What If Ahsoka Tano Turned To The Dark Side
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 Published On May 28, 2024

What If Ahsoka Tano Became a Sith Lord? Let's explore the depths of it in this video.

Ahsoka keeps her fingers on her lightsaber as she listens to Maul's speech on the fall of the Republic. Oddly enough, Ahsoka feels a sense of understanding in his words.

She knows that Maul is a monster who murdered countless innocents and created an army of killers and criminals. But at the same time, he is not wrong about anything he's said, especially regarding the Jedi.

Recent events have shown her just how far the Jedi had fallen. They might have once been the guardians of peace, but now it seems they are obeying the Senate's whims rather than the people's needs.

To have a chance to change that and to make a difference is tempting. At this moment, Ahsoka fully understands what her master feels like. The sense of anger and frustration he feels along with the desire to do more for the people.

As Maul extends his hand and offers to work with her, Ahsoka finds herself reaching out and taking it.

Maul: Good, now we have much to do.

With Ahsoka now turned, Maul orders the remaining Mandalorians to retreat and leave Mandalore. When the clones retake the palace, they find no trace of either.

Instead, Maul returns to Dathomir with his remaining troops and explains everything he knows about the Clone Wars, including Palpatine's identity. Ahsoka initially rejects this, but Maul remains adamant saying the chancellor will soon reveal himself.

Maul wants to be ready for that time and begins training Ahsoka as his apprentice. The dark energies of the planet flow strongly, pulling her towards the dark side but also giving her strength. Ahsoka tries to resist the temptation to embrace it.

Even without the Dark Side, she is a natural Force user and can perform feats of the Force that Savage struggled with. Maul notices this reluctance and continues to push her to embrace her feelings

Sith training isn't the only thing Ahsoka does. With Maul's criminal empire, he has assets across the Outer Rim. Ahsoka is placed in charge of some of these holdings. This was meant to train her in using the criminal underworld, but it also allowed her to help people.

Ahsoka would use these criminals to remove oppressive rivals, sending supplies through the black market, and trying to gather more information about the war. Unfortunately, the news isn't good as she soon hears about Palpatine declaring himself Emperor and creating the Galactic Empire, confirming everything Maul had said. The news only gets worse as she learns about Order 66 and the Jedi's extermination.

She thinks about her friends and tries to contact them. Though she gets nothing from Anakin, she manages to reach Obi-Wan who's in hiding.

Ahsoka asks what happened to Anakin, but his face darkens.

Obi-Wan: I'm sorry, Ahsoka. Anakin is gone. He fell to the dark side due to Palpatine's influence which helped him create the Empire.

Ahsoka: No, that can't be true. Anakin would never do something like that.

Obi-Wan: I wish it wasn't, but I saw it all myself. He murdered children, Ahsoka. Younglings who were begging for his help. He nearly killed me and Padme on Mustafar. I advise that you go into hiding while you have the chance.

Ahsoka quickly shuts off the hologram and collapses on the ground, burying her hands into her face. She begins to sob as images flow through her head of what Obi-Wan describes. But this isn't just her imagination, it's images from the Force that show her just how far her master had fallen.

When Maul finds her on her ship, he looks almost sympathetic.

Maul: Not to say I told you so, but do you now see the threat we face? He turned your noble master into that monster. Now the question is, are you prepared to do whatever it takes to stop him?

Maul leaves her with her thoughts, but hours later she enters their training ground.

Ahsoka: There's nothing left for me in the Light. I'm ready to learn the Dark Side.

When there is a moment of hesitation, she allows those same images of her master brutally murdering her friends to run through her mind, filling her with anger. That rage is not directed towards Anakin but to Palpatine. In her mind, Palpatine was the one who corrupted Anakin, turning that honorable young man into a monster.

She now vows to destroy him, one way or the other.
Maul sees this change and encourages that anger. He plays into her frustration with the old Jedi order and how it has turned its back on people in need because of politics. He ingrains the idea that the only way to stop crime is to become a crime lord and control what happens in the underworld. Slowly but surely, Ahsoka begins to embrace this idea. That training takes several years, but Ahsoka emerges more powerful than ever.

With her training complete, Maul not only has an apprentice but also a partner in his criminal enterprise. The Shadow Collective has long collapsed, with only the Crimson Dawn remaining loyal.

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