Warning: This story contains spoilers for theAhsokaseason 1 finale.
Ahsokaintroduced an entire galaxy of newStar Warscharacters but perhaps the biggest standout isRay StevensonsBaylan Skoll.
When he walked in the room, he lit everybody up.
Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll in the ‘Ahsoka’ finale.Lucasfilm
He thinks hes tracking what the truth is, and everybody else has it wrong.
As we were shooting, Id remind him, like, Ray, youre the villain here.
He was like, I dont think so.
Ray Stevenson in ‘Ahsoka’.Lucasfilm Ltd.
And hes like, Well see.
It was kind of perfect.
Those statues depict the Mortis gods, three ancient beings with mythical connections to the Force.
People that have never seenClone Warswill have no idea what that is, he says.
Thats the power of that image.
This person has found this massive-scale sculpture thats unlikely anything weve seen on that planet up to that point.
The question youre supposed to ask is: What does that mean?
I didnt know what any of that was, but it didnt take away from it for me.
It just made me feel like there was a sense of history and depth to the storytelling.
So, thats what I was trying to do there.
Filoni notes that sinceAhsokapremiered, Emmy-nominated costume designer Shawna Trpcic alsopassed away unexpectedly.
Going forward, it will be a challenge, Filoni says.
These were meaningful people to us.
They were collaborators and friends, and they will be missed.
And theres no time that wont happen: They will always be there in spirit.
Listen to the full conversation with Dave Filoni onEW’sDagobah Dipatchpodcast.
