Ahsoka Tano/Legends

"You're reckless, little one. You never would have made it as Obi-Wan's Padawan... but you might make it as mine."

- Anakin to Ahsoka following the Battle of Christophsis

Ahsoka Tano, nicknamed Snips by her master, was a Togruta Jedi Padawan during the Clone Wars who was assigned to Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker by Jedi Master Yoda, and showed an eagerness to prove herself worthy to be his apprentice. Tano was involved in the defeat of the Separatist army on Christophsis and was important to Republic efforts during the Battle of Teth. Indeed, along with Skywalker, Tano was instrumental in acquiring the Galactic Republic 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 Hutts.

Along with her Master, Tano proved a key figure during the events surrounding the Separatist superweapon, the Malevolence, a ship capable of destroying entire Republic fleets. Partially due to her involvement in the crisis, the Republic was able to destroy the superweapon, removing yet another advantage possessed by the Confederacy. Later, Tano would battle with the feared General Grievous himself, becoming one of the few Jedi to survive such an encounter with the cyborg.

Along with Jedi Master Luminara Unduli, Tano was involved in the failed Republic effort to foil a mission mounted by Asajj Ventress to rescue Viceroy Nute Gunray and engaged the Dark Jedi in an extended duel. Later, she was a key figure in the rescue of Jedi Master Aayla Secura during the Battle of Quell and participated in the defense of Maridun. Notably Tano helped to ensure the deadly Blue Shadow Virus was not released into key Republic systems by Separatists and fought in the gruelling Battle of Ryloth.

Early Life
"It was Master Plo Koon who found me and brought me to the Temple where I belonged..."

- Ahsoka to Anakin Skywalker

Ahsoka Tano was discovered by Jedi Master Plo Koon at a young age during a mission to Shili and was raised in the Jedi Temple. Tano considered Master Koon to be among her oldest and dearest friends by 22 BBY and felt a large amount of gratitude to him for discovering her Force sensitivity and ensuring that she would be given a home at the Jedi Temple.

Battle of Christophsis
Tano was promoted to the rank of Padawan earlier than normal by Master Yoda and assigned to Anakin Skywalker in hopes that it would teach Anakin a greater sense of responsibility.



The Jedi High Council hoped that as Ahsoka became more independent, her Master would learn to let go of his problematic sense of attachment. Then they sent the Padawan to Christophsis to join Anakin, hoping to aid him in the current battle and pass on a message. Though it was presumed she was going to be Obi-Wan Kenobi's Padawan, she revealed that she was assigned to Skywalker. Unfortunately, CIS General Whorm Loathsom had activated the deflector shield and had his droid armies advance behind it, negating the use of artillery. Master and Padawan then tried to figure out how to get inside the shield and destroy the generator. They hid beneath a box and waited till the droids passed before they carefully sneaked in. Unluckily, they accidentally bumped into a droideka. Ahsoka was intent on fighting, but Anakin insisted on running. He then told her to stop, allowing them to slash the rolling droid as it passed them. When they reached the generator, Ahsoka accidentally tripped a number of sensors, alerting retail droids to their presence. Anakin distracted the droids while Ahsoka planted explosive charges on the generator. One of the droids approached her from behind, but she managed to slice it in half with her lightsaber.

Unfortunately, the droid's "body" rolled over more sensors, alerting more retail droids. Seeing her master outnumbered, she saw that Anakin and the droids were underneath a wall with a convenient hole in the middle. She used the Force to bring down the wall. Anakin passed through it, while the droids around him were crushed. Ahsoka then activated the charges, blowing up the generator, enabling artillery to finish off the droid legions.

Though they were as different to one another as a Master and apprentice could be, Anakin and Ahsoka quickly found a common ground, which left Yoda wondering whether the responsibility of mentoring a Padawan would actually calm Anakin's wild ways, or if he'd simply pass them on to his new charge.

Battle of Teth
"Kidnapped, Jabba the Hutt's son has been. Negotiate the treaty with Jabba, Obi-Wan will. Find the renegades that hold Jabba's son, your mission will be, Skywalker."

- Yoda referring to Rotta.



