History Characters / StarWarsAhsokaTano

* CoolBigSis: She acts as role model to Kalifa, O-Mer, and Jinx to a lesser extent. She also acts like this towards Prince Lee-Char.

* GenderBlenderName: Ahsoka's name is taken from Ashoka, a male Maurya dynasty emperor that ruled most of the Indian subcontinent from 322-184 BCE.

* UndyingLoyalty: Ahsoka will always defend, protect, support, and believe in Anakin, even when she witnesses the man he becomes. Though it's a bit of a BrokenPedestal by the time of ''The Mandalorian'', as she refuses to train Din Djarin's young charge when his emotions prove just as volatile as her master's, and she doesn't want him walking down the same path (though she doesn't speak poorly of him regardless). [[spoiler: ''The Book of Boba Fett'' has her speak proudly of him to Luke, indicating she's at least forgiven him.]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: She dissuades Mando from going to visit Grogu in ''The Book of Boba Fett'' by asking if he's doing so for the child's sake or his own.]]

* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler: ''The Book of Boba Fett'' reveals she does know Luke Skywalker personally, and drops by to visit.]]

** [[spoiler: She stops by to visit Luke in ''The Book of Boba Fett'', but it's not established why other than she's a friend of the family.]]

* NoodleIncident: [[spoiler: It's unclear when and under what circumstances she met Luke.]]
* OlderAndWiser: Ahsoka spent a lot of ''The Clone Wars'' asking questions; now, as an adult, she is the one answering them. She even provides some guidance to [[spoiler: Luke Skywalker himself in regards to training Grogu.]]

* PragmaticAdaptation: Her lekku are shorter than expected in her live-action appearance compared to her animated appearance around the same time period. Longer lekku would have been too bulky and cumbersome, especially with all the stunts her actress and doubles perform. [[spoiler: It's a bit longer in ''The Book of Boba Fett''.]]

* RefusalOfTheCall: Played with; [[spoiler: she refused to train Grogu because of his attachment to Din Djarin. Later, she ultimately reveals that in the end, Grogu simply didn't want her to]].

* UnexpectedCharacter: InUniverse, [[spoiler: she shows up in ''The Book of Boba Fett'' to visit Luke--coincidentally at the same time Mando had stopped by to visit Grogu. He admits he had no idea she was coming.]]

* YouExclamation: [[spoiler: When R2 sees her in ''The Book of Boba Fett'' and wakes up a sleeping Din, he exclaims this to her.]]

** [[spoiler: She's stops by to visit Luke in ''The Book of Boba Fett'', but it's not established why other than she's a friend of the family.]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: There's no indication she knew about Obi-Wan and Yoda's survival or their plan with Bail to hide the Skywalker twins. In ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' we see that she and Luke know each other and that she knows Anakin is Luke's father, but how and when she learned that is still unknown.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: There's no indication she knew about Obi-Wan and Yoda's survival or their plan with Bail to hide the Skywalker twins. In ''Series/BookOfBobaFett'' we see that she and Luke know each other and that she knows Anakin is Luke's father, but how and when she learned that is still unknown.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: There's no indiction she knew about Obi-Wan and Yoda's survival or their plan with Bail to hide the Skywalker twins.

* FatalFlaw: Ahsoka’s difficult in trusting people played a large part in her expulsion from the Jedi Order. She allowed her emotions to cloud her judgement in her most critical moment which in turn forced the Jedi’s hand when it came to her expulsion.
* GenderBlenderName: Ahsoka's name is taken from Ahsoka, a male Maurya dynasty emperor that ruled most of the Indian subcontinent from 322-184 BCE.

** Her ''Rebels'' outfit contains traces of Mandalorian armor and a mix of civilian clothing--the former of which isn't noticeable or present by the time of her appearance on, ironically enough, ''The Mandalorian'', where she's dressed in more of a darker ensemble meant to evoke the Ronin's of old.

