Ashley Eckstein (voice of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Jedi-in-training Ahsoka Tano) discusses with Newsarama.com’s Steve Fritz her love of baseball, details on her ‘Star Wars’ character, working with the voice cast, and what fans can look forward to in Season 2. Here’s an excerpt:
“I’m working with Matt Lanter and James Arnold Taylor. You add in Corey Burton, Dee Bradley [Baker], Tom Kane and some of the others I work with, it’s like taking a master class in voiceover. I’m still striving to have a career like them. I’m very fortunate that in one of my first projects I get to work directly with so many of them. So when I’m with James, I just try to suck in as much knowledge as I can. Then I can use that knowledge to build a career like theirs.
“What you guys don’t get to see is what these guys get to do when they’re not recording. All the voices they do are unbelievable. It’s so much fun. I pinch myself when I think this is my job.”
Continue reading: Clone Wars Weekly – Ahsoka, Ashley … Ashley, Ahsoka.
Additionally, Ashley and Matt Lanter (voice of Anakin Skywalker) are interviewed in the April print edition of Star Wars Insider (issue #108). StarWars.com has a preview with the actors discussing the series.