TV Discussion The Ahsoka Tano Mega Thread Power Hour

Well I don't know about Ezra; but if Force users do get stronger over time, that would also mean that Ahsoka herself should be pretty powerful.

 

At most though, shouldn't Ahsoka be Vader-level? And Palpatine, especially by the time of Rebels, is an entire different level of power than Vader. Add to that Sith Sorcery, which takes time and is one of the more powerful dark side abilities, and I'm not even sure if Yoda could stand up to that.

 

She deserved more, here's hoping live action one day

 

Isn't Ahsoka just awesome?

 

I don't think it works that way. Just because you're getting older doesn't mean you're automatically getting more powerful. With age comes experience and more time to train and practice your skills and deepen your connection to the Force, so older Force users tend to be more powerful, but only if they keep actively working on expanding their power.

And then there's the natural Force power limit of each being defined by their midichlorian count, even if many fans don't like this, it is canon coming straight from George. So majority of Force users can never reach the level of Yoda or Anakin, no matter how hard or for how long they train simply because of their biological limits.

But seeing how quickly Ahsoka learned and how strong she was by the time of Rebels, she must have had a very high midichlorian count herself and in an alternative universe where she never left the Order and the Jedi survived, she would have definitely ended up on the Council as a Jedi Master.

Ezra is bit more tricky, as his power levels are a bit inconsistent in the show, sometimes he can barely deflect few blaster bolts, while other times he's mind controlling Imperial troops to kill their friends and then commit suicide. But by the end of Rebels, I think he is officially a fully fledged Jedi Knight and not a weak one either. Ezra probably had much higher Force potential than Kanan and would probably rank pretty high in the old Order as well if he had received full Jedi training from very young age. How powerful he is in his older age depends on whether he keeps practising his Force skills in the UR.

 

Nevertheless, it makes you wonder when they pick up where they left off from the Rebels' epilogue, if Ahsoka becomes somewhat of a mentor and Master (in name only) to Ezra as she picks up where Kanan left off. I think that would be pretty cool.

 

We we're talking about past the Empire; the Epilogue takes place after the events of ROTJ, right? It's the First Order who they'd be running away from; and I'd imagine they wouldn't even be thinking about remaining Jedi at this point (outside of Luke and Rey, to a lesser extent).

 

Well Luke has his Jedi Academy at the time, didn't he? It's not like the Force Sensitives were in hiding like they were in the years following Order 66.

 

The number of Force sensitive beings being born in the galaxy is probably a constant, however with no large institutionalised Jedi Order to find them and train them, most of these people just live their lives without ever realising their full potential. They probably have better reflexes, learn very quickly, maybe are good at convincing other people, they instinctively sense danger, etc., but they never realise where their abilities come from. Like Rey before the events of TFA or Ezra before he met Kanan for example.

As for Luke's Order, he is only one man with limited resources, so he can't find and train every Force sensitive out there. Luke probably picked up his students during his travels across the galaxy looking for Jedi lore and artefacts, and from his point of view, it was the will of the Force for him to train them.

 

My understanding is the number of Force sensitive individuals born each year fell during the Republic Era. At one time there were enough Jedi Knights that they could have fought the Clone Wars without the help of a Clone Army.

 

We don't really know that. In old Legends material it was said that the Jedi Order used to be much bigger in the old times, but as far as I know, there is no mention of that in the current canon. And the size of the Jedi Order doesn't necessarily reflect the number of Force born babies anyways. The only thing it reflects is the Jedi ability to identify and train them. We know the dark side is clouding Jedi abilities, so perhaps it also makes it more difficult for the Jedi to identify Force sensitive beings. We even have the case of Anakin in TPM, where the Jedi never identified him, even though he's potentially the most Force sensitive being ever born.

And realistically, the Jedi would never be able to fight a war without some non-Force user support. You need people to take care of logistics, secure territory, operate and maintain ships, etc.

 

They already need non-Force sensitives to keep their temple running.

 

Ashley Eckstein hosting the Women of the Galaxy panel at NYCC.

 

I think Ashley was wearing her new Dr. Who (Thirteenth Doctor) outfit from the Her Universe fashion line. It bothered me that it seems like all of the best panels at NYCC this year are during the week (Thursday/Friday); and of course I'm going tomorrow.

 

One of the things I really like about Star Wars is how the actors and actresses -- including the voice actors and actresses -- take ownership of their characters. I think Ashley's love for the character of Ahsoka and for Ahsoka's fans adds appeal to Ahsoka. If Ashley were quiet, reclusive, or unknown, I don't think on-screen Ahsoka would be nearly as popular as she is. It's a treasure for a non-movie character to be prominent in one of these type of books.

That said, it's a bit interesting to think of Ahsoka as a woman (versus a girl / teen). With the Ahsoka novel set so closely after the fall of the Jedi Order, we see the beginnings of wisdom and self-reflection, but not a clear path to the calm, relatively wise woman Ezra meets. I would like to know more about how the Force guided her to be a stronger, more adult person. About her trip to the ancient Jedi temple. How she mentally processes the Universe under the Empire. This could give an explanation to her character journey while connecting with other lore. "She becomes stronger in the Force because she has great potential," to me at least, isn't, in itself, a reason.

 

A familiar cosplay at NYCC today.

 

Well I could live with name dropping at least in a live action series. As I've mentioned previously, the only thing that really bothered me about R1 was that Saw's character never bothered talking about his background and the Jedi who helped him and his people reclaim Onderon.