Ahsoka Tano

**Ahsoka Tano** is a recurring character in the Star Wars Franchise. She also appears in *The Blood Queen*, *The Painted Wolf, The Dark Fox*, and *The One in the Spotlight*. She was a former Jedi Padawan who fought in the Clone Wars, becoming a well-respected leader. However, as the Clone Wars drew closer to the end, Ahsoka was framed for bombing the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and subsequently barred from the Jedi Order before being imprisoned. When the true culprit was revealed to be her friend Barriss Offee, all charges against Ahsoka were dropped. Her master and the Jedi Council apologized and invited her back into the Order, but the ordeal had shaken Ahsoka's faith in both herself and the Jedi, leading her to refuse and leave the order. After meeting and going on trips with the Martez sisters, Ahsoka breifly returned to the Jedi along with Bo-Katan Kryze of Mandalore to ask for help with taking over the planet. The Jedi agreed, and Ahsoka was able to help Bo-Katan reclaim Mandalore. However, as she was returning to Coruscant, Order 66 was enacted, prompting the clone army to turn against their Jedi leaders and execute them for alleged treason. Ahsoka managed to escape with Rex, one of the clones she'd befriended, and after the starship they were on crashed, the two buried the clones who'd died and went into hiding after parting ways. Ahsoka later appears in *Star Wars Rebels*, initially as the mysterious figure Fulcrum, where she provides Hera Syndulla's rebel cell with information and helps them to fight against the Galactic Empire.

## **Physical Appearance**

### **Current**

She is a young, lean Togruta with dark orange skin and white facial markings. She has long white lekku with bluish-gray stripes, curved montrals, brownish gray lips, and blue eyes. She wears a grey dress with grey-and-brown armor plating on her chest and skirt, along with grey detached sleeves and forearm armor, as well as fingerless gloves. She also wears armored boots and a weapons belt on which she carries her white lightsabers, which somewhat resemble katana.

### **Previous**

#### **During the Clone Wars**

As a Padawan in the early days of the Clone Wars, Ahsoka had shorter lekku and less defined facial markings. She wore a crown of teeth on her forehead as well as dark red clothing and matching leather bands on her upper arms.

#### **The Siege of Mandalore**

During the Siege of Mandalore, Ahsoka wore a combat outfit consisting of a blue-and-grey dress with a short skirt, blue tights, and grey boots, as well as forearm armor and fingerless gloves. The outfit also had beskar plating.

## **History**

### **Early Life**

Ahsoka was born in the year 36 BBY on the planet Shili. At the age of three, she was found by Jedi Master **Plo Koon** and brought to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, where she trained as a youngling. During the Battle of Christophsis, she was sent by Grand Master **Yoda** to said planet to assist Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Knight Anakin Skywalker, who she was later apprenticed to. As a Padawan and member of the Republic, Ahsoka became a hero during the Clone Wars, going from a headstrong student to a mature leader.

### **Leaving the Jedi Order**

However, as the end of the Clone Wars drew closer, she was framed for the bombing of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and forced to flee to the underworld to prove her innocence, where she formed an alliance with **Asajj Ventress**, who was once of the Separatist Alliance, but left after being abandonded by her former master **Dooku**. This mission failed, and after being defeated in battle by a mysterious person, Ahsoka was apprehended by Clone Commander Wolfe, whose troops took her back to the temple. There, Ahsoka stood before the Jedi Council, where she was expelled from the Jedi Order and stripped of all her ranks in the Army of the Grand Republic, much to Anakin's chagrin. Afterwards, Ahsoka stood trial, where Admiral **Wilhuff Tarkin** suggested to Supreme Chancellor **Palpatine** that she get the death penalty. Before Palpatine could announce the verdict, however, Anakin burst in and revealed that the true culprit behind the bombing was Ahsoka's friend and fellow Padawan, **Barriss Offee**. Barriss confessed the deed and was taken away by the temple guards afterwards, therefore making Ahsoka innocent. After the trial, Anakin, Yoda, and the other members of the Council apologized and invited her back into the Order, but Ahsoka refused and walked away. Anakin followed her out of the Temple and begged her to stay, but Ahsoka, having made up her mind, told him that the Council didn't trust her, so she couldn't trust herself. After bidding farewell to her former master, she walked away from the Temple for the last time.

