As far removed from the Jedi as Cassian Andor is, he still has a surprising Star Wars connection to Anakin Skywalker, one that's facilitated by Anakin's old apprentice. Following the release of the Star Wars TV show Andor, Cassian has become one of Rebel Alliance over the Galactic Empire, making him a smaller scale hero of the Galactic Civil War - and connecting him to a Clone Wars hero.

Anakin Skywalker and Cassian are about as opposite as two individuals could be in the Star Wars galaxy, with the former being renowned as one of the strongest Jedi of his time and the latter being a boots-on-the-ground type of Everyman hero. Despite this, there is one connection the two share that ties them together. This link, forged through Anakin's former Padawan Ahsoka Tano, brings the heroes of two different eras together in an unexpected way.

Cassian Andor Used Anakin Skywalker's "Fulcrum" Codename

This Name Became Essential To The Rebel Alliance

The codename "Fulcrum," first adopted by Ahsoka Tano after Order 66 and the fall of the Galactic Republic, originates from a secret communications channel that Anakin Skywalker would use during the Clone Wars. The origin of this name was revealed in Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7, episode 9 "Old Friends Not Forgotten," which came after its Star Wars debut in Star Wars Rebels. Inspired by her Jedi Master's old communications channel, Ahsoka took on the name to keep her identity a secret, and it became an integral part of Rebellion intelligence.

The Fulcrum title went far beyond Ahsoka, as it instead became a way of concealing intelligence operatives' identities while dealing out orders to their subordinates and other s. Cassian, when he earned his rank of captain in the Rebel Alliance, was one of the operatives to take on the Fulcrum codename, doing so most notably as a part of the Alliance's mission to the planet Mustafar. This means that Cassian was actively using a title that originated with Anakin Skywalker, linking the two heroes together.

Other Star Wars Characters Who Also Used "Fulcrum"

Cassian & Ahsoka Were Only Two Of Many Others

Seeing as Cassian wasn't the only intelligence operative in the Rebel Alliance, he certainly wasn't the only one who took on the Fulcrum title. As previously stated, it originated with Ahsoka Tano, with the Fulcrum symbol even being designed after her Togruta facial markings. While various other rebels would go on to use it, Cassian included, it also became the codename of someone within the Empire themselves: Alexsandr Kallus of Star Wars Rebels.

After being trapped on a desolate planet with Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios, Kallus was inspired to defect to the Rebellion, though this journey began with him acting as a spy within the Empire's ranks. He used the Fulcrum title to get information to the Rebel Alliance, though it still took a long while for them to trust what he had to say. He is simply one of the many to take on the Fulcrum name, a title in Star Wars that originated with Anakin Skywalker and has since been ed down from his own apprentice to people like Cassian Andor.