Tom Norton

Thomas Norton, more often known simply as Tom Norton, was a Human male Jedi Padawan during the. He had known fellow Padawan Ahsoka Tano since he was five and she was four, and was her closest friend. Tom became the Padawan of Carmen Conrose, before the latter's death at the hands of Sora Bulq. Tom then became the second Padawan of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He eventually entered a romantic relationship with Ahsoka. They had a kid named Tim Norton.

Although he did many good things in the Clone Wars, including saving the lives of Evan Piell and the Zillo Beast, Tom allowed Osi Sobek to kill Captain Tarkin after forseeing that Tarkin would order the distruction of Alderaan. The Senate saw this as an act of treachery and sentenced him to death. Ahsoka and Obi-Wan broke Tom out of prison the night before his execution and Tom went into exile, although he frequently had to fight off Bounty Hunters that the enraged Darth Sidious sent after him.

Childhood
"Hello, I'm Thomas Norton from planet Bespin."

- Tom introduces himself to Ahsoka

Tom Norton was born in Cloud City on Bespin and was discovered by Jedi Master Adi Gallia while he was a young boy. When he was discovered Tom was old enough to be close to his parents and had one or two vague memories of them. Sensing his strong Force connection, Master Gallia brought the little boy to the Jedi Temple to be raised as a Jedi. At five years old he met Ahsoka Tano who became his best friend. They got up to mischief together and sometimes got in trouble during their training. One notable occasion was when they slipped Whoopee cushions onto every Jedi Council Members seat. Most of the Council was furious but Plo Koon thought it was amusing though he warned Tom and Ahsoka that he wouldn't be so playful if they did it again. Whoopee cushions were banned from the Jedi Temple after that.

Tom and Ahsoka were almost inseparable and they liked to train and spend time in the library and occasionally went swimming in the room of a thousand fountains. Tom also became close friends with Plo Koon through his friendship with Ahsoka. Tom's friendly feelings towards Ahsoka eventually evolved into a crush and he considered her very attractive despite being a different species.

During his childhood Tom developed a rivalry with a boy called Abron Stryfe and lost to him in his first fighting tournament when he was twelve before beating him in his second the year after and winning the third. After winning his third tournament Tom became a Jedi Padawan.

First mission
Tom was assigned to a green skinned Twi'lek Jedi Knight named Carmen Conrose, who had been the only Padawan of Saesee Tiin. He, his new Master and Jedi Master Sora Bulq (who ironically would become the very person who was responsible for Carmen's death) were sent to the planet Ryloth to rescue Senator Orn Free Taa from a group of criminals. On Ryloth they met Cham Syndulla who led them to the canyon where Taa was being held prisoner. The three Jedi and their guide found a large cave which would eventually become Cham's headquarters during the clone wars, and were surrounded by a large group of blaster wielding criminals.

The leader of the criminals, who looked almost identical to Orn Free Taa, except thinner told the Jedi that he intended to replace Taa in the Senate and become the successor of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. It turned out that the criminals were not interested in a ransom. The leader also offered them a chance to play along with the scheme. Tom, Bulq, Conrose and Syndulla fought the criminals and Tom felt slightly disturbed about harming living beings, especially when he saw Sora using Vaapad to kill most of them. They defeated the criminals and the leader agreed to hand over Orn Free Taa. Carmen meanwhile set about healing the criminals with the Force. Then the group handed the criminals that hadn't been killed by Sora's Vaapad frenzy over to the Ryloth authorities. Tom, proud about the success of his first mission, was looking forward to telling Ahsoka what had happened though he still felt a little uncomfortable about Sora's massacre.

Visit to Korriban
At some point before the Clone Wars Tom and Carmen were forced to land on Korriban on their way back from a mission because of a malfunction in the hyperdrive. While Carmen fixed the hyperdrive Tom went exploring. The Padawan accidentally stumbled upon the Valley of the Dark Lords, an ancient burial ground for dead Sith Lords. Tom sensed the dark side of the Force in the valley and, unsure what he was up against, he debated about whether to go in or not. He eventually decided not to go in and returned to his Master, asking her about the valley. Carmen told him a little about the Valley of the Dark Lords which she had read about as a youngling.

Battle of Geonosis
Four months after his first mission Tom and Carmen were sent on a negotiation mission on Demos 4. The mission was successful but the two of them had barely gotten back to the temple when they set out again, along with over two hundred other Jedi to rescue Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Padme Armidala from Count Dooku on Geonosis.

Tom and Carmen fought bravely in the arena and Tom managed to kill the fearsome Ackley during the battle. Shortly before the end to the battle in the arena Tom was temporarily distracted by Jango Fett's helmeted head shooting past him and received a wound to the shoulder. Despite the wound Tom was one of the few survivors though his old rival Abron Stryfe was cut down in the battle. Tom had never been fond of Stryfe and they got on rather badly as younglings but even so the Padawan was slightly upset by his death.

Tom wanted Ahsoka to be his last thought when the droids finished him off but then Master Yoda arrived with clone reinforcements and all the Jedi in the survivors circle, with the unfortunate exception of, managed to get into a gunship and flee the arena. Tom and the other surviving Jedi fought alongside the clones against the Separatist droids. The battle was ultimately a victory for the Republic.

During the first few months of the war, Tom was almost always with Carmen, whether it was in battle or negotiation. Tom grew to think that he and Carmen would survive the war together; this belief was shattered during the Battle of Falleen, six months after the war began.

Beginning of the seige
"I'm an...okay pilot."

- Tom being slightly doubtful about his flying skills

About seven months after the beginning of the Clone Wars, during the beginning of the Battle of Falleen, Tom was sent along with Barriss Offee to take down a Separatist blockade with a squad of and another squad of. Carmen and Luminara Unduli planned to bring the cruisers out of hyperspace as soon as someone in either squadron activated their tracking beacon. That way the cruisers wouldn't be a target until later in the battle and they might not lose as many men.

During the space battle Tom was chased by a vulture droids missiles but Barriss used the Force to move the missiles into an enemy cruiser, saving Tom in the process. Tom managed to keep his ship in one piece long enough for Barriss to call reinforcements as planned. However, though Tom was, in his own words, "An okay pilot" he was shot in the wing. Barriss used the Force to guide his ship back into one of the Republic cruisers, saving his life for the second time within half an hour and Tom felt that he'd made a new friend. Barriss and Tom became closer during the siege.

Carmen's death
"Padawan...Let her go"

- Luminara Unduli to Tom Norton after Carmen dies

A month after the beginning of the siege Tom and Carmen fought on the outskirts of a forest. Luminara and Barriss had promised to help Carmen and Tom as soon as they could. Tom and Carmen were lured away from the main battle by a cloaked figure who revealed himself to be Sora Bulq. The three of the dueled in a forest but even together Tom and Carmen were unable to overcome the Dark Jedi who stabbed Carmen in the chest. Tom attacked in a fit of rage, wielding Carmen's lightsaber along with his own, but was no match for the Weequay who quickly sliced Carmen's lightsaber in half and knocked Tom's lightsaber out of his hands. Tom would have been killed if Luminara and Barriss hadn't arrived and forced Bulq to retreat. While the two mirialans duelled with the Dark Acolyte, Tom crawled to his dying masters side and had a short talk with her before she passed away. Tom was devastated by Carmen's death and after the battle he was comforted by Barriss.

Reunion with Ahsoka
After winning the battle of Falleen Tom was sent back to the Jedi Temple to be assigned to a new Master. In the Jedi Council chamber Tom was assigned to Obi-Wan Kenobi and Plo Koon told him that another Padawan was going with him but he didn't tell him who the Padawan was.

When Tom got onto the ship that would take him to Christophsis he was delighted to find that his companion was Ahsoka. Tom temporarily forgot about Carmen's death in his happiness to see his old friend as he hadn't seen her often since becoming a Padawan and they went to Christophsis together to meet their new masters.

Battle of Christophsis
When Tom and Ahsoka arrived on Christophsis they met Anakin, Obi-Wan and CC-7567, more often known as Rex. The two Padawan's informed them that Master Yoda wanted them to return to the Jedi Temple but since the droids had trapped them on the planet they couldn't go anywhere. The four Jedi successfully managed to contact Yoda and managed to tell him about their predicament just before the hologram shut off.

After contacting Yoda, Obi-Wan introduced himself and the rather moody Anakin, properly. When Anakin blurted that he didn't want a Padawan, Tom glared at him before telling Obi-Wan that he would be his Padawan and Ahsoka would be Anakins.

Ahsoka and Anakin visited Rex at a lookout post and Ahsoka called Anakin "Skyguy" for the first time before Rex pointed out an incoming energy shield. Tom, Obi-Wan and R2-D2 joined them and Obi-Wan told Anakin and Ahsoka to go inside the rayshield and destroy the generator while he, Tom and the clones distracted the droids. After Ahsoka and Anakin left, Obi-Wan ordered his clones to try and blast their way through the shield with their large cannons but they had no effect. Meanwhile Tom was brooding quietly on his lost Master and perhaps worrying that Ahsoka might die too during the war. Obi-Wan noticed that he was upset and asked what was wrong but Tom said he'd tell him later.

The Jedi and clones waited until the energy shield past over them and Rex noted that they wouldn't be able to stop the droids so Obi-Wan ordered him and his troops to protect them while he and Tom delayed the droids. The droids surrounded them and General arrived in his tank. Tom was astonished when Obi-Wan surrendered but the Jedi Master mouthed at him to do the same. The droids took their lightsabers and Obi-Wan distracted Loathsome by negotiating with him. Tom was amazed at his calm demeanor and was even more astonished when he requested refreshments.

When Loathsome realised they were merely stalling he threatened that he would kill them both unless they called off their troops. Obi-Wan and Tom freed themselves from the droids and took Loathsome hostage in order to stop the droids from shooting them. Meanwhile Anakin and Ahsoka destroyed the generator allowing the clones cannons to finish off the droids.

Tom, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka and Anakin then met up with Yoda who assigned Tom and Obi-Wan to negotiate with Jabba the Hutt while Anakin and Ahsoka went to rescue Jabba's son, Rotta.

Negotiations with Jabba the Hutt
On the way to Tatooine, Tom and Obi-Wan spent the journey talking about their lives. Tom told Obi-Wan about Carmen's death and admitted that he was attached to Ahsoka. Obi-Wan told him that he hoped he wasn't too attached but other than that he did not lecture Tom on the detachment part of the Jedi Code, most likely because he too had attachments. In turn, Obi-Wan told him about the death of Qui-Gon Jinn at the hands of Darth Maul, to show that he understood the pain Tom was going through from losing his own Master.

When they arrived on Tatooine, Tom and Obi-Wan began negotiations with Jabba who promised them that he would allow the Republic to use the hyperspace routes in his territories in exchange for the safe return of his son,. Obi-Wan reported this information to Anakin, who was on his way to Teth where Jabba's son had been located, before informing Yoda and Chancellor Palpatine. It was suspected that the kidnapping was a Separatist plot, which aimed to turn Jabba against the Republic.

Battle of Teth
Once their negotiations with Jabba were complete, Obi-Wan and Tom headed to Teth and found Rex and the army heavily outnumbered by battle droids. With Obi-Wan and Tom's reinforcements, the battle was then even again and Kenobi and his padawan went to search for Anakin, R2-D2 and Ahsoka. Unfortunately, they ran into Asajj Ventress whom they battled through the B'omarr Monastery. After a vicious duel, during which Obi-Wan saved Tom from having his head sliced off by Ventress, the Jedi Master disarmed her and she gave up and called for a Vulture droid to rescue her.

Returning to their troops, the two Jedi learned that Skywalker had taken a B-Wing-like ship called the Twilight and had flown to Tatooine where he and Tano had battled Dooku and IG-100 MagnaGuards, before giving Jabba's son back to him. After fending off the droids, Tom, Obi-Wan and Yoda took gunships to pick up Ahsoka and Anakin, and Jabba confirmed passage through his routes.

The Malevolence
For the most part, Tom had little to do with the Malevolence crisis, though he was worried about the disappearance of Plo Koon. He spent most of his time with Obi-Wan during the crisis and wasn't involved in the mission to rescue Plo or the mission to destroy the Malevolence's ion cannons. Claiming that he hadn't had enough adventure and excitement, Tom decided to join Anakin and Obi-Wan on their mission to rescue Padme Armidala, who was taken on board the Malevolence by a tractor beam. Ahsoka went too and the four Jedi infiltrated the Malevolence by docking at one of the emergency airlocks.

They found Padme on the Malevolence's rail jets and Anakin leapt to her rescue. Tom and Ahsoka joined him and Anakin acted affectionately towards Padme causing them to become suspicious. Obi-Wan contacted them through Anakin's comlinc, telling him that he'd gotten separated from his protocol droid C-3PO. Padme told them that the hyperdrive of the Malevolence, which had been damaged during Anakin and Ahsoka's mission to destroy the ion cannons, was almost repaired. Obi-Wan said he would handle the hyperdrive so the three Jedi and Senator headed back towards the Twilight.

On the way there they fought a group of Super Battle droids and Anakin decided to go up to the bridge to reprogram the Malevolence's nava-computer, while Ahsoka and Tom got Padme back to the Twilight. On the way there, the Padawan's destroyed two droideka's and then realised that in all the excitement, they hadn't actually introduced themselves to the Senator. Meanwhile Obi-Wan escaped an encounter with General Grievous, R2-D2 found C-3PO and Anakin reprogrammed the nava-computer to send the Malevolence into a nearby moon. The Jedi, Senator and droids all escaped in the Twilight. General Grievous chased them briefly but decided to flee when he realised the Malevolence's nava-computer was going to send it crashing into the nearby moon.

Battle of Polis Massa
After the Malevolence crisis, Jabba the Hutt's spies told the Republic that the Separatists were planning to attack Polis Massa. Tom and Obi-Wan were sent to deal with them but at first it seemed that the Separatists weren't coming. Why the Separatists were delayed is unknown but they did attack Polis Massa, albeit later than expected, so Tom, Obi-Wan and the clones were forced to engage them in a space battle.

During the battle, Tom's starfighter was shot in the wing, and his astromech droid was destroyed. Tom managed to pilot the starfighter into a hanger but accidentally went into a Separatists hanger rather than a Republic one. Obi-Wan soon joined him and scolded him for flying into an enemy hanger. Tom responded by telling him that he'd had difficulty controlling the aircraft because of the damage it received and that he'd been so desperate to get out of it that he just flew into the nearest hanger, which unfortunately happened to be an enemy one.

The two Jedi quickly eliminated the droids in the hanger and called for a gunship to pick them up since both of their ships were damaged. However, they were then confronted by none other than Sora Bulq. As soon as Tom saw the Dark Acolyte he was reminded of Carmen's death. The two Jedi duelled Bulq briefly but then escaped when their gunship arrived to pick them up. Though they were victorious in the battle, Bulq managed to escape in his personal fighter.

