Clone Wars Who Was The Secret Buyer For Ahsoka?

So in S05E08, Hondo said he was going to sell off Ahsoka to a high bidder. It wouldn't have been the Jedi, and by the fact that neither Dooku nor Grievois seemed to know anything about it, it almost certainly wasn't the Separatists.

Here's my theory: It was Mother Talzin.

Here's the thing: Mother Talzin would, I think, love to rebuild the Nightsisters by starting with a female Jedi she could turn to her own particular brand of the dark side. Hondo did say that it didn't matter if Ahsoka was alive or not, and I'm guessing that Mother Talzin has her own magic that would make "not" into a problem that could be overcome. In fact, in some ways it might even work better for her.

So, does that make any sense? Or what are your alternate theories?

Jabba the Hutt possible, he loves slaves

If it is that important within the context of the show, we will most likely find out soon.

If not, well...

Dezono Qua

maybe ur the buyer

I wanted to it to really be Otua Blank from "Bounty" wanting Ahsoka for a bride.

It was Palpatine looking to clone female Jedi.
One of Ahsoka's Force powers is the ability to create new forum threads about herself.

"Bride"? Is that supposed to be a euphemism for...never mind. O_O

Watch episode 20 of Season Four and you will get it.

I think it's Dooku.

I wouldn't think it's that important. The CIS has a bounty on Jedi that Hondo thought he could collect on when he had Obi-Wan and Anakin. If he was bold/stupid enough, he could try to negotiate a deal with them again (though perhaps someone further down the hierarchy that isn't immediately associated with Dooku). Otherwise I'd think that there could be some random crime lords out there that would love to have a Jedi just as a matter of prestige. Which crime lord(s) exactly probably isn't important and I'd think there are many of them and most probably are unimportant to the Clone Wars.

If only...

Totally serious from my end, though it seems to have degenerated pretty quickly.

When I first saw that Grievous would be in this episode, I assumed that, too. But then he gets down to the planet and never even mentions her to Hondo. Not even a "Tell me, pirate scum, where is my Jedi?". Dooku never says anything about her, either. So I really don't think it's either of them - she would be an important enough prize that one or both of them would have at least said something about her if they were really the buyer.

Filoni was the secret buyer

I'm reminded of the occasion at an anime convention in the mid-90s when someone at a panel asked Izumi Matsumoto whether he ever drew naked pictures of his female characters for his own amusement.

As I recall the response was rather indignant, but wasn't quite precisely a denial...

I don't want to know what Filoni does during his spare time.

Jar Jar Binks was the Secret Buyer

Yes, the two most annoying characters ever getting together. Good one.

I miss this stuff.

Atai Molec

He definitely craved for revenge after the Jedi rescued the Togrutan slaves and destroyed the slave facility in the Slaves Of The Republic arc (and Ahsoka almost made him fall off a ledge, that alone would be enough to set someone like him off).

To add to that, I got the impression that Hondo was expecting to see Grievous, just not with an army.

Why would he not care if she was dead or alive? He seemed pretty interested in making her a personal slave (among other things ) in the SOTR arc. I'd think he'd definitely want her alive if for no other reason, torture.

Anakin