* MythologyGag: Although she's never referred to as such, Ahsoka is the first Force-sensitive character in the new canon who shows characterization of the then-canon "Grey Jedi" from ''Legends'', by virtue of being a former Jedi follower who distances herself from the Jedi Order and operates outside the strictures of the Jedi Code.

* StableTimeLoop: How she survives the battle with Vader, combined with TimeTravelEscape. She pushes Ezra to safety while seemingly sacrificing herself. Ezra could be said to knowingly or unknowingly, consciously or unconsciously have an I Owe You My life or life-debt situation with Ahsoka. Two years in the future, an older Ezra (who has now accessed the World Between Worlds), guided by Morai, manages to rescue her just as Vader is about to kill her and the temple is collapsing (repaying the life-debt). However, after escaping Palpatine, she decides to return back to her time stream, albeit shortly after the temple collapses, hence the shot of her walking into the temple at the end of [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E19TwilightOfTheApprentice "Twilight of]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E20TwilightOfTheApprenticePartII the Apprentice"]].

* WalkingTheEarth: After leaving the Jedi behind, she enters the wider galaxy seeking a purpose. She finds it in ''Rebels'' as Fulcrum, and in ''The Mandalorian'' in her search for Thrawn (and Ezra?).

** They both fought in the Clone Wars, but she waa veteran of several years and had reached the skill and power to earn the rank of Jedi Knight (though partly motivated by the council's guilt over handing her over to Tarkin for trial), whereas Kanan had only fought briefly before Order 66 and was a Padawan learner when the Republic fell.

* SoleSurvivor: By the end of ''Rebels'', she is one of ''three'' members of the pre-Empire Jedi Order confirmed to have outlived the Empire (the others being Naq Med, a minor character from the junior novel ''Force Collector'', and [[spoiler:Grogu a.k.a. the Child, a character introduced in ''The Mandalorian'']]).

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm a Jedi Knight! ...Or soon will be."'']]
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->''"In my life, when you find people who need your help, you help them, no matter what."''

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-->'''Ahsoka:''' ''[[LoopholeAbuse I am no Jedi.]]''

** They both fought in the Clone Wars, but she was a veteran of several years and had reached the skill and power to earn the rank of Jedi Knight (though partly motivated by the council's guilt over handing her over to Tarkin for trial), whereas Kanan had only fought briefly before Order 66 and was a Padawan learner when the Republic fell.

** Ahsoka's departure from the group after her duel with Vader ends up as the point where everything gets much grimmer ''even'' with Vader no longer hunting the ''Ghost'' anymore. Maul is effectively unstoppable in the few times the heroes get to fight him without her until he finally meets and is killed by Obi-Wan once and for all. Thrawn, an excellent veteran general but otherwise normal with no Force powers or any spectacular combat skills, ends up handing the ''Ghost'' a quite severe defeat at the end of the third season. Had she still been around, there would have been much less tension with Maul and as a veteran of the Clone Wars, she probably could have handled Thrawn better than the others did, displaying exactly how the loss of their most powerful and experienced member had keenly affected the Ghost's efficiency.
** She returns in the fourth season only when Palpatine is the enemy, and plays the primary role to holding him from entering the World Between Worlds. Afterwards, she is left stranded on the same planet where she fought Vader, having escaped the World Between Worlds she was taken to after Ezra saved her. This yet again deprives the Ghost of the aid of a fully seasoned, Jedi Master level, fighter, giving the final battle in Lothal the amount of tension it needs for Ezra to perform his HeroicSacrifice.

