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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - In this episode of Zoom In,
00:10 Rosario Dawson stars as a former Jedi Knight
00:13 in the sci-fi live action adventure, Ahsoka.
00:16 - Something's coming.
00:17 Something dark.
00:29 I sense it.
00:30 - Ahsoka Tano investigates an emerging threat
00:34 to the galaxy following the fall of the Empire.
00:37 - It's been a while.
00:42 Things have changed.
00:44 I started hearing whispers
00:48 about Thrawn's return
00:52 as heir to the Empire.
00:59 (dramatic music)
01:02 - We have to prepare for the worst.
01:06 The Jedi fell a long time ago.
01:11 There aren't many left.
01:15 - Distributed by Lucasfilm.
01:21 - This is a new beginning
01:22 for some war.
01:27 (dramatic music)
01:29 For others,
01:31 power.
01:35 - Production budget, $100 million.
01:39 - In this story, Ahsoka hears whispers
01:40 of the Empire returning
01:42 and she decides to enlist Hera's help.
01:44 - Created by Dave Filoni.
01:46 - War is inevitable.
01:49 One must destroy in order to create.
01:55 (dramatic music)
01:57 - We are no Jedi.
01:58 - Always two there are.
02:03 No more, no less.
02:08 A master and an apprentice.
02:11 - Star Wars always has these great
02:14 master-apprentice relationships.
02:16 - Remember, a Jedi can feel the force flowing through him.
02:20 - It's very much the idea of apprenticeship.
02:22 The need for those two groups to come together
02:24 in order to pass down the knowledge
02:25 and to help save the world,
02:27 in the case of Star Wars.
02:28 - When I left you, I was but the learner.
02:30 Now I am the master.
02:32 - Only a master of evil, sir.
02:34 - All of that wisdom gets passed down
02:36 over those generations.
02:38 We have Qui-Gon Jinn, who's the master of Obi-Wan,
02:40 who's the master of Anakin Skywalker.
02:42 And by being trained by Anakin,
02:44 Ahsoka was part of that legacy as well.
02:50 Ahsoka is a character that Dave Filoni created
02:53 and worked with George Lucas on in the Clone Wars.
02:56 - Originally, we didn't know exactly
02:58 what the Clone Wars was gonna be.
02:59 And there was a Jedi and there was a Padawan
03:01 and thought we'll put them on adventures.
03:03 But George had other ideas.
03:05 He says, "Well, let's give Anakin Skywalker a Padawan."
03:09 And I was like, "Anakin doesn't have Padawan."
03:12 And he just looked at me and said,
03:14 "Anakin has a Padawan."
03:16 And that was basically it.
03:17 That's how Ahsoka came about.
03:19 - I started hearing whispers
03:21 of Thrawn's return as heir to the Empire.
03:25 - What happens when we find Thrawn?
03:29 - Power, such as you've never dreamed.
03:32 - I've spent most of my life fighting a war.
03:39 That's why I'm trying to convince you
03:42 to help me prevent another one.
03:44 - You and I both know who could help you with this.
03:48 - She's still just as stubborn as ever.
03:51 - I bet your master found you difficult at times.
03:54 - Anakin never got to finish my training.
03:57 I walked away from him,
03:58 just like I walked away from Sabine.
04:00 - You never made things easy for me,
04:03 master.
04:06 - We cast Ashley Eckstein to be the voice of the character.
04:11 And she's fantastic in the Clone Wars and Rebels.
04:14 - For a character that has such depth and complexity,
04:17 to bring that to live action
04:19 made a tremendous amount of sense.
04:21 - Rosario Dawson is such an incredibly powerful actress,
04:24 and she loves this character.
04:27 - I'm playing someone who is an absolute expert.
04:30 I really wanted to be able to physicalize that
04:32 as much as possible.
04:33 - There need to be a lot of lightsaber fights,
04:34 and they have to be good,
04:36 'cause our fans know the difference.
04:37 - No matter how tired I was, I was like,
04:40 sign me up for some more, sign me up for some more.
04:43 - When you step into Star Wars,
04:46 you are part of a legacy.
04:48 And we had to uphold that history,
04:50 and yet do this completely new and different thing.
04:52 From the beginning of this series,
04:56 Ahsoka is out there on the fringe of the galaxy.
04:58 When she hears whispers of this warlord's return,
05:03 she decides to enlist her friends' help.
05:05 - This is about preventing another war.
05:09 - You know who could help?
05:09 - Sabine Wren.
05:10 - I'm not sure she'll want to help.
05:12 - I'm telling the story about this mentor,
05:15 student relationship that passes
05:16 from Anakin to Ahsoka to Sabine.
05:18 - There is nothing easy about being a Jedi.
05:22 - It's quite extraordinary, bringing this to life.
05:26 - Sometimes we have to do what's right,
05:29 regardless of our personal feelings.
05:31 - Buckle up.
05:34 - If we don't stop Thrawn, everything will be in vain.
05:40 - You have no power.
05:44 (dramatic music)
05:46 - Anakin spoke highly of you.
05:48 - I'm not here to discuss my past.
05:51 - We have a lot of work to do.
05:54 - Once a rebel, always a rebel.
05:55 - So that's a wrap on Ahsoka.
06:08 See you next time we zoom in.
06:11 (upbeat music)