As the one person who loved Ahsoka from the getgo, and having rewatched TCW from start to finish, I feel tiny Ahsoka is overlooked. She’s adorable, she may be a little bratty and full of herself but she’s 14, and she’s such a bundle of joy and sarcasm. She has flaws, as any preteen/teen, but she’s a sweetheart above all. Seeing her grow and mature is such a treat, but I think her beginnings were just as important. 14 year old Ahsoka was a blast.
Despite the differences between The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian, there is one thing these two shows share that I love. The world building, and the expansion of the GFFA as a universe with different planets, inhabitants, cultures and factions.
Every time I watch an episode, I feel immersed into another world that is vast and interesting and alive. I thank Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau in equal amounts (as well as George Lucas) for making Star Wars feel like a living breathing entity, in spite of what the ST failed at.
If I’m the only person out there loving Ahsoka’s Rebels design, so be it. Cause I do, and I think season 7 of TCW did a good job of showing her transition into the mature appearance we see in Rebels.
Iknowthis song has a ‘baby’ in the lyrics (I cut out the only overtly romantic part of the song) but it is NOTa ship video. Anakin and Ahsoka are siblings, and I adore them as such. But apart from that one ‘baby’ - which can be used as a pet name anyhow - this song fits them very well, and I couldn’t help but use it. Just wanna clarify that it is notanisoka, and I do not ship anisoka.
If you do, you do you, but I don’t. Anyhow, I like how this video turned out and how I managed to tie it together. I hope some of you enjoy it as well! Angsty spade siblings is what we live for.
No matter what happens next Friday, Ashley Eckstein will always be our ahsoka tano and I hope she will still be the one going to star wars celebrations.
Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Ashley Eckstein? I thought not. It’s not a story Lucasfilm would tell you. It’s a fan legend. Ashley Eckstein was a voice actress, so talented… she endeared Ahsoka Tano to dudebros who initially found her annoying. Beloved by the fandom, she played the character for over a decade and even channeled her own fandom into a stylish fashion line. Her passion became a pathway to a venture that some consider to be… profitable.
Having originated the role, she reprised the character in further series, games, audiobooks, and ultimately had a vocal cameo in The Rise of Skywalker. She considered the role of Ahsoka Tano the part of a lifetime, which, of course, it was.
Unfortunately, when bringing the character to live action, Disney wanted a big name actress whose most well known live action role wasn’t as a bully’s sidekick on That’s So Raven. They recast her with alleged violent transphobe Rosario Dawson, who has once tweeted she wanted to play the character.
It’s ironic. My friend @jjoelswatch thinks Ahsoka shouldn’t be cast as a white woman, and that they should have cast someone like Tati Gabrielle… and I agree with her, but I personally find Rosario’s casting more offensive than Ashley making the jump to live action ever would have been.
For real though, if Katee Sackhoff could reprise her role as Bo-Katan in live-action, why couldn’t they bring back Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka? I mean, just look at her in costume! She’s perfect!
ashleyeckstein: we met on stage for the first time but then we had the most lovely conversation backstage. Thank you Hayden for being so kind and gracious
ashleyeckstein: we met on stage for the first time but then we had the most lovely conversation backstage. Thank you hayden for being so kind and gracious
