Dave Filoni Recalls Rosario Dawson's Ahsoka Tano Screen Test
Dave Filoni, executive producer, director, writer, and Star Wars mastermind of Disney+’s The Mandalorian, recalls Rosario Dawson's screen test as Ahsoka Tano. Filoni helped George Lucas create Anakin Skywalker’s Togruta Padawan (voiced by Ashley Eckstein) in the animated feature Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008). While “Snips” wasn’t instantly beloved by fans, Ahsoka matured into what is essentially The Clone Wars series’ most important character in its epic final episodes. Compile that with her return in Rebels and fans couldn’t wait to see more of her in a galaxy far, far away.
Following Rebels, Filoni began work alongside Jon Favreau on Disney+’s first live-action Star Wars series, The Mandalorian, which has gone to admirable lengths to connect the films and animations. Season 2 of the series introduced The Clone Wars and Rebels characters Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) and Ahsoka Tano (Dawson), the latter of which was inspired by a viral fan-casting. “Chapter 13: The Jedi” saw Dawson wield the character’s dual lightsabers and cross paths with Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu before dropping a line about Grand Admiral Thrawn. Not long after Ahsoka’s live-action debut, it was announced Dawson would star in an eponymous spin-off series, which would also star Hayden Christensen’s Anakin. More recently, Dawson appeared in The Book of Boba Fett and further cemented herself as the character.
Related: The Mandalorian's Story Mirrors Ahsoka's From Clone Wars Through Rebels
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair detailing the character’s conception, Filoni talked about bringing Ahsoka into live-action. Specifically, Lucasfilm’s small-screen guru recalled Dawson’s screen test and how it answered every question he had about
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