Ahsoka Season 2 Faces One Massive Challenge After Star Wars' New TV Show

Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Andor season 2, episodes 1-3

After Star Wars’ newest television series, Ahsoka season 2 faces a pretty big challenge I hope it’s ready to meet. Currently, Andor season 2 is releasing new episodes, revealing the Rebellion’s earliest days ahead of Rogue One and A New Hope. While Andor and Ahsoka are two very different Star Wars shows set in different eras of the timeline, they do have one thing in common that Ahsoka season 2 should take more advantage of.

At the end of Ahsoka’s first season, Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren find themselves stranded on the extragalactic world of Peridea along with the fallen Jedi Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati. Likewise, Jedi Ezra Bridger and Grand Admiral Thrawn have returned to the main Star Wars galaxy following almost a decade in exile, and it’s been confirmed that Ahsoka season 2 will simultaneously be telling stories in both galaxies. With that in mind, I’d really like Ahsoka season 2 to take a page from Andor season 2’s book regarding the politics of the main Star Wars galaxy during the New Republic Era.

Andor Season 2 Just Showed How Powerful Star Wars Politics Can Be

Showing What It Truly Takes To Resist An Oppressive Fascist Regime

In Andor’s first season and especially as Andor season 2 continues to release new episodes, the series has shown just how powerful the political themes of Star Wars can be. While it’s always been an oppressive fascist regime that deserves to be rebelled against, Andor has been depicting the Empire in groundbreaking new ways on a level that is extremely grounded and poignant. The Empire’s brutality and abuses of power are on full display, and need to be defied…and for many characters that means by any means necessary.

At the same time, Andor has shown just how much was required by those who chose to resist, the personal and heavy tolls, both on an individual level and on the growing force of various rebel cells that eventually unify to make the Rebel Alliance seen in the original trilogy. The politics at play on both sides have been fascinating to watch unfold with every new episode of Andor season 2.

Ahsoka Season 1’s Political Scenes Were The Show’s Weak Link

Not Nearly As Interesting As The Events of Peridea (But They Could Have Been)

Unfortunately, the politics at play in Ahsoka season 1 are not nearly as engaging in comparison. Once the action in Ahsoka season 1 makes its way to a brand-new galaxy, the political scenes back in the main galaxy aren’t nearly as entertaining (though one could argue they could have been). In Ahsoka season 1, General Hera Syndulla does her best to get New Republic leaders, including Chancellor Mon Mothma, to take the threat of Grand Admiral Thrawn’s potential return seriously, and is eventually aided by an off-screen Senator Leia Organa (via C-3PO).

The Mandalorian season 3 established that the New Republic has been overwhelmed trying to maintain order, while also working to reintegrate former Imperials into a galaxy they’ve been struggling to keep peaceful. While Andor has been showing the brutal fight against a fascist regime, Star Wars‘ various New Republic shows have the opportunity to show that it can be even harder to restore and maintain democracy. This is something Ahsoka season 1 didn’t quite succeed in, at least not in a very entertaining way. Across the board, the first season’s New Republic political scenes were its weakest link.

Dave Filoni Needs To Better Showcase The New Republic In Ahsoka Season 2

(& Genevieve O’Reilly’s Mon Mothma)

Hopefully, there will be more dynamic and engaging stakes for the politics of the main Star Wars galaxy in Ahsoka season 2. That shouldn’t be too hard considering Thrawn’s return, who will undoubtedly be presented as a priority threat to the New Republic and their primary goal of maintaining the hard-won galactic peace. However, I’d love to see the flaws of the New Republic further explored as well, and for Genevieve O’Reilly’s Chancellor Mon Mothma to have more of a role, especially given how great her character has been in both Andor’s first season and the ongoing Andor season 2.

Andor season 2 drops three new episodes every Tuesday at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT on Disney+. Ahsoka season 2 is set to release in 2026.