# Huyang
**Huyang**, formally Professor Huyang, is a fictional droid in the [Star Wars](https://www.edgepedia.org/star-wars) franchise: an ancient Mark IV architect droid who, for a thousand generations, taught Jedi younglings how to construct their lightsabers after the ritual known as the Gathering.[1](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang) Introduced in the animated series *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* in 2012 and voiced by [David Tennant](https://www.edgepedia.org/david-tennant), the character returned in the 2023 live-action series *Ahsoka* and the children's series *Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures*.[2](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang/Legends)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type | Mark IV architect droid, professor and lightsaber instructor of the Jedi Order[1](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang) |
| Height | 1.8 m[3](https://www.starwars.com/databank/professor-huyang) |
| Age | Built around 25,020 BBY; claimed to have taught for over a thousand generations[1](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang) |
| Base | The training vessel *Crucible*, which ferried younglings from Coruscant to Ilum[3](https://www.starwars.com/databank/professor-huyang) |
| First appearance | "A Test of Strength", *The Clone Wars* Season Five, aired November 10, 2012[2](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang/Legends) |
| Voice actor | David Tennant in both *The Clone Wars* and *Ahsoka*; he won an Emmy for the portrayal[2](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang/Legends) • [4](https://nerdist.com/article/who-is-ahsokas-droid-huyang-voiced-by-david-tennant-from-star-wars-rebels/) |
| Later fate | Survived the fall of the Jedi Order and the Empire; travels with Ahsoka Tano in the New Republic era[3](https://www.starwars.com/databank/professor-huyang) |
## Role in the Jedi Order
Huyang's assignment was the final stage of a youngling's path to Padawan status. After students retrieved a kyber crystal that called to them through the Force in the caves of Ilum, they returned aboard the *Crucible*, an ancient Jedi vessel dating to the days of the Old Republic, and assembled their first lightsaber under his direction.[3](https://www.starwars.com/databank/professor-huyang) He described the weapon as "a Jedi's only true ally" and insisted that the components were bound together by the Force, telling a struggling student that she must trust the parts were meant to be together.[1](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang) • [2](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang/Legends)
**Institutional memory.** The droid's value went beyond instruction. His memory banks held a record of every lightsaber ever made and the Jedi who fashioned them, along with a broader repository of ancient Jedi lore.[3](https://www.starwars.com/databank/professor-huyang) Students he instructed over the centuries included the future Grand Master Yoda and Jedi Master Mace Windu.[1](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang) He also taught classes such as "History of the Galaxy, Parts One, Two and Three" and told the younglings stories from Jedi annals.[1](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang)
His exact origins are deliberately obscure in the fiction. Younglings spread rumors about how he came to serve the Order, including a belief that he had arrived at the Jedi Temple in a large blue box thousands of years earlier, an in-joke referencing voice actor David Tennant's role as the [Tenth Doctor](https://www.edgepedia.org/tenth-doctor) in *Doctor Who*, which the 2022 novel *Brotherhood* repeated.[1](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang) • [4](https://nerdist.com/article/who-is-ahsokas-droid-huyang-voiced-by-david-tennant-from-star-wars-rebels/)
## The Clone Wars
Huyang's first appearance came in "A Test of Strength", the seventh episode of *The Clone Wars* Season Five, broadcast on November 10, 2012.[2](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang/Legends) In the episodes that followed, he accompanied Padawan Ahsoka Tano and a class of initiates, including Petro, Ganodi, Byph, Katooni, Zatt, and Gungi, on their trip to Ilum in 20 BBY.[1](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang)
The voyage went badly. A gang of Weequay pirates led by Hondo Ohnaka attacked the *Crucible* seeking the lightsaber crystals, and Huyang was nearly dismembered in the fighting, losing his head and arms before the younglings and the astromech droid R2-D2 reassembled him.[2](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang/Legends) • [4](https://nerdist.com/article/who-is-ahsokas-droid-huyang-voiced-by-david-tennant-from-star-wars-rebels/) The group then became entangled in a Separatist invasion on Florrum before escaping with the pirates' help.[2](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang/Legends)
