The Wrong Jedi

"Never give up hope, no matter how dark things seem."

- Moral

"The Wrong Jedi" is the twentieth and final episode of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series' fifth season. It aired on March 2, 2013.

Official description
"On trial for murder, Ahsoka faces her greatest challenge."

Plot summary
The Jedi Council is negotiating with Admiral Tarkin on what type of trial Ahsoka should have. Tarkin wants the Galactic Senate to try her, but the Council wants to have a Jedi trial. They eventually agree to let Chancellor Palpatine decide. Obi-Wan Kenobi begs the Council to represent Ahsoka in the trial saying its a Jedi's duty to stand beside their own. The Council points out the hard evidence against Ahsoka, such as the crates of nano-droids she was found among.

Ahsoka and Skywalker eventually find out that Ahoska will be put on trial by the Senate. Skywalker asks Senator Padme Amidala to represent Ahsoka in the trial and she agrees, while Anakin follows on the lead Ahsoka gave him by finding and interrogating Asajj Ventress. He eventually finds her and after a short chase, he corners her and Force Chokes her into talking. Ventress tells her side of the story, how she was knocked out by an unknown assailant and her lightsabers stolen. She points out that no ordinary person can knock her out that easily, so the assailant had to be another Jedi. Ventress tells Skywalker that Ahsoka contacted Barriss Offee before they headed to the warehouse.

Anakin returns to the Temple and questions Barriss. The Mirialan then summons Ventress' lightsabers to her hands, stunning Skywalker. They then engage in a fierce duel which eventually ends on the training grounds with Skywalker winning and Temple Guards arresting Barriss.

Just before Ahsoka is convicted, Barriss is brought to the court and confesses her crimes, under the belief that the Jedi Order had lost its way and the charges against Ahsoka are dropped. Although Ahsoka is relieved, its clear the whole ordeal has scarred her. The Council apologizes for their actions and ask Ahsoka to rejoin the Order, but to everyone's shock, she refuses and leaves. Anakin follows her and asks her to reconsider, noting that the idea of leaving the Jedi Order is something he himself has struggled with. She replies that she knows, but states that this is something she must work through on her own.

Cast

 * Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker
 * Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano
 * Nika Futterman as Asajj Ventress
 * Meredith Salenger as Barriss Offee
 * Tom Kane as the narrator and Yoda
 * Stephen Stanton as Admiral Tarkin
 * Terrence Carson as Mace Windu
 * Tim Curry as Chancellor Palpatine
 * Brian George as Ki-Adi-Mundi
 * James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Plo Koon
 * Catherine Taber as Padmé Amidala
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Saesee Tiin and Jury Foreman
 * Jeff Fischer as '''Petro

Behind the scenes
The episode was named for the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock film The Wrong Man.

This episode marked the first appearance of Tim Curry as the voice of Palpatine. Curry succeeded voice actor Ian Abercrombie after he passed away in January 2012.

In order to hide the identity of the Dark Jedi in this epsisode before release, the animators deliberately colored the Dark Jedi's lightsaber blade green instead of blue in the scene where Anakin Skywalker confiscates it in the preview. The shot at the end of the episode where Ahsoka Tano leaves the Jedi Order is based on an actual photograph on the East Bay sky, which had been photograph by series director Dave Filoni during the episode's production. This is the first episode that doesn't end with the traditional Clone Wars theme. Instead the screen fades to black and a quieter music track plays. Which is more suited to the sad departure of Ahsoka. The lightsaber pikes wielded by the Temple Guards were initially intended to have green blades, but were changed mid-production to yellow.