Scottish actor Rory McCann, best known for playing the burly brute The Hound on HBO’s Game of Thrones, will replace late actor Ray Stevenson for a second season of Star Wars show Ahsoka, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Game of Thrones' Rory McCann steps into the role of Baylan Skoll for Ahsoka Season 2, after the late Ray Stevenson.

Game of Thrones alum Rory McCann has joined Ahsoka Season 2. McCann will take over the role of Baylan Skoll in the Disney+ Star Wars spin-off series. Advertisement The role was originally played by Rome and Thor actor Ray Stevenson,

Scottish actor Rory McCann has joined the cast of Ahsoka Season 2 as Baylan Skoll. The 55-year-old actor is most well-known for playing Sandor “The Hound” Clegane on the HBO series Game of Thrones. In the first season of Ahsoka,

Ahsoka season 2 will replace the late Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll with a Game of Thrones veteran who reads as a fitting choice (given the circumstances).

Disney has recast the role of fan-favorite Star Wars character Baylen Skoll in Ahsoka Season 2 following the death of actor Ray Stevenson, with Game of Thrones' The Hound actor Rory McCann taking over.

The first season of Ahsoka came to an end back in 2023 with plenty of questions still unanswered for Star Wars fans with a Disney+ subscription. Now, with the 2025 TV schedule getting underway, we have an answer to the mystery of whether or not the late Ray Stevenson would be recast to continue Baylan Skoll's journey in Season 2.

It says something about the power of a performance that in a series featuring Ahsoka Tano, the return of Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker, and the live-action debut of Grand Admiral Thrawn, Ray Stevenson's imperious turn as Force-sensitive mercenary Baylan Skoll proved the highlight of Ahsoka Season 1.