Seeing Rosario Dawson playing Ahsoka Tano for the first time was jarring. I kept seeing Dawson, not Ahsoka, and I couldn't accept not having Ashley Eckstein's iconic voice in the role. I couldn't suspend disbelief and accept that this was little ‘Soka.
It reminds me of seeing Hugo Weaving as Elrond. It took me years to accept that this was Eärendil and Elwing's son, not Agent Smith.
This time around, on this rewatch, I've had more distance from TCW, and I'm finally accepting this portrayal of Ahsoka. I can see her in Dawson's performance; her body language, her gait, her build.
And I'm grateful, because she really did do an excellent job bringing the character to live action.