Ahsoka Tano (Powerstaark)

Ahsoka Tano was a Togruta Jedi Padawan who was assigned to Anakin Skywalker during the Clone Wars. Ahsoka was discovered by Jedi Master Plo Koon and was Tom Norton's closest friend.

Childhood
Ahsoka Tano was discovered by Plo Koon during a mission on Shili. The exact circumstances during which she was discovered is unknown. Although she was three years old at the time, which was normally considered too old to join the Jedi Order, Plo sensed she had the potential to become a very powerful Jedi so he and the rest of the Jedi Council allowed her to join the Jedi Order. Ahsoka became very close to Master Koon considering him to be like a father to her. Though she had vague memories of her mother back on Shili her father had died before she was born.

Ahsoka started her Jedi training at four years old being put into the bear clan. She met fellow Jedi Padawan Tom Norton during her first lesson with Master Yoda and they quickly became very close friends. At some point Ahsoka was bullied by a boy named Abron Strife. This may have contributed to Tom's dislike of Strife though he'd never been fond of him in the first place.

Ahsoka and Tom did almost everything together. They trained together and sparred often. They liked exploring history archives learning about some of the ancient Jedi and Sith lords such as Darth Bane or Vandare Tokare. They also went swimming in the room of a thousand mountains and once they got in trouble with Saesee Tiin for swimming at night time. Ahsoka and Tom sometimes played pranks on the Jedi Masters. Ahsoka also befriended a nautolan Padawan named Evra Talisman though she was nowhere near as close to him as she was to Tom. She developed a rivalry with a human girl called Lyra Champ.

Ahsoka watched Tom's first fighting tournament and then joined in the second.where she lost in the first round to Lyra Champ. The year after she defeated Lyra and another Padawan and fought Tom. Tom managed to defeat her but not without considerable effort. Ahsoka saw little of Tom after that as he was busy being trained as a Padawan by Carmen Conrose

Over the next few months Ahsoka trained vigorously fighting with some of the best Padawan's in the Temple and defeating most of them. Her skills impressed the Jedi Masters enough for them to promote her to Padawan despite not having won a fighting tournament or been chosen by another Jedi during one of the Temples Choosing Ceremonies. Before becoming the Padawan of Anakin Skywalker Ahsoka was assigned to a Jedi named Jack Kalbone.

Mission on Shili
Ahsoka's first mission happened to be on her home planet Shilli. General Grievous had taken over one of the villages but fortunately the Jedi heard about it before Grievous could spread out his forces. Ahsoka briefly met her mother, Ariana before joining Jack in an attack on a village the droids were using as a base.

During the fight Ahsoka and Jack were forced to duel four magnaguards. Jack defeated his and went after Grievous who he had seen standing beside a hut but not actually fighting. Ahsoka slashed off a magnaguards head but she didn't know that magnaguards could keep fighting even without their heads and was shocked from behind. Ahsoka was almost knocked unconscious by the shock but she was more resilient than she looked and managed to roll out of the way of the magnaguards staffs before they finished her off. She managed to defeat the guards with some help from her clones but once the battle was over they discovered Jack Kalbone's dead body on a landing platform. The Jedi had been killed in a duel with Grievous who had then fled the system knowing that there were too many clone troopers for him to defeat alone. There were few Republic casualties in that battle.

As Ahsoka and the clones headed back to the village where Ahsoka's mother lived they heard screams and roars and saw a vicious Akul thundering through the village. Ahsoka attacked and single-handedly killed the Akul by stabbing it in the brain with her lightsaber. She was awarded an Akul tooth headdress for her achievement and she and her troops spent the night in the village.

The next day Ahsoka said goodbye to her mother and went back to Coruscant.

A couple of days later Ahsoka was reunited with Tom who had unfortunately lost his Master during a duel with Sora Bulq on Falleen. The two Padawans were delighted to see each other and together they went to Christophsis where they would meet their new Masters, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi.

