Dave Filoni Gave Mary Elizabeth Winstead A ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Watchlist Ahead of ‘Ahsoka’
As someone who has seen every episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, watching Ahsoka on Disney+ feels like catching up with old friends.
With that being said, I understand that most sane people probably haven’t seen eleven seasons of animated Star Wars shows.
Leading up to the release of Ahsoka, Lucasfilm, and Disney released various lists of episodes, telling fans which animated episodes they could watch in order to get acquainted with the series stars.
As it turns out, however, it was not only fans, but Ahsoka’s actors themselves, who were given homework.
Dave Filoni Gave Mary Elizabeth Winstead A Watchlist
According to Mary Elizabeth Winstead who portrays Hera in the new Disney+ series, Ahsoka creator Dave Feiloni gave the actress a watchlist of Star Wars Rebels episodes to help familiarize her with the Twi’lek pilot.
“Dave gave me a list of episodes and specific scenes. There was a lot of looking at episodes that focused on how much she loves to fly, and the way that turned on her spirit and her energy.”
Interestingly, Winstead wasn’t the only member of Ahsoka’s cast to do her homework.
Natasha Liu Bordizzo Also Watched ‘Rebels’
Natasha Liu Bordizzo, who plays Sabine Wren in the new series also caught up with Star Wars Rebels. Like Hera, Sabine originally debuted in the animated series.
According to Bordizzo however, she stopped watching the animated series when Ahsoka started filming.
“I did not watch ‘Rebels’ at all after we started filming. And I wanted to separate that whole kind of expectation. I think it’s just healthy, because you’re finding a different truth in live-action.”
Bringing animated characters into live-action is no easy task. It is great to hear, however, that Bordizzo and Winstead took the time to dive into their character’s backstory. After all, the lore and lineage of Star Wars is what makes the franchise so great.
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