Welcome back
rebel fans to another recap of Star Wars
Rebels, “Trails of the Darksaber”, an episode focused on Sabine’s inner
struggle and breakthrough. This episode
dives into a piece of Mandalorian history as well as Sabine’s fallout from her
family and people because of the discovering of the Darksaber. In a previous
episode, the Darksaber was found by Sabine who claimed it and quickly
disregarded the weapon. So, let’s dive right in with this recap and from this
moment on a SPOILER ALERT is in
effect for the remainder of this recap.
The episode
opens with Kanan and Fenn Rau aboard the ghost when Kanan reveals the
Darksaber. Kanan also mentions that
Sabine had found the weapon but has not spoken of its importance. Fenn Rau
starts to give a little history lesson concerning the Darksaber and what it
means to his people. The Darksaber
belonged to the first Mandalorian Jedi, Tau Rizsla, and this weapon is a symbol
of leadership and power. This weapon
compares to that of Arthur and Excalibur, and this weapon belongs to a leader
of Mandalore.
With this
knowledge, they confront Sabine about what this could do for the rebellion to
have Mandalore fighting alongside them against the Empire. Like all great heroes, they are reluctant to
answer their calling but no matter the reason for hesitation they do respond to
the call. Sabine is putting the rebellion before herself and is willing to
train with Kanan and Ezra. So, that when challenged for the Darksaber she can
defend and win. I will also add that
Ezra’s comments about her not being able to do it might have also influenced
her to prove him wrong.
The
training begins with Kanan, Ezra, Fenn Rau, and Sabine finding a place to train
safely. Once the training starts, Kanan gives Sabine a stick to practice with
saying she’s not yet ready to duel with the saber. Sabine quickly asks if Ezra was treated the
same way and the answer was no which didn’t sit well with her. Neither did
being talked down to by Ezra has he taught her the basic fighting poses.
These
lessons started to seem like her annoying little brother showing her the ropes
and bragging about his abilities. When
the two of them started to duel, and Sabine grew frustrated with losing to
Ezra. Fenn Rau seeing her frustrations
pulls her to the side and gives her a weapon made for Jedi combat.
Sabine uses
it on Ezra who is caught off guard and taken done a peg by Sabine. Kanan then
jumps in and takes her down and utters the words, “The Jedi won the war with
Mandalore.” This line brings the Knights of the Old Republic into canon
or least part of it which I know excited a lot of fans. A story that deals with the war between
Mandalore, the Jedi, and the Sith. This show does a great job bringing in the
many pieces of literature about the Star
Wars universe and making it canon for the show and the films.
The duel
between Kanan and Sabine leads her to say that he is a “lousy teacher,” and she
walks off to cool down. This leads Kanan
to call Hera for advice on how to get through to Sabine and Hera replies with,
“...let her use the Darksaber.” This
advice is what sparks Sabine’s breakthrough and insight into a pain she’s been
holding onto from the beginning. Kanan
hands her the Darksaber, and they start to fight, and little by little she
reveals pieces of herself and story. The saber becomes an extension of her arm which
allows her to beat Kanan. She yells out
that the weapons she made for the Empire were used against her people. When she
turned to her family for support against the Empire, they decided to shut her
out instead. This breakthrough gave
viewers insight into Sabine’s past and her relationship with her family. It
also is going to give her the strength to face her family in the next episode
that airs tonight at 8:30 on Disney XD, “The Legacy of Mandalore,” this
promises to reveal more about Sabine and some more Darksaber action.
Here’s a
trailer for tonight’s episode of Star Wars Rebels: #Geektified #StarWarsRebels
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