After Christophsis, Master and Padawan were dispatched to find and rescue Jabba the Hutt's kidnapped son Rotta, whom scouts located on the planet Teth. The success of their mission was vital to completing negotiations with the gangster for trade routes in the Outer Rim Territories. En route, Ahsoka gave the troops an account of how she "saved" Skywalker from the retail droids. Upon arriving at Teth, it proved impossible to land at the monastery, which forced them to land at the base of the mesa. The only way to reach the monastery was by scaling the vertical cliff walls. Master and apprentice treated it like a race and began their climb to the top.

Ahsoka got aboard an AT-TE, defending it from dwarf spider droid fire when its gunner was shot. STAPs nearly caused the AT-TE to lose grip and likely would have succeeded had Anakin not commandeered one of the STAPs to destroy the others. Once at the top, she used the AT-TE cannon to save her master from three droidekas.

After securing the Monastery, they discovered a protocol droid named 4A-7 who informed them the Huttlet was being held in the dungeons. After dispatching a few battle droids, they found Rotta, who was found to be just a baby, and whom Ahsoka thought was cute. Unfortunately, while trying to load the Huttlet, whom Ahsoka had nicknamed "Stinky," into a pack, a recording of their actions was taken by 4A-7, who was actually the servant of Asajj Ventress. Ventress transmitted the recording to Count Dooku to convince Jabba that the Jedi had been the ones who kidnapped Rotta. With an army of droids sent to "retrieve" the Huttlet, the Jedi had to find an alternate way off the planet, as the Huttlet was sick. When the gunship sent to retrieve them was shot down, they spotted another landing platform. Ahsoka had a brief duel with Ventress before her master picked her up on the back of a Can-cell, followed by Artoo. They discovered a ship, with 4A-7 at the foot of the ramp. When battle droids descended from the ship, it became obvious to Ahsoka that 4A-7 was a spy. She then destroyed the battle droids and decapitated 4A-7. They commandeered the ship and attempted to land on the Spirit of the Republic but its hangar was destroyed before they could land. With no other options left to them, they traveled to Tatooine directly in the old freighter. While in transit, Ahsoka was able to treat Rotta with medicine on board the ship, saving his life.

Duel on Tatooine


The Twilight arrived at Anakin's homeworld, Tatooine, but they were shot down by MagnaGuards. Fortunately, they survived the crash and made their way across the Dune Sea to Jabba's Palace. Ahsoka wished to know more of her master's life on the planet but he refused to talk about it. On the way, however, both Ahsoka and Skywalker sensed a trap. Ahsoka separated from her master, taking the Huttlet with her. As Anakin faced Count Dooku, Ahsoka was forced to contend with three MagnaGuards single-handedly. Though it was difficult, she was able to defeat them and deliver Rotta to his father before Jabba, believing the Jedi had kidnapped him, could have Anakin executed. Jabba believed the Jedi were still using him however and ordered them killed. Luckily, at the last moment, Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo appeared via hologram with testimony that Jabba's uncle, Ziro, was responsible for Rotta's kidnapping. Once the truth was made known, Jabba promised the Republic safe passage through his territory in the Outer Rim, provided they promise to bring Dooku to justice for his crimes. Ziro would be punished severely by the Hutts. Ahsoka and Anakin were then picked up by Obi-Wan and Yoda.

Battle of Gwori
After Jedi Master Mace Windu briefed a gathering of Jedi and highlighted a key issue in the war; that the Separatists vastly out numbered the Republic in terms of ships, Master Kenobi suggested a surgical strike on the InterGalactic Banking Clan warship building factories. It soon became clear that the Gwori System was the prime target, yet due to the Republic forces being too splintered, it would be impossible to launch an all-out attack. Further complicating a possible strike team's sabotage attempt was a gigantic bio-scan-irradiator-incinerator that would kill any organics on ships that pass through it. Anakin then concocted a plan that would successfully bypass this complication; the strike team would freeze themselves in carbonite, which would resist the radiation produced by the incinerator.

Anakin ordered Ahsoka to not participate in the mission, however, after he and the strike team were frozen, she manipulated Admiral Wullf Yularen into believing that Skywalker had decided to reverse his order and to allow Ahsoka to be frozen and accompany the team on world. As R2-D2 piloted the frozen teams' shuttle to the planet's surface, a Separatist commander noticed an irregularity and ordered the ship fired upon. Artoo had the carbonite slabs strewn from the ship, and moments before it was destroyed, escaped from it himself.

