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AHSOKA ⇢ 1x01 | MASTER AND APPRENTICE

Forgiveness

🥹🥹 I will never get tired of @alphaofdarkness art! Always creating beautiful, wholesome art of our beans! 🧡💜🧡💜🧡💜🧡

We grow back together Pt.1

Finally DONE with this piece （๑✧∀✧๑）I’ve done it yall~ im never working in large, two piece scales again 🥲 at least not anytime soon. This, and the second part coming in a day or two, took me too long and had me pulling at my hair ,,,

I looked at this too long and started to hate some small parts of it, but ah! Reaching the finishing line last week made it all worth it 🥹 especially working in the details and lighting highlights.

I will continue to see the subtle parallels of Sabezra and Everlark forever 😭 I just need them to be at peace and at each other’s side; healing and reclaiming their youth 💜🧡 I pray that we may see that one of these days! ໒( ” •̀ ᗜ •́ ” )७ I believe we shall!

I am so giddy over how well Sabine and Ezra came out 🥹 I referenced several pictures of Eman and older Ezra pieces to get him looking right 💙🧡 Same goes for Natasha, while showing my own iteration of a potential Sabine hair style. I swear, drawing Sabezra has given me inspiration to get better at drawing certain facial features.

I really hope yall enjoy this piece and the next ones that come! 💜🧡

The Aurebesh text translates to: “Paint Storage” / “Love you, Ez’ika~” / “Love you, ’Bine!”

Still no artist, but I'm really chuffed with how this turned out 🥰

If their reunion in S2 is anything like this, I'll be one very happy shipper 💜🧡

SABINE WREN Star Wars: Rebels S3×04 ∙ The Antilles Extraction

Our dorks in love 💜🧡

So precious 🧡💜

I cannot believe that, for the first time ever, I’ve commissioned an artist to draw actual ship art (that isn’t self shipping) and it is of these two silly beans 💜💙🧡

Bless you @moon-fish-ghost for taking on drawing Sabezra for me 🥺 something entirely different from Bungou Stray Dogs, I know! But I am truly so in love with how this final piece turned out; how soft and tender they look in your style 🥰☺️ you drew them so beautifully! (〃´∀｀) I can’t thank you enough 🥹💜 please go and support their art! They are truly so talented!

I just needed to see Sabine and Ezra reaching out to each other after an intense mission; in their classic season 3-early season 4 designs. Doing the Keldabe kiss and saying “Cyar’ika”? 😩🤍 Ah, end me now, I’m on the ground, collapsed (人´З`)✨

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The Measure

A Sabine Wren Analysis

Natasha Liu Bordizzo, the actress for Sabine Wren, recently gave an interview discussing Sabine’s narrative arc towards becoming a Jedi (snippets of which can be found here).

I’m not going to discuss the argument whether Sabine should or shouldn’t be a Jedi although, speaking for myself, I’m absolutely for it even though, yes, I’m frustrated as to not knowing the reason why she wants to be one. What I am discussing in this post is the interesting commentary that Natasha provides on Sabine’s battle with the bandits she encounters while on Peridea:

"During the interview, Bordizzo also said the fight with the bandits was a key moment because Sabine started out trying to fight like she always did, and she almost lost. It wasn't until after she drew her lightsaber and had to try to focus on the person she wanted to become that she was able to make a connection. This is not only a great metaphor for life, but it is also true to Sabine's character and honors her history. After all, learning to use the Force through battle is such a Mandalorian way to grow in the Force."

This is a level of nuance that I hadn't noticed before in the fight scenes with Sabine so, naturally, I had to go back and re-watch all of them to see if the narrative arc rings true.

And it does. There's a deeper context to those scenes now that I'd like to analyze and what that means for Sabine's ongoing narrative arc for her character, not only in this season but, potentially, in the next one. For Sabine, it isn't so much the ongoing struggle with touching the Force that is driving her inner conflict - it's the reconciliation between the two natures within her: the inherent Mandalorian nature she was raised on and the newly emerging Jedi nature that Ahsoka is trying to instill.

Let's go to the first one in Ahsoka 1x01, where Sabine duels against Shin.

