The Ahsoka series teaser was shown during Star Wars Celebration in London England.
It was released for the general public.
All I have to say is WOW!
I generally try to stay away from trailers, but I just couldn’t help myself.
After all, Ahsoka Tano is my favorite light side character.
I say light side, and not Jedi for a reason.
Let’s get into how this may have changed.
The Jedi Order had very strict rules as to who is and isn’t allowed in their ranks.
Duh!
For a Jedi Padawan to advance to the rank of Jedi knight, they must go through Jedi
trials.
Ahsoka Tano went through her trials during the Clone Wars and left the order when her
trials were over.
With good reason.
The freaking Jedi threw her to the wolves and were going to allow her to be executed
by the Republic.
But after Ahsoka left the Jedi Order, she became the embodiment of what the Jedi should
be.
The Ahsoka trailer was just released a couple of days ago at Star Wars Celebration in London,
England.
And though it looks amazing, it can actually change the character of Ahsoka in a major
way.
Not in a bad way, at all.
Ahsoka Tano’s allegiance doesn’t really matter.
And though we have seen her deny being a Jedi, there is new evidence that she may actually
be one in the timeline of the Mandalorian.
It can be confusing.
That is, until the Ahsoka series comes out and hopefully clears some of it up.
And like any of my theories, I don’t think this is the only possibility.
It isn’t my way or the highway.
It’s just…a possibility.
But for now, let’s have fun with it.
And the question is…drum roll please…Is Ahsoka Tano a Jedi in the Mandalorian timeline?
Before anyone gets all huffy and puffy, hear me out.
And please watch the whole video before you comment.
Ahsoka Tano was the Padawan to Anakin Skywalker during the Clone Wars.
Again…Duh!
But during her time as his Padawan, the snippy teen was accused of murder and treason by
the Galactic Republic.
Remember them?
You know, the ones who put Palpatine in power and let him remain there?
Palpatine…the Sith Lord…the one really committing treason and murder…ironic.
Any who, Ahsoka was framed and almost put to death for it.
The whole time, the Jedi council sat back and watched.
Popcorn in hand, they looked like they were at the premiere of Avatar.
They didn’t really step in to take care of their own and the only one to believe that
Ahsoka was innocent was her master, Anakin Skywalker.
Anakin Skywalker...to be seduced by the dark side and join Palpatine in his conquest…But
it was also this trial of Ahsoka Tano that helped inch him into the loving arms of Papa
Palpatine.
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Let’s get back to the glory that is Ahsoka Tano!
Alrighty!
Anakin found the real conspirator and drug her ass into the court room to confess her
sins before the almighty Tarkin.
Which she did, and Ahsoka was released.
Once back in the council chambers she was told that this must have been her trial, in
a figurative sense, and that she was welcome to rejoin the order.
Way to cover your ass, Yoda!
Yeah…after they were going to let her be executed.
She respectfully declined in a tearful moment with her now former master.
I’m sure Anakin was thinking, “they’ll never grant me the rank of master now.”
I’m sure most of you know this backstory, but there are those who haven’t watched
the Clone Wars…or any of the animated stuff and could probably use a bit of understanding
in what I’m talking about.
The way the Jedi council turned their backs on Ahsoka Tano made her turn her back on them
and find gainful employment elsewhere.
Pure at heart, Ahsoka was more of a Jedi than most on the council…Except this guy!
After leaving the Jedi Order, Ahsoka finds various work in the lower levels of Coruscant
as a type of sweaty mechanic.
She then teams up with Bo-Katan Kryze to help liberate Mandalore and the aptly named Mandalorians
from the rule of Maul.
Yeah, he’s still alive at this point.
For the rest of her appearances in the Clone Wars and the Star Wars animated series, Rebels,
Ahsoka denies being a Jedi when confronted with it.
She says it to Maul, formerly Darth Maul…and she says it to Darth Vader, formerly Anakin
Skywalker.
To her, it’s a huge deal that they stop calling her a jedi and she acts upon her own
set of ethical and moral codes, which don’t include the occupation of worlds nor an entire
galactic war to stop free citizens from becoming sovereign.
But we see a change to this denial in her appearance in the Mandalorian.
In the episode prior to Ahsoka’s appearance in the Mandalorian, Din Djarin helps Bo-Katan
Kryze.
In return she is to point him in the direction of a Jedi, who will be able to train Grogu…as
a Jedi.
Din Djarin says specifically, “Where can I find a Jedi?”
Bo-Katan then tells him where to find Ahsoka on the planet of Korvis.
Before we see her face, we hear the Magistrate tell Ahsoka, “Show yourself…Jedi.”
And there is no denial.
In the past, Ahsoka would have yelled from behind a tree, “I am no Jedi.”
But she didn’t.
Okay, who would really give away their position when stealth is a huge factor in her victory
here?
