The days are counting down, the excitement is building and Entertainment Weekly bring us a look at Ahsoka – a very in-depth look – that doesn’t just whet the appetite, it’s a long, cool drink of info that you need to check out. At the center of the article is Rosario Dawson, the first female lead of a live action Star Wars show who not only has a deep knowledge of the character but the engine to match.
The actress approached every new challenge with wide-eyed joy, whether it was spending hours in the makeup chair or months perfecting her double-lightsaber fighting stance. Many of Ahsoka’s gravity-defying moves were easy to execute in animation, but much trickier for an actual human to complete, and Dawson had to essentially train herself to fight ambidextrously. (She still remembers the first compliment fight coordinator Ming Qiu gave her, after months of training: “That one didn’t make my eyes hurt.”) Even amidst all that hard work, when EW spoke to Dawson’s costars, every one of them singled out her seemingly boundless energy on set and her penchant for singing between takes, repeatedly describing her as human “sunshine.”
“I don’t have a single memory of her looking tired, which is crazy considering we’re on the same schedule,” says Natasha Liu Bordizzo, who plays Rebels alum Sabine Wren. “On the weekends, she’s always doing work for charities that she’s passionate about and flying off and doing speeches at events — and I’m just in bed. And I’m still tired.”
Rosario also spoke about what it took to bring Ahsoka to life in live action.
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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The days are counting down, the excitement is building and Entertainment Weekly bring us a look at Ahsoka – a very in-depth look – that doesn’t just whet the appetite, it’s a long, cool drink of info that you need to check out. At the center of the article is Rosario Dawson, the first female lead of a live action Star Wars show who not only has a deep knowledge of the character but the engine to match.
The actress approached every new challenge with wide-eyed joy, whether it was spending hours in the makeup chair or months perfecting her double-lightsaber fighting stance. Many of Ahsoka’s gravity-defying moves were easy to execute in animation, but much trickier for an actual human to complete, and Dawson had to essentially train herself to fight ambidextrously. (She still remembers the first compliment fight coordinator Ming Qiu gave her, after months of training: “That one didn’t make my eyes hurt.”) Even amidst all that hard work, when EW spoke to Dawson’s costars, every one of them singled out her seemingly boundless energy on set and her penchant for singing between takes, repeatedly describing her as human “sunshine.”
“I don’t have a single memory of her looking tired, which is crazy considering we’re on the same schedule,” says Natasha Liu Bordizzo, who plays Rebels alum Sabine Wren. “On the weekends, she’s always doing work for charities that she’s passionate about and flying off and doing speeches at events — and I’m just in bed. And I’m still tired.”
Rosario also spoke about what it took to bring Ahsoka to life in live action.
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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