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Ahsoka Tano, a Togruta female, was a Force-sensitive outcast from the Jedi Order who, after the Clone Wars, helped establish a network of various rebel cells against the Galactic Empire. Tano was discovered on her homeworld of Shili by Jedi Master Plo Koon, who brought her to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to receive Jedi training.
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"I have to sort this out on my own, without the council, and without you. "
―Ahsoka Tano to Anakin Skywalker
Ahsoka Tano, nicknamed Snips by her master, was a Force-sensitive Togruta female from the planet Shili who was trained as a Jedi apprentice during the Clone Wars, the conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Tano was assigned to Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker by Jedi Grand Master Yoda, and she demonstrated an eagerness to prove herself worthy to be his apprentice. Tano was involved in the defeat of the Separatist army on the planet Christophsis and was important to Republic efforts during the Battle of Teth. Along with Skywalker, Tano was instrumental in acquiring the Republic's safe passage through Hutt Space, due to her part in rescuing the son of Jabba the Hutt, which ensured an alliance between the Republic and the Hutt clans.
Later, Tano and her master achieved many things during the war including stopping the Blue Shadow Virus, freeing Togruta slaves from Kiros, saving her Master and many others on multiple occasions, and even halting a plot masterminded by Darth Sidious himself. She also engaged some of most deadly people in the galaxy, most notably Asajj Ventress, General Grievous, and Cad Bane several times, always surviving without any serious injury. Tano had a brief brush with the dark side on Mortis after being infected with it by the Son and even died, but she was resurrected by the Daughter. Tano formed close bonds with many members of the Order, which included Plo Koon, Barriss Offee, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Luminara Unduli as well as people outside the Order such as Padmé Amidala and Lux Bonteri, to whom she developed a romantic attraction.
Early life
"It was Master Plo Koon who found me and brought me to the Temple where I belonged…" ―Tano, to Anakin Skywalker — Listen (file info) Ahsoka Tano, a female Togruta from the planet Shili, was discovered by Jedi Master Plo Koon at the age of three while he was on that planet for a mission. Recognizing her Force sensitivity, he ensured that she would be given a home at the Jedi Temple, where she was raised in the Jedi Order. By 22 BBY,[source?] Tano considered Master Koon to be among her oldest and dearest friends and felt a large amount of gratitude to him. She was assigned to the Clawmouse Clan with many other Jedi Initiates that she would live and train with. While a Jedi Initiate, Tano received training in sand levitation by Grand Master Yoda.
"What is Ahsoka's strength?"
"She is fearless."
"That can also be a weakness...Is she a worthy apprentice?"
"No one has her kind of determination."
"Except you."
―Plo Koon and Anakin Skywalker
Lightsaber training
"I admit, Ahsoka's a little rough around the edges, but with a great deal of training… and patience… she might amount to something." ―Anakin Skywalker, on Tano — Listen (file info) Unusually skilled for for someone of her age, Ahsoka Tano practiced a wide variety of combat techniques throughout her life. As with most Initiates, the years preceding her elevation to the rank of Padawan were spent studying the first and most ancient of the classic Jedi arts: Shii-Cho, also known as "The Way of the Sarlaac". Unlike most, however, Ahsoka broadened her focus to include other styles, additionally specializing in the fast and aggressive Form IV (or, Ataru), as well as the Shien variant of Form V. Upon being apprenticed to Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka was persuaded to learn techniques of a more reserved nature. Under Anakin's tutelage, Ahsoka studied alternate Form V disciplines, alongside the sixth form of lightsaber combat, Niman, which Anakin felt would encourage a more thoughtful approach to combat. Believing his student's early training to be less than adequate if pitted against foes such as Asajj Ventress and General Grievous, Anakin hoped to prepare Ahsoka for the worst. The balanced sequences of Niman were well-suited against many blades, and Ahsoka's new Form V training would be more effective should she find herself facing Ventress once more. Hour after hour of quarterstaff training worked to prepare her for opponents wielding saberstaffs. Her technique consisted largely of rapid switches and feints, darting from one side of the battleground to the other to exhaust her opponent. The Clone Wars progressed, and the intensity of its demands only increased. The dangers of war, combined with a desire to remain unpredictable in combat lead Ahsoka to adopt the use of a second lightsaber. A short blade, referred to as a shoto, it was yellowish-green in hue, and gave the headstrong Padawan an edge in close quarters engagements. Though Ataru and Niman were designed for dual-blade fighting as well, Ahsoka elected to pursue the Jar'Kai style, in an effort to better understand Ventress' own favoured form. Ahsoka's considerable talent, honed by her master's training, personal practice and the hardships of constant battle, forged the young Togruta into a formidable opponent, and her skills were successfully tested on numerous occasions against all manner of deadly foes. Even during the early stages of the Clone War, Ahsoka proved capable of handling a trio of MagnaGuards, and by the end, going toe-to-toe with Dark Jedi such as Barriss Offee. A highly adept fighter, Ahsoka achieved the near-impossible and survived numerous one on one encounters with some of the deadliest weapons in the Separatist arsenal, such as the feared Jedi hunter General Grievous, and Count Dooku's own apprentice, Asajj Ventress -- an accomplishment considered a victory of sorts even by the most experienced Jedi.
