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'Game of Thrones' alum Rory McCann joins 'Ahsoka' Season 2

Rory McCann has joined the Season 2 ensemble of "Ahsoka." File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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Jan. 10 (UPI) -- 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.

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The role was originally played by Rome and Thor actor Ray Stevenson, who died three months before the show's 2023 premiere.

Rosario Dawson plays the titular former Jedi in Ahsoka.

McCann is known for playing Sandor "The Hound" Clegane on Game of Thrones.

His other credits include Knuckles, Banished and Transformers: Earthspark.

Rosario Dawson poses for pictures at a press conference to launch Voto Latino, a non-partisan and non-profit organization dedicated to motivate Latino youth to participate in the nation's political process, at MTV Studios in New York City on August 17, 2004. Later that month, Dawson was arrested while filming during a protest against the Republican National Convention. File Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI | License Photo

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