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THE COMEBACK CLONES

classroom, Ahsoka had learned by-
the-book Jedi teachings, including
lessons on combat and warfare in the
trying tumult of the raging Clone War.
But Anakin regularly challenged her
to see things from a different point
of view, helping her to contain her
boundless enthusiasm and outspoken
nature in favor of more measured
considerations and aggressive
negotiations (when the situation
called for it.)
Serving in the war meant regularly
risking her life—fearlessly clashing
sabers with Separatist General
Grievous, finding the strength to

survive trapped in a laboratory
and infected with the Blue Shadow
Virus, and holding out long enough
to neutralize a parasitic brain worm
infestation that threatened Ahsoka
and her entire transport crew.
Through her friendship with Padmé
Amidala, Ahsoka’s black-and-white
thinking of the world and the war
itself began to shift as she began to
AHSOKA
understand the nuances at play. She
met a young Separatist named Lux
Bonteri, and began to realize that
her mortal enemy in the confl ict was
more than just a faceless aggressor
threatening democracy.
On the mystical world of Mortis,
Ahsoka and Anakin’s bond was tested
when the Togruta warrior became
corrupted by a dark side-aligned
Force-wielder known as the Son. A
tool to bring her master to the brink
Ahsoka Tano bounded into our of his dark destiny, Ahsoka’s life was
lives in the The Clone Wars ultimately saved by the light. The
theatrical release in 2008, a bright- trials on Mortis were something of a
eyed, Force-sensitive Padawan who turning point. Ahsoka came into her
was hungry to learn and even more own, finding the strength to become

adamant about speaking her mind more reliant on herself using the
and leaping into the fray. The lessons she’d gleaned from Anakin,
brainchild of Dave Filoni and Star rather than succeeding in his shadow.
Wars creator George Lucas, the fi lm On Felucia, Ahsoka rallied a
and the series were launched as a handful of Jedi younglings to fi ght
means for Lucas to tell even more against their Trandoshan captors
stories, introduce new characters, and with a little help from a gentle but

explore the time between Star Wars: fierce walking carpet, Chewbacca.
Attack of the Clones (2002) and Her leadership skills blossoming, she
Revenge of the Sith beyond the acted as shepherd to a new class of
constraints of a movie’s duration. younglings on the sacred quest of the
Amid the Battle of Christophsis Gathering, a Jedi rite of passage to
and in its earliest days, Ahsoka’s find a kyber crystal and construct an

assignment to be taught by Anakin elegant weapon.
Skywalker was as much a test for But framed in the bombing at the
Padawan as it was for master. In the Jedi Temple and accused of murder,

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