Artoo freed Ahsoka from her carbonite slab, who in turn freed the rest of the strike team; her Master being less than impressed to discover that she had disobeyed his commands. While the team located the Separatist shipyards, they were unable to contact the Republic bombers, due to the Separatists having jammed all communications. However, Ahsoka noticed a communications tower near by and after fighting their way in, the team commuminicated with Masters Plo Koon and Saesee Tiin who organized that the bombers would strike at dawn.

Unfortunately, the overseer of the shipyards, Juhm, noticed the unauthorized transmission and attempted to destroy the comm tower; however, the Republic team escaped and split up. B2 super battle droids equipped with jetpacks trailed Ahsoka and her strike team into a cave, where she was forced to kill a large reptilian carnivore. Kenobi and Skywalker soon learned that the Separatists were using organic slaves to build warships; quite surprising due to it being far less productive than the use of droids. Later, the remnants of the strike team - Ahsoka, Anakin, Obi-Wan and Rex - were captured. Skywalker and Ahsoka came to an agreement to trust each other and the group then proceeded to escape.

In addition, the Separatist slaves revolted and joined the Jedi strike team. However, upon the arrival of the Republic forces, and the destruction of half of the shipyards, the escape craft of the Jedi and slaves was nearly destroyed by friendly fire, though, after transmitting to the Republic forces, the situation of mistaken identity was resolved. The freed Separatist slaves were made Republic citizens, who then volunteered for the work of building warships for the Republic.

Slavers
On Kiros, a Togruta colony world under the control of the Separatists, Ahsoka was apprehensive due to the horrors faced by her people. While Obi-Wan "negotiated" with Commander Ugg, the Master-Padawan team of Anakin and Ahsoka disabled all the bombs around the city, except the one near Ugg's escape ship. Afterwards, they discovered that the entire planet's population had disappeared. Meanwhile, Ugg's computers indicated that he was talking to someone in the Zygerrian system, a system of slave traders.

After making contact with Grand Master Yoda, the Jedi were informed by the diminutive Master, that Dooku had begun to spread lies about the Republic destroying the population of Kiros. When told about the Zygerrians, Yoda recounted how the Jedi crushed their empire on the orders of the Republic. Anakin ordered everybody to get ready and for the ship to jump to the Zygerrian system while Obi-Wan informed Ahsoka about how Anakin was once a slave, causing this mission to effect him somewhat.

Aboard the Twilight, the Jedi hid in an asteroid field, which was all that remained of the homeworld of the Shi'Kar after it was struck by a comet. Smugglers, scavengers and pirates used it as a haven as Republic cruisers were unable to maneuver safely through the asteroid field. The Jedi and the Zygerrian's engaged in combat, though they were soon forced back and Ahsoka was captured by the captain of the Zygerrian slave ship.

The captain used Ahsoka's comlink to try to strike a deal, but Anakin, Obi-Wan and Rex were already in space-suits and mounting a rescue mission. Once aboard, the small group took the Zygerrian's captive and discovered that Queen Miraj planned to auction off the captured Togrutas in an attempt to bring the Zygerrians back to prominence. As such, the Jedi formulated a plan to use Ahsoka as merchandise in order to thwart Miraj's plans.

However on Zygerria, sensitive because of his former life as a slave, Anakin sent Ahsoka back to Kenobi and Rex and continued to the Royal Palace alone. Later, whilst attempting to enter the palace discreetly, the trio discovered the governor of Kiros, Roshti, imprisoned and released him. Unfortunately, after freeing the governor, they were spotted by guards and forced to flee the palace; with Obi-Wan and Roshti being captured by the Zygerrians. Later, Ahsoka and Rex were contacted by Anakin who had managed to infiltrate the inner cirle of Queen Miraj and needed her to pretend to be his slave.

Back at the palace, Ahsoka assumed the identity of Princess Zaa Vashee, heiress to the throne of Shilli. Impressed, Miraj wished to know the price for her, and Anakin, wishing to further impress the queen offered "Princess Zaa" to her as a gift. Shortly afterwards, Miraj began the auction; with Obi-Wan being included as the Queen wanted to assert that even Jedi could be enslaved. To prevent the Jedi Master's torture, Rex created a distraction and Anakin broke his cover to attack Obi-Wan's captors. Though Ahsoka did manage to fell her guard, she still wore a slaves collar and was easily shocked into submission by Queen Miraj, while Kenobi, Skywalker and Rex were ultimately overpowered by slavers.

