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- Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) Sabine is a Mandalorian warrior who apprenticed under Ahsoka. She is also a talented artist who enjoys racing on speeders.
- Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) Hera Syndulla is a former Rebel leader turned New Republic general. She is from the Twi’lek species and has two head-tails and green skin.
- Huyang (voiced by David Tennant) An ancient droid that has existed for thousands of years, Huyang has taught generations of Jedi how to construct their lightsabers.
- Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) Thrawn was a high ranking leader in the Galactic Empire who was exiled after the Galactic Civil War. He is a brilliant military strategist and tactician.
- Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano. Dawson, 44, plays titular character Ahsoka Tano. While the character Ahsoka was first introduced in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, Dawson made her debut in the role in 2020 during an episode of The Mandalorian.
- Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker. Hayden Christensen, 42, is no stranger to the Stars Wars universe. He first played Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones (2002), though his character was originally met with pushback from some fans.
- Lars Mikkelsen as Grand Admiral Thrawn. Lars Mikkelsen, 59, is no stranger to Star Wars or to Grand Admiral Thrawn, having voiced the character in Star Wars Rebels.
- David Tennant as Professor Huyang. Star Wars would be nothing without its droids, and David Tennant, 52, has previous experience playing lightsaber expert Huyang in The Clone Wars.
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- Who Is Ahsoka Tano?
- Ahsoka Tano's Species and Force Powers
- Ahsoka the Gray Jedi
- Ahsoka in the Clone Wars
- Ahsoka's Role in the Rebellion
- Ahsoka's Missing Years
- Is Ahsoka Dead?
- How Ahsoka Tano Helped Shape the Star Wars Franchise
- Ahsoka's Future - The Mandalorian Season 2, and Will She Appear in a Movie?
By Jesse Schedeen
Updated: Jan 14, 2021 12:15 am
Posted: Nov 30, 2020 6:10 pm
Ahsoka Tano has finally come to live-action in The Mandalorian -- and played by Rosario Dawson no less! -- so it's time to take a look again at the history of the Clone Wars character and her importance to the world of Star Wars...
If you've paid much attention to the Star Wars franchise over the past decade, you might recognize the name Ahsoka Tano. Though Ahsoka never appears onscreen in the Skywalker Saga movies, she's played a key role in both the Clone Wars and the early years of the Rebel Alliance. It's no exaggeration to say the Empire never would have been defeated without Ahsoka's help.
She returned to the spotlight in the seventh and final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and now Ahsoka has debuted in The Mandalorian Season 2, so read on for a primer on the history of Ahsoka Tano and her connection to characters like Anakin Skywalker. The topics covered in this article include:
Did you know Anakin Skywalker once had a Padawan of his own before becoming Darth Vader? If you've only watched the movies, you might not know Ahsoka Tano, but she's come to play a huge role in the Star Wars franchise. Ahsoka is one of the main characters (arguably the main character) in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. She came of age in a time when the Republic was torn apart by civil war. Only after leaving the Jedi Order and watching the Empire rise from the ashes of the Republic did Ahsoka find her true destiny. She may no longer be a Jedi, but she's one of the greatest forces for good in a galaxy ruled by darkness.
Ahsoka is arguably the main character in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Ahsoka is a member of an alien race known as the Togruta. Like Jedi Master Shaak Ti, Ahsoka's appearance is marked by bright orange skin, white facial pigment and three large head tails known as Lekku. These Lekku grow larger with age, which can be clearly seen as Ahsoka grows up over the course of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and resurfaces years later in Star Wars Rebels.
Ahsoka showed strong Force potential at an early age and was recruited into the Jedi Order as a young child. Like her master Anakin, Ahsoka is especially gifted in combat-oriented Force abilities, particularly piloting ships and wielding lightsabers. In fact, as an adult Ahsoka's sword-fighting prowess rivals the best in the galaxy, including the legendary Darth Vader himself. Ahsoka has mastered a particularly difficult form of lightsaber combat known as Jar'Kai, where she pairs a traditional lightsaber with a second, shorter saber.
This lightsaber purification ability may stem from Ahsoka's unusual relationship with the Force. She considers herself neither Jedi nor Sith, but is one of the few to have achieved a balance between the two sides.
Ahsoka is what many Star Wars fans refer to as a "Gray Jedi." Though not an official term in the Star Wars universe, it's useful for describing neutral characters like Ahsoka, the Nightsisters of Dathomir, and Knights of the Old Republic's Revan.
Though she played a vital role in the Clone Wars, Ahsoka never appeared in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. She didn't actually debut until 2008, several years after the release of Episode III. Ahsoka was introduced in the 2008 animated movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which spawned the TV series of the same name.
