Ahsoka Tano
Here’s a story that has history and fandom built right in, along with fan-approved casting. Ahsoka Tano is a character from the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars – and later, Star Wars Rebels – and she became beloved by fans of that show and beyond. She’s the teenage Padawan of Anakin Skywalker who grew into a Star Wars hero in her own right – bearing witness to the evolution of Skywalker and facing her own crises and difficult personal choices.
The key to Ahsoka Tano is that we’ve already seen her grow up through her adventures with Anakin in The Clone Wars. Her character develops accordingly, until – years later – she faces off with Darth Vader and realizes the truth. She survives Order 66 and ultimately finds herself walking through the ruins of Jedi Temple before going into hiding.
We know that she continues to help the Rebel Alliance, though, and this is why an Ahsoka Tano movie would be a brilliant move for Lucasfilm. Not only is she an interesting character, but her history ties her in directly to the core Skywalker saga, while also being a character that’s brand new to live-action and the big screen.
A theatrical movie would need to be focused on her current story, though – not a retrospective look at her exploits. It would be interesting to pick up with Tano in light of the events of The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, in particular – and fan feeling seems to have coalesced around the idea of Rosario Dawson playing her.
