It’s not usually that you just see your self in Star Wars. Mainly as a result of the characters are alien races all combating in a galactic battle. Often, although, we relate to a personality for who they’re of their coronary heart. The connection we now have to Princess Leia comes from her willingness to battle again; we respect Han Solo for his lack of ability to take care of people and the way he desires to simply be a hermit genuinely. Characters like Luke Skywalker are interesting to us as a result of we, as people, don’t actually have the desire to forgo our lives in the best way he does, but in addition he’s very dramatic and we love him for his outbursts.
All of that’s thrown out the window relating to Sabine Wren. A personality launched in Star Wars Rebels, she’s performed by Natasha Liu Bordizzo within the new live-action collection Ahsoka on Disney+. While she could be the primary model of Sabine that followers meet, the character is necessary to Ahsoka Tano’s (Rosario Dawson) time throughout Rebels, and performs an necessary half in Star Wars lore as a complete.
None of that’s the reason I relate to her, although. Why do I really like Sabine? Because after spending the day using round on her bike and blasting rock music whereas ignoring her duties to Clancy Brown, Sabine comes home to feed her cat and pine over a boy. Genuinely simply actually relatable stuff. As somebody who hasn’t needed to battle in a galactic battle, it was one of many first instances in Star Wars the place I finished and thought to myself, “oh wow, she’s so me” whereas watching a narrative set within the galaxy far, distant. Loth cat had quite a bit to do with it, too.
We all need a loth cat.
For these of us with cats, we get Sabine. Sure, when you have a pet of any type you most likely kind of perceive, however cats are fairly actually a special breed. Yes, loth cat has deeper lore on the planet of Star Wars, however for the sake of this piece, I’m speaking particularly in regards to the moments we get with Sabine and loth cat within the first two episodes of Ahsoka.
What I discover so extremely relatable is that Sabine is gone, seemingly all day, solely to come back home to a pet who simply desires a short second of consideration, meals, after which to go on its merry method. My candy boy Benjamin Wyatt the cat is a bit more affectionate, so I actually relate to Sabine and loth cat as a result of they appear to have a very related relationship.
But it’s simply all these features of Sabine mixed that make her fairly superior. The rock music, the dearth of care about what she is supposed to do as an alternative of what she desires to do, in addition to having a cat ready for her at home? That, my pals, is my “she’s so me” character of the Star Wars universe.
This piece was written throughout the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors at the moment on strike, the work being lined right here wouldn’t exist.
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