A peculiar subject, I know. Since this year is a huge deal for Lucasfilm with a number of projects slated for 2026, including their first film since Rise of Skywalker. One particular Star Wars projected expected to return this year for its season 2 is the Ahsoka series. I know, I know, it is a while away, but returning to stories like The Mandalorian and Ahsoka, I can't help but wonder what the future holds in the Star Wars universe, especially when we get sneak peaks and leaks like lightsabers. Yes, Ahsoka season 2 had some talk about the central lightsabers going to return and star in season 2. This got me thinking back to when season 1 was airing and my vision for if and when Sabine Wren would make her very own lightsaber after maybe losing the one Ezra gave her.
During that time in 2023, I drew the lightsaber I imagined for her.
Lightsabers always have meaning and symbolism to each individual Jedi who constructs their own. Sabine would be no exception. In honoring her Mandalorian heritage and lineage it would naturally be made of Beskar alloy, at least for all the metal. The sleeve is also made in design with the saber's hilt beneath to make a T-visor (like that of a Mandalorian helmet) shape.
The sleeve would be indented with the lighter spots indented into the darker metal, kind of a reverse version of Ahsoka's curved lightsabers that also have an indented sleeve but with the shaded diamonds above the lighