Ahsoka's premiere is set.

Rosario Dawson will play Ahsoka in the upcoming Star Wars Disney Plus series.

Which debuts on August 23rd, according to a statement issued by Disney on Wednesday.

Prior to this, all we knew was when the show would premiere that month.

Disney's official synopsis for the program reads, "Set after the fall of the Empire.

Ahsoka follows the former Jedi knight Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy." 

Ahsoka debuted in The Clone Wars animated series and the 2008 film The Clone Wars.

Dawson played her in The Book of Boba Fett and the second season of The Mandalorian, both of which featured her.

Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Lars Mikkelsen, Ray Stevenson, Ivanna Sakhno, and Diana Lee Inosanto are also featured in the cast of Ahsoka.

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