Ahsoka Sabine

Rewatching rebels has made me way more excited for Ahsoka. Not just because I like Ahsoka more, but because I like Sabine more as well. Before this she was still in my top ten, but now she’s made it to top 5. She’s such a cool character. Can’t wait to see what they do with her. Even if I am still afraid they will make her force sensitive

 

I wanna see a team up fight, Ahsoka and Sabine vs Balan and Shin

 

I mean, she hung out with two force users for years. It makes a lot of sense that this exposure would have led her to tap into the force.

 

No it doesn’t. But I think we both know we are in opposite ends on this one.

 

Doubling down on the implication

 

So long as they don’t go out of their way to say anyone can become a Jedi. I will learn to live with Sabine being Force sensitive.

I just have a problem with anyone being able to become a proficient force user.

 

She’s not just anyone. She’s someone who hung out with two force users for a long time.

 

Yea that doesn’t change my mind at all though. If she is a Jedi or whatever Ahsoka calls herself these days. it’s because she has and always had more forceness than 99.9% of the galaxy. She just didn’t know it.

as I said on this we are at an impass.

hanging out with an athlete doesn’t make you more likely to be in the NBA. Neither does hanging out with a Jedi. If that were the case boy howdy Rex would make a fine Jedi don’t you think?

 

I watched it earlier this summer and loved it all over again. I agree, I think to understand WHO Sabine is you need to watch Rebels. She's developed so much over the series. I can't wait to see her in live-action. She's such a cool character.

 

It’s funny. Rewatching rebels I was wondering who I would think was the best voice actress/actor. It’s Tiya without question. She’s up there with the performance Matt and Ashley put in for the wrong Jedi arc.

if Sabine is force sensitive. I will probably learn to accept it. Although I won’t be happy at first.

 

This is not the airtight logical observation you think it is. Hanging out with a Jedi does not ensure that you will end up capable of using the force. But it does increase the likelihood that you might learn something, from those Jedi, about how to tap into the force.

 

Ironically, kids of NBA players are definitely more likely to play basketball at a higher level than a random person, and even have a career in the NBA in many cases. Hanging out with an NBA players (who might be one's dad) certainly increases the odds.

 

Go back and watch Rebels, it is definitely not a stretch to make Sabine force sensitive - the way she avoided laser fire and understood some of the Jedi paintings, etc in a way an acolyte (essentially) couldn't and her ability to wield the dark sabre and even match a Jedi with a light sabre, there is enough there to say it isn't a stretch at all. In fact, maybe Kanan / Ezra felt it and that is why they trained her, not just because of the Mando-lore.

 

Yup. It’s not a stretch by any stretch…

 

I watched Rebels once and it sounds like it may be worthwhile doing so again, at least for Sabine.

Out of genuine interest, here's a question for those who recall more of Sabine's story than i can...

What do you think Sabine being Force-sensitive can/will add to Ahsoka (the series or the character)? Are there other things related to Mandalorian stuff that might be included?

 

Based on recent promotional material, it looks like it’ll give Ahsoka a mentor role. And perhaps a story about not making the mistakes that her master made…

 

I wouldn't hate Sabine being Force-sensitive, but it feels like an obvious retcon this late in the game. Why wouldn't Kanan or Ezra sense it? I'd actually prefer Sabine wanting to be a Jedi despite not being Force-sensitive. It seems like the kind of nonconformist thing she would do, and it could be an interesting story imo.

 

Yeah it definitely feels like a retcon if true, similar to how Vader didn't sense Leia's strength with the Force despite interrogating her on the Death Star yet could sense Luke's while pursuing him down the trench. I'm indifferent to Sabine being Force-sensitive or not...it just seems a little strange to me that Ahsoka would (hypothetically) be willing to train Sabine when she refused to train Grogu.

 

Oh I know the logic isn’t airtight I don’t care. I irrationally don’t like the idea I am just trying to find ways to justify it in my head nothing more nothing less

 

Obi-wan had trained Luke and showed him how to sense the Force, "awakening" the potential in him. Leia had not gotten to that point yet; she was still oblivious to her potential.

 

While I would find it hard to believe Sabine is force sensitive, if the story sells it, I'll buy it. However, wouldn't Kannan and Ezra sense it when training Sabine to use the Darksaber? Sabine is incredibly talented, intelligent, an exceptional fighter and has an exceptional sense of right and wrong. She has all the qualities a Jedi should have.

I'm interested in the idea of growing a person's basic force sensitivity. As mentioned earlier, Finn showed no force potential for two movies. In the Lego Holiday film, he is clearly considered a jedi. Are the Lego movies cannon?

 

I could go either way on her Force sensitivity. If she has it, that could add to some things in Rebels (e.g. her opening stunts in Fire Across the Galaxy and some of what Kanan says in Trials of the Darksaber). If not, there could still be a question of it as part of an identity struggle, as @godisawesome described.

It's interesting to look back on the tagline/title cards for the teaser (Warrior, Outcast, Rebel, Jedi). The first three of those are applicable to Sabine as well as Ahsoka, and this series may be examining the fourth.

I think that when she made that decision about Grogu, she had already "walked away from Sabine", which would add a layer to that decision.

 

Perhaps Sabine did a mail-away midichlorian test and now she has delusions of grandeur?