### **The Martez Sisters**

Sometime later, Ahsoka met the Martez sisters, **Trace** and her older sister **Rafa**. The three of them went on a spice delivery mission, which went well until Trace dumped all the spice while they were traveling through hyperspace. However, they were then arrested by the **Pyke Syndicate**, where they later escaped after Ahsoka revealed that she'd been a Jedi. When they returned to Coruscant, Ahsoka apologized to the sisters and they forgave her. She was about to leave their shop when a group of Mandalorian warriors led by **Bo-Katan Kryze** arrived. Thinking they'd arrived to kill her, Ahsoka braced herself for a fight, but relaxed when Bo-Katan told her a Zabrak named Maul, who was also a Sith Lord turned rogue, had taken over Mandalore and that she and her allies, formerly of the group known as **Death Watch**, needed Ahsoka's help. Encouraged by Trace and Rafa, Ahsoka reluctantly agreed to go with Bo-Katan, bidding farewell to the sisters as the ship took off.

### **Siege of Mandalore**

Ahsoka briefly returned to the Jedi to seek help for Bo-Katan, who appealed to Obi-Wan by informing him that her sister, **Satine**, had been captured by Maul's forces. However, to both Ahsoka's and Bo-Katan's dismay, Obi-Wan refused. Even though Obi-Wan couldn't take part, he and Anakin agreed to lend a portion of the 501st legion to Ahsoka so she could lead them to assist the Mandalorians in defeating and apprehending Maul. Ahsoka and Bo-Katan led their respective forces to Mandalore, where Bo-Katan led her soldiers to battle Maul's, and Ahsoka fought with the Sith Lord himself until he was captured by the clones. Later on, Ahsoka and the clones brought the now-imprisoned Maul onto the starship *Tribunal* and bid farewell to Bo-Katan before departing from Mandalore, heading for Coruscant.

### **Order 66**

On the way to back to Coruscant, Ahsoka had a vision of Anakin turning to the dark side of the Force and went to inform Rex. However, unbeknownst to her, the Sith Lord Darth Sidious had already given Rex Order 66: to hunt down and terminate all the Jedi leaders. Rex initially struggled to carry out the order to due to the bond he'd formed with Ahsoka during the earlier years of the Clone Wars, but managed to get a hold of himself and executed it. Before doing so, however, he told her to find Fives. He then fired at Ahsoka, prompting the rest of the clones to do the same. Ahsoka managed to survive the attack and escaped by cleaving a hole in the ceiling with her lightsabers. Realizing she needed a diversion, she freed Maul from his prison and had him keep the clones busy while she worked to find out why they'd turned against her. She soon discovered that Rex had an Inhibitor Chip implanted in his brain to make him compliant with orders and transported him to the medical bay with the help of the four droids she'd befriended during the Clone Wars. Ahsoka managed to remove the Inhibitor Chip, freeing Rex from its control. She, Rex, and the droids then fought their way through the ship before reaching the main control room and finding out that Maul had destroyed the hyperdrive, thus taking them off course and into the gravitational field of an unknown moon. While fighting the clones, Ahsoka tried to find a shuttle, but Maul reached it first and took off. Having no choice but to let him go, Ahsoka continued her battle with the clones as the *Tribunal* entered the moon's atmosphere and began heating up and falling apart. However, she and Rex managed to find a small ship and escaped the clones. When the *Tribunal* crashed on the moon's surface, Ahsoka and Rex buried the deceased clones and marked their graves with their helmets. She went into hiding shortly afterwards.

## **Skills and Abilities**

**Force-sensitive:** She has a very strong connection with the Force, which led to her becoming a Jedi.

**Speed and Agility:** She is very fast and agile due to her lithe frame, making it tougher for most opponents to hit her.

**Veteran:** Her experience in the Clone Wars makes her an excellent fighter. She is also very adept at lightsaber combat.

**Piloting:** She is an adept pilot thanks to her master's lessons.

**Musician:** She can play a variety of wind instruments, with her main one being the trumpet.

**Nurse:** She can care for sick people.