Dave filoni on Chaking Ray Stevenson, remember Baylan

By the time Ray Stevenon died, Ahoka season two almost died with it. Dave philos, the Creator of the show, it was to Swars of tar Celebration Japan this weekend and made a panel about his disney + show. I am By the road, the Steps of Stevenson’s passage arrived and philions were visibly emotional. Stevenson played Fallen Jedi Mail Baylan Skolls, a character that clearly had an enormous role to play In the future of the series – anyway, filons has revealed is gone very deeper than that.

“Season, two was obviously a big challenge, but it has been a particularly challenge due to losing ray,” filling during the panel. “It was only the big person and a great spirit on the show, I know that I’m just hand in a powerful and off, he was wonderful. However, great of a loss you think it is, it’s greater.”

“It was a challenge for me too to consider continue (Ahoka) A short time, “continued.” But I have a big group of support with Jon (FAVOUE) and Rosario) and Rosario (Dawson) and I found a way. I had ray in my head and I like all conversations with him on Baylan. So I understood what you do, took you just a little while to get there. But I am very confident now that the ray would be happy with the direction we have chosen. “

The season is over with Baylan on a personal research to find deeper meaning in force, with ahsoka warmed on their tail. But second philos, the existing Baylan’s reason is more than as a wicked.

“The character was meant to be important”, filled. “It’s meant to be the parallery to the AHSOKA in any way there is a hole and baylan representing a job that is (ahsoka) he is like (ahsoka)

Knowing that I wanted to continue the history of honor Stevenson, Thiling Jon Favreau and I know there was a single option: Recat the character. And as previously reprintedthey found their man in scottish rory mccann. “In extense, because Ray learns so icycle, there is a plan with the character for what this character should not be” philos. “And then I talk to Jon and Jon and I decided that we need to find the right person we haven’t felt much we met. So rare it will take over the role.”

Philions said that mccann, known better for role in Game of trions and it Fuzzcome intended with a principal purpose: Make the bound of Ray Stevens live. “(RORY) take S SUvily. It’s a great man with a big heart and what he brought, love, and we don’t love him with him.”

Ahoka Season two begins to shoot the end of April. No words on a clearance date, but we have to imagine sometime at the end of 2026.

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