While Kenobi, Rex and Ahsoka were transported to a secret processing facility, Anakin was forced to become Miraj's personal slave; lest his friends be killed.

The Malevolence
Sometime afterward, there was distress as news spread of a secret Separatist weapon that had destroyed over a dozen Republic warships, leaving no survivors. Plo Koon, the Jedi that had brought Ahsoka to the Jedi Temple, went to the Abregado system with three attack cruisers to track down the weapon. Anakin Skywalker's fleet was stationed in the nearby Bith system at the time, with Ahsoka accompanying her Master. Plo contacted them and warmly greeted Ahsoka, revealing to Skywalker his padawan and the Master's prior acquaintanceship. Communications, however, were then cut off as the Malevolence approached Koon's small fleet. Anakin then contacted the Jedi Council, informing them of the situation. The taskforce appeared to have been destroyed, and Master Plo was assumed dead. Master Windu then assigned Skywalker's taskforce to protect vital convoy missions, but Ahsoka, obviously not wanting to give up on her old friend, interrupted to urge the Council to go searching for Master Plo. However she was chided for her impetuous outburst, and after the conference, Anakin scolded her for speaking out of turn. Anakin then gave orders to Admiral Yularen to deploy the task force to protect against any enemies who may be a threat to the convoys, while he and Ahsoka flew the Twilight to 'scout ahead'. The Twilight arrived in the Abregado system, but rather than search for the secret weapon, Anakin ordered R2-D2 to calibrate the sensors to look for life-forms. Anakin had bent the rules to look for Plo Koon, much to Ahsoka's surprise. Skywalker explained to his Padawan that he had always intended to look for survivors, but he was trying to teach to Ahsoka a lesson on to use discretion. Anakin had chosen to creatively interpret his mandate, rather than be directly confrontational as Ahsoka had been. They searched the field of debris with no luck. Obi-Wan then contacted them telling them to return to the defensive escorts. As they were about to turn around, Artoo picked up a distress signal and they decided to continue searching. They were still unable to find Plo.

Supreme Chanceller Palpatine then contacted them, ordering them to listen to the Jedi Council and rejoin the convoys. However, just as they were about to head back, Ahsoka sensed Master Plo's presence and started piloting the Twilight herself towards him. She and Anakin found Master Plo and a handful of his clones to be the only survivors from the attack, and brought them aboard the Twilight, giving immediate medical attention to the wounded clones.

Koon informed them that the "secret weapon" that the Separatists were using was an ion cannon that disables all electronic systems, rendering their ships defenseless. At that point the Malevolence passed by, forcing them to shut down all systems before it could detect them. Yet, they forgot to shut off the medical droid, TB-2. It was detected by the Malevolence, which responded by firing the ion cannon. The Twilight managed to escape the ion wave by jumping into hyperspace, taking knowledge of the Separatist weapon with them. Shortly thereafter, Anakin devised a plan to utilize the newly acquired BTL-B Y-wing starfighters as in a daring attack upon the Malevolence, primarily focusing on targeting General Grievous to ensure a speedier resolution to the war. The Republic plotted the course of the Separatist super weapon to the Kaliida Shoals Medical Center, where over 60,000 wounded clones were being cared for. In an attempt to arrive there before it, the strike force made its way through the Balmorran Run; however, the small force had not reckoned on encountering neebray mantas. After barely escaping with their lives, the strike team engaged in battle with the Malevolence, taking several casualties. When it became apparent that the original plan would fail, Ahsoka, acting as her Master's gunner, suggested a change in tactics. In line with her suggestion, Master Koon devised an attack plan. The remaining starfighters fired upon one of the ion cannons as it was charging up, causing it to overload, thereby destroying both the port and starboard super weapons. After the destruction of the ion cannons, Master Kenobi arrived in the system with three Republic ships that began pursuit of the fleeing Malevolence. Due to the Malevolence being so large that it could withstand the barrage of fire being thrown at it by Masters Kenobi and Koon, Anakin and Ahsoka contacted Jedi Master Luminara Unduli to request reinforcements, though the Mirialan Jedi Master was unable to oblige due to being involved in a skirmish with a Separatist fleet herself. As the battle continued, Ahsoka discovered that a small Naboo ship had entered the system; and aboard was none other than Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo, who thought she had been sent on a diplomatic mission to the region. Unfortunately, the Senator became caught in the Malevolence's tractor beam and was taken captive aboard it. While Anakin and Obi-Wan mounted a mission to rescue Amidala, Ahsoka remained with the Republic forces to aid Master Plo Koon. Soon, the small task force escaped the Malevolence with the Senator. Onboard, Anakin had reset the navicomputer to cause it to collide with a nearby moon, destroying it instantly.

