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Team Ahsoka’s Holocron Vault – September 2017

As the admin for Team Ahsoka and its associated social media accounts, I come across countless articles, podcasts, and tweets about our favourite rebellious Togruta each and every month. So, I decided to launch Holocron Vault, a new monthly feature that will highlight some of the best Ahsoka-centric content and fan creations of the past month and archive them for future reference. Without ... [Continue Reading]

3rd October 2017 // 0 Comments

Ahsoka and the Skywalkers Returning to ‘Forces of Destiny’ in October

Mark your calendars, folks! Brand-new episodes of Star Wars: Forces of Destiny will be coming to a galaxy near us on October 1, 2017, and Ahsoka Tano is set to appear in at least two of the eight episodes scheduled for release this autumn. In the latest promotional video, The Defenders of the Galaxy, we catch a brief glimpse of Ahsoka, Yoda, and Anakin Skywalker in a Jedi training dojo (which may ... [Continue Reading]

25th September 2017 // 5 Comments

8 Reasons to Be Excited for ‘From a Certain Point of View’

Star Wars celebrated its 40th anniversary earlier this year but the festivities are far from over. October will see the release of the highly-anticipated anthology, From a Certain Point of View, a diverse collection of short stories which will retell the events of the much-loved 1977 film from the perspectives of the film’s unsung heroes, Imperial staff, and villainous scum. Considered to be ... [Continue Reading]

18th September 2017 // 4 Comments

New ‘Forces of Destiny’ Shorts Coming in 2018

Fans of the 2D animated micro-series Star Wars: Forces of Destiny will be pleased to know that a brand new season of animated shorts will be heading our way sometime in 2018. The announcement was made during the Forces of Destiny panel at HASCON on September 9 and, according to the Collectors Cantina Twitter account, these new episodes will be in addition to the eight shorts that are slated for ... [Continue Reading]

10th September 2017 // 6 Comments

Ahsoka Tano Ally Pack Coming to ‘Star Wars: Imperial Assault’ in October 2017

Back in May 2017, hobby game company Fantasy Flight Games announced that it would be releasing an Ahsoka Tano Ally Pack for its popular strategy board game, Star Wars: Imperial Assault, this autumn. The Ahsoka Tano Ally Pack is one of three new character packs that are slated for release in October 2017 (the other two are Villain Packs for Maul and Emperor Palpatine). The expansion pack will ... [Continue Reading]

9th September 2017 // 2 Comments

Interview with Rachel Roth, the Designer of ‘Tano Couture’

One of the standout designs at this year’s Her Universe Fashion Show was “Tano Couture”, the Ahsoka Tano-inspired dress designed and brought to life by talented cosplayer and costumer Rachel Roth. I caught up with Rachel recently to learn more about her eye-catching Tano Couture outfit, her background in fashion design, and her experience as a contestant in the 2017 Her ... [Continue Reading]

8th September 2017 // 8 Comments

Ahsoka Tano Added to ‘Star Wars: Force Arena’ Mobile Game

Netmarble Games has brought the Clone Wars to its popular real-time strategy mobile game Star Wars: Force Arena and added a total of 16 new unlockable characters to its roster, including fan favourite Ahsoka Tano. Update (August 2018): Ahsoka Tano (Fulcrum) has been added to the game as a fully playable character. The 2.0 update is the game’s largest update since its initial release and ... [Continue Reading]

20th August 2017 // 2 Comments

Ahsoka Tano Fans Celebrate International Cat Day

International Cat Day 2017 coincided with Twitter’s weekly #TanoTuesday event, so I leapt at the chance to dub the day “Tooka Tuesday” (after the cat-like creatures of the Star Wars universe) and invited fellow Ahsoka Tano fans to share photos of their feline friends posing with our beloved Togruta. Here’s a purr-fect summary of the day’s events, which is also ... [Continue Reading]

17th August 2017 // 0 Comments

Team Ahsoka Talks Far Far Away with the Brick City Blockade Podcast Network

Anyone who knows me personally will know that I’ve never been one for public speaking. I can wax lyrical about Star Wars on social media, but ask me to share my views with an actual audience and I’ll just clam up. There’s always that underlying fear that I’ll misquote something, get a fact wrong, or simply put my foot in it. Nevertheless, I recently decided to throw ... [Continue Reading]

7th August 2017 // 2 Comments

Review: Hasbro Black Series Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars Rebels)

After months of searching for her in local toy stores and keeping an eye out for good deals on Amazon, I’m finally the proud owner of a Hasbro Black Series Ahsoka Tano action figure thanks to a good friend and follower of Team Ahsoka. It seems that no matter how beloved a character is, fans will inevitably struggle to get their hands on it… especially if they live on this side of the ... [Continue Reading]

