Ahsoka’s Daughter Theory Solves A Controversial Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Mystery

Ahsoka’s voice in «Star Wars: Episode IX» lends credence to the theory that she’ll become the new Daughter, because if she’s not dead, her presence starkly contrasts with those of dead Jedi like Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson) and Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson). Indeed, none other than «Star Wars» TV architect Dave Filoni discredited the idea that Ahsoka has to be dead or ascended to godhood in order to communicate with Rey. As Filoni explained to Kotaku regarding «Episode IX» using Ahsoka’s voice, «It doesn’t really have any big implications to what I’m doing with the character, to be honest. I just thought it was a really fun thing.» He continued, «I thought it would be a great thing for the actors involved to be a part of something that was just really this celebrating moment of the ‘Star Wars’ saga. So I didn’t think of it in a literal story [way].»

He then went on to recount how Luke (Mark Hamill) and Darth Vader (James Earl Jones) both communicate using the Force in «Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back,» even though both are alive. As he put it, «There’s no absoluteness that these people are dead.»

Implicitly, then, Ahsoka may still be a living, non-divine being during the climax of «Episode IX,» speaking to Rey in this same manner. Nevertheless, Ahsoka does appears to be on the path to becoming the Daughter, and doing so would help justify what otherwise feels at least a little bit like a loose end.