Anakin and Ahsoka have one complicated – but important – Star Wars history. With the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ahsoka series finally streaming on Disney Plus, the best ൲time to catch up on this Master and Padawan duo is now – especially since Hayden Christenen has finally returned as Anakin Skywalker.  

We've got everything you need to know about Anakin and Ahsoka below, including their Star Wars: The Clone Wars history, what 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ahsoka Tano is up to during the prequels (though for more, see our guide to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:where ꦇAhsoka is during Rℱevenge of the Sith), and much more besides. That means that, if there's no time for an animated binge-watch session, or you can't fit in the essential episodes in our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:what to watch before Ahsoka guide, you'll find the crucial information you need be♌low. 

But, a warning that the following contains major spoilers for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ahsoka episode 4 and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ahsoka episode 5, so turn back now if you're not uꦉp to date! 

For even more on the Ahsoka show, head to our guide on everything you need to know about Star Wars Rebels through the link. You can also get started on the animated shows in earnest by learning how to watch 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Clone Wars in order.  

Is Ahsoka Anakin's Padawan?

Ahsoka is indeed Anakin's Padawan learner – or at least, 🌊she was, before she walked away from the Jedi Order (more on that later). 

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:In an Ahsoka featurette, Clone Wars creator Dave Filoni talked about developing Ahsoka with George Lucas. "Originally, we didn't know what The Clone Wars would be," Filoni reflected. "There was a Jedi, and there was a Padawan. We thought, 'We'll put them on adventures', but George had other ideas. He🎶 says, 'Well, let's give Anakin Skywalker a Padawan.'ꦕ I was like, 'Anakin doesn't have a Padawan.' And he just looked at me and said, 'Anakin has a Padawan.' That was basically it, that's how Ahsoka came about."

How do Anakin and Ahsoka meet?

Ahsoka is introduced in The Clone Wars feature length animated movie, which was released in 2008 and is set in between 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Attack of the Clones and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Revenge of the Sith. We catch up with Anakin and Obi-Wan undertaking a mission on the planet Christophsis, with Obi-Wan expecting the arඣrival of his new Pa🔯dawan. When Ahsoka shows up, however, she says she's been sent to be the apprentice of Anakin Skywalker. 

To say Anakin is unhappy with this is an u𒉰nderstatement, but, naturally, he warms up to his Padawan as the movie goes on and Ahsoka proves herself as more than capable. 

The 🅰duo even have affectionate nicknames for each other: Ahsoka calls Anakin "Skyguy," and Anakin calls his apprentice "Snips" (after he accuses her of getting "snippy" soon after their first meeting). &nbs𝄹p;

What happens to Anakin and Ahsoka in The Clone Wars?

The Clone Wars ran for seven seasons, so, as you can imagine, Anakin and Ahsoka go through a lot, both separately and together.🤪 The key thing to know is that the duo form an incredibly strong bond acജross the course of the series.

If you want to get a feel for their Clone Wars dynamic, some of the most important arcs featuri𓂃ng Snips🌄 and Skyguy are: 

• Second Battle of Geonosis – this arc sees Ahsoka and fellow Padawan Barriss Offee trapped and thought dead. Anakin doesn't give up on saving his apprentice, though, even when fellow Jedi Luminara Unduli urges him to let go. It's also a great demonstration of their back-and-forth banter. (Season 2, episodes 4-8)
• Mortis – you can read a deep dive on what goes down on Mortis in our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:World Between Worlds explainer. The key thing to know is that Ahsoka is killed, but Anakin – thanks to some Force shenanigans – is able to revive her. (Season 3, episodes 15-17)
• The Citadel – Ahsoka sneaks onto a dangerous mission despite Anakin forbidding her from joining. (Season 3, episodes 18-20) 
• Deception – Obi-Wan fakes his death to go undercover as a bounty hunter (long story), but Ahsoka and Anakin set out together to bring his murderer – the very bounty hunter Obi-Wan is disguised as – to justice. (Season 4, episodes 15-17)
• The Jedi Temple bombing – Ahsoka is accused of a crime she didn't commit. Anakin believes her and tries to help her, but, ultimately, it's too much for Snips and she leaves the Jedi Order. (Season 5, episodes 17-20)
• The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Siege of Mandalore – by now Ahsoka has left the Jedi Order and travels to Mandalore without Anakin. But, the duo briefly cross paths again in a reunion that's both heart-warming and heart-breaking. (Season 7, episodes 9-12)

Why does Ahsoka leave Anakin and the Jedi Order?

