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Dave Filoni Says Sabine’s Character Growth In Star Wars Rebels Surprised Him The Most


Sabine's grow a lot in her journeys with Ezra and the rest of the Ghost team in Star Wars Rebels and now that the series is on its fourth and final season on Disney XD, the character's become more or less another fan favorite.

Sitting down in an interview with Patrick Cavanaugh from Comicbook, series creator and executive producer Dave Filoni decided to open up about how Sabine had surprised him the most out of all the different characters on Star Wars Rebels.

"I think that she kind of had a broader, blank slate when we began," said Filoni. "We knew that she was Mandalorian and a warrior, but we didn't have as many things about her history nailed down and nor, like, her future, but I think she's risen up to the point where she's as much the hero in some ways as Ezra. Especially of her own story, with her family. That was surprising, I think."

Sabine hadn't been a focal character when Rebels started out. Admitting that the Mandalorian rebel had been a bit neglected during the first few seasons of Rebels, Filoni praises Sabine's voice actress, saying that her performance as one of the reasons why the character's become so prominent today.

"She had been just as fast as we were going and maybe perhaps a little neglected in the beginning but we quickly were able to bring her into focus, and a big part of that was, once you had the actors performing, they just so became the characters to me, that I was able to take things from them," Filoni said. "Watching them and listening to them, and what they were capable of and where they were ... maybe had strengths and exploited those. I think with Tiya, especially, that led to some really strong episodes."

Sabine is definitely making waves in the fourth season of Rebels and we can't wait to see what's going to happen to her and to the rest of the Ghost team as the series continues its final run.

New episodes of Star Wars Rebels' fourth season premieres every Monday at 9:00 PM ET on Disney XD.

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