We've known since The Mandalorian that Ahsoka Tano is searching for Grand Admiral Thrawn, the villain who vanished alongside Ezra Bridger in the closing moments of Star Wars Rebels.
They were pulled into hyperspace by the ancient Purrgil, though where they ended up has been a mystery to us ever since. Today's Ahsoka premiere wastes no time in revealing that the title character is searching for a map after Morgan Elsbeth revealed its location to her.
That ultimately falls back into the hands of the show's villains, with the former magistrate revealing the ancient landmark she, Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati now find themselves at was created by "ancient people" who travelled there from a "distant Galaxy."
The orb Ahsoka Tano retrieved and Sabine Wren unlocked then maps a pathway from this Galaxy...to another. In fact, there appear to be countless different Galaxies, though the imagery relating to this one is surrounded by the Purrgils, suggesting that's where those creatures - who can travel through hyperspace - come from.
Baylan reveals the children of the Jedi temple used to call this the "Pathway to Peridea," a fairy tale among the younglings which we now know is all too real.
Elsbeth believes Thrawn is calling to her across time and space, raising a lot of interesting questions. We've seen time travel, of a sort, in Star Wars before and this feels somewhat like a new spin on the Multiverse; needless to say, it's in equal parts mind-boggling and intriguing.
For Baylan, travelling there and bringing Thrawn back to this Galaxy means unlocking a power he says is more than his apprentice, Shin Hati, has ever dreamed of.
It feels like Dave Filoni is planning to take a deep dive into Star Wars lore, potentially exploring both new sides of the Force and even the role magic plays in this franchise. What will have become of Thrawn and Ezra after being trapped in that new Galaxy, though?
The first two episodes of Ahsoka are now streaming on Disney+.