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Clone Wars Actors Ashley Eckstein & James Arnold Taylor Share Star Wars Stories at Fan Expo Dallas
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Jun 16, 2025
Ashley Eckstein (voice of Ahsoka Tano) and James Arnold Taylor (voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi) reunite for an unforgettable Q&A panel at Fan Expo Dallas 2025! Fans got to hear hilarious behind-the-scenes stories, inspirational advice, and touching memories from two of Star Wars' most beloved voice actors. ✨ Highlights include: Ashley's journey with Her Universe James' incredible voiceover transformations live on stage Reflections on The Clone Wars and Rebels Fan interactions and Jedi-level wisdom 📍 Filmed live at Fan Expo Dallas 2025
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if anybody exudes Jedi energy it is her
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Oh thank you so much Thank you for being here How exciting is this Who's been to
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Man Expo Dallas before Some veterans Who's Whose first
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time is it Welcome Welcome Oh this is so exciting
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So exciting Okay so I have a question As you walked in you were supposed to get a
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poster Did everybody get a poster Did everybody get a poster Is anybody
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missing a poster Okay Well so they've been passing them out Um that's my brother-in-law Jeremy
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right there If you didn't get a poster make
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sure to get one uh on your way out or you can go up and get it now Do we have any extras I I was hoping we had a
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couple extra Um maybe maybe we have an extra
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I have a question for Ashley Only one question per person sir But
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okay Okay I actually have a really funny story about this So years ago uh on my
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birthday I did an interview with Rebel Force Radio And um yeah shout out to
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Rebel Force Radio And uh all of a sudden they have a they said "We have a caller." And um it was Ben from
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California And what did Ben from California sound like James Um yes Hello
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Is this actually a thing I'm just wondering what kind of
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food you eat when you're recording a satano Is there a specific meal that
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you'd like to have or partake in And she was so sweet She's like I don't want to offend this guy or anything And she was
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so nice to me Well you know I don't know if we really eat cuz it's not important to eat Well I was just wondering if
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there was a particular food that you really enjoyed while you were doing your voice over She was so nice And then I
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know but I did not know it was James for literally like the longest time They had
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to kind of like explain and afterwards I went like "Hello there." Oh Oh that's what it was I said "I do a I do an
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impression of James Arnold Taylor's version of Obi Kenobi which is a version of Gregory doing Alician
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Kenobi." And she said "Yeah I'd like to hear." And I went "Hello then This is Obi Kenobi
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That's fantastic I love a good prank Were you guys pranking on set or when you guys were voicing and doing stuff
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Not necessarily pranking but how it would always go is I was usually standing in between James and D Bradley
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Baker and it was me in the middle and they were constantly just trying to
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crack me up and uh you know Dave would always you know he would always tell me
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I was uh too cute I was bringing too much cuteness into the studio because
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he's like "Ahsoka doesn't laugh and she doesn't giggle." And I was always trying to get him to allow me to to laugh more
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as Ahsoka And um he's like "No no no You have to ball up your cuteness and throw
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it out of the studio." So James and D would always make it their mission to
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make me laugh Constant We did these dudes They were kind like some Butad
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That's so cool She like took the lights over and did stuff That was awesome
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So that's what it was really like It was the mission to make me laugh Yeah Oh that's great I I mean laughing is the
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best medicine I think in life You know what We we did a panel last night Mental Health Monday live Was anyone I know
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there was a couple people there Yes Yes Yeah Uh and you know we talked about how
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coming to fan expo coming to conventions connecting in person laughing literally
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laughing is good for your mental health It's medicine for your mind you know
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smiling you know making friends connecting in person Um so you know
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literally by you making a choice to be here today that was a choice for your
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mental health And um Yeah it's laughing is just such a huge part of it So um and
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thank you for being a part of our panel last night too No I loved being there and ending on such a mindful note last
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night To be able to come here this morning having all of those tools from
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last night and being able to apply them today in my everyday life I it was very
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enlightening You guys only do this on Instagram live Yes So um back in
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2018 I uh went through an incident online where I was really viciously
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cyberbullied Uh and it was it was horrible I mean I I I will I'm not going
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to beat around the bush at all It was horrible And it went on for about a week
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And you know it was like literally like Taylor Swift where it's like snake snake snake snake And every horrible thing
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that could ever be said about a person was sent my way Isn't that crazy It was
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horrible And it was all over a lie And I had proof that it was a lie I had proof
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that it wasn't true But it didn't matter because somebody had already made the
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accusation and the internet was the jury and they believed it And it didn't matter what I said It didn't matter if I
