Diana Lee Inosanto Looks Back on Ahsoka, Remembers Ray Stevenson, and Hypes Up Tales of the Empire

Over the weekend, Diana Lee Inosanto was a guest on a panel at Calgary Expo 2024, where she finally had the chance to publicly discuss her involvement with the top-secret Tales of the Empire animated series of shorts, as well as look back at her time with Ray Stevenson doing Ahsoka.



Covered by Collider, whose Maggie Lovitt moderated the panel, the actress talked about the progression of Morgan Elsbeth from live-action into animation, and going back in the past -- an experience that was the polar opposite of some of her Ahsoka co-stars, particularly Lars Mikkelsen:

Morgan Elsbeth in a scene from 'STAR WARS: TALES OF THE EMPIRE', exclusively on Disney+. © 2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & ™. All Rights Reserved.



She also hyped up the series and in particular, spotlighted the work done by the Lucasfilm animation department:

Morgan Elsbeth in a scene from 'STAR WARS: TALES OF THE EMPIRE', exclusively on Disney+. © 2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & ™. All Rights Reserved.



The actress also looked back at her experience in Ahsoka. In the Rosario Dawson-led series, we got to learn part of her backstory when it was revealed that she was a Nightsister. That, as she explained, retroactively justified her going toe-to-toe with Ahsoka Tano in Chapter 13 of The Mandalorian:

(L-R): Klothow; Claudia Black), Aktropaw (Jeryl Prescott Gallien), Lakesis (Jane Edwina Seymour) and Morgan Elsbeth (Diana Lee Inosanto) in Lucasfilm's STAR WARS: AHSOKA, exclusively on Disney+. ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.



That Dathomir connection raises some questions about her knowing Asajj Ventress or not, which Inosanto dodged: “That’s interesting. I don’t know,' she said during the panel, adding: 'I can feel the spirit of Dave Filoni watching over my shoulder! No pressure!'



Inosanto also had a moment to remember Ray Stevenson, who passed away last May:

There will be a dedicated film festival, named Ray of Light Awards, to celebrate Stevenson's creative spirit, according to Collider. 'To me, this is a wonderful way that they're going to carry on his legacy, his creativity, and his spiritual expression of creativity,' said Inosanto about it.



Diana Lee Inosanto returns as the voice of Morgan Elsbeth this Saturday, May 4, where she will voice the character in three of the six episodes of Tales of the Empire. Ahsoka season 2 is in development and could film as soon as late 2024.



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