Ahsoka the White: In Episode 5, Dave Filoni’s Gandalf dream is fulfilled and titled “Star Wars: Rebels”.

• “Star Wars: Ahsoka” brought Ahsoka Tano back from the world between worlds in the 5th episode.
• Afterwards, Ahsoka not only seems to be much better prepared for the challenges ahead, she also appears completely in white.
• This makes Ahsoka visually reminiscent of the wizard Gandalf from “The Lord of the Rings” – a conscious decision.

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Especially in the live-action series, but also in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars: Rebels”, we saw Ahsoka Tano in a gray cloak. This is no coincidence, as Dave Filoni, the mastermind of numerous “Star Wars” productions and creator of Ahsoka, has often compared the character to Gandalf from “The Lord of the Rings”.

Gandalf, we remember, set out as Gandalf the Gray with Frodo and Co. to Mordor to destroy the One Ring. On the way, however, Gandalf sacrificed himself in the fight against the Balrog and then – apparently – fell to his death, only to return a short time later as Gandalf the White.

Ahsoka is undoubtedly self-sacrificing and she doesn’t lack experience with death, after all, she already died in “The Clone Wars”, “Rebels” and in “Ahsoka”, but it was only this last death that led Ahsoka to the world between the worlds the moment in which Ahsoka also became the Gandalf of the “Star Wars” universe.

The “Rebels” epilogue no longer counts

Anyone who says: “Wait, I’ve already seen Ahsoka in the white Gandalf look!” is of course right. In the “Rebels” epilogue, Ahsoka visits Sabine in all white and suggests that she look for Ezra. This scene was overwritten by “Ahsoka” at the latest, because at the beginning of the live-action series Ahsoka looked like she always did, and it wasn’t until episode 5 that she got her new, white look.

Dave Filoni probably wanted to show Ahsoka in a white outfit to emphasize the Gandalf comparison and took the chance at the end of “Rebels” because he didn’t know if he would get another opportunity. Now, in “Ahsoka”, Ahsoka had to die once again and learn another lesson from Anakin before proving herself worthy of the Gandalf upgrade.

In the World Between Worlds, Anakin showed Ahsoka that she is a warrior and must stand by her decisions. The focus on battle always weighed on Ahsoka, seeing herself as a mere weapon, but after all these years and through the eyes of her master, Ahsoka realizes the importance of her leadership – then and now.

After her return from the world between worlds, Ahsoka is not suddenly a completely different person, but she acts with more determination and appears more balanced. Although Ahsoka cannot know whether she can find and save Sabine, at least her path is clear and Ahsoka becomes more than ever a symbol of hope, just as Gandalf the White always was.