Rosario Dawson has shared her reaction to Ashley Eckstein, the voice of Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, visiting the set of the Disney+ Ahsoka series and sharing her blessing for the show.
“It was just absolutely remarkable to have her on set,” Dawson shared with Entertainment Weekly‘s Dagobah Dispatch podcast. “We were beside ourselves. And she came in and you could just see it in her eyes. It’s very similar to the look in [Clone Wars, Rebels, and Ahsoka creator Dave FIloni’s] eyes. These are people who have been working in dark rooms with microphones and these animated characters for so long. And to see it now three-dimensionally is pretty wild. And to have her energy there and her blessing on this show is everything, because she’s so much a part of this show.”
Having voiced Ahsoka in multiple seasons of The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, Dawson also used Eckstein’s performance of Ahsoka as a source of inspiration for the live-action project.
“We literally religiously watch these episodes over and over again as homework, which is like the easiest and the best homework in the world,” the actor admitted. “And the inflection of the voice and the heart and the love and just the commitment over so many years — I mean, she’s a true believer. And I think that heart just lives on in this story.”
She added, “You have this volume and work and performance to go back to … and these memories and reflections and The Clone Wars and Rebels with the work that Ashley did. We got to watch her grow and develop, and see the heart and the energy and the passion and the love that Ashley has brought to this character.”
Ahsoka is set to debut on Disney+ this August.
Image: Ashley Eckstein on Instagram
