But hope remains for the warrior’s future.
Ashley Eckstein broke the number one rule of being aStar Warsactor: never take screenshots of the top-secret scripts.
But she had a unique experience she couldn’t ignore.
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“But I read a line and it just resonated with me, literally to my core.”
The piece of dialogue came in Ahsoka’s Coruscant arc with mechanic Trace and her street-wise sister Rafa.
Rafa turns to Ahsoka and questions why a complete stranger would go to such great lengths to help them.
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“I guess it’s just who I am.”
“I realized that line is something we can all take on.
Eckstein had to say goodbye to Ahsoka many times over the years.
Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano in season 7 of ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’.Lucasfilm
Then, when season 6 gave the series a surprise follow-up in 2014, she changed her expectations again.
“To me,Star Warsmeans hope,” she says.
That quote really resonated with me and all of the fans.”
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I think that these episodes are needed now more than ever."
The word she keeps returning to when trying to describe the battle is “epic.”
But the mission deals a larger emotional blow for these figures.
I’m not a commander anymore.
Why are they doing this for me?'
She’s actually very conflicted in that scene."
Then there’s the reunion with Anakin.
When they come together again, Eckstein says their love for each other won’t change.
You really don’t see Ahsoka coming to any realization about Anakin untilStar Wars Rebels.
You’re gonna see a beautiful bond between them in.
But, keep in mind, there’s a lot that Ahsoka doesn’t know."
As Eckstein watched the first episode of the Siege, she found herself, unexpectedly, in tears.
“I realized this was the end and it’s very sad,” she explains.
Eckstein was just as in the dark about that call-out in the film as the rest of us.
“I was directed byJ.J.
Abramsand he told me enough to get the performance that he needed for that scene,” she says.
“I had all those same questions,” Eckstein says.
“I do wonder about Ahsoka’s journey.
In my hopes and dreams, [Clone Wars] is just Ahsoka’s ending forClone Wars.
She gets such a beautiful, incredible ending, one that I feel this character truly deserved.
Hope stays alive for Eckstein’sStar Warsstory, as well.
My career started in live-action.
My first voice over job was Ahsoka Tano.
But my heart has always been in all forms of the entertainment industry.
Hopefully one day my dream will come true.”
