Ahsoka Tano

“*Ahsoka. My name is Ahsoka Tano.*”
―Ahsoka to The Ghost Crew
**Ahsoka Tano** is one of the main protagonists of the *Star Wars* franchise. She is one of the deuteragonists of the first six seasons and the main protagonist of Season 7 of *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*, a supporting character in *Star Wars: Rebels* and *The Mandalorian*. She was Anakin Skywalker's former apprentice, and an ally of Kanan Jarrus' rebel cell.

During the Clone Wars, she served as a Jedi Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. However, Ahsoka lost faith in the Jedi Order when the Council did not stand by her when she was accused of treason in the Jedi Temple. She attempted to commit to a civillian life but was soon called back into war by Bo-Katan Kryze to capture Darth Maul which led to The Siege of Mandalore and Order 66. Survivng the Jedi Purge, Ahsoka went into hiding, assuming the identity of Ashla.However, she was drawn out of hiding and recruited by her old ally through Padme, Bail Organa to become part of his rebellion against Palpatine. Ahsoka began using the code-name Fulcrum, serving as a spy for the rebels and contact through Hera Syndulla. Along the way, she befriended Ezra Bridger, whom she mentored and became close friends with. Following Ezra's disappearance into hyperspace with Grand Admiral Thrawn during the Liberation of Lothal, Ahsoka joined Sabine Wren on a quest to find him and bring him home.

## Role

She is one of the two overall main protagonists of *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (alongside Anakin Skywalker), appearing as the deuteragonist in the  2008 animated feature film *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* and one of the two deuteragonists (along with Obi-Wan Kenobi) in its 2008-2020 following TV series from seasons 1-5 and the main protagonist from Season 7. She is a major recurring protagonist in *Star Wars Rebels*, being a minor character in Season 1 and 4 and the deuteragonist of Season 2, and as the main protagonist of the novel, *Ahsoka* and one of the supporting protagonists in *The Mandalorian*.

## Background

### Personality

As a teenager, Ahsoka was determined to become a Jedi and had a snippy personality. Due to this she was affectionately called "Snips" by her Master, Anakin. She was eager to prove herself worthy of being Anakin's Padawan, especially during their first Battle and their mission to return Jabba's son, Rotta, have to him. Ahsoka also looked up to Anakin, whom she had developed a brother-sister with during their time together as Master and Padawan. Having her trust in him, one of her greatest fears was disappointing him. She had an insecurity that she could never be a Jedi and hid it behind her snippy and determined personality. Again was protective of her friends, which was exemplified when she wanted to save her other mentor, Plo Koon, saved Padmé from an assassin, Aurra Sing, and an unconsciousn Anakin, who she had protected when they were being shot at by Cad Bane.

Apart from this, Ahsoka was generous and kind-hearted, wishing to restore peace and prosperity to the galaxy, even joining Bail Organa's cell. Ahsoka also tended to pick up several of her Master, Anakin Skywalker's personality, such as acting rash and reckless thinking attributed to her decisions. She would occasionally act Arrogant and brash like her Master would. However, over the years, Ahsoka learned patience and began to approach things more closely than Anakin. Her fatal flaw was that she could never stop trying to prove herself. In the end, she proves to be a loyal and brave individual. Together with Anakin's wife, Padmé, they became a dynamic duo, formed a sisterly relationship together, and were of the most important women in Anakin's life.

After Ahsoka had been accused of murder, she became dedicated in proving her innocence. She became disillusioned with the Order after they coldly casted her out. When they offered her a place back into the Order, Ahsoka refused because no one but Anakin believed in her and Barris Offee's betrayal. Her reason for expelling herself from the Order was one of the few reasons why Anakin fell to the dark side of the Force. In the novel *Ahsoka*, she bravely fought against Darth Maul, even though he was a powerful dark-sider and former Sith Lord. However, she chose to save Rex rather than apprehend Maul. Ahsoka realized that if she and the other Jedi listened to Barris, then the empire and the fall of the order would have never occurred. She pitied her enemy, the Sixth Brother, whose potential for good turned to the dark side. Her encounter with the Inquisitors and her befriending Force-sensitive child Hedala Fardi made her realize she wanted to protect Force-sensitive children from being captured by the Empire's Inquisitors.

During her time as Fulcrum, Ahsoka worked with a variety of rebel cells and had her voice disguised so no one could identify her. She developed a more descrete personality, believing needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, best shown when she urged Hera Syndulla to cease her search for Kanan to protect her crew, including Ezra. Ahsoka decided to come out of hiding once and for all. Ahsoka acknowledged that she was no longer a Jedi at this point and told Ezra Bridger and Kanan Jarrus that she wasn't when they went to Lothal in search of the Jedi temple that resided there.  Upon realizing that Vader and Anakin were the same person, Ahsoka was utterly horrified and refused to acknowledge the truth until Malachor, when she accepted that Anakin and Vader were one and the same.

