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Valerie Estelle FrankelinPop OffWho is Sabine Wren? Her History with Mandalore and the DarksaberThe show Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018) begins with the conventional Chosen One story: Darth Vader announces, “The Jedi Knights are all but…Aug 24, 2023Aug 24, 2023