It’s been one year since Ahsoka graced screens and enamored Star Wars enthusiasts with its storytelling, but there’s one retcon that changes the ending of Star Wars Rebels even more than previously thought. For many Rebels lovers, Ahsoka season 1 felt like a continuation of the animated show. Most of Rebels’ main characters appeared in Ahsoka season 1, and the show built off of different storylines set up in Rebels season 4.
Despite how great Ahsoka was, it sometimes feels like it is encroaching on the ending of Rebels. The series ends with Ezra Bridger sacrificing himself so that he can save his family and his home world of Lothal by having purrgil space whales take him and Grand Admiral Thrawn’s troops away from the planet, going to an undisclosed destination. It was implied Sabine Wren believed that Ezra survived the journey and was going off with Ahsoka Tano to find the missing Jedi. However, when Ahsoka’s first few episodes came out, it retconned Sabine Wren’s ending from Rebels.
Sabine Didn’t Just Stay On Lothal To Protect The Planet
The Rebels Finale Implied Sabine Stayed on Lothal For Ezra
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It was implied in the Rebels series finale that Sabine Wren remained on Lothal after the Liberation of Lothal to honor Ezra Bridger and protect the planet in case the Empire ever came back. However, Ahsoka reveals that the real reason Sabine remained on Lothal was so she could begin her Jedi training with Ahsoka Tano. While it’s a bit easier to believe that Sabine remained by herself on Lothal during the Galactic Civil War, it’s much harder to believe that Ahsoka would’ve stayed with her when they could’ve been getting involved with the Rebellion and making a difference.
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Sabine and Ahsoka may have gone on missions for the Rebellion to help out, especially since Hera Syndulla, a general in the Rebellion, knew the interpersonal dynamics between Ahsoka and Sabine. In Ahsoka season 1, Hera seemed to understand why Sabine and Ahsoka had a falling out and stopped Sabine’s Jedi training. In fact, Hera encouraged both women to take another crack at their master and apprentice relationship. However, this still rewrites much of what we knew of what Sabine did after Lothal’s liberation. While it doesn’t necessarily break canon, it feels like an out-of-character change that wasn’t necessary.
Star Wars Keeps Retconning Rebels’ Ending
These Characters Deserve Better Than Constant Retcons
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The Rebels finale was beloved by many because of how it connected the end of these character’s stories with the larger Star Wars galaxy. However, since Ahsoka came out, the epilogue of Rebels has been retconned multiple times. The final scene between Ahsoka and Sabine has been changed, with Ahsoka now wearing gray instead of white. Other aspects have also changed, like Jacen Syndulla’s physical appearance.
However, this sets a dangerous precedent that Star Wars can and will retcon other titles if it means furthering a different story.
In the grand scheme of things, these retcons aren’t a big deal, especially if Ahsoka continues to be good. However, this sets a dangerous precedent that Star Wars can and will retcon other titles if it means furthering a different story. A memory of one show should not suffer to make another one work. Hopefully, moving forward, Dave Filoni and his team will be more careful about retconning aspects of shows like Rebels for other shows like Ahsoka to succeed.