### Physical Appearance

At the beginning of the series, Ahsoka was fourteen to eighteen years old. She was a Togruta woman with orange skin and white markings, blue eyes, and white lekku with blue stripes on them.

### Powers and abilities

**Power of the Force:** Ahsoka is the most powerful Togruta Force user of her generation, rivalled only to those by Anakin Skywalker, Darth Sidious and the Skywalker Family.

* **Force barrier** - Ahsoka created a Force Barrier around her and Ezra as Sidious' flames surrounded them. However, she struggled to keep it up because Sidious was too powerful for her. Ezra joined in the Force Barrier to hold Sidious back but they released it before Ahsoka or Ezra passed out.
* **Telekinesis** - Ability to move things with an individual's mind.
	+ **Force Pull** - A form of telekinesis. Ability to pull individuals/items towards the Force user.
	+ **Force Push** - A form of telekinesis. Ability to push people through the Air offensively or defensively.
	+ **Force Grip** - Ability to grip individuals/objects into the air.
	+ **Saber Throw** - Ability to throw her lightsaber and guide them telekinetically towards her opponents.
	+ **Force Jump** - To use the Force to jump at greater distances.
* **Mind Trick** - Ability to manipulate the thoughts of another being. However, some are able to resist, such as Force-wielders and those with a strong mind. Ahsoka did it on to Trade Federation guards when she and Riyo Chuchi were trying to find two daughters of the Pantorean Minister.
* **Force Sense** - Ability to sense another being's emotions, presence (such as presence of darkness). Performed by various Jedi and Sith. Ahsoka can feel the emotions of everyone around her, even sense Anakin's presence due to their strong bond as mentor and apprentice.

* **Force Vision** - Ability to have visions of the past, present and future. However, images are not always clear and can sometimes happen against her will. Ahsoka was able to see snippets of the future when she saw the assassin Aurra Sing's impending attack on Senator Padme Amidala.
* **Enhanced Reflexes:** She has better and faster reflexes that normal people would never have.

## Appearances

### *The Clone Wars* (film)

On their way to rescue Rotta on the planet Teth, Ahsoka informs the Clones what transpired between her and Anakin during the battle of Christophsis, immediately building a friendship with the Clones and her Master, who has nicknamed her "Snips" because of her snippy personality. The two race to the top and make their way to the fortress, where they find one of the droids (which is pretending to be a victim of the Separatists) point them into the right direction. Anakin and Ahsoka find him in a cell, left abandoned and extremely ill. Ahsoka reveals her insecurities on being Anakin's student, but the Young Jedi assures Ahsoka that she will make it and that nothing happens in the Force by accident. They are alerted to the presence of Asajj Ventress when they hear Rex call Anakin by his first name, something Rex never does and only addresses Anakin as "General."

Master and Padawan are forced to flee on an abandoned ship, where Ahsoka briefly engages in a duel with Asajj Ventress, Dooku's apprentice before Anakin intervenes as they steal a ship, dubbed the Twilight and returning Rotta to Tatooine. Ahsoka helps heal the Hutt child and finally cures him of his affliction. When returning to Anakin's homeworld, Ahsoka remains unaware of Anakin's past experiences on the planet. Meanwhile, the Battle Droids are sent after Ahsoka and Anakin, leading them to split up. While Ahsoka rushes off to Jabba's palace, Anakin distracts Dooku. On her way, the girl is attacked by Dooku's droids but she manages to fight them off. However, she spots Anakin and tries to track him down, but her master flies by her. Ahsoka makes it to Jabba's palace, returning Rotta safely to his father. However, Jabba still believes that they are there to kill him and orders his gangsters to execute them. However, he is contacted by Padmé Amidala, who reveals Dooku deceived him and that his uncle Ziro was in on the plan the whole time. Thanks to Ahsoka's and Anakin's efforts, the Republic forms an alliance with the Hutts.

### *The Clone Wars* (TV Series)

Throughout the series, Ahsoka continued to fight on the battlefield with Anakin and Obi-Wan. However, she and Anakin often argued with one another about Battle tactics. Most of the time, Ahsoka rushes in to save him from certain doom. Among her adventures, Ahsoka comes across several friends and enemies, such as assassin Asajj Ventress, pirate Hondo Ohnaka and general Grevious and becomes close friends with Anakin's wife, Padmé Amidala. During the war, Ahsoka learns to see that not all things are black and white. She also gains a love interest in Lux Bonteri, the son of a Separatist Senator Mina Bonteri.

