Ahsoka
‘Ahsoka’ Star Eman Esfandi Fulfilled His Own ‘Star Wars’ Prophecy: “I’m Going to Play Ezra”
[This story contains spoilers for Ahsoka.] Ahsoka star Eman Esfandi called his own shot. When Rosario Dawson’s Ahsoka Tano first appeared in live-action on The Mandalorian season two and voiced her intention to find the villainous Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen), Ezra Bridger’s own jump to live-action immediately became a near-inevitability for die-hard Star Wars […]
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Publicists Awards: ‘Ahsoka,’ ‘Frasier’ Among TV Campaign Noms
The publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) have announced the nominees for its Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign. They are the teams behind Star Wars spinoff Ahsoka from Walt Disney Studios and Lucasfilm/Disney+; Frasier (CBS Studio/Paramount+); Star Trek: Picard (CBS Studios/Paramount+) and Welcome to Chippendales (20th Television/Hulu). “The teams of […]
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Hayden Christensen Signs With Independent Artist Group (Exclusive)
Hayden Christensen, who has played Anakin Skywalker in various Star Wars movies and series, has signed with Independent Artist Group for representation. The actor famously nabbed the coveted part of the heroic-yet-tragic young man who would become Darth Vader in George Lucas’ Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and concluded his fall […]
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Shawna Trpcic, ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Ahsoka’ Costume Designer, Dies at 56
Shawna Trpcic, the Emmy-nominated costume designer who worked on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka, has died. She was 56. Trpcic died suddenly of an unknown cause in Palm Desert on Wednesday, her daughter, Sarah, told The Hollywood Reporter. “Shawna was one of Hollywood’s pre-eminent science fiction costume […]
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‘Ahsoka’ Makes Strong Debut on Streaming Charts
The newest Star Wars series on Disney+, Ahsoka, delivered a sizable viewing audience during its opening week. Suits continued its summer-long run as the top overall title. The first two episodes of Ahsoka, starring Rosario Dawson as the title character, had 829 million minutes of viewing in the United States for the week of Aug. […]
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‘Ahsoka’ Confronts the Past of ‘Star Wars’
[This story contains spoilers for Ahoska episode five.] Ahsoka episode five takes a break from the conflict at hand to take a nostalgic trip down memory lane — one that expands on a major cameo revealed at the end of last week’s episode. Directed and written by Dave Filoni, the midseason episode picks up right […]
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10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Stream Over Labor Day Weekend
BBQs, pool parties, hiking, meals with family and friends. Or … or … you can forget all that and watch some great stuff on TV this Labor Day weekend. This is a list for those who choose the latter, a rundown of 10 worthwhile movies and shows now available to stream. The Flash — MaxWarner […]
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‘Ahsoka’ Premiere Draws Big Audience, Disney+ Says
Disney+ is breaking with its usual practice to share some (strong) viewing numbers for the premiere of its latest Star Wars series, Ahsoka. According to the streamer, the first episode of the series, starring Rosario Dawson as the titular Jedi, has racked up 14 million views worldwide in the five days after its Aug. 23 […]
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When to Stream ‘Ahsoka’ and How to Catch Up on the ‘Star Wars’ Universe
Rosario Dawson is the former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano in the new Disney+ original series that takes place after the fall of the Galactic Empire.
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Hollywood Flashback: Before ‘Ahsoka,’ Rosario Dawson Livened Up ‘Josie and the Pussycats’
Rosario Dawson’s starring role in Disney+’s Ahsoka, premiering Aug. 22 and based on a character from Cartoon Network’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars, is not her first time bringing an animated figure to life — she played bassist Valerie Brown in Universal-MGM’s Josie and the Pussycats, the directorial debut of Can’t Hardly Wait screenwriters Harry […]
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‘Ahsoka’ Review: Disney+’s Fluffy New ‘Star Wars’ Series Starring Rosario Dawson Is the Anti-‘Andor’
The actress is joined by Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and the late Ray Stevenson in a show about the titular former Jedi.
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‘Ahsoka’: 15 Key Episodes From Previous ‘Star Wars’ Series to Watch Before the Disney+ Premiere
If you’ve seen only the Star Wars live-action movies and none of the TV series, you may not know who Ahsoka Tano is. The former Jedi was Anakin Skywalker’s padawan during the Clone Wars, set after the events of Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones and before Star Wars: Episode III — […]
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