Scottish actor Rory McCann, likely best known for playing Sandor ‘The Hound’ Clegane on HBO’s Game of Thrones, will inherit late actor Ray Stevenson’s character for season two of the Star Wars series Ahsoka.

Stevenson, who passed after a brief illness in May 2023 mere months before the series premiered, played the Force-sensitive mercenary known as Baylan Skoll in the show. Ahsoka centres Rosario Dawson’s titular character, Ahsoka Tano, who teams with a former apprentice in order to stop the Empire from reforming. Skoll and his apprentice, Shin Hati (Ivanna Sakhno), present obstacles to Ahsoka’s goals.

We don’t yet known when McCann will make his Ahsoka debut as Baylan Skoll. While the second season is confirmed to be in development, a shoot start date has not been announced, nor has a release date. Dave Filoni was the showrunner of season one, and is returning in the same role.

Rory McCann, who was friends with Stevenson, was most recently seen in Gladiator II, with credits that include Hot Fuzz, Jumanji: The Next Level, and the recent Knuckles Paramount+ series. Future roles for the Scottish actor also include the action-thriller Tornado, in which he’ll star opposite Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira, and Tim Roth.

Stay tuned for updates.