Game of Thrones star Rory McCann speaks out on joining Star Wars as Baylan Skoll in Ahsoka: "I think it's the right decision to carry on his storyline"

Rory McCann as the Hound in Game of Thrones
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Game of Thrones star Rory McCann has spoken out for the first time on taking over as Baylan Skoll in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ahsoka season 2.

McCann is stepping in for Ray Stevenson as the former Jedi, after Stevenson sadly died in 2023. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The casting was confirmed at 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars Celebration 2025.

. "We've done it before with other things. I hope the fans embrace it a✤nd I'll do my best. I'm just starting now, so I'm just trying to be in the right zone for doing it. It's pretty bloody exciting. I⛦ mean, I remember being a kid with my dad, going to the first one probably in the late '70s and ’80s. Now I'm training with a lightsaber at night, so it's pretty exciting."

"It was a challenge for me to even consider continuing for a while," Ahsoka creator Dave Filoni said at this year's Celebration of Stevenson's passing. "But I have a great support group with Jon [Favreau] and Rosario [Dawson]. And I found a way, and I had Ray in my head. And [I'm] grateful for all those conversations with him about Baylan, so I understood what to do. It just took a while to get there. But I'm very confident noꦓw that Ray would be hap👍py with the direction of the character that we've chosen."

Also at Celebration, it was confirmed that Hayden Ch☂ristensen will return as Anakin Skywalker in season 2, while another major Star Wars character, Admiral Ackba𝓡r, will face off against 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Grand Admiral Thrawn.

A first look of sorts was✤ also played for thℱe crowd, featuring concept art spliced together with a voice over that teased giant evil droids andღ battles in two galaxies.

Ahsoka season 2 doesn't yet have a release date. While you wait, check out our guide to all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming Star Wars movies and shows for everyt💃hing else the gala🌸xy far, far away has in store.

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I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at🅰 Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.

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