Is Sabine Wren From ‘Star Wars Rebels’ In ‘The Mandalorian’?
Is a character fromStar Wars Rebelsgoing to pop up in the upcoming live-actionStar WarsseriesThe Mandalorian? That’s the latest unconfirmed rumor. Word on the intergalactic street is that the helmet of Sabine Wren, a dropout of the Imperial Academy and a former bounty hunter who appeared onRebels, is being used inThe Mandalorianin some capacity. For now, this is all we really know. But this isStar Warsrelated, and we’re a film site, which means we have to speculate about it. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.
Sabine Wren!
I pride myself on being honest, so let me get this out of the way: I’ve never watchedStar Wars Rebels, so up until today, I’ve never heard of Sabine Wren. But the character was very popular on the animatedRebels, and while that series has ended,Star Warsfans still hold it in their hearts. OnRebels, Sabine was “a 16-year-old Mandalorian graffiti artist, Imperial Academy dropout and a former bounty hunter with expert knowledge of weapons and explosives.” Mandalorians are, of course, people of the planet Mandalore – where everyone’s favorite bounty hunter Boba Fett hails from.
As you probably know by now, a Mandalorian plays a big part in the upcoming Disney+ seriesThe Mandalorian, starringPedro Pascal,Gina Carano,Nick Nolte,Giancarlo Esposito,Carl Weathers, andWerner Herzog(yes, that Werner Herzog). Pascal is playing a lone Mandalorian gun fighter on the outskirts of the galaxy, with the series set “after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order.”
Beyond that, we don’t know a heck of a lot about the show. But a new rumor suggests that Sabine Wren might be popping up.Making Star Warshas previously revealed thatThe Mandalorianis using “cutting edge technology to bring the cost of rendering real time visual effects down exponentially.” Now they’re reporting that same technology has been used to create a replica of Sabine Wren’s helmet fromRebels. Making Star Wars goes on to speculate that Gina Carano could be playing the character – she was 16 inRebels, butThe Mandalorianis set years after that. Again, this is all just speculation. The only thing we can say for sure is that at some point in the series, a helmet matching Sabine Wren’s pops-up.
This could mean several things. For one – and forgive me for being a party pooper – this could be incorrect. Many of the Mandalorian-style helmets look the same, or at least very similar, and there’s a chance this onlylookslike Sabine Wren’s helmet. Then again, Sabine’s helmet had some very distinct markings, so it would be easy to spot. Another possibility: the helmet is just being used in the show as a fun easter egg forRebelsfans, and the character isn’t actually appearing. But of course, Sabine Wren reallycouldbe in the series. But wouldn’t that then make the title of the show, and the basic premise, flawed? The show is supposed to be about a lone Mandalorian, and we know Pedro Pascal is playing that character. If Sabine Wren is in the show, that means there’smore than oneMandalorian. Am I being too literal here? I don’t know, you tell me.
No premiere date has been set yet forThe Mandalorian, but Disney+ is expected to launch in late2019.