#### Season 2

After her rash actions in battle nearly cost her her battalion, Ahsoka is punsihed by being sent to the Jedi Temple Library; however, at the same time, a heist led by Cad Bane is going through. Ahsoka finds the intruder and quickly apprehends her. The Changeling reveals the name of the Jedi that Bane is going after, the keeper of the Jedi Kyber Crystal that lists every Force-sensitive child, the Future of the Jedi. Ahsoka accompanies Anakin to the battlefield to capture Bane and take the holocron back. Bane easily captures Ahsoka and threatens to have her killed unless Anakin opens up the Jedi Holocron for him. Anakin opens it and saves Ahsoka. Following Bane's capture, Ahsoka and Anakin are sent back to the republic forces and scan through Bane's ship. The duo find residue and information that Bane forgot to erase and see in his catalog that his last known location was Mustafar. The two go to the planet, where they successfully rescue the three children from Darth Sidious' nanny droid.

In "Lightsaber Lost," Ahsoka accidentally loses her lightsaber, but keeps it a secret from Anakin. She goes to Jedi Master Tera Sinube, who helps Ahsoka find her lightsaber. Howeve,r he also teaches her how to be patient and to not rush into things. It helps Ahsoka think this over and she teaches a group of younglings that a lightsaber is not just their life, but also, their responsibility.

#### Season 5

However, during the final months of the Clone Wars Ahsoka's apprenticeship with Anakin at took a dark turn when she was framed by Barriss Offee for the bombing of the Coruscant Jedi Temple hanger and murdering the culprit, Letta Turmond. Terrified, Ahsoka fled to prove her innocence with the help of Asajj Ventress, who was now a bounty Hunter, after convincing they had a lot in common. however, Ahsoka was attacked by a woman dressed like Ventress and made sure she was found with the nanodroid explosives used in the temple bombing. After Ahsoka was found with them and arrested by Clone Troopers, she was expelled from the Jedi Order and faced trial in front of the Galactic Republic, with Padmé Amidala representing her but she failed to convince others Ahsoka was innocent (especially by Admiral Tarkin). However, before a sentence was carried out, Anakin apprehended the true culprit, Ahsoka's own best friend, Barriss Offee, who now believed the Jedi council know nothing but war and violence. Following her trial, the Jedi Council offered Ahsoka a place back in the Jedi Order, possibly earning the rank of a Jedi Knight; however, Ahsoka ,because of her disillusionment with the Jedi Order when none but Anakin believed her innocence, rejected them. Anakin attempted to convince her to stay; however, Despite her master's protests, she tells Anakin she has to follow her own path, without the Jedi and without him, and sadly walks down the temple steps to whatever and wherever the Force will take her.

Ahsoka's departure haunted Master Yoda, as he felt guilty for not standing by her during her trial.Her departure also intensified Skywalker's frustration with the Council, as he felt they had betrayed her and left her with no choice by turning their backs on her during her trial Others, such as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka's old mentor, failed to realize that the Jedi council was to blame.

#### Season 7

Following her departure, Ahsoka continued to live on the lower levels of Coruscant before befriending two other women, Rafa and Trace Martez.

### *Star Wars Rebels*

#### Season 1

In the early days of the rebellion, Ahsoka establishes a network of the rebellion's secret informants established by her, calling themselves "Fulcrum."  She frequently contacts Hera Syndulla, providing her and her crew with several jobs and leaving provisions for her on Fort Anaxes, an abandoned Clone military base. (Ahsoka, "Out of Darkness")

Ahsoka, as Fulcrum, supplies Hera with information about Imperial activity. She later plans to give Hera with supplies she needs to provide for her crew and contacts her, informing Hera that she has arrived at the rendevous point at Fort Anaxes and wonders if she should wait for her until a young woman tells Ahsoka to wait for their arrival. Knowing Hera has a young woman who is deemed "Spectre-5," Ahsoka decides to leave in order to keep her identity a secret. ("Out of Darkness")

Several days later, Ahsoka is contacted by Hera to help Tseebo, a friend of one of her crewmates, escape Imperial custody. As "Fulcrum" comes to take Tseebo away, Ahsoka announces her arrival.  Sabine asks Hera if she and Zeb can meet "Fulcrum" but she tells them some other time. Ahsoka presumably takes Tseebo somewhere safe, but not before he tells Hera the fates of Ezra's parents, Mira and Ephraim. (Gathering Forces)

In an unspecified amount of time, Ahsoka is contacted by Hera about Senator Gall Trayvis coming to Lothal after Ezra Bridger had a vision of him. She tells Hera that the senator always puts coded messages in transmissions, it is always the one he is visiting. (Vision of Hope)