A Droid Gone Missing
After the Republic suffered a series of defeats at the hands of General Grievous, Ahsoka was commissioned to participate in the defense of Bothawui along with her Master and his battle group. Ahsoka commanded the Republic flagship, while her Master led a starfighter assault. While the Republic managed to repel Grievous, Anakin's ship was destroyed in the battle, and though he was able to be recovered, R2-D2 was not. Anakin believed that the droid had survived the ships destruction and he and Ahsoka mounted a mission aimed at recovering him.

Ahsoka encouraged the use of the replacement droid R3-S6, especially after she and her Master failed to recover Artoo. Later Anakin mounted a mission to discover a listening post used by Grievous; however, due to the ineptitude of Arthee, he found himself in dire trouble. Fortunately, the timely intervention of Ahsoka and Rex ensured that Anakin escaped.

Mission to Skytop Station
Still hunting for R2-D2, Ahsoka and Anakin followed a signal that Anakin felt was from the missing astromech and arrived at Skytop Station, the listening post used by General Grievous. Anakin seperated from Ahsoka and left Rex the small clone task force under her command to go plant explosive charges to destroy the station's reactors while he went to locate Artoo. Ahsoka found herself face to face with General Grievous, who caught the group by surprise. Although a padawan, she distinguished herself by being one of the extreme few to face the cyborg in Arthee was a separatist spy droid under the General's command. Arthree revealed Ahsoka's location when she hid from Grievous after he proved to be too much for her to battle. Grievous caught hold of Ahsoka's neck, took her lightsaber and told her it would be added to his collection. Yet, as he was distracted by the explosions from the charges set by the clones, the Ahsoka managed to slice off the cyborg's left hand, used the Force to retreive her lightsaber, and escaped through the vents. She then made her way to the landing bay where she helped her Master and the clones fight against B2 super battle droids and 88th Flight. After Artoo had managed to open the blast doors to the landing bay that was keeping the  Twilight from escaping, Ahsoka, Anakin, and the clones exited as the station plummeted down through the planet's atmosphere. Ahsoka reassured Rex as Anakin left in his Delta-7B to retrieve Artoo.

Capture of Gunray
"If it isn't the hairless harpy." "If it isn't Skywalker's filthy, obnoxious little pet."

- Ahsoka and Asajj Ventress exchange verbal blows

After the Mission to Skytop Station, Ahsoka was assigned on Luminara Unduli's ship to guard the Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray, who had been captured on Rodia. She threatened Gunray during his interrogation, earning a chastising from Unduli. When the ship was boarded by super battle droids, she stayed at Gunray's cell while Unduli dealt with the droids.

Ahsoka then faced Asajj Ventress when the dark assassin broke into the detention level to free Nute Gunray. However, Ahsoka was tricked and was locked in Gunray's cell. Unduli came to her rescue, though, and the two briefly fought Ventress together. Unduli insisted on chasing Asajj alone, despite Ahsoka's warning. Eventually, Ahsoka decided to go help Master Luminara, and the two dueled Ventress together. Although the traitor Captain Argyus and the Rattataki assassin successfully rescued Gunray, it was not a total loss because their ship was being tracked. Ahsoka spoke with her master, who told her to meet him at a rendezvous point, then departed after saying goodbye to Luminara. She also briefed the Jedi Master Kit Fisto on the possible whereabouts of Gunray.

Capture of Dooku
When Ahsoka's master, Anakin, went to locate Count Dooku, he and Obi-Wan Kenobi contacted Ahsoka to command the Resolute to destroy the fleet Dooku had with him. Later, the two Jedi were trapped in a cave on Vanqor, Ahsoka rescued them by opening the cave to let them out, and then again by ordering her clones to reseal the cave as a Gundark advanced on them from within. Later, when the Republic wanted to negotiate a deal between pirates on Florrum to obtain captivity of Dooku, Anakin and Obi-Wan went to confirm that they were holding Dooku. They were captured themselves, but later escaped, with some assistance from Jar Jar.



