The new Disney Plus Star Wars series Ahsoka treated fans to quite a surprising fifth episode. In fact, the new episode of Ahsoka actually features an unexpected Marvel star from Avengers: Infinity War.
Rosario Dawson plays the live-action form of the titular character in the series. As fans who’ve been keeping up know, the fourth episode had a cliffhanger ending featuring Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker. He finally united with Rosario Dawson’s Ahsoka Tano, giving fans the first live-action instance of the characters on screen together.
The fifth episode, however, takes things a step further. Ahsoka is actually drawn into a flashback of sorts where she’s once again in the Clone Wars. This allows her character to wear her classic outfit, and likewise, Christensen’s Anakin can be seen wearing his outfit from the animated series. Interestingly, however, Ahsoka is also aged down to match her Clone Wars counterpart and this resulted in a younger actress being brought in: Ariana Greenblatt.
Greenblatt plays the young Ahsoka Tano quite brilliantly and easily sells the character’s first live-action Clone Wars encounters. However, fans might’ve also recognized Greenblatt for having played a young Gamora just a few years ago. Greenblatt played the young Gamora in Avengers: Infinity War and quickly became a fan-favorite as her role was one of the most emotional pieces of the story.
Fans on social media have shared some of the following posts showing their support for Greenblatt:
Ariana Greenblatt has been killing it lately #Avengers #Barbie #Ahsoka pic.twitter.com/WFNFWcOIXE
— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) September 13, 2023
#Ahsoka spoilers
if i had a nickel for every time ariana greenblatt has played a younger version of a beloved franchise character in a reddish smoky environment, id have two nickels, BUT SHES SO GOOD pic.twitter.com/7vZUMOGZ3e
— lizzie (@lizbedumb) September 13, 2023
ariana greenblatt playing both young gamora AND ahsoka omg #Ahsoka #AhsokaSpoilers pic.twitter.com/P1SNQzD6qM
— p (@gothicrichonne) September 13, 2023
After watching #ahsoka I need Hayden Christensen and Ariana Greenblatt to get their own Clone Wars Live Action series. My god the chemistry was just beautiful and heartbreaking. pic.twitter.com/RGscee9ouj
— PeakyLOTR (@BrockMorrison19) September 13, 2023
Can not stress how impressive it is that Ariana Greenblatt played a Young Ahsoka playing an Older Ahsoka while having great chemistry with Hayden Christensen. #AhsokaTano pic.twitter.com/nErGzTTdtc
— Credits + Canon (@creditsandcanon) September 13, 2023
As such, Disney and Lucasfilm certainly chose a great actress to play the part of Ahsoka Tano’s younger self in the Clone Wars. And fans would no doubt be happy to have even more content featuring Greenblatt as a live-action Ahsoka. In the meantime, we can still appreciate Rosario Dawson‘s performance as a much older Ahsoka, as she’s no doubt been one of the best parts about her series.
Stay tuned to ScreenGeek for any additional Star Wars news as we have it. Hopefully this won’t be the last we see of Greenblatt as the character.