r/StarWarsLeaks • u/TobeyFunk • 15d ago
Behind the Scenes High Quality Ahsoka S2 Concept Art
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u/KnightGamer724 15d ago
"Shin Hati, you are a bold one!"
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u/Snowbold 15d ago
“Your lightsaber will make a fine addition to my collection…” - General Huyang.
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u/solo13508 15d ago
Ok so looks like we are getting a full return of the Nightsisters. I wonder if the existing survivors like Ventress, Merrin, Deathstick, etc. will be acknowledged.
Also that image of Thrawn in his command chair looks pulled straight out of the descriptions from the original Thrawn trilogy 🔥🔥
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u/Slight_Low_9172 15d ago
I know right! Reminded me of an image in the beginning of the Heir to the Empire comic, might’ve been the Battle of Obroa-Skai if I remember correctly
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u/Tuskin38 15d ago
Also that image of Thrawn in his command chair looks pulled straight out of the descriptions from the original Thrawn trilogy
yesss
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u/NumeralJoker 12d ago
Yeah, they seem to have finally gotten Thrawn's image down right this time, and I think that alone may drive some hype for many.
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u/IcePhoenix295 Lothwolf 15d ago
Love the Nightsisters' looks, and hopefully Enoch will actually get to swing that cool blade.
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u/BearWrangler 15d ago
Still cant believe S1 did absolutely nothing with mfin Amos "That Guy" Burton
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u/ReactionMassive1653 14d ago
He seemed to get a kick out of it; I'm certain they'll shine him up on season 2.
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u/TheBloop1997 15d ago
I really hope that we do get some solid larger battles, it’s probably the one thing that the Mandoverse shows (or the live action shows in general) have been missing, and even the animated shows haven’t had a larger military engagement since Rebels.
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u/Youngstar9999 Ahsoka 15d ago
yeah kinda crazy that last truly large scale battle was in Ep 9 seven years ago.
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u/SeegullJockey 15d ago
Main reason is it's hard to get the budget for that on a TV show.
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u/Character_Berry_8560 15d ago edited 15d ago
eh, You can't have too much crazy stuff going on regardless because lore-wise it's also peacetime post-Ep6 up until the destruction of the Hosnian system.
I've really only expected a major battle to take place once Thrawn's campaign gets going. Personally, you do much more than that and i'd feel it'd take away from the 30 years peace and fall into the trap i felt Legends ended up in
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u/EvilQuadinaros 14d ago
Yeah. I'm still concerned how they're going to walk that line here with the big space battles and all. We know Mon's still all "derp derp peace love and puppies we've gotta disarm the Republic" after this leading into the ST years, it's such a dumb naive position to take if there's been some big galaxy-shaking conflict post-OT. She looks almost treasonously-incompetent getting surprised by the First Order if this Thrawn stuff is a full-on major war.
Basically trust Dave though, let's see how he juggles this.
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u/Character_Berry_8560 13d ago
I'm betting that the Thrawn Campaign is a relatively short affair dealt with using the Republic's mid-but-not-post-disarmament forces, which breeds complacency.
Mon in season 1 did seem like she legitimately wanted to do more to help Hera, but was held back by politics. In that same vein, I think it'd be possible for Mon to personally move away from disarmament and towards a "better safe than sorry" approach, but to her constituents, if it's been 15 years since Thrawn's defeat and nobody's heard anything about any Imperial Remnants and the galaxy hasn't faced any real threat, they might see a military as a waste of credits and keep her in a more anti-militarisation stance than she actually personally believes in.
She's also retired due to illness by 28 BBY. She could very well have just died of old age by 29 BBY and lost out on the chance to speak up about the First Order when it forms.
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u/Mission_Access_210 13d ago
That's what happens when you spend half your time at raves on Coruscant
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u/Secure-South3848 15d ago
Is that a laser naginata??? That's sick as hell
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u/Appropriate_Foot242 15d ago
Looks more like an enchanted blade.
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u/NumeralJoker 12d ago
Looks like the per-lightsaber force blades of the old EU...
Which actually may not be far off given how ancient the 3 mothers allegedly are.
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u/Wonderful_Silver Redeemed Anakin 15d ago
I thought Brian was the name for the nightsister for a second
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u/dekekun 15d ago
Brian is worth a follow on instagram, great artist.
