Claudia Black Exits ‘Ahsoka’ Season 2 Over Alleged Pay Disputes

The second season of Ahsoka has gotten one other solid shakeup: Claudia Black, who performed the Nightsister Klothow, received’t be again for the sophomore season.

First reported by Bleeding Cool after which corroborated by Deadline, the Farscape actor stated she needed to “bow out” when Disney “couldn’t pay me what I wanted to be paid as a single mom to maintain all my tasks going at dwelling in Los Angeles, as a result of they have been filming in London. It was not one thing that they might make occur.”

Black went on to name dropping out “very unhappy,” and stated she was glad to be a part of the franchise, “[working with] beautiful individuals, beautiful administrators, fascinating to work on ‘The Quantity.’ Everybody like me who grew up within the 70s and 80s has at all times been into the Star Wars universe, and it’s a really playful setting to work in. I despatched an e mail to Dave Filoni thanking him, and I stated, ‘What a journey!’”

Klothow appeared along with her fellow Nightsters Lakesis and Aktropaw—collectively generally known as the Great Mothers, and named after the Greek goddesses of Destiny—within the back half of Ahsoka’s first season. The Moms who reside on Peridea and have allied with  Grand Admiral Thrawn, use darkish magick and declare to learn the threads of destiny and future. On the finish of the season, they and Thrawn have been en path to the planet Dathomir.

At time of writing, it’s unclear whether or not Black’s position can be recast or if Klothow can be absent for Ahsoka season two. The collection beforehand recast the position of supporting antagonist Baylan Skoll with Rory McCann following the dying of Ray Stevenson weeks earlier than the collection premiere in 2023.

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