Sabine's first big fight in the Ahsoka series sees her do something strange: she doesn't pick up her Mandalorian armor or blasters. It's a far cry from the Sabine we know in Rebels who wouldn't be caught dead without her usual armament, especially since it would be specifically useful in a duel like this against a lightsaber wielder.

Sabine grabs her lightsaber first. This is important to note. She effectively eschews her Mandalorian upbringing in favor of the Jedi training, believing it to be the best choice in this situation.

It's a definite sign that things are different for her this time around; Sabine is trying something new. The recent visit from Ahsoka and the promise of finally being able to find her old friend, Ezra Bridger, has reignited a desire within her - to be something else.

To be something more. The classic call to adventure that every hero feels before going on their journey.

But, as we all know now, this battle doesn't end well for Sabine. Shin is well-trained and stronger in her capabilities than she is. Sabine is left on the cusp of death, saved only by the intervention of her master, Ahsoka Tano. It puts quite the dent in Sabine's confidence and she struggles to make up for it in the battles to follow. Matters aren't helped by Ahsoka, either, who continues to show a reticence in furthering her training.

It's Huyang who breaks through Sabine's excuses for why she continues to fail with this simple line:

Huyang: The only time you are wasting is your own.

With Ezra's life on the line, Sabine has to decide, once and for all, who she wants to be. There's no more time to waste, no more excuses to be had. She accepts the lightsaber back, but her confidence is still shaken from her duel with Shin.

So, she falls back on old ways. She finds her Mandalorian armor and equipment and wears it once again.

Her reunion with Ahsoka later on is the first time we see the former Jedi Knight express something else other than disappointment with her former Padawan. Which connects to how Ahsoka sees Sabine and her issues, as revealed later on in Ahsoka 1x06 during a conversation with Huyang:

Ahsoka: I don't need Sabine to be a Jedi. I need her to be herself.

Sabine has always been an interesting character because she is simultaneously focused and driven, yet fractured, unsure of herself and her innermost feelings. It's an aspect of her character that was shown during Rebels - especially in the standout Trials of the Darksaber episode - but in Ahsoka we really see her issues stand out in stark relief. Struggling with her training as a Jedi, Sabine's flaws become detrimental to any further progress. This wasn't an issue during her time with the Ghost crew since they operated as a team, with each member covering for the other's weaknesses. But now she only has herself and Ahsoka to rely on, with the latter still not finding it easy to trust her.

Ahsoka hones in on Sabine's true problem: she feels as though Sabine is trying to be something she's not. Not in the sense that Ahsoka doesn't believe that Sabine shouldn't be a Jedi - rather that Sabine is trying to follow in what she perceives to be how a Jedi should fight and act (presumably based upon her experiences fighting alongside Kanan and Ezra), which clashes against her Mandalorian nature.

To be a Jedi is to be in tune with your feelings and yourself. It's not necessarily following some Code but in understanding your place in the wider universe and how you can best contribute to it. And that is something Sabine seems to be searching for during this post-war period: her sense of purpose, her sense of self that goes beyond what she knows. It heavily implies to me that Sabine is dissatisfied with how she currently is and seeks to attain the best possible version of herself.

The problem, as pointed out succinctly by Ahsoka, is Sabine's trying to do that in the wrong way. She's cherry picking parts of herself and the Jedi path, trying to see what works and what doesn't. What Sabine needs to do is embrace all of herself, even the parts she doesn't particularly like.

She needs to be herself. All of herself.

Even with reaffirming her Mandalorian identity and answering the call to adventure, Sabine continues to grapple with balancing her Mandalorian side with the Jedi side. As we reach the climatic events of Ahsoka 1x04, we see that struggle continue with her second duel with Shin - only this time, it's better balanced. Her Mandalorian armor and weapons make up for the gap in skills between the two combatants and Sabine fights the mercenary to a draw this time.