As  Fulcrum, she assigns Hera Syndulla and Spectres on a milk run to pick up supplies for Tarkintown refugees on Lothal on the planet Kaller. (*Kanan*)

Ahsoka is informed of Kanan's capture and how his team is trying to rescue him. However, she tells Hera that Kanan risked everything, even putting his own safety over his family's. Despite Hera's insistance that they can find Kanan, Ahsoka believes that their cover is blown for they were to be unseen. She informs her friend of Ezra's transmission gaining the attentions of not only civilians, but the highest ranking levels of the Empire and tells Hera to halt the search to protect Ezra and her crew. (Rebels Resolve)

After the spectres ignored her warnings and went to rescue Kanan, several days later, Ahsoka is contacted by C1-10P, Hera's droid, who realizes he and his companions are outnumbered at Mustafar and needs assistance. Urged, Ahsoka and Chopper return to the system, rescuing the Spectres in the process. When Kanan asks of her presence, she tells her former fellow Jedi that hope has sparked in the galaxy. Ezra asks Ahsoka what is to happen next, but she reveals she is not sure but knows that a chapter for Ezra is ending and a new one is beginning. ("Fire Across the Galaxy")

## Trivia

* Ahsoka is the first female Jedi to be a lead character in the *Star Wars* universe.
* Dave Filoni confirmed that Ahsoka's appearance in the finale, with white robes and a staff, is a deliberate homage to the fall and return of Gandalf, a character from the Lord of the Rings franchise. Ahsoka returning from her apparent death and changing from grey robes to white after her battle with the "Balrog" Vader.
* During her time in exile Ahsoka went by the alias "Ashla."
	+ Ashla was originally going to be the name of Ahsoka's original character in early development.
	+ "Ashla" was originally going to be what the light aspect of the Force would be called. Individuals, such as Zeb Orrelios, his people and The Bendu refer to the light side as "Ashla" as seen
* She was called "Snips" by Anakin due to her snippy personality. At first, it was Anakin mocking her before becoming an affectionate nickname.
* In her debut appearance, Ahsoka was fourteen-years-old. By Season Seven, she is approximately seventeen. By the time of the first season of *Star Wars Rebels*, she was thirty-two. In the epilogue, she was at least forty-one.
* During "Twilight of the Apprentice," the audience wondered what Ahsoka's fate was after the second season finale. It was finally answered in season 4 episode, "A World Between Worlds," where Ezra Bridger from the future had rescued her and pulled her into the world before Vader could kill her.
* Unlike Luke and Ezra, whose lightsabers transitioned from blue to green, instead, Ahsoka's an inverse of this trope.
* In *Rebels Recon*, Dave Filoni revealed Ahsoka Tano had white lightsabers to show her neutrality (to signify she is not Sith or Jedi).
* Ahsoka is similar to Ezra Bridger because she was the same age Ezra was at the beginning of their respective series, are the youngest of the main cast, both have a rash personality, and have protective Jedi Masters whom they sometimes clash with (Anakin and Kanan) who is like a family member to them and do not finish their Jedi training and they both lost their Jedi Masters, Anakin and Kanan and they were both helpless to save him and both encountered Darth Maul who attempted to sway them to his side. Because of these, Ahsoka is fairly close to Ezra, who is something of a nephew to her.
* Asajj Ventress and Darth Maul appear to be foils/dark counterparts to Ahsoka Tano: they were both cast aside of their respective orders
* Ahsoka was created by George Lucas due to having two daughters himself and a female characters young girls could relate to.
* She is voiced by Ashley Eickstein and portrayed by Rosario Dawson in *The Mantalorian*.
* When giving Ahsoka a shoto lightsaber, she was forbidden to have the color yellow and instead given yellow-green.
* Ahsoka originally had a poor reception when she debuted in the film, but overtime, her popularity grew among fans alike.
* Ashley Eickstein waas originally unaware of her characters' survival after her confrontation with Darth Vader.
* In an official interview with Star Wars Website on *Rebels,* Filoni explained why Ahsoka would not be enough to redeem Vader: because she was a relationship Vader considered a failure and that in a twisted way, he would be angry with her.
* Ahsoka's episode arcs, "Ahsoka's Journey" and "The Siege of Mandalore" have been in development since before Season 7 was announced and prior to the cancellation of the series.
* Ahsoka's headband is a mark of great prowess, and is made of the teeth of an akul, which is a creature that terrorizes Togrutas native to Shili and is worn by those when Togrutas kill them. She had it long before she met Anakin, meaning she killed it as a child.