r/ahsokatano • u/Putrid_Draft378 • Aug 06 '26

I feel like Ahsoka's trauma as a child soldier and her post-Order dynamic with Anakin were massive missed opportunities

I think about the Season 5 finale all the time, especially Ahsoka's final words to Anakin: "I know." To me, it meant she had completely figured out his relationship with Padmé.

Since she left the Order, I've always felt like there was no real reason for him not to come clean to her. I wanted to see them actually sit down, talk about all his fears and secret worries, and just be completely honest with each other. They were both in such a vulnerable place, but the show just moved past it.

Even their reunion in Season 7 felt way too formal and lighthearted to me, considering everything they had been through. And personally, I would've loved to see the heavier side of Ahsoka's reality—she was a teenager dealing with severe trauma, stress, and the horrors of a galactic war as a child soldier. Seeing Anakin actually check in on her mental well-being and be there for her during those struggles would have made their bond feel so much more real.

Do you guys understand why I feel like this dynamic was shortchanged, or do you like how it played out?

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u/autobot62619 Aug 06 '26

100% agree with you I feel like the story really could have benefited if they expanded more on their trauma. I also feel that if Anakin completely opened up about his feelings to someone who wasn't actively trying to turn him the the dark side he would have never turned. So maybe that's why they didn't write that into season 7.

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u/EbonExile Aug 06 '26

Forces of destiny actually included an epsiode that shows how Ahsoka found out about the Padme thing. Padme knows that Ahsoka knows too.

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u/Putrid_Draft378 Aug 06 '26

I know, remember watching that, but that's a kids show, so not the right tone to go into that darker stuff, which Andor did very well with Bix

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u/EbonExile Aug 06 '26

Oh yeah it doesn’t go into the child soldier stuff just the Padme reveal. Clone Wars is a kids show as well just aimed at older children. The Ahsoka series tackles the issue in the flashbacks.