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tried to defend myself And um Um I was a mess and it really really messed with my
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mind and um I was actually on a book tour at the time and I went to
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Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio and at the time they were just starting the Kids Mental Health
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Foundation and um I was there to help the patients Uh and I didn't really
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understand anything about mental health at the time I thought that mental health
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was something that affected some people but it didn't affect me Like depression
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or a specific bipolar Yes there's there's a difference between mental illness and mental health And you know
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let's take our physical health for example If someone has diabetes you know
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you're going to talk about it and you're also going to be like okay well that person has diabetes I don't Um but I
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thought that that's what mental health was I didn't realize that mental health
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affects everyone Our mental health is like okay good comparison to physical
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health Everyone gets a cold right Who's had a cold in this room Everyone gets a
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cold Well it's the same with our mental health Our brains can get sick Our
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brains can have a bad day And guess what When I was in the middle of being cyberbullied my brain was having a
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really bad day My brain got sick and I needed help Which also can make your
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physical body like actually sick because if you have something going on in your brain it does affect you all the way
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around Our physical health and our mental health are tied together And I
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didn't understand any of that And luckily um the kids mental health
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foundation even though I was an adult but they they wrapped their arms around me and they said we're going to help you
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and they taught me so much about mental health and um that it affects all of us
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that it's a part of our daily lives that we have to focus on our mental health and I in many ways felt like my voice
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was taken away because I couldn't defend myself I couldn't stand up for myself I I felt helpless and I thought you know
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what I'm an adult going through this and I had a lot of support I can't imagine
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what it's like to be a kid going through this or much less an adult going through this without any support And so I said
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you know what I'm going to get my voice back by being a voice for others And so in 2018 I started posting every single
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Monday and I call it Mental Health Monday And I've done it every Monday ever since And so thanks to Van Expo
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last night for the first time we took Mental Health Monday live to the stage and we did it in person Yeah And so
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thank you all for
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coming It's so I as well have dealt with a lot of those things and and I do this
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thing called neuro feedback I don't know if you ever heard of neuro feedback anybody But it's the way that the the
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folks at the neural feedback place I went to said you know if you have a broken arm we see it We can see it in an
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X-ray We put a cast on it If you have something you know broken up here it's very hard to do that But they have the
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ability now through these scans and such And we would do that And we looked at my brain and looked at all the places where
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those neurotransmitters just weren't doing what they should have anymore due to concussions and trauma that I had had
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in my early life and such And so they're able to repair it but it's all of this
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And it's so amazing what you've been able to do because I also love that now we can go to a Comic-Con as you're
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talking about but we can talk about it at ComicCon because that is the most
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important It's like retraining your brain because if you're scared of something you will continue to be scared
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of it if you never actually face your fear And if you face your fear you're
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now creating a new neuron connection in your brain to help you for the next time
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And if you can continue building upon that make it stronger the force will
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grow inside of you Absolutely Absolutely Well I'm going to do one more plug
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because um I I'm wearing them here I love when uh you all give me friendship
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bracelets I'm wearing the one you gave me Uh and I always felt bad I'm like I don't have any to give in return But
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also a lot of people always ask hey how can I support what you're doing How can I support the Kids Mental Health
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Foundation So um the Kids Mental Health Foundation they were so kind They uh
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made me some bracelet sets So I'm selling for $20 um a bracelet set It's
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three bracelets One says "Hype friend," which is what I use a lot because
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friendship is so good for your mental health Um one says be kind Um be kind to
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others It also stands for Ahsoka because Ahsoka's true power is her kindness It's
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also a reminder to be kind to yourself Oh that's great Because we are often our
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worst bully So really for me it's also a reminder to be kind to me to be kind to
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my own mind Um and finally there's one that says mental health Monday Uh so not
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only is it stands for mental health Monday but also it's a reminder of you know the reason I'm other than the fact
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that it rhymes but um I like saying mental health Monday because it it gets your week off right It's a reminder to
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be kind to your mind throughout the week and to focus on your mind throughout the week So um it's $20 and uh all proceeds
