Published 15:21 IST, December 4th 2020

Rosario Dawson explains why Ahsoka Tano is 'so special' in 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian'

Rosario Dawson recently opened up about how Ahsoka Tano's debut in Star Wars: The Mandalorian series is special, and the reason includes lightsabers. Know more.

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Mandalorian season 2 Chapter 13 titled Jedi marks debut of Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Ta. It is also character's first live-action Star Wars appearance. w, actor has opened up about how Ta is special to science-fiction universe.

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' Mandalorian' star Rosario Dawson explains why she loves Ahsoka Ta

In a recent interview with StarWars.com, Rosario Dawson expressed her feeling about bringing Ahsoka Ta to live-action in Star Wars: Mandalorian. She said that she is just really gl as character lives beside animated series and that y have been able to continue growing with her. actor thinks that she is “so special” to franchise. She explained that re are so many of “wonderful, awesome Jedi” that audiences love and have gotten ir stories told, are male, and y saw m grow older.

Dawson explained that when fans got to see Anakin Skywalker grow up, it me such a huge difference. She thinks as people grew with Ta and d with her and story, y grew mselves and evolved. actor stated that it gives complexity to "good and b and right and wrong” in a way that one does t always get to have story-wise as it is just a fantasy. And she thinks character represents something stronger than that, about will and determination and audacity and tenacity.

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Rosario Dawson asserted that Ahsoka Ta has pushed herself and evolved in a way that she thinks her “heroine story” is one that is t easy to find in or s. She mentioned that it is really cool to see her still out re on quests and having things teased about that world still being very much alive. On top of that, she’s got two lightsabers, actor ted.

Before Ahsoka Ta’s appearance in Star Wars:  Mandalorian, re was lightsaber in series, which has been an iconic weapon in franchise. Rosario Dawson stated that it was interesting watching show and realizing people are t seeing lightsabers, y are t seeing a lot of what y love about Star Wars. She mentioned that it was “really amazing” to have that gift of being able to bring lightsabers into this series and into this , and she is really grateful for that opportunity.

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15:21 IST, December 4th 2020