After winning the battle Tom and Obi-Wan had a discussion about the anger Tom had displayed during his duel with Bulq. Tom was still mourning the death of his first Master so Obi-Wan once again told him about the time he lost Qui-Gon Jinn and then admitted that he'd fallen in love with. After the discussion Tom and Obi-Wan decided to do some piloting training since that was the second time Tom had been shot down in a space battle.

Mission to Orto Plutonia
Tom and Obi-Wan briefly met up with Anakin, Ahsoka and Padme Amidala on Rodia where Ahsoka separated from them to guard the Separatist viceroy,. Tom, Obi-Wan and Anakin meanwhile were contacted by Yoda who told them that they had to investigate what had happened to a Republic base on Orto Plutonia. Padme lent them her protocol droid, C-3PO thinking that since Orto Plutonia was a largely unexplored planet, only explored by people from the nearby planet Pantora, they might encounter creatures they couldn't communicate with. Her hunch proved correct; on Orto Plutonia, Tom, Obi-Wan, Anakin, Rex and two representatives from Pantora, Chairman and Senator, encountered the native Talz. Chairman Cho thought that the Talz were trespassers and savages and wanted to show them that Orto Plutonia belonged to Pantora. The Jedi tried to reason with him but despite their attempts Cho declared war on the Talz.

Tom was sent along with Rex and the clones to protect the Chairman when he led the assault against the Talz, while Obi-Wan, Anakin and Chuchi spoke to one of Pantora's highest ranking people in an attempt to get Chi Cho to stop his assault against innocent creatures. Meanwhile Tom, the clones and Cho were attacked by the Talz. Tom instinctively killed two Talz in self defence and when the clones retreated with the seriously wounded Cho, he engaged in a brief duel with the leader of the Talz,. He quickly defeated Thi-Sen, but, shaken about the fact that he'd killed two living creatures who were basically innocent, he spared the Talz leader allowing Thi-Sen to make peace with Senator Chuchi after Chairman Cho died from his injury. Tom met up with Obi-Wan and Anakin and spoke to Obi-Wan about the Talz he'd killed. Obi-Wan told him that in war people always got hurt and also said that if he hadn't acted on his instincts he might have had his head torn off by one of the Talz. He helped soothe Tom's troubled conscience.

Battle of Ryloth
Tom later fought during the battle of Ryloth where he and Obi-Wan attacked the city of Nabat where several cannons had been built to prevent Republic cruisers from landing. They discovered that the citizens were being held hostage and on their way to the cannons they were attacked by. Tom was very impressed when Obi-Wan used Animal Friendship on all the Gutkurr's at once and once Obi-Wan had lured them under a bridge, which was brought down by the clones to trap the Gutkurr's, Tom asked his Master to teach him Animal Friendship. Shortly afterwards they met with two scouts, and  who were accompanied by a little girl called  who helped them free the hostages and destroy the cannons. Following the destruction of the cannons, Mace Windu landed his cruisers and congratulated Tom and Obi-Wan.

Tom fought in the Jixuan Desert but Obi-Wan ordered him to report to Master Windu who was preparing to find Cham Syndulla. Because Tom's deceased Master had a history with Syndulla, Mace requested that Tom help negotiate with him. Tom left Obi-Wan to finish the battle in the Jixuan Desert and joined Master Windu. When they met Cham, Tom sadly told him about Carmen's death. The two of them had a talk about her before Cham agreed to help them. Tom fought with Cham during the assault on Lessu and after the battle Cham told him he was a good Jedi. Tom formed a Force Bond with the Twi'lek General which was developed from their love for Carmen.

Blue Shadow Virus crisis
During the crisis with the Blue Shadow Virus, Tom accompanied Ahsoka and Pepi Bo to find Dr Nuvo Vindi's laboratory where Padme Armidala and Jar Jar Bink's were being held prisoner. The two Padawan's reported back to Anakin and Obi-Wan who ordered them to create a distraction by setting off an explosion at one of the entrances allowing the adult Jedi and clones to get into the lab. Ahsoka used the Force to maneuvre a thermal detonator onto an entrance and blow it up giving their allies time to get into the lab. Tom and Ahsoka quickly joined the fight.

At first the mission seemed to be a success since Dr Vindi was arrested and the bombs containing the Blue Shadow Virus were disarmed. However one of Vindi's droids managed to get a missing vial of the Blue Shadow Virus into a bomb and blow it up sending the deadly Virus through the facility. Padme and Jar Jar were safe because they were wearing protective suits but Ahsoka, Tom and the clones were forced to flee to a safe room. At first it seemed they weren't going to make it but Tom used the Force to hold open the door and everyone got inside. Unfortunately some of the Virus got in through the door before it closed.

While Tom, Ahsoka and the clones struggled against the effects of the Virus, Padme reported that there were still droids in the facility. Ahsoka pointed out that since they were already infected they might as well try and stop the droids and tried to comfort the others by saying that she believed Anakin and Obi-Wan would find a cure.

They destroyed all the droids in the facility but by the time they were done the Virus was beginning to take its toll. Padme had also been infected because her suit had been breached. Tom was convinced that they were all going to die and when Ahsoka fainted he caught her. Thinking that this might be his last time with her, Tom kissed Ahsoka in front of the clones, Padme and Jar Jar. Ahsoka briefly regained consciousness after he kissed her but then fainted again. When a medical droid arrived with the cure Padme and Jar Jar were the only people who were still conscious and Tom had his arm around Ahsoka while they were unconscious.

Tom and Ahsoka felt awkward around each other for a few days and this was noticed by Plo Koon. Though he had never had a romantic relationship, Plo's friend, Qui-Gon Jinn, had and had told Plo about his feelings for. Plo told Ahsoka that it was not wrong to fall in love and as long as they didn't allow their emotions to control them they could get into a romantic relationship. After her discussion with Plo, Ahsoka and Tom shared another brief kiss in a training room.

Kidnapped by Cad Bane
Shortly after a disastrous battle on Felucia, during which Ahsoka refused to retreat from an overwhelming number of enemies, the young Togruta was assigned to guard the Jedi Temple's library. Tom offered to help her, even though he hadn't disobeyed orders. Tom claimed that he felt like he was being a "teachers pet" due to the fact that Ahsoka was getting in trouble and he wasn't.

The two Padawan's spent most of the day in the library until the Temple was infiltrated by Cad Bane and Cato Parasitti who were there to steal a Jedi Holocron containing a list of Force-sensitive children. Ahsoka defeated and captured Parasitti but after leaving Tom alone in the library, the older Padawan discovered Bane behind a shelf. Tom fought Bane briefly but the bounty hunter managed to shock him into unconsciousness and took him away from the Temple. After a brief conversation with his employer Darth Sidious, Bane travelled to Devaron to collect a kyber crystal from Bolla Ropal, taking Tom with him. He murdered Ropal and took the kyber crystal and then started torturing Tom to get him to open the holocron he'd stolen.

Fortunately Ahsoka, Anakin and Obi-Wan arrived to rescue him. While Obi-Wan, Anakin and their clones went to find Bane, Ahsoka freed Tom and they met up with their masters before engaging Cad Bane and his droids. Because he was tired from the torture, Tom wasn't able to help much but found new energy when he saw Ahsoka chasing after Bane. Knowing how dangerous the bounty hunter was, Tom followed them.

When he caught up with them, Tom found Ahsoka trapped in an airlock and agreed to open the holocron for Bane even though Ahsoka tried to persuade him not to. Bane betrayed them and opened the airlock but Tom, who had been expecting the betrayal, telekinetically summoned his lightsaber and used Force Speed to destroy Bane's droids and almost beheaded Bane himself but the bounty hunter managed to avoid being killed and escaped. Meanwhile Tom performed a remarkable telekinetic feat by holding Ahsoka beside the button that closed the airlock whilst being sucked at by the vacuum of space. However the effort of performing this feat, and the fact that the vacuum had been sucking away the oxygen, caused him to loose consciousness. Anakin, who had been held up by a group of Magnaguards, arrived and carried Tom to safety while Ahsoka followed him. All of them managed to escape the ship which was seconds away from exploding but they also accidentally rescued Bane who disguised himself as a clone to get on their shuttle. When they got back to the Resolute, Bane managed to escape in a stolen ship taking the stolen holocron with him.

Search for the children and holocron
After Bane escaped the Jedi returned to Coruscant and through meditation, Anakin, Obi-Wan, Mace Windu and Yoda managed to get visions of the future. Tom and Obi-Wan were sent to Rodia where they arrived too late to rescue one of the children Bane had been ordered to kidnap. Tom actually leapt onto the front of Bane's ship in an attempt to stop him but was thrown off.

Ahsoka and Anakin however had more luck and managed to capture the Bounty Hunter. Obi-Wan and Mace attempted to get information from Bane but the Duros refused to talk. Obi-Wan, Mace and Anakin used mind tricks to force Bane to take them to he holocron. Afterwards, Bane took Tom, Obi-Wan and Mace to the holocron while Anakin and Ahsoka went to Mustifar to rescue the children. Though the Jedi managed to find both the holocron and the children, Bane managed to escape.

Corruption on Mandalore
"Great. Treacherous, hypocritical and sadistic. What a lovely combination."

- Tom's opinion on Prime Minister Almec

Later in the war, Tom and Ahsoka were sent to Mandelore to act as teachers to some of the students of the planet. Because Obi-Wan was engaged in a mission elsewhere, Anakin took the two Padawan's to Mandalore before going to help Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan told Tom that if he was ever going to train a Padawan of his own, then he should learn a bit about being a teacher rather than a student. Ahsoka was the teacher and Tom acted as the teaching assistant, sometimes putting his own opinion into Ahsoka’s lessons so that the students could learn that everyone agreed and disagreed about certain things.

When four of their students, including Duchess Satine’s nephew, discovered that Prime Minister Almec was a traitor to Mandalore, Tom and Ahsoka pretended to arrest them and hand them over to the Prime Minister in order to find Satine, who’s been kidnapped by the Mandalorian police forces. Tom and Ahsoka both found the Duchess but were ambushed by the Prime Minister and the police. Tom was stunned and Ahsoka briefly fought the police forces before Almec threatened Tom's life with a blaster which showed that he was a hypocrite since weapons were not supposed to be used on Mandalore. Ahsoka reluctantly surrendered and the two young Jedi were cuffed with binders.

While Ahsoka was openly furious with the Prime Minister, Tom acted cheerful yet insolent, insulting the Prime Minister and his police forces until they finally stunned him a second time. When the Prime Minister tried to torture Korkie, Satine’s nephew, Ahsoka flipped, bringing her bound hands under her feet in the middle of her roll and then started beating up the guards all around her. Tom fought with his hands bound behind him, cheerfully commenting that for "Secret Police" Almec's guards were pathetic, deliberately enraging them and causing their attacks to become sloppy. Ahsoka captured Almec with his own shock collar. Almec was locked in the same cell that Satine herself had been in only ten minutes earlier.

Second battle of Geonosis and aftermath
During the second battle of Geonosis Tom was reunited with Barriss Offee. Ahsoka briefly displayed some jealousy about Tom and Barriss’ relationship but Tom assured her that he only looked on Barriss as a friend. When Ahsoka and Barriss got trapped under the remains of a droid factory when they blew it up, Tom sensed that Ahsoka was in danger even though he was halfway around the planet at the time. He briefly spoke to her telepathically through their Force Bond begging her not to blow up the factory and when she did he demanded that Commander Cody take him to her location going so far as to leave Obi-Wan to fend for himself. When he found out she and Barriss were alright he hugged both of them in front of Luminara Unduli and Anakin Skywalker. Skywalker didn’t mind about his display of affection for the two girls but Unduli was disapproving and Tom was separated from Ahsoka for the remainder of the battle. When Obi-Wan caught up with Tom he was furious with him for putting his attachment to Ahsoka and Barriss before the success of their mission.

Tom joined Obi-Wan and Anakin to rescue Luminara after she was captured by Geonosians where they discovered brain worms that had the ability to bring dead Geonosians to life, albeit without being truly alive. During this mission he redeemed himself slightly in the eyes of the clones by saving the lives of two clones who tried to return to the surface to contact Ki-Adi-Mundi. After that he helped Obi-Wan steal one of the worms so that his Master could study it. Although Unduli was grateful for the rescue she convinced Obi-Wan not to allow Tom to accompany Ahsoka and Barriss when they took a supply ship to the Ord Cestus medical station. Like Skywalker he was willing to torture Poggle the Lesser to tell them how to save Ahsoka and Barriss from the brain worms that had infiltrated their ship.

Search for Ziro
During the battle of Geonosis, Cad Bane had successfully infiltrated the senate and rescued Ziro the Hutt. As soon as Tom and Obi-Wan returned to the Jedi Temple they were assigned to help Quinlan Vos find Ziro and Bane. Tom relished the opportunity to get even with Bane and immediately took a liking to Vos even though Obi-Wan warned him that Quinlan was “unorthodox”. Quinlan openly admitted to the Padawan that he had been a Separatist agent earlier in the war but assured Tom that he’d had a change of heart.

After searching the Hutt’s homeworld, the three Jedi discovered from Ziro’s mother that he had gone to Teth to fetch a holodiary. When they arrived they found Ziro’s corpse and Cad Bane waiting for them. Bane told them that he had not been responsible for the murder and Obi-Wan and Tom reminded Bane of some of the crimes he’d committed, specifically the murder of Bolla Ropal, Tom and Ahsoka’s painful experiences aboard Bane’s Separatist cruiser, Ahsoka nearly getting sucked out of an airlock and the kidnapping of innocent children as well as the hostage crisis in the Senate. Bane fought all three Jedi at once putting up a remarkably good fight but quickly realised that, although in one on one combat he was a match for even the strongest of Jedi, against three Jedi at once he stood little chance. Bane’s Techno Service Droid, Todo 360 was destroyed when it tried to attack Tom with the lightsaber Bane had stolen from Bolla Ropal. Bane himself wielded the lightsaber against Obi-Wan but was easily defeated by the Jedi Master. Just when it seemed that the Jedi had won however, Bane activated his flamethrower and, moving in a swift circle, attempted to cover the Jedi with a wall of fire as they tried to surround him. They were all forced to take cover behind rocks to avoid being burned to death and Bane fled in his ship. Tom grudgingly admitted that although he hated Bane the Bounty Hunter was definitely a formidable opponent.

