Ahsoka Tano

**Ahsoka Tano** (called **Snips** by her master) was a Force-sensitive female Togruta Mandalorian from the planet Shili who, during the Clone Wars, served as the Padawan to Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. Following a trial for a crime she did not commit, Tano left the Jedi Order, but later would assist Yoda in a journey to a Sith shrine on Coruscant. Tano would reunite with Skywalker and later be captured by Darth Sidious, where she would witness her former master's fall to the dark side, before being rescued by Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Escaping Sidious' clutches, Tano would go under the name **Siri Kenobi** or **Ahsoka Kenobi** and pretend to be Kenobi's daughter as they assisted the Alliance of Galactic Restoration aboard their starship, the *Dawnbreaker*. They would eventually travel to Mandalore as part of the Alliance, where they learned of Kenobi's relation to Mand'alor Korkie Kryze—he was Kenobi's son with Duchess Satine Kryze. On Mandalore they would also form Clan Kenobi with their "homeworld" being Yavin 4, the pre-existing base of operations for the Alliance. From Yavin 4, Tano and Kenobi would expand their family on Taris with the addition of Mara Jade, a young Force-sensitive girl which they encountered there.

## Biography

### Early life

"*Ahsoka is an inquisitive child. We think she will do well in the Jedi Temple.*"
―Fasri[src]
Ahsoka Tano was born on the Togruta homeworld of Shili in 36 BEF, in a small village of seventeen homes in the countryside. Tano's mother was Nihla Tano, and the village elder was a man named Fasri. Fasri noted Tano as being an inquisitive child, and her Force-sensitivity became known to the village around this time as well.

When Ahsoka was two years old, in 15 BEF, the village was visited by Latrans, a Zygerrian bounty hunter who masqueraded as a Jedi Master in order to attempt to abduct Ahsoka for her employer. Latrans met with Fasri, the elder, who had his aide Khira retrieve Tano and her mother Nihla, who then brought her back to the town hall. Before Latrans could take Ahsoka, she was confronted by the real Jedi Master Plo Koon, a Kel Dor, who informed Fasri and the others of Latrans' deception. Tano went with Koon back to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, while her town burned Latrans at the stake for her treachery.

### At the Temple

Ahsoka formed a strong bond with her Finder, Master Koon, as she became a youngling at the Temple.

### The akul hunt

"*This is your first step into adulthood. The akul hunt. You will be without your lightsaber for this journey.*"
―Komodo Shavi, to Tano[src]

## Personality and traits

A female Togruta, Tano had a height of 1.91 meters with montrals included. She had orange skin with white markings, and her lekku and montrals were striped blue and white. She had blue eyes. As a child, she was called inquisitive and considered a good fit for the Jedi temple on Coruscant, where the inquisitiveness manifested in troublemaking, although this was not uncommon for new younglings as they fit into temple life.

### Titles and nicknames

Ahsoka was called "Snips" by her Master, Anakin Skywalker, due to her snippy attitude, and was also affectionately called Little 'Soka by Plo Koon, the Jedi who discovered her. Ahsoka would later go by Siri Kenobi, or Ahsoka Kenobi, while with Obi-Wan Kenobi and hiding from the Empire. When she entered Exar Kun's temple on Yavin 4, Ahsoka would come to be known as the Heir of Exar Kun by the Sith spirits and holocron guardians she encountered.

As a Jedi, she only ever attained the rank of Jedi Padawan and a Commander in the GAR, and was also considered a commander in the Alliance. As a Mandalorian, Tano's official title was Lady Ahsoka Kenobi.

## Powers and abilities

Ahsoka Tano was an extremely gifted lightsaber duelist despite her highest rank among the Jedi being Padawan. She was proficient specifically in Jar'Kai, the act of wielding two lightsabers at the same time, preferring to wield a full-length lightsaber as well as a shoto. Tano was also very powerful in the Force, and had been granted the power to return life to others following the Daughter's sacrifice, sending her life force into Ahsoka's.

