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Originally Posted by photon
I was watching a video that said one of the reason Ahsoka was so successful as a character was they intentionally made her annoying at first. It was intentional how she always thought she was right (and ended up BEING right) and never paid any price for her ignoring those above her.
Then they had episodes where she was responsible for bad things happening and she grew from it.
Basically they planned a character arc for her from the beginning.
People like well written characters who grow, who could have predicted that!
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I think what made the Ahsoka character really great is that she started really young and immature, and then grew up through the show both physically and mentally.
Yeah, she was arrogant and cringeworthy at times at the start, but that was as intentional in writing as it was in plot. She was put with Anakin because in a lot of ways she mirrored him both in terms of her over reliance on the force and her recklessness.
One of the best examples of a great character building episode for her was the one where she thought she knew better, and disobeyed orders and got most of her squadron killed off, and also lead to the injury of Admiral Yularen. We saw a ton of growth in a 20 minute episode where in the end she had to take command though her confidence was shattered and she created a good plan that balanced saving lives with victory.
The other arc was the Onderon Arc where she was left there by Anakin and Obi-Wan and had to lead on her own. In the end though that arc was really the start of her visual dissatisfaction with the order.
I loved her character especially as she grew up and gained wisdom, and became a counter or balance to Anakin. In Rebels she knew almost right away that Vader was Anakin and she was forced to confront the fact that her abandonment of her master contributed to his fall. It was somewhat tragic that when she returned briefly to Anakin's side in season 7 that he was almost overly eager to see her, because by that point, I think a part of him knew he was not the Jedi that he should have been, and it would be interesting to get into his head when he picked up her light sabre from the snow. Was he mourning her, was he filled with a sent of resentment and blame both to himself and to her? Was he locking her in the safe that was Anakin?