Anakin's Revival
The Resolute later assisted Jedi Knight Aayla Secura's cruiser, which was being heavily attacked by three Separatist Munificent frigates. Ahsoka, her master and a platoon went to assist on LAAT/i gunships. Her master used the jump droids as stepping stones to get inside Aayla's ship, while Ahsoka and the troops got in when their gunship was shot down and penetrated the hull of the destroyer. Since the cruiser had sustained extensive damage, they had no choice but to escape its imminent destruction by using a docked Consular ship. On their way, they saw an explosive blast approaching them, so Anakin used a Force push to through the others ahead while he held off the blast by closing blast doors with the Force. After the blast dissipated, Ahsoka managed to haul an unconscious Anakin out of the wreckage and brought him inside the ship. But before they could dock with the Resolute to give him medical attention, blasts knock out the pilot, accidentally engaging the hyperdrive. Ahsoka piloted the ship as the Resolute withdrew, and upon entering hyperspace, they quickly realized that the navicomputer was not correctly set before the hyperdrive was activated, sending them on course for a nearby star. Aayla ordered all the power systems to be shut down to reset the navicomputer. Ahsoka protested that it would include shutting down life support for Anakin, however was convinced by Aayla that they otherwise would not survive. After shutting down and restarting the ship's systems, Ahsoka managed to slingshot the ship around the star, but after the stress the ship endured and the rate of speed at which they were going, they were on a collision course with a nearby planet. Ahsoka successfully kept all of the occupants alive with her maneuvers, despite the damage the ship sustained from the crash landing, garnering praise for her piloting skills from Secura.

Once they settled camp, they had to find help for Anakin and found proof of sentient life in the form a tablet with a carving of a tree on it. Ahsoka volunteered to stay behind, however, Aayla explained to her that the two of them had to work together. Rex reassured Ahsoka that he would stand guard over Anakin, while the others went to search for help. While she was with Aayla, Ahsoka learned from the Twilek master the Jedi Code of having no personal attachments. After losing three clone troopers to indigenous animals, they found a village of Lurmen, who had settled on the planet to escape the war. Though they were adamant in not participating in the Republic's conflict with the Separatists, they did agree to give Anakin medical attention. One of the Lurmen, Wag Too accompanied Ahsoka and Bly, to go retrieve Skywalker. They arrived at the camp in time to save Anakin and Rex from aggressive mastif phalones. After bringing Anakin back to the village for Wag Too to treat, Ahsoka admitted to Aayla that if she had stayed with her master, then they would have never found this village.



Battle of Maridun
As Anakin was healing his injuries, a Separatist ship appeared on Maridun, and the Jedi and clones were forced to flee so that the Lurmen would not be slaughtered for their presence. Ahsoka couldn't understand the Lurmen not wanting to fight, but Aayla told her that it took courage to follow one's beliefs. A probe droid discovered them, and after Ahsoka, Rex and Bly gave chase, Aayla was able to destroy it. Climbing a tree, they discovered that the Separatists had set up a station, and were testing a new weapon and planning on using it on the Lurmen colony. That night, the group took out the Separatists' communications and stole a shuttle, but instead of leaving the planet, they went back to the Lurmen colony. Tee Watt Kaa was adamant against receiving help from the Jedi, but Anakin managed to convince him to let them stand by their beliefs. The Jedi set up a deflector shield, and they were able to withstand the defoliator. The Jedi were able to defeat the first wave of droids, but the second wave of droids was much larger in strength, and the droids managed to get past the Jedi and destroy the shield generators. General Lok Durd ordered the defoliator reloaded, but before it could be fired, Anakin destroyed it and captured him. Meanwhile, Wag Too led an assault on the droids against the wishes of his father, and the Lurmen tied up the remaining droids with rope. Ahsoka was able to destroy the disarmed droids. Later, as the Jedi prepared to leave, Wag Too gave the Jedi his thanks. Tee Watt Kaa did as well, but wondered what price it had come at. The Resolute and two other Venator-class cruisers came out of hyperspace; Admiral Yularen was apparently able to find the Jedi on his own.