Saving the Zillo Beast
When the ferocious Zillo Beast went on a rampage around Coruscant, Tom overheard Master Windu and Master Fisto speaking about exterminating the creature. Having overheard that the Zillo Beast was an innocent life form, Tom decided to intervene. He found Obi-Wan, Anakin, Yoda, Aayla Secura, Padme Amidala and Chancellor Palpatine while a group of gunships surrounded the Zillo Beast. Tom pleaded with Obi-Wan not to allow the death of the Zillo Beast. Palpatine secretly commanded the Clones to exterminate the creature but Tom saved the Zillo Beasts life by using the Force to deflect all their missiles into the ground, risking his own life and the lives of the Chancellor, Senator and Jedi in order to spare the Zillo Beast. Fortunately Obi-Wan, Anakin, Yoda and Aayla protected them from the toxic gas the missiles contained by combining their powers together and forming a Force Barrier. When the gas had cleared Tom came up with a solution that was so obvious that all the other Jedi had overlooked it; use Animal Friendship.

Tom and Obi-Wan combined their powers together to control the Zillo Beast, who stopped its rampage while under the effects of Animal Friendship. The Zillo Beast, who had realised that Tom had saved its life, formed a Force Bond with the boy out of gratitude. Having found a way to stop the Zillo Beast, whom Tom named Zillo, without killing it, Tom and Obi-Wan were told to take it to live on the planet Arapia. On the way there they discussed Tom's unique Force Bonding ability.

This incident also shook the Jedi's trust in Palpatine and Tom told Obi-Wan that he and Ahsoka had never liked the Chancellor. Unfortunately they remained unaware of Palpatine's true nature.

Return to Felucia
"You just saved my life. Thank you."

- Tom grows to trust Sugi after she saves him from being blown up.

A few weeks later Tom, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan and Anakin returned to Felucia after losing contact with a medical station near the planet. They crash landed on Felucia and found a seemingly deserted village. While exploring they met four bounty hunters, Sugi, Embo, Seripas and Rumi Paramita. At first the Jedi and bounty hunters were hostile towards each other but then the village leader Casiss stopped them from trying to kill each other.

After getting acquainted with the villagers and bounty hunters, Skywalker and Kenobi met an old acquaintance, though hardly a friend, Hondo Ohnaka and his pirate gang. Tom and Ahsoka were both present when Ohnaka arrived though they hadn't met him before. Kenobi tried to get Ohnaka and the pirates to leave they village in peace but the Weequay wanted to get his hands on the villagers spice harvest for profit. The pirates gave the villagers until morning to prepare the harvest before leaving the village and regrouping with the rest of the pirate forces.

After the pirates left, the Jedi and bounty hunters started to prepare for their return. They tried to train the villagers to fight, with limited success. During the preparations, Tom told Sugi about his and Ahsoka's experience with Cad Bane and told her that the experience had made him distrustful of all bounty hunters. Sugi had heard of Bane and told Tom that she wasn't like him, pointing out that she had refused to break her contract with the villagers even though Ohnaka had offered her a better fee. Tom was later fully convinced of Sugi's morality after she saved him from being blown up by Hondo Ohnaka's tank.

Along with the other Jedi and the bounty hunters Tom defended the village from the pirates and eventually they managed to defeat them, forcing them to retreat. Sugi then offered the Jedi a ride in her ship since theirs had been destroyed, which they accepted.

Arrival on Mortis
Tom later met Ahsoka when she, Anakin, Obi-Wan and he were going to rendezvous with Captain Rex. As soon as they were away from any other Jedi, Tom playfully flirted with Ahsoka, who had grown since they'd last seen each other, and commented that he liked her new look. Ahsoka reprimanded him, reminding him that the Council had been keeping an eye on them ever since Tom had abandoned Obi-Wan and his clones on Geonosis. Tom was slightly surprised when he realised that Ahsoka had started using Jar'Kai and Ahsoka challenged him to a sparring match, winning fairly easily.

Whilst travelling to rendezvous with Captain Rex, Tom, Ahsoka Obi-Wan and Anakin were transported to the mysterious planet of Mortis, where they met Daughter, Son and Father. After being separated from Ahsoka and Obi-Wan, Tom and Anakin followed Daughter to the home of Father. Whilst resting there, Tom overheard Anakin talking to Son, who was in the form of Shmi Skywalker. He heard Anakin mention murder and after the Son left, he confronted the older Jedi and forced him to reveal what he had done. Anakin begged him not to tell anyone but Tom left the room without replying.

The next day, Son and Daughter kidnapped Ahsoka and Obi-Wan. Father had told Anakin that he had ordered Son and Daughter to kill the two Jedi and that only Anakin could save them. However he secretly told Tom that he had not really intended for Ahsoka or Obi-Wan to die, although he admitted that Ahsoka was in more danger than Obi-Wan because her captor was the Son. Anakin, Ahsoka and Obi-Wan were all unaware of the fact that Father had never intended to put any of them in danger until Tom told them after Skywalker had completed the test. Using the Force Anakin managed to rescue both Ahsoka and Obi-Wan and forced Son and Daughter to their knees. This confirmed to Father that Anakin was the Chosen One although Tom had his doubts. However he did not tell Ahsoka and Obi-Wan about what Anakin had done, although this was only because he did not want to ruin their relationships with him.

Death and ressurrection
When the Jedi attempted to leave Mortis, Ahsoka was kidnapped by the Son and turned to the Dark Side by the Son's unique Dark Infection ability. When Tom and Anakin found her, Ahsoka angrily accused Anakin of not trusting her and not being proud of her. Then she turned on Tom accusing him of only being interested in her because of her physical appearance. Tom and Anakin were both shocked by these accusations and tried to reason with her, but Ahsoka ignited her Lightsaber and Shoto. Tom and Anakin duelled Ahsoka but since they had never fought together against a lightsaber weilding opponent, Ahsoka fended them both off fairly easily. She managed to knock Anakin to the ground by kicking him twice in the chest with both feet and backflipping away but then Tom Force Pushed her, knocking her off her feet. While Ahsoka recovered from the attack, Tom told Anakin that he would handle her himself since together they actually seemed to be at a disadvantage.

Tom tried to reason with Ahsoka whilst duelling her, first by reminding her of some of the experiences they had together and then telling her everything he loved about her, openly declaring that he was in love with her but nothing seemed to work. Tom managed to deprive Ahsoka of her Shoto just as Obi-Wan arrived on the scene. The two older Jedi watched Ahsoka and Tom fight each other, believing that Tom had the best chance of getting through to her.

Suddenly Daughter and Son came smashing through a window above them after being Force Pushed by Father. Ahsoka took advantage of the distraction and retrieved her Shoto with the Force before overwhelming Tom with a flurry of Jar'Kai and Ataru techniques, stabbing him in the stomach.

This turned out to be the very thing that snapped Ahsoka out of the Son's control. Since Tom's Force Bond with her remained, his own pain shot through it, making Ahsoka almost feel as though she had been stabbed by him not the other way around. Upon feeling Tom's emotions more strongly than she'd ever felt them before, Ahsoka realised that Tom really did love her because the emotional pain of being stabbed by the girl he loved was even greater than the physical pain of the lightsaber wound. Ahsoka briefly struggled with the Son's Dark Infection and succeeded in overpowering it to Son's disbelief. She, Obi-Wan and Anakin all crowded around Tom who was dangerously close to dying.

Once Son had recovered from his shock, he noticed the Dagger of Mortis on Obi-Wan's belt, which the Jedi Master had forgotten about. Using the Force Son summoned the Dagger and then flung Anakin and Obi-Wan aside with the Force. Ahsoka furiously turned to face him, enraged that he had made her almost kill Tom but Son used the Force to knock her lightsabers away before lunging at her. Ahsoka could have avoided it, but she didn't want to leave Tom at Son's mercy and may have even welcomed death if it meant she wouldn't have to feel guilty about killing him (whether Tom was actually dead or simply very close to death is unknown).

Just before Son could strike, Daughter threw herself between them blocking the blow with her own body. The Son stared at his sister in disbelief, unable to understand why she would sacrifice herself for someone who she barely knew, and then howled in rage and grief and fled.

With both Tom and Daughter dying, Ahsoka begged Father to save them. When she realised that only one of them could be saved she instantly chose Tom and so did Anakin and Obi-Wan who had recovered from Son's Telekinesis. Father tried to persuade them to change their minds, saying that Tom could use his remaining Life Force to save Daughter, but Ahsoka said that if Tom died because of her, she would kill herself. Realising that she meant it, Daughter decided to sacrifice her own life to revive Tom. As soon as he regained consciousness, Ahsoka appologised uncontrollably until Tom told her to shut up and kissed her.

Defeating the Son
Later Anakin was also turned to the Dark side after seeing a vision of Darth Vader, his future self, through the manipulation of the Son who wanted to use him to help him fill the Galaxy with darkness. Fortunately the Father wiped Anakin's memory, causing him to forget that he'd forseen and returning him to the Light side for the time being. Anakin's brief fall to the Dark side caused Tom to become even more wary of him but he still kept Anakin's secret for Ahsoka and Obi-Wan's sakes.

Eventually, during their final confrontation with the Son, Father stabbed himself with the Dagger of Mortis in order to weaken Son. Overcome with remorse, Son begged Father not to die, confirming to Father that, despite the fact he was a living incarnation of the Dark side of the Force, there was still good in him. Anakin then stabbed Son with his Lightsaber and Son died accusing his Father of betraying him. Father himself died soon afterwards but first he warned Anakin to be wary of his own inner darkness. This statement also affected Tom, even though it wasn't directed at him, causing him to become more aware of his inner darkness. After Father's death the four Jedi were returned into the middle of space and continued on to meet Rex and the fleet. According to Rex they had only been gone for a few seconds although for the Jedi the event had taken place over a couple of days.

Slaves

 * Tom: Wow you look beautiful. I mean even more beautiful than usual. You should dress as a slave more often. (Ahsoka slaps him) Ow! What was that for?
 * Ahsoka: I'm not a slave Tom and don't you dare think of me as one!
 * Tom: Oh, damn! I just said something really inappropriate didn't I?
 * Ahsoka: Yes you did.
 * —Tom flirts unsuccessfully with Ahsoka when he sees her in her slave costume.

Tom, Ahsoka, Anakin and Obi-Wan later travelled to Kiros where they discovered that the Togruta people that lived on the planet had disappeared. While Tom and Obi-Wan went to "negotiate" with the Separatist Commander, Darts D'Nar, Ahsoka and Anakin went to diffuse the bombs that had been placed around the town. Meanwhile Tom watched his Master engage D'Nar in hand to hand combat. Obi-Wan had told him not to help in order to make it a fair fight. When D'Nar realised that Ahsoka and Anakin had diffused all his bombs he revealled a back up bomb in his tactical droid and tried to escape. Ahsoka and Anakin caught up with him and while Anakin dealt with one of D'Nar's "pets" Ahsoka defeated and captured the slaver. D'Nar admitted that his queen intended to use the kidnapped Togruta as merchandise for a slave auction.

Later Tom, Ahsoka, Anakin, Obi-Wan and Captain Rex pretended to be slaves and slavers in order to find the Togruta. When Tom saw Ahsoka in her slave costume he flirted with her but accidentally made an inappropriate comment causing Ahsoka to slap him. R2-D2 took their lightsabers and kept them inside him until they were ready to be used. While Anakin and Ahsoka visited Queen Miraj, Tom, Obi-Wan and Rex found the leader of the Togruta, Governor Roshti and attempted to flee. Obi-Wan and Roshti were caught but Tom and Rex managed to escape. They then made their way to the place where slaves were auctioned where Anakin was ordered to whip Obi-Wan by Queen Miraj.

At that moment, R2 released the Jedi’s lightsabers and Obi-Wan wielded his own and Tom’s until the Padawan jumped into the arena to retrieve his lightsaber from his master. Meanwhile, Ahsoka quickly defeated Miraj’s guards but the queen shocked her into submission with a shock collar. Furious, Tom Force Jumped onto Miraj’s balcony while Anakin, Obi-Wan and Rex fought against slavers in the arena. Miraj shocked Ahsoka again and Tom took a quick glance back into the arena where Obi-Wan and Rex had been overwhelmed by slavers leaving Anakin to fight them alone. Tom tried to turn the tide of the conflict by taking Miraj hostage but the queen warned him that if she increased the voltage of the shock collar Ahsoka was wearing, the young Togruta would die. Enraged but defeated Tom threw down his weapon just as Anakin was subdued in the arena.

Tom and Ahsoka were both locked in a cage that was only just big enough for both of them resulting in a rather awkward imprisonment which amused their guard. The guard made sexual comments, and eventually decided to have sex with Ahsoka but Anakin rescued both of them before he could carry out his dirty deed. Anakin murdered the guard in cold blood for trying to rape Ahsoka and despite what Tom had learned about him on Mortis, he was perfectly content to let Skywalker do so.

Tom and Ahsoka stole a ship and rescued Anakin and the dying Queen Miraj from Count Dooku. They then went to rescue Obi-Wan and Captain Rex from Kadavo with help from Plo Koon. The rescue of Obi-Wan, Rex and the kidnapped Togruta was a success and Tom was happily reunited with his Master.

The Citadel
Later Tom, Anakin and Obi-Wan were sent to rescue Evan Piell from the Citadel, a huge prison which was designed to hold Jedi. Ahsoka sneaked into the mission, despite the disapproval of her Master who thought it was too dangerous. Obi-Wan had allowed Tom to come because he wasn't as overprotective as Anakin.

After freeing Master Peill and his Clone Troopers as well as Captain Tarkin, Tom saved Peill’s life by killing an Anooba that had been about to maul him to death. However during the final encounter with the Separatist forces, Tom caught a glimpse of the future and saw Tarkin say the words "you may fire when ready" before seeing a planet get destroyed. After this brief but so real vision Tom stopped Ahsoka from killing Osi Sobek, allowing Sobek to kill Tarkin. The Jedi and Clones were shocked by this act and Anakin ordered for the Clones to arrest Tom along with Sobek and keep them both imprisoned during the journey to Coruscant. When Ahsoka angrily confronted Tom about what had happened, Tom explained that he had foreseen the distruction of Alderaan and that by allowing Sobek to kill Tarkin, he had saved thousands of lives.

Trial and exile
When they got back to Coruscant, Osi Sobek was sent to prison and Tom was put on trial for his “betrayal”. Tom explained why he had allowed Sobek to kill Tarkin and Chancellor Palpatine grew worried; if Tom had foreseen the distruction of Alderaan, something that Palpatine himself had forseen years earlier, he might also perceive Palpatine’s true identity. The Senate and the Chancellor decided to execute Tom, despite pleas from Ahsoka Tano, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon and Padme Amidala. Tom accepted the decision, believing that he had done the right thing and knowing that at least he would die knowing he had saved thousands of lives.

The night before his execution, Obi-Wan broke into the Republic prison, disguised as a Clone, having used Mind Tricks to convince Clone Trooper Dogma to give up his armour. Ahsoka wanted to help but she couldn’t disguise herself as a Clone because of her montrals and head tails, so instead she stole a Republic shuttle so that Tom could escape. Padme Amidala kept the Chancellor and the Senate busy by prolonging a political debate, giving Obi-Wan enough time to smuggle Tom out of the prison in the disguise of Clone Troopers. Ahsoka met them outside the prison and Tom thanked them both for helping him. Before he left, Ahsoka gave Tom her shoto as a gift, saying that she wanted him to have something that he could remember her by. Tom kissed her passionately and told her that he loved her before fleeing into the Outer Rim.

During his time in exile, Tom cut off his Padawan braid to make is harder for people to realise he was, or had been, a Jedi. He also developed a habit of exiting hyperspace early after he realised that Bounty Hunters had been sent after him by Darth Sidious who considered Tom to be a thorn in his side that had to be removed (Sidious still hadn't forgotten that Tom had interfered with his plans for the Zillo Beast). By turning off all power in whatever ship he happened to be using, which was a trick Ahsoka had taught him after she and Aayla Secura had used it to avoid crashing into a star before their landing on Maridun, Tom was able to exit hyperspace at different coordinates from the ones he had typed before going into hyperspace, therefore making it hard for Bounty Hunters to track him. Tom killed several Bounty Hunters while he was on the run, using Ahsoka's shoto as well as his own lightsaber against the more lethal ones.

Reuniting with Ahsoka

 * Tom; "Ahsoka?"
 * Ahsoka; "Tom?"
 * Tom; "Why you here?"
 * Ahsoka; "Lux stupid."
 * Tom; "New boyfriend?"
 * Ahsoka; "No. Kissed me but only act."
 * Tom (jealous and suspicious); "Right. See you in village."
 * -Tom and Ahsoka communicate telepathically on Carlac.

Tom eventually arrived on Carlac and lived with some villagers on the planet. After learning that Death Watch was on the planet, Tom took his lightsaber and Ahsoka’s shoto apart so that Death Watch wouldn't realise that there was a former Jedi living in the village. Tom sensed Ahsoka through their Force Bond as soon as she landed on the planet with Lux Bonteri. When some of the village women and girls were kidnapped by Death Watch, Tom accompanied the village leader to negotiate their release. When he got there he saw that Ahsoka was being forced to serve Death Watch’s members just like the kidnapped women from the village.

Ahsoka sensed Tom's presence but without any time to talk they were forced to speak telepathically and due to the fact that neither of them were very skilled at telepathy, they were only able to speak in short and incomplete sentences.

After Death Watch tried to burn down the village, Ahsoka attempted to fight them off but because she was unarmed she was defeated and bound by the Mandolorians. Tom reconstructed his lightsaber during the confusion and killed all of her captors using his lightsaber and Force Choke. He then cut her free before throwing her the shoto she had given him. Ahsoka killed several of Death Watch’s members while Tom duelled against Pre Visla. They might have brought down the whole of Death Watch then and there if not for Lux Bonteri’s incompetence in combat. Visla’s right hand woman held her blaster to Bonteri’s head and Ahsoka surrendered. Tom didn’t care about Bonteri but realising that Ahsoka did he gave in too, despite the jealousy he felt.

Back at the camp, Visla planned to execute Tom and Ahsoka who were both bound. Tom taunted the leader of Death Watch, calling him dishonourable and cowardly. The furious Visla threatened to kill Ahsoka and Tom's previously insolent demeanour was replaced by rage and desperation when Visla was about to slice off Ahsoka's head. He even went so far as to threaten Visla with a slow and agonising death. Fortunately R2D2 entered the shelter and slammed into Visla, knocking him off balance before giving Ahsoka her lightsaber. Ahsoka cut herself and Tom free and Tom used the Force to retrieve his lightsaber before killing three members of Death Watch while Ahsoka retrieved her shoto and had her turn duelling Visla, using Jar'Kai for the first time since she had given Tom her shoto. R2 had made friends with a bunch of droids outside and although all the droids, except R2 were destroyed, Tom, Ahsoka and Lux escaped taking the astromech droid with them. The speeder they escaped on was only just big enough for all four of them, but Tom was able to kill several of their pursuers and protect all of his companions using his own lightsaber and Ahsoka's shoto, having asked her to give it to him when he realised they were being chased. He also admitted that since he had last seen her, he had started to like using Jar'Kai and added that it gave him "double the killing power".

After their escape Tom and Lux got into a fight over Ahsoka and Tom taunted Lux about not being able to look after himself and about how foolish he was to trust Death Watch. Ahsoka broke up the fight and Lux left in an Escape Pod. Tom angrily asked Ahsoka if she was in a romantic relationship with him. Ahsoka denied the accusation and angrily added that her relationships were no longer Tom’s concern. Tom gave her back her shoto saying that if she no longer loved him then he had no reason to keep it. He then left in another Escape Pod leaving Ahsoka alone with R2.

Meeting Ahsoka's mother
After separating from Ahsoka, Tom travelled to Shili but Cad Bane discovered him in a village and set nearly half of the village on fire to tempt the former Jedi out of hiding before ruthlessly shooting down several of the Togruta that lived there. Tom, who was tired of running, challenged the Bounty Hunter although part of him wanted Bane to kill him since he felt he had nothing left to live for. The two of them fought and Tom revealled that he had indeed taken a leaf out of Ahsoka's book and built himself a second lightsaber, which Bane managed to steal and weild against him although Tom disarmed him without much difficulty before being disarmed himself when Bane kicked his remaining lightsaber out of his hands. Their fight also involved hand to hand combat, and Tom revealled that he had become more skilled at it than during their last encounter since he managed to break Bane's right arm (unfortunately Bane was ambidextrous).

Just as Tom gained the upper hand however, he heard the screams of a distressed Togruta trapped in one of the houses that Bane had ignited with his flamethrower. Tom Force Pushed Bane, stunning him for a few moments and darted to the house, using the Force to blow the flames apart, giving the Togruta woman, who reminded him of Ahsoka, although she was fully grown, enough time to dart out of the burning wreckage. While he was distracted however, Bane shot him in the back, very nearly killing him; the only reason the injury was not fatal was because the Togruta shouted a warning and Tom had half turned so the blaster bolt hit him in a slightly different place from the part of his body that Bane had aimed at.

The Togruta woman attacked the Bounty Hunter with her bare hands. Despite the pain of his injury, Bane was still far too skilled for the angry but untrained Togruta and quickly gained the upper hand. He even implied that he wanted to rape her but Tom angrily Force Crushed his chest. However, because Tom had never used Force Crush before, Bane survived the injury although the surviving Togruta ensured that he was sent to the Republic prison, somehow managing not to alert Chancellor Palpatine that Bane had found Tom. This was how Bane had been in prison when Tom's former Master, Obi-Wan, faked his death and disguised himself as one of the prisoners.

Tom spent nearly a week drifting in and out of consciousness with the Togruta woman looking after him the whole time. When he finally had enough strength to speak, he thanked her and learned that she was actually Ahsoka's mother, Ariana, which explained why she reminded Tom of her daughter. Tom and Ariana talked about Ahsoka and Ariana admitted that she often worried about her daughter, but Tom assured her that if Ahsoka had been killed or badly injured, he would have felt it through their Force Bond.

Tom stayed with Ariana for a couple of weeks after that but eventually decided to leave.

Landing on Arapia
Tom later arrived on Arapia to visit his "pet" Zillo Beast. When he landed he was met by the Kadri'Ra who were originally suspicious of him and since he was unable to speak their language they attacked him. Tom ignited both lightsabers but didn't actually kill any of the Kadri'Ra showing that despite his darkening personality, he was still unwilling to kill innocent life forms. He attempted to use Animal Friendship on them but because the Kadri'Ra were actually a sentient species, it didn't work. Realising that the Kadri'Ra were intelligent, Tom switched off both lightsabers and held out his hands peacefully to show them that he wasn't a threat. One of the older Kadri'Ra realised that he meant no harm and told the others to stop their attack.

Just after he seemed to have made peace with the Kadri'Ra, the ground shook and the Kadri'Ra fled as the Zillo Beast burst out of the ground. Zillo recognised Tom instantly thanks to their Force Bond and acted affectionately although Tom had to jump aside and calm him down with Animal Friendship to stop the massive creature from crushing him by accident. The Kadri'Ra, awed by Tom's ability to control Zillo, cautiously returned but then Zillo tried to eat one of them. Tom jumped in front of him and scolded him for eating them, telling him that he should only eat non-sentient creatures.

Battle of Arapia
Two days later the Separatists landed on the planet, led by Sora Bulq, making it the first time Tom had encountered Bulq in over a year. They wanted to use the Kadri'Ra to build more ships. Zillo wiped out most of the droid army all by himself thanks to his massive size and immunity to their weapons and Tom dealt with the survivors. Bulq fled back into space but kept a fleet of ships above the planet while he considered how to attack the planet next.

Thanks to Darth Sidious, Bulq got his hands on some of the gas that Sidious had tried to use to kill the Zillo Beast on Coruscant. Before Bulq could do anything with the gas however, the Republic arrived and the fleet was led by the Neti Jedi Master T'ra Saa and her lover Tholme. The Republic broke through Bulq's blockade and landed on the planet although Bulq survived the battle. When Tom met them, the Clones tried to arrest him but Zillo aggressively snarled at them causing the Clones to shoot him but Zillo just shrugged off the blasts and prepared to tear them all apart. Tom and T'ra managed to calm the situation by ordering Zillo and the Clones not to attack and Tom told the two Jedi Masters that he had learned about them from Carmen Conrose. He then asked if Bulq would be back, still wanting to kill him for what he had done to Carmen, and Tholme said that he probably would since Bulq was slowly but surely becoming obsessed with killing Tholme.

When Bulq did return, he was accompanied by Count Dooku himself, who had been ordered by Darth Sidious to find and kill Tom since bounty hunters and droids were unable to. A droid army attacked and Tom stood on top of Zillo's head during the battle while his "pet" tore through the army. Tom used teleknesis to deflect any gas filled missiles that the Separatists fired at Zillo, just as he had done when he was protecting him from the Clones on Coruscant. T'ra, Tholme and the Clones fought behind them.

Then Dooku and Bulq both arrived in the Sith Lords Solar Sailor. Using Force Flight, Dooku and Bulq levitated onto Zillo's back. Fortunately Tom did not have to fight them alone since Tholme and T'ra had both noticed Dooku and Bulq's arrival. This resulted in a pair of duels which took place on various parts of Zillo's enormous body and it was made harder by the fact that the Zillo Beast was constantly moving in order to avoid any more missiles the Separatists aimed at him. T'ra battled Dooku while Tholme and Tom duelled against Bulq. The duel between Tom, Tholme and Bulq eventually took them up to the extra hand that Zillo had sticking out of his back. Tom was hurled off Zillo's hand by a Force Push from Bulq but T'ra saved him with the Force whilst holding Dooku in a bladelock at the same time. During her brief distraction, Dooku broke the bladelock and stabbed her in the stomach. Fortunately T'ra survived thanks to her Neti physiology and her Healing Trance power. Tom attacked Dooku but the Sith Lord fended him off easily and casually blasted him back with Force Lightning. A moment later Tholme came crashing onto Zillo's back, having been injured badly enough to force him to use his own Healing Trance. Bulq wanted to make sure that Tholme was dead so he planned to behead the Jedi Master while Dooku prepared to finish Tom.

The Jedi were saved when Zillo tried to crush Dooku and Bulq with the extra hand sticking out of his back. He then bucked his huge body, throwing all of the combatants off but caught Tom, Tholme and T'ra before they suffered a fatal fall, using all three of his arms. Dooku and Bulq had to use Force Flight to stop the fall from killing them. The Clones then surrounded them forcing Dooku and Bulq to try and fight their way out. Although they killed many Clones, Zillo stood between them and their ship. In one last desperate attempt to escape, Dooku tried using Animal Friendship but Zillo's Force Bond with Tom allowed him to resist the Sith Lords influence. Dooku and Bulq were sent to the Republic Prison and Darth Sidious was forced to risk blowing his cover in order to break them out since he still needed them to help him fulfil his plan to take over the Galaxy. However he never let anyone see his face when he freed Dooku and Bulq, or killed anyone who did, so although the Jedi and Republic now knew for certain that he existed, they did not know his true identity.

Leaving Arapia
T'ra and Tholme both appeared to have died but but although the Clone Troopers left them to get back to Coruscant, both Jedi Masters woke up from their Healing Trances, although Tholme recovered more slowly because T'ra's Neti physiology made her more resilient than he was. They stayed for a while and T'ra tried to teach Tom how to speak to the Kadri'Ra without success. A week later, Yoda, T'ra's former Master, arrived to pick up the two Jedi Masters, having sensed that they were both still alive and guessed that they had used their Healing Trances to survive. Tom also decided to leave, telling Zillo to remain underground so that the Separatists would have more difficulty finding him and causing him to suffocate from toxic gas. T'ra also asked the Kadri'Ra to fill in the massive hole Zillo had to make in order to get underground so the Separatists couldn't just send the gas into the ground. Satisfied that Zillo was reasonably safe, Tom left the other three Jedi on the Republic Cruiser but before he went, Yoda warned him that the Force was growing darker, and that his old Master, Obi-Wan, would soon be in danger because of the return of an old enemy. Although none of the Jedi knew it at the time, Savage Opress was close to finding his long lost brother, Darth Maul.

Allying with Asajj Ventress
Tom eventually returned to Coruscant, wanting to see Ahsoka but she was out fighting in the war. He lived in the underlevels for a while but when he was drinking in a bar, he was attacked by Asajj Ventress. After a brief but fierce duel Tom and Ventress realised that they were not so different. Ventress explained that Tom still had a bounty on his head but Tom had grown used to that and pointed out that Ventress also had one on hers. Realising that Ventress had softened vastly since she had been betrayed by Count Dooku, Tom offered to help her in her bounty hunting endeavours, saying that he didn't have anything better to do. One thing he refused to get involved in though was assassinations. The two former mortal enemies became partners in crime, and Tom showed no aversion to breaking the law, since he had considered it corrupt ever since the Jedi Order and Senate had turned against him and over the next couple of weeks they became almost like brother and sister.

Ahsoka on the run
A month after Tom allied with Ventress, the duo found that Ahsoka Tano was on the run, having been accused of murder and terrorism. Ventress got overexcited at the prospect of a large bounty and attacked Ahsoka but Tom reminded her that they were supposed to be trying to help her. Ahsoka was rather shocked to see Tom working with Ventress but accepted their help and after contacting Barriss Offee, the trio headed to a warehouse, defeating, but not killing, a group of clones on the way. Ventress went back to her hideout and was attacked by Barriss while Tom and Ahsoka searched the warehouse, looking for proof of Ahsoka's innocence. They split up but that proved to be a mistake because Barriss, who had disguised herself as Ventress and taken her lightsabers, was able to ambush them one at a time. Quickly knocking out Tom by Force Choking him and then hurling him into a pile of crates, the treacherous Mirialan engaged Ahsoka in a feirce duel, eventually managing to knock her into a room filled with crates of nano-droids.

Tom regained consciousness but Ahsoka had already been captured. Thinking Ventress had betrayed him, Tom stormed back to their hideout but realised that Ventress no longer had her lightsabers. When Anakin Skywalker arrived to interrogate Ventress, Tom defended her and together they convinced Skywalker that the only person who could be behind the crimes Ahsoka was accused of was Barriss. While Skywalker left to capture Offee, Tom returned to the warehouse and retrieved Ahsoka's lightsaber.

When Ahsoka left the Jedi Temple, Tom met her outside, dismissing the possibility of the Council realising he was there by saying that they wouldn't recognise a Sith Lord if he was right under their noses. Although he didn't know it, Tom had actually said an entirely true statement since Darth Sidious was indeed working right under the Order's noses. He offered her a place to stay with him and Ventress and gave her back her lightsaber. Ahsoka gratefully accepted.

One man assault on the Jedi Temple
While Ahsoka was sleeping, Tom devised a plan with Ventress to infiltrate the Jedi Temple and give the Jedi Council a peice of his mind. Knowing that they would try to arrest him he told Ventress to steal a speeder and wait near the temple until he signalled her, at which point he would smash his way out of the Temple's Council Chamber and land in the speeder. Ventress warned him that it was an insane plan but Tom ignored her, feeling so angry with the Council that he simply had to tell them how much they had screwed up, and not even the entire Jedi Order was going to stand in his way.

Tom stormed to the Temple wearing a hooded cloak and tossed aside two temple guards with casual Force Pushes. Two more attacked him and he effortlessly defeated them before Force Choking a fifth into unconsciousness. Since most Jedi were fighting in the war, the Temple had little defence and Tom realised that it would be laughably easy for a Sith Lord to take over the Temple. Nonetheless after dealing with a few guards, he took a long route to the Council Chamber, decreasing the chances of someone finding him.

Tom went up the Council Chamber and used both lightsabers to cut down the doors, entering to find Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, Saesee Tiin, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Plo Koon and Kit Fisto all with their lightsabers ignited. After mockingly greeting them Tom asked them to sit down and switch off their lightsabers so that he could talk to them in a civilised manner. Windu said that he could not order them about in their own Council Chambers but Tom was quick to point out that they allowed the Senate to order them about. He then informed them that the Jedi Council had become corrupt, judgemental, arrogant, hypocritical cowards. At this point Saesee Tiin accused him of being an "insolent fool" and attacked him. Kit Fisto soon followed but, in an astonishing display of speed and skill that caught even Obi-Wan off guard, Tom not only defended himself from the two Council Members, but defeated them both, slicing off Tiin's right horn. Fisto managed to knock one lightsaber out of his hand but Tom stabbed him in the leg with the other and then kicked him aside before briefly engaging Master Windu. Although he had defeated Tiin and Fisto, he was no match for the vastly more powerful Windu, who defeated him so easily that Tom accused him of being a "showoff".

Windu warned him that he was no match for the Council and Tom calmly agreed before reminding the Jedi Master that Tiin and Fisto had started the fight and quoting Yoda by saying a Jedi should only use their lightsabers to defend themselves or others, and Tom had only ignited his blades to protect himself from the Council's assault. Yoda ordered Windu to sit down and decided to listen to what Tom had to say. Tom then turned to Obi-Wan and thanked him for trying to stand up for Ahsoka, before warning him that he was going to say some very offensive things to the rest of the Council and asked him to leave the room. Obi-Wan decided to stay and listen to what his former Padawan had to say.

Tom informed them that the Council had made no attempt to help Ahsoka and had basically handed her to the Grim Reaper since the Senate would have executed her if they'd found her guilty. He told them that they had shown incredible disloyalty, selfishness and cowardice to one of the most loyal members of their Order and had handed her over to the Senate just to preserve their own reputations. He then asked why Evan Piell was not present and Obi-Wan explained that he had left the Council. Tom said he had regained some respect for Piell but then continued his rant at the Council. He specifically directed his disgust towards Plo Koon, reminding Koon that he had known Ahsoka since she was three years old and asking how he could possibly think Ahsoka could be responsible for terrorism and murder. Koon shamefully admitted that he had been weak and disloyal and Tom agreed with him. Windu attempted to defend their actions by saying that all evidence had pointed to Ahsoka but Tom retaliated by saying that it was all circumstantial evidence and Ahsoka had just been in the wrong places at the wrong times and that if they had actually made an effort to look deeper into the conspiracy they would have known that Ahsoka was innocent. He stated that although Barriss Offee's actions were unforgiveable, he could understand her motives and said that the Jedi Council were no better than the Senate. Tom finished by telling them that the Jedi Order was falling and unless they changed their ways they were going to have a very hard landing.

Tom was going to leave but, as he had expected, Windu reminded him that he was still a fugitive due to the death of Captain Tarkin. Tom sent a quick message to Ventress on his wrist comlink and then ignited both lightsabers but instead of attacking Windu he used them to smash his way out through the window, landing in Ventress speeder. In one last show of contempt towards the Council, Tom flipped them the finger before Ventress flew them away. Ventress scolded him for his stupid actions but Tom cheerfully replied that he had accomplished what he needed to accomplish.

Personality and traits
When he was a child, Tom Norton was a shy and solitary boy and spent most of his time by himself. Most of the other younglings didn't even attempt to interact with him and though they sometimes let him play with them, none of them became friends which sometimes made Tom feel lonely. During his early years, Tom would seek the company of adult Jedi if he felt lonely and enjoyed listening to stories that they told him. Though Tom got on well with older Jedi, and was often content to be by himself, he secretly wanted to have at least one true friend that was around his own age, but didn't know how to get one. Yoda told him that unless he tried to interact with people he would never get a friend.

Tom listened to Yoda's advice and was the first youngling in his class who tried to welcome Ahsoka Tano when she began her training, as he knew how she felt about entering a class full of strangers. Ahsoka was the first true friend Tom ever made. As he grew older, Tom started interacting more and became more confident about being among others. Along with Ahsoka, he even got confident enough to start playing pranks on the Jedi Masters, which he would have never done before he met her. However although Tom was strong willed and unafraid to tell people his honest opinion, he was not a good leader, and found it difficult to take command of or inspire his Clone Troopers, instead relying on Carmen and Obi-Wan to do it for him.

Although he had difficulty interacting with others and suffering from nerves during his early years, Tom was confident in his lightsaber skills, and rather enjoyed combat. Despite this, he was very compassionate and cared about the lives of others, especially people he was close to. He even cared about creatures that other people considered to be non-sentient such as the Talz on Orto Plutonia and the Zillo Beast. Tom felt guilt and remorse when he killed two Talz in self defence, and almost got himself, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Aayla Secura and Chancellor Palpatine poisoned by toxic gas in order to protect the Zillo Beast. Another display of his compassion was his attitude towards the Clones. Although he never got to know most of the Clones individually, Tom did care about them and although he admitted he sometimes got them mixed up because they all had the same face, he saw them as loyal soldiers who deserved respect and admiration, instead of being treated like droids. He was furious with Evan Piell for allowing Osi Sobek to murder a Clone in cold blood. Although he cared about the Clones, Tom abandoned them and Obi-Wan during the second battle of Geonosis when he sensed that Ahsoka and Barriss Offee were in danger, although he apologised later.

In his early years Tom was curious about life outside the Jedi Temple and was interested in what ordinary people did for a living. He was also quite adventurous, exploring a little during his and Carmen's brief landing on Korriban and stumbling upon the Valley of the Dark Lords though he decided not to enter the valley due to the dark presences he sensed there. Until Carmen's death, Tom was also naive and didn't truly realise how terrible the Clone War was. Having survived the devastating Battle of Geonosis, Tom thought that he and Carmen were an invincible team and thought that the war was a good time to have adventures, convinced that he and Carmen would get through it together. However when Carmen was killed by Sora Bulq Tom finally understood the terrible reality of war. Carmen's death affected him deeply, causing him to become more aggressive and paranoid about the safety of his loved ones. Nevertheless he still enjoyed going on adventures, and decided to join Anakin and Obi-Wan during their mission to rescue Padme Armidala from the Malevolence, simply because he felt he hadn't had enough adventure that day.

Tom sometimes displayed a sarcastic sense of humour such as when he said that treachery, hypocrisy and sadism were a "lovely combination" while he and Ahsoka were being held prisoner by Prime Minister Almec. He also had a habit of insulting his enemies and seemed to enjoy doing so, such as when he insulted Almec and Pre Visla. On both of these occasions he was a prisoner but seemed reasonably calm as he cheerfully insulted his captors. However his sarcastic and often insolent demeanour could disappear instantly if someone he cared about was threatened, and this was shown by his furious reaction when Pre Visla threatened to kill Ahsoka. During his exile Tom's sense of humour became darker and more morbid, and this was shown when he said that using Jar'Kai gave him "double the killing power".

Tom was shown to be very observant, being able to guess that Carmen Conrose and Cham Syndulla were in a romantic relationship due to their flirting, body language and his insight into Carmen's mind due to their swiftly strengthening Force Bond. Even Darth Sidious recognised his talent for observation which was partially why he manipulated the Senate into voting for his execution, fearing that Tom might guess his true identity. Tom was frequently incredulous and even contemptuous about the Jedi Council's lack of observation and considered many of them to be blind, arrogant fools. He also had a talent for thinking of solutions to problems that were so simple that many other Jedi overlooked them. This was shown when he suggested using Animal Friendship to calm the Zillo Beast, embarrassing four fully grown Jedi, including Grand Master Yoda, with the simplicity and effectiveness of the idea.

Although Carmen Conrose and Cham Syndulla had said that Tom was a good Jedi, he was far from perfect and was shown to have a darker and more aggressive side of his personality, which became more noticeable as he grew older. He would often become enraged if people insulted, threatened, harmed or worst of all, killed, people he cared about. Because of this he got into a brief fight with Abron Stryfe after the older Youngling bullied Ahsoka. Tom was both grief-stricken and furious when Sora Bulq killed Carmen, attacking Bulq with all his rage and grief but was nevertheless defeated. Tom also displayed anger when he encountered Bulq a second time above Polis Massa and although he was calmer when they fought on Arapia, he still clearly hated the fallen Jedi. Unlike most Jedi, he could be very vengeful which was shown by his determination to kill Bulq and his pleasure at watching Cad Bane get tortured. According to Ahsoka, Tom had been a forgiving person when he was a child, but Carmen's death almost destroyed the forgiving side of his personality, although he still showed a great deal of compassion for those whom he had no grudge against. Tom was often overprotective and this prevented him from looking at the bigger picture which meant he sometimes endangered many lives in order to save someone he cared about. During the second battle of Geonosis, Tom panicked when he realised that Ahsoka and Barriss Offee were planning to blow up a droid factory while they were still inside it and actually abandoned Obi-Wan and his Clones, aggressively ordering a Clone pilot to take him straight to Ahsoka and Barriss' location. His fear for the two girls had been pointless since Ahsoka and Barriss were rescued by Anakin Skywalker and Luminara Unduli before Tom even arrived. Athough Tom sometimes allowed fear to get the better of him, he was capable of looking at the bigger picture which was shown when he deliberately allowed Osi Sobek to kill Captain Tarkin after forseeing the destruction of Alderaan; even when he was arrested and sentenced to death, he stubbornly believed that by doing so he had saved thousands of lives. It should be noted however that Tom had never liked, respected or cared about Tarkin.

Tom displayed a slightly sadistic streak and although he usually controlled this trait he seemed to take pleasure in watching his enemies get hurt. For example when Cad Bane was tortured on the Resolute Tom appeared to be trying not to smirk at the Bounty Hunter's discomfort. He also threatened to kill Pre Visla slowly and painfully if Visla harmed Ahsoka. He could be rather cruel to people he disliked such as when he taunted Lux Bonteri about his stupid decision to ally with Death Watch and his inability to look after himself in a fight.

Tom also had a tendency to be rather pessimistic, justifying this trait by saying that if he got too hopeful and things went wrong it would be even more disappointing than if he was actually expecting them to go wrong. His pessimism was highlighted during the crisis with the Blue Shadow Virus and while Ahsoka and Padme both believed that Obi-Wan and Anakin would find a cure, Tom thought that they were all doomed. It was because of this that he decided to kiss Ahsoka for the first time, since he believed that he would never get a chance to do so again.

While duelling Ahsoka on Mortis, Tom told her that she was more selfless than he could ever be, but despite this, he did display a willingness to risk his life to save innocent people, such as when he rescued Ariana Tano from her burning hut before being shot in the back by Cad Bane. At the time he was unaware that Ariana was Ahsoka's mother. However Tom had fallen into a depressed state of mind by the time he arrived on Shili and didn't even seem particularly interested in getting revenge on Bane, although he did have a brief flicker of satisfaction when he broke the Bounty Hunters arm. He felt that he had little left to live for since he was no longer a Jedi, Carmen was dead and Ahsoka had feelings for Lux Bonteri. However he was grateful to Ariana for saving his life and after realising that he actually could die from the injury Bane had given him, he became desperate to survive, despite his previously suicidal thoughts.

Tom was sceptical about the Jedi's rule of not forming attachments, feeling that the Jedi Masters were acting as though they didn't want Jedi to make friends. Tom also disliked the word "duty" feeling that duty was a way of losing free will. Much like Carmen Conrose, Tom was quite open about his beliefs regarding love and attachment and hugged Ahsoka and Barriss on Geonosis completely ignoring the obvious disapproval of Luminara Unduli. He also liked flirting with Ahsoka and was not worried about doing so in the presence of Jedi Council members, which was shown when he flirted with her while they were fighting with Evan Piell during the escape from the Citadel. The Jedi Council considered him to be emotionally unstable, and although they were right, they did not realise that Tom actually did not even try to hide his feelings since he believed that Jedi should allow themselves to accept emotions just like any other living creature instead of constantly hiding from them. In fact Tom sometimes seemed to actually be mocking the Jedi Code. Although he had been shy and humble when he was a child, Tom grew more arrogant and insolent as he grew older, notably calling the Jedi Council member Evan Piell a hypocrite, and in the later stages of the Clone Wars, he continued to develope a dislike of the Jedi Council, only showing genuine respect for one member; Obi-Wan. However, despite fairly obvious hints about his true feelings for Ahsoka, most Jedi were unaware that he was in love with her. Tom thought this was because many of them had never experienced love and were therefore unable to recognise it. Despite his doubts about the Order and the fact that he showed contempt towards the Jedi Code, especially the part about attachment, Tom thought of the Jedi Order as his family albeit a family with too many rules and restrictions.

Tom also had a habit of using bad language at times. However he rarely cursed in front of Jedi Masters or Knights, though he would say "damn" in front of them at times. Strangely Tom didn't mind swearing with his voice, but he didn't like swearing with his fingers. Therefore he altered the Niman opening stance slightly since the traditional stance made him feel like he was swearing. As he grew older he was less concerned about swearing with his fingers and even raised his middle finger at Pre Visla when he, Ahsoka and Lux were fleeing from Death Watch.

During his exile, Tom developed an incredible amount of recklessness to the point where Asajj Ventress said he was mad. Having survived counless life threatening situations during his time on the run, Tom seemed to think he was invincible. He actually infiltrated the Jedi Temple, all by himself, simply to give the Jedi Council a piece of his mind which showed extreme recklessness and arrogance in addition to the deep contempt he had developed for the corrupt Council. His crazy plan succeeded, mainly due to the fact that nobody would expect anyone to be foolish enough to mount a one man assault on the Temple. Despite his recklessness, Tom had thought ahead and planned for Ventress to rescue him from the Temple when he gave her the signal. At long last, Tom unleashed the full force of his resentment at the Jedi Council telling them exactly what he thought of them and even flipping Mace Windu the finger when Ventress arrived to pick him up.

Ahsoka Tano
"Ahsoka, you've been my best friend since I was five years old. I still remember the day Master Plo brought you into my classroom. We've been through so much together and I'd die for you without hesitation. It's not just your appearance that I love about you; you're strong, brave, more selfless than I could ever be and you've got so many talents, one of the most notable ones being the fact that you're a fantastic fighter. Ahsoka, I love you!"

- Tom tries to snap Ahsoka out of the Son's control whilst duelling her on Mortis.

Tom Norton had a very close friendship with Ahsoka Tano and over time he developed romantic feelings for her despite being a different species. Tom and Ahsoka became friends very quickly despite the fact that, before they met, Tom was rather solitary. Tom was kind to her when they first met and helped her with her training and she felt that she owed him her friendship in return. Despite the fact that they had both been shy during their first few years, Tom and Ahsoka both became far more confident as time went on, partially because of their friendship and partially because they were both among the most talented Younglings in the Jedi Order.

Ahsoka and Tom were virtually inseparable - until Tom became a Padawan - and did almost everything together. Tom was a bit more cautious about the pranks they played on the Masters but usually went along with them and sometimes he and Ahsoka got told off for playing them. They were also known to tease each other from time to time. Ahsoka knew Tom well enough to realise that he was attracted to Carmen Conrose, although at the time she had not felt any romantic feelings for him and was therefore amused instead of jealous. When Tom started to develop romantic feelings for Ahsoka they drifted apart for a time since Tom was unsure how to react to the new feelings he had for his best friend. Ahsoka sensed that he was hiding something from her, something Tom had never done before, and was slightly hurt by it. Eventually Tom admitted his feelings for her although Ahsoka did not return them until the Clone Wars.

Tom missed Ahsoka when he was a Padawan and though he was very fond of his Master he wished he had more time to be with Ahsoka. He was delighted when he discovered that Ahsoka was going with him to Christophsis, so delighted that he temporarily forgot about Carmen's death though it would return to haunt him later.

Tom's feelings for Ahsoka grew stronger as the Clone Wars progressed and during the crisis with the Blue Shadow Virus they shared their first kiss (although Ahsoka was unconscious at the time). After the kiss they had a brief period of awkwardness but with the help of Plo Koon they came to terms with their feelings and started a romantic relationship. Their first kiss where both of them were conscious was in a deserted training room.

Tom cared about Ahsoka very deeply but this often caused him to be overprotective which annoyed her. Tom was willing to open an important holocron when Cad Bane was holding her prisoner, despite the fact that he had been resisting opening the holocron for several hours. When Bane opened the airlock he was furious and developed a grudge against the bounty hunter much like the grudge he held towards Sora Bulq. Tom even abandoned Obi-Wan during the second battle of Geonosis when he sensed Ahsoka was in danger. Because of his strong attachment to her Luminara Unduli suggested that they should be separated. When he found out she'd survived the explosion of a Geonosian droid factory he hugged her in front of Anakin Skywalker and Luminara Unduli. Although Tom was often overprotective he respected Ahsoka's abilities and knew she was a formidable warrior. However although he knew she could take care of herself he also knew that she was not immortal and after loosing Carmen, whom he had naively assumed would be with him all through the Clone Wars, he was frightened of loosing Ahsoka too. Ahsoka sometimes reprimanded him for this trait and got annoyed with him if she felt he was being overprotective.

Ahsoka would also help Tom control his more aggressive urges, often without even realising it; her mere presence was often enough to calm Tom down when he was angry. Unlike Ahsoka, Tom seemed to take pleasure in watching his enemies suffer but Ahsoka's presence helped him restrain the darker side of his nature. Tom considered Ahsoka to be the light which prevented him from falling into darkness, although when Ahsoka turned to the Dark side on Mortis, he considered her to be the darkness that caused him to stay in the light. Tom also thought that Ahsoka's resistance to the Dark side was stronger than his own and was shocked by her corruption on Mortis. When Ahsoka stabbed him, Tom felt deep emotional pain in addition to physical pain; fortunately their Force Bond still remained so his pain was passed over to Ahsoka, snapping her out of the Son's control. After his life was saved by Daughter, Tom was so relieved and happy that the Ahsoka he knew and loved was back, that he didn't even feel angry with her for nearly killing him.


 * Tom: Ahsoka have I ever told you how beautiful you look when you're fighting?
 * Ahsoka: Couldn't this wait until later?
 * Tom: For all we know there might not be a later.
 * —Tom cheerfully flirts with Ahsoka in the middle of the mission to the Citadel.

However, despite the fact that he depended on her to keep him on the path of the Jedi, Tom knew that Ahsoka had faults of her own, being aware that she sometimes acted recklessly and could be quite aggressive at times; nevertheless he considered her to be a better and stronger person than he was and also believed that if Ahsoka died a huge part of him would die with her. Tom was also able to flirt comfortably with Ahsoka although she once slapped him when he made an inappropriate comment. He developed a habit of making flirtatious comments even in dangerous missions, presumably because he feared that he might not get a chance to flirt with her again if the mission went wrong. Although Ahsoka acted exhasperated and annoyed by his flirting, she secretly enjoyed it. In front of Anakin and Obi-Wan, Tom seemed perfectly at ease, displaying his romantic feelings for her and he was not worried about displaying open affection in front of other Jedi either which was shown when he hugged Ahsoka right in front of Luminara Unduli, completely ignoring Unduli's disapproval. He was also rather surprised that so few Jedi knew about the fact that he was in love with her. He thought that the reason most Jedi were so blind about the true nature of their relationship was because most of them didn't allow themselves to fall in love and therefore were unable to recognise it.

When Tom and Ahsoka met shortly before their adventure on Mortis, Tom flirted with Ahsoka saying that he liked her new look. He was surprised about the fact that Ahsoka had started using Jar'Kai but later started using the style himself while he was in exile, first with Ahsoka's shoto and later with a lightsaber he'd built himself.

Although Ahsoka was angry with Tom for as good as killing Captain Tarkin, she believed him when he told her he'd forseen the distruction of Alderaan. Ahsoka pleaded with the Senate not to execute him and when they decided to kill him, more out of Darth Sidious' fear of being discovered than for his crime, she helped him escape by stealing a Republic ship while Obi-Wan broke him out of prison. Ahsoka gave Tom her shoto as a gift and they kissed each other before Tom left.

When Tom met Ahsoka and Lux Bonteri on Carlac, he grew jealous when he discovered that Ahsoka had befriended Bonteri and knew that they were attracted to each other. Tom wondered why Ahsoka was even attracted to Bonteri since their personalities were very different. Tom almost never lost his temper with Ahsoka but after Lux left he angrily gave her back her shoto, telling her that if she didn't love him anymore then there was no point in him keeping it. His jealousy prevented him from realising that Ahsoka still had feelings for him but was confused because she also had feelings for Lux.

Although Tom hadn't been on good terms with Ahsoka when they parted, due to his jealousy, he was completely convinced that she was innocent when she was accused of murder and terrorism. Along with Ventress, Tom helped Ahsoka in her struggle to prove that she was not behind the crimes. He was outraged with the Jedi Council for treating Ahsoka as though she was just a common criminal. He offered to give Ahsoka a place to stay with him and Ventress and also retrieved her lightsaber for her.

Carmen Conrose
"Master Carmen is a great woman, a brave warrior and a wise Jedi. As far as I'm concerned she's wiser than any member of the Jedi Council."

- Tom tells Barriss Offee about Carmen on Falleen before her death.

Tom had a very close relationship with his first Master, Carmen Conrose and loved her a great deal. In fact the only people Tom loved as much as Carmen were Ahsoka and later Obi-Wan. He was sometimes playful around his Master, even levitating her with the Force at one point and Carmen didn't mind the fact that they didn't have a formal relationship; she thought of Tom as a little brother rather than just a student. Tom also felt that Carmen was a good teacher despite her lack of experience in training a Padawan. He deeply respected her, considering her to be wiser than any member of the Jedi Council and agreed with many of her beliefs, especially her opinion on love and attachment. Tom also enjoyed Carmen's history lessons, saying that she was good as telling stories.

When Tom first met Carmen, he was attracted to her, even though she was nearly a decade older than he was. Having recently reached puberty during their first meeting, Tom was starting to look at females differently. Tom also felt uncomfortable whenever Carmen used seduction to get other people to do what she wanted, suggesting that his crush on her never fully went away. However Tom knew that a romantic relationship with his Master would never work; he was too young, too inexperienced and had too little knowledge about romance, in addition to the fact that he considered a romantic relationship between Master and Padawan to be wierd and mildly disturbing. Therefore he felt no jealousy about Carmen's relationship with Cham Syndulla; instead he felt happy for her and Carmen's love for Cham caused Tom to believe that love should not be banned from the Jedi Order.

Tom naively assumed that Carmen and he would survive the Clone Wars together but eventually realised the harsh reality of war when Carmen was fatally wounded by Sora Bulq. Tom was devastated by her death and after being defeated by Bulq whilst attacking him in a blind rage, he cried over her body ignoring the fact that Bulq, Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee were duelling only a few meters away. Tom missed Carmen terribly and felt as though part of himself had died with her. Her death also caused him to become obsessed with protecting people he cared about, making him a more ruthless and aggressive person. However Tom continued to stick to Carmen's beliefs about love and attachment and had developed some of her compassion which was shown when he almost single handedly saved the life of the Zillo Beast and when he stopped his attempt to get revenge on Cad Bane by saving the life of Ariana Tano. Carmen never had time to teach Tom that although love could make a person stronger a Jedi also had to be prepared for the possibility that they might have to break their own heart.

Obi-Wan Kenobi
"Don't get killed while I'm gone Master. If or when I return, I don't want it to be for a funeral."

- Tom jokes with Obi-Wan before going into exile.

Tom had a close relationship with his second master, Obi-Wan Kenobi. However he was incredulous about Obi-Wan's calm attitude when they were unarmed and surrounded by Separatist droids, indicating that Carmen, despite being a skilled negotiator, had never acted that calmly when surrounded by enemies. He was also amused by the Jedi Masters dry sense of humor. As time went on, Tom grew as close to Obi-Wan as he was to Carmen, thinking he was a good teacher and, at the same time, a good friend. Obi-Wan also helped Tom recover from Carmen's death and admitted to him that he'd fallen in love with. Like Ahsoka, Obi-Wan was able to calm Tom down when he was angry and did so when they confronted Sora Bulq over Polis Massa.

Although Obi-Wan was usually patient and accepting of Tom's view on attachment, he could sometimes lose his temper with his Padawan. When Tom abandoned him during the second battle of Geonosis he furiously reprimanded him for leaving Obi-Wan and his clones to fend for themselves. He then told him that Tom had cost them more men than neccessary after Tom argued that they would have won the battle anyway. Tom was very ashamed of himself for allowing his protective nature to cloud his judgement and apologised to his Master and to the clones due to the fact that his abandonment of them had cost them more of their brothers.

Tom loved Obi-Wan like a father and considered him to be the most important person in his life apart from Ahsoka. However he was not above reminding Obi-Wan that he'd had two love interests in his life and therefore it would be hypocritical of him to tell the rest of the Council about his romantic relationship with Ahsoka. Although he had been in romantic relationships himself, Obi-Wan seemed slightly disapproving of Tom and Ahsoka's relationship, particularly when they flirted with each other.

A notable display of how close Tom and Obi-Wan were was when Obi-Wan defied the Senate and the Jedi Council by breaking Tom out of prison the night before his execution after the death of Captain Tarken. Before leaving Tom even gave the Jedi Master a hug to say goodbye.

During his rant against the Jedi Council when he entered the Jedi Temple after his exile, Tom told Obi-Wan that he was not angry with him, and thanked him for trying to stand up for Ahsoka. He asked Obi-Wan to leave the room, warning him that he was going to say some shocking and offensive things to the Council but when Obi-Wan stayed, Tom did not soften the verbal assault he directed at the other Council Members.

Barriss Offee
"You're wise beyond your years you know."

- Tom comments on Barriss' wisdom.

During the Battle of Falleen, Tom befriended Barriss Offee who saved his life twice at the beginning of the siege. Within only a month, Tom formed a Force Bond with the young Mirialan, though this bond wasn't as strong as the ones he shared with Ahsoka, Obi-Wan and Carmen. Barriss tried to comfort Tom about the death of his Master and was literally his shoulder to cry on. Tom once commented that Barriss was wise beyond her years and also said she was a good friend.

Tom confirmed to Ahsoka that he had no interest in Barriss romantically and simply looked on her as a friend. After discovering that she had survived the explosion of the droid factory on Geonosis he openly displayed his affection for her by giving her a hug.

When Tom realised that Barriss had fallen to the Dark side he was outraged but uncharacteristically he couldn't truly hate her because after talking to Ahsoka he realised that, although Offee's actions were unforgivable, her motives were understandable since the Jedi Order was corrupt. However Tom believed that Barriss had gone insane since she had claimed to be fighting against the corruption of the Jedi but had killed innocent people and framed one of her closest friends in the process. Tom even went so far as to call Barriss a "bitch". Furthermore he was curious about how his friend could fall so far, and suspected that someone else was the true mastermind, convinced that Barriss' powers had become far too strong and that someone must have taught her to master Force Concealment and how to Force Choke someone without even needing to see them.

Plo Koon
Tom took a liking to Plo Koon and through his friendship with Ahsoka he became friendly with the Kel-Dor though he wasn't as close to the Jedi Master as Ahsoka was. While Ahsoka considered Plo to be like her father, Tom considered him to be more like an uncle. Like Ahsoka, Tom received some private training from the Jedi Master. Tom was worried about Plo after the Jedi Master's fleet was destroyed by the Malevolence. He also trusted Plo to keep his and Ahsoka's romantic relationship a secret despite the fact that Plo was a member of the Jedi Council. Plo was devastated when Tom admitted that he had allowed Osi Sobek to kill Captain Tarkin, unable to believe that the boy whom he'd considered a nephew could do such a thing. However Plo revealled a weak nature hidden beneath his wisdom and skill as a Jedi, allowing the Senate to sentence him to death and he was not involved in Tom's rescue from prison. Tom grew resentful towards Plo after his betrayal, having previously thought that if he could trust Plo with his and Ahsoka's secret he should have been able to trust him with anything.

Anakin Skywalker
Although they were not particularly close, Tom respected Anakin Skywalker and Anakin liked Tom in return. Anakin trusted Tom enough to admit that he'd fallen in love with, and married, Padme Amidala, feeling that since Tom was in love with Ahsoka he would understand. Unlike Obi-Wan, Anakin was all for Tom and Ahsoka's relationship and was happy that they had fallen in love.

However during the mission on Mortis, Tom overheard Anakin telling the Son about the murders he had committed after the death of his mother. Tom confronted the older Jedi and stubbornly refused to leave him alone until he admitted that he had killed a whole village of Tusken Raiders including women, children and newborn babies. Out of all the people Skywalker killed in that village only the men had actually been involved in the torture and death of his mother. The women and children had left her alone and Skywalker knew it since he had studied the Tusken Raider's culture when he was a child. Skywalker begged Tom not to tell anyone. Tom did not say whether he would reveal the secret or not, leaving Skywalker alone without a word. When he and Anakin confronted Ahsoka, who had been turned to the Dark side by the Son, Tom asked Skywalker to allow him to fight Ahsoka himself. When Anakin protested, Tom bluntly told him that after what he had learned the night before, he would not put it past him to make the situation worse. He added that he knew Ahsoka better than Anakin did and he didn't want Anakin to distract him believing that he had a better chance of snapping her out of the Son's control. Tom is one of only four people that know about Anakin's massacre, the other three being Padme Amidala, Palpatine and A'Sharad Hett and was the only one of these four people who was hostile to him about what he had done.

It should be noted that although Tom fought extremely well alongside Ahsoka, Carmen or Obi-Wan, when fighting alongside Anakin both of them just kept getting in each others way. This was because they were unfamiliar with each others fighting styles and Tom had never paid much attention to Skywalker's signature fighting style, Djem So, considering it to be too clumsy. Because of their lack of coordination, Ahsoka was able to defend herself from both of them easily which was another reason why Tom asked Skywalker to let him fight her alone. This also showed that they were not close and did not trust each other. Tom was the only person who was present on Mortis who doubted that Skywalker was the Chosen One, even after Anakin showed that he could control both Son and Daughter, feeling that if he was then he would never have murdered innocent children as though they were animals.

Ironically Tom and Anakin had many similarities in their personalities and Tom was more like Anakin than he realised, despite the fact that they had a strained, almost hostile relationship after the mission on Mortis. Both of them had suffered deeply from the loss of a loved one and they were both unable to let go of the past. They also both shared a determination to do anything to protect their loved ones, even if it meant breaking the Jedi Code or getting many other people killed. However Anakin's love for Padme caused him to turn to the Dark side while Tom's love for Ahsoka prevented him from turning to the Dark side. Tom was also more merciful than Anakin only directing his rage towards people who were directly responsible for the deaths or suffering of loved ones while Skywalker allowed his rage to cause him to kill innocent people in addition to guilty ones, most notably children.

Cham Syndulla
Tom developed a Force Bond with Carmen's lover, Cham Syndulla, which was formed due to their mutual grief about her death. After Carmen died, Tom was the only Jedi that Cham actually trusted. Tom helped Mace Windu convince Cham to help the Republic on Ryloth.

Abron Stryfe
Abron Stryfe was Tom's rival when he was a youngling and the two of them had a mutual dislike of each other. Tom's dislike of Stryfe increased after Stryfe bullied Ahsoka. Stryfe was one of the few younglings who could defeat Tom in lightsaber sparring. However as time went on they became more civil to each other and Stryfe showed respect for Tom when he defeated him during his second dueling tournament. Tom also felt some sorrow when Stryfe was killed during the battle of Geonosis, feeling that he had died long before he was supposed to.

Zillo
"It's great to see you too buddy but try not to squash me next time."

- Tom reunites with the Zillo Beast

On Coruscant Tom formed a Force Bond with the Zillo Beast after saving his life. This was quite possibly the most notable example of his Force Bonding ability since he bonded with the Zillo Beast within only a couple of minutes. This was also the first time that Tom became consciously aware of his unique ability, having previously formed Force Bonds without even realising it. He named the creature Zillo and on the way to Arapia treated him like a pet. Tom was the only person who seemed completely at ease around Zillo and Zillo also acted affectionately towards Tom and was grateful to him for saving its life, revealing his softer side. Tom guessed that Zillo was feeling lonely because he was the last of his kind and Zillo even wanted Tom to stay with him on Arapia but Tom gently told the massive creature that he didn't belong there. When Tom and Obi-Wan left Arapia, Tom commented that he'd never thought he would become so attached to an animal in such a short period of time.

Tom later visited Zillo on Arapia after he was sent into exile. Zillo was very excited to see him but almost crushed him in his enthusiasm, forcing Tom to use Animal Friendship to calm him down. Tom also scolded Zillo about eating the Kadri'Ra and Zillo seemed a bit sad that Tom was angry with him. When the Separatists arrived to try and capture the Kadri'Ra, Zillo destroyed most of the droid army by himself, thanks to his massive size and immunity to their weapons, while Tom cut down any survivors. This showed that they were a good team in battle. Their teamwork was later shown when the Separatists returned with a bigger droid army and missiles filled with gas that could kill Zillo. Tom protected Zillo with telekinesis, deflecting the missiles that were fired at him but was distracted by the arrival of Count Dooku and Sora Bulq. Zillo realised that Tom couldn't protect him and duel against the two master lightsaber duellists at the same time and so instead he focused on dodging the missiles.

Zillo was shown to be extremely loyal to Tom, aggressively threatening the Clone Troopers when they tried to arrest him and saving him, T'ra Saa and Tholme from Count Dooku and Sora Bulq. He was also able to resist Count Dooku's attempt to use Animal Friendship on him because of his loyalty to Tom. Tom's relationship with Zillo was similar to the relationship that Ahsoka and Anakin had with R2-D2.

Darth Sidious
Although Tom didn't know it, he was turning out to be a thorn in Darth Sidious' side. Sidious first paid attention to him when he saved the life of the Zillo Beast which Sidious had ordered to be executed. Knowing he couldn't kill the Zillo Beast now that Tom had found another solution, Sidious was forced to give up on his plan to clone the creature. Later when Tom allowed Osi Sobek to kill Captain Tarken, whom Sidious had forseen would destroy Alderaan, the Sith Lord grew worried that Tom's Force powers were growing too powerful and he might even manage to percieve his true identity. It was this fear rather than any anger or grief about Tarken's death that caused him to manipulate the Senate into voting for Tom's execution. Sidious was furious when he found out that Tom had escaped and sent Bounty Hunters after him to finish him off. In exile, Tom continued to frustrate Sidious who eventually ordered Count Dooku to hunt him down personally.

This relationship was completely one sided since Tom had hardly any interaction with Chancellor Palpatine and was just as ignorant as the rest of the Jedi about his true identity.

Lux Bonteri
Tom didn't like Lux Bonteri. He was jealous of Ahsoka's feelings for Bonteri. Tom was rather cruel to Lux, taunting him about his decision to ally himself with Death Watch and saying that Lux was useless in combat.

Ariana Tano
When Tom went to Shili, he saved Ahsoka's mother, Ariana Tano, from a fire caused by Cad Bane and got shot in the back in the process. Ariana attacked Bane herself and was defeated but Tom, despite being dangerously close to death, managed to find enough strength to Force Crush the Bounty Hunter's chest. Ariana's resemblance to her daughter made Tom instinctively protective of her and he was almost as enraged when Bane threatened her as he had been when Bane threatened Ahsoka. Ariana looked after him while he recovered from the injury and during that time they formed a friendship. However Tom kept on being reminded of Ahsoka when he was in Ariana's presence and eventually he decided to leave since Ariana made him remember the fact that he and Ahsoka were separated and had not parted on good terms.

Yoda
Tom had a complicated relationship with Yoda. He displayed a certain amount of liking for the Grand Master, having never forgotten the fact that Yoda had helped him become friends with Ahsoka and Tom respected Yoda's combat abilities and Force powers very much; in fact it was Yoda who inspired Tom to study Ataru. However Tom also believed that Yoda was not nearly as wise as the rest of the Jedi Order thought he was. Although he knew that the Grand Master was a well meaning person, he also felt that Yoda was blind and arrogant, regarding him as a good and kind but foolish old man who was too devoted to ancient traditions and beliefs. Tom treated Yoda respectfully and Yoda was kind to Tom in return, making it impossible for Tom to dislike the Grand Master but he still felt that Yoda was holding the Jedi Order back due to his fear of attachment.

Tom lost all respect for Yoda when the Jedi Council banished Ahsoka from the Jedi Order. Tom was able to forgive them for banishing him because he knew that there was no evidence that his decision to allow Captain Tarkin to die was to save a planet but when Ahsoka was accused of treachery, Tom snapped and stormed into the Jedi Temple to give the Council a piece of his mind, fully aware that they would try to arrest him or perhaps even kill him since he was still a fugitive of the Republic. Yoda talked Mace Windu out of executing Tom in cold blood and listened to the former Padawan's rant against the Order.

Mace Windu
Tom rather disliked Mace Windu whom he saw as a grumpy and arrogant man, although he did respect Windu's skill with a lightsaber and power in the Force. Tom has also been shown to be slightly intimidated by Windu and was reluctant to join him in the battle of Ryloth but after learning that Windu would be visiting Cham Syndulla, whom Tom had a history with due to Syndulla's relationship with Carmen, he agreed to join Windu, albeit only because he felt duty bound to tell Syndulla about Carmen's death.

Tom spent most of his life being frightened of Windu but when he realised the appalling way the Jedi Master and the rest of the Council had treated Ahsoka, he stormed into the Jedi Temple all by himself, defeated two Council Members and briefly engaged Windu. Although the Jedi Master was a vastly superior duellist, Tom remained unintimidated and insulted Windu and the rest of the Council. Windu tried to arrest him but Tom smashed his way out of the windows and even raised his middle finger at the Jedi Master before Ventress took him away in a stolen speeder.

Adi Gallia
When Tom was a child, he was raised by Adi Gallia but Gallia distanced herself from him because she didn't want to get too attached. She treated him kindly but without any open affection which was probably the reason why Tom didn't bond with her. Tom felt slightly hurt by Gallia's lack of affection for him and due to this mild resentment he distanced himself from her once he was old enough to no longer need her to babysit him. Although Tom never bonded with Gallia as much as he could have done, he was grateful to her for bringing him to the Jedi Temple but by the time of the Clone Wars they virtually never saw each other. Unlike Ahsoka's relationship with Plo Koon, which was almost as close as the relationship of a father and daughter, Tom's relationship with Adi Gallia was respectful but not affectionate. He did feel some grief when Gallia was killed by Savage Opress but didn't dwell on it for long, which was unusual for him.

Sora Bulq
When Tom met Sora Bulq during his first mission, he was excited about going on a mission with such a respected Jedi. Tom eagerly asked Bulq to teach him Jar'Kai and respected the Weequay enough to think that Bulq could defeat all the terrorists they fought against by himself. However Tom was disturbed when he saw how brutally Bulq cut down his enemies.

On Falleen, Tom and Carmen fought against Bulq who had turned to the Dark side. After Bulq killed Carmen, Tom was filled with rage and hatred and tried his best to kill him, even using some of the Jar'Kai techniques that Bulq had taught him when they first met. When Bulq escaped, Tom was tempted to go after him but didn't because he didn't want to leave his Master's body and because he realised that Bulq was far too powerful for him to defeat. Tom was furious when he met Bulq again during the battle of Polis Massa and once again he tried to kill him but obediently followed Obi-Wan onto a Republic Gunship when it arrived to rescue them. He was frustrated when he caught a glimpse of Bulq's fighter fleeing the battle. They later encountered each other on Arapia and their relationship was the same as it had been before, although Bulq seemed to focus most of his attention on Tholme when they were fighting on the Zillo Beast's body.

Cad Bane
Tom knew Cad Bane by reputation but had not met him until Bane kidnapped him in the Jedi Temple after stealing a holocron. While Bane was torturing him on a Separatist Cruiser, Tom remained defiant and refused to open the holocron. He insulted Bane several times even when the Bounty Hunter was electrocuting him. Ahsoka eventually freed Tom but the torture meant that Tom was unable to fight properly when they encountered Bane alongside Obi-Wan, Anakin and the Clones. When Tom saw Ahsoka chasing after Bane, he grew worried about her since he knew how dangerous the Bounty Hunter was and chased after them. He was furious and terrified when Bane threatened to kill Ahsoka if he didn't open the holocron, and developed a grudge against the Bounty Hunter after Bane broke the terms of their agreement and opened the airlock Ahsoka was trapped in. However Tom did not let his rage distract him from saving Ahsoka and after cutting down Bane's two droid bodyguards, he focused all his efforts on stopping Ahsoka from being sucked into space. Tom was frustrated when Bane escaped with the holocron.

When Bane was tortured on the Resolute, Tom enjoyed watching the Bounty Hunter suffer telling Ahsoka that he deserved it. This was the first time that Tom displayed his more sadistic side. When Bane threatened Ariana Tano, Tom, despite being seriously wounded at the time, furiously tried to Force Crush Bane's chest but due to the fact that he had never used Force Crush before he failed to kill the Duros.

Although Tom hated Bane, he respected him and felt that the Bounty Hunter was a worthy opponent. This was shown by the fact that he used Jar'Kai against him on Shili since Tom only used Jar'Kai if he was in a particularly violent mood, severely outnumbered or facing a worthy opponent. When they fought on Shili Tom was only fighting Bane and was in a depressed mood. Until Bane threatened Ariana Tano, Tom was not even particularly interested in revenge although he did show some satisfaction when he broke Bane's right arm. The fact that he was using Jar'Kai showed that he did consider Bane to be a formidable opponent although it is interesting to note that Tom half wanted to die since he felt he had nothing left to live for. He also admitted that the Bounty Hunter was skilled after Bane escaped from him, Obi-Wan and Quinlan Vos.

Evan Piell
When Tom met Evan Piell during the mission to the Citadel, he expressed concern for the Jedi Master's condition and told Piell that he knew what he had been through, having experienced it himself at the hands of Cad Bane. Until they were captured by Osi Sobek, Tom treated Piell with respect and admiration for his reputation, position, bravery and resilience.

