{"id":15655,"date":"2012-02-20T04:11:15","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T12:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=15655"},"modified":"2012-02-27T15:09:53","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T23:09:53","slug":"mistress-of-her-universe-ashley-ecksteins-sci-fi-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=15655","title":{"rendered":"Mistress of Her Universe: Ashley Eckstein&#8217;s Sci-Fi Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/link.geekchicdaily.com\/d8gz.t2d\/Tzm39_EdE3VxewM4Cd89c\" target=\"_blank\">Her Universe<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>As the voice of Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano on\u00a0<em>Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/em>, Ashley Eckstein lives the fangirl fantasy. Running the online store\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/link.geekchicdaily.com\/d8gz.t2d\/Tzm39_EdE3VxewM4B56a9\" target=\"_blank\">Her Universe<\/a>, she hopes to fulfill some of the wishes of others.\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/link.geekchicdaily.com\/d8gz.t2d\/TzyiUvEd4D5MekJlC1047\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>We caught up with Ashley<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to talk gender differences, Ahsoka&#8217;s arc, Special Editions and even\u00a0<em>The Brady Bunch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nerdist News: Do you ever get guys complaining that they want some of your designs in male sizes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashley Eckstein:<\/strong>\u00a0We have, actually, and I take that as such a huge compliment! I&#8217;ve heard several people say, &#8220;Well, what about &#8216;His Universe&#8217;?&#8221;, and I say, okay, look on the convention floor. Go to San Diego Comic-Con, and pretty much the entire convention is &#8220;His Universe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NN: Do you see any major differences between male and female fans?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AE:<\/strong>\u00a0Sometimes the male fans are really into the action and adventure and the battles, and we female fans become emotionally attached to the characters. You literally envision your relationships with these characters. I don&#8217;t even mean in a romantic way; you just view this character as if they&#8217;re another family member of yours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NN: Can you give us any hints about where\u00a0<em>The Clone Wars<\/em>\u00a0is going?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AE:<\/strong>\u00a0I just beg the fans who gave up on the show after the movie and season one to give it a chance now, because it&#8217;s a completely different show. Dave Filoni is a fan: he cares so much about the show and the storyline&#8230;Season two was when it really took off, and I think he&#8217;s turned it into what the fans wanted it to be all along.<\/p>\n<p>Catch up with\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/link.geekchicdaily.com\/d8gz.t2d\/TzyiUvEd4D5MekJlD6f7b\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>our full Ashley Eckstein interview<\/strong><\/a>, then check out her wares at\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/link.geekchicdaily.com\/d8gz.t2d\/Tzm39_EdE3VxewM4Cd89c\" target=\"_blank\">Her Universe<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From\u00a0\u00a0Her Universe: As the voice of Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano on\u00a0Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Ashley Eckstein lives the fangirl fantasy. Running the online store\u00a0Her Universe, she hopes to fulfill some of the wishes of others.\u00a0We caught up with Ashley\u00a0to talk gender differences, Ahsoka&#8217;s arc, Special Editions and even\u00a0The Brady Bunch. Nerdist News: Do you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=15655\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mistress of Her Universe: Ashley Eckstein&#8217;s Sci-Fi Store&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,10,32,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-arts-culture","category-interviews","category-merchandise","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}