Hot Toys’ New Ahsoka Figure Is Weird for All the Wrong Reasons
Hot Toys has released a new 1/6 scale action figure of Ahsoka Tano based on her 2008 Clone Wars debut, sparking debate among fans. The figure uses the likeness of Ariana Greenblatt, who portrayed a younger Ahsoka in live-action, but features a costume from early animation that the character has since moved beyond. Many fans find the combination of a realistic childlike portrayal with the original revealing outfit unsettling and out of step with more recent, respectful redesigns.
- ▪Hot Toys unveiled a new 1/6 scale Ahsoka Tano figure based on her 2008 Clone Wars appearance.
- ▪The figure uses Ariana Greenblatt's likeness but depicts a costume she never wore in live-action.
- ▪Ahsoka's original animated outfit, featuring a tube top and short skirt, drew criticism for being inappropriate for a 14-year-old character.
- ▪Later animated and live-action projects updated Ahsoka's costume to be more age-appropriate and consistent with her character development.
- ▪Fans are unsettled by the decision to combine a realistic young likeness with a controversial early design that Star Wars has largely moved away from.
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Hot Toys’ eerily accurate action figures always have something a bit uncanny about them. Sometimes the accuracy goes beyond detail and into almost homunculus-esque territory; in others, it asks us to question some of the weirdness of these fantastical characters when rendered in such realistic action figure flesh. But its latest dispatch from a galaxy far, far away has people talking about eeriness of a very different…
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