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go to the Kids Mental Health Foundation So every single dollar goes to the Kids Mental Health Foundation
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And thank you And you can come up to my table and buy it And you don't have to get an autograph Um you also if you just
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want the bracelets come up you know buy a bracelet pack Be be respectful of everyone else in line but just come up
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to my sister or my brother-in-law and say "Hey I'm just here for some bracelets Um you don't have to wait you know the long line just for the
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bracelets I'm going to get one for Anakin I think Anakin needs
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to get the bracelets Well speaking of mannequin let's do Star
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Wars Yeah I would I was going to ask what would Obi-Wan and Ahsoka if you
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were having a bad day and I came to Ahsoka and asked her to help me what's
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one piece of advice to help you get through that feeling of disappointment
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or failure What's something that Obi-Wan would do to change his So you're saying
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"Help me Obi-Wan My only hope is
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um well trust in the force and in time a new hope will arise
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Yes I think that Obi-Wan the coolest thing about Obi-Wan Kenobi is much like Ahsoka Now Ahsoka I've always been very
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clear and this is Ashley's panel so we're going to talk about Ahsoka but Ahsoka has always been my favorite character I know you said that from the
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very beginning the very beginning and oh I get emotional thinking about it because she's she's all us right Ahsoka
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is all us She's the one that got introduced to experience Star Wars in a way that all of us do because these
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other characters are almost larger than life and they were already kind of set up there And then this wonderful
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character comes in and goes "Hey I'm a regular person I'm trying I just want to do the right thing." And Obi-Wan you
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know and of course we we thought you were going to be my paddle I know didn't work out that way I was a little sassy
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that day I was a little cocky about it too And then Anakin's like "Well you know but I I think that Obi-Wan is a true
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believer right That's the best thing about him He holds on to the Force no matter what He holds on to the Jedi code
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no matter what." And so he would say "Trust in the Force and and and know that that hope is with you and in you
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and getting you through." So again I I hope that goes in line with everything here Yeah Well in Ahsoka even though she
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famously says "I'm no Jedi," uh in many ways I think she's more of a
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Jedi than than all of them because she really lives the Jedi way It's one thing
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you know to talk about it but it's another thing to live it And Ahsoka
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truly lives it And that's why she walked away because she felt that everything that she believed in she questioned and
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wasn't true But even though she walked away it doesn't mean that she changed And you know Dave Paloney always would
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tell us the studio studio he would say um the Jedi way is to be selfless And
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you know so I want to share the posters real quick Um which shout out to Danny
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Hos This is a Danny Hos original poster that he did just for me to give as a
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gift to you as a thank you So thank you for all of your support Um and shout out to Danny But there's such a special
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connection between the daughter and Ahsoka We don't fully understand what it is yet Um but the daughter from Mortise
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gave up her life for Ahsoka So Ahsoka actually died Um but uh here I
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will grab it So Um I purposefully chose the quote to do what is selfless and
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that in so many ways represents Ahsoka Um as I already mentioned Ahsoka uh her
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true power is her kindness But um when it comes to helping others um that's actually my favorite Ahsoka quote She
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says "In my life when you find people who need your help you help them no
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matter what." I guess it's just who I am Um but it's it's truly who we all are I
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think if you you know who you are as well Yes I was say you embody that so
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much You radiate kindness It's absolutely amazing Thank you But it's
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because Ahsoka has changed my life and I think we're all here because in in many
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ways she's touched all of our lives and that is why I say Ahsoka lives in all of us And you know I think after how many
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years have we been doing this since 2006 Yeah Almost 20 years Yeah Almost 20
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years These characters have taken up a space in our heart and in our mind and
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they guide us They guide our thoughts and they inspire us daily And so Ahsoka
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if she were to see someone in need she would help them no matter what I love that Not so much
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I still feel like there's a glimmer of goodness inside his heart Maybe a touch
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Maybe a ticking Can we see that eventually I I'm enjoying the jaw sitting right here looking at the poster
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like you started I got the jaw Awesome
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Um I'll get a couple questions in before I go to some presubmitted fan questions
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Um I you were wearing an amazing hoodie like a crew neck hoodie yesterday that
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said Star Wars on it and I wanted to know if that was a her universe piece
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because I absolutely love the clothing line that you have come out with and not just her universe but now our universe
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Where do you get all this inspiration for your clothes clothing line
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[Applause] James he's he's my fashion muse Um do
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you remember though years and years and years ago back in like 2007 or something
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at Comic-Con in San Diego you had a you had a um a show and I was one of your
