Ahsoka Season 2: Dave Filoni Teases Mortis Gods and a 'Weirder' Empire Under Thrawn

Star Wars: Ahsoka returns for a second season on Disney+ on January 20, 2027, according to Lucasfilm's official announcement on StarWars.com. Creator Dave Filoni has used recent press interviews to describe a season that splits between familiar galactic warfare and what he calls the franchise's unconventional side of the Force, built around witches serving Grand Admiral Thrawn and the Mortis Gods first introduced in The Clone Wars.

Witches and undead troopers in Thrawn's ranks

SYFY reported that the season's Imperial forces include witches identified as the Great Mothers and undead soldiers called Night Troopers, serving under Grand Admiral Thrawn. Filoni indicated that this version of the Empire differs noticeably from the one seen in earlier Star Wars stories, describing it as incorporating unusual, supernatural elements into its ranks.

The Mortis Gods return

Multiple outlets, including Bespin Bulletin and GeekTyrant, reported that Filoni confirmed the Mortis Gods — the Father, the Son and the Daughter, archetypal embodiments of the Force first introduced in The Clone Wars — are part of Ahsoka Season 2. ScreenRant noted that Ahsoka has a personal link to the Daughter figure, who resurrected her in that earlier storyline, and that concept art reportedly shows Ahsoka and Sabine Wren standing atop a large statue depicting the Father.

According to ScreenRant, former Jedi Baylan Skoll is searching Peridea for a power tied to the Mortis mythology. Bespin Bulletin reported that Filoni framed the season around whether characters come to believe these forces are real and what the danger would be if they are.

Setting, cast and story so far

Season 2 continues directly from the season 1 finale, in which Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren used Purrgil, whale-like creatures capable of hyperspace travel, to reach Peridea, a planet outside the main galaxy, according to ScreenRant and SYFY. There they are drawn into conflict with Thrawn's remnant and Baylan Skoll's pursuit of Mortis-linked power.

StarWars.com confirmed the returning cast: Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, Lars Mikkelsen as Grand Admiral Thrawn, Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren, Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla. Per the official StarWars.com release, Dawson described the season as featuring a larger scale with higher stakes and bigger battles, while Christensen said Anakin continues to advise Ahsoka and push her toward answering an important question in her life.

Where this fits in the Force mythology

The Mortis Gods were created by George Lucas as metaphors for the Force and for Anakin Skywalker's role as the so-called Chosen One, according to ScreenRant. Filoni's comments in recent interviews indicate that Ahsoka Season 2 extends that storyline into live action.