‘Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi’ Represents a Branch of George Lucas’ Original Vision
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi came to Disney Plus on Wednesday, bringing six shorts in the same CGI animated style as The Clone Wars. Three follow legendary Jedi Ahsoka Tano (years before her encounters with The Mandalorian), with the others revealing the backstory of future Sith Lord Count Dooku during his career as a Jedi.
It’s set in the prequel eradecades before the events of original Star Wars movie A New Hope and current live-action show Andor.
The series is written by Clone Wars executive producer Dave Filoniwho’s currently working on the live-action Ahsoka series that’s scheduled to hit Disney Plus next year. He wrote the episodes while flying back and forth to shoot The Mandalorian.
Tales of the Jedi sees Ashley Ecstein return as Ahsoka, having voiced the character since her debut in 2008’s The Clone Wars movie, TV series, follow-up show Rebels and The Rise of Skywalker (Rosario Dawson plays the role in live-action).
In addition to her acting work, she also founded a fandom-focused fashion label Her Universe and voice-guided meditation series Star Wars: Mindful Matters and co-wrote activity, recipe and craft book Star Wars Everyday.
Also back for the shorts is Corey Burton as the voice of Dooku, a role he first played in The Clone Wars video game, which came out exactly 20 years ago Friday. Inspired by the performance of the Sith Lord’s live-action