This is pure speculation on my part but it's not a stretch that Ahsoka had always been aware of Sabine's deep feelings towards Ezra (regardless of whether or not you think they're romantic, what Sabine feels towards him is still substantial considering what she did to find him). She approaches Sabine the wrong way in trying to get across how dire the situation is, suggesting that if the outcome is fixed then the best they can do is destroy the map, thus stranding Thrawn - and Ezra - in another galaxy, permanently.

Even though Ahsoka understands Sabine's issues and how she's struggling to find herself in the midst of this new path, the former Jedi Knight doesn't see how this approach is wrong. In not counseling and guiding Sabine through setting aside her personal feelings for Ezra, it made her vulnerable to them. It's a mistake long in the making since she found out Vader's true identity; the Jedi do not forbid emotions or feelings for others - they only forbid the attachments that come with them. Sabine's feelings towards Ezra should have been viewed as a strength, not a weakness.

It's an integral part of being herself, just like Ahsoka needs her to be. But she didn't figure that out until it was too late. Sabine handed over the map to Baylon, and the galaxy's future spun onto darker paths. She's arguably at her lowest point, not only within the series narrative but also her life. And Sabine knows it.

So, what changes for Sabine? How does she come to reconcile the two conflicting natures within her and become fully open to the Force by the series end?

She reunites with Ezra.

I've written before how finding Ezra changes many things for Sabine; how it restores her in so many ways that are hugely beneficial to herself and the path she now walks. He's a part of her that was missing for so long and having him back, alive and well, brings her not only back to her old self but also gives her the confidence and determination to truly step forward in her Jedi training.

There's a lot of expectations that have always been heaped upon Sabine; whether through her family, Clan Wren, or via Ahsoka, her Jedi Master. All of them had a specific version of her that they wanted to see realized. But only one person has ever seen and accepted Sabine for who she truly is, with no expectations placed upon her in return.

Ezra Bridger.

Rewind to the Battle of Lothal's conclusion; Ezra and Thrawn disappearing into a galaxy far, far away. Sabine and Hera watching his final farewell message to him, listening to what he's asking but not really understanding until later. And then Sabine, with Ezra's private message to her and her alone, realizing what he is truly asking: to find and bring him home.

Reuniting with Ezra in the present, I suspect, helped Sabine remember who she is and allows her to finally embrace the final missing part of herself, literally. Because Ezra Bridger did not ask Sabine Wren the Jedi to come find him. He had no way of knowing the path she would undertake in his absence.

No, Ezra Bridger trusted above all else, Sabine Wren - his closest friend and partner. He asked her to do the impossible, just as she was. He wouldn't have asked her to become a Jedi on his behalf to find him. He didn't need her to have Force powers or know how to properly wield a lightsaber.

He just needed Sabine to be herself and nothing else. That's who he trusted.

And that's who came to find him. Sabine Wren, his friend and partner - as herself.

When Shin and her bandits come to strike at the reunited pair, this growth in Sabine is immediately evident; she's much more confident in this fight, not struggling with the bandits at all in contrast to her first encounter with them. She smoothly switches from her blasters to the lightsaber when the situation demands it.

And then there's this fun scene:

Now that's a Mandalorian Jedi, if I've ever seen one.

The combination of Ezra's Force pull along with Sabine's use of the flamethrower to fend off Shin fully shows how she's combining both the Jedi and Mandalorian natures within her. They're no longer clashing - they're working in tandem to give her an edge in the fight. And she doesn't even have the Force yet.

The past and the future come to a head when Ahsoka arrives, at last. With her renewed faith in herself and in her Padawan, Sabine is finally given the final boost she needs to achieve what was previously thought impossible:

Ezra Bridger and Ahsoka Tano are, arguably, the two most important people in her life at this moment, much like how Kanan and Sabine were to Ezra during Rebels. Both represent different sides of her identity: Ezra, knowing her as the Mandalorian, and Ahsoka, knowing her as the Jedi padawan. When they're brought together and reaffirm their faith in her - Ezra's never wavering during his exile and Ahsoka renewing hers - Sabine can genuinely be herself. And that is what she needed the most to continue with her journey.

Sabine doesn't need to focus on being a successful Jedi or a Mandalorian. That's not the point of her journey. It never was.

