Ahsoka Tano

Ahsoka Tano Shan, known as the Fierce Commander during the Clone Wars, was a Force-sensitive Togruta female and a former Jedi Padawan born during the final years of the Galactic Republic. At the age of three she was discovered on her homeworld, Shili, by Jedi Master Plo Koon and subsequently brought to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to be trained in the ways of the Force as a Jedi. Upon her arrival at the Jedi Temple she met Jarik Shan, a fellow youngling, with whom she would form a strong bond of friendship that would eventually grow into something much more due to the love they shared.
Following the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Jedi Grand Master Yoda assigned the young Tano to be the Padawan of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, whom she joined at the Battle of Christophsis. Whereas Tano was eager to prove herself, Skywalker had a reputation for recklessness, and they had a rather difficult start as master and apprentice. Yet, they worked together to rescue Rotta, the son of crime lord Jabba the Hutt, and returned Rotta to his father, thus facilitating a crucial alliance between the Hutt Clan and the Galactic Republic. During the galactic conflict, Tano served as a commander of the 501st Legion as Skywalker's apprentice and fought in many battles with him alongside Shan — who became a Padawan a little under a year after her — and his master, Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Over the next few years, Tano would gain much experience on the warfront, turning from a reckless and eager teenager and into a much more matured and enlightened, growing much wiser as well. In the final months of the war, however, Tano was framed for the bombing of the Jedi Temple by her friend, Barriss Offee, and subsequently expelled from the Jedi Order. Although she would later be cleared of her charges after the truth was discovered and she was offered a place back in the ranks of the Jedi Order, the experience shattered her faith and trust in the Order and she declined to return. Despite this, however, Tano would be nonetheless return to the warfront in order to lead Republic forces during the Siege of Mandalore in an effort to capture the former Sith apprentice Darth Maul. Although the assault proved successful, she and Rex were forced to go into hiding when Order 66 was enacted by Sith Lord Darth Sidious.
After the Galactic Empire rose to power, Tano would reunite with Shan and play a crucial role in the formation of a rebel movement alongside Senator Bail Organa, adopting the role of managing intelligence networks under the codename Fulcrum. While Shan used his skills as an expert slicer to uncover intel with the help of his astromech droid, R5-S7, Tano would provide it to various rebel cells such as the Spectres on Lothal, led by Captain Hera Syndulla. In the year 14 BBY, Tano and Shan would also come to adopt a young Force-sensitive girl named Mara Jade as their daughter after Shan rescued her from an Inquisitor known as the Second Sister, training her in the ways of the Force as she grew older.
After a skirmish with Imperial forces damaged their hyperdrive, Tano and the others would accidentally discover the lost world of Ahch-To, which was the birthplace of the Jedi Order. While repairing their ship they would befriend a native tribe of Vikings and discover the first Jedi Temple, making the decision to reside there as a perfect hiding place from the Empire while also being able to continue providing support to rebel cells as Fulcrum. Eventually, Tano and Shan would fully bond themselves together in their love for each other with their marriage on Ahch-To. At some point, the two would give birth to their eldest biological daughter, Talia Shan, along with a son and daughter much later. Tano would also become an adoptive grandmother when Jade had a child with her former Master's son Luke.
==History==
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==Personality and traits==
Ahsoka Tano was a Togruta female who had blue eyes, dark orange skin, brownish-grey lips, white facial markings, a slender build, and white lekku and montrals with blue stripes.
As a teenager, Tano was snarky, cocky, stubborn, reckless and impulsive, yet loyal, brave, generous and kind-hearted. She was very feisty and snippy, which earned her the nickname "Snips" from her master, Anakin Skywalker, while her more hidden gentle and caring side earned her the nickname "Sweetie Horns" from her best friend, Jarik Shan, something she often showed exasperation with. Like her master, she was known to be very aggressive, eager for battle and willing to use terror or threats to get the answers she wanted. She had a tendency to follow her heart, which negatively impacted her path to Jedi Knighthood. In her younger years, Tano's emotions inhibited her ability to make wise decisions, although she eventually gained the confidence to make the right choice, despite the great cost to her feelings.
Over time, Tano became more mature and enlightened, her experiences during the Clone Wars shaping her. She had her victories, her failures, and her losses yet strove through them all, as she felt it was her duty as a Jedi to help restore peace and prosperity to the Republic. Her constant travels and experiences made her more worldly than most people her age, something that Shan at times remarked about as her being a much wiser and moralistic person than he could hope to be.
