Like different massive Disney exhibits earlier than it, Star Wars: Ahsoka has been the massive level of TV dialogue for the final a number of weeks. And now that it’s hit the halfway mark of its story, Disney’s taking an additional step to make the present really feel extra of a giant occasion collection than it already was.
As revealed earlier in the week, Disney’s holding screenings throughout numerous theaters within the US for followers to observe the upcoming episode at its common Tuesday night time time with different members of their native Star Wars neighborhood. Checking Gofobo, such theaters are associates of AMC and stationed in massive cities like Chicago, Seattle, and Dallas. For worldwide audiences, screenings can be held within the UK (London), Thailand (Bangkok), and Brazil (Sao Paolo). For individuals who plan on going, it’s undoubtedly suggested you get there early—screenings like this are first come, first serve, so it’d be greatest to point out up a minimum of an hour earlier (or perhaps a bit extra).
Billed as a “midseason fan celebration,” subsequent week’s episode will see Ahsoka cross paths together with her ex-master Anakin Skywalker, performed by as soon as once more in reside motion by Hayden Christensen. Notably, this’ll be each the very first time the 2 characters truly share the display screen collectively in exterior of the cartoons, and their first time assembly up once more in years. Anakin and Ahsoka didn’t have a lot time to speak within the seventh season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and canonically, the 2 didn’t hyperlink up once more till season two of Star Wars Rebels, the place Ahsoka realized and accepted that Anakin had change into Darth Vader. With how a lot Ahsoka has been banking on audiences’ longtime nostalgia for each Clone Wars and Rebels, the reunion couldn’t be extra completely timed.
Episode 5 of Star Wars: Ahsoka will premiere this Tuesday, September 12 on Disney+.
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