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models I was a Han Solo show Yes you were a runway model a super model My
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Star Wars family has been supporting me from the beginning But um but yes so Her Universe is for those that don't know is
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the company that I started It's a fandom fashion clothing line that started just for girls Um because back in the day
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they said girls would not buy Star Wars clothes made for them And I said that's
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not true Because yes there's a lot of girls out there and we like Star Wars and we
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love clothes And so uh Back in 2010 I launched Star
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Wars or I launched her universe I did not launch Star
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Wars I'm not taking credit for that Heart of Star Wars Yes But I launched
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her universe and uh it's it's grown so much and now we have a subbrand called
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our universe Um because Star Wars is for everyone It's not just for men and boys It's not just for women and girls Um it
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is for all of us And so um I'm so proud her universe actually has a spot on the
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floor If you find my autograph table and and your face knit you look to wait no face my I get my left and rights mixed
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up but anyways you look to the side and there is the Her Universe booth and you can buy um some of our recent designs
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and I have an amazing team that that you know we we work together so I can't take credit for all the designs but what I
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was wearing yesterday what I'm wearing today I did get to design a collection for Disney So right now in the Disney
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parks and on disneystore.com you can get this very 90s looking 80s9s
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uh Star Wars collection So um so yeah I think it's still available on disneystore.com if
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you're not going to a Disney park or uh you can go to a Disney park and check it out Yeah check it out You know what's
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weird though Ashley There are people that have grown up in a world that wouldn't know anything different than
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there being Star Wars clothes for everybody now because of what you did
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And I know you're you're very humble She's like but it it's true Like there's young people here that like of course
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Star Wars clothes for everybody Mhm That wasn't the case But she's also branched out I she had a Bridgetgerton collection
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She's had so many different um fandoms that she's now included into this brand
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which I think is amazing because if you look out here you see the Sanderson sisters you see Gomez and Morticia I
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It's such an eclectic group of people and I think that that's what her universe has now become It's for
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everyone Well so that was my goal uh in the beginning Now for those that don't
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know the backstory I I was a full-time actress Um I I'm a huge proponent for
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education so I'm going to preface this before I say this but um I graduated from high school I briefly went to
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college and then I left college so I don't even have a college degree I moved to LA for acting and did acting
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full-time Um so I say this because I don't have uh I I don't have any sort of
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degree in business I don't know licensing I don't know fashion design I had no business starting a company Um
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and you were a young Padawan when you started and then you became a Jedi Yes
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Um but I saw a need and I saw women and girls being bullied and being bullied
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terribly for just being a Star Wars fan I was one of those people And we know if
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you're here if you're a fan we know that Star Wars is for everyone To me Star
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Wars is a story of hope Star Wars is a story of good overcoming evil And you can't put a gender on that And so to
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Thank you No labels And so I wanted to create her universe not just to have
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cute clothes even though that was a bonus I wanted to break the stigma that
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Star Wars was just for men and boys because it wasn't And um and I think we've done that today And and that's all
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I ever wanted I just wanted a safe space where all of us could come together and celebrate what we love Love it
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Now these questions are obviously generated for Ahsoka but Obi-Wan can answer them as well
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I'm sure Obi-Wan has some words of mouth that will apply
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Chris from Dallas wants to know "When you first auditioned for Ahsoka what were your first impressions of the
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character And did you have any idea she would become such an icon?" Let me get this one
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You probably could answer this for me by this point Um so here's here's the deal And James you can actually speak to this
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as well So you have a really interesting story of how you became Obi-Wan Um but
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someone but as as as many of you might have
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heard already Star Wars is very secretive And um when I auditioned we
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both auditioned for Star Wars and Clone Wars We knew it was a new animated show
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for Star Wars That's all we knew Uh and so I actually went in to audition for
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Padme because Ahsoka was so top secret they didn't tell anyone about her Uh so
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nobody knew that Ahsoka existed And so I went in for Padme I could not do Padme's
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voice I tried and tried and tried I could not do this little little taste
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And and that's literally what my P sounds like
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It was so bad I It was so bad I I almost
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left the audition I didn't even audition Um because uh I shared this with some of you I auditioned for voiceover roles for
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about four years which was about 400 auditions that I did not get I was rejected so many times Um so I was
