“Ahsoka” was an fascinating addition to the “Star Wars” TV panorama. Because the fifth live-action “Star Wars” present, it was coming off the polarizing “Obi-Wan Kenobi” and in addition the groundbreakingly stellar first season of “Andor.” The present stays the one of the live-action exhibits to be a full-on prequel to an animated sequence, bringing again the characters of “Star Wars Rebels” and persevering with the place that story left off, with the seek for Ezra (Eman Esandi) after he disappeared throughout a combat towards Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen).
That present ended up introducing many large new concepts to the “Star Wars” franchise, like introducing a model new galaxy, however for sure probably the most controversial factor that present did was make Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) a Jedi. In “Ahsoka,” it’s revealed that the titular Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson) took Sabine as her Padawan learner someday after the occasions of “Rebels” however with out totally finishing her coaching. She spends the season struggling together with her reference to the Power earlier than lastly with the ability to Power push Ezra within the finale, one thing that had followers arguing about whether or not it broke canon to redefine Power sensitivity or not on condition that Sabine by no means exhibited any reference to the Power throughout “Rebels.”
Amongst those that have points with this resolution is “Rebels” co-executive producer and author Henry Gilroy, who admitted to the Pod of Insurrection podcast that it was by no means a part of the unique plan to have Sabine turn out to be a Jedi. In truth, Gilroy revealed that there have been discussions about Sabine changing into a Jedi in season 3 of the animated present, however “Not solely did it step on Ezra’s story nevertheless it was a retreat of, okay, we already did this” referring to Ezra’s Jedi journey.
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“The thought of Sabine coaching as a Jedi when she is already this improbable warrior of her personal kind, we felt like that is overkill,” Gilroy mentioned. “I had nothing to do with the Ahsoka sequence, so I used to be shocked as a result of just about our complete story workforce, we mentioned it in season 3, we thought it was a foul concept.”
As a substitute, Gilroy factors to the darksaber storyline in that season of “Rebels” as their very own tackle the Jedi story for Sabine, saying it “Reveals you do not have to be a Jedi to have Jedi beliefs and embrace the Jedi philosophy.”
Gilroy has an excellent level, and it might undoubtedly be argued that, with out all of the writers that made “The Clone Wars” and “Rebels” nice, Dave Filoni has in his new position at Lucasfilm, turn out to be a bit like George Lucas making the prequels. He has earned the appropriate to inform his tales in the way in which he needs them, however limitation and being informed no is usually a good factor from time to time.
That being mentioned, the “Star Wars” franchise is filled with pivots, of modified plans and final minute adjustments. Past simply the Particular Version adjustments, George Lucas would always change his thoughts throughout manufacturing, like deciding to kill Obi-Wan within the first movie reasonably than have him stick round longer, or the time he determined Darth Maul wasn’t lifeless in any case and folks in “Star Wars” might survive being chopped in half. Altering Sabine to instantly turn out to be a Jedi Padawan after the occasions of “Rebels” and studying to turn out to be a Jedi regardless of no prior trace of Power sensitivity is not misplaced for this franchise.
