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New Faces

The Clone Wars introduced a host of
new characters who quickly became
fan favorites, and would go on to
appear in other Star Wars shows,
novels, comics, and even the movies:

Ahsoka Tano
Voiced by Ashley Eckstein
As a Togruta child, Ahsoka
Tano was brought to the Jedi
Order by Plo Koon. During the Clone Wars,
she was assigned as a Padawan to Jedi
Knight Anakin Skywalker, who affectionately
nicknamed her “Snips.” She fought using a
reverse grip with her green lightsaber, and
later adopted a shorter yellow-green blade,
becoming a formidable warrior.

Cad Bane
Voiced by Corey Burton
A blue-skinned Duros, Cad
Bane was one of the galaxy’s
top bounty hunters. With his menacing
voice, distinctive wide-brimmed hat, and
breathing tubes, he struck fear into his
opponents—and sometimes even his allies.
He dared to double his price when working
for Darth Sidious, and was worth every
credit—proving a match for the likes of
Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Captain Rex
Voiced by Dee Bradley Baker
Clone trooper CT-7567,
known as Rex, served as
second-in-command of General Anakin
of the characters established in Skywalker’s 501st Legion. An exemplary
the prequel movies were known soldier who believed in the importance of
experience, and a leader who valued every
to survive to Revenge of the Sith
one of the men under his command, Rex
or beyond, the safety of others was a friend to Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano,
was not guaranteed. This created and Obi-Wan Kenobi, and to his fellow
clone, Commander Cody.
a level of tension that was backed
up by the showrunners’ courage Hondo Ohnaka
in killing off the likes of Adi Gallia
Voiced by Jim Cummings
and General Tarpals when the story Hondo Ohnaka was the witty
demanded it. and jovial Weequay captain
Rather than making the show of a band of interstellar pirates. The fi ckle
wholly about the vicarious thrill Hondo was willing to work for or against
anyone, so long as it kept him alive and
of war, the writers found ways to those irrevocably damaged. The
there was lots of profi t in it. Rarely at a loss
combine exciting space battles and Umbara story arc in Season Four for words, Hondo was cunning, dashing,
lightsaber duels with tales about its is a prime example of this, as Rex and occasionally even kindly—though the
same could not always be said of his crew.
consequences—the lives lost and wrestles with the moral dilemma
of orders that will expose his men Saw Gerrera
to unreasonable risk. In the end,
Voiced by Andrew Kishino
his own men disobey the orders Before raising Jyn Erso
of their own volition and end up and becoming a thorn in
facing the death penalty for their the side of both the Empire and the Rebel
insubordination. It’s heavy stuff, Alliance as a live-action character in Rogue
One, Saw Gerrera was a charismatic but
but it goes to the heart of what Star
hot-tempered rebel on his home planet,
Wars is about. The confl ict between Onderon. He clashed for the role of leader
good and evil isn’t always fought of the insurgency against the Separatists
with his sister, Steela, who was a cool-
on a galactic scale between Jedi and
under-fi re sniper.
Sith. It’s something that

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