The epic, animated showStar Wars Rebelsis exciting and intriguing, filled with in-depth characters like Sabine Wren. The new showAhsokacontinues various storylines fromRebels, and features a live-action version of the Ghost crew’s Mandalorian artist team up with Ahsoka. These might not be the last Star Wars fans see of Sabine, asDave Filoni’supcoming Star Wars moviemay incorporate various characters fromRebelsfeatured in theAhsokaseries.
Thecharacter of Sabine Wrenis complex and brave, and never shies away from a fight. As a Mandalorian, Sabine is well-versed in combat and weaponry. From her time at the Imperial Academy, she expanded upon those skills and even honed in a talent for technology. Her artistry is where she truly shines, though, and her artwork across her armor, various ships, and even parts of Lothal brighten up the series. Many of Sabine’s techniques grow along with her, and that immense growth is explored throughout many episodes in the show, but here are the topRebelsepisodes where the character of Sabine truly shines.
10S3 E4: “The Antilles Extraction”
In this episode, Sabine takes command and infiltrates the Empire in order to recruit Wedge Antilles and Hobbie to the Rebellion. Despite a few bumps in the road, Sabine successfully recruits the two young and talented pilots who eventually go on to fight alongside Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Leia Organa. This just brings more even history to the two Rebel pilots from the original trilogy, making Sabine an even more integral part of the start of the Rebellion and its recruitment of talented pilots.
9S1 E7: “Out of Darkness”
After a small argument over Fulcrum’s secret identity, Hera and Sabine team up as Sabine begins to question Hera’s orders, revealing part of Sabine’s past as an Imperial Academy defector. Because of her time with the Empire, Sabine struggles to take orders blindly and pleas with Hera to let her in on more secrets, to no avail. to defeat fearsome fyrnocks, Sabine and Hera must trust one another. Through this, Sabine learns that she can trust Hera without having to know everything, a big step in her journey. And, as the show continues, Sabine becomes a strong leader in the Rebellion.
8S2 E13: “The Protector of Concord Dawn”
When Hera is injured from a battle with the Mandalorian Fenn Rau, Sabine is outraged and seeks revenge. After tracking him down, Sabine challenges Renn Rau to a duel to the death, a common Mandalorian custom. Despite her anger and her violent Mandalorian heritage, Sabine spares Rau’s life, and he ends up becoming a big asset and contact for the Rebellion. This is just one of the many ways the Ghost Crew has influenced Sabine. Her once ruthless nature is softened and used for good because of her time with the crew, as well as Kanan and Hera’s teachings.
7S2 E8: “Blood Sisters”
Sabine’s past as a bounty hunter catches up to her when she runs into an old friend, Ketsu Onyo, who is on a mission. After a few disagreements and fights, the two to make things right, and Sabine is able to convince Ketsu to change her ways. Sabine eventually brings her into the Rebellion, leading to Ketsu being an integral part in the protection of Lothal in season four.Star Wars Forces of Destinyeven featured the duo in multiple episodes where their relationship was expanded on.
6S3 E7: “Imperial Supercommandos”
Sabine begins this episode playing a game of skill, Mandalorian cubikhad, with the now prisoner Fenn Rau. As the game continues, she attempts to convince Rau and his men to join the Rebellion, and once again, Rau refuses. When the Rebels lose contact with Rau’s men on Mandalore’s moon, Concord Dawn, they send Ezra, Sabine, Chopper, and Fenn Rau to investigate.
Once at Concord Dawn, they find Mandalorians loyal to the Empire led by Gar Saxon have wiped out Rau’s men, and they kidnap Ezra as well. A battle ensues, and after a chase, Fenn Rau actually saves Sabine, Ezra, and Chopper. Respected and humbled by Sabine’s bravery, Rau joins the Rebellion and becomes a huge help in the future.
Ezra learns even more of Sabine’s history and the history of Mandalore itself in this episode. There are some awesome fights, revealing dialogue, and even more Mandalorians. Sabine once again proves herself to be a fearsome ally to the Rebellion.
