AHSOKA TANO

FIRST INTRODUCED BY Star Wars

animation overlord Dave Filoni in The Clone Wars, Ahsoka Tano began life as Anakin Skywalker’s slightly peppy, annoying Padawan. From there, though, across all five seasons of the Clone Wars animated series, Ahsoka became more mature, and more interesting, her relationship with an increasingly off-the-rails Anakin blossoming in unexpected ways. She even began to doubt the Jedi faith, leading to her ultimate decision to walk away from the Jedi Order.

The school of thought with Ahsoka, for most Star Wars fans, was simple. Because she didn’t appear in any of the movies, and wasn’t even mentioned by Anakin, it was assumed she would be killed off. Not the case: quickly becoming a favourite with (the seemingly more tolerant) fans of the animated shows, Ahsoka’s stock has grown.

Filoni has kept her around, surviving The Clone Wars and, after faking her own death to survive Order 66, heading into Star Wars Rebels as a key character. There, she faced off against her former mentor, now Darth Vader, but managed to survive even that. She’s still knocking around, and may well show up in Star Wars Resistance,

the new animated series that takes place before the events of The Force Awakens.

She could even appear in the live-action series at some point. Though the first person to suggest she could be Rey’s mum should be forced to do community service in the spice mines of Kessel.