After another hiatus, Star Wars Rebels has returned with Legacy of Mandalore!
In this episode, Sabine returns home to try and gain the allegiance of her mother and
the rest of Clan Wren so they can unite Mandalore against the Empire.
The story begins with our heroes flying to Krownest, the ancestral home of the Wrens,
that I assume is in or near the Mandalore system.
Sabine signals that she is arriving by speaking Mando’a, which is cool, and I think the
first time we’ve actually ever heard it.
Once they’ve landed, Sabine meets up with her brother, Tristan and her mother, Ursa.
I was pretty surprised Sabine’s mom turned out to not be Rook Kast, just as an added
connection to The Clone Wars, but it’s really no big deal.
Ursa Wren holds the title of Countess, and she alludes to some of the bad blood Mandalorians
have with the Jedi.
She says she will tolerate Ezra and Kanan’s presence if they give up their lightsabers.
In addition, we learn that Gar Saxon holds the title of Emperor’s Hand, which comes
from Star Wars Legends.
Already there are some differences between this canon version and what fans might already
be familiar with.
In Legends, the Emperor’s Hands were Force-sensitive operatives reserved for very special and difficult
missions.
Mara Jade held the title during the Galactic Civil War.
Gar Saxon is not Force-sensitive, at least as far as we know, so it would appear that
the title in canon isn’t as important, and definitely isn’t as secret.
But I will take any reference I can get to Mara Jade, and I’ll be first in line to
speculate wildly that this is Dave Filoni’s first hint at her future return.
In all honestly I think that’s unlikely, but join me in my delusions, won’t you?
The Wren family was a lot more sympathetic than I expected them to be.
The way Sabine has talked about them in the past made me think they gladly turned their
backs on her for no real reason.
But in the past couple of episodes we learned that Sabine helped create a weapon that was
then used against Mandalore to beat them into submission.
Sabine was branded a traitor, and it didn’t help that she ran off.
Her father was taken as a hostage, and Ursa and Tristan were forced to bend the knee to
Saxon to keep him safe.
It’s a very Game of Thrones situation going on.
I thought Ursa was an interesting and well-written character.
She had a lot of conflicting emotions regarding her daughter.
Anger for the pain Sabine caused her family, but also a desire to protect her.
So she betrays Ezra and Kanan to Saxon, hoping that he will let Sabine go free.
In return, he uses the attempt to bargain as an excuse to destroy all of Clan Wren.
That’s what finally convinces Sabine’s family to turn against the Empire and fight.
Another term that makes its return is True Mandalorians.
In Legends they were Mandalorians that fought against Death Watch, and it would appear that
in Canon Death Watch, or at least some of its members like Saxon, have become the Imperial
Supercommandoes, so that still kind of holds up.
Gar is able to take control of the darksaber and Sabine uses Ezra’s lightsaber to fight
and disarm him, publicly reclaiming the Mandalorian symbol of power from its Imperial leader.
So as far as Clan Wren is concerned, she’s earned the right to lead them.
The episode ends with Sabine’s decision to stay with her people.
She claims she does not want to be their leader, but she wants to work to find the person who
is worthy of the title.
Speculation time!
Who might that person be?
My money is on Bo-Katan.
We know she will be making a return to the show as confirmed by her voice actress, Katee
Sackhoff.
We know she is a capable warrior.
We know she is loyal to Mandalore.
And she is the sister of the former Duchess.
I could absolutely see her wielding the darksaber.
We also know the Mandalorians will be back later on, again thanks to the midseason trailer,
so I doubt Sabine and Fenn Rau will be on the sidelines for long.
Previously I mentioned that weapon Sabine worked on, and I think we’re going to see
it in action in the season finale.
In a kid’s book that includes Sabine’s journals, she mentions Base Delta Zero, which
in Legends was a code that ordered the total extermination of a target population.
I think we’ve seen it in action in the season three midseason trailer, and Sabine may have
had a hand in developing part of the standard operating procedure or something.
So we have the code Base Delta Zero, and the season finale’s title is called Zero Hour.
I definitely think we’re going to see Sabine’s Imperial work in action, which will provider
her with the opportunity to redeem herself.
What did you guys think of the episode?
What are your guesses on what’s to come?
Let me know in the comments!
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