In the fifth episode of the first season of Ahsokawe witness the reunion between the protagonist (Rosario Dawson) and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen), who appears here as the Jedi he was before embracing the Dark Side. During an event in Los Angeles (via THR), the latter admitted that he was very excited about the idea of “explore Clone Wars-era Anakin”, which the creator of the franchise had spoken to him twenty years ago:
I remember that George [Lucas] he told me about the Clone Wars when we were getting ready to do Revenge of the Sith and told me all the backstory: how Anakin fought in the Clone Wars and was a great warrior and a decorated general. I remember thinking: “It looks really cool, it would be nice to see some of that“. After the animated series Clone Warshaving the chance to start doing it in live-action was a real privilege.
Dawson also underlines how the episode is crucial for the characterization of the character:
I was really looking forward to this episode, working with Hayden, and being able to explore a different side of Ahsoka. I really enjoyed being able to play this lightness that I think she hasn’t allowed herself to have for a long time, and this opportunity for her to be a little more open to the idea that Anakin was so much more than what he became.
I love it when he challenges her to ask herself: “Am I just this?” because she can’t help but keep focusing on the darkness. She’s held on for so long, it’s clearly something that haunts her. Seeing the younger version of Ahsoka you can understand how heavy this burden has been for so long. The episode explores the fact that there is not just light and dark, but the entire spectrum in between.
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SOURCE: THR