* StoryBreakerPower: [[invoked]]WordOfGod clarifies this is why Ahsoka as part of the Ghost Crew rarely fights herself: By the time of the Rebellion, her skills have grown so much that she is the only person who is truly capable of threatening the Sith Lords, as displayed by her reaching another stalemate with Maul, who is never fought seriously again afterwards, with the indication she would have won had the fight continued, and then putting up a remarkable fight against Darth Vader. Vader and Palpatine are pretty much the only villains active at the time who can reliably handle her, and among the active heroes she is only matched by Obi-Wan and Yoda. The only other time she fights is when she utterly destroys the Inquisitors, some time having passed since they handed Kanan and Ezra their asses, because having her would mean there was no tension at all, apart from when she ''has'' to fight. Ultimately, she is left unavailable to be relied on by the end of the second season, with her fight with Vader having been intended to be the last, in which she does much better than almost anyone else in the ''entire franchise'' but Kenobi and Luke, effectively depriving the Ghost of their single greatest warrior, so as to balance the remaining seasons where Vader is not an active enemy anymore. When she does get brought back into the picture, she is reserved specially yet again for people who are way too much for the other heroes, where she and Ezra face the Emperor in the World Between Worlds, being the only one at the time capable of even holding off Palpatine and ultimately the first in leaving. And afterwards, she remains away from the heroes until everything has settled, obviously ensuring that she can't lend any overpowered help for the final battles. It also ultimately explains why such a powerful ally never met with Luke Skywalker [[Film/ANewHope when he]] [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack needed assistance]] [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi in his Force Training]].

* StoryBreakerPower: WordOfGod clarifies this is why Ahsoka as part of the Ghost Crew rarely fights herself: By the time of the Rebellion, her skills have grown so much that she is the only person who is truly capable of threatening the Sith Lords, as displayed by her reaching another stalemate with Maul, who is never fought seriously again afterwards, with the indication she would have won had the fight continued, and then putting up a remarkable fight against Darth Vader. Vader and Palpatine are pretty much the only villains active at the time who can reliably handle her, and among the active heroes she is only matched by Obi-Wan and Yoda. The only other time she fights is when she utterly destroys the Inquisitors, some time having passed since they handed Kanan and Ezra their asses, because having her would mean there was no tension at all, apart from when she ''has'' to fight. Ultimately, she is left unavailable to be relied on by the end of the second season, with her fight with Vader having been intended to be the last, in which she does much better than almost anyone else in the ''entire franchise'' but Kenobi and Luke, effectively depriving the Ghost of their single greatest warrior, so as to balance the remaining seasons where Vader is not an active enemy anymore. When she does get brought back into the picture, she is reserved specially yet again for people who are way too much for the other heroes, where she and Ezra face the Emperor in the World Between Worlds, being the only one at the time capable of even holding off Palpatine and ultimately the first in leaving. And afterwards, she remains away from the heroes until everything has settled, obviously ensuring that she can't lend any overpowered help for the final battles. It also ultimately explains why such a powerful ally never met with Luke Skywalker [[Film/ANewHope when he]] [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack needed assistance]] [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi in his Force Training]].

** However, [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E11AWorldBetweenWorlds "A World Between Worlds"]] subsequently raises ''another'' ambiguous situation, as while Ahsoka returns to Malachor after the events of the episode, she promised to find Ezra, but ''when'' this will happen is unknown... Until it's revealed in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E13FamilyReunionAndFarewell "Family Reunion]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E14FamilyReunionAndFarewellPartII — and Farewell"]] that she survived past the end of the Galactic Civil War and met up with Sabine. One has to wonder ''when'' she successfully escaped Malachor... or [[YearInsideHourOutside when]] she returned there, for that matter.
*** On that same note, it's not clear if she ever got back in contact with Rex to let him know she's still alive, or if he still believes her to be dead.

** Darth Vader leaves her marooned on Malachor. What happened to her after that is unclear, but [[https://thewookieegunner.com/2016/07/15/swce-2016-ahsoka-tano-digital-cards-topps/ Topps cards drawn by Filoni]] suggested she was in some sort of mental underworld, a limbo. Her fate is finally confirmed in the episode [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E11AWorldBetweenWorlds "A World Between Worlds"]], where it shows that Ezra used the space-time manipulation powers of the ancient Jedi Temple to save her before she was swallowed up by the collapse. In other words, Vader didn't maroon her -- he thought that she was dead, and would have killed her had it not been for Ezra's intervention.

