Ahsoka may have only aired one season so far, but it is the next chapter in a long Star Wars legacy that dates all the way back to 2014 with the premiere of Star Wars: Rebels. The animated spinoff set in the lead up to the original trilogy introduced Jedi-in-training Ezra Bridger, Mandalorian teen Sabine Wren, plus Kanan Jarrus, Hera Syndulla, and spunky droid Chopper. It also, crucially, reintroduced Ahsoka Tano, setting her up for her appearance in The Mandalorian and, eventually, her own spinoff.
But the big overlap between these shows isn’t completely seamless. In fact, one of the most controversial choices in Ahsoka came as a surprise to one of the writers of Rebels.
