Ahsoka Boss Dave Filoni Praises the Series as Everything He Hoped For

Ahsoka showrunner Dave Filoni raves concerning the upcoming Star Wars collection, describing the chance to revisit its titular protagonist as “fantastic.”

Ahsoka showrunner Dave Filoni lately praised the upcoming Star Wars collection for being all the things he hoped it might be.

Filoni raved concerning the present throughout an episode of the Dagobah Dispatch podcast. “Oh, it is implausible. I imply, it is all the things I might hope for,” he mentioned. “I by no means dreamed of [running a live-action series] as I used to be studying over time. But to have a personality that is simply come up over time with numerous followers as they’ve grown up and now she’s on the level the place we will do that, it’s fantastic to be this identical particular person guiding it throughout the totally different mediums, I feel lends a consistency to the character that is very unusual.”

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“Numerous instances if you’re an animator, you watch your creation type of spin-off and it is taken by different folks, you by no means know,” Filoni continued. “And you wish to maintain these characters as a result of you recognize them so nicely and it is a actually distinctive scenario we’re in, however it’s superior. There’s no different solution to put it. The easy reply is simply, ‘Yeah, it is superior.'” Filoni co-created Ahsoka Tano with Star Wars creator George Lucas for the Clone Wars animated collection, and the character would go on to seem in Star Wars Rebels, The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.

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Ahsoka star Rosario Dawson beforehand attested to how enthralled Filoni is with the venture, recalling the showrunner’s intense response upon watching the ultimate minimize of an episode. According to the star, Filoni approached her along with his eyes glossed over and described reviewing the fully-edited episode as “a non secular expertise.” Dawson did not present any additional particulars concerning the episode itself, leaving followers to invest whether or not it was the collection opener or finale, or from someplace within the center.

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Aside from its protagonist, Ahsoka can even function a number of different characters who featured prominently in Star Wars Rebels. This consists of Mandalorian warrior Sabine Wren, who will probably be performed by Natasha Liu Bordizzo. Bordizzo lately spoke concerning the secrecy surrounding the audition course of for Ahsoka, explaining that she did not know she was within the operating for a Star Wars venture and was equipped script pages from 80s motion basic Top Gun to run strains with.

Prior to Bordizzo touchdown the Sabine function, the character was voiced in Rebels by Tiya Sircar. This displays the best way Dawson took over the Ahsoka function from her authentic voice actor Ashley Eckstein, who equipped the previous Padawan’s voice in Clone Wars, Rebels and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Eckstein is not completed taking part in Ahsoka, although, as she’s set to reprise the function within the Tales of the Jedi animated anthology collection. The actor lately described being invited again for Tales of the Jedi as an honor and confirmed she’s not upset that she now shares the Ahsoka function with Dawson.

Ahsoka will premiere on Disney+ someday in 2023.

Source: Dagobah Dispatch