So the Ahsoka show is only a very short time away and I know that a lot of you will not have seen the hundreds of hours of tv, books and comics that fill in Ahsoka’s backstory before and and after her mandalorian appearance. Ahsoka’s story is a key part of not only the fall of Anakin Skywalker, but also to the galaxy as a whole, going from jedi, to street urchin, to rebel, to something far greater.
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So we’re going to dive deep into Ahsoka’s story in the Star Wars canon, going all the way from her birth, to her possible transcendence… with this, you’re going to find out everything you need to know about her before her LIve action series begins.
- Part 1: The Birth of Ahsoka and Her Discovery by Master Plo Koon
Ahsoka’s life begins on the outer rim world of Shili, where she is born to a loving togruta mother and father. She is soon discovered to be force sensitive but nothing much comes of it for a long time. She remains on the planet like any other child of her species would. But then on one dark and gloomy day, a Jedi from the Zygerian species named Latrans shos up and offers to bring Ahsoka to the Jedi temple back on coruscant. Her parents and the rest of their togruta villiage are extremely happy and begin to celebrate the occasion, preparing to send Ahsoka off for a new life. Latrans then takes Ahsoka into her arms and begins travelling back to her ship, but Ahsoka was quickly able to sense that something was eerily off about this Master. Latrans was no Jedi, but instead a bounty hunter hoping to capture Ahsoka and bring her into the Zygerrian slave trade. Having felt this distrubance, Ahsoka runs for her life and used a very similar ability to Grogu in the Mandalorian to call out to a real Jedi to come and rescue her. Either way, her force call actually worked and Jedi Master Plo Koon soon arrived on Shili, to attempt to save the young Togruta from the clutches of the evil Zygerrian slavers.
Now at this point, Ahsoka had to make a very difficult decision. She had to choose to trust either the scary, masked face of Plo Koon, or the beautiful face of Latrans. Thankfully, Ahsoka chose plo koon, teaching her the very valuable lesson “never judge a book by its cover”.
- Part 2: Ahsoka’s initiation and apprenticeship in the Jedi Order
This is where Ahsoka’s story begins for many people. Ahsoka’s introduction in the Clone Wars movie of 2008. Here she begins as a snippy little Padawan with no respect for her Masters and no restraint in battle. Obi-Wan Kenobi believes initially that she is supposed to be his Padawan, but Yoda confirms that no, Ahsoka will train under A nakin. And despite not seeming like it, this was the best possible choice for her. Now this is actually crazy to think about because in Attack of the Clones takes place only takes place about a month or 2 before the movie. The impatient, arrogant and feisty young Anakin is hoisted with a huge responsibility, a student of his own. It is also here where Ahsoka meets Captain Rex for the First time, beginning their long and prosperous friendship.
This leads into Ahsoka’s first major responsibility at the Battle of Ryloth, where she is given her first Squadron command of the Clone Wars. During the battle she was lured deep into a Separatist trap, and refused to retreat despite Anakin ordering her multiple times, leading to the wipeout of a significant number of her men, causing Ahsoka great pain.
Some time later Ahsoka was put into action once again at the infamous Second Battle of Geonosis, bringing her to the location where the Clone Wars began. Displaying incredible acts of selflessness, her and fellow Padawan Barriss Offee were successful in destroying the droid factories, willing to give their own lives to do so, although thankfully that was not necessary. This was the beginning of a long and lasting friendship with Barriss, which will be extremely important in the Ahsoka series. Soon after the battle, Barriss and Ahsoka were sent to the planet Dantooine with medical supplies, but Geonosian brain worms from the surface of the planet infected their crew and soon infected their entire ship, along with Barriss Offee herself.
- Part 3: Practice Makes Perfect (Tales of the Jedi)
As the Clone Wars drag on, Anakin begins to realize that things are only getting more dangerous on the battlefield. Because of this, Anakin makes it his mission to teach Ahsoka how to survive in the absolute worst of Situations. Anakin orders Ahsoka to stand on a marked spot in the middle of a horde of her own clone troopers, and they all switch their blasters to stun before firing a barrage of shots at her. She falls to the ground every single time, failing to block their fire… This drags on over the course of the war until finally Ahsoka gets it.
- Part 4: The Daughter of Mortis