Force powers
"Because of Ahsoka's advanced abilities, I forgot how young she is." ―Anakin Skywalker Tano possessed a strong connection to the Force, and often used it to perform the Force Jump power and other acrobatic feats. Although Tano's Force powers required more training, she was capable of performing extensive telekinetic feats, as seen during the Battle of Christophsis where she pulled down a large wall in order to save Skywalker from a group of retail droids. Tano was also skilled in the use of the Force push power, which she used to save the life of Luminara Unduli. Tano also had a strong Force sense, able to sense 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 the Jedi Mind trick. With great effort, Tano could create two duplicates of herself that mirrored her movements and were able to deflect blaster fire.
Other abilities
"When I was out there, alone, all I had was your training and the lessons you taught me. And because of you, I did survive. And not only that, I was able to lead others to survive as well." ―Ahsoka Tano, to Anakin Skywalker after the skirmish on Wasskah In addition to her Force powers and lightsaber combat skills, Tano possessed advanced visuospatial awareness, aided by the hollow spaces in her montrals that gathered information ultrasonically. That passive echolocation was a Togrutan ability which allowed Tano to sense the proximity and movement of physical objects around her. She used that to great effect during the Battle of Christophsis, toppling a wall on top of Anakin Skywalker and a number of droids he was fighting, timing it so that Skywalker was cleared by a broken gap in the falling slab, whereas the droids were crushed. Tano was also a talented pilot and also displayed potential as a skilled war strategist by leading an attack that penetrated a Separatist blockade on Ryloth. Tano was also trained by her master to quickly analyze technical scans of enemy ships. Tano also displayed skill in hand to hand combat as she was able to easily overpower 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 at the time. 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. While she was a prisoner of Trandoshan hunters, Tano was able to kill the Trandoshan hunters, Dar, and his father, Garnac, by only using hand to hand combat and Force powers. Tano also showed a considerable knowledge of mechanics which she had learned from her Master. She was able to use 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, Kenobi and Skywalker had crashed on the planet. Tano had the ability to understand Shyriiwook, as demonstrated her translation for Chewbacca while captured on Wasskah.
"I mean for me as a fan, in the introduction of her, when we first discussed that, um... I was kinda like wow, you know, I remember saying to George but you know, Anakin doesn't have a Padawan. Then you can imagine me saying that to him, as we were presented with the idea, you know, I mean let's put it realistically here, I mean, you know, he says: Anakin Skywalker has a Padawan and then Henry Gilory and I kinda look at each other like Ok.... Um... eh... But no, Anakin doesn't have a Padawan. And he's just kind of paused and looked at both of us, and then he said: Anakin Has a Padawan. "
―Dave Filoni, in Rebel Force Radio, describing the first time George Lucas presented the idea of Anakin having a Padawan
Ahsoka Tano is voiced by Ashley Eckstein in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film and 2008 television series. The film serves as the introduction to the animated series on Cartoon Network. Ahsoka Tano is one of the main protagonists throughout both the film and the series, along with Skywalker and Kenobi.
Initially, George Lucas presented Dave Filoni and Henry Gilroy the idea of Anakin Skywalker having a Padawan. Initially, they couldn't believe the idea of Anakin having a Padawan, but George Lucas insisted it was true. The character was originally going to be named Ashla. Lucas replaced the name "Ashla" with "Ashoka" after Ashoka the Great, the Indian Emperor of the Maurya Dynasty. Henry Gilroy then tweaked it to "Ahsoka" to make her name unique. Ahsoka Tano was one of the first characters that Filoni drew when he was working at Lucasfilm,[source?] inspired by San, the female wolf-riding protagonist of the 1997 Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke. Ahsoka's facial markings were partially inspired by those of San. Lucas first publicly mentioned the character during his appearance at the Museum of Television and Radio's PALEY Festival in April 2007. On January 29, 2008, StarWars.com formally introduced the character as part of one of its daily updates.
According to Lucas in April 2008, the character was eleven years old when The Clone Wars series began. In the July 2008 novelization by Karen Traviss, Ahsoka tells Anakin "I'm fourteen", but her retort in that scene was rewritten to exclude mention of her age by the time the film debuted the next month. Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide by Jason Fry released the same day as Traviss' novelization also said she was fourteen.[source?] Conversely, the StarWars.com Databank from 2008 to 2011 merely says "graduated to Padawan at an early age". Ashley Eckstein wrote "By the time we meet Ahsoka in The Clone Wars, she is fourteen" in 2018.
Tano appeared to utilize the lightsaber combat form of Shien, which involves holding the lightsaber with a reversed grip. Skywalker attempted to break her out of that habit in the series and teach her to use Form V with a standard grip. She will, however, still use Shien in a pinch.
Non-canon appearances
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•Ahsoka Tano on Wikipedia
•Ahsoka Tano at the Internet Movie Database
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The Clone Wars (2008–2014; 2020) Ahsoka is a main character in six of the seven seasons of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. She is a padawan-commander of the 501st Legion in the Grand Army of the Republic and continues to learn the ways of the Jedi as Anakin's apprentice.
