She is no Jedi, but Ashley Eckstein is pretty darn awesome. Please welcome ‘Snips’ to join her buddy Rex at the Washington State Summer Con in Puyallup from June 21st through the 23rd. Ashley is best known for voicing and shaping the character of Ahsoka Tano throughout the Star Wars franchise, beginning with Star Wars: The Clone Wars in 2008.

Ashley Eckstein has been widely recognized and honored as an actress, entrepreneur, author, and Fangirl trendsetter. Most known as the voice of Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars, Ashley also founded Her Universe in 2010 – the groundbreaking fangirl fashion and lifestyle brand.

A leading authority on female fandom, Ashley has been featured on CNN, Forbes, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal among many others. She has been chosen by Good Housekeeping magazine as one of their 25 Awesome Women, she’s been a speaker at Fortune Magazine’s Next Gen Most Powerful Women Summit, and was chosen by CNET as one of their Women Who Inspire.

Ashley is an accomplished on-screen and voice actress. She provided the voice of Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, and Star Wars Forces of Destiny. Eckstein reprised her role as Ahsoka with a short voice cameo in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Ashley’s book, It’s Your Universe, You Have The Power To Make It Happen, is an inspirational guide on how to make your dreams come true. She shares her life lessons as well as lessons from iconic Disney characters, as a road map for how to dream it and do it!

Ashley is married to former Major League Baseball player and World Series MVP, David Eckstein.