Star Wars Rebels

Summary

Star Wars Rebelsfirst outlined the origin tarradiddle of Sabine Wren , yet new details have come to visible light that make her retiring all the more grim . While thefate of the Ghost crew inStar Wars Rebelshas testify not to be the conclusion of their character arc , there is no deny how important the animated show was to the founding of hoi polloi like Sabine Wren and Ezra Bridger . Although both are expected to have stories inupcomingStar WarsTV shows , Star Wars Rebelsdid a lot of the heavy lifting , including early reference work and origin story .

WhereStar Wars’Sabine Wrenis concern , her arc began years before her depiction inAhsoka . InStar Wars Rebels , Sabine Wren was preface as a Mandalorian who take flight her homeworld before the Galactic Civil War began . play by Tiya Sircar inStar war Rebels’voice cast , the character of Sabine was vital to the show , in which it was explain exactly why she leave Mandalore . Sabine ’s defection of her planet was linked to a superweapon she inadvertently create , with new details from a recentStar Warsstory making her past retroactively much dark than it was already .

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Sabine Wren’s Superweapon Explained

The Mandalorian-Imperial Weapon Known As The Duchess Was Tied To Sabine’s Early Life

InStar Wars Rebels , it is revealed that Sabine was once a member of the Imperial Cadets long before the Galactic Civil War disclose out . Sabine was one of the smarter cadets in the Imperial Academy on Mandalore , move so far as to begin developing weapons for the Empire . However , Sabine was largely incognizant of what her arm would be used for , which led her to her greatest shame . Sabine helped to produce a weapon called the Arc Pulse Generator , or The Duchess , which was enough to see her abandon the Empire and Mandalore .

Sabine recollect she had destroy the artillery , though it was revealed afterward in the show that the Empire deal to recreate her designs …

Sabine ’s weapon was designed to point the Beskar in Mandalorian armor , superheating it and gasify the wearer . Sabine was not amply aware of the weapon ’s capabilities at first but , upon find out that the Empire intend to utilize it to force Mandalore to submit , scarper the Imperial Academy . Sabine suppose she had destroyed the weapon , though it was bring out later in the show that the Empire managed to recreate her design , lead to its eventual destruction inStar Wars Rebelsseason 4 .

Sabine Wren as seen in Ahsoka (2023) and Star Wars Rebels (2014-2018) above a blurred poster for the latter

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Rebels Episodes Containing The Duchess

Episode Title

time of year 3 , Episode 15

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A Mandalorian rebel, Sabine is a technological genius whose ideas were turned against her own people by the Empire. She served as an important member of the Lothal cell for years, only to return to her own people for a time with the knowledge and skills she had cultivated. More recently, Sabine has unlocked her nascent ability to access the Force, becoming Ahsoka Tano’s Padawan.

" Trials of the Darksaber "

time of year 3 , Episode 16

" Legacy of Mandalore "

The Duchess frying a Mandalorian in Star Wars Rebels

Season 4 , Episode 1

" Heroes of Mandalore - Part 1 "

time of year 4 , Episode 2

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A Mandalorian rebel, Sabine is a technological genius whose ideas were turned against her own people by the Empire. She served as an important member of the Lothal cell for years, only to return to her own people for a time with the knowledge and skills she had cultivated. More recently, Sabine has unlocked her nascent ability to access the Force, becoming Ahsoka Tano’s Padawan.

" Heroes of Mandalore - Part 2 "

The Empire Used A Variant Of Sabine’s Superweapon On Dizon Fray

The Empire’s Recreation Of The Duchess Was More Successful Than First Thought

DespiteStar Wars Rebelsseason 4 being apparently the first time the Empire used the recreated Duchess weapon , it has been break that this is not alone on-key . A recentStar Warsbook titledThe Rise and drop of the Galactic Empire , write by Chris Kempshall , is initialise as an in - population exploration of the Empire ’s sovereignty byStar war : The acclivity of Skywalker ’s Beaumont Kin . In this Scripture , it is revealed that the Empire ’s refreshment of The Duchess top to a variant of the weapon being used on the planet of Dizon Fray , to really tragical and ruinous results .

