Lucasfilm has been resistant to recasting, but it's necessary in order to continue Baylan's story and honor Stevenson's performance. Several actors, including Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jean Reno, could successfully take on the role and maintain the complexity of Baylan Skoll.
Leiv Schreiber or Viggo would be the best without being too drastically different in portrayal. Vincent Regan looks the most like the part by far plus he is an awesome actor he would be my pick. Liev Schreiber is my top choice.
Who could replace Ray Stevenson in Ahsoka season 2?
I think actor Liev Schreiber would be a great choice to take over the role since he and Ray Stevenson are the same height and similar build. (Ray Stevenson will always be remembered for his amazing performance that made the character) Never seen the composite done so well, affirms this choice.
Summary. Ahsoka season 2 may address the absence of Ray Stevenson's Baylan Skoll by having Shin Hati take over his quest. The season 1 cliffhanger suggests that Baylan's apprentice, Shin, holds the key to Ahsoka season 2's biggest challenge by taking over his future narratives with the Mortis Gods.
Baylan defeated Ahsoka in a lightsaber duel, but it doesn't necessarily mean he is more powerful than her. While Baylan is a skilled duelist, he falls short compared to some of the best Jedi duelists like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Mace Windu.
Ray Stevenson's Baylan Skoll played a major role throughout Ahsoka, and even though he didn't appear in a major way in the show's last episode, his brief scene did connect him to some of the more mystical parts of the Star Wars universe.
According to showrunner Dave Filoni, Skoll's lightsaber being orange-red instead of the traditional Sith red blade was intentional because he always felt as a kid that Darth Vader's lightsaber seemed to fluctuate from visual effects to being a little bit more orange, so he wished to not make a straight-up orange ...
Summary. Zeb, a member of the Ghost crew from Star Wars Rebels, has yet to make an appearance in the Ahsoka series. The precise timeline of Ahsoka is still unclear, but it is set after The Mandalorian season 2. Zeb is patrolling the Outer Rim in The Mandalorian season 3, making it unlikely for him to appear in Ahsoka.
In the finale, Baylan leaves Shin to search for a rumored mythical power, one he's heard mentioned in old Jedi legends. In one of the final shots, he stands on a cliff near three crumbling statues, staring toward a light in the distance.
Based on the available evidence, Baylan Skoll is headed to Mortis – or somewhere he can access that mystical realm's inhabitants, at least – in Ahsoka Season 2. We can draw this conclusion from two bits of information: what Baylan wants and where he is when we last see him. First, let's look at Baylan's motives.
As Ahsoka and her youngling allies struggle to evade the Trandoshan hunters, their efforts receive an unexpected boost when a new captive -- Chewbacca the Wookiee -- arrives.
As the conflict raged on, she learned that its politics were not as black and white as she once thought and eventually entered into a relationship (and marriage) with Lux Bonteri, son of former Confederate senator Mina Bonteri.
According to Sabine Wren actress Natasha Liu Bordizzo in an interview with GamesRadar, Ahsoka runs concurrently with The Mandalorian season 3. This means that Zeb's lack of appearance in Ahsoka can be explained by his duties to other areas of the New Republic.
Summary. The death of Ray Stevenson, who played Baylan Skoll in Ahsoka, likely means the character will be recast for season 2. Lucasfilm has been resistant to recasting, but it's necessary in order to continue Baylan's story and honor Stevenson's performance.
As a former Jedi, Baylan Skoll was trained in the ways of the Force and was proficient in lightsaber combat. His approach was with long, two-handed, heavy strikes which combined with his physical strength and stamina allowed him to overwhelm his opponents.
Therefore, Baylan Skoll is not a Gray Jedi because they aren't a thing. He only shares a few similarities with that nebulous definition anyway. He's something else entirely, something that makes him one of the most interesting and unique Force users in Star Wars history.
Ahsoka Tano has had romantic connections with Lux Bonteri and Kaeden Larte, but due to circumstances and their involvement in the war, the relationships didn't work out.
Highlights. Star Wars fans are eager for Liev Schreiber to replace Ray Stevenson's character, Baylan Skoll, in Ahsoka due to their striking physical resemblance. Schreiber's talent as an actor and director, as well as his impressive awards and performances, make him a great choice for the role.
Baylan's great lightsaber and his modified version of Form V turned him into an enemy unlike anything Ahsoka had ever faced, which is precisely why she wasn't able to defeat him.
Baylan was trained in the waxing-waning days of the Jedi Knights. He later grew disillusioned with the Order and its ways and left. Eventually, he fell to the dark side and took Shin Hati as his apprentice after Order 66 while they both became mercenaries.
