Star wars’ Jedi Tales It just debuted on Disney+ and all six episodes were dropped at once. The three focus on the Sith Lord Count Dooku, while the other three contribute to Ahsoka’s past.
However, some fans may have noticed something strange about the sixth episode; others probably didn’t notice. Ashoka’s 66th Post-Order story has some strong similarities and parallels to 2016. Ahsoka EK Johnston’s book.
The book was considered canon for the rest of the Star Wars franchise when it was first published; between books, movies, shows and games. However, the “Resolve” events in particular basically hit this storyline completely out of the canon.
But how?
Meet Ahsoka… or, Sorry, Ashla
After the events of Order 66, Ahsoka felt she had no choice but to retreat from the battle and stay low. This sentiment remains true in both Ahsoka Tano’s new animated story and the story in the book.
He even makes up the name “Ashla” as a cover in both stories. Not only that, but throughout the two stories, he chooses to settle in a farming setting on an ordinary planet (although in the book, he completely escapes from another world before finding a new place to call himself home).
However, almost everything about the situation is different.
Inside AhsokaThe former Jedi live comfortably for a while, posing as a mechanic among the planet’s farming workplace. All that changes when the Empire settles on its current planet, Raada, in hopes of growing important crops for their rations.
For various reasons, things get complicated as the town falls into open sabotage against the Empire’s invasion. Ahsoka even works with them while trying to protect their hidden secrets. Finally, after rescuing him from the blaster fire that comes with the power, he is forced to confess to his newfound allies.
Inside Jedi Tales, the big moment that causes a change in the status quo revolves around Ahsoka rescuing a worker with the Force. This time, however, it only saves someone from some heavy bales of hay. This does not reveal his identity to everyone, not even just one person, including the spying Tom.
Additionally, the book has an ongoing plot line of how Ahsoka secretly helps a Force-sensitive child be captured by the Empire – something she wants to do more of. This desire does not arise in the short animated retelling.
On a darker note, another similarity between the two is how most of the supporting characters died at some point in the planet’s struggle against the Empire (or, in the show’s case, a single Inquisitor).
Change in Inquisitors
The climax of Ahsoka’s outcast story comes in the form of a duel with one of Darth Vader’s Inquisitors. This is a similarity that both the series and the book share; however, there are important differences.
In the book, the Jedi hunter was known as the Sixth Brother. There are even concept drawings on the internet of what it looks like. despite, in Jedi TalesThe villain in question is someone entirely different – a seemingly entirely new invention.
What the two stories share is how fast the confrontation happened. Even without the lightsaber, Ahsoka is a force to be reckoned with.
But one of the key differences in the book is how the Inquisitor took the red kyber crystals from his broken lightsaber and turned it into white crystals that he would eventually go and put on his new lightsaber with; seen Star Wars: Rebels.
Reunification with Bail Organa
In the opening minutes of the short film, Senator Bail Organa sees Ahsoka at Padme’s funeral. Wasting no time, he quickly catches up to her and tries to persuade her to keep the war alive.
As the book describes, Bail Organa doesn’t meet face-to-face until the last third of the book – an encounter that turns out the Senator had no idea he was alive. The meeting of the two is also responsible for another big but brief reunion with R2-D2.
As an additional note, one of Ahsoka’s final moments with Organa in the book is when she officially creates the nickname Fulcrum as it was originally promoted. Star Wars: Rebels. This is a great plot that many might have thought Filoni would add to this retelling – however, it is now left for a much less relevant book.
A Suspicious Precedent That Changed Canon
It’s worth noting that Dave Filoni has claimed to have worked with them before. Ahsoka author EK Johnston about the story written for his character. So, if everything was approved, why did the beloved creative decide it had to be redone?
While the short fifteen-minute book completely turns the book upside down, while there are still enough similarities to make one’s head scratch, this move may seem a bit passive-aggressive, maybe even vindictive to some.
This isn’t even the first time Filoni has caused continuity issues in this book. Basically, any moment in the pages referring to the Battle of Mandalore does not coincide with what viewers saw in the last four episodes of the series. Clone Wars. However, these disconnects are completely understandable, given the development time frame of both stories. In fact, when the book came out, Filoni didn’t even know that the seventh season of the beloved series was in the cards.
It’s also worth pointing out how it’s done. clone wars The story of Ahsoka taking part in Courscant and meeting the two sisters shares more than a handful of parallels with the former Jedi’s solo book (the close-knit sisters befriending Ashla, spending time as a mechanic, hiding Jedi ways, etc.).
With Jedi Talesthere was really no need to give the audience this strange echo of the previous canon. Ahsoka. Of course, there were many valuable stories Filoni could find to tell without completely changing Johnston’s book from start to finish.
Could some of these changes have something to do with what the writer and director want to achieve in their upcoming live action? Ahsoka series?
An important part of why people love the Star Wars books is how they’re all canon (apart from the Legends material, of course. So, hopefully, such sloppy and unnecessary continuity adjustments don’t set precedent. Otherwise, Lucasfilm might find that many fans are no longer investing in the publishing side of the franchise.
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