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Tales of the Jedi / Tales of the Empire
Two anthologies about Dooku and Ahsoka, Morgan Elsbeth and Barriss Offee. The episodes cover different years before and after the fall of the Republic. The short format makes room for turning points in each biography: disillusionment with the Order, loss, training and the choice of whom to serve.
- In-universe time
- Various years before and after 19 BBY
- Released
- 2022 / 2024
- Era
- Fall of the Republic
About this story
Two anthologies and several points in time
One card brings together two cycles of short stories, but they do not form a single continuous adventure. "Tales of the Jedi" focuses on Dooku and Ahsoka, "Tales of the Empire" on Morgan Elsbeth and Barriss Offee. The events span the years before the Clone Wars, the war itself and the Imperial era. Placing the card next to the prequels is a convenience of the route. Trying to fit every episode into roughly 20 BBY would be a mistake: the point of the anthologies is to follow separate stages of the characters' lives.
Dooku and Ahsoka: how trust changes
Dooku's early missions show why a knight who was supposed to serve justice reacts more and more sharply to corruption and the helplessness of lawful institutions. Crucially, disillusionment does not free him from responsibility for the choices he makes next. Ahsoka follows a different path: her stories go back to her childhood, her training and later years, when she has to decide her place in the galaxy on her own. Setting these biographies side by side shows different outcomes of lost trust. Both characters confront the flaws of the institutions they served, but their reasons, their methods and their regard for other people's lives keep their decisions from being the same.
Morgan and Barriss: what it means to survive a change of regime
Morgan loses her community on Dathomir and looks for strength and support in the new Imperial world. Her storyline explains connections that matter for "The Mandalorian" and "Ahsoka". Barriss, Luminara's former Padawan, meets the Empire with no support from the Order and no freedom to choose her own path. An offer to serve the Inquisitorius turns the question of survival into a question of moral limits as well. These stories work better after "The Clone Wars": the short episodes do not retell full biographies, and they assume the viewer already knows the convictions and relationships the characters had before.
Route context
Last Days of the Order
The blockade of Naboo exposes weaknesses in Republic politics, and the Separatist crisis later turns them into a galactic war. The Jedi become commanders of a clone army, the Senate grants the Chancellor emergency powers, and Anakin tries to reconcile his training with his fear for the people he loves. The films tell the central tragedy, while animation and games add the experience of soldiers, apprentices and ordinary people whose fates are decided by large-scale military choices.
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Ahsoka, Dooku, Morgan Elsbeth.
In "The Clone Wars" it is Barriss who bombs the Jedi Temple and pins the blame on Ahsoka; once exposed, she ends up in prison. "Tales of the Empire" shows her training in the Inquisitorius before she ultimately turns away from that path and chooses the life of a healer.