## Ahsoka and the New Republic era
The live-action series *Ahsoka* (2023) revealed that Huyang survived the destruction of the Jedi Order and the reign of the Empire, though the story does not explain how.[4](https://nerdist.com/article/who-is-ahsokas-droid-huyang-voiced-by-david-tennant-from-star-wars-rebels/) By the dawn of the New Republic he was traveling with [Ahsoka Tano](https://www.edgepedia.org/ahsoka-tano) aboard her T-6 shuttle, serving as pilot, analyst, and advisor, and was present when she took [Sabine Wren](https://www.edgepedia.org/sabine-wren) as her Padawan and when Sabine quit.[3](https://www.starwars.com/databank/professor-huyang) • [4](https://nerdist.com/article/who-is-ahsokas-droid-huyang-voiced-by-david-tennant-from-star-wars-rebels/)
**The archive in action.** His encyclopedic record drives several plot points. In the third episode he scans Morgan Elsbeth's vessel, the Eye of Sion, identifies it as a hyperspace ring, and draws on his knowledge of the Jedi archives to explain how intergalactic travel could be possible.[4](https://nerdist.com/article/who-is-ahsokas-droid-huyang-voiced-by-david-tennant-from-star-wars-rebels/) His recognition of a lightsaber's construction identifies Baylan Skoll as a former Jedi who disappeared at the end of the Clone Wars.[4](https://nerdist.com/article/who-is-ahsokas-droid-huyang-voiced-by-david-tennant-from-star-wars-rebels/)
In the series finale, Huyang returns to familiar work, helping [Ezra Bridger](https://www.edgepedia.org/ezra-bridger) assemble a new lightsaber and offering a hilt originally meant for Ezra's late master, [Kanan Jarrus](https://www.edgepedia.org/kanan-jarrus), whom Huyang had also taught.[4](https://nerdist.com/article/who-is-ahsokas-droid-huyang-voiced-by-david-tennant-from-star-wars-rebels/) • [5](https://starwars.archivum.wiki/article/Part_Eight%3A_The_Jedi%2C_the_Witch%2C_and_the_Warlord) At the end of the season he remains stranded on the distant world Peridea alongside Ahsoka and Sabine.[4](https://nerdist.com/article/who-is-ahsokas-droid-huyang-voiced-by-david-tennant-from-star-wars-rebels/) • [6](https://time.com/6320336/ahsoka-ending-explained/)
## Other appearances and reception
Beyond the two series, Huyang appears or is mentioned across the franchise: he appears in *Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures*, is mentioned in *The High Republic: The Rising Storm* and the novel *Brotherhood*, and features in the comic flashback "The Weapon" in *Age of Republic Special* 1, where he teaches [Mace Windu](https://www.edgepedia.org/mace-windu) lightsaber construction.[1](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang) • [7](https://blog.swgediscord.com/who-is-huyang/) The mobile game *Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes* added him as a playable Light Side droid attacker in 2024, with abilities themed on his "History of the Galaxy" lectures and his fight against HK-series droids on Seatos.[8](https://www.ea.com/en-gb/news/kit-reveal-huyang)
Promotional material for *Ahsoka* season 2, due in 2027, shows Huyang fighting Shin Hati while wielding multiple lightsabers at once, a visual comparison commentators drew to [General Grievous](https://www.edgepedia.org/general-grievous).[9](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/star-wars-tv-shows/ahsoka-season-2-trailer/)
Because he predates nearly every other character on screen, fans have noted that Huyang functions as a through-line of Jedi history, a living archive of an order that was otherwise destroyed.[4](https://nerdist.com/article/who-is-ahsokas-droid-huyang-voiced-by-david-tennant-from-star-wars-rebels/)
## References
1. [Huyang, Wookieepedia](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang)
2. [Huyang (Legends), Wookieepedia](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Huyang/Legends)
3. [Professor Huyang, Star Wars Databank, StarWars.com](https://www.starwars.com/databank/professor-huyang)
4. [Who Is AHSOKA's Droid Huyang?, Nerdist](https://nerdist.com/article/who-is-ahsokas-droid-huyang-voiced-by-david-tennant-from-star-wars-rebels/)
5. [Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord, Archivum Wikis](https://starwars.archivum.wiki/article/Part_Eight%3A_The_Jedi%2C_the_Witch%2C_and_the_Warlord)
6. [Breaking Down the Ahsoka Finale, TIME](https://time.com/6320336/ahsoka-ending-explained/)
7. [Who Is the Droid Huyang in Ahsoka?, SWGE Discord blog](https://blog.swgediscord.com/who-is-huyang/)
8. [Kit Reveal: Huyang, EA.com](https://www.ea.com/en-gb/news/kit-reveal-huyang)
9. [Ahsoka season 2 trailer features Anakin, Clone Wars-era flashbacks and Grand Admiral Thrawn, GamesRadar+](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/star-wars-tv-shows/ahsoka-season-2-trailer/)
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