Ahsoka Tano is a character in the Star Wars franchise.
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Ahsoka Tano reappears in Star Wars Rebels, where she uses the codename Fulcrum, and as a voiceover cameo in the 2019 live-action film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
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Ahsoka Tano is the protagonist of her eponymous novel; Eckstein narrated the audiobook version.
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Ahsoka Tano made her live-action debut in the second season of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, portrayed by Rosario Dawson.
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Ahsoka Tano was developed to illustrate how Anakin Skywalker develops from the brash, undisciplined Padawan apprentice in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones to the more reserved Jedi Knight in Episode III – Revenge of the Sith .
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Lucas believed Ahsoka Tano survived Order 66, the command that led the Republic's clone army to murder the Jedi.
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Ahsoka Tano's presence was necessary to allow Darth Vader to encounter the show's lead characters without the latter being destroyed; Ahsoka Tano can stand toe-to-toe with Vader.
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Eckstein said the Ahsoka Tano character was solidified by the casting of Matt Lanter as Anakin, which occurred halfway through the first season.
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Eckstein pitched her voice down a bit but, because she and Ahsoka Tano were now much closer in age, generally spoke like herself.
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Filoni avoids giving the actors plot details that might inappropriately affect their performance; for example, he did not tell Eckstein whether Ahsoka Tano survives her duel with Darth Vader lest Eckstein telegraph something in her performance that the character would not know.
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Ahsoka Tano's design evolved over three years before her introduction in the Clone Wars film.
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Ahsoka Tano'scostume was changed to a more grayish-blue color, similar to her appearance Star Wars Rebels, which aired before the season.
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Ahsoka Tano often uses a reverse lightsaber grip, similar to that of the Japanese film character Zatoichi.
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Ahsoka Tano was introduced the 2008 Clone Wars animated film as a 14-year-old Padawan apprentice, assigned by Yoda to Anakin Skywalker to teach him responsibility.
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Ahsoka Tano makes a vocal cameo in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as a past Jedi who helps Rey fight the resurrected Darth Sidious.
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Ahsoka Tano is the main character in six of the seven seasons of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
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Ahsoka Tano finds mentorship from Captain Rex, a clone trooper with whom she and Anakin serve throughout the war.
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Ahsoka Tano is a secretive Rebel agent in the first season of Star Wars Rebels, which takes place 14 years after The Clone Wars concludes.
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Filoni said Ahsoka Tano's fate is ambiguous and "a bit open-ended" though Eckstein believed the character to still be alive.
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Ahsoka Tano is updated on what occurred to the Ghost crew while convincing Ezra to not prevent Kanan's fate as he would risk losing his own life.
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Ahsoka Tano made an appearance in "Chapter 13: The Jedi", the fifth episode of the second season.
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Ahsoka Tano advises the Mandalorian against seeing Grogu, as it would hinder his training due to the Jedi's strict rules against personal attachments.
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Ahsoka Tano tells Luke that trait is reminiscent of his father during her apprenticeship with him, and advises to follow his instincts on the matter before leaving the planet.
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Filoni said he does not want Ahsoka Tano thought of as an animated character, but rather as a Star Wars character who can exist "in all forms of media".
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Ahsoka Tano's youth aided her in being a point-of-view character for younger viewers.
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Blastr commented that Anakin's interactions with Ahsoka Tano help show that he is a powerful Jedi and war hero.
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