Ahsoka
Comic-Con: ‘Ahsoka’ Voice Actor Ashley Eckstein, Broadway Star Michael James Scott to Host Her Universe Fashion Show (Exclusive)
Ashley Eckstein, who voices Ahsoka Tano in multiple animated Star Wars series, and Broadway star Michael James Scott (Aladdin, The Book of Mormon) are set to host the Her Universe Fashion Show at San Diego Comic-Con. The fashion show returns for its 10th anniversary, taking place Thursday, July 25, at 6 p.m. in the Harbor […]
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Dave Filoni on How ‘Ahsoka’ Brought Anakin Back
It was a moment Star Wars fans had been waiting for: the reunion of Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) and her former master, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen). Who better to direct that episode of Ahsoka than Dave Filoni, who created the title character (alongside George Lucas) for the animated series The Clone Wars? For Filoni, who […]
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‘Ahsoka’ Stars Rosario Dawson, Hayden Christensen on Prequel Reappraisal: “Hayden’s Got the High Ground Now”
Actors often have the difficult task of meeting each other on the same day that their characters are supposed to convey a sense of history between one another, so that’s precisely what makes the story of Ahsoka’s Rosario Dawson and Hayden Christensen all the more special. In the summer of 1995, the two budding teenage […]
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Hayden Christensen Recalls Talking About “Clone Wars-Era Anakin” With George Lucas 20 Years Before ‘Ahsoka’
Ahsoka stars Rosario Dawson and Hayden Christensen sat down for an Emmys for Your Consideration conversation in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon, reflecting on the scenes between Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker in the show’s fifth episode, “Shadow Warrior.” The episode serves as a reunion between Anakin and his former Padawan, as well as features […]
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A ‘Star Wars’ Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise
Initially known for theatrically released blockbusters for the first two decades of its existence (despite dipping its toe in TV, occasionally), the George Lucas space-opera finally succumbed to television properly in the Noughties with animated series The Clone Wars. Since Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, Star Wars has gone back and forth on both […]
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Ariana Greenblatt Joining Cast of ‘Now You See Me 3’
Ariana Greenblatt, who appeared opposite Margot Robbie in last year’s Barbie, will be pulling a rabbit out of her hat. The actress is joining the ensemble cast of Now You See Me 3, Lionsgate’s long-in-the-works installment of its heist caper thrillers. Many of the original cast — Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave […]
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‘Star Wars’: 16 Animated Characters Who Made the Leap to Live-Action
[Warning: This story contains spoilers about key plot points and characters’ fates in several Star Wars series and movies.] It’s a good time to be a Star Wars fan. With numerous series and movies afoot, there are plenty of stories to be told in the years to come. Next up is the third and final […]
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead Talks ‘Ahsoka’ and the Big Swerve of ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’
[This story contains spoilers for Ahsoka and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.] Due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, Mary Elizabeth Winstead had to let two exciting projects in Ahsoka and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off speak for themselves, but now she’s finally looking back on her rather significant 2023. In early 2022, Winstead officially joined the Star Wars […]
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‘Ahsoka’ Star Eman Esfandi Fulfilled His Own ‘Star Wars’ Prophecy: “I’m Going to Play Ezra”
[This story contains spoilers for Ahsoka.] Ahsoka star Eman Esfandi called his own shot. When Rosario Dawson’s Ahsoka Tano first appeared in live-action on The Mandalorian season two and voiced her intention to find the villainous Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen), Ezra Bridger’s own jump to live-action immediately became a near-inevitability for die-hard Star Wars […]
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Publicists Awards: ‘Ahsoka,’ ‘Frasier’ Among TV Campaign Noms
The publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) have announced the nominees for its Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign. They are the teams behind Star Wars spinoff Ahsoka from Walt Disney Studios and Lucasfilm/Disney+; Frasier (CBS Studio/Paramount+); Star Trek: Picard (CBS Studios/Paramount+) and Welcome to Chippendales (20th Television/Hulu). “The teams of […]
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Hayden Christensen Signs With Independent Artist Group (Exclusive)
Hayden Christensen, who has played Anakin Skywalker in various Star Wars movies and series, has signed with Independent Artist Group for representation. The actor famously nabbed the coveted part of the heroic-yet-tragic young man who would become Darth Vader in George Lucas’ Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and concluded his fall […]
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Shawna Trpcic, ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Ahsoka’ Costume Designer, Dies at 56
Shawna Trpcic, the Emmy-nominated costume designer who worked on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka, has died. She was 56. Trpcic died suddenly of an unknown cause in Palm Desert on Wednesday, her daughter, Sarah, told The Hollywood Reporter. “Shawna was one of Hollywood’s pre-eminent science fiction costume […]
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