The galaxy far, far-off is all the time increasing, and the following Star Wars collection that will likely be out there streaming with a Disney+ subscription additionally brings Ashley Eckstein again as Ahsoka Tano. The actress was the primary to convey Ahsoka to life on display screen with seven seasons of The Clone Wars, a number of episodes of Star Wars Rebels, and even smaller initiatives within the franchise like Forces of Future and Tales of the Jedi… all in animation. Rosario Dawson was forged to play the Star Wars fan-favorite in live-action. Now, with Eckstein lastly returning as Ahsoka, she opened up about what Lucasfilm Chief Inventive Officer Dave Filoni promised her.
Eckstein returned to voice Ahsoka Tano for the second installment of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Previous, billed as Items of the Previous. I spoke with the actress in regards to the Depraved-themed 2025 Her Universe Vogue Present that she co-hosted with Broadway legend Michael James Scott, and we took a slight detour to speak about Star Wars. With Rosario Dawson enjoying Ahsoka as a visitor star in The Mandalorian and The Ebook of Boba Fett earlier than the premiere of the Ahsoka solo collection in 2023.
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy will likely be Eckstein’s first new efficiency as her beloved character for the reason that live-action collection launched, so what was it like for her to get the decision that Ahsoka was wanted again in animation? I requested her that very query, and Eckstein shared:
I cried. I imply, I am not going to lie. It was so particular to get the decision. With Ahsoka coming to stay motion, Dave Filoni promised me that I might all the time be the voice of Ahsoka in animation, however I additionally did not know if we’d see Ahsoka once more in animation. So I by no means take it without any consideration, and once I received the decision that Ahsoka can be coming to LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy – Items of the Previous, it was simply so particular.
Dave Filoni could be the CCO of Lucasfilm circa 2025, however he was the showrunner for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which ran from seven seasons between 2008 – 2020. Ashley Eckstein was the voice of Ahsoka in every of these seasons, lengthy earlier than Rosario Dawson was ever forged for live-action. With LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy‘s upcoming season, he is clearly maintaining his promise. That is to not say that LEGO Star Wars Ahsoka will seem like the character animated into The Clone Wars or Rebels, nonetheless!
The character has remained close to and pricey to Ashley Eckstein’s coronary heart for the way she “impressed a whole technology of followers,” so it is no marvel that she was excited to play Ahsoka once more… even when she hadn’t precisely been animated within the LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy model earlier than. Eckstein went on:
I even have a brickhead Ahsoka. I had one already, so to need to convey brickhead Ahsoka to life was actually enjoyable [with] Dan [Hernandez] and Benji [Samit], the creators of LEGO Star Wars. Additionally I started working with the Lucasfilm animation group once more, its personal galaxy. I can say that it is its personal particular galaxy that’s only for LEGO Star Wars. However Ahsoka, at her coronary heart, remains to be the identical. It is nonetheless the identical Ahsoka, whether or not she seems like she does Clone Wars or Rebels, or whether or not she seems like brickhead Ahsoka, it is nonetheless Ahsoka. So I am excited for followers to see it.
In the event you watched the primary season of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, you may know that it is not precisely set within the bigger Star Wars canon. Even when you did not watch that first installment on Disney+, the trailer (that includes Ashley Eckstein voicing Ahsoka) will present you simply how distinct it’s from different animated entries within the franchise:
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Along with Ashley Eckstein, Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy – Items of the Previous options Stranger Issues‘ Gaten Matarazzo as Sig Greebling, Tony Revolori as Dev Greebling, Bobby Moynihan as Jedi Bob, Marsai Martin as Yesi Scala, Michael Cusack as Servo, Billy Dee Williams as Landolorian, Ahmed Greatest as Darth Jar Jar, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Sam Witwer as Maul, Dee Bradley Baker as Darth Nubs, and Kelly Marie Tran as Darth Rose Tico, to call simply a number of the characters who seem. Mark Hamill will make a particular visitor look as Luke Skywalker as nicely.
The four-part Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy – Items of the Previous releases on Friday, September 19 on Disney+. It’s also possible to discover The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, and all the opposite Star Wars animation initiatives you possibly can need on the Disney streamer.