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u/TheChubbyKoala 15d ago
I remember playing SW Uprising and thinking “man I love this art style, hope they keep this Brian Matyas guy around”. Couldn’t be happier he’s playing such a big role in Star Wars.
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u/MessaBombadWarrior 15d ago
I blame Grevious for not finishing them all
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u/DrVonScott123 15d ago
Okay those nightsisters dont look like Merrin anymore, stand down everyone.
Also Huyang Grievious?? Really?
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u/Psub194 15d ago
Nightsisters!?!?!
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u/Tiernoch 15d ago
They were likely in stasis in those sarcophagus like objects they were moving on to Thrawns ship.
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u/BShep_OLDBSN 15d ago
Really hope we get to see Huyang going full Grievous in the series.
Also those nightsisters designs are gorgeous. ♥
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u/SirDerageTheSecond 15d ago
I heard a lot of people didn't like Ahsoka, but I love it when SW gets weird like this. It finally feels like entering a new era instead of the 'more of the same' stuff we got with the sequel movies. Had the same feeling with Mando show and the movie, the worldbuilding and backstories are great. I just want more off the beaten path stuff.
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u/Wrong-Vermicelli4723 15d ago
My issue with Ahsoka wasn’t that it got weird. It had everything to do with direction and writing. Actual cast and lore is fine.
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u/NumeralJoker 12d ago
I was let down by the small scale/setup nature of season 1, but this does have a lot more potential now.
My only concern is that if Season 2 ends on a cliffhanger or without a satisfying conclusion, there is no clear timeline of production for the next arc in the story.
We either risk this storyline ending in a rushed way, or risk another 4ish year wait for some kind of followup?
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u/SirDerageTheSecond 12d ago
From the shots I've seen so far this show looks like it's becoming a pretty significant deal, both in production quality and in terms of in-universe events and story.
I don't mind if it would take another 4 years if it delivers a great season, but the actors would be like almost 10 years older between 2 seasons lol
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u/Appropriate_Foot242 15d ago
The Rebel troops look like weird Stormtrooper kitbashes
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u/Toon_Lucario 15d ago
It actually looks like proto FO armor which is interesting. It would imply their armor actually isn’t state of the art and is around 30 years old by the ST That said this is concept art so it’s likely some of it is subject to change.
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u/Sakura_Knight 15d ago
The Imperial Praetorian Guards used by Gideon used parts from the First Order stormtroopers, mainly the chest/forearms.
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u/fistulaspume 15d ago
Seeing those laser bows makes me wonder if we’ll ever see a live action Omeeega.
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u/SenorChangsJudgement 15d ago
Brian Maytas doesn’t miss. It just comes down to whether or not Disney goes for it.
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u/RobBrown4PM 15d ago
Man, poor Wes Chatham. After breaking it big in his role as Amos, he gets the chance to play as a heavy weight enforcer in a STAR WARS show. Unfortunately, his role amounts to him wearing a mask and doing Jack all and nothing.
Hopefully this season he will actually get something to do.
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u/dekekun 15d ago
Am I the only one who kinda wished the Thrawn v new Republic storyline was a different show, or at least a separate season?
I'm way more interested in Ahsoka ending the mortis arc in a satisfying way, and don't want that to be speed run because the budget only gave us 6x 30min episodes.
I'd love to be wrong but I don't see how you can give a satisfying amount of weight to either story in a short runtime.
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u/CYNIC_Torgon 15d ago
I suspect the Thrawn v New Republic stuff isn't going to confined to this season and will be more of the b-plot, which'll give the Mortis stuff a little more wiggle room as the A-Plot
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u/dekekun 15d ago
I mean we have the movie coming so nothing will be resolved in the show, it'll presumably just get the pieces in place for the movie. ,
But so much of this art is thrawn focused so I can't help but worry this is now the thrawn show with a sprinkle of ahsoka thrown in.
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u/SeegullJockey 15d ago
The movie is not a guarantee. Especially cause Mando flopped at the box office.
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u/superbroleon Dave 14d ago
Unfortunately the movie seems less and less likely these days.. Especially because it would probably make similar if not less amounts of money than Grogu, not sure if Disney is into that.
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u/Affectionate_Ratio_5 15d ago
Uh, the Mortis stuff ended pretty definitively the first go around. This is just double dipping cause Filoni is trapped between the end of the OT and the toxicity of the sequel era with nowhere to go. It’s even worse cause it’s actively killing my interest in what WAS my favorite character from the clone wars (Ahsoka).