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really down on myself and um I almost walked out of the audition and my agent
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begged me not to leave He said "Whatever you do do not leave because you never know what could happen." And so I turned
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around and went back in and um went in auditioned for Padme Sure enough the first line out of my mouth Dave Filona
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stopped me and he was like "No no no no no I don't know That's my
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And he basically said "You're not right for Padme but you might be right for this other character and she's a
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14year-old girl." And that's all I knew Um but originally he wanted Ahsoka to
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sound Icelandic and um what does that sound like J why don't you do an idea
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No no offense to anybody That's like I don't have no idea Actually that sounds like Yeah that's like
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that sounds like what the chef from the show But your first attempt but your first attempt kind of
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sounded like Yoda doing Icelandic Force is strong with your
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but that sounded better than my Icelandic And um I got so frustrated in
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the audition trying to do Icelandic and I couldn't do it Um Dave Filon was
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watching me and uh he he just liked me as me And so eventually when I got the
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part I was so shocked because I'm like my Icelandic was so bad How did I book this And they said no no no don't deal
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with your Icelandic Just be yourself And they that's how I got Ahsoka is
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literally just being myself and he wanted me to use my own voice Honestly that is how I think people make the best
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connections with others is just being your genuine self which is hard to accept for some people is being open
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enough to be yourself And I think all of you feel that way and that's why you're here You feel this is where you're home
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and you're accepted and you can be yourself at convention Yeah So I want to go back to the word genuine So I did ask
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Dave Filon once I said "Why me Why did you cast me as Ahsoka?" Because I was I
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was genuinely confused I'm like "It's all the top voice actresses auditioned
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for Ahsoka." So I was shocked I'm like "How did I get this part?" And he said
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"Because you're genuine and Ahsoka is genuine." Now I share this because I had
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never thought about the word genuine I mean it's kind of a throwaway word if you think about it Um genuinely you're
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right Yeah Yeah But it's it it genuinely stopped me in
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my tracks and it it forced me to think about well what what does genuine really
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mean How am I genuine And um genuine is real That just sounds weird
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Before you say a word any word you're freaking me out But it it does cause you to think about
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it doesn't it And um you know genuine I feel like we live in a world where we
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often put on so many filters but but Ahsoka has no filters She's just herself
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She's kind She's truthful She's honest She is what she is She is who she is And
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so Ahsoka really inspired me to just
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be genuinely myself and to show my heart and and um to not put on any filters Uh
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so yeah So I missed one spot you I'm sorry but you missed one spot of it
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There was she did something there that when Dave was like saying "Oh do this do
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that whatever." And she you raised your hand Cute little Ashley raised her hand
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and you said what You said "I'm sorry but I'm doing Yes Well I So you stood up
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for yourself is what my point did I thought I was I was doing a good
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Icelandic accent Clearly I genuinely I genuinely thought I was and I wanted the
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part so bad and he stopped me and he said "Nah can you be a bit more
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Icelandic?" And I did something that I would normally never do I raised my hand
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and I spoke back to the director and I said "I'm sorry I am doing Icelandic I
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don't know what you want." Yes that's
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very truly what happened That's so Ahsoka But the theme is all these
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stories you've told they are all but then you stood up and went "I'm sorry I'm going to defend the defendless I'm
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sorry I'm gonna say yes to this I'm sorry I'm going to make this here because it isn't there And if you don't
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like it well I'm gonna kind of do it anyways But it but in a sweet way And
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look what's happened You've affected the world in a beautiful way Actually
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you're just gassing her up now Which kind of leads me to this next question Sandy from Dallas asks
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"Assoka's journey has inspired so many fans over the years How has playing her impacted your own personal growth?" Oh
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my gosh Well I already said it but Ahsoka has changed my life You know I
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was cast to to be myself or bring myself to
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Ahsoka So in the beginning Ahsoka is is is me I mean she she genuinely is It's
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it's my voice It's my heart She's my humor Um but over time as we got to know
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Ahsoka I was like "No I want to be like Ahsoka I want to you know she took up
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space in my heart and in my mind And I would make decisions where I would ask
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myself what would Ahsoka do How would she handle this situation what would Ahsoka say And so she's absolutely
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changed my life She's guided my thoughts and decisions and choices and um I'm my
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life is better because of Ahsoka and ours too Yes Thank you Thank you I want
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to know because James is the same way James is you know truly the the the good
