The future of theStar Warsmovie universe is big, bright and wide. Yes, Disney and Lucasfilm are going to make more saga movies, but given the success ofRogue One: A Star Wars Story, the playbook is pretty open now to explore other stories from theStar Warsuniverse. One character that could eventually make her way to the live-action side of a galaxy far, far away is Ahsoka Tano, and now it seems likeRosario Dawsonmight be interested in playing her.
Rosario Dawsonrecently had aTwitterexchange that definitely seems to indicate she would be interested in playing Anakin Skywalker’s former apprentice in a live-actionStar Warsmovie in the future. A Twitter user by the name of John Kilker suggested to artist BossLogic, who is fairly well known for his fan art, to doRosario DawsonasAhsoka Tano. Her response to that was very receptive. Here is what she had to say.
“Ummmm… yes please?! #AhsokaLives #AhsokaTano #StarWars”
For those who may not be familiar with the character of Ahsoka Tano, she was introduced as the padawan ofAnakin Skywalkerin theStar Wars: The Clone Warsanimated series. Initially, fans weren’t overly receptive to the character, but over time, she has become embraced by many and is quite a popular character. She is also a pretty big fixture in the newStar Warscanon, having appeared in theStar Wars Rebelsanimated series, as well as being given her own novel that was released last year, which takes place between the events ofStar Wars: Revenge of the SithandStar Wars Rebels.
As forRosario Dawson, though her response wasn’t long, it seems to indicate that she is pretty familiar with the character of Ahsoka Tano and has some serious enthusiasm for her. The use of the hashtag #AhsokaLives indicates that she is familiar with her ambiguous fate, following her confrontation withDarth Vaderat the end ofStar Wars Rebelsseason 2. Even if it turns out that Ahsoka is dead, which would mean she lived up until a few years before the events inRogue One: A Star Wars Story, there is plenty of story to explore with her character. Especially in the time period that is explored in theAhsokanovel.
For right now, Disney and Lucasfilm have their movies planned out through 2020.Star Wars: The Last Jediis coming out on December 15 of this year, with the youngHan Solomovie slated for next year. After that comesStar Wars 9in 2019 and an as of yet unannouncedStar Warsanthology movie in 2020. It is likely that movie will be announced duringStar WarsCelebration this April, with many speculating it will be theBoba Fettmovie, which originally had directorJosh Trankattached.
There doesn’t seem to be a logical place for Ahsoka Tano to show up in the already announcedStar Warsmovies, but Lucasfilm has proved they are perfectly willing to take a character from the animatedStar Warsuniverse and bringing them to live-action. They did so with Saw Gerrera, who also debuted inStar Wars: The Clone Wars, but was then played byForest WhitakerinRouge One. Since Disney is planning on makingStar Warsmovies for as long as they are profitable, which will probably be for a very long time, it seems more than likely that Ahsoka Tano will show up in live-action at some point or another. If she does, maybe Disney and Lucasfilm can giveRosario Dawsona call.
