Liam Neeson will return as Qui-Gon Jinn in Tales of the Jedi, the new Star Wars animated series developed by Dave Filoni.

Just as it was was expectedThis Saturday, Lucasfilm is taking advantage of “Star Wars Celebration 2022” to present a new animated series developed by Dave Filoni (Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels).

it’s about My grandfather’s talesan anthology-format production that will tell stories set before the original trilogy that will have different characters as protagonists.

According to Filoni, My grandfather’s tales You will build on the ideas you had while doing so clone wars And he will seek to delve into it Prequel era characters.

Thus, while Ashoka will be the focus of three episodes set in different periods of his life and his story will even include a story with Anakin Skywalker, the series will also contain chapters with doku s Qui-Gon JinnWho will play it again? Liam Neeson Although the actor this time diligent search He will share the role with his son Michael Neeson. After all, the idea is to show young Qui-Gon Jinn and, in Dooku’s case, show that the villain was also a Jedi.

It looks like this series will have a similar animation style to the latest episodes clone wars And the first session bad batch. And while there isn’t a trailer or anything like that yet, below you can check out some glimpses My grandfather’s tales which was revealed during his session at “Star Wars Celebration 2022”.

My grandfather’s tales It will initially include six episodes and will premiere during the last quarter of 2022.