Sabine Wren (A Quick Study)
So, let's talk about the Sabine and Ezra reunion scene in Ahsoka for a quick second.
I've talked in other posts before about how Sabine's innermost thoughts and feelings in this show are deliberately with held from the audience. Our favorite Mandalorian Jedi is not the easiest person to read, often to the detriment of herself and the people around her.
Sabine serves up so many different emotions throughout the show: anger at herself and at Ahsoka; excitement at unlocking the sphere to reveal Ezra's location in the other galaxy; fear at the potential loss of her only path to Ezra when Ahsoka contemplates destroying the map to prevent Thrawn from returning; despair when handing over the map to Baylon; determination in her battles against Shin, despite the difference in their skills; joy when reunited with Ezra again for the first time in a decade.
And, as usual, her trademark Sabine snark. Always reliable.
But all those emotions are a part of this mask she's kept up for a long time. Like I said before, the audience is never explicitly told or shown how Sabine is feeling/thinking throughout all this or why her drive to find Ezra is so all consuming that she betrays all he fought for to save him.
All those emotions I mentioned before stem from the same root feeling. And all the major characters around her - Ahsoka, Hera, Huyang, Baylon, Shin, and even Grand Admiral Thrawn himself - can only comment on what they see from Sabine in the moment they encounter her because the real feeling is buried deep.
Buried so deep that not even Sabine probably knows or understands what she's feeling.
But there's a brief moment - seven seconds, to be exact - when that mask slips.
And we see what's really buried at the heart of Sabine Wren.
"I knew I could count on you."
Sabine whips around, instantly recognizing the voice.
Stunned disbelief. Slowly dawning comprehension.
A slow, half-smile. The realization settling in. Sabine lets out a surprised breath, part laugh, part sigh of relief.
And then there's this. She takes a deep breath, exhales, and . . . looks at Ezra. It's like all the weight has lifted from her shoulders and Sabine can breathe freely again for the first time in ten years.
Sabine looks at Ezra and she finally feels at home.
Natasha is such a fantastic actress. She really does embody this role like no one else could.
It's such a soft look from Sabine. I adore it so much because, for once in the entire show, we see Sabine be completely open with her innermost feelings - even if she isn't aware of it.
Guys, gals, and non-binary Sabezra pals; that's the look of someone who is in love. It's the look you see in someone's eyes when they find their Person.
We don't get this look from Sabine towards anyone else in the series; even with Ahsoka and Huyang she's still guarded and snarky.
But not here. Not with Ezra.
There is so much love in her gaze; so much devotion and longing and adoration for this person.
The mask slips in these seven seconds. And we finally see past the walls she's put up to see the true beating heart of Sabine Wren; what's been driving her all this time.
Not anger. Not bitterness or resentment.
It's love. Always has been. Sabine loves so fiercely - and that is, unfortunately, why she also guards her heart exactly the same way.
She's been burned before. But the remarkable thing about Sabine is that she gets up and keeps trying. Doesn't always succeed, but she keeps trying.
(It's incredibly humorous to me that Ezra, meanwhile, is on the other side of this, grinning like a loon. Completely oblivious to Sabine's Look of Love.)
And, just like that, the moment is broken. The mask re-adjusts; Sabine and Ezra pick up their old habits and resume where they left off.
But, maybe, the walls aren't as high up like they were before. Not nearly as high.
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