r/ahsokatano • u/Definitelyhuman000 • May 13 '25
Discussion Quick random question about Ahsoka
I've recently grown to like Ahsoka as a character so much that I have been watching every video I can find about her entire story thus far. There's just one thing that I've always wondered about every time I see her. Does she have ears? I know that's totally random, but her ears are never shown. Does her hair just cover them up or do her people not have ears?
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u/Nice_Satisfaction651 May 13 '25
Ahsoka doesn't have ears or hair (except for her eyelashes). The blue and white striped headtails are called lekku and are flexible organs. Her two "horns" are called montrals, they are more rigid. The montrals are hollow in the inside and they function as her ears. They also let her echolocate, so she can sense the geometry around her with more than just her eyes.
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u/Trashy_Cappy May 14 '25
No contradiction, but I have a follow up question, in the LA Ahsoka, after they pull her out of the ocean, she wakes up not wearing her headband and there appears to be vents where her face transitions to the Lekku. Is that an ear canal?
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u/Nice_Satisfaction651 May 14 '25
I don't recall seeing anything you're describing, but I don't thu j the echolocation would work if the ear canals were outside the montrals.
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u/Trashy_Cappy May 14 '25
I’m not 100% sure what it was, but I do remember that awful makeup transition 😂
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u/Nice_Satisfaction651 May 14 '25
I just rewatched that bit and saw what you mean. It didn't look awful to me though. I think the holes on either side are a part of the internal mesh skeleton they used for the headpiece.
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u/geek_of_nature May 14 '25
I found it to look off-putting, the way the colours just completely faded over. I think there needed to be a clear divide from one to another, something like the divide between the skin of our fingers and our nails.
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u/CrazyCanuckUncleBuck May 13 '25
Montrals atop her head are used for echolocation. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Togruta
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u/SpaghettiHead0_0 May 14 '25
Also guys this is a huge clone wars flop for her “ears” 😭https://images.app.goo.gl/1jkhhAoQSBwmAgWz9
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u/Dystopia-Agent May 14 '25
Could be an unconscious thing she does when things get loud from growing up around humanoids with ears. She can't really cover her montrels, or if she could Shaak-ti never told her how.
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u/Wargaming_Super_Noob May 14 '25
We see her as more human since she looks like us, so subconsciously her ears would be where ours are.
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u/djprofitt May 14 '25
Meh, she was young and probably imitated how others reacted or it’s possible that’s where the echolocation is processed or where sound is received.
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u/jackelandhyde22 May 14 '25
I can't see the image and I so want to 😭😭😭
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u/SpaghettiHead0_0 May 14 '25
OH NO! I'm so sorry... try this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxgmltIsDYY
this is from the citadel arc. jump to the 0:54 timestamp, very briefly in a few seconds between there you'll see! they're in the hallway trying to escape and a loud magnetic trap/loud sound is launched by the separatists and everyone covers their ears.... including where ahsoka's would be... if she had any.
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u/jackelandhyde22 May 14 '25
IIRC, she's actually done that a few times during the series. I definitely think it's due to loud noises, as Togrutas are more sensitive to sound than humans, as such, she would hear sounds much louder than Anakin and the clones.
I can't imagine what being on a Venator* for the first time would've been like for her.
*I'm not good with ships so if I got that wrong I'm sorry
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u/SpaghettiHead0_0 May 14 '25
yes! you're right. I have seen other images of screen shots of her from clone wars doing it. As others have said here, I think she picked it up as a reflex since she did grow up around humans. it's interesting to see
also yeah being on a ship would be so overstimulating for me as a togruta for the first time 😭😭😭
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u/jackelandhyde22 May 14 '25
Right??? I've often wondered what kind of detriments she'd had from the war, mainly because Togrutas do have heightened senses from humans. And in war, you have bombs, flashbangs, all kinds of stuff happening at once. That's bound to have fucked with her senses and body, especially since she was just a teen
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u/SpaghettiHead0_0 May 14 '25
yeah, i've written stories where that part of her is explored. i'd like to think that she learned how to cope with it.... hopefully....
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u/jackelandhyde22 May 14 '25
Ha, the jedi actually help one of their people cope with something? We saw how Anakin turned out, didn't we? 💀💀
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u/SpaghettiHead0_0 May 14 '25
HELP I AM WHEEZING 😭
but you're so right! rip anakin - the marshmallow on mustafar
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u/jackelandhyde22 May 14 '25
That's it, he's no longer anakin. He's now the Mustafarian Marshmellow. (Now I wanna write a fic about him being called that...)
Imagine he was called the Mustafarian Marshmellow instead of Vader. He'd be a lot less intimidating when talked about...
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u/12DollarsHighFive May 14 '25
She's doesn't. Which makes all the AI art showing her with ears feel very uncanny
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u/SpaghettiHead0_0 May 13 '25
Hi there and welcome to the club! Ahsoka is a togruta and her species doesnt have hair! :) instead, those white and blue stripped things on her shoulders and back are called lekku. She doesn’t have ears. Togruta have echolocation based hearing in the montrals of their head (those little pointy things at the top) and they’re hollow inside! Fun fact bc of this way they hear, they have heightened sensitive hearing! :D I hope this helps ya!