The first Ahsoka trailer has finally released and it introduces the new Star Wars big villain

Y’all. It’s finally here. It’s finally happening. The moment that all of the nerds like me who have been gobbling up the animated Star Wars content for years have been waiting for has finally arrived.

The Ahsoka trailer is finally here. And not only do we have a trailer, we also have a release date.

This is a character that those of us who watched the animated Star Wars content are more than familiar with. She was first introduced as Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice in the Clone Wars series. Since then, she’s blossomed into a fan favorite.

Now, she’s got her own series held within the Mando-verse. And she’s hunting down the newest big bad in the series — Grand Admiral Thrawn.

Take a look.

Warrior. Outcast. Rebel. Jedi.#Ahsoka arrives August 2023 on #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/4T2PLgZDG2

— Disney+ (@DisneyPlus) April 7, 2023

Y’ALL. OMG. IT’S REALLY HAPPENING.

As someone who has consumed every piece of Star Wars animated content possible, this is so fulfilling, man.

We’ve met the Ahsoka character — played by Rosario Dawson — in live action before in The Mandalorian series. Now, she’s taking the spotlight for a spell and it looks great. This trailer is jam-packed with lots of lightsaber action.

Not only is Ahsoka showing up in this series, but the series is basically doubling as a Star Wars: Rebels reunion, too. That series was set in the years following the fall of the Republic and Order 66. It starts slow but gets pretty great and ends unbelievably well.

So many of those characters are showing up in this series.

we Rebels nation are getting FED #ahsoka #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/rgo8qz4TtS

— crocino (@crocinoo) April 7, 2023

It’s going to be an absolute treat. But the big thing to note here is that Grand Admiral Thrawn is back. And that’s a huge deal.

For those of you who don’t know Thrawn, he’s a military genius and an absolute conqueror. He isn’t Sith, but he’s just as sinister. If there was a big bad who was just a step below Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader, it’d be Thrawn.

And here he is in all of his glory.

First peek at Thrawn in ‘AHSOKA’. #SWCE pic.twitter.com/eY83LrciAh

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) April 7, 2023

This is going to be fantastic, y’all. The series starts in August. I cannot WAIT.