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Jedi you know a nerd Then well but also he's genuinely Obi-Wan and and and
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everything that we love about the Jedi is who James is as well How has Obi-Wan changed your life God bless you my child
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Yes Um yeah it's true It really is one of those characters where you go like if
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I were to say "What do I want to be?" I would be like Obi-Wan You know I'm a
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Christian and my faith is incredibly important to me And Obi-Wan is a Jedi and his faith is very important to him
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and he you know will hold that line no matter what even if it means cutting the
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limbs off his friend and leaving him in the lava But I don't think I've done that to Matt but Matt So Matt Lancer by
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the way one of the hunkiest loveliest human beings on the planet who we just love dearly is um right here No he's not
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He's uh I have a quick question Yeah Between you and Matt who would win in the game The Floor is Lava
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How do you How do you play that You don't know the floor is lava You never played that as a child I'm sorry
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Everyone spent a lot of time with the temple I know what is the floor is lava Well you just can't It's protecting the
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floor Pretend it's not real There's no real lava I generally have the high ground so I don't know
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I just clean the lava Oh you you answered the question All
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right Yeah Sorry No no So Matt Lancers by the way he's like "Oh I live in this
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great neighborhood You should come move there." So I moved to the neighborhood He didn't tell me He lives up on the hill So his house is up on this big hill
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and mine's down here I go "You did that on purpose right?" I have the high ground I'm like
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[Applause] "Matt but no." Yes Thank you Uh Obi-Wan
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is one of those characters So I I've been actually doing them since uh 2003 for the micro series the Clone Wars You
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all know that And it was an audition They were still making the movies Revenge of the Sin
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hadn't been made yet Attack of the Clones had come out And so they sent me some dialogue of of Obi-Wan And uh I
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listened you know I have a bad feeling about this mask I have a bad feeling about this master It's not about the
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mission It's not about the mission I just repeated what I heard And I had done some of you McGregor's uh doubling for other things before like pul but he
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was doing an American accent and I thought when he does an American accent it's pretty much right here and I
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thought well my voice is kind of right there so what if I give myself a British accent oh my goodness I will be one
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Kenobi yeah but uh and then he had those wonderful textures to it right so his come to your senses what would do if she
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was in your position you know was that I thought he's got this growl that we never heard Guinness do And so and this
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was before you were the chosen one That wasn't out yet And so we were making Battlefront 2 and
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then the video game The first Battlefront 2 The
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first games and they brought me Dave Collins You know Dave Collins He's an amazing uh composer musician Star Wars
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director and voice actor And he brings in this this briefcase with this laptop
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and it's like chained to him And it's these scenes of the young Gregor on a blue screen and he goes "You were the
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chosen one It was said you would destroy the Sith not join them bring balance to
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the force not leave it in darkness You were my brother Anakin I loved you." And
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I went "Do that." And I went "Okay
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They kind of went "Yeah you're the guy We'll keep you up for a while." And so it's been 23 years as an Obi-Wan Kenobi And I'm blessed beyond belief because I
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get to work with people like Ashley and Matt and uh talent people in the world
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And you guys have such great chemistry together And I've built like pretty much a family Star Wars has made you a little
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like chosen family Can I do just a couple rapid fire before I let you guys go as you can answer these two because
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they are just general questions General questions
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Who would be on your Mount Rushmore Oh nobody's ever asking that
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Well we both would say Master Yoda That's right Master Yoda for sure
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Um I mean I feel like it would have to be Anakin Ahsoka and Obi-Wan
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What a great group I don't know Qual I like Quigon In fact not Darth Maul
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What's the last song you listen to
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Uh you know what The Middle by Jimmy Eorld
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That is if y'all haven't listened to it listen to it at some point today Um that is my hype up song Really Yes And like
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so this morning when I was a little tired I needed to just hype up Uh I I
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played it and just danced around in my hotel room by myself That's great Does anyone else do that Yes Yes I walk
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around with headphones in my ears as it's my theme music everywhere I go Yeah What about you James Well I just I
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checked my phone like I don't know So um a friend of mine is a Christian music artist named Jason Gray Really talented
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wonderful man and a good friend of mine And I was listening to his album and he has a song called When I Say Yes And
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it's a great it's very kind of gospel He's got this gospel choir singing in the back and it's like when I say yes
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Yes Next song So I was kind of doing it but I was on the plane so it was a yes Yes Like what is wrong We're looking at
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you like why is that guy yelling back there What's your favorite room in your
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home to escape to Well okay You got a cool home Yes So I
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am obsessed with Disney Um I'm a big Disney fan Yes I'm over there all the time Yes So I grew up there My dad was a
