The second season of Ahsoka has gotten another cast shakeup: Claudia Black, who played the Nightsister Klothow, won’t be back for the sophomore season.
First reported by Bleeding Cool and then corroborated by Deadline, the Farscape actor said she had to “bow out” when Disney “could not pay me what I needed to be paid as a single mother to keep all my responsibilities going at home in Los Angeles, because they were filming in London. It was not something that they could make happen.”
Black went on to call dropping out “very sad,” and said she was glad to be part of the franchise, “[working with] lovely people, lovely directors, interesting to work on ‘The Volume.’ Everyone like me who grew up in the 70s and 80s has always been into the Star Wars universe, and it’s a very playful environment to work in. I sent an email to Dave Filoni thanking him, and I said, ‘What a ride!’”
Klothow appeared with her fellow Nightsters Lakesis and Aktropaw—collectively known as the Great Mothers, and named after the Greek goddesses of Fate—in the back half of Ahsoka’s first season. The Mothers who reside on Peridea and have allied with Grand Admiral Thrawn, use dark magick and claim to read the threads of fate and destiny. At the end of the season, they and Thrawn were en route to the planet Dathomir.
At time of writing, it’s unclear whether Black’s role will be recast or if Klothow will be absent for Ahsoka season two. The series previously recast the role of supporting antagonist Baylan Skoll with Rory McCann following the death of Ray Stevenson weeks before the series premiere in 2023.
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