Summary. Anakin's Force Ghost confirms that Ahsoka is on the right path and no longer needs his guidance. Anakin's last appearance confirms that the World Between Worlds was a real experience, not just a vision.
George Lucas changed Anakin's Force Ghost from Sebastian Shaw to Hayden Christensen in Return of the Jedi. Lucas attributed Christensen's young Force Ghost to Anakin having metaphorically died as Darth Vader. Obi-Wan Kenobi used James Earl Jones' voice with Christensen's acting to portray young Vader.
Darth Vader's true identity as Anakin Skywalker was a highly guarded secret, known only to a select few individuals including Palpatine, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke, Han, Leia, R2-D2, C-3PO, Master Yoda, Bail Organa, Ahsoka Tano, Darth Maul, Grand Moff Tarkin, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Jocasta Nu, Ferren Barr, Verla, Reva, ...
At the end of the episode, Sabine says she felt something in the stars, just before this we see Ahsoka looking out in the distance and moments later we see the Force Ghost of Anakin looking over at them.
Although Anakin did not appear as a Force Ghost, his spirit helped Ahsoka Tano in the World Between Worlds following her near-death experience. Anakin used the World Between Worlds to take Ahsoka through her past, helping her understand what led Anakin to the dark side and how she could be better than he was.
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Why is Anakin's Force Ghost at the end of Ahsoka?
Anakin's Force Ghost confirms that Ahsoka is on the right path and no longer needs his guidance. Anakin's last appearance confirms that the World Between Worlds was a real experience, not just a vision.
Despite being the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker was not the most powerful Jedi in Star Wars, as that honor goes to Ahsoka Tano. The Star Wars prequel trilogy focused on Anakin's desire to become the most powerful Jedi, and while he became very strong in the Force, his lust for power drove him to the dark side.
This isn't the first time Ahsoka has studied one of these recordings, as she viewed one used by Ezra Bridger in Star Wars Rebels season 2 through a holocron. Ahsoka choosing to remember Anakin as he was before he fell to the dark side reaffirms that Darth Vader is dead in Ahsoka.
Yup. Anakin's vision of Padme's death is the main catalyst behind Anakin turning to the dark side. Ahsoka staying or leaving is irrelevant next to Anakin's unhealthy attachment to Padme.
Years later, when Ahsoka learns of her master's transformation into Darth Vader on Rebels, she partially blames herself for Anakin's turn to the dark side and holds some regret for leaving him and the Order behind.
R2-D2 was present when Padmé gave birth to Leia and Luke, so he knew Luke was Anakin's son – but what he didn't know was that Anakin became Darth Vader. In addition to that, Anakin's fall was surely a painful event in R2-D2's life, one that he definitely wouldn't like to remember or even talk about.
Summary. A disturbing theory suggests that Darth Vader kept one of Ahsoka Tano's lightsabers for a darker reason, potentially using its kyber crystal to improve his own blade.
Yoda. Yoda's knowledge of Luke Skywalker's true parentage was also confirmed in Return of the Jedi. As with Obi-Wan, Yoda believed that Anakin's fall to the dark side made him unsalvageable, with the Darth Vader persona being his only identity following his ascension to Sith Lordship.
Yes. In Truce at Bakura, Anakin's ghost appeared to Leia, begging for her forgiveness. She rejected him. Only by Tatooine Ghost did she start to come around to the father underneath the suit, just in time for her to finally have kids in the Thrawn Trilogy.
And they forgave Anakin. The ideas of the smiling heavenly force ghost of Anakin next to Obi Wan watching over Luke or Kylo being portrayed as a finally good person before his death obviously did not bother the writers.
According to official tie-ins, Anakin's Force Ghost would visit Luke many times over the next decade, offering him guidance and counsel as he reestablished the Jedi Order.
What happened to the lightsabers Anakin gave to Ahsoka?
After Tano's departure from the Jedi Order after being framed for treason, the weapons remained with the Order. Her former master, Anakin Skywalker, returned the weapons to her upon her return to the Galactic Republic's military to lead forces in the Siege of Mandalore near the end of the war.
Anakin and Ahsoka arrived to help, and they ran into each other. This was when she finally started having feelings for him. However, he had mostly moved on at that point and was more devoted to avenging his mother than romance with a Jedi.
Does Ahsoka find out about Anakin being Darth Vader?
She discovers the truth in Star Wars Rebels when she encounters the Sith Lord in a space battle. What she senses is so shocking to her that she passes out. Snips has her suspicions confirmed when she comes face to face with Vader in the Rebels season 2 finale, in a Sith Temple on the planet Malachor.
While the Star Wars canon doesn't explicitly confirm his regret, the intricacies of his relationship with Ahsoka and the remnants of his former identity could have stirred some degree of internal turmoil.
Summary. Ahsoka Tano believed Anakin Skywalker was dead after Order 66 because she couldn't sense his presence in the Force anymore. Ahsoka had seen Anakin flirt with the dark side before, but couldn't fathom that he would betray everyone.
Thrawn learned that Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader were the same person during a mission with Vader, but kept the secret to himself. Thrawn's knowledge of Anakin's history explains his surprised reaction to hearing his name in Ahsoka episode 7 and likely gives him an advantage against Ahsoka Tano.
Yep. Darth Maul didn't really say or show straight up that he "feared" Darth Vader, but he openly stated his belief that he could not defeat Darth Vader without the help of the Jedi, therefore on his own.
In those movies, Mace was someone who loved confrontation, with his bullish ways usually winning arguments. However, he rubbed many the wrong way, and as the novel detailed, he was someone vehemently against Anakin joining the Jedi Order.
