THE CLONE WARS Star Ashley Eckstein Talks Rosario Dawson Being Cast As Ahsoka Tano In THE MANDALORIAN

THE CLONE WARS Star Ashley Eckstein Talks Rosario Dawson Being Cast As Ahsoka Tano In THE MANDALORIAN

Some fans aren't happy about Ahsoka Tano actress Ashley Eckstein being overlooked by Lucasfilm for The Mandalorian season two, and the actress has now issued a statement about Rosario Dawson's casting...

By JoshWilding - Mar 24, 2020 05:03 PM EST
Filed Under: The Mandalorian

Ever since Ahsoka Tano first debuted in The Clone Wars, she's been a fan-favourite character brought to life by talented voice actress Ashley Eckstein. For years, fans have held out hope that she might be the opportunity to play the Jedi Knight in a live-action setting, but it will be Rosario Dawson who plays the hero in The Mandalorian season two. 

That makes sense considering the fact she's spent years campaigning for the role and is a big name actress, but how does Eckstein feel about being overlooked by Disney and Lucasfilm?

Well, she's now shared a lengthy statement on Instagram in which she explains that she has no involvement with the Disney+ series and that while "it has been my dream for 14 years to continue to play Ahsoka Tano in all forms," she will "continue to be grateful for opportunities to help create stories for Ahsoka Tano and I am always happy to see her legacy continued."

"I am only one member of a tremendously talented team of people that it takes to bring Ahsoka Tano to life," the actress continued. "The final decisions for Ahsoka are not mine to make and I cannot comment on something that I truly know nothing about."

There certainly don't appear to be any sour grapes on Eckstein's part, but it's not hard to see that she's disappointed by the decision to cast someone else as the character she's breathed life into. After all, she was even asked to voice Ashoka in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker last year!

Some fans remain hopeful that while Dawson will play the hero, Eckstein might voice her, but that doesn't seem overly realistic if we're being honest, so this situation is what it is. 
 
How do you guys feel about this casting decision in The Mandalorian
 
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dracula
dracula - 3/24/2020, 5:46 PM
She should have been offered the role. Roseario is a good choice though, so hopefully Ashley can have some role if the Ahsoka show actually happens
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/24/2020, 5:47 PM
Nice response from her.

dracula
dracula - 3/24/2020, 5:48 PM
Wonder if it will ever be explained in anything, what the Fett's connection to the Mandalorians is, why did they choose to make it so they werent Mandalorian, and where did they get the armor
DetBullock
DetBullock - 3/24/2020, 6:32 PM
@dracula - Jango Fett was taken under the wing of a mandalorian when he was young and when he died he took the armor IIRC.
DetBullock
DetBullock - 3/24/2020, 6:33 PM
@dracula - Jango Fett took the armor of a Mandalorian warrior that took him under his wing when he was younger.
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 3/24/2020, 5:49 PM
That's big of her, I've never seen clone wars so the live action casting does nothing for me.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/24/2020, 5:49 PM
Gonna be weird hearing Ahsoka talk and it’s not Ashley’s voice. She IS AHSOKA.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/24/2020, 5:53 PM
@BlackBeltJones - if it is not a lot of talking, maybe she can do the voice over, kind of like how they had Witwer voice over Ray Park at the end of Solo.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 3/24/2020, 5:58 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - There's no way they will VO Rosario Dawson, especially if they are planning on doing more with her than just Mando.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/24/2020, 5:59 PM
@LongMayHeReign - that's why I said if it isn't a lot of talking, but I doubt it will happen anyways
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 3/24/2020, 6:07 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - No I knew what you meant but I was just thinking maybe the Mando role had less lines, but they already planned on expanding it into her own series.

But yea regardless they won't do it just because of Rosario, hopefully it turns out great tho I can see she has a very loyal fan base!
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/24/2020, 6:30 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - that would be cool.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 3/24/2020, 6:07 PM
I haven’t watched much of the character, but I would have given her a chance. To those who say that she doesn’t have much live-action experience, I say she’d hardly be alone in the Star Wars universe... it’s not like most of the films were headlined by the biggest names, and Gina Carano did fine in the Mandalorian already.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/24/2020, 6:10 PM
@Chewtoy - very well said

Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 3/24/2020, 7:05 PM
Wow so she wasn't even consulted? She has no influence on the show? This is a really bad move....you should always go to the original actor for guidance where possible. How is Dawson going to emulate Eckstein without even consulting her?
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 3/24/2020, 7:08 PM
And what's even worse is she's clearly saying she'd have liked to play the role and has the live-action experience needed to do it properly. Bad move from Disney here...
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