How & When Did Luke Skywalker Meet Ahsoka Tano?

Warning! Spoilers ahead for The Book of Boba Fett episode 6!

While Star Wars has finally brought Luke Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano together in The Book of Boba Fett, it’s not the first time the two characters have met. During Luke’s training of the child Grogu in The Book of Boba Fett episode 6, “From the Desert Comes a Stranger”, it’s revealed that Ahsoka is present as well, the former apprentice to Luke’s father Anakin Skywalker. However, they’re already familiar with each other in this new Disney+ series, suggesting that they must have met at an earlier point in the Star Wars timeline.

In The Book of Boba Fett episode 6, the Mandalorian Din Djarin ventures to the planet where Luke is training Grogu and beginning construction on his new Jedi academy, wishing to see how the child is doing. However, Djarin is convinced by the surprise appearance of Ahsoka to not see Grogu as it will only make the youngling’s path harder due to the bond they share. After leaving his gift of beskar armor with Tano, Djarin concedes and heads back to Tatooine, leaving her to meet with Luke as he oversees Grogu’s training. Interestingly enough, it’s clear that they’ve already been introduced and have a level of familiarity. Not only did Tano mention to Djarin that she was a “friend of the family” but she also notes how much Luke is like his father before he became Darth Vader.

While there’s a rather large window of time where Luke and Ahsoka could have met in the Star Wars timeline, there are two points that are the most likely. Even though Ahsoka was revealed to be the mysterious contact known as Fulcrum who helped form the Rebel Alliance—as seen in Star Wars Rebels—she was largely absent during the actual Galactic Civil War. Additionally, the canonical Star Wars comics set between the original trilogy of films have been showing Luke’s path as he learned to become a Jedi. While he’s yet to meet Ahsoka during his search for information about the Jedi Order and their teachings prior to Return of the Jedi, the possibility exists that they could meet at some point before the end of the original trilogy. If not, the other likely option is that they met during the 5 years after the fall of the Empire, but before Tano sent Djarin and Grogu to Tython to summon a Jedi in The Mandalorian season 2. It’s likely she knew of Luke by that point and had him in mind, as there were very few Jedi alive across the galaxy at that point.

Whether it was just before Return of the Jedi or the years that followed before The Mandalorian, it seems inevitable that the two would meet. Luke was determined between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi to find and learn all he could about the Jedi Order—a quest that continued after the Empire’s fall. Likewise, Ahsoka more than likely kept tabs on the Rebellion she helped form, eventually becoming aware of the famed lightsaber-wielding hero who blew up the Death Star. Regardless of when Ahsoka and Luke first met, their respective journies colliding ahead of the events of The Book of Boba Fett does seem inevitable.

Even so, it would be nice to know exactly when and how Luke Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano met in the Star Wars timeline, including their introductions, first impressions, and the conversations they must have had about Anakin. Hopefully, the upcoming Ahsoka series can provide more insight not only on when the two Force-wielders met, but also Tano’s journey in general during the Galactic Civil War and beyond. Regardless, seeing the two of them on-screen at the same time and interacting was truly a landmark Star Wars moment in The Book of Boba Fett.

The Book of Boba Fett releases new episodes Wednesdays on Disney+.

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