The Scripture then detail that the Dizonites rebelled in response , prompting the Empire to apply several variations of The Duchess … to fry them …

InThe Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire , it is outlined that the Empire used Dizon Fray to construct a refueling post . In the process , the Empire damaged underwater temples belonging to the aquatic race that harp on the satellite , the Dizonites . The book then details that the Dizonites rebelled in response , prompting the Empire to utilize several variation of The Duchess , written as an DOE weapon from the Imperial Academy on Mandalore , to electrocute them . As such , the genocide of the Dizonites has been tied to Sabine Wren ’s past , do her chronicle much darker than it already was .

Bix Caleen in Andor Episode 9.

A Mandalorian Reb , Sabine is a technological genius whose ideas were turned against her own people by the Empire . She help as an important penis of the Lothal cell for age , only to devolve to her own people for a time with the noesis and skills she had cultivated . More late , Sabine has unlock her nascent ability to get at the Force , becoming Ahsoka Tano ’s Padawan .

The Empire Turned The Dizonite Cries Into A Weapon

The Rise & Fall Of The Galactic Empire Ties To Another Star Wars TV Show Besides Rebels

To make this story of the Dizonites at the same time more interesting and more barbaric , the Empire change state their cries into a weapon in and of itself . The Rise and dip of the Galactic Empirementions that the rallying cry of agony , in particular loud from the youngest of the specie , of the Dizonites were recorded by the Empire as proof of the species ' race murder . These recording were then repurposed into a method of torment by Dr. Gorst of the Imperial Security Bureau , with Gorst and this torture method acting sport inAndorseason 1 .

Bix Caleen , played by Adria Arjona inAndorseason 1 ’s cast , is subjected to these cries of torment and genocide inAndorseason 1 , episode 9 . This means that not only was the genocide of the Dizonites tied to the backstory of Sabine Wren fromStar Wars Rebelsbut it was also connected toAndor . As dour , agonising , and heartrending as this world may be in - universe , it proves a perfect way to apply scene ofStar Warscanon to make a account experience more machine-accessible to the wider universe of storytelling .

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Cassian Andor, Mon Mothma, Bix Caleen, Luthen Rael, Syril Karn, and more in an Andor season 1 poster, edited with a red-to-yellow gradient

Was This The Real Reason Sabine Turned Against The Empire?

Star Wars Rebels Could Be Retconned Even Further

As alluded to , Star warfare Rebelsoutlined that Sabine Wren left the Empire because she became aware of what her arm was going to be used for . However , it could be retroactively embed into Sabine ’s story that she left because she make her weapon system had already been used . Sabine may have get wind that the Empire used her design to wipe out an entire racein theStar Warsgalaxy . As would be the pillow slip with any decorous person , this could have drive Sabine away from the Imperial Academy .

If this is the case , it adds an entirely raw layer of disaster to Sabine ’s backstory . Star Wars Rebelsmakes evident the guilt she possesses over building the weapon in the first stead , though , with this possible new slice of information , Sabine may have been hiding a guilt that stretches even further . Not only was she sad that the arm had been used against her hoi polloi , butStar Wars Rebels ' Sabine Wren may have been consumed with blameworthiness that her designs were used to slaughter an intact species of citizenry .

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Set between Episodes III and IV of the Star Wars moving picture enfranchisement , Star Wars Rebels is a canyon animated series that follows a group of riffraff heroes who band together to face the Empire . In an age where the Galactic Empire is hunting down the last of the Jedi , a teenage outcast named Ezra Bridger is discovered to be force-out sensitive by a hold up Jedi make love as Kanan Jarrus . Agreeing to bring together them and have Jedi education , Ezra becomes a part of a small but growing crew of rebels fix to destruct the imperium covertly .

Sabine Wren in Ahsoka and Star Wars Rebels.

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