Ahsoka’s Fifth Episode Will Play in Theaters

Like different massive Disney exhibits earlier than it, Star Wars: Ahsoka has been the large level of TV dialogue for the final a number of weeks. And now that it’s hit the midway mark of its story, Disney’s taking an additional step to make the present really feel extra of an enormous occasion sequence than it already was.

As revealed earlier in the week, Disney’s holding screenings throughout numerous theaters within the US for followers to observe the upcoming episode at its common Tuesday night time time with different members of their native Star Wars neighborhood. Checking Gofobo, such theaters are associates of AMC and stationed in massive cities like Chicago, Seattle, and Dallas. For worldwide audiences, screenings might be held within the UK (London), Thailand (Bangkok), and Brazil (Sao Paolo). For many who plan on going, it’s positively suggested you get there early—screenings like this are first come, first serve, so it’d be greatest to indicate up no less than an hour earlier (or perhaps slightly extra).

Billed as a “midseason fan celebration,” subsequent week’s episode will see Ahsoka cross paths together with her ex-master Anakin Skywalker, performed by as soon as once more in reside motion by Hayden Christensen. Notably, this’ll be each the very first time the 2 characters truly share the display screen collectively in outdoors of the cartoons, and their first time assembly up once more in years. Anakin and Ahsoka didn’t have a lot time to talk within the seventh season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and canonically, the 2 didn’t hyperlink up once more till season two of Star Wars Rebels, the place Ahsoka realized and accepted that Anakin had grow to be Darth Vader. With how a lot Ahsoka has been banking on audiences’ longtime nostalgia for each Clone Wars and Rebels, the reunion couldn’t be extra completely timed.

Episode 5 of Star Wars: Ahsoka will premiere this Tuesday, September 12 on Disney+.

Need extra io9 information? Take a look at when to count on the most recent Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s subsequent for the DC Universe on movie and TV, and every part it’s essential find out about the way forward for Physician Who.