also include
The Voyeurs, Detective Chinatown 2, Guns Akimbo and
Hotel Mumbai. She will next be seen in
Day Shift.
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