Alternate Universes: Part 7 – Star Wars
Tales of the Jedi (TV series)
A year after her birth, an infant Ahsoka Tano is taken on her first hunting trip with her mother, Pav-ti Tano. Both are surprised by a large predatory animal, which kidnaps Ahsoka. After Ahsoka subdues the animal and has it return her to the village, the village elder realizes that she has a strong connection to the Force.
Jedi Master Dooku and his Padawan, Qui-Gon Jinn, are sent to a dilapidated village on a planet to retrieve Senator Dagonet's kidnapped son. There, they find the corrupt senator is starving his people and refusing to step down from his position, driving them to this desperate plot. Dagonet attacks and threatens to make an example of the city, but Dooku uses a Force choke to intervene. Qui-Gon and the senator's son convince Dooku not to kill Dagonet; however, the son sides with his kidnappers, and promises the villagers that he will help them.
Dooku and Jedi Master Mace Windu are sent to Raxus Secundus to recover the body of Jedi Council member Katri for burial. Against orders, Dooku insists on investigating the mysterious death. They discover that Senator Larik and Master Katri were attacked by Larik's own guards, who wanted to force the corrupt senator to stop draining Raxus' resources. The two Jedi subdue the guards, but not before the guards kill the senator. Following Katri's funeral at the Jedi Temple, Windu is promoted to the vacant spot in the Jedi Council instead of the older Dooku. Windu says this is likely because of Dooku's rule-breaking and aggressive methods.
At the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, Dooku secretly uses access codes that belonged to Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas to infiltrate the Jedi Archives and erase all records of the planet Kamino. Shortly afterwards, Dooku is informed by Jocasta Nu about Qui-Gon's encounter with Darth Maul on Tatooine. Later, Dooku reunites with Qui-Gon and Jedi Master Yaddle; the trio discuss the encounter with the Sith Lord. Dooku warns his former apprentice that the Jedi Council is unlikely to take the concerns about Maul's threat seriously. Shortly after Qui-Gon's death, Yaddle discovers that Dooku has been collaborating with another Sith Lord, Darth Sidious. She attempts to reason with Dooku, but is unsuccessful. The two engage in a lightsaber duel in the presence of Sidious. Dooku subdues and kills Yaddle in order to prove his loyalty to Sidious, thus solidifying Dooku's fall to the Dark Side of the Force.
Disappointed with the too-simple battle simulation his Padawan Ahsoka has to train with, Anakin Skywalker devises a rigorous exercise, where she has to overcome a large group of clone troopers armed with stun guns. Over the course of the Clone War, Skywalker puts his Padawan through more training drills with the clones of the 501st Legion, under the supervision of both himself and Captain Rex. At the end of the war, Ahsoka utilizes the skills she gained during the drills to survive the enactment of Order 66 aboard the Republic cruiser Tribunal.
On Naboo, during the funeral of Padmé Amidala, Senator Bail Organa briefly catches sight of a familiar face: Ahsoka Tano. He follows her into a colonnade of the royal palace, and asks her
why she came given the danger. Noticing that a clone trooper patrol is approaching, Bail leads her out of the palace, giving her a comlink in case she needs help. Some time after, Ahsoka goes into hiding and becomes a farmer. After the brother of a farmer she saved with the Force realizes her true identity and reports her to the Empire, the village she worked at is massacred and set ablaze by an Inquisitor. Ahsoka confronts and kills the Inquisitor. The day following the confrontation, she contacts Organa, who arrives to pick up the survivors of the Imperial attack. He asks Ahsoka if she is willing to join his fight against the Empire. She accepts Bail's request and joins his rebel cell.