Clone Wars The *Official* Ahsoka in The Clone Wars thread (general discussion)

One word: Palpatine. Going rogue would certainly make the council think twice about promoting Anakin to a master and could also explain why he doesn't (want to) talk about her in ROTS.

Heck, if the younglings from YJ are killed later in the season while in her charge or someone kills Lux, I could definitely see her losing it.

Very true. If he cared and she died before shortly before ROTS, I think Anakin's behavior at the beginning of the movie would have been OOC. A pissed Anakin would be the best way to explain it, followed by her being out on a simple mission and he has no reason to worry or think about her.

I think that if she dies mid ROTS that it would push Anakin to save Padme. While her being off doing other things at the time might be anti-climatic, that could lead to a climatic pre or post suit Vader encounter, which I think would be even more dramatic/heartbreaking if he did still care about her prior to order 66. If she decides she won't fight and he runs her through they could show Vader/Anakin having a remorseful "What have I done?" moment and she forgives him but begs him to let go of his hate before she dies. That could even be one of the many things going through Vader's head in ROTJ when redeems himself and he saves Luke.

But I'm probably just over thinking this.

If they have a falling out, she could catch Anakin kissing Padme or something like that.

If Ahsoka dies in Season Finale, it'll take Anakin one step closer to the Dark Side, with Padme finishing the turn in ROTS

I know i already said this in another thread but Ashoka is smokin hot !!!

Is this supposed to be a weird version of a REALLY weird Ashoka lookalike or is this how you're feeling. Im feeling inquisitive.....

and dumb.

I think Ahsoka being upset with Anakin is more likely than Anakin being upset with Ahsoka.

I'm kind of disappointed. TCW used Ahsoka in what I felt were really awkward ways in S1 and S2 with no attempt at explanation, namely all the random team-ups. I mean, did Anakin have random missions with other Jedi Masters when he was a Padawan? S3 and S4 cooled down with it which in hindsight I did not appreciate enough. It didn't bother me severely because the arc is the best of the season so far IMO, but I'm disappointed in them going back to that in the Young Jedi arc. It just seems really bizarre to me that she would be selected to do that. And what is Anakin doing that whole time? Odd.

Who knows if Anakin was mentored by other Jedi Masters between Obi taking him as a padawan and AotC. I'm not familiar with much of the EU stuff. But it was 10 years of training.

Anyhow, regarding Ahsoka, the Jedi may be very low on personnel and resources that would allow them to have a Jedi Master/Knight accompany younglings to get lightsaber crystals. And being that Ahsoka has been trained by the greatest of all Jedi, Anakin, perhaps they had confidence in her abilities and that she could relate well to the younglings - having been a youngling herself not too long ago. However, I still cannot figure out (beyond plot convenience) why a ship w/youngling and lightsaber crystals is just floating through space with a padawan and ancient droid as the only supervision - especially when Yoda himself was sitting around and pontificating on Ilum!!! Where did he go that was more important?!?!

The rule of three:

1. Shmi
2. Ahsoka
3. Padmé

Seems legit.

No one on the Council actually holds this opinion, not even close.

I don't know where Yoda went, but I just figured the ship was on its way to the next hyperspace jump. Didn't bother me.

Anakin is certainly far from the greatest of all Jedi. He may have a natural ability to manipulate the Force, but that doesn't mean doing so with Jedi philosophy in mind. All the Skywalker/Kenobi banter in Ep. II makes that pretty clear.

I didn't think the Yoda thing was an issue. There could multiple groups of younglings going for their crystals, so he's just there for awhile meeting the different groups as they come through. Ahsoka being randomly by herself in charge of a mission is a much worse problem IMO.

If Obi-Wan and/or Yoda believe Anakin to be the Chosen One, then yes, there are those on the Council who consider Anakin to be the greatest of all Jedi:
"Fully defeated by just anyone, the dark side cannot be, but only by the Chosen One. And who might be this Jedi? Know I do not, but not yet born is he or she. This much, sense I can. A vessel of pure Force the Chosen One will be, more powerful than any Jedi in history."
―Yoda, from the Great Holocron

"Powerful Jedi" does not equal "great Jedi." Many powerful people are not great.

Well, then Ahsoka is being trained by the "most powerful" Jedi in history. Point being that the Jedi may have more confidence in her abilities than - let's say - if she was not being trained by the "most powerful" Jedi in history.

Whether or not Anakin is the Chosen One is still a matter of debate for the Jedi Council in Ep. III, in which, to boot, Yoda says the prophecy could have been misread. So I think that is some spurious logic in terms of proving Anakin to be the greatest of all Jedi.

I don't even think Yoda thinks of Anakin as the most powerful Jedi in history.

You're using a speculative quote from Yoda on the Chosen One as your argument?

I'm assuming that Anakin hadn't even born at the moment of this quote, perhaps Anakin didn't quite live up to what Yoda was expecting. On top of that Yoda speculates that the Chosen One will be a vessel of pure Force, more powerful than any Jedi in history, not that he would be the most powerful Jedi on arrival or during the Clone Wars. Add to that what Tarkas mentioned.

They know Anakin isn't the most powerful Jedi in history, demonstrated by his loss to Dooku in AOTC and his capture at the hands of Dooku in "Shadow Warrior".

Seeing how critical just about all Jedi have been of Anakin, your argument that Ahsoka having Anakin as a master somehow boosts the Council's confidence in her doesn't really make sense, I'd argue the opposite. After all, wasn't Ahsoka assigned to Anakin to teach him a lesson?

I can't see any reason why the Council has such confidence in Ahsoka other than Filoni wants it that way. She could be a very mature, responsible 17-year-old girl, but she's still a Padawan. Nothing in the films suggests that the Jedi disrupted their hierarchy to allow teenage Padawans to do Yoda's job, no matter how good they were--in fact, I got the impression that they were all expected to be as good as Ahsoka is portrayed here. Not that they were punished if they didn't live up to that standard, but I do get the impression that the standard is set pretty high. Jedi Padawans are expected to be more mature and responsible than the average teenager, and with good reason, but that doesn't translate to giving a teenage Padawan the job that we see Mace and Yoda doing in the PT.

And nothing bothering her even compared to Obi-Wan--I don't even know what to say on that, other than the inconsistency with the first two seasons is ridiculous. And her handling her attachments better than Anakin handles his, is beyond ridiculous.

I really miss feisty, smartass, back-talking Snips.