Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Trailer Promises Origin Stories For Ahsoka and Count Dooku

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A new trailer has been unveiled for the upcoming Star Wars animated series Tales of the Jedi. The series will provide origin stories for two major characters in the prequel trilogy, Ahsoka and Count Dooku.

Tales of the Jedi is written and created by Dave Filoni and Charles Murray, part of the creative team behind the long-running animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Filoni developed the concept while he was working on Disney's highly successful streaming series The Mandalorian, and it was officially revealed in May of this year.

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Disney's annual D23 Expo is taking place this weekend, and unsurprisingly it is chock full of big reveals. One such reveal is thefirst trailer for Tales of the Jedi and plenty of new details about the show. We now know that the series will be divided into two parts that each follow a different character. The first half of the series will show Ahsoka Tano becoming a Jedi and training with Anakin Skywalker. The second half of the series will be about Count Dooku's slow turn to the Dark Side, as well as him training his padawan, a young Qui-Gon Jinn.

Ahsoka Tano is a somewhat lesser known character in the Star Wars universe that first became popular in The Clone Wars series and more recently in the second season of The Mandalorian. She is currently scheduled to receive her own Star Wars streaming series on Disney+, entitled Ahsoka. In addition to Ahsoka and Dooku, Tales of the Jedi will feature appearances from many of the most beloved characters in the prequel trilogy, including Mace Windu, Qui-Gon Jinn, Yoda, and Anakin Skywalker, as well as Princess Leia's father Bail Organa, a female Jedi of Yoda's