Star Wars: The Clone Wars added some needed characterization to the leads while allowing some underutilized background characters to thrive. Star Wars Rebels, however, was different. For one, it didn't have near as many Jedi as The Clone Wars, showing that regular people could make a difference, too. Additionally, it gave fans an undeniable sense of connection to its main characters.

Fans loved the characters so much that they wanted a sequel as soon as Rebels ended. They wanted Ahsoka and Sabine to search the galaxy for Ezra. While an animated sequel never happened, fans are getting Disney+'s Ahsoka, which will do everything that they wanted. It will be a religious experience, as Ahsoka and Sabine search a new galaxy for Ezra and Thrawn. The series even has the potential to bring a classic Star Wars Legends character into canon.

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Who Was Joruus C'baoth in Star Wars Legends?

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During the waning days of the Republic, there was a Jedi Master named Jorus C'baoth. He wanted to go out and colonize worlds for the Republic. Eventually, Palpatine funded the venture, which was called the Outbound Flight Project. A dozen Jedi and 50,000 people boarded a massive ship headed for the Unknown Regions. While there, C'baoth ran into Thrawn, who killed him and destroyed Outbound Flight.

That whole thing would be irrelevant; except Palpatine had a plan. Before C'baoth left, he took a DNA sample and used it to clone the Jedi Master. In Legends, cloning Force-sensitive people was possible, but it resulted in mental instability. Joruus (notice the double "u" in the clone's name) went missing for a while, but he resurfaced in 9 ABY. He took over Palpatine's hidden storehouse within Mount Tantis and took up residence there while ruling over the nearby populace.

Shortly thereafter, Thrawn tracked down the location of Mount Tantis and lured C'baoth into an uneasy alliance in his war with Luke Skywalker and the New Republic. For a while, C'baoth's battle meditation was beneficial, but before long, the unstable C'baoth thought that he wasn't being given his due. So, Thrawn locked him away inside the mountain. Eventually, Luke, Mara Jade and a few others stumbled on the imprisoned C'baoth and killed him, along with an evil clone of Luke called Luuke.

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Ahsoka Will Have Its Own Fallen Jedi

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With Ahsoka coming in 2023, fans have started to debate the series' villain. Some think Thrawn will be the big bad, while others believe he will join Ahsoka against some new enemy. However, according to a story from Making Star Wars, one of Ahsoka's main villains (but not big bad) will be a fallen Jedi named Baylon.

The reports say that Baylon survived Order 66 and fled to the "New Beyond," where he fell to the dark side and was recruited by Thrawn. Additionally, Baylon will have an apprentice named Shin, who will be tasked with hunting down and killing Ahsoka Tano. All of this seems to be in preparation for Thrawn to be a crossover-worthy villain for the Mando-Verse.

While Baylon isn't a clone like Joruus C'baoth, it's pretty clear that Ahsoka is taking inspiration from the Legends character. He's a failed Jedi who has started to serve the dark side with Thrawn as his overlord. There's no telling how Baylon will fit into the larger universe, but it's exciting that he will seemingly be the Joruus C'baoth of Star Wars canon. Disney may have officially forgone Legends continuity, but it still has the best material for story adaptation.

Ahsoka is expected to premiere sometime in 2023.