Anakin Skywalker with his Padawan braid. A Padawan braid was a type of braid worn by Jedi Padawans.
Padawan braids were a symbol of rank used to distinguish apprentices within the Jedi Order. They were lengths of intricately woven hair, typically worn across the right shoulder. Padawans which belonged to species that did not grow hair on their heads would wear alternatives such as silka beads.
The braid was a symbol among the Jedi Order that the individual is ranked as a Padawan, the first level in becoming a Jedi. Non-human Padawans that did not have hair or fur in their heads to braid were given a silka bead braid to show their Padawan status instead.
Anakin offered to return the Padawan braid that he had kept for her, but to everyone's shock, Ahsoka refused and left the temple and the Jedi Order.
Silka beads were a type of decorative bead worn by species without hair, such as Twi'leks or the Togruta. Jedi Padawans from such species, such as Togruta Ahsoka Tano, had Padawan braids made out of the beads.
Obi-Wan Kenobi sported his Padawan braid throughout the film to signify the rank he had reached in his Jedi apprentice training.
Mace Windu with a Padawan braid but it's just taped to his bald head.
During one of these missions she would break the Jedi Code's rule of attachment by falling in love with Darman, RC-1136, a clone commando in Omega Squad, and becoming pregnant with his child, Venku Skirata. The two would later marry in the traditional Mandalorian way shortly before her death in 19 BBY.
Ahsoka's headdress is a mark of great prowess. The triangular pieces are akul teeth, gained as a trophy for single-handedly defeating one of the predatory animals on the Togruta homeworld.
Ahsoka Tano was discovered by Plo Koon at the age of three and accepted into the Jedi Order. When she was 14, Jedi Master Yoda granted Ahsoka the rank of Padawan and apprenticed her to Anakin Skywalker, a powerful if reckless Jedi Knight.
To the Jedi of the Clone Wars era, the most prominent practitioner of Form V was Anakin Skywalker, who mastered both Form V variants.
Anakin discovered that a moisture farmer named Cliegg Lars had bought Shmi from Watto, freed her, and married her. But when he visited the Lars farm, he learned Tusken Raiders had kidnapped his mother. Anakin found Shmi, but she died in his arms. Giving in to his rage, he slaughtered the Tuskens who had taken her.
A recent study found that Anakin Skywalker's turn to the dark side was the result of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
Between scenes of the prequel trilogy movies, Padawan braids worn by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker often change sides.
For those who don't know what a Padawan braid is, it's essentially a rat tail haircut. A rat tail, however, that in George Lucas' sci-fi lore, is worn solely by Padawans (apprentice Jedi) before officially becoming Jedi Knights — at which point it's cut off with a lightsaber.
Originally, George Lucas chose a concept with much longer hair which was bound into a ponytail. He wanted to make it similar to Qui-Gon's from TPM to emphasize Anakin's independence, his rebellion against the Council and also, to make him look dashing.
Zygerrians in the galaxy
Another Zygerrian female named Tosan was a Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic by the time following the Battle of Naboo.
Skywalker presents Tano with her lightsabers, which now shine blue. While the lightsabers were in the custody of the Jedi, Skywalker took care of them, taking the opportunity to, as he saw it, "improve" them. The blades changed color to blue as a result.
She noted that the crystal had been turned red through the practice known as bleeding. Realizing that the crystals were meant to be hers, she purified them back to the light side of the Force, the process turning the crystals a pure white.
She eventually became the Padawan of a human male Jedi Master, Stellan Gios. Vernestra was enough of a prodigy that she eventually attained the rank of Jedi Knight at the age of only fifteen, making her the youngest Knight in a generation.
Clone Commander Thorn was a Republic soldier during the Clone Wars who led an escort of Padmé Amidala to Scipio. After nightfall, Thorn detected a coming Separatist assault, and acted fast to warn the Senator.
During an early assignment as a Padawan with her Jedi Master Kast Fulier, Etain met the clone commandos of the Omega Squad, an encounter that changed how the rest of her life played out. Darman Skirata, formally RC-1136, was a clone commando of Omega Squad that Etain later fell in love with as the Clone Wars continued.
In Star Wars, Padawan's cut off their braids when they become official Jedi Knights, so we can also see Auggie's decision to cut off his braid as symbolic of him coming into his own. He is ready to find his place in the world. And middle school is where this next leg of his journey begins.
Anakin Skywalker was a known user of Djem So, both during his initial stint as a Jedi and later when he subsequently fell to the Sith. The Shien variant of Form V allowed the utilization of an unconventional reverse grip, which Ahsoka Tano was known to prefer and use during battles.
Quinlan Vos was a Kiffar male Jedi Master who lived during the final days of the Galactic Republic. Hailing from the planet Kiffu, he was a maverick within the Jedi Order and garnered a reputation for bending the rules.