The 2024 Inventive Arts Emmys completed handing out trophies final night time—the Primetime Emmys ceremony is arising September 15—and Star Wars: Ahsoka took the prize for Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes, beating out a pair of Marvel reveals (Loki, Echo) in addition to the jumpsuits of Fallout and the vampire frills of What We Do within the Shadows. It’s not the primary Emmy win for a Star Wars sequence, however it could be essentially the most bittersweet, coming as a posthumous tribute to late costume designer Shawna Trpcic.
The Emmy was particularly for Ahsoka‘s season finale, “The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord,” which was additionally perhaps, probably the sequence finale (a second season has yet to be officially announced). The award was shared by Trpcic, assistant costume designer Elissa Alcala, and costume supervisor Devon Patterson. Ahsoka was additionally nominated for Particular VFX, Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling, Prosthetic Make-up, and Sound Enhancing, although the primary three ended up going to Shōgun and the ultimate to The Bear.
Trpcic had beforehand been nominated for her work on The Mandalorian and The E book of Boba Fett; her dying in October 2023 got here not lengthy after Ahsoka‘s first season wrapped on Disney+. In the still-active GoFundMe shared on behalf of her youngsters, a biography paying tribute to Trpcic’s profession and skills famous her string of credit on Joss Whedon initiatives (together with characteristic movie Cabin within the Woods and cult-beloved TV sequence Firefly), however particularly her particular affection for all issues Star Wars:
“Shawna was most identified for her monumental contributions to Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni’s reveals within the Star Wars Universe. She designed a number of seasons of The Mandalorian, in addition to The E book of Boba Fett and most lately Ahsoka, which earned her the most effective notices of her profession. She liked collaborating with Jon and Dave, who had been the dream workforce for her, together with working with the actors and along with her enormous costume design workforce. To accommodate all of her creations, Lucasfilm established a warehouse that held 1000’s of her costumes from all of the reveals … she received the Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Tv for The E book of Boba Fett. A staple at each Star Wars Celebration, Shawna liked interacting with the followers and would typically choose the cosplay competitions.” The tribute additionally notes that she “was all the time into science fiction and comedian books.”
The official Ahsoka X account paid tribute to the present’s Emmy win:
Congratulations to the solid and crew of #Ahsoka on their Inventive Arts Emmy® Awards win for Excellent Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes! #Emmys pic.twitter.com/gLZhRwhg7H
— Ahsoka (@ahsokaofficial) September 9, 2024
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