The Clone Wars movie picks up shortly after the events of Episode II, as newly minted Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker is assigned to mentor Padawan Ahsoka Tano. Though the two predictably butt heads at first, Anakin eventually finds a kindred spirit in Ahsoka. Like her Master, Ahsoka is headstrong, fond of flying and always ready to bend or break the rules in the interest of helping those she cares about.
One of the most common themes of Disney's new Star Wars projects has been that the Rebellion was composed of many more heroes than just Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia. Numerous other freedom fighters played their part in ending the scourge of the Empire, including Ahsoka Tano. That's where Star Wars Rebels comes in.
A followup to Clone Wars set during the years leading up to Episode IV, Rebels focuses on the crew of the Ghost and their guerrilla missions against the Empire in the Lothal system. Throughout Season 1, the main characters are assisted by a mysterious Rebel intelligence officer codenamed Fulcrum. Season 1 ends with the reveal that Fulcrum is none other than Ahsoka, older and more powerful but still dedicated to the goal of restoring peace to the galaxy.
Ahsoka plays a heavy role in Season 2 as she joins the Ghost crew and even forms a fleeting alliance with Darth Maul. Over the course of the season, Ahsoka battles members of the Sith Inquisitorius, culminating in a showdown with her former master, Darth Vader, on the Sith world of Malachor.
Vader only narrowly survives that encounter, and Ahsoka is feared lost in the rubble of the Sith temple. However, her ally and fellow Jedi Ezra Bridger is able to reach through time and rescue Ahsoka from certain death. When she resurfaces at the end of the series, Ahsoka has seemingly achieved her full strength in the Force. She enlists her friends' aid in finding Ezra after he's stranded on the far end of the galaxy following a confrontation with Grand Admiral Thrawn.
If you're wondering what happened to Ahsoka in between the events of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, there's a book for that. Author E.K. Johnston's novel Star Wars: Ahsoka bridges the gap between the two shows.
The novel begins a year after the events of Episode III and shows Ahsoka dealing with the same struggles as so many other survivors of Order 66 - evading detection and figuring out how to restore the lost Jedi Order. The novel reveals, among other things, how Ahsoka came to work with Rebel leader Senator Bail Organa and how she constructed her twin white-bladed lightsabers.
Ahsoka's fate following the events of Star Wars Rebels was unclear before she debuted on The Mandalorian.
In terms of where the Star Wars timeline is at the end of The Rise of Skywalker, many Ahsoka fans fear her story may have already come to an end. Ahsoka "appeared" in The Rise of Skywalker via a vocal cameo - one of many Jedi who encourage Rey during her final confrontation with Emperor Palpatine. That cameo led to the obvious assumption that Ahsoka is dead by the time of the Star Wars sequels. Because we hear the voices of many other dead Jedi alongside Ahsoka - Anakin, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Aayla Secura, Luminara Unduli, etc. - this suggests Ahsoka has joined her fellow Jedi in becoming one with the Force.
However, Mandalorian executive producer Dave Filoni downplayed those fears by tweeting out a cartoon sketch of Ahsoka hanging out with famously hard to kill wizard Gandalf. If not exactly indisputable proof Ahsoka is still alive, this at least gives fans reasons to hope. And even if Ahsoka is dead by the time of Episode IX, that still leaves more than 30 years of history in between the two trilogies to explore.
In the past we've speculated the series finale of Rebels could have been setting up the next Star Wars animated series, one that would follow Ahsoka, Hera and Sabine as they travel to the far end of the galaxy in search of Ezra. Given that this theoretical series would be set after the events of Return of the Jedi, it could also help flesh out this murky part of the series' timeline. We could even see Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and learn what role Ahsoka played in helping to restore (if only temporarily) the Jedi Order.
But now Ahsoka has appeared in live-action in Season 2 of The Mandalorian, played by Rosario Dawson. The revelations of The Mandalorian Season 2 have pointed to the fact that the show might serve as a live-action gateway to a spinoff Rebels sequel series that could reveal what happened to Ezra and Thrawn, if The Mandalorian doesn't explore that plotline itself. Right now, Ahsoka is on the hunt for Thrawn, which means an introduction for Ezra can't be far behind.
And yet, could Ahsoka get her own Star Wars movie eventually too? Don't rule it out. Whether Ahsoka is alive or dead by the time of the sequel trilogy, there's certainly plenty of room left to explore her journey.For more on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, check out how to watch the series in chronological order as well as our Clone Wars Recap in 4 Minutes.
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