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Forbes Innovation Games One ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Design Choice Is Making ‘Ahsoka’ Hard On The Eyes Erik Kain Senior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about video games, entertainment and culture. Following Oct 1, 2023, 03:48pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Rebels vs Ahsoka Credit: Disney Post updated 10/01/23. See update below. It’s been quite a wild ride watching the latest Star Wars show on Disney Plus. The first few episodes were simply not very good, filled with janky dialogue, poor pacing and oddly wooden characters (outside of the magnificent Baylan Skoll and his apprentice Shin Hatti). Then something changed. Around Episode 4 , the pacing picked up and the action got better. I started connecting with the characters in ways I hadn’t, and that only improved when Anakin returned for a bit of beyond-the-grave training for Ahsoka that brought her back to the Clone Wars days and gave us some of the best Hayden Christensen Anakin ever. After this, Ahsoka herself seemed to lighten up. The weirdly wooden performance Rosario Dawson had been giving eased up a bit. She could smile and laugh again. I’m still a little confused why she was so guilt-ridden in the first half of the season given she seemed more chill in her Mandalorian and Boba Fett appearances, but that’s neither here nor there. The titular character became a lot more watchable, which definitely helped. But one thing is still driving me crazy. I know I may come across as a terrible picker of nits here, but I can’t help it. The show’s design team has done their level best to make our heroes look like their cartoon versions. Up above, you can see cartoon Hera side-by-side with Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s live-action version. They sure do look alike! The attention to detail is almost too much, however. I’m speaking here about the contact lenses. They’ve given every character the same eye color as their animated counterparts and it looks bad. It just looks bad! Mary Elizabeth Winstead has lovely brown eyes: MORE FOR YOU A Ukrainian Officer s Captured Russian Tank Wasn t Working So He Called Tech Support In Russia The Top 10 Richest People In The World October 2023 Flashing Red Warning 33 Trillion U S Debt Death Spiral Could Suddenly Trigger A Bitcoin Price Vicious Circle Mary Elizabeth Winstead Credit: Universal She has used these eyes to great effect in her roles in Fargo, 10 Cloverfield Lane, and Scott Pilgrim vs The World (pictured above). Something is lost in her performance and in her ability to emote naturally when her eyes are turned into this: Hera Credit: Disney This looks really terrible and it makes every scene with Hera weird. But she’s not the only one! I think Rosario Dawson’s performance as Ahsoka also suffers due to her fake eyes. They just don’t look natural and not in a cool alien way, but in a way that actively inhibits the conveying of real emotions: Ahsoka Credit: Disney Here’s Dawson with her natural eye color: PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 11: Rosario Dawson attends the 2020 NBCUniversal Winter Press Tour at ...
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