Battle of Christophsis
When they arrived on Christophsis, Ahsoka and Tom met Anakin and Obi-Wan. Ahsoka became Anakin's Padawan and Tom became Obi-Wan's. However Confederacy General Whorm Loathsom had activated a deflector shield and had his droid army advance behind it, negating the use of cannons. Ahsoka and Anakin tried to figure out how to get inside the shield and destroy the generator while Tom, Obi-Wan and the clones dealt with the droids. Ahsoka and Anakin hid beneath a box and waited till the droids passed before they carefully sneaked in. However, they accidentally bumped into a droideka. Ahsoka was intent on fighting, but Anakin insisted on running. He told her to stop, allowing the chance to slash at the rolling droid as it passed them. When they reached the generator, Ahsoka accidentally tripped a number of sensors, alerting retail droids to their presence. Anakin distracted the droids while Ahsoka planted explosive charges on the generator. One of the droids approached her from behind, but her montrals warned her of its approach and she quickly sliced it in half with her lightsaber.

Unfortunately, the droid's "body" rolled over more sensors, alerting more of the droids. Seeing her Master outnumbered, Ahsoka saw that he and the droids were underneath a wall with a convenient hole in the middle. She used the Force to bring down the wall. Skywalker passed through the hole, while the droids around him were crushed. Ahsoka activated the charges, blowing up the generator, enabling the artillery to finish off the droid legions.

Despite Anakin's initial reluctance to take a Padawan, he and Ahsoka quickly formed a bond, and Yoda wondered whether the responsibility of mentoring a Padawan would actually calm Anakin's wild ways, or if he would simply pass them on to his new charge.

Battle of Teth
After Christophsis, Master and Padawan were dispatched to find and rescue Jabba the Hutt's kidnapped son, whom scouts had located on the planet Teth. The success of their mission was vital to completing negotiations with the gangster for trade routes in the Outer Rim Territories. While they headed to Teth, Anakin showed Ahsoka around the ship and then they had a sparring match which Ahsoka lost. However Anakin was impressed by her skills and told her she had the potential to become very powerful. After their sparring match, Ahsoka asked Anakin how he got his scar and Anakin told her about his duel with Asajj Ventress on Yavin VI.

Upon arriving on Teth, it proved impossible to land at the B'omarr Monastery where the Huttlet was being held, which forced the Republic forces to land at the base of the mesa. The only way to reach the monastery was by scaling the vertical cliff walls. Master and apprentice treated it like a race and began their climb to the top.

Ahsoka got aboard an AT-TE walker, and defended it from dwarf spider droid fire when its gunner was shot. STAPs nearly caused the walker to lose grip, and likely would have succeeded had Anakin not commandeered one of the STAPs to destroy the others. Once at the top, Ahsoka used the AT-TE cannon to save her master from three droidekas.

After securing the Monastery, they discovered a protocol droid designated, who informed them the Huttlet was being held in the dungeons. After dispatching a few battle droids, the Jedi found Rotta, who was found to be just a baby, and whom Ahsoka thought was cute. Unfortunately, while trying to load the Huttlet, whom Ahsoka had nicknamed "Stinky," into a pack, a recording of their actions was taken by 4A-7, who was actually the servant of Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress. Ventress transmitted the recording to Count Dooku, to convince Jabba that the Jedi had been the ones who kidnapped Rotta.

With an army of droids sent to "retrieve" the Huttlet, the Jedi had to find an alternate way off the planet, as the Huttlet was sick. While captain Rex and his clones stalled the droids, Ahsoka and Anakin encountered Ventress and a group of battle droids in a Rancor pit. Ahsoka easily defeated the droids and then saved her master from Ventress' killing strike. The two Jedi briefly fought the Dark Acolyte until Rotta fell out of Ahsoka's backpack and she was forced to break off her attack to pick him up. Anakin ordered Ahsoka to get Rotta out but when Ahsoka tried to find a way out of the pit she accidentally released a massive which attacked Anakin and Ventress who continued their duel on the back of the beast. A squad of battle droids appeared on the balcony above but Ahsoka used telekinesis to pull the droids towards her before destroying them with her lightsaber. Meanwhile R2-D2, who was up on the balcoy with the droids, disabled a few more. Ahsoka then stabbed the Rancor Anakin and Ventress were fighting on in the foot and when it lunged at her she stabbed it in the nose causing it to stagger back and fall on top of Ventress. The Jedi fled shortly before Ventress burned the Rancors backside with one of her lightsabers and picked herself up, dazed but very much alive.

