Spring Cleaning - with an AT-AT!

Okay – I wanted to start this project since Fantasy Flight Games announced The Clone Wars for Star Wars Legion and since I watched the premiere of the final story arc of the Clone Wars show. I only had one condition: I would only start the project once Ahsoka is available for the game the way she appeared in the series finale. With her being the focus of the Clone Wars show alongside Rex, I figured they might release her soon, with her being the main character, a fan favorite and such, but for whatever reason, we still got not even an announcement of her being released.

I’ve been ranting and raving and pulling my hair regarding this issue for the sheer incomprehensiveness of it with each and every new release announcement with her not being part of it. But in the past two weeks, I concluded that it’s not worth it letting myself be dragged into negativity by this inanity, so I decided to approach the issue from a constructive and creative point of view and bring Ahsoka into the game myself.

After some researching on the net I found a very good 3D-print version of Ahsoka in her mandalorian-style outfit and grown-up version as we saw her in the series finale, in the same scale and style of the Star Wars Legion minis. I immediately ordered it and had it printed in the smoothest, most detailed material possible and was looking forward to the day she got delivered, when I could start painting her.

In the meantime, I had to design a fitting hero-card and three command cards for her, so that she was represented in game terms. I’m not a fan of using an existing hero card as a proxy for a character who is not yet released, especially with such a unique personality like her. So I began workshopping some concepts and ideas and with the help of a Star Wars Legion-enthusiast I know, slowly forging them into data and values usable in the game.

I’ve done similar things before, and I know the pitfalls of many such creations which often are both too strong and sorely uninspired. I always opt to bring something new and unique to the game and have it be balanced. As for Ahsoka, I wanted her to be a little bit more brittle than the Jedi which already are available in the Clone Wars Setting of the game. At the same time, she should want to seek out close combat and have more options there as opposed to when you play her defensively or even passively. Last of all, I wanted Ahsoka to be courageous and fast, without having these aspects unhinge the game.

Some of these ideas proved to be easy to translate into the game, others took a lot of back and fourth with my friend who helped me, but in the end, we arrived at something which we both felt would be fun and interesting to play, so I used my grafix-fu to create the required cards:

When the cards were finished, the mini arrived a day later – perfect timing. I immediately sat down to paint her, and after three days, she was finished. This is it – my Clone Wars-project is finally taking off, and Rex as well as some Phase 2 Clone Troopers are already on their way to me. For the time being and to officially publish this project here, I present you Ahsoka Tano from the final 4 episodes which concluded the Clone Wars show: