Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Ahsoka episodes 1 and 2.
Summary
- Ahsoka episode 2 reveals that an ancient alien race visited the Star Wars galaxy thousands of years ago, changing the timeline.
- This revelation opens up possibilities for future movies or TV shows, such as James Mangold’s “Dawn of the Jedi” movie.
- The influence of these ancient aliens on the galaxy and their origins are still unknown, but future episodes may reveal more about the Star Wars universe’s past.
Star Wars‘ history has been drastically rewritten after a single line of dialogue in Ahsoka. As the long-anticipated follow-up to Star Wars Rebels and The Mandalorian season 2, Ahsoka was bound to have plenty of exciting reveals for fans after years of waiting. However, Ahsoka has exceeded what most viewers expected, disclosing new information that changes the Star Wars timeline forever.
What the debut episodes revealed has big implications for the rest of Ahsoka and the entire Star Wars franchise. The new information about the galaxy’s history will undoubtedly factor into Dave Filoni’s The Mandalorian film, could play a role in James Mangold’s “Dawn of the Jedi” movie, or it might set up an entirely new movie or TV show. Whatever the case, Ahsoka‘s first episodes have added new details to the history of the Star Wars galaxy that will play a major role throughout the season and beyond.
Ahsoka Reveals Ancient Aliens Have Visited The Star Wars Galaxy
Ahsoka episode 2 “Toil and Trouble” reveals that an ancient alien race came to the Star Wars galaxy thousands of years in the past. According to Morgan Elsbeth, the structures on Seatos were built by “an ancient people from a distant galaxy,” confirming life exists outside the known Star Wars galaxy. It also shows that traveling outside the galaxy is possible, as Morgan and her cohorts are seeking the pathway to Peridea to recover Grand Admiral Thrawn from his exile. This is a significant development for the Star Wars franchise, as traveling beyond the galaxy has been limited to books and comics.
The Legends book series Star Wars: The New Jedi Order featured a warrior race called the Yuuzhan Vong, who came from beyond the known galaxy to conquer the Star Wars universe. Thrawn himself had ties to extragalactic travel in Legends, intercepting and destroying the Republic’s Outbound Flight project that sought to leave the galaxy. Emperor Palpatine was also interested in probing the far reaches of space, speculating whether the dark side of the Force could have originated outside the galaxy. These Legends stories open more possibilities for Ahsoka and harken back to Thrawn’s original timeline.
How Did These Ancient Aliens Change The Galaxy?
How much these ancient aliens influenced the Star Wars galaxy is currently unknown, but there are several possibilities. The Star Wars Expanded Universe is riddled with powerful civilizations that shaped galactic history, from the Force-wielding Celestials to the Rakatan Infinite Empire. The ancient aliens described in Ahsoka could be revealed as an existing species from Legends, or they could be a new race created for the show. Ahsoka has rewritten the Star Wars timeline, and the next few episodes will shed light on the galaxy’s past in order to explore the future.
Ahsoka releases new episodes Tuesdays at 6 pm PT / 9 pm ET on Disney+.