REBELS Writer Calls Sabine's Jedi Status in AHSOKA "A Mistake"

Ahsoka season one took the story of several characters from the animated Star Wars Rebels into new and surprising directions. But perhaps the most surprising character glow-up came for Mandalorian warrior Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo). Despite being handy with the Darksaber in Rebels , most didn’t think a Jedi future was in store for her. But much of Ahsoka season one dealt with Anakin Skywalker’s former apprentice taking on Sabine as a pupil of her own. One Rebels writer, Henry Gilroy, said that he never intended or wanted a Jedi status for Sabine. In fact, to him, her becoming a Jedi was “a mistake.” Here’s what he said on the Pod of Rebellion podcast ( via Gizmodo ).

It was absolutely not the plan… we really felt that not only did it step on Ezra’s story… it was a