Anakin Skywalker’s opinions on sand are very well documented. He thinks it’s coarse, rough, irritating, and gets everywhere. It also can be a real pain for visuals if you happen to be waging a war on a planet covered in it. That much was clear in the latest episode of Ahsoka which featured live-action flashbacks to the Clone Wars.
The scenes were covered in some sort of dense fog. Was it sand being sprayed everywhere due to the destruction? Perhaps. Was it a more figurative manifestation of the fact we were seeing a dream world? Most likely. Whatever the answer is though it made it hard to get a good, clear look at Dave Filoni’s live-action interpretation of the animated characters he helped create all those years ago.
That changes today though, as Lucasfilm has released character posters for three of those main Clone Wars-era characters: Anakin Skywalker, a young padawan Ahsoka Tano, and Captain Rex. Each are characters we’ve seen several times since - in movies, TV, and animation - but this was the first time the younger, animated versions of those characters from The Clone Wars series got a live-action look. And here they are, minus the dream fog/sand/whatever.
Earlier in the season, I wrote about how Ahsoka may have shot itself in the foot by not giving fans context of where the character came from. I even hypothesized “Imagine Hayden Christensen (or even Matt Lanter) providing a voiceover to a montage that included four or five iconic Clone Wars beats recreated in live-action. Something that would’ve set the table in a much easier way, energized superfans, and also given everyone else a chance to understand why this character is getting this show.” Well, it took a few episodes, but that’s almost exactly what we got. And damned of those costumes, and that casting, isn’t perfect.
Read our full recap of the episode here and check it out for yourself on Disney+.
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