When Tano was framed for murder and treason, she was horrified when the Jedi Order cast her out and all but condemned her to a Republic military tribunal, and came very close to being sentenced to death. When Skywalker unveiled the true culprit, Tano was shocked to see it was her friend Barriss Offee. Conflicted, she ultimately rejected the opportunity to become a Jedi again, having lost faith in the Order for not standing by her, though she still held a lot of gratitude for Skywalker and Shan's unwavering faith in her innocence.
===Relationships===
====Lux Bonteri====
About halfway through the Clone Wars, Ahsoka went on a secret mission with her friends Jarik and Padmé Amidala to Raxus, the Separatist capital, in order for the latter to speak with her long-time friend and mentor Mina Bonteri about a peace initiative between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy. While there, Ahsoka met Mina's son, Lux Bonteri. Although she showed a bit of suspicion and distrust of him at first, the two quickly became friends after sharing their biased perspectives of the war, with Tano even developing a crush on him; this crush was not unnoticed by Shan, who felt a bit of jealousy as a result, though he tried to hide his feelings about it. Eventually however, by the end of the Onderonian Civil War, Tano's crush on Bonteri would pass with both of them coming to a mutual understanding and agreement on the subject.
====Jarik Shan====
When Ahsoka first met Jarik Shan upon her arrival to the Jedi Temple the two immediately became close friends, developing a strong bond with each other. During their time at the Temple as younglings they did nearly everything together, more so than the rest of their fellow clanmates. This strong friendship between Tano and Shan would eventually grow to connect them as a dyad in the Force, though they were unaware of it at the time; this would be further proved by both of their kyber crystals also carrying a similar connection to the other. Later on during the final months of the Clone Wars, Tano would be framed for bombing the Jedi Temple; she would be cleared of her charges after the true culprit was discovered, but the ordeal had left her faith in the Jedi Order broken, and she decided to go out on her own. Before she left however, she would recognize the truth of her feelings with Shan to be romantic, and the two confessed their love to each other.
After the rise of the Galactic Empire, Tano would once again reunite with Shan after he found her to be in hiding on Raada. Together once more, the two were free to share their love with one another, with Tano acting as Shan's gentle source of warmth and comfort, while he acted as her devoted and unwavering partner. Tano would also end up serving the role of a mother with the pair's adoption of Mara Jade, and eventually her love with Shan would be fully intertwined with their marriage to each other.
====Mara Jade====
Although it was unexpected at first, Ahsoka was happy to take on the role of a mother for Mara Jade, after the young girl was rescued from an Inquisitor by Jarik Shan. As her adoptive mother, Tano acted as a comforting and supportive influence to the young girl, quickly growing to love her as if she were her own child. Tano instructed Mara in the ways of the Force along with Shan, helping her to grow into a skilled and powerful Jedi at a young age. Mara loved her equally in return, fully cherishing her adoptive mother and seeing her as an inspiring figure in her life.
==Powers and abilities==
===Lightsaber training===
At the beginning of her apprenticeship under Anakin Skywalker, Tano's combat skills were already quite considerable, as she was considered the second best in her clan, second only to her best friend, later husband, Jarik Shan, who was considered a dueling prodigy at the Jedi Temple. Tano's skill was evident in that she defeated three IG-100 MagnaGuards single-handedly during her first mission and, later, temporarily held her ground against the skilled Sith assassin Asajj Ventress and the Jedi hunter General Grievous after only a very short time training under Skywalker.
During the Clone Wars, Tano became a practitioner of Jar'Kai, wielding a yellowish-green shoto lightsaber in addition to her standard lightsaber. However, Tano occasionally utilized only her main lightsaber, such as when she dueled Skywalker and Jarik Shan on Mortis while under the dark side influence of the Son. Nevertheless, Tano more commonly utilized Jar'Kai, particularly when facing multiple opponents such as when she engaged the much more skilled Shan, and more experienced Skywalker and Kenobi on Mortis. Whilst fleeing from clones after being framed for murder, Tano lost her second lightsaber and was forced to use only her main lightsaber to fight Barriss Offee. Her duel against Offee showed that, even when assisted by Shan, she had become too reliant on her second lightsaber, something she had in common with Asajj Ventress, and though she did put up a considerable fight, Offee overwhelmed her.
By the time of the Siege of Mandalore, Tano demonstrated highly advanced skills in lightsaber combat as evidenced by her prolonged duel with the powerful former Sith Lord Maul. Although Maul successfully disarmed Tano at the conclusion of their duel, she turned Maul’s own attack against him in order to defeat him nonetheless.