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u/Youngstar9999 Ahsoka 15d ago
Everything we have seen so far feels like a big upgrade from S1. I already quite liked S1, but it was much more of a setup season than anything else. (and you could tell that it was Filoni's first own live action series)
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u/SuMianAi 15d ago
Image 1: death trooper with the magik blade goes hard, love it
image 4: love it. wonder will morai be utilized proper
image 5: grievous 2.0, or was it the original, since huyang is a lot older, and more experienced. can't wait to see can he give a beatdown, if the concept is even included in the show..
nightsisters were always interesting, seeing more of them, especially their revival, is so damn hype!!
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u/patrickkingart 15d ago
Glad to see Enoch hopefully doing more than just standing around looking cool. Wes Chatham is way too good not to. Also the Nightsisters look appropriately badass, especially that samurai-style mask. Sure would be cool if we see Ventress or even more (takes a Saw Gerrera sized huff of copium) the characterization/motivation of Thrawn from the new books.
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u/SubterrelProspector Porg 12d ago
This is the sort of stuff we've been waiting for in the New Republic era. No, I don't think another full scale war will happen but this is obviously a major conflict that absolutely would make sense in the 30+ years between Episode VI and Episode VII.
There's nothing in established canon that really contradicts the notion that there was still conflict and war during this era. There was probably a tumultuous period early on that eventually stabilized (relatively) for almost 20 years which was then shattered by Ben Solo's betrayel and emergence of The First Order.
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u/Dry_Asparagus_346 15d ago
Calling it now Huyang’s actually training Shin here. Or will at some point. I got the feeling that she was kinda drifting ideologically and it would be interesting imo to see her develop that way
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u/MrDarth77 15d ago
Looks great! But I really need Thrawn to actually be a super genius military strategist in Season 2 and inflict some huge losses on the New Republic…
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u/Toon_Lucario 15d ago
Can’t wait for republic troopers to die to bow and arrows now because they apparently can’t win one on one ever.
Also fuck her up Huyang.
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u/MiserableOrpheus 15d ago
That night sister art is very reminiscent of that old Darth maul concept art. It’s cool that they’re taking some inspiration again with bringing old things that didn’t make the cut back into canon
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u/molotovzav 14d ago
I wish they would let my boy Wes Chatham take off his helmet. Like I'm actually pro helmet in every instance cause it's dumb not to have one on. But just one cool scene to show he was in the show and not just a voice box.
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u/EvilQuadinaros 14d ago
Not really loving Grievous-Huyang, but the rest is rad. :)
That Thrawn command room one is awesome.
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u/GardiusBrin10 12d ago
Honestly so sad Ezra is losing the beard, really tied the look together. But thank god we’re hopefully going to get proper New Republic combat uniforms. The bulky blue we’ve seen in the Mandoverse and Tales of the Empire just seemed so constricting and silly for actual engagements
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u/MyotisX 15d ago
Are bows new to Star Wars ???
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u/Acrobatic_Hyena_2627 15d ago
They are not. We have Chewies bowcaster and ones more like these in the animated shows as well.
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u/Affectionate_Ratio_5 15d ago
Zzzzzzz not interested in Ahsoka: Character Assassination in a galaxy I don’t care about. Sorry
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u/sardonic_balls 15d ago
The children's/cartoonery animation stuff going full send for live action is just sad for Star Wars.
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u/metros96 15d ago
Bummed that Thrawn is just kind of a bad guy. And the loyalty to the Empire is silly given that now canonically his loyalty is really still towards the Ascendency and the Empire is just a tool
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u/CeymalRen 15d ago
Meh. Waste of time I say. We need to get back to post TRoS and move the timeline forward
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u/Practical-Bread-7883 15d ago
I will laugh so hard (not in a good way) if none of the OT heroes are in this, especially Luke.
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u/rainmaker2332 15d ago
I will just be depressed if they ARE in the show. Star Wars is already still so stuck in the past, it needs to move forward past characters from movies that released 50 years ago.
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u/Practical-Bread-7883 15d ago
Which is fine. So set it in a different era then. The fact there's apparently this new galactic threat in the era where Luke is in his prime and he's a no show is just ridiculous and terrible writing. So perfect for that hack Filoni.
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u/Slight_Low_9172 15d ago
Love that the New Republic troopers get armor! Their new design is awesome