Before Ahsoka left the Jedi Order, fans were wondering what happened to her and why she wasn’t around during the final days, considering that she was a heavily featured character during the events of Clone Wars. So, by writing Ahsoka’s character off as having left the Jedi Order before the events of Revenge of the Sith, the series creator was able to find a way to cover this huge hole in the plot.
Of course, because Ahsoka left the Jedi just before the events of Order 66, she survived the hottest part of the clone attack, the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. There were a lot of clones that attacked their Jedi Generals in different systems of the galaxy. But the Jedi Temple was where Anakin and the clones stationed in Coruscant were during Order 66.
So, because Ahsoka wasn’t with the Jedi Order when Order 66 was initiated, she could narrowly avoid getting killed by the clones. Of course, she still got caught in the Order 66 action when Captain Rex and a few other clones attacked her. But had Ahsoka been with the Jedi then, she might have found herself in the Jedi Temple or on the battlefield, where most clones were then.
Why Did Ahsoka Leave the Jedi Order?
As mentioned, Ahsoka left the Jedi Order when her faith in the Jedi was shaken. This was largely due to the events surrounding the Bombing of the Jedi Temple Hangar on 19 BBY. What happened was that an unknown assailant bombed the Jedi Temple. That was when Anakin and Ahsoka were called to investigate the bombing, only for them to conclude that this was an inside job.
Ahsoka ended up dueling with the masked suspect, only for her to be set up by the assailant. That was when the authorities caught her seemingly red-handed. As such, Ahsoka became the prime suspect in the bombing. And not even the Jedi High Council listened to Ahsoka when the council members immediately dismissed her from the Jedi Order and ordered her to go through a trial.
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Anakin, however, believed that his Padawan was innocent. That was when he investigated the matter. While he initially thought that Asajj Ventress had bombed the Jedi Temple and set Ahsoka up, he discovered she was innocent. And that was when Ahsoka traced the bombing to Barriss Offee, a young Jedi Knight whom Ahsoka was befriended.
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When Anakin could prove Ahsoka’s innocence, the Jedi Council apologized to her. It offered her to rejoin the Jedi Order as a Jedi Knight who had already proven worthy of the title. Plo Koon, the same person that took Ahsoka to the Jedi Temple many years ago, was the one that apologized on behalf of the Jedi Council he even told her that the High Council considers this entire ordeal as the will of the Force and as Ahsoka’s Jedi Trials for knighthood.
But Ahsoka rejected the offer to return to the Jedi Order because she thought the Jedi Council never had the same faith she had in the Order. That ordeal shook Ahsoka’s faith in the Jedi as she realized that the Jedi Order also had flaws. She left the Jedi Order on her own accord without even turning over to the dark side.
To address the melee weaknesses of Shien, Djem So was created. This time, the Jedi was more focused on parrying and blocking melee weapons or lightsabers before going for a quick flurry of counterattacks. Basically, the principles of Djem So are similar to Shien, but the applications are different.
Both Shien and Djem So are physically taxing variants of Form V because the Jedi needs to be able to respond quickly to opposing attacks by blocking, deflecting, and parrying before going on the offensive with quick flurries. In comparison, Form III focused almost entirely on defense to wear the opponent out and leave them open for weak spots. Meanwhile, Form IV focused more on all-out flurries of attacks that overwhelmed opponents quickly. Form V: Shien and Djem So combine both forms into a form that allows a Jedi to take advantage of both offense and defense in certain fight stretches.
Ahsoka often used Shien during the Clone Wars because the Jedi were often up against droids that used blasters. However, she could also use Djem So in lightsaber fights, especially against the likes of Asajj Ventress and Barriss Offee. We also saw Ahsoka using her Form V against Darth Vader in the events of Star Wars: Rebels.
Why Did Ahsoka Wield Two Lightsabers?
While Ahsoka uses the basics of Form V: Shien and Djem So, she also favors using two lightsabers. Ahsoka uses a shorter shoto lightsaber with her standard-length lightsaber when employing her Jar’Kai fighting style, which is the Jedi fighting style that focuses on dual lightsaber wielding.
The fact that Ahsoka wields two lightsabers allows her to effectively employ the basics of both Shien and Djem So. Ahsoka’s stance often allows her to use her shoto lightsaber in a reverse grip for the purposes of defense, especially when up against blasters. Meanwhile, she uses her longer lightsaber for offensive purposes. In that regard, she can use both Shien and Djem So effectively due to her two lightsabers, as she can use the fundamentals of both Form V variants in either or both of those sabers, depending on what the fight demands.
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In addition to that, Ahsoka’s Jar’Kai fighting style also allows her to fluidly use the block/parry-and-attack basics of Form V effectively. That’s because she can use her shorter lightsaber for defensive purposes while using the other one to mount her own offensive counterattack after a successful defensive stand.
Of course, the fact that she uses two lightsabers also reduces the power of her strikes, as she cannot employ the same kind of force with one hand as opposed to using two hands. There’s also the fact that using two sabers further increases the physical demands of Form V. Still, the fact that she can use Form V on her Jar’Kai allows Ahsoka to have more options in a fight. This means that she is quite flexible in terms of her combat style.