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5S4 E13: “A World Between Worlds”
Sabine’s artistry and intelligence shines through in this episode as Ezra crosses into the World Between Worlds and Sabine is captured and interrogated by Minister Veris Hydan. Her expertise in the art world is on full display as the audience and Hydan quickly discover that she is the only one who is able to figure out the meaning of the details in Lothal’s Jedi Temple artwork. She discovers how to use the portal, allowing Ezra to travel through it and enter the World Between Worlds as well as how to permanently seal the portal, so the Empire cannot use it.
4S3 E16: “Legacy of Mandalore”
In an attempt to convince more Mandalorians to join the Rebel cause, Kanan, Sabine, Ezra, and Fenn Rau travel to Sabine’s childhood home. Sabine returns to an icy welcome home from her family as they continually argue over Sabine’s current and past choices. Sabine’s family has aligned with Gar Saxon and the Empire, and the Rebels fall into a trap.
Sabine faces off with the Mandalorian Gar Saxon and once again goes against her Mandalorian tradition, sparing his life in a duel to the death. Sabine’s mother, Ursa Wren, kills Saxon to save Sabine, and Sabine comes to revelation and she decides to stay back with her family and mend ties while protecting Mandalore.
After a few episodes, Sabine does return, but it is an important step for her character to return to her Mandalorian roots, overall strengthening her resolve in the fight against the Empire. The additions to Mandalore’s history over multiple episodes alone make the show amust-watch for Star Wars fans.
3S4 E15: “Family Reunion - and Farewell”
In the series finale, Sabine really comes into her own and helps Ezra fulfill his destiny. While she doesn’t want to see Ezra leave, she understands that he must to stop Thrawn and rid Lothal of the Empire once and for all. Ezra continually reminds Sabine that he can always count on her, making Sabine question every move, but giving her time to contemplate the consequences. She takes the lead in many situations, hinting at her future endeavors when she leads a search across the galaxy looking for Ezra with Ahsoka.
The finale’s time jump allowed for a peek into the future for Sabine and the other members of the Ghost crew, while also allowing forpotential future storiesto include characters fromRebels.Titular episodesin the series specifically lead up to events chronicled inAhsoka, with Sabine and Ahsoka’s hunt for Thrawn and Ezra being a major plot point in the latest Star Wars show.
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2S4 E1&2: “Heroes of Mandalore”
This two part episode explores the devastation inflicted by Sabine’s weapon, The Dutchess, that the Empire has taken control of. While Sabine was in the Imperial Academy, she developed a weapon that could completely destroy Mandalorian armor and whoever wears it, but realizing her dangerous mistake, she destroyed it. When the Empire was able to rebuild it, they used it against Mandalorians, leaving it to Sabine and her allies to destroy the weapon once and for all.
Once again, Sabine’s past is explored, but a new theme of consequence is heavily threaded throughout the episode. This is a grounding characteristic in Sabine’s nature that makes a rewatch of the previous three seasons even better when focused on Sabine.
1S3 E15: “Trials of the Darksaber”
Sabine’s emotions break through in this episode when Kanan and Ezra teach her how to use the Darksaber. She reveals the brokenness rooted in her past and the regret from her time as at the Imperial Academy before the Ghost Crew. As Exra notes on various occasions, Sabine prefers to be alone, and she doesn’t share much about her past, so this episode reveals a lot about her character: she isolates herself to protect herself and others.
The Darksaber is a crucial point of history for Mandalore and all Mandalorians, and as such, the importance of this weapon weighs heavily on Sabine. Whoever holds the Darksaber, rules Mandalore. And while fans wanted to see Sabine take up that mantle, she knew she was not the one who the Darksaber belonged to. Her ultimate decision to hand over the Darksaber to Bo Katan Kryze showed her strength and wise, decisive thinking. But, it was still incredibly awesome to see Sabine wield the Mandalorian weapon. And without this episode, the Darksaber’s live action debut inThe Mandalorianmay not have happened.