The way it was shown was slow and deliberate.
The writers could have just had the Magistrate say, “Show yourself”, and leave it at
that.
But no…Jedi was added after a short pause.
Drawing attention to the word.
True this is spoken in the moment of battle and Ahsoka is trying to make a point.
Why deny something to someone of little significance?
I’ll circle back to this.
After this moment, when Din Djarin is talking to Ahsoka about training Grogu as a Jedi,
Ahsoka says she can’t train the baby man toddler.
Not because she isn’t a Jedi, but because she has seen what Grogu’s attachments and
feelings have done to fully trained Jedi Knights…Anakin Skywalker.
Look, the whole premise of the Mandalorian season 2 is getting Grogu to a Jedi.
Not a Force sensitive in the light side.
An actual Jedi.
It’s been beat into our skulls since the Mandalorian season 1.
Ancient enemies of the Mandalorians…Jedi.
And even in this calm moment, Ahsoka Tano does not say she can’t train Grogu as a
Jedi because she isn’t a Jedi.
Okay, I understand a lot of these are just little minor issues and could mean nothing
at all.
After all, Ahsoka left the Jedi Order as a teen.
She then claimed not to be a Jedi into her 30’s.
But the Ahsoka series trailer tells us something different.
See that?
Uh huh…it’s right there in the trailer.
I don’t want to beat a dead horse on this.
Wait…who would beat a dead horse?
That’s disgusting.
Seriously, sounds like the makings of a serial killer.
Take that, dead horse!
You deserve to be beaten, stupid dead horse!
Anyway, I don’t want to go too much into the argument of whether Ahsoka is a Jedi again.
Instead let’s talk about HOW she MAY have become a Jedi …if she is one, at all.
Let’s go back to Anakin Skywalker…his master was Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Probably the most exemplary of the Jedi Knights and Masters.
Following the rules of the Jedi Order like a good boy, Obi-Wan has become so much more
than an old man on shaky feet in the desert.
But before he was this shining example of how good Jedi follow orders, he was a Padawan,
himself.
During the battle of Naboo, Obi-Wan Kenobi watched as his master was cut down in front
of him.
Okay, stabbed down…between the chest and abdomen is where the red blade of Darth Maul’s
lightsaber made Obi-Wan Kenobi scream nooooo!
Just as Luke Skywalker had when Obi-Wan was cut down by Darth Vader.
Back to the story.
Once Qui-Gonn was down on the ground, Obi-Wan Kenobi lept out and defeated Darth Maul.
Supposedly, the first Sith Lord to have been seen by a Jedi in over a thousand years.
I don’t buy that though.
Ki-Adi Mundi is a shady dude.
Anyways, the result of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s duel with Maul, facing adversity, and prevailing…all
while dealing with the emotional trauma of watching his master fall…culminated into
Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi trials and his advancement to the rank of Jedi knight.
On top of which, he got his own Padawan in the form of a too old for Jedi training, Anakin
Skywalker.
So, the fight between Darth Maul and Obi-Wan was his trial.
Fast forward and Obi-Wan Kenobi’s own Padawan has a Padawan of his own…Ahsoka Tano.
The Jedi tried playing off her trial and near execution as her own Jedi trials.
But that’s a pretty crappy way of inducting someone into a hypocritical religious order,
and Ahsoka knew it.
Anakin even knew it.
But by the end of the Clone Wars…actually the very end of the Clone Wars, Ahsoka was
dueling with…whom? Yep…Maul, formerly Darth Maul.
She defeated him in a true Jedi fashion, it seems in order to become a Jedi you have to
be able to beat up Maul.
Poor guy.
Hey Luke!
If you want to become a Jedi Knight, here’s this guy called Maul.
Beat him up and the rank is yours.
So, if the murder/treason trial that ended in Ahsoka’s favor wasn’t really the trial
to become a Jedi…could her duel with Maul be seen as her Jedi trials?
She won.
And there was plenty going on around to distract her.
But she was still victorious.
Had the Jedi council been involved or invited to watch…or if Ahsoka had acknowledged she
was returning to the Jedi ways, perhaps.
But she told the council…you know…the almighty council…the one who helped Palpatine
rise through the ranks…that she was just a citizen.
(not as a jedi?
No, not yet).
Did you catch that?
Not…yet.
There is still hope that she will…I guess.
So, she is not a Jedi at the end of the Clone Wars.
But we knew this because of her denial years later against Darth Vader.
Flash forward to Star Wars Rebels.
Ahsoka is defending Kanan and Ezra from Darth Vader.
She knows the guy, he’s her old master, Anakin Skywalker.
At least he used to be.
But when Vader tells Ahsoka that revenge isn’t the Jedi way, she replies (I am no Jedi).
Okay, so we know she doesn’t consider herself a Jedi at this point.
I mean, that’s a long time between the Clone Wars and Rebels.
If she doesn’t consider herself a Jedi at this point, will she ever?
Maybe…maybe not.
But what about her trials?
How could she be a Jedi without a council to say for sure?
Do we know for sure that Ahsoka never ran into Obi-Wan Kenobi just before A New Hope?
What about Yoda on Dagobah?
We don’t know.
We can assume she may have, I mean, Ezra Bridger found Obi-Wan and he was nowhere near as strong
as Ahsoka.
What about her trials?
I mean, she survived the wrongful accusations of the Republic, and being framed by that
bitch, Barriss Offee.
That could have been her Jedi Trial, as the council suggested.
But why would they offer her the Padawan décor in return for her returning to the Jedi Order?
Okay, what about her fight and victory against Maul?
Could that have been her trial?
It worked for Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Wanna become a Jedi?
Beat up on poor Maul!
But she denies being a Jedi even after this.
That leaves one thing…her fight with Darth Vader.
Her duel…master vs Padawan.
Nothing would be more trying than a situation like that.
Other than Obi-Wan being forced to kick Anakin’s ass on Mustafar.
That would suck, too.
But Ahsoka fighting Vader…or Anakin Skywalker would be Jedi trial worthy and if victorious,
she could be put into the Jedi Hall of Fame.
But she wasn’t victorious in a physical sense.
She lost the battle.
In fact, if it weren’t for Ezra Bridger, Ahsoka Tano would have died by Darth Vader’s
blade on Malacore.
She would have remained a relic there, just as the countless Jedi and Sith that remained
frozen n time.
Yes, physically she lost that fight against Darth Vader.
Anakin was a more powerful Jedi than Ahsoka.
So, it stands to reason that Darth Vader would be more powerful than Ahsoka as well.
Talk about a circle being complete.
By this point, Anakin had fought with his own master and his own apprentice.
What’s next?
Torture one of his kids?
Cut his son’s hand off?
That should round things out a bit more.
I mean, he did choke his wife.
I guess he thought she’d be into it…I dunno.
She wasn’t so much.
The fact that Ahsoka lost the physical fight with Darth Vader doesn’t mean she would
have failed the trial either.
No, she could have still passed if we look at it another way.
Ahsoka had to face her former master.
A man she highly respected and could have even loved as a brother…to a degree.
To find that Anakin had joined the dark side and became a Sith would be a hard pill for
Ahsoka to swallow.
Remember, she even denied it and tried to fight it.
To battle his new alter ego, lose, and still come out with the same moral code and bond
with the light side of the Force would have been a big-time win.
Which is exactly what Ahsoka Tano did.
She faced him, fought him, tried to bring him back to the light, and prepared herself
to die while trying.
To me, that’s more Jedi than most on the council would have done.
Yoda just wanted him killed and done with.
In the moment of fighting Darth Vader, Ahsoka does tell him, “I am no Jedi.”
But directly following this confrontation, she very well could have been.
And we haven’t seen her deny it after this point…as of yet.
That could change.
But I do acknowledge that Ahsoka could very well not be a Jedi, nor would she want to
be after what the Jedi put her and her master through during the Clone Wars.
But this is a new era.
An era where Luke Skywalker is naïve…I mean pure at heart.
And how amazing would it be to have Ahsoka Tano either knight the son of her former master,
or be knighted by the son of her former master?
But who’s to say she didn’t meet Luke sometime after the fall of the Empire, and
teach him a few things about what it meant to be an actual Jedi, without the hypocrisy.
Helping Luke Skywalker form a new Jedi Order based on the Force and not personal gains.
Also teaching him that involving himself in galactic politics was one of the catalysts
for the downfall of the Jedi Order of old.
Who’s also to say that Luke Skywalker didn’t help Ahsoka Tano renew her faith in what the
Jedi Order could be and together they started the new Jedi Academy?
We do see her at the academy under construction in the Book of Boba Fett.
And in the Last Jedi, Luke knows an awful lot about the reasons for the fall of the
Jedi Order.
Who’s to say Ahsoka didn’t tell him all about it.
I know it’s a stretch to think these things.
One of the appeals of Ahsoka Tano is she goes her own way.
She isn’t bound to dogma and rules.
She carries the light side of the Force by choice, not by obligation or creed.
She helps others because she wants to, not because she has to.
And maybe part of her gets a little pissed off that Luke Skywalker becomes a Jedi after
18 months of training, and she spent most of her younger life trying to reach that brass
ring.
Doubt it, anger leads to hate.
Hate leads to suffering.
And jealousy is of the devil.
If you believe in that sort of thing.
So, I ask again…is Ahsoka Tano a Jedi in the Mandalorian timeline?
If you watch the Ahsoka series teaser then it’s a resounding yes.
However, teasers and trailers are often misleading.
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