Mission to Naboo
"By the way... your Padawan was brilliant."

- Padmé Amidala on Ahsoka's performance during the mission.

The Jedi Council later sent Ahsoka, along with Anakin and Obi-Wan, to Naboo in response to intelligence that suggested that a Separatist bio-lab had been set up on the planet. When contact with Senator Amidala and Representative Jar Jar Binks, who had begun the search for the lab, was lost, Anakin sent Ahsoka along with the Gungan native Peppi Bow to locate them. While they searched the swamp where Binks and Amidala disappeared, they accidentally found a spy cam. While hiding from the spy cam, Ahsoka contacted Anakin and Obi-Wan who told her to detonate a bomb in the south bunker to create a distraction. She levitated a thermal detonator using the Force and dropped it right on the hatch. Ahsoka then told Peppi to stay outside the lab and stop anyone from leaving, while she continued into the lab. Once inside she acted as a distraction, drawing battle droids to her so that Anakin would be free to rescue Amidala and Binks, which he was ultimately able to do. Luckily, the Jedi were also able to capture Dr. Nuvo Vindi, the scientist in charge of the lab, and prevent him from releasing the deadly Blue Shadow Virus.

While Kenobi and Skywalker prepared to transfer Vindi for trial, Ahsoka, Amidala and several clones went about further securing the lab, only to discover that a vile of the virus was missing. Though they were able to sound the alarm, it was not in time, and Vindi's still at large personal assistant droid was able to detonate a bomb releasing the virus throughout the lab. Fortunately, Amidala and Jar Jar were in a safe room at the time and avoided infection, though Ahsoka and the clones with her were not so lucky. Despite her deteriorating condition Ahsoka aided Amidala in ridding the lab of battle droids; during which Amidala herself became infected by the virus.

Fortunately, moments before Ahsoka succumbed to the effects of the virus, Anakin and Obi-Wan returned with the antidote which they had acquired on the planet Iego, curing her, Amidala and a majority of the clones.

Battle Over Ryloth
After Techno Union Foreman Wat Tambor took control of the planet Ryloth and its inhabitants, the Jedi Council dispatched Anakin and Ahsoka to destroy the blockade surrounding the planet, to clear the way for the invasion forces. Ahsoka, and her new droid, R7-A7, led a squadron for the first time, leading Blue Squadron as Blue Leader. She led her squadron from the Resolute and proceeded to attack the incoming Vulture droids, and managed to cut a clean path straight to the control ship. However, after Separatist reinforcements arrived, she disobeyed a direct order from Admiral Yularen and Anakin to retreat. Vulture droids began to plunder the Resolute on suicidal runs, and Ahsoka turned back, but on the way lost half her battle group. After the Republic forces retreated, she was extremely shaken. After Anakin tried to comfort her, she found the injured Admiral Yularen unconscious in the medical bay, and mournfully apologized for her failure.

Anakin received orders to continue with the plan despite possessing only half his original forces. Ahsoka, now adamant against taking command for anything because her earlier failure, questioned Anakin's readiness, and Anakin ordered her back to her quarters to "cool off". Later, alarms started to sound, and Ahsoka found from a passerby clone trooper that the Defender was being ordered to evacuate. Arriving in the hangar bay of the Resolute, she found that Anakin had devised a plan to pilot the Defender alone and ram it into the lead control ship, thereby leaving outmaneuverable droids in charge of the blockade. Ahsoka was overwhelmed, now given more pressure with the added responsibility of her Master's life, but before she could stop Anakin, he left for the Defender and left her in charge of the remaining forces. Ahsoka was extremely hesitant about devising a plan to take out the remaining blockade. When she devised a plan to angle the hull of the Resolute toward the blockade, acting as a screen so the fighters could launch, the navigation officer of the Resolute was doubtful of her plan, but she received support from a recovered Admiral Yularen. After Anakin rammed the Defender into the lead control ship and its commander, Mar Tuuk, fled, the Resolute came out of hyperspace, and Ahsoka successfully led fighters to destroy the remaining frigates in the blockade. Three Acclamator-class ships then came out of hyperspace, the lead ship carrying Obi-Wan Kenobi and Mace Windu. Obi-Wan conferred with Ahsoka, and she told him that they were clear for ground assault, but Obi-Wan did not even want to know where the rest of Anakin's fleet was, or why he was in an escape pod, and Ahsoka said that was probably for the best. Ahsoka then dispatched Rex to send a shuttle to pick up Anakin's escape pod.

