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It happens after the series. It was suppose to be the final arc of the Clone Wars, but the show was cancelled a year or two before they could get to that. It would have happened roughly at the same time as the events of RoTS.
It is mentioned in passing in Rebels season two and the aftermath might be explored in season three.
On You Tube there's a Dave Filoni Star Wars Celebration Europe interview where he explains what the Clone Wars Series Finale was going to be, Ahsoka vs. Maul in the Siege of Mandalore.
IIRC it was going to be a multi-part story that only *started* with the Siege of Mandalore and Order 66 would have gone down at some point in the middle. They were in the early conceptual stages of roughing out a scene where the clones try and close on Ahsoka when the plug was pulled and that's as far as they ever got.
Haven't picked up the book yet but from what I gather, the general idea is that it picks up shortly after Order 66 and follows through up until she becomes Fulcrum. If so then technically there's still chapters yet untold.
I'm rather foolishly holding out hope that they'll eventually get to adapt the Siege of Mandalore story into an feature length movie.
They have it up on the books Amazon page, and all of the reading apps will let you download free samples of all their books.
EDIT:
During today's The Star Wars Show they announced that Darth Vader (the comic book series) supporting character Dr. Aphra will be getting her own ongoing series written by her creator, Kieron Gillen, starting in December. The series will also feature her droids, and Black Krrsantan. StarWars.com has an interview with writer Kieron Gillen.
Just finished the Ahsoka novel. It was pretty good. The plot was simple enough, nothing mind-blowing but it does the job well. The real selling point is of course Ahsoka herself as the characterisation has her down to a tee. I actually listened to the audiobook which for those who don't know, is read by Ashley Eckstein herself. Needless to say this is a huge bonus as she did a subtle job of separating her narration voice from her Ahsoka voice. She does a pretty good Bail Organa and Stormtrooper too.
It's not as some seemed to expect a full account of everything she got up to between TCW & Rebels. It's only a relatively short span of time (starting on the first 'Empire Day' anniversary) showing how she went from lone drifter/fugitive to Fulcrum. Which is nice since it leaves open the possibility for a lot more stories. (*fingers crossed for comic series*)
There are some brief little interludes that vary the perspective a little.
Most notably the opening passage that depicts what must be a snippet right out of the unproduced Siege of Mandalore scripts, including the final exchange with Anakin described at the Celebration panel and part of her confrontation with Maul. There's also a recounting of the moments before her and Anakin's first meeting on Christophsis, told from his perspective that gives an interesting look into his thought processes at the time.
A few neat little continuity tidbits here and there. Most surprising was a little bit of deep lore on kyber crystals and the real significance of their colours. Some things are going to have the old EU purists spitting nails, like having A-Wings flying around only a year or so after RotS.
Also there's a little glimpse into the very early state of Bail's rebellion. The detail of how he'd been gradually replacing the crew of the blockade runners with Rebel loyalists one person at a time to filter out anyone that might report suspicious activity is a neat way of showing just how cautious he had to be.
My only disappointment is that I didn't get a certain scene I've been picturing in my head ever since Ahsoka was introduced.
Her meeting Leia for the first time.
Though it is ever so slightly brushed upon, it really wouldn't have made a lot of sense at this point anyway. There's still plenty of opportunity for this later on down the line on other stories. I can wait.
I thought it was pretty good. Like "Bloodlines" and "Aftermath" I was disappointed it didn't cover more plot, but it was well written and I love the character and in the final analysis we did learn a fair deal. I just wish it was longer and covered more material.
They NEED to make a novel out of the Siege of Mandalore!!! Or animate it.
I thought it was pretty good. Like "Bloodlines" and "Aftermath" I was disappointed it didn't cover more plot, but it was well written and I love the character and in the final analysis we did learn a fair deal. I just wish it was longer and covered more material.
The way I see it, this just leaves open the possibility for more books, comics or perhaps even a movie.
It showed us how and why she joined up with the rebellion and what went into finding this new purpose. It also hinted at a few other things going on that they might expand upon elsewhere.
They NEED to make a novel out of the Siege of Mandalore!!! Or animate it.
I'd prefer the latter, and since they so far haven't made a book or comic out of it, I'd say that may be the intent somewhere down the line. Indeed, of all the known unproduced episodes, the material related to Ahsoka seems to be what they're most intent on keeping close to the chest. I can only assume there's a reason for that.
I can't remember if it was at SDCC or Celebration, but Filoni did make a comment that makes it sound like they have something more in mind for Ahsoka down the line. They were definitely keeping things a lot quieter that than I would expect if they weren't going to be doing anything more with her.
I can't remember if it was at SDCC or Celebration, but Filoni did make a comment that makes it sound like they have something more in mind for Ahsoka down the line. They were definitely keeping things a lot quieter that than I would expect if they weren't going to be doing anything more with her.
I do recall that comment (I think it was the Ahsoka panel at Celebration) and my read on it was that Filloni had written 'Twilight of the Apprentice' to be the end of her story, intentionally leaving her ultimate fate ambiguous, but the response convinced him that *maybe* it's not quite the last chapter after all.
If there's some long term plan to make the missing episodes, or do an Ahsoka movie or even just books & comics then I don't see the above being much of an influence on that as it's all going to be concerned with events prior to Rebels.
Another interesting point of world building from Lost Stars. At one point the main characters are studying for the Imperial Academy prep school, and they talk about how Mace Windu was the "leader of a criminal gang who interfered with a legal execution and sparked a war." This got me wondering what exactly the Imperial history of the Jedi and Clone Wars were like. Obviously they would have wanted to portray Palpatine as a big damn hero, but they also would want to make the Jedis the bad guys.
Not always, but in this particular case, in the event that she does reappear there'll have to be some accounting of those events, even if somewhat obfuscated. If she doesn't then no, I'm quite happy for this one to be endlessly speculated upon for years to come without any definitive answer.
Another interesting point of world building from Lost Stars. At one point the main characters are studying for the Imperial Academy prep school, and they talk about how Mace Windu was the "leader of a criminal gang who interfered with a legal execution and sparked a war." This got me wondering what exactly the Imperial history of the Jedi and Clone Wars were like. Obviously they would have wanted to portray Palpatine as a big damn hero, but they also would want to make the Jedis the bad guys.
I get the impression that the official line is that the Jedi's "criminality" was only uncovered in their "attempted coup", thus retroactively colouring everything they'd done prior to this. As such you get versions of events that paint them as manipulating the conflict to their own ends, all the while passing themselves off as heroes and saviours.
They may even claim that Dooku never really left the Jedi at all and that the Order staged the whole war as some elaborate power play.
Very clever really when you consider that was what was happening, just with a different puppet master. As a bonus, anywhere part of Palpatine's plans were publicly exposed, blame could be easily redirected to the Jedi.
It certainly won't (and didn't) convince everyone, especially many who were actually there, but that's a tiny percentage of the galaxy's population. I imagine for many worlds, the Clone Wars was always a distant thing that they just read/heard about on the holonet without ever seeing a real Jedi for themselves.