However Tom's opinion of Piell changed completely when the Jedi Master heartlessly allowed Osi Sobek to murder a defenceless Clone Trooper. He expressed rage and disgust towards the Jedi Master, calling him a hypocrite because of his lack of compassion. However Tom did fight alongside Piell later in the mission, although this was only because Ahsoka was also with them. Tom also flirted with Ahsoka within earshot of Piell and although he genuinely meant what he said to her, he was also using his flirting as a way of mocking the Jedi Code in front of a member of the Jedi Council, although Piell was too busy fighting droids to give his comments much thought.

Despite his disgust towards Master Piell, Tom instinctively protected the Jedi Master from an Anooba that had been about to kill him, beheading the creature before it could pounce. Piell expessed gratitude but Tom ignored him and simply headed after the rest of the group along with Ahsoka, leaving Piell to catch up with them.

When Tom allowed Osi Sobek to kill Captain Tarkin, Piell was furious, not only because he had basically murdered a Republic officer, but also because he had lost one half of the coordinates that Piell and Tarkin had memorised. Tom told him that, unlike the Clone Sobek had murdered, Tarkin was not an innocent man and if he had been allowed to live he would have caused the destruction of an entire planet. Piell didn't believe that Tom had seen into the future, thinking that he had allowed Sobek to kill Tarkin simply because he didn't like him, but Tom bluntly told Piell that he didn't like him either but he had still saved him from the Anooba which caused the Jedi Master to reconsider Tom's motive for killing Tarkin. However Piell did not stand up for Tom during his trial, even when the young Padawan was sentenced to death for what the Senate thought was treason.

After learning that Peill had resigned from the Jedi Council, due to his shame about the way the Council had treated Ahsoka, Tom regained some respect for him, believing that he was possibly the only Council Member who truly realised how far the Jedi had fallen.

Asajj Ventress
At first Asajj Ventress was just like any other enemy as far as Tom was concerned. They had little interaction beyond lightsaber duelling and occasional insults until both of them were abandoned by people they had been loyal to. Tom heard that Ventress had rescued Obi-Wan from Darth Maul and Savage Opress and convinced her that they were similar in many ways. After yet another duel, Tom and Ventress became partners in crime and became almost like brother and sister constantly insulting each other. Tom was initially wary of Ventress even after allying with her, and he wouldn't put it past her to literally stab him in the back but gradually he grew to trust and even care about her to the point where he fought Anakin Skywalker when the Jedi attacked her. Ventress sometimes tried to talk Tom out of crazy actions, such as his one man assault on the Jedi Temple where he essentially tried to be a one man army, but Tom didn't always listen to her. Although Ventress considered Tom to be insane since he was willing to challenge the Jedi Council all by himself, she did rescue him from the Temple and was genuinely relieved that his crazy plan had worked.

Tom was the only person who called Ventress by her first name.

Powers and abilities
"I'm still just a Padawan.''" "''You're a very talented Padawan."

- Tom and Obi-Wan Kenobi

Lightsaber training
Despite his age, Tom was a very talented fighter and was easily one of the most powerful Padawans in the Order. He often sparred with Ahsoka Tano and they were very evenly matched while using standard grip, or when Tom was using standard grip and Ahsoka was using reverse grip. However when they were both using the reverse grip style Shien, Ahsoka won eight times out of ten. In addition to using Shien, Tom was a practitioner of Ataru and Soresu. Tom's fighting style was very similar to Ahsoka's, the only difference being that he sometimes used Soresu while she sometimes used Djem So, showing that Tom was more defensive than Ahsoka.

Tom sometimes sparred with his Master, Carmen Conrose and though he had never bested her, Carmen admitted that it did sometimes take her some effort to beat him. Carmen taught Tom the Lus-ma technique which he tried to use on her during one of their sparring matches. By using Lus-ma, Tom nearly managed to land a blow on Carmen but was once again defeated. Carmen admitted that Tom adapted to Lus-ma more quickly than she did but also said that he needed to be more precise in order to use it successfully. She also helped him increase his Soresu skills and Tom became skilled enough to survive the battle of Geonosis at the remarkably young age of fourteen. After that Tom, realising that if he'd used any other fighting style he would have been killed, used Soresu frequently during the Clone Wars, though he retained his fondness for Ataru and sometimes used Shien.

During his training with Obi-Wan Kenobi Tom received some training in Niman, and like his Master, he sometimes used the styles opening stance. However Tom used a slightly alternate version of the Niman stance; instead of pointing his index and middle finger at the enemy, Tom simply showed them his palm. This was because using his middle and index finger in the stance made him feel like he was swearing. Strangely he didn't mind swearing with his voice but he didn't like swearing with his fingers. Tom had enough skill in Niman to use the Draw Closer technique which he used to cut down two battle droids on the Malevolence.

Tom managed to survive the Battle of Geonosis with no serious injuries making him the youngest Jedi to survive the battle. He also survived three encounters with Sora Bulq first on Falleen, later above Polis Massa and finally on Arapia, although he had help from other Jedi during all three of the duels. Along with Obi-Wan Kenobi, he managed to fend off Asajj Ventress but was temporarily disarmed and nearly beheaded during the duel. Fortunately, Obi-Wan saved him at the last moment, giving Tom time to retrieve his lightsaber. After his mission to Ryloth, Sora Bulq gave Tom some training in Jar'Kai while they were heading back to the Jedi Temple. Tom would later use Jar'Kai against the same man who had taught him the style, wielding Carmen's lightsaber along with his own during his duel with Bulq on Falleen. However Bulq easily deprived him of both lightsabers and he only survived because of the arrival of Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee. Tom was also able to fight the leader of Death Watch, Pre Visla, as an equal and would have defeated him if Lux Bonteri hadn't been held hostage by another Mandolorian.

After Ahsoka started using Jar'Kai, Tom duelled her twice before and during their mission on Mortis. He was defeated both times, due to the fact that, until then, he had never seen Ahsoka use Jar'Kai. Having grown used to Ahsoka using a single blade, Tom was caught off guard by her unexpected use of dual lightsabers. Tom has only had one known victory against a Jar'Kai practitioner and that was in one of his duelling tournaments when he was a youngling. During his time in exile Tom sometimes used Jar'Kai, weilded Ahsoka's shoto along with his own lightsaber, although when Ahsoka gave him the shoto he said that blue and yellowish-green didn't suit each other. However he didn't change the colour of the shoto because he wanted to keep it the way Ahsoka had made it. Tom gave Ahsoka her shoto while they were fighting Death Watch on Mandolore but asked her to give it back to him while they were escaping on a speeder, saying that Jar'Kai gave him "double the killing power". Using Jar'Kai he killed almost all of the Mandolorians brave or foolish enough to chase them, leaving only one survivor, despite having to balance on a moving speeder the whole time. However Ahsoka had been using the Force to make sure Tom didn't fall off, which implied that Tom was normally not very good at balancing on a moving object.

After giving Ahsoka her shoto back, Tom built himself a second lightsaber and started using Jar'Kai quite regularly wielding both lightsabers against Cad Bane on Shili. Unlike Ahsoka's shoto, Tom's second lightsaber was the same length as his first. However Tom knew that some Jar'Kai practitioners, such as Asajj Ventress, could become too reliant on their second lightsaber and if they lost it they could be at a disadvantage. In order to avoid falling into this trap, Tom continued using one lightsaber at times, saving the other for if he was in a killing mood, like he was on Carlac due to his hatred of Death Watch, or facing a large number of opponents or someone whom he considered a worthy opponent such as Cad Bane.

After allying with Asajj Ventress, Tom began to learn Makashi. He easily defeated five Temple Guards when he infiltrated the Jedi Temple, overwhelming two of them with his lightsabers and the other three with the Force. A remarkable display of how powerful Tom had become was when he duelled against, and defeated, both Saesee Tiin and Kit Fisto, although it did take him a bit of effort, unlike Darth Sidious who defeated both them, and Agen Kolar in less than half a minute. Recognising that the two Jedi Master's were using Shii-Cho, a combat style better suited to deflecting blaster bolts than lightsaber duelling, Tom deflected or dodged their blows in an incredible display of speed and skill that caught even his former Master, Obi-Wan, off guard. He sliced off Tiin's right horn and although he lost one lightsaber to Fisto's Disarming Slash, he still defeated the older and more experienced Jedi with a Makashi technique Ventress had taught him. Dispite displaying the ability to defeat two Council Members all by himself however, Tom was no match for the vastly more powerful Mace Windu who defeated him so easily that Tom stated he was a "show off".

Tom didn't like the Shii-Cho and Djem So combat styles, considering them to be too clumsy. The clumsiness of Shii-Cho was highlighted when Tom defeated two Council Members fairly easily.

Force powers
Tom possessed a very strong connection to the Force although he did not possess enough power to become as strong as Anakin Skywalker would have been if he had reached his full potential. Tom was capable of a reasonably strong Force Push from a young age, using it on Abron Stryfe after Stryfe bullied Ahsoka while they were Younglings. His Force pushes became stronger over time and eventually expanded into the similar but more powerful Force Wave power, allowing him to throw several opponents simultaneously. Tom was also able to use Force Jump and Force aided acrobatics.

While rescuing Ahsoka from Cad Bane Tom displayed incredible skill with Telekinesis by holding Ahsoka in front of a button that closed the airlock they were in despite being sucked at by the vacuum of space at the same time. However the effort required to perform this feat, and the fact that the vacuum was sucking away the oxygen, caused him to lose consciousness. It should also be noted that Tom's powers were augmented by the strong emotions he was feeling at the time which were desperation to save Ahsoka and rage at the treachery of Cad Bane. If not for these powerful emotions it is unlikely that he would have been capable of such a feat. Tom was also able to easily manipulate and redirect missiles that were fired at Zillo on two occasions, first on Coruscant and later on Arapia.

Tom also learned Animal Friendship while training with Obi-Wan and when he and Obi-Wan combined their powers they were able to tame the ferocious Zillo Beast. Tom's Force Bonding talent contributed to this ability allowing him to learn Animal Friendship faster than any other known Jedi.

Tom's most notable Force power was his talent for forming Force Bonds and he was able to form them more quickly than most Force users. He quickly bonded with Ahsoka Tano, Carmen Conrose, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Barriss Offee, Plo Koon and the Zillo Beast. However for a long time Tom was unaware of this ability, forming Force Bonds without even knowing it. Obi-Wan thought that one of the reasons Tom was talented at creating Force Bonds was because he was very loyal to people he cared about. Another contributor to this ability was the fact that Tom had a habit of forming attachments, despite his Jedi training. As soon as Tom became attached to someone he would subconsciously form a Bond with them.

Tom's Force Bond with Ahsoka was so strong that he managed to subconciously use it to break Ahsoka out of the control of the Son. When Ahsoka stabbed him, Tom's emotional and physical pain broke through the darkness that had consumed her and she managed to fight off the Son's Dark Infection. Son had thought that it was impossible to break free of Dark Infection which is further evidence of how much Tom and Ahsoka loved each other.

Tom also managed to instinctively contact Ahsoka telepathically when she and Barriss Offee were about to blow up a droid factory on Geonosis, although at the time they were unable to speak more than two words to each other. In fact, since the second battle of Geonosis, they rarely spoke telepathically at all, instead preferring to speak through their mouths instead of their minds. Ahsoka is currently the only person that Tom is able to speak to telepathically. Their telepathic abilities appear to have improved at least slightly since they were able to have a short conversation on Carlac relying entirely on telepathy, although they could only say short and incomplete sentences.

Tom also developed the ability to forsee the future, and was also the only known Jedi who managed to change what he had seen, something that even the Chosen One had been unable to do. He forsaw the destruction of Alderaan but by allowing Osi Sobek to kill Captain Tarken he had prevented his vision from coming true. This vision did not happen because Tom was skilled at seeing the future but merely because Tom was extremely lucky that the Force Vision hit him when it did, since Force Visions had a tendency to happen when a Jedi least expected it. Although Tom actually did not possess any exceptional talent for seeing the future, Darth Sidious was worried that Tom might grow lucky again and forsee his true identity.

During his time in exile, Tom developed some darker Force powers, using Force Choke on at least three of the Mandolorians on Carlacc, one of them being Pre Visla. He Force Choked the two of the Mandolorians to death and would have done the same to Visla if Lux Bonteri had not been used as a hostage. He also learned Force Crush which he used on Cad Bane although due to his inexperience with Force Crush and the fact that he was badly wounded at the time, he failed to kill the Bounty Hunter and merely broke a few ribs.

Tom seemed to have some skill in the use of Force Valor due to the remarkable speed and accuracy he displayed whilst duelling Kit Fisto and Saesee Tiin.

Other abilities

 * "Do you know what you are Visla? A pathetic, dishonourable coward. Have you ever even killed a Jedi in a fair fight or do you always use cowardly tactics? Judging by what Obi-Wan's told me about you, I doubt you've ever defeated a Jedi without using some underhanded trick or without your pitiful pawns to help you."
 * - Tom uses Dun Moch on Pre Visla and other members of Death Watch

Despite Tom's advanced lightsaber skills and strong connection to the Force, the Padawan was slightly doubtful about his flying skills and was an appalling mechanic, warning Carmen that if he tried to fix their malfunctioning hyperdrive he would most likely blow up their ship. During the Clone wars, Tom was shot down on at least two occasions; the first time Barriss Offee had to use telekinesis to save him and the second time he survived through pure luck but also accidentally flew his damaged starfighter into an enemy hanger. Tom was, in his own words "an okay pilot" but was less skilled than Ahsoka, Obi-Wan or Anakin and preferred fighting on the ground, feeling safer when he was using his lightsaber rather than flying a space craft. After the battle of Polis Massa, Tom asked Obi-Wan to help him improve his flying skills since he couldn't always rely on others or on luck to keep him alive.

Tom was also quite knowedgeable about Jedi history which he learned from the Jedi Temples library and Carmen Conrose.

Tom also had a talent for using Dun Moch, being able to taunt his opponents into a rage in order to make them lose focus. This was a talent that was more often associated with the Sith than the Jedi, but Tom seemed to take pleasure in enraging his opponents. He displayed this ability against Almec's Secret Police on Mandalore. Tom also used this against Pre Visla, hoping to taunt the leader of Death Watch into allowing him and Ahsoka to fight back against him and his terrorists, although it only caused Visla to want to shut him up and would have cost him and Ahsoka their lives if not for R2D2's arrival.

Tom was reasonably talented in hand to hand combat, being able to break Cad Bane's right arm on Shili after Bane deprived him of both of his lightsabers. He might have defeated Bane with his bare hands if not for Ariana's screams for help inside her burning hut. Like Ahsoka, he was capable of fighting with his hands bound, although he did not use the somersaulting technique that Ahsoka had used to get her bound hands in front of her. Tom relied mostly on kicks and behind the back Force Pushes on this occasion. He later admitted to Ahsoka that the reason he hadn't used the somersaulting technique was because he was worried that he wasn't small enough for it to work and he didn't want to hurt himself, especially when surrounded by enemies since it would be embarrassing and put him at a disadvantage.