Warning! This article contains spoilers for Ahsoka episode 8.
Dave Filoni has re-introduced a massive Star Wars story in the Ahsoka finale that he first started 12 years ago, and it has huge implications for the future of the galaxy. The course of Ahsoka season 1 has drawn upon plenty of characters, moments, and other story threads that Filoni first debuted in animation, largely due to the fact that most of Ahsoka Tano’s (Rosario Dawson) story has occurred in animation up to this point. Now, the finale of the Star Wars Disney+ TV show has tied the two mediums even more closely together.
Much of the interest and intrigue of Ahsoka season 1 lingered with Ray Stevenson’s Baylan Skoll, and what power or entity the dark Jedi kept sensing on Peridea. He told his apprentice Shin Hati throughout the series that he heard it calling to him even before they made it to Peridea, and he described it as some kind of “beginning” – a way to end the cycle of Jedi versus Sith. It’s now been revealed that it was the Mortis gods calling to him, and their origin goes all the way back to an animated Star Wars series.
Star Wars Launched The Mortis Arc In The Clone Wars
The Mortis arc was a part of Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 3, which saw Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan Kenobi all mysteriously stranded on the mystical planet with three Force-gods. This is how Ahsoka ended up being tied so closely to the Daughter, the Force-goddess who gave her life so that Ahsoka could live. The Mortis gods were also seen in Star Wars Rebels season 4, as they opened a gate for Ezra Bridger into the World Between Worlds. Now, 12 years after this The Clone Wars arc first premiered, Filoni is continuing its story.
Ahsoka’s Ending Confirmed This Is The Sequel To The Mortis Arc
Not only is Baylan last seen standing on the hand of a statue of the Father, but Ahsoka is also visited by her convor Morai, the owl who’s been connected to her ever since the Daughter sacrificed her life for Ahsoka’s. The stone statue of the Daughter is also the only one on Peridea that’s destroyed, as both the Father and the Son still remain standing. Many viewers have thought this could be pointing towards an introduction to Abeloth, the Mother who was overcome with darkness when she tried to gain the same immortal powers as her family.
Either way, there’s no doubt Filoni plans on completing his massive Star Wars story centered around Mortis in the near future. Ahsoka season 2 hasn’t yet been confirmed, and even if it doesn’t happen, this story could be told in Filoni’s The Mandalorian-era movie. All roads for the future of Ahsoka are leading directly back to Mortis, and given its importance in The Clone Wars arc where it first debuted, what unfolds next with have a huge impact on the fate of the Star Wars galaxy.
All episodes of Ahsoka are now streaming on Disney+.
