Star Wars: Ahsoka Star Wars: Ahsoka Star Wars: Ahsoka is a "Star Wars" young adult novel by E. K. Johnston, published in October 2016. Set between the events of the 3D CGI animated television series "" (2008–present) and "Star Wars Rebels" (2014–2018), it is centered on the character Ahsoka Tano, the former apprentice of Anakin Skywalker. "Ahsoka" explores what happens to the titular character between her departure from "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" and her reappearance in "Star Wars Rebels". A year after the events of "", Anakin has succumbed to the dark side and become Darth Vader, and Ahsoka has gone into
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Lucas decided the movies would work best as a trilogy. In the final act of the trilogy's final episode, "Return of the Jedi", Vader is ultimately redeemed through an act of sacrifice for Luke. This was in 1983, more than six years since the release of "Star Wars". Lucas admitted to being "burned out" and announced he would take a break from working on the saga. Throughout the 1980s, George Lucas remarked he had no desire to return to "Star Wars" and had unofficially canceled his sequel trilogy by the time of "Return of the Jedi". Because Lucas had developed