10 Star Wars Fan Theories That Became Fact

5. Rosario Dawson Would Make For The Best Live-Action Ahsoka

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Trying to figure out who should bring one of the most beloved characters ever to make their way into the animated section of this galaxy far, far away to the party was a pretty unenviable task when it came time to give Ahsoka Tano the live-action treatment.

Sure, giving the actor who brilliantly breathed life into the one-time Jedi in the likes of The Clone Wars and Rebels animated shows in Ashley Eckstein a chance to strut her stuff in the likes of The Mandalorian would've been a satisfying development for many. But the prevailing theory was that, if Eckstein wasn't the live-action choice, then one Rosario Dawson would most definitely fit the bill instead.

In a truly bizarre turn of events, word of fans angling to see Dawson in the role of Tano, coupled with a piece of fan-art depicting her as the beloved character, eventually made its way to Dave Filoni before he'd began work on The Mandalorian.

And sure enough, when the time came to throw the character into the Mando mix, when Filoni was asked by Jon Favreau who he would have play her, his answer of "Well, Rosario Dawson’s top of my list," set a fan-fiction ball well and truly rolling...

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