“And all kids can relate to that because we're all students. “Padawan just means student,” says Eckstein. The lessons that she learned in The Clone Wars - we can relate to those same lessons in our everyday lives.”Īnd even if kids aren’t familiar with Ahsoka Tano or if this is your youngling’s first introduction to Star Wars, they should find it easy to connect to the story. “I think with Ahsoka, even though she's an alien in a galaxy far, far away…we got to experience Clone Wars through Ahsoka’s eyes. Eckstein believes Ahsoka’s journey is one every Star Wars fan can connect to. I had so much fun reliving these moments in these episodes with Ahsoka and kind of going back in time and experiencing these moments with Ahsoka all over again.”Īhsoka is the focus of I Am a Padawan, but the book isn’t just about Anakin Skywalker’s student it’s about the journey of all Padawan learners. I was actually able to write the book in an afternoon. “And I just kind of locked myself into my room one day and I just started writing. “I went back and I binged the Clone Wars and I picked out my favorite moments and my favorite lessons that Ahsoka learned or that she went through,” Eckstein says. To begin the process of writing I Am a Padawan, Eckstein rewatched The Clone Wars, something many Star Wars fans have been doing since the launch of Disney+ last fall. The chance to write a Little Golden Book in particular was appealing to Eckstein as the books were her pathway to reading as a child. But after you write a book it gives you this confidence and you’re like ‘Oh my gosh, I did this once. I didn’t think that I was cut out to be an author. I just didn’t think that I had the talent to do it. “What most people don’t realize is I once said that I would NEVER write a book.

“ gave me the confidence to say that I could write a book,” Eckstein says. Working on those two books helped Eckstein know writing a Little Golden Book was a challenge within her grasp, she recently told when we spoke with Eckstein about her writing process and sharing Ahsoka’s journey with readers of all ages.

Johnston for the short story “By Whatever Sun” that was part of the 2017 anthology From a Certain Point of View and wrote the non-fiction book It’s Your Universe: You Have the Power to Make It Happen in 2018. She shared writing credit with Ahsoka novelist E. I Am a Padawan is the first children’s book Eckstein has written, but she’s not new to the role of author. And it was written by the woman who understands Ahsoka intimately - Ashley Eckstein, who has voiced Ahsoka since the 2008 Clone Wars film that kicked off the series. The voice of Ahsoka Tano tells about writing the new Little Golden Book and rewatching Star Wars: The Clone Wars for inspiration.Īs Star Wars fans enjoy watching Ahsoka Tano in the final episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a new Star Wars Little Golden Book, I Am a Padawan, reflects on Ahsoka’s life as a Padawan learner.

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