Ashley Eckstein

Image: Hot ToysBeyond the surprise of Ariana Greenblatt showing up during Ahsoka as a live-action interpretation of the Star Wars character’s animated youth was a really stark reminder Clone Wars never truly sold: holy hell, that is a little kid they gave a pair of glowsticks to and stuck on the front lines of the deadliest war the galaxy had seen in thousands of years. And now you can be reminded of the Jedi Order’s hubris—via wallet-induced pain—thanks to Hot Toys!The company’s latest Star Wars action figure goes back…

A wild rumor suggests Disney has tapped a director for a live-action Gargoyles movie. Strange New Worlds’ Gia Sandhu talks about bringing more of Spock’s backstory to the screen. Plus, what’s coming on the last few episodes of Secret Invasion. To me, my spoilers!What Drew Gillian Jacobs to Invincible? | io9 InterviewGargoylesAccording to The Belfast Telegraph, Kenneth Branagh is attached to direct a live-action film adaptation of Gargoyles, the popular 1990s animated series for Disney. BarbieDuring a recent interview with…

Image: Disney/LucasfilmNext month’s Star Wars: Ahsoka sees the titular non-Jedi (voiced by Ashley Eckstein in animation and played in live-action by Rosario Dawson) make a return to live-action after previously showing up in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. Outside of Ahsoka herself, the big draw of her show is seeing the return of beloved Star Wars Rebels characters such as Sabine Wren (Tiya Sicar/Natasha Liu Bordizzo). Rebels ended with the two women preparing to embark on a journey to find that show’s…

Star Wars Rebels, the first major Star Wars project released after Disney bought Lucasfilm, is about to become very, very important. And, if by chance you haven’t seen it yet, or just want to watch it again, now is the perfect moment. We’ve got it all worked out for you.‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’There’s been a whole lot of Star Wars since that fateful day in 2012. Under Disney, Lucasfilm has released new Star Wars movies, the first live-action TV shows, comics, books, anime, you name it. But Star Wars Rebels, which was…

Screenshot: LucasfilmSo much has happened to the Star Wars franchise in the last 14 years that it can be difficult to remember that the new canon actually began with Dave Filoni’s Clone Wars cartoon. It was retroactively added into Disney’s new Star Wars stories by virtue of being a pretty good show helmed by the guy who would eventually be the driving force behind Star Wars’ live-action TV series. It can be even harder to remember that The Clone Wars kicked off with a movie—a theatrically released movie—that was…

Young Count Dooku in Tales of the Jedi.Image: LucasfilmIf you’re a Star Wars fan, talking to legendary voice actor Corey Burton can be a little scary. After all, on The Clone Wars, Burton was the voice of villainous Sith Lord Count Dooku, as well as vicious bounty hunter Cad Bane. Neither character is someone you’d like to meet in a dark alley. (Or bright street for that matter.) This year, Burton reprised both roles to great effect: Bane for The Book of Boba Fett, and now Dooku in Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi. io9spoke…

Ahsoka is back. Image: LucasfilmAbout a decade ago, everyone was sure Ahsoka Tano was dead. Dead both on screen, with her show The Clone Wars all but canceled, and off-screen, because how could another Force user still be alive in the world of Star Wars? Things have certainly changed. Not only did Ahsoka come back for more Clone Wars episodes, but she was also back on another animated show, Star Wars Rebels, and has been at the center of novels, comics, and even the world of live-action, with appearances on The…

We Didn’t Like... That This Overshadows Two Excellent Prior StoriesImage: LucasfilmDooku’s story in Tales of the Jedi, and “Resolve,” the final chapter of Ahsoka’s narrative, are loosely inspired by the events of two Disney canon stories that previously told both the story of Dooku’s exit from the Jedi Order and Ahsoka’s life after the events of The Clone Wars, before she joined the nascent Rebellion: Dooku: Jedi Lost, an audio drama by The High Republic’s Cavan Scott, and the aptly titled Ahsoka, by E.K. Johnston.Dooku’s…

Image: D23In just a few weeks, D23 Expo will host its bi-annual Disney content showcase for fans at the Anaheim Convention Center. And while it’s long been sold out, the event will be taking a lot of its panels, presentations, exhibit tours, and conversations with special guests online so fans at home can watch. That said, before you get your hopes up too high, that will not include any of the Disney Animation, Pixar, Disney Studios live-action, or Marvel panels. (Lucasfilm is pretty quiet presence at this event as it…

Image: LucasfilmFew Star Wars characters have had quite the evolution like Ahsoka Tano. Famously debuting as Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the character slowly came into her own over the course of the show’s eventual seven-season run, serving as its ostensible protagonist. After being a recurring character in sister series Rebels, and again voiced by her original actor Ashley Eckstein, she made the jump over to live action with The Mandalorian’s second season. Now played by Rosario Dawson,…