This is where our sculptors had to take all of the great animation photo reference photos of the character and start the real work of translating all of that into a photo-realistic likeness of a person that didn’t really exist. We looked at a variety of poses for her, but we knew we loved the double lightsabers, and that helped us choose the pose.Īfter the concept was completed and approved by our licensing partners at Lucasfilm, we moved into the sculpting phase. Once we locked the idea, we started working on our 2D concept with our pre-production artists. We came up with the concept of doing a mini bust of Ahsoka as if she were a real person, so she would fit in with the rest of our long-running mini bust line. We knew Ahsoka was a fan favorite and we fell even more in love with her after the final season of Star Wars Rebels. We wanted to do something new and fresh outside the regular saga films. Gabriel Garcia: The whole process starts with an idea. : The bust is really quite gorgeous! How did you translate the Ahsoka we know from animation into this life-like sculpture?

Artists channeled the character’s strength and intensity into the inspiring 1:6 scale mini bust designed, modeled and prototyped in immaculate detail using 3D technology and limited to only 750 pieces. This week, we caught up with Powell and Gabriel Garcia, manager of product development for the Gentle Giant design team, to talk about collaborating with the Lucasfilm Product Development team to perfectly capture the character's likeness and turning Filoni’s animated creation into the stunningly realistic sculpted bust that stands ready to strike. Standing tall and poised for battle, her twin white lightsabers ignited at her back and a look of sheer determination in her eyes, is pleased to report that the limited-edition, hand-cast, hand-painted, and hand-numbered collectible is now available for pre-order!Įven turned away from the crowd before being revealed this summer, the stunning likeness captured the attention of none-other-than the character’s creator, Dave Filoni, says Ashly Powell, the collectible manufacturer’s director of product development, a moment that coincidentally came just hours ahead of Filoni’s announcement that Star Wars: The Clone Wars had been saved. The proud visage of Ahsoka Tano - Anakin Skywalker’s former Padawan and Jedi-turned-rebel - greeted fans at San Diego Comic-Con earlier this summer when Gentle Giant debuted a new hyper-realistic mini bust of the Togruta hero. catches up with the design team to talk about reversing the process to turn stylized animation into a realistic mini bust, now available for pre-order!

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