50 Fun Facts About Ahsoka

Who plays Ahsoka Tano in live action?

Dawson had publicly said she wanted the part as early as 2017.

Who voiced Ahsoka in The Clone Wars and Rebels?

Eckstein also narrates the audiobook of the 2016 Ahsoka novel.

Who created the Ahsoka series and served as its showrunner?

Filoni co-created the character with George Lucas for The Clone Wars.

In which year did the Ahsoka series premiere on Disney+?

The first two episodes dropped on August 22; the season ended on October 3.

What species is Ahsoka?

Her montrals and lekku were rebuilt with new technology to be bigger and more realistic.

Who is revealed to have been Ahsoka's Padawan after Rebels?

They parted ways when her family was killed during the purge of Mandalore.

Which Australian actress plays Ahsoka's Mandalorian apprentice?

She trained for three months with a lightsaber and wore dyed wigs for the character's hair.

Who plays General Hera Syndulla?

Her green Twi'lek make-up took three hours at first, later cut to one.

Who played the fallen Jedi Baylan Skoll in season one?

The premiere is dedicated to Stevenson, who died in May 2023 after finishing his scenes.

Which Game of Thrones actor took over Baylan Skoll for season two?

McCann said his sword fighting as the Hound helped with lightsaber training.

Who plays Baylan's apprentice Shin Hati?

Filoni encouraged Sakhno to help develop the character's backstory.

Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati are named after wolves from which mythology?

Sköll and Hati chase the sun and moon across the sky in the old tales.

Which Doctor Who star voices the lightsaber-crafting droid Huyang?

Tennant first voiced Huyang in The Clone Wars and won an Emmy for it.

Who plays Grand Admiral Thrawn?

He had voiced Thrawn in Rebels but chose not to revisit that performance.

Thrawn belongs to which blue-skinned, red-eyed species?

Mikkelsen spent two to three hours in make-up daily and wore a wig for the hairline.

Who plays Ezra Bridger in live action?

He was cast in September 2022, a few months after filming began.

Who voiced Ezra in the animated Rebels?

Freddie Prinze Jr. voiced Kanan and Steve Blum voiced Zeb on the same show.

Who returns as Anakin Skywalker, appearing as a Force ghost?

He was digitally de-aged, and his mullet was copied from Revenge of the Sith.

Under what working title was season one filmed?

Stormcrow is one of Gandalf's names, matching the Gray-to-White arc Filoni planned.

Filoni modelled Ahsoka's Gray-to-White arc on which Tolkien character?

Gandalf the Grey dies and is reborn as Gandalf the White in The Lord of the Rings.

The series opens with Ahsoka as a wandering rōnin likened to the hero of which Kurosawa film?

Kevin Kiner's score leans into Japanese cinema influences for the same reason.

Who composed the score, as he had for The Clone Wars and Rebels?

He writes with his children Sean and Deana, reusing his Clone Wars Ahsoka theme.

At which Los Angeles studio did season one film?

Filming began May 9, 2022 and lasted six months on the StageCraft volume.

The Inquisitor Marrok is named after a werewolf knight from which legend?

Sir Marrok is a lesser-known Knight of the Round Table.

The three Nightsister Great Mothers are named after which mythological figures?

Klothow, Lakesis and Aktropaw echo Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos.

Who plays the Nightsister Morgan Elsbeth?

She first played Morgan opposite Ahsoka in The Mandalorian's Chapter 13.

Which droid is voiced by the series' showrunner?

Filoni has voiced Hera's grumpy astromech since Rebels.

Temuera Morrison guest stars as which clone?

Rex served under Anakin and Ahsoka in the 501st during the Clone Wars.

Clancy Brown appears as which Lothal governor from Rebels?

Brown had voiced the character in the animated series.

How many episodes were in the first season?

The show was first reported as a miniseries before a second season was confirmed.

What colour is the text of the series' opening crawl?

The crawl is simpler than the films' to set the series apart.

Who is the father of Hera's son Jacen?

Jacen hopes to become a Jedi like his late father.

On which planet in a distant galaxy is Thrawn found?

The Great Mothers of the Nightsisters live there and help him escape.

What was Ahsoka's name early in development?

Lucas renamed her after the Indian emperor Ashoka; Henry Gilroy changed the spelling.

Lucas renamed the character after which ancient Indian emperor?

Screenwriter Henry Gilroy altered the spelling.

Ahsoka was originally intended to be whose Padawan?

Lucas reassigned her to Anakin so he would have to grow into a mentor.

What nickname does Anakin give Ahsoka?

She fires back with Skyguy, a play on his surname.

Under what codename does Ahsoka feed intelligence to the rebels in Rebels?

She appears as a hooded hologram with an altered voice until the season-one finale.

Which friend framed Ahsoka for a Jedi Temple bombing in The Clone Wars?

Although exonerated, Ahsoka left the Jedi Order at the end of that season.

What colour are Ahsoka's lightsaber blades in Rebels?

The colourless blades signal that she is neither Jedi nor Sith.

Ahsoka's reverse lightsaber grip echoes which Japanese film character?

Her Rebels armour was likewise based on photographs of samurai women.

Ahsoka's look was inspired by San from which animated film?

Early maquettes looked too much like a classic UFO alien for Lucas's taste.

On which planet does Ahsoka duel Darth Vader in Rebels?

She damages his mask and hears her old master's voice.

What is the name of Ahsoka's owl companion?

The owl is an avatar of the Daughter of Mortis and guides Ezra to save her.

Ahsoka served as Padawan-commander of which clone legion?

The 332nd Division was later split from it for the siege of Mandalore.

Who wrote the 2016 young-adult novel Ahsoka?

It hit number one on the New York Times young adult hardcover list.

On which planet does Ahsoka first meet the Mandalorian?

She is trying to liberate the city of Calidan from Imperial occupation.

Ahsoka tells the Mandalorian to take Grogu to the Jedi temple on which planet?

There Grogu reaches out through the Force and is answered by Luke Skywalker.

How old was Ahsoka when she was introduced in the 2008 Clone Wars film?

Yoda assigned her to Anakin to teach him responsibility.

Ahsoka was initially said to have which accent?

Eckstein said Filoni wanted her own personality in the role instead.