Top 20 of 2008: Ahsoka

Summer 2008 brought us another chapter to the ever growing Star Wars saga. This was the full CGI animated Clone Wars. This movie (and related TV series) is supposed to nestle in mid-way through the Gendy Tartovsky animated Clone Wars from 4 years ago.

The breakout character of this movie and series was clearly Ahsoka Tano. She seemed to be a character specifically meant to get girls to know and love the Star Wars universe. It clearly worked with Scrappy, as she was all about Ahsoka. She wanted the toys, the costumes, Pez dispensers, everything. I thought the character was a bit too much of a smart ass, and didn't know how to respect authority, while also being impetuous. Besides that, she also proved to be a fast learner, and quite handy in a fight.

Ahsoka's figure was clearly the hardest of all the Clone Wars figures to find. With only one per case she was quite rare. I was actually quite lucky to find not one, but two. This figure's pain scheme was spot on. It has a real cloth skirt. Ahsoka's lightsaber, and a backpack to carry Jabba's son baby Rotta. The figure also has articulation in the knees, elbows and neck. This figure was clearly one of the highlights of 2008 toy collecting.