## Equipment

As both a Jedi and agent for the Alliance, Tano had a variety of weapons and equipment throughout her career to assist in her profession.

### Weapons

As a Jedi Padawan, Ahsoka wielded first a green lightsaber, then a green lightsaber with a yellow-green shotosaber. These lightsabers were lost near the end of her time with the Jedi, but when she met with Master Yoda and went to the Sith shrine on Coruscant, Yoda provided her with replacement lightsabers—they too, were lost upon Ahsoka's escape from the clutches of the Sith.

When she partnered with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Tano trained with vibroswords and other types of vibroblade to replace her lack of lightsabers. When she and Kenobi traveled to Mandalore, Tano was provided with the lightsaber of Savage Opress, which she fashioned a new pair of lightsabers out of, which were a unique convertible double-bladed lightsaber with kyber crystals that provided a white glow, as a result of her cleansing the crystals of the dark side's corruption. She would later have these lightsabers fitted with beskar when she was made into an honorary Mandalorian, and later with obsidian emitter shrouds as she disassembled the lightsaber belonging to Exar Kun and combined it with her own.

### Apparel

#### Armor and cybernetics

As a Mandalorian, Tano was given her own set of beskar Mandalorian armor which was fitted specifically for a Togruta. The armor's helmet had a representation of Tano's own natural facial markings, and the armor as a whole had spirals which matched the color of Tano's skin and lekku. The breastplate also had an artistic representation of a sunrise.

After her encounter with Maul, Tano was outfitted with a cybernetic right hand, as well as enhancements on her lost lekku.

### Belongings

As a Jedi, Ahsoka had few belongings due to Jedi doctrine, but did wear an akul-tooth headdress made with the teeth of an akul Tano killed when she traveled to Shili for the traditional akul hunt, attended with several other Togruta Jedi. She also wore silka beads in place of the traditional Jedi padawan braid. However, when she had her own rooms on the *Dawnbreaker*, Tano kept several belongings.

## Appearances

* "Conception" (Indirect mention only)
* "The False Jedi"
* "Huntress and Prey"
* "Memory of a Name" (Mentioned only)
* *Missing Moments*: Safe
* "The Liberator, Chained" (Indirect mention only)
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter I — *Trial and Sacrifice* (Vision to Yoda)
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter II — *Decisions*
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter III — *Darkness Falls*
* "Disillusionment" (Mentioned only)
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter IV — *Plans*
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter V — *Sith*
* *Secrets Revealed* Epilogue
* "Dawnbreaking"
* "Colors Reprieve"
* *Soul Searching* Obi-Wan I — *Rebellion's Beginnings*
* *Soul Searching* Obi-Wan II — *Dawn*
* *Soul Searching* Yoda I — *Understanding* (Mentioned only)
* *Soul Searching* Ahsoka I — *Voices*
* *Soul Searching* Ahsoka II — *Old Friends*
* "The Demands of the Yaruba Family" (Indirect mention only)
* *Soul Searching* Obi-Wan III — *Interrupted Moments*
* *Soul Searching* Darth Vader — *Freeing the Mind* (Mentioned only)
* *Soul Searching* The Liberator — *Freeing the Body* (Mentioned only)
* *Soul Searching* Anakin III — *How A Revolution Begins* (Mentioned only)
* *The Explorer's Guide to Yavin 4* (Mentioned only)
* *Burning Galaxies* I — *The First Signs of Storm*
* *Burning Galaxies* II — *Family Matters*

## Sources

* *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*
* *Expanding the Unexpanded*

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 *Soul Searching* Obi-Wan II — *Dawn*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter I — *Trial and Sacrifice*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 *Soul Searching* Obi-Wan I — *Rebellion's Beginnings*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "The False Jedi"
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Huntress and Prey"
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 *Soul Searching* Ahsoka I — *Voices*
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter II — *Decisions*
9. ↑ *Secrets Revealed* Chapter III — *Darkness Falls*
10. ↑ *Soul Searching* Ahsoka II — *Old Friends*
11. ↑ *Soul Searching* The Liberator — *Freeing the Body*