Star Wars shared some exciting news about the upcoming limited series Ahsoka on its Twitter account on Friday.
The popular multimedia epic space opera franchise announced in a tweet that Ahsoka’s premiere date on Disney+, the popular subscription streaming service, would be pushed back by one day and that new episodes would be available in prime time.
“Thank you to all the fans who celebrated with us last night at our @AhsokaOfficial fan events around the world!” reads the lengthy post on the Star Wars Twitter account.
“We’re excited to announce that new episodes of #Ahsoka will now premiere on Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. PT, beginning with our two-episode premiere on August 22, exclusively on @DisneyPlus.”
A one-minute, four-second video clip was posted with the tweet, showing excited Star Wars fans attending several promotional events, also from the upcoming limited series.
Ahsoka: Star Wars shared some exciting news about the upcoming Ahsoka miniseries on its Twitter account on Friday.
Transition to Primetime: In an Aug. 18 tweet, Star Wars announced that Ahsoka’s premiere date on Disney+, the popular subscription streaming service, would be pushed back by one day and that new episodes would be available in primetime
Before switching to Tuesday’s release schedule, the Disney+ series was originally scheduled to premiere on August 23 and release on Wednesdays at 3 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Following Ahsoka’s two-episode premiere on August 22, a new episode will be released every Tuesday at 6 p.m. Pacific Standard Time until October 3, when the eighth and final episode of the series airs.
The majority of Star Wars franchise fans responded directly to the announcement with reply tweets and/or quote tweets, expressing their excitement about the new and early Ahsoka premiere date and airtime.
Twitter user @kelly_knox wrote in a reply tweet, “The team that put this together overnight,” to which the official Star Wars Twitter account replied, “Please send snacks #Ahsoka.”
Other Twitter users praised the move as it worked perfectly for those living on the east coast of the United States and/or allowed them to watch the show when they had free time during their busy college schedules.
However, some fans, particularly those not living in America, were not happy with the airtime change, as one user sarcastically responded to the announcement in a quote tweet: “[Me:] cries in UK time zone.’
Twitter user @guerraDgalaxia saw both the positives and negatives about the limited series’ new airtime date and time, writing in a quote tweet: “I know everyone on the European side is frustrated by this time change except them from us who were in school.’ /worked like episodes did earlier.’
Ahsoka is part of the Star Wars series and a spin-off of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian during the same time period as that series and its other related spin-offs.
Star Wars Fans Respond: Fans of the Star Wars franchise responded directly to the announcement with reply-tweets and/or quote-tweets expressing their “like,” “dislike,” or a neutral stance on the new air date and time expressed for the limited series
The Story: In the limited series storyline, Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) investigates an emerging threat to the galaxy following the fall of the Galactic Empire
The Return: A trailer for the limited series, released August 13, hinted at Hayden Christensen’s return to the Star Wars franchise as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader
The limited series follows Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) as she investigates an emerging threat to the galaxy following the fall of the Galactic Empire.
Dawson, 44, also played Ahsoka in live action on The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.
Ahead of the August 22nd premiere of Ahsoka’s two episodes on Disney+, several trailers for the limited series were released over the summer months.
The trailer, released August 13, hinted at Hayden Christensen’s return to the Star Wars franchise as Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano’s now-deceased former Jedi Master who had fallen to the dark side and become Darth Vader.
Christensen, 42, played Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the final two films of the prequel trilogy: Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005). He later reprized his voice acting roles in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) and in the Disney+ miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022).