* StoryBreakerPower: WordOfGod clarifies this is why Ahsoka as part of the Ghost Crew rarely fights herself: By the time of the Rebellion, her skills have grown so much that she is the only person who is truly capable of threatening the Sith Lords, as displayed by her reaching another stalemate with Maul, who is never fought seriously again afterwards, with the indication she would have won had the fight continued, and then putting up a remarkable fight against Darth Vader. Vader and Palpatine are pretty much the only villains active at the time who can reliably handle her, and among the active heroes she is only matched by Obi-Wan and Yoda. The only other time she fights is when she utterly destroys the Inquisitors, some time having passed since they handed Kanan and Ezra their asses, because having her would mean there was no tension at all, apart from when she ''has'' to fight. Ultimately, she is left unavailable to be relied on by the end of the second season, with her fight with Vader having been intended to be the last, in which she does much better than almost anyone else in the ''entire franchise'' but Kenobi and Luke, effectively depriving the Ghost of their single greatest warrior, so as to balance the remaining seasons where Vader is not an active enemy anymore. When she does get brought back into the picture, she is reserved specially yet again for people who are way too much for the other heroes, where she and Ezra face the Emperor in the World Between Worlds, being the only one at the time capable of even holding off Palpatine and ultimately the first in leaving. And afterwards, she remains away from the heroes until everything has settled, obviously ensuring that she can't lend any overpowered help for the final battles. It also ultimately explains why such a powerful ally never met with Luke Skywalker [[Film/ANewHope when he]] [[Film/TheEmpireStrikeBack needed assistance]] [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi in his Force Training]].

* StoryBreakerPower: WordOfGod clarifies this is why Ahsoka as part of the Ghost Crew rarely fights herself: By the time of the Rebellion, her skills have grown so much that she is the only person who is truly capable of threatening the Sith Lords, as displayed by her reaching another stalemate with Maul, who is never fought seriously again afterwards, with the indication she would have won had the fight continued, and then putting up a remarkable fight against Darth Vader. Vader and Palpatine are pretty much the only villains active at the time who can reliably handle her, and among the active heroes she is only matched by Obi-Wan and Yoda. The only other time she fights is when she utterly destroys the Inquisitors, some time having passed since they handed Kanan and Ezra their asses, because having her would mean there was no tension at all, apart from when she ''has'' to fight. Ultimately, she is left unavailable to be relied on by the end of the second season, with her fight with Vader having been intended to be the last, in which she does much better than almost anyone else in the ''entire franchise'' but Kenobi and Luke, effectively depriving the Ghost of their single greatest warrior, so as to balance the remaining seasons where Vader is not an active enemy anymore. When she does get brought back into the picture, she is reserved specially yet again for people who are way too much for the other heroes, where she and Ezra face the Emperor in the World Between Worlds, being the only one at the time capable of even holding off Palpatine and ultimately the first in leaving. And afterwards, she remains away from the heroes until everything has settled, obviously ensuring that she can't lend any overpowered help for the final battles.

* RetiredBadass: Averted, as she's been active in the Rebellion almost since the start of the Empire. Maul refers to her as a "part-timer" at one point.

* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: A non-romantic example, but [[spoiler:in ''The Book of Boba Fett'', she talks Mando out of going to see Grogu. It hurts him to do so, but she insists its better for the boy's training (though she does agree to pass on the gift he had made for him.)]]

** Thanks to her own disillusionment with the Council, she decides to not comment on the ''very'' important statements Maul had made that would potentially alert the Jedi to Anakin being manipulated. However, she keeps quiet on the whole thing, which makes her indirectly someone who allowed Order 66 and the downfall of the Jedi to happen.
** Likewise, when Maul reveals Anakin is the key towards Sidious taking over the galaxy, she refuses to believe her old master is capable of being corrupted, and any potential alliance between her and Maul to stop Sidious falls apart right then and there. Quickly the galaxy's only chance at salvation falls apart, and from that decision helps to bring about TheEmpire.