The two Jedi escaped to a landing platform but the ship that was supposed to pick them up was shot down by a. Ahsoka and Anakin defeated the droid and then Rotta spotted another landing platform. Ahsoka had a brief duel with Ventress before her Master picked her up on the back of a Can-cell, followed by R2-D2. They discovered a ship, with at the foot of the ramp. When battle droids descended from the ship, it became obvious to Ahsoka that 4A-7 was a spy. She destroyed the battle droids and decapitated 4A-7.

The Jedi commandeered the ship and attempted to land on the Venator-class Star Destroyer Spirit of the Republic, but its hangar was destroyed before they could land. With no other options left to them, the Jedi traveled directly to Tatooine in the old freighter. While in hyperspace, Ahsoka was able to treat Rotta with medicine on board the ship, saving his life.

Personality and traits
In the early stages of her Jedi training, Ahsoka was a bit awkward and nervous and the only person she felt truly at ease around was Plo. She also had a habit of stroking one of her head tails as a sign of nervousness. This trait quickly faded after her training officially began and she became one of the most confident and talented younglings in the Jedi Order. It's possible that her friendship with Tom may have contributed to her vast boost in confidence. Her head tail stroking habit faded along with her nervousness.

Ahsoka was very mischievous as a youngling and was known to play pranks on the Jedi Masters along with Tom. She was determined to become a powerful Jedi and like Tom she was dedicated to her training. Ahsoka was known to sulk occasionally when things didn't go her way and she sulked when Tom was allowed into a fighting tournament but she wasn't. She was very headstrong and was considered a suitable Padawan for the equally headstrong Anakin Skywalker. Like Tom she rather enjoyed combat, liking to show off her skills.

Tom Norton
Ahsoka had a very close bond with Tom Norton and they did almost everything together. Though they teased each other from time to time they rarely fell out with each other. Tom was kind to Ahsoka when they first met and helped her with her training, earning her friendship in return. The two of them trained and studied together and sometimes played pranks on the Jedi Masters. They were feircely loyal to each other and Tom even developed a crush on the Togruta but Ahsoka didn't return his feelings until she was older.

Plo Koon
Ahsoka had a close bond with Plo Koon who was the person who found her and brought her to the Jedi Temple. Ahsoka considered Plo to be like a father to her.

Anakin Skywalker
Ahsoka had a close bond with her master Anakin Skywalker and was proud to be the apprentice of the supposed Chosen One. Though Anakin was at first unwilling to take a Padawan they became very close within one day. Ahsoka adopted an informal attitude with Anakin nicknaming him 'Skyguy' though as she grew more mature she abandoned the nickname. Because of her snippy and feisty personality Anakin nicknamed her 'Snips'.

Lightsaber training
Despite her age Ahsoka was very skilled with a lightsaber and her preferred style was the unorthodox Shien style. She was also skilled at Ataru and her proficiency with the two styles even allowed her to combine them together by using acrobatics and the reverse grip at the same time. Under Anakin Skywalker she was trained to use Djem So. She was very fast and agile and used her agility to try and exhaust her opponents and dodge attacks she didn't block.

Force powers
According to Plo Koon Ahsoka had the potential to become an extremely powerful Jedi. Her connection to the Force was a powerful one, one of the strongest in the Order, though because of her young age she hadn't mastered her Force powers to her highest degree. However she could use it to perform Force Jump and other acrobatics. During her fight with the Akul on Shilli Ahsoka displayed the ability to use a Force Push which was powerful enough to send the huge Akul flying. Later, during the battle of Christophsis she was able to use Telekinesis to pull a large wall down on top of a group of droids that had surrounded Anakin Skywalker.

Other abilities
Because she was a Togruta Ahsoka possessed great visual-spatial awareness. She used this to great effect during the Battle of Christophsis, toppling a wall on top of Anakin Skywalker and a number of droids he was fighting, and timing it so that Skywalker was cleared by a broken window gap in it, while the droids were crushed. Her montrals (the horns on top of her head) picked up sounds the same way a humans ears pick up sound (being a Togruta, Ahsoka didn't actually have ears) and a sound would vibrate within her montrals acting like a kind of radar that told her where something was coming from, making it difficult to sneak up on her or attack her from behind.

In addition Ahsoka learned a bit of hand to hand combat from Plo Koon.