AHSOKA Has Reportedly Cast HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Star Savannah Steyn As THE CLONE WARS-Era Ahsoka Tano

AHSOKA Has Reportedly Cast HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Star Savannah Steyn As THE CLONE WARS-Era Ahsoka Tano

Following reports that Ahsoka will feature multiple actresses playing Ahsoka Tano, a new report claims that House of the Dragon star Savannah Steyn is set to play the former Jedi during The Clone Wars...

By JoshWilding - Dec 20, 2022 04:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Nerdgazm (via SFFGazette.com)

Over the weekend, we learned that the Ahsoka series coming to Disney+ will feature "flashbacks" (it's complicated: you can read more here) to key moments in the title character's life. Among the periods we visit will be The Clone Wars, with a younger actress enlisted to take Rosario Dawson's place as the Padawan Ahsoka Tano.

Now, thanks to Nerdgazm (via SFFGazette.com), we know who will play the hero in that era, and it's House of the Dragon star Savannah Steyn. She played Lady Laena Velaryon - one of them, at least - in the HBO series, and counts A Discovery of Witches and Crawl among her other credits. 

One big question right now is whether we'll hear Steyn's voice; after all, it would make sense - and be welcomed by fans - for The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels actress Ashley Eckstein to reprise the role and voice Ahsoka with ADR. However, we can't imagine Lucasfilm would cast Steyn as little more than a body double!

She certainly looks the part, anyway, and this hopefully means we'll get to see Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker in his costume from The Clone Wars. Fans have been waiting on that for a long time and had hoped he and Ewan McGregor might get to don live-action versions in Obi-Wan Kenobi (instead we just got a fun flashback to the prequel trilogy). 

This all sounds like a really fun way to familiarise Star Wars fans who perhaps haven't watched The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. It's become clear Ahsoka is vitally important to the franchise moving forward, and we're sure this spin-off series won't be the last time we see the former Jedi in action.

The Mandalorian premieres on March 1, and we have a feeling little about this one will be revealed betw. However, as more details continue to find their way online, you'll want to keep checking back here for updates.

Ahsoka is set to premiere on Disney+ sometime in 2023. A snippet of footage from the show can be found in the player below!
 

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Odin
Odin - 12/20/2022, 5:00 AM
Really looking forward to Ahsoka. I've been trying to avoid spoilers, but for what I have seen in headlines, almost everything makes me more hyped for this.

OT: James Mangold has debunked claims that Indy 5 is shooting (or has shot) multiple endings.
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 12/20/2022, 11:51 AM
@Odin - of course he would.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 12/20/2022, 5:07 AM
Perfect.
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 12/20/2022, 5:19 AM
Somebody at Lucasfilm really doesn't like Ashley Eckstein.

I mean i get it, Ashley can't play a young Rosario Dawson. But the character has orange skin and tentacles instead of hair. The differences from human characteristics are enough that it shouldn't matter. I think it would have been a nice thing for Ashley to get her moment.
Toonstrack
Toonstrack - 12/20/2022, 11:18 AM
@TheManWithoutFear - she looks nothing like ahsoka and doesn't have the same body type
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 12/20/2022, 11:52 AM
@TheManWithoutFear - I get you, but it just wouldn't work.
AC1
AC1 - 12/20/2022, 6:10 AM
That's pretty cool, hopefully that means we'll get some flashbacks with Anakin and Obi-Wan too. I know I'll probably catch some shit for my opinion here but I thought Hayden Christensen did WAAAAAAY better as Anakin/Vader with the material he was working with on Kenobi, never really liked how immature the character was in the prequel trilogy and the dialogue he had to deliver was so badly written back then, I feel like that probably has a lot to do with why people gave him so much criticism back when those movies came out.
Mugens
Mugens - 12/20/2022, 6:17 AM
Haven't brought myself to watch "House of Dragon" for some reason, so don't know much about the actress's work, but she definitely looks the part of a younger Rosario/Ahsoka. Definitely looking forward to this series to see what all the actors, not to mention writers and everyone else behind the cameras, bring to the small screen
Floke
Floke - 12/20/2022, 6:42 AM
@Mugens - I hadnt watched GoT but gave HoD a chance. After watching a bunch of old men in bad wigs talking about names I had no idea about, I found it kinda boring and gave up. Went back for another try - an a few episodes in, I was so hooked I even went on to eat up all 8 seasons of GoT after I was done.
Vigor
Vigor - 12/20/2022, 6:59 AM
@Floke - that's exactly what happened with my wife lol
I'd had been telling her for years to give GOT a chance. It took house of the dragon and maternity leave for her to get hooked on thr world. Then she gobbled up game of thrones around thanksgiving
Mugens
Mugens - 12/20/2022, 12:08 PM
@Floke - Thanks for the info. I might have to give it a try. I had watched all of GOT when it originally ran, so still don't know why I have avoided this, especially when I watched all of the Lord of the Rings prequels.
Floke
Floke - 12/20/2022, 4:38 PM
@Vigor - Me and my wife went in together on this one. Her reaction to the Red Wedding was priceless and Im glad the kids played games with headphones on at that moment lol.
GoT dethroned The Expanse for me, it realy did live up to all the hype (except the rushed s8 imo) Ive heard all these years.
Vigor
Vigor - 12/20/2022, 5:48 PM
@Floke - my wife cried after the Red Wedding and had to take a break from the show
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 12/20/2022, 9:18 AM
There's probably enough footage of Dawson from, say, 95-01 that they could de-age her for the flashback scenes. But considering how shitty every appearance of Luke has been on D+ so far, I'm so, so glad they're not.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 12/20/2022, 10:32 AM
@ClintThaHamster - After Disney plus lost 4 billion this year, Disney is definitely spending less for their premium shows going forward. I'm assuming de-aging is not going to be used as often now except for special cameos and they are going to go the cheaper route and recast whenever possible.
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