STAR WARS: AHSOKA
The Padawan strikes back
We’ve already met the live-action incarnation of animated icon Ahsoka Tano in The Mandalorian and The Book Of Boba Fett. Now Rosario Dawson rocks the montrals in her own show as the former Padawan and rebel spy confronts a deadly new threat to a galaxy that’s just witnessed the fall of the Empire.
“I felt really blessed to have such volumes of history to actually reflect back on,” Dawson told the crowd at Celebration. “Ashley Eckstein [voice of the cartoon Ahsoka] bringing this character from a teenager up until the present did such a remarkable job in developing her. She was hot-headed – she’s still stubborn now – but the complexity that she brought to it and the nuances were something to build from. When I think of this show and I think of this journey for Ahsoka, it feels like I have actual visual memories to reflect upon. It’s incredible.
“And I have Dave [Filoni] on set every day to ask many, many questions to. It’s really such a remarkable space and as a fan it’s been really incredible to be part of Mandalorian and Boba, obviously, but to have this show be a continuation of that journey, that adventure, that we’ve seen her on has just been exceptional, and I’m so excited for all of you to see where she is now.”
Joining the lightsaber-twirling now also brought to the screen in living, breathing form. “There’s a pretty rich history that we’ve seen in , and what happens at the end has had a great effect on her,” said Winstead. “I had to try to be all that she is, which includes being a leader and a maternal figure, leading an army and being everyone’s mom. Those are such different personality traits but somehow she encompasses them all.”
