Ahsoka Tano (Wardie1993)

"Ah, Commander Tano! How are you, my friend?"

- Queen Jane I to Commander Tano

Ahsoka Tano was a Jedi-turned-Dark Acolyte who fought on the side of the CIS during the Clone Wars, she fought in both the First and Second Battles of Earth during 20-19 BBY.

Once believing in the Republic and the Jedi, she came to see both the Republic and the Jedi as evil, believing them to be the cause and continuator of the war, as well as seeing the Senate as tyrannical and oppressive, and her once-beloved Jedi Order as little more than tools of the Senate to maintain their oppression over worlds desperate to be free.

Disillusioned with the Republic and the Jedi, she left the order and joined Count Dooku. After training her as a Dark Acolyte, Dooku sent Tano to help his allies on Earth.

Loss of belief in what she once held dear
"I have renounced the Jedi Order and the Republic! I came to realize what we had truly become! Puppets, tools, soldiers, of a corrupt Senate! We had given up our ideals of being Peace keepers and being honourable guardians of justice to become slaves of the Republic, to enforce the Senate's will on others! Now, as a member of the Confederacy, I am more of a peace keeper and a guardian of justice than the Jedi are, for I fight to bring liberty and freedom to countless worlds!"

- Ahsoka Tano, on her disillusionment of the Jedi and the Republic, who caused her downfall to the dark side

Ahsoka hadn't always been drawn to the dark side of the force, at one time she greatly believed in the Republic and the Jedi, especially when she was young, however as she grew, she began to take even greater interest in politics, during a period known as the Separatist Crisis, after hearing Count Dooku's views on the Republic, Tano began to question the Jedi and their service to the Republic, and doubt the Republic itself.

Whilst her fellow Jedi told her to try and ignore Dooku's speeches, she found it extremely difficult to, she also further lost faith in the Republic after the Senate's failure to even vote on the Financial Reform Act in 24 BBY, which was intended to reduce corruption in the Senate.

"What is wrong with the Republic? I would've thought voting to reduce corruption would've been a good thing! Yet the Financial Reform Act didn't even make it to the vote! Clearly the Republic is simply corrupt! Why do we even bother supporting this corrupt, oppressive, government? We Jedi should go back to having nothing to do with politics!"

- Tano revealing her loss of faith, and her despair, at the Republic following the failure of the Financial Reform Act to even get to the vote

Her disillusionment further continued as the Separatist Crisis progressed, a notable point in her disillusionment was the Battle of Antar 4 in 22 BBY, where, after a slow and botched attempt to remove the radical pro-Separatist Roshu Sune group, the Jedi were forced to set off an EMP weapon, which caused extreme pain and disorientation to the Gotals the Republic forces were fighting, whilst this meant the Jedi could seize victory, it also turned the Gotals against the Republic, Ahsoka viewed this with dismay, this was the first time she actively thought of the Jedi and the Republic as being "evil".

"How evil we Jedi must be, if we can so willingly deploy a weapon which causes terrible, torturous, pain and disorientation to a sentient species! I do not recognize the Jedi Order anymore, this isn't the Jedi Order I dedicated my life to! Where is the honour!? Not to mention the fact the Republic's answer to bombings of Republican soldiers was a slow, and botched, attempt to remove the Roshu Sune, which resulted in Jedi, Rangers and civilians. The Republic is sick, and cannot be fixed, we should simply start over!"

- Ahsoka Tano's entry in her diary about her feelings on the Battle of Antar 4

Despite the fact that she had already lost her faith in the Jedi and Republic by this point, Ahsoka decided to stay within the Jedi, at least temporarily, to see if things were going to get better, yet she realized she was hoping against hope.

Everything came to a head during the First Battle of Geonosis, Ahsoka considered the Republic to be the aggressor, and she was horrified that the Jedi had led a Clone Army into battle during a time of galactic peace. Furious at the Jedi Order for believing that they had strayed so far from their ideals they were barely recognizable, and were beyond redemption, and at the Republic, for invading Geonosis without any declaration of war or provocation, Ahsoka Tano had finally had enough of the Jedi and Republic, and defected to the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

"So it has finally happened, the Jedi and Republic have invaded a planet not even at war with them, how have we fallen so far? How have we disregarded our pacifist ideals to become warmongers, soldiers, pawns of the Senate? I do not even recognize my fellow Jedi anymore, they are traitors to our beliefs, I do not feel I belong here anymore, so I am leaving, leaving the Jedi Temple, leaving the Republic, I'm going to fight for the right side, for the Confederacy!"

- One of Ahsoka Tano's entries in her diary, showing her secretive beliefs, beliefs she felt she couldn't share with her fellow Jedi