The actress studied martial arts by practicing with plastic lightsabers as a kid.

Now, she plays the menacing Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth on Ahsoka.

Diana Lee Inosantojokes that she’s sort of been training for herStar Warsrole all her life.

Morgan Elsbeth (Diana Lee Inosanto) in Lucasfilm’s STAR WARS: AHSOKA

Diana Lee Inosanto as Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth in ‘Ahsoka’.Lucasfilm Ltd.

When they returned home, he immediately ran out to buy some plastic lightsabers to use for training.

Inosanto, 57, says with a laugh.

“Maybe the Force is really out there.”

And, she adds,Ahsokarequired her to train even harder thanThe Mandalorian.

“There’s a long, involved fight scene,” she teases with a smile.

“It’s pretty intense.”