Ahsoka ultimately walks away from the Jedi Order, leaving Anakin behind, in one of the show's most emotional moments. It all goes down after the Jedi Temple hangar is bombed by an unknown assailant. Ahsoka is framed for the crime and is put on trial, with the future Grand Moff Tarkin making an appearance to prosecute the young Padawan (澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Padmé defended her). 

Anakin believesও in Ahsoka's innocence and eventually uncovers the truth, exonerating his apprentice entirely. Unfortunately, though, Ahsoka's faith in the Jedi Order is so shaken that she chooses to leave – handing Anakin her𒐪 Padawan braid and walking into the distance. 

The duo only see eacಞh other again in The Clone Wars one more time, very briefly in the final arc of season 7. 

Where is Ahsoka in the Star Wars prequels?

Ahsoka 🔴slots seamlessly into the Star Wars canon – but you might be wondering just where she is in the prequel films.

Since The Clone Wars takes place between Episode 2 and 3, you wouldn't expect to see Ahsoka in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones. Her absence in Revenge of the Sith is explained in The Clone Wars season 7. While the dramatic events of the final prequel film are going down, Ahsoka is battling Darth Maul as part of the Siege of Mandalore, helping out 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bo-Katan Kryze. 

By the time Ahsoka is finished on Mandalore, Anakin has already fallen to the dark side, which means Snips is forced to go on the run amid Order 66. She surv🍸ives, though she has no idea what became of her former Master until later. 

Does Ahsoka know Anakin is Darth Vader? How does she find out? 

At first, A༺hsoka has no idea that Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader are one and the same. She discovers the truth in Star Wars Rebels when she encounters the Sith Lord in♈ a space battle. What she senses is so shocking to her that she passes out. 

Snips has her suspicions confirmed when she comes face to face with Vader in the Rebels season 2 finale, in a Sith Temple on the planet Malachor. The duo cross blades and go head to head in a duel. It looks as if the unthinkable has happened and Vader has killed Ahsoka – she doesn't return until season 4, thanks to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ezra Bridger rescuing her via the World Between Worlds. 

Is Anakin returning in Ahsoka?

Hayden Christensen is indeed back as Anakin Skywalker in Ahsoka. After much back and forth, he finally appears at the very ending of Ahsoka episode 4, showing up to talk to Ahsoka in the World Between Worlds. Ahsoka looks pretty happy to see him, but, in Ahsoka episode 5, Anakin begins teaching her a hard lesson by fighting her, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:taking her back to the Clone Wars, and even duelling her as Darth Vader. Luckily, though, it's a lesson that Ahsoka dearly needs, and she ends the episode clad in a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:symbolic new outfit. 

Christensen's involvement in the show was a closely guarded secret, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:reported in the press and then 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:denied by star Rosario Dawson, but a Star Wars merchandi♐se description seemed to confirm his return. Eventually, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a teaser featuring new dialogue from Christensen's Anakin was released, confirming his return. Significantly, Anakin has yet to speak these words in the show, so 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:we can assume we'lꦏl be seei꧃ng him again. 

Before his appearance, Anakin was name-dropped a few times. Baylan Skoll mentions him when Ahsoka confronts him on Seatos, and he was mentioned earlier when Ahsoka said he never got to finish her training. Huyang also made a somewhat veiled reference to him in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ahsoka episode 3, when the droid points out that Ahsoka is part of a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:non-traditional Jedi lineage. He's not wrong...  

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