5th August 2017 // 1 Comment

James Raiz’s Ahsoka Sketch Featured on ‘The Star Wars Show’

If you tuned in to watch Ashley Eckstein on The Star Wars Show on June 28, you may have noticed that her interview with Andi Gutierrez was immediately followed by a segment about James Raiz’s saga-spanning hand-drawn artwork, a project he began in November 2016 and took upwards of 400 hours to complete. The final piece did not include any of the animation-only characters from The Clone Wars ... [Continue Reading]

27th July 2017 // 1 Comment

Dave Filoni Sheds Light on Ahsoka and Kanan’s History

In what has recently become a weekly info drop, Star Wars Rebels executive producer Dave Filoni revealed that Ahsoka Tano and Kanan Jarrus had met each other long before the events of the season one finale, ‘Fire Across the Galaxy’. This revelation couldn’t have been more timely as it was something I had given some serious thought to just a few days earlier. Ahsoka and the-then ... [Continue Reading]

25th July 2017 // 0 Comments

‘Tano Couture’ Hits the Her Universe Fashion Show Runway

Her Universe held its fourth annual fashion show at San Diego Comic Con 2017, showcasing an eclectic range of pop-culture designs which drew inspiration from beloved Japanese anime classics, blockbuster superhero films, Star Wars (naturally), Disney’s animated masterpiece Moana, popular video games, and other sources. This year’s contestants competed for the chance to work alongside ... [Continue Reading]

25th July 2017 // 1 Comment

Her Universe Unveils D23 Expo Exclusive Ahsoka Tano T-Shirt

If you’re attending the D23 Expo in Anaheim this weekend, keep your eyes open for Her Universe’s brand-new Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Ahsoka Tano T-shirt! Eagle-eyed fans will have spotted Ashley Eckstein wearing this on a recent episode of The Star Wars Show, but the T-shirt will finally be making its public debut at the highly-anticipated convention later this week. According to ... [Continue Reading]

13th July 2017 // 1 Comment

Fan Recreates Jedi Temple Scene from ‘The Padawan Path’

The recently released episodes of Star Wars: Forces of Destiny have inspired fans to create artwork based on the popular animated series. One example is Johnamarie Macias’ fan-made colouring book. Another is Melissa Thomas’s super-cute renditions of the show’s leading ladies. But the artwork that really caught my attention was this home-made diorama of the Jedi Temple scene from ... [Continue Reading]

11th July 2017 // 3 Comments

When Ahsoka Met Bendu…

If you follow Star Wars Rebels’ executive producer Dave Filoni on social media, you’ll know that he has a penchant for dropping bombshells when you least expect them… such as mere hours after Ahsoka Tano’s debut in Star Wars: Forces of Destiny. Not content to let fans ride the euphoric wave of Clone Wars nostalgia, Filoni decided that this was as good a time as any to send ... [Continue Reading]

11th July 2017 // 1 Comment

Ahsoka Tano Takes Fans Down the Padawan Path in ‘Forces of Destiny’

Clone Wars-era Ahsoka Tano made her triumphant return to our screens earlier this week in her very own episode of Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, ‘The Padawan Path’. The episode sees our plucky heroine on her way to a special ceremony at the Jedi Temple before she gets side-tracked by a malfunctioning droid. Never one to shy away from danger, even when she’s running late, Ahsoka ... [Continue Reading]

9th July 2017 // 6 Comments

Ashley Eckstein & Matt Lanter Are Back in the Studio… But What Are They Recording?

Everyone hates Mondays, right? Well, not if you’re sharing a studio with Timeless star and Clone Wars veteran Matt Lanter. Ashley Eckstein gave Star Wars fans some much-needed cheer this Monday by sharing a photo of her and her old co-star in a recording studio, adding “How can your Monday be UGH when you get to record with Matt Lanter in your Matt Lanter shirt???” But the real ... [Continue Reading]

20th June 2017 // 1 Comment

Ahsoka Tano (Fulcrum) Added to ‘Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes’

There’s no word yet on whether Ahsoka Tano will be a playable character in the upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront II and she hasn’t made the leap into the popular MOBA game Star Wars: Force Arena, but fans of the immensely popular (and highly addictive) Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes will be pleased to hear that Rebels-era Ahsoka Tano has finally been added to the game’s roster. ... [Continue Reading]

19th June 2017 // 2 Comments

Dave Filoni’s Cryptic Birthday Gift to Ahsoka Tano Fans

Star Wars Rebels Executive Producer Dave Filoni proves once more that he’s the gift that keeps on giving by sharing a brand-new piece of Ahsoka Tano art… on his birthday, no less. Ever since the debut of the Star Wars Rebels season 4 trailer back in April, there’s been endless speculation about the mysterious white wolf that appears in several of its scenes. One popular theory ... [Continue Reading]

8th June 2017 // 4 Comments