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cast member So my whole house is pretty much decorated Disney If you go to YouTube and just type in Ashley Xin
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Wonderland you will see my house Uh it's a little over the top Um but I love
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Alice and Wonderland And so I have a couple of rooms that are decorated Alice and Wonderland Um and one Cinderella So
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it all makes me happy I have Alice right here No And the caterpillar over there Who's your
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favorite out of Alice and Wonderland Is it Alice or Cel Yeah Yeah What about you James Well for the house of mine I like
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the Mad Hatter because I was Johnny [Applause]
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De Yes Um but no uh for me it's my studio my recording studio Anybody uh
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watch my vlogs or any videos my YouTube channel Subscribe please Thank you Thank you Thank you Shameless plug Uh and so
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my studio is kind of the ultimate uh space there for me to perform and do my
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stuff and and I love it It's got all the memorabilia from all of our years of hosting Star Wars weekends together and
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the Star Wars celebration and stuff and so like your happy place Yeah Yeah So I go in there and I vlog and I do my
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podcast and then I put it out to all of you to try to inspire you So yeah Awesome Last question We talk about what
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you're great at You guys are fantastic but what do you suck at What are you terrible at
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So many things So many things Um
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Technology is not my friend I mean it's just not uh like give me a brand new
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remote control and I will mess it up I will push every wrong button I will get to like input 4 and not know how to get
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back I I picture David doing that to you like one day just like putting a new remote in the room and then leaving and
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watching it I'm a bar just to see what happens It's the biggest prank So yeah
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te technology to me it is not my friend James um gosh it's so hard I'm I'm so
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terrible at everything Uh you thought I was going to say I'm wonderful at everything See come
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on Uh no I'm terrible at sports My brother growing up was like allstar
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football players He's like you know 6'3 and I'm you know 5'4 I'm like "Hi I do voices." Uh and my sister's like 5'10
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and beautiful and and they were both really good at all that stuff and I was I was the nerd that did uh just voices
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and stuff So yeah uh I didn't do it You want me to do any other quick voices So on Johnny test which is totally awesome
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hiccup sometimes for how to train your dragon and sometimes fish legs and you know the other fish legs is right
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actually right next to Ashley Einstein Chris from men's class and you should go see him today That's really cool and
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Dallas here Chris Milwaukee Chris Walker to come in with some
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[Applause]
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cowboy document Michael G Fox is here right is here as
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well who is Biff and you have to go see Tom and we just saw him So there you go
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I had to give you some voices cuz that's
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James showing off his gift I think is is is truly the best way to end this Um but
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also piggybacking on your last question And if I can leave everyone with this I genuinely believe genuine genuine
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Um everyone was born with their own unique gift I mean the what James can do with
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voices is it's it's just it's his gift And I feel like we spend so much time
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trying to be like everyone else You know you see what someone else is doing and you're like "Well I want to be more like
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that person." Instead of really focusing and saying "What's my gift What was I
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born with What can I do that's better than anyone else?" Because I promise you
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this each person in this room you have a gift that you can do better than
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everyone else So thank you And I I
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I hope that that we can all and I don't don't say you can all we can all because
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I have to remind myself all the time because we live in a world of social media We live in a world where we can
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constantly see what everyone else is doing at all times and how everyone else is being awesome And so you know
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sometimes it can feel really depressing and say "Well man they're really awesome
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and and I don't feel awesome today." Well next time we feel that way what
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would Ahsoka do Yes Ask yourself but but ask yourself what am I awesome at
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Because I promise you you are awesome something and you're way more awesome at that one thing than I could ever be And
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ask a friend what they think you're awesome at because sometimes we don't see it in ourselves with your friends are like like you just said about me
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which is very nice No you guys are awesome and like we appreciate you being
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here and just spending your morning with us Thank you And you guys can always visit them at the table They'll be at
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their tables today Yeah So I'm over at the Riperverse Y'all know the Ripper verse In fact I got to go to their panel
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next But uh they're at booth 90 down in the other area at Ashley's where all the famous people are So go see Ashley and
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then maybe come over and see the Riververse and buy some comics and come see me And don't forget to get your mental health bracelet over at Ashley's
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booth Just come on out and tell my sister brother-in-law that you want some bracelets or I'll be there signing
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autographs and doing photo ops the rest of the day So starting around noon I'll be there the rest of the day So looking
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forward to seeing
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