“Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi” gives the prequel era two Jedi and six episodes to explain them. The series follows Ahsoka Tano and Count Dooku, each facing choices that set their futures. Dave Filoni created it. It runs one season on Disney+, with all six episodes arriving on October 26, 2022.
Trailer, via Star Wars.
Ahsoka Tano, Before the War
Three of the six episodes belong to Ahsoka. The show follows her from a child into a soldier, testing her at each turn. Ashley Eckstein voices her, the role she has held across the animated Star Wars series.
Matt Lanter voices Anakin Skywalker. His presence matters. Anakin is the reason Ahsoka’s path bends the way it does.
Count Dooku, Before the Fall
The other three episodes belong to Dooku. Corey Burton voices him. The series treats him as a Jedi first and a villain second, which is the smarter half of the show.
Liam Neeson returns as Qui-Gon Jinn. His scenes with Dooku give the prequel era a weight the films rarely carried.
Six episodes is not much room. The Dooku arc uses it well. The Ahsoka arc has more ground to cover and less time to do it.
What the Two Halves Do Differently
| Ahsoka Tano | Count Dooku | |
|---|---|---|
| Voice actor | Ashley Eckstein | Corey Burton |
| Arc focus | From child to soldier | From Jedi to the break with the order |
| Shared figure | Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter) | Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) |
Both arcs ask the same question and land on different answers.
Animation and the Limits of Six Episodes
The show is animated, science fiction and fantasy, action and adventure. It runs six episodes across one season. That is the entire run.
The format is the problem. Anthology storytelling needs room, and six episodes is a tight fit. Some choices get made off screen.
What is here works. What is missing is the connective tissue between the big moments.
Qui-Gon Jinn and the Weight of the Order
Neeson’s return is the show’s clearest argument for itself. Qui-Gon is the Jedi who never fit the council’s mold. Dooku is the Jedi who left it.
Their scenes together carry the political weight the prequels gestured at but never sat with. That is the value of this series: it slows down.
The order’s failures stop being background. They become the plot.
The Score, and What It Means
“Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi” holds a 7.9 out of 10 on TMDB, drawn from 503 votes. That number is fair. It rewards the Dooku arc and forgives the Ahsoka arc’s compression.
The score reflects a show that is good, not great. It does not overstay. It does not fully deliver either.
Where This Leaves the Prequel Era
“Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi” is worth the six episodes. The Dooku half is the reason. It takes a character the films used as a plot device and gives him a spine.
The Ahsoka half is thinner. It retreads ground the animated series already covered, and it does so faster than the material deserves.
Filoni knows these characters. The show proves that. It also proves that six episodes cannot hold two full lives.
The TMDB audience score of 7.9 out of 10 is the right call. This is a strong anthology with one great arc and one that needed more room. Watch it for Dooku. Stay for Qui-Gon. Accept that Ahsoka’s story has been told better elsewhere.
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