She just needs to succeed at being herself. And with Ezra and Ahsoka having faith in her (you know Ezra would be understanding of what she did), then Sabine is more than ready to face the trials ahead and become the best possible version of herself; not strictly Mandalorian or Jedi.

Just as Sabine Wren, whoever she decides that is.

"Everyone fails at who they're supposed to be. A measure of a person, of a hero, is how well they succeed at being who they are." - Frigga, Avengers: Endgame

Ezra: I'm not not attracted to Sabine. Ahsoka: So you are attracted to Sabine. Ezra: I'm not not attracted to her in a way there is not not attraction for not not Sabine. Ahsoka: ... Ahsoka: Have you two ever tried to act normal?

actually no, we're not "dating". we're bound together for infinity. like the stars. so, fuck you, actually.

Eman Esfandi Photographed By Luke Fontana

The Moment You Find Out That Your Father Is A Rancor Keeper

sabezra life day week day six • sabezra christmas playlist edits • do not repost • likes and reblogs are grealy appreciated • I used christmas music in every day of this event so far, so I figured I'd end on a high note with some edits based on some songs I didn't already use from my christmas love playlist. It's not technically labeled a sabezra playlist, but they were definitely one of the things on my mind as I made it!

taglist:@laughingphoenixleader @accidental-spice @kanerallels @piraterefrigerator @jedi-nurse @dootchster @lucasbridger @redroverrider @light-umbra @commander-tech @jedimandalorian @sabezra-life-day-celebration {if you’d like to be added to or removed from my Sabezra taglist, let me know!}

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as requested👀

colored version coming soon.

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Very rushed but I realized I've never drawn these two.

My new Sabezra fanfic, 'The Heiress Diaries' is almost ready to post and I would love more than anything to commission one of our talented fan artists to create a cover for it?

Direct message if you're interested 🥰🥰

Beautiful art of our beans 💜 🧡

I hope these two get the happy ending that they so deserve in S2

GUILTY

A gift for @jedi-nurse 🥰

Protect this man at all costs 😍😍

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So after I've finished Starcrossed, I have another Sabezra fic ready to go based on The Princess Diaries, mainly the second film.

I'm not sure yet if it's going to be set in the GFFA or if I want to branch out and do a ModernAU with it but I've been planning it for months.

Whichever way I decide to go with it, I'm really excited to post the first chapter soon ☺️ 🧡💜

Ooh ask away 🥰🥰

Hey, here's a fun new game. Put "📓" or some other version of a book emoji into my inbox and I'll explain the plot of a fanfiction that I haven't written but daydream about.

This 🥹

Let Sabine and Ezra live happily ever after

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I want the romance. I want them to be in love.

I want it to be obvious. Stated outright. Confident.

Reciprocated.

I want a Big Moment and a Big Kiss.

I want the most satisfying conclusion to their story, which is Happily Ever After. Together.

We didn’t see these characters fall in love in the span of a few hours of a movie. It wasn’t a day or a week or a month in-universe and then all of a sudden *ta-daa* I Love You.

No, both in and out of universe, this relationship took years. It was built. From the ground up. This love was earned. It was tested and tried. It matured with age and time spent together, with ever-increasing trust and vulnerability. They persevered through the worst and saw and inspired the best in one another. Side by side, they sought to become better and better versions of themselves.

They remained loyal to one another even when separated by galaxies and the span of a decade.

That is a love story worth telling. Not just any love. Romantic love. How many romances do we have that are this good? This profound and developed and worthy of becoming something?! Few. So few.

Sabezra is a romance worth having in modern media. It’s definitely worth having in Star Wars, which already suffers for lack of successful romances. It’s a fairy tale and an ideal, and yet it’s still something so attainable that it gives us hope in our real lives. It’s a love worth seeing and experiencing to its fruition because we know it’s going to last. It already has.

Ezra and Sabine have committed their lives to one another, and the best way to continue that story is to make it official. It’s unfair to them and to us to let this relationship drift in ambiguity forever.

Let them build the home and the family together that they missed out on growing up. Let them have the life that they deserve, especially after all they’ve given up.

Let them fall in love.