Ahsoka Sabine

The YouTube algorithm noted that I’d been pulling up mixes of The Mandalorian Theme with other themes (Gideon’s, Bo-Katan’s, Boba’s)...

So naturally it spout out a mix of The Mandalorian Theme and Sabine’s theme from Rebels.

...I’d forgotten how heartbreaking some of Sabine’s theme can get. It’s like it’s trying to be a soaring, uplifting theme, but gets dragged down by melancholy, but perseveres anyway.

...And if you use it as a counterpoint to The Mandalorian’s theme, they kind of reinforce each other. It’s beautiful.

 

That is amazing! Absolutely beautiful.

Say what you will about Kiner, but he can write a theme. Ahsoka's theme and Sabine's theme are some of my favorite in all of Star Wars.

 

I still kind of feel like the emotional trauma she expressed at the epoch of Trials of the Darksaber, when that music first really went full force at the audience, is still somewhat untapped.

I kind of hope there are other Mandos that express a disgust for her creation of the Duchess. It really feels like an open wound that makes the best argument for why Sabine felt she had to give the Darksaber to Bo, and feels like the best possible excuse for why she wound up mostly just back with the Ghosts after everything. Credentials-wise, she should be Bo-Katan’s greatest counterpart as a political leader - powerful family, high degree of personal competence, and connections to other power bases int he Galaxy. But whatever crud Bo might pick up for her failed liberations of Mandalore, Sabine probably overshadows those failures with The Duchess.

 

Lord knows we’ve talked about this a few times here.

But, it’s always fun.

Some possibilities:

-Sabine, the Rebel: A Sabine who has faded a bit from Mandalorian politics and society, redoubling her efforts with the larger Rebellion, and who’s exploits with the Darksaber are largely forgotten.

-Sabine, the infamous outcast: A Sabine who is likewise disconnected from Mandalorian politics, but not because she was forgotten or disrespected, because they remember her creating the Duchess and surrendering the Darksaber to Bo-Katan, but still remember she could do that last bit because she beat Gar Saxon in single combat, and respect her as a great warrior.

-Sabine, the reluctant idol: A Sabine who is still personally invested in the Rebellion first and foremost, and still feeling some guilt and unworthiness... but who has support from various Mandalorian groups because of her heroism against the Empire, and may even have a quiet movement to only accept her as Mandalore, possibly led by the Protectors,

-Sabine, Bo’s rival: A Sabine who is fully involved in Mandalorian politics, and represents a counterpoint to Bo’s power base.

 

At least in first presentation, yeah; they only needed a second crack at Bo Katan to start making it clear to even fans of only The Mandalorian that she’s a lot more complicated than she first seems to be.

An interesting query is under what circumstances Din might encounter Sabine.

The least interesting option would be if she’s largely relegated to Ahsoka’s show and their meeting is just incidental to a crossover between those shows; it’s a possibility that must be considered, but it’s the least imaginative one because it forgoes the more interesting routes an appearance on his show would be likely to showcase.

The options for her showing up in Din’s show are considerably more widespread and interesting. Maybe she shows up because Ahsoka asked her to check up on what happened to Grogu, so we get a discussion of the Jedi from two different Mandalorian perspectives. Maybe she gets introduced when Din does somebody a favor (again), and their parallels and contrasts are explored in a friendly way. Or maybe it’s more antagonistic, with Bo sending Din to duel Sabine to clarify who owns the saber, or to get her to submit to Bo’s authority because she’s technically the head of Clan Wren, or because she’s someone the Protectors prefer as a leader.

The number of parallels and contrasts between them makes me more interested in a potentially antagonistic meeting at first.

Two highly skilled and heroic Mandalorian with complicated but friendly relationships to the Jedi who both found themselves shoved into being potential claimants for the throne of Mandalore who’ve done bad things in their past they wanted to atone for... but one the well-educated child prodigy heir to a noble house who expresses her creativity all over her armor and path and who dedicated herself to the Rebel cause, and the other a poor uneducated foundling from the nomads who wears totally unpainted armor and has severe cynicism about the New Republic.

The fact they both *should* have lightsabers in their possession also means a potential “Trials of the Darksaber 2: Sabine is the Teacher this Time” is possible.

 

I hadn’t though about her hearing he has the Darksaber and deciding he needed to be educated in it. That’s not a bad idea itself.

 

“Sa-Din?”

Heh, there are worse portmanteaus.

I may or may not think that *if* Disney wants to do a romance on the show with either Sabine or Din, they might be an intriguing possibility - but it wouldn’t be the be-all-end-all for me. It would be a nice, cleansing thing to have to wipe out the disgust of more toxic romances they allowed Star Wars to do... but it’s not what I’m looking for.

(...I still kind of want to see it, mind you, I just don’t need it.)

 

The natural objection to that, of course, would be that Sabine already has a close male companion near her age - Ezra - and Filoni specifically made sure that developed into an intimate platonic relationship. So there’s both a precedent to avoiding romance with Sabine, and if he were to renew on that, he might feel Ezra would fit the role better now that time has passed.

Don’t get me wrong - I would want a positive major live action romance to wash the foul taste of Reylo from Star Wars-fan’s palettes. And yes, the intriguing contrasts and similarities between Din and Sabine make that sound like an intriguing premise.

But I’m not banking on it at all. I’ll be delighted if it shows up. But I’m not predicting it at all.

 

The fact that LFL has clearly doubled down on secrecy doesn’t help with any clarity here; the Disney+ shows, both SW and MCU, have shown far greater control of their publicly known material than previous Star Wars films, even to the extent of concealing casting information that usually gets acknowledged as a matter of course. And they probably want to do that *even more* now.

Sircar seems closer to Eckstein in terms of being more prolific as a voice actor than a live-action actor, unlike Sackhoff. Still… there is some chance she could be on the casting list for the character if they so desired.

 

Crazy, Likely Substance-less Speculation: the Armorer is Rook Kast, and the Kasts are a cadet branch of Clan Wren.

Yeah, it’s nonsense, but it’s fun!