Ahsoka also confronted the bounty hunter Cad Bane with her master.

Personality and traits
While Ahsoka demonstrated moderate behavioral traits, she was also plagued by several more aggressive tendencies, some stemming from her Togrutan predator nature. When in combat, she displayed an extreme determination to win at all costs. Similar to her master's disposition, she would also occasionally sulk when things didn't go her way. She often talked down to others in battle, behaving as if she was superior to them, mirroring the attitude of her master. This extended to her behavior towards enemies, as she often came up with degrading pet names for them, such as referring to the IG-100 MagnaGuards as 'stick-tinnies'.

In accordance with her predatory Togrutan nature, she was known to be quite aggressive in her postures and actions; willing to use terror and threats as a means to get information. Even though Tano obviously did not intend to follow through with any of these threats, her behavior caused concern on the part of the venerable Jedi Master Luminara Unduli, who felt Ahsoka's actions were not in accordance with the Jedi way.

Ahsoka Tano absolutely adored being with her master and was proud of her position as his apprentice, though Anakin did not realize this. Ahsoka immediately adopted a very informal attitude with Anakin, nicknaming him "Skyguy". However, once something of a formal Master-Padawan relationship had been established, Ahsoka addressed Anakin as "Master" just as a Padawan was expected to do. In retaliation for his dubbing as "Skyguy", Anakin began to refer to her as "Snips" from time to time because of her feisty personality.

Lightsaber training
Though Ahsoka was a Padawan, she was quite skilled for a being of her age. She made use of an unorthodox Shien grip during combat. However, she was known to utilize a more standard grip at the insistence of her master. Regardless, her technique consisted of rapid switches and feints, darting from one side of the battleground to the other to exhaust her opponent. Ahsoka's combat skills were clearly quite considerable, as she was able to fight against and at least temporarily hold her ground against the likes of Asajj Ventress and General Grievous.

Force ability
Ahsoka possessed a strong connection to the Force, and often used it to perform the Force jump power and similar acrobatic feats. Although Ahsoka's Force powers required more training, she was capable of performing extensive telekinetic feats, as seen during the Battle of Christophsis and her duel against Ventress on the Tranquility; in particular, she seemed well versed in the application of the Force push power, which she used to save the life of Luminara Unduli.

Other abilities
In addition to her Force powers and lightsaber combat skills, Ahsoka possessed incredible visuospatial awareness, a Togrutan ability. She used this to great effect during the Battle of Christophsis, toppling a wall on top of Anakin Skywalker and a number of droids he was fighting, and timing it so that Skywalker was cleared by a broken window gap in it, while the droids were crushed.

Behind the scenes
Ahsoka Tano is voiced by Ashley Eckstein.

The film Star Wars: The Clone Wars serves as the introduction to the 2008 animated series on Cartoon Network. Ahsoka Tano is one of the main protagonists throughout both the film and the series, along with Obi-Wan and Anakin.



Star Wars: The Clone Wars supervising director Dave Filoni and writer Henry Gilroy initially had the idea for a female character for the series, and the idea was ultimately approved by creator/executive producer George Lucas. Lucas first publicly mentioned the character during his appearance at the Museum of Television and Radio's PALEY Festival in April 2007. StarWars.com later formally introduced the character as part of one of its daily updates. According to Lucas, the character was eleven years old when The Clone Wars series begins. However, the StarWars.com Databank, The Clone Wars visual guide, and the novel say she was fourteen by the time she was chosen as Anakin Skywalker's Padawan.

Ahsoka appears to utilize the lightsaber combat form of Shien, which involves holding the lightsaber with a reversed grip. Anakin will attempt to break her of this habit in the series and teach her to use Form V with a standard grip. She will however still use Shien in a pinch.

Ahsoka wears an akul-tooth headdress, which could only be worn by Togrutas who had single-handedly killed one of the fierce akul creatures: an impressive feat for one so young.

Dave Filoni had originally named Ahsoka Ashla, presumably meant to reference the character of the same name seen in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

Non-canon appearances

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