Today is May the 4th, also known as “May the 4th be with you,” an annual holiday where fans celebrate all thingsStar Wars.This of course includes cosplay.Star Warsis by far one of the most popular properties for cosplayers around the world. It’s a rich tapestry of unique characters and alien species. Cosplayer Florencia Sofen decided to celebrate May the 4th by showing off four of their bestStar Warscostumes.
Posted to the official Star WarsReddit, Sofen wrote, “May the 4th be with you - Happy Star Wars day! These are my cosplays of 2020 for It!” The first of these four cosplays is none other than renegade Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano. The one-timeapprentice of Anakin Skywalkerhas slowly become one of the most popular and recognizableStar Warscharacters to date. Created by Dave Filoni, Ahsoka Tano made her first appearance in the animated film and accompanying seriesStar Wars: The Clone Wars.She has gone on to appear in severalStar Wars-relatedstories, such as theClone Warsfollow upStar Wars: Rebelsand the novelAhsokawritten by E.K Johnston. More recently, she made the jump to live-action in the second season ofThe Mandalorian,where she is played by actress Rosario Dawson. However, the costume that Sofen is replicating is actually worn by Ahsoka in the final season ofThe Clone Wars, after the character has left the Jedi order. She wears this outfit when she helps liberate Mandalore from the clutches of Darth Maul withhelp from Katee Sackhoff’s Bo Katan.
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The second costume might be slightly less recognizable to some fans, but this yellow lightsaber-wielding character is actually infamous sith assassin Asajj Ventress. Also making her first canon appearance inThe Clone Wars (She first appeared in the original animatedClone Warsseries by Genndy Tartakovsky, but that series is no longer canon), Ventress was a vicious assassin employed by the evil Count Dooku. Despite the “rule of two” preventing Ventress from ever becoming a full-fledged sith, she served Dookuover the course of the Clone Warsand was a worthy opponent to Jedi such as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Ahsoka Tano, having fought the three heroes on several occasions. However, this costume is actually a reference to her bounty hunting days. Ventress was eventually cast out by Dooku when he no longer found her services necessary, so she fell in with the criminal underworld of theStar Warsgalaxy. During this time she managed to find a yellow lightsaber on the black market, which she used to replace her signature twin red lightsabers. SinceThe Clone Warswas canceled prematurely, this plotline was cut short. While fans did get a brief glimpse of her doing bounty hunting jobswith a young Boba Fett, she didn’t come into possession of this yellow lightsaber or wear this specific costume until later. However, you can read Christie Golden’s novelDarkDisciple,which covers the events of Asajj Ventress’s life after the series.
Finally, the last two costumes are ex-rebel shock trooperCara Dune fromThe Mandalorianand rogue archeologist Doctor Aphra, who appears in severalStar Warscomics. It’s unlikely that fans will see or hear from Dune anytime soon since the character’s reputation has pretty much been tarnished by actress Gina Carano’s bizarre and controversial views. Aphra on the other hand has become fairly popular over the years.
While not as well known as Ahsoka Tano, Doctor Aphra is a morally ambiguous archeologist–basically theIndiana Jones of theStar Warsgalaxy. Created by Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca, Aphra first appeared in the Darth Vader comics put out by Marvel. She now has her own ongoing comic series and is even rumored to be appearing in a live-action show or movie at some point in the future. There’s even a rumor going around thatAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.actressChloe Bennet is being considered for the role, but nothing is confirmed at the moment.
At the end of the day, each costume from Sofen is as impressive as the last, and we hope to see many moreStar Warscosplayers on this day of celebration. May the 4th be with you, always.
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