Sixteen years after her departure from the Jedi Order, Tano's skill in lightsaber combat had greatly improved to the point of mastery, having advanced her saber abilities further while sparring with Shan. She easily defeated two Imperial Inquisitors, including Vifi Hethna, her former clan mate turned Inquisitor. During the mission to Malachor I, Tano again proved capable of dueling to a stalemate with the former Sith Lord Maul before breaking off the fight to rescue Ezra Bridger and her adopted daughter Mara Jade. Shortly afterward, Tano engaged in an intense duel with Darth Vader and, although she ultimately lost, she proved capable of putting up a much more impressive fight against him than either Jarrus, Bridger, or even Jade were previously able to.
===Force powers===
While Tano was skilled in lightsaber combat, her true talent was the gift of raw Force skill, which was noted by her master to possess advanced abilities. This balanced her out with her husband, Jarik Shan, who was a highly experienced saber duelist but not as talented in his use of the Force.
At the beginning of her apprenticeship, Tano was capable of telekinetic feats as evidenced during the Battle of Christophsis, where she pulled down a large wall in order to save Skywalker from a group of retail droids. In another instance, Tano strongly pushed Ventress and flung her back some distance in order to save the life of Luminara Unduli. After leaving the Order, Tano’s telekinetic abilities advanced to the point that she was able to hold Maul aloft high above the city of Sundari and could use the Force to prevent a small starship from taking off. She could also use the Force to telekinetically spin her lightsabers around at swift speeds to cut a large hole through the floor, as evident during a skirmish onboard her Star Destroyer.
Tano also had a strong ability to sense things in the Force, feeling the presence of Plo Koon after his fleet was destroyed by the Malevolence and the presences of the children who were kidnapped by Cad Bane. She also eventually learned how to perform mind tricks. She also had some talent in psychometry, as she was able to instruct Mara Jade in the basics of the ability, though neither were nearly as proficient as the Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos, who considered one of its most notable practitioners. In addition, Tano's Force powers enabled her to leap to incredible heights. She used this to her advantage when leaping into the Phantom in order to escape two Inquisitors.
Tano also experienced Force visions and dreams. She used the Force to heal two corrupted kyber crystals that had been "bled red" and restored them to their natural white color. These crystals became part of her new twin lightsabers. Tano was also able to use the Force to amplify her touch. On one occasion, she used this Force power to shatter the hilt of the Sixth Brother's double-bladed spinning lightsaber. She was also capable of deactivating the lightsaber of a Force user that was considerably less powerful than her using only her bare hands, as evident in her duel with Vifi Hethna.
===Other abilities===
In addition to her Force powers and lightsaber combat skills, Tano was a talented pilot and also displayed skill as a war strategist by leading an attack that penetrated a Separatist blockade on Ryloth. During the Clone Wars, Tano passed on some of her flight knowledge to Senator Padmé Amidala, instructing her in starfighter combat. Due to her piloting skills, Tano found work as a courier for the Fardi clan while on the run from the Empire.
Tano displayed skill in hand-to-hand combat, as she easily overpowered Cad Bane before dropping her guard and being incapacitated by the bounty hunter. She later used her hand-to-hand combat skills on Mandalore by single-handedly defeating a group of the Mandalorian Secret Service and later holding off several guards and subduing Prime Minister Almec despite being handcuffed. However, on that occasion, she armed herself with one of the guards' shields, which she used to fend them off and defend herself from a stun gun, and was also assisted by Shan, though he was not as skilled in hand-to-hand. While she was a prisoner of Trandoshan hunters, Tano killed the hunters Dar and his father, Garnac, by only using hand-to-hand combat and her Force powers. Tano also displayed skill in the art of stealth, an ability which she partially acquired by the natural instincts of her species. She later her adopted daughter, Mara Jade, in the art of stealth and hand-to-hand combat, who would grow up to become a proficient user of both skills by the age of fifteen.
Tano had a considerable knowledge of mechanics, which she had learned from her Master. She used her mechanical skills to contact Skywalker and save her and Barriss Offee's lives when they were trapped under a destroyed droid factory on Geonosis. She also knew how to repair vehicles. While on Mortis, she repaired the shuttle that she, Shan, Kenobi, and Skywalker had crashed on the planet. Tano understood Shyriiwook, as demonstrated by her translations for Chewbacca while captured on Wasskah. Tano later used her skills as a mechanic repairing starships and threshers while hiding on Thabeska and Raada. Tano assembled her new twin lightsabers from scrap metal parts she had acquired from the Fardis.
==Appearances==
===Non-canon appearances===
==Sources and copyrights==
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