One of the best things about Ahsoka is that we'll finally get an unofficial sequel to Star Wars Rebels. That means we'll get to catch up with the Ghost crew after Ezra Bridger's disappearance in the animated show's finale. So what happened to Hera Syndulla after all this time? Mary Elizabeth Winstead confirmed that the Rebel pilot had been busy by the time we see her again in the upcoming live-action series.
The Ahsoka trailer confirmed that Mary Elizabeth Winstead is playing the live-action version of Hera Syndulla and the teaser made it clear that she still has the ever-trusty Chopper with her. During Star Wars Celebration, the Birds of Prey actor told Comicbook.com that not much has changed for Hera since we last saw her in Star Wars Rebels.
"When we find her, she is a general and she has become some kind of a legend just from all the work she's done fighting on behalf of the Rebellion," Winstead said.
"She's still the maternal figure she's always been, but I think she's carrying the weight of her past with everything we've seen her go through in Rebels," she added. "She's affected by that in various ways, but she's still the strong badass mother figure people came to love."
That certainly sounds like the Hera we know and love. So far, we only saw a glimpse of Mary Elizabeth Winstead's version of Hera but we're expecting her to be a huge part of the action later this August.
Ahsoka will also feature Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren, Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger, and Lars Mikkelsen as Grand Admiral Thrawn. The series will also introduce Ray Stevenson as the former Jedi Baylon Skoll and Ivanna Sakhno as Shin Hati, Baylon's apprentice. The show is set to premiere on Disney+ in August 2023.
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