The Fan Favorite Jedi Takes the Lead in Her Own Limited Series

The upcoming Disney Plus series Ahsoka has generated a lot of buzz among Star Wars fans, and many are eager to learn where it fits within the franchise’s extensive timeline. With details of the series plot still being kept under the Imperial Guard of Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau, this doesn’t mean we don’t have a good idea of where Ahsoka’s upcoming story will take place. Thanks to extensive research, we can piece together a rough idea of where the series fits within the Star Wars timeline and its connection to other properties.

The Story of a Fallen Jedi

It’s been fifteen years since Ahsoka Tano was introduced as Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice in the hit animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, voiced by Ashley Eckstein. Ahsoka’s introduction was a bit controversial at the time, as many Star Wars fans rejected the idea of Anakin having an apprentice. Eventually, fans started to warm up to the character as they watched her evolve from a young, arrogant padawan to a skilled and patient Jedi Knight. Under the mentorship of Anakin and Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka became an integral figure throughout the Clone Wars. She’s been involved in key moments throughout the series and is seen holding her own against the likes of Asajj Ventress, Aurra Sing, General Grievous, and Darth Maul.

In season 5 of The Clone Wars, Ahsoka was expelled from the Jedi Order after she was framed for bombing a hangar in the Jedi Temple. After being wrongly convicted by the Jedi Council, Ahsoka escapes prison and discovers that her friend and fellow padawan, Bariss Offee, was responsible for the attack. The revelation allowed Ahsoka to clear her name and return to the Jedi Order, but she reluctantly declined and walked away from the Order. Ahoska’s decision stemmed from realizing how easy it was for the council to turn on her and her faith in the Order being shaken.

In the final season of The Clone Wars, we see Ahsoka — who no longer identifies herself as a Jedi Knight — tasked with helping Bo-Katan Kryze retake Manadlore from Darth Maul. In an epic duel, Ahsoka defeats Maul and detains him onboard the Star Destroyer Tribunal along with the 332nd company. This event coincides with Palpatine issuing Order 66, and Ahsoka abruptly fights her way through the 332nd company, crashing the Tribunal and escaping. 

Joining the Rebels

In the 2016 Star Wars novel Ahsoka, the story follows Ahsoka’s exile after the events of Order 66. Here, she goes by the name Ashla on the rural outer rim planet Thabeska, and later as a mechanic on the moon planet Raada. After a run-in with the crime syndicate known as The Black Sun, she eventually joins forces with Bail Organa becoming a Rebel Fulcrum Agent. This is where we catch up with her in Star Wars: Rebels when she meets the crew of The Ghost, including Sabine Wren, Hera Syndulla, and Ezra Bridger. 

During her time in Rebels, Ahsoka works with Ezra and his crew on several occasions to help take down Grand Admiral Thrawn and weaken the Empire. She eventually runs into Darth Vader in a Sith temple on Malachor and is shocked to discover that Anakin Skywalker is not only alive but has fallen to the dark side. She confronts her former master in a duel to help Ezra escape and traps herself along with Vader in the temple as it comes crashing down. Later, in a crazy time travel plot that sees Ezra venture through The World Between Worlds (a mystical plane within the Force that serves as a collection of doorways between time and space), he witnesses Ahsoka and Vader’s duel and pulls her out right before her demise, saving her. 

The finale of Rebels ends with Ezra sacrificing himself in a final battle against Thrawn on the planet Lothal. It is here where we see Ezra use the Purrgil (the hyperspace whales Gogru sees in season 3 of The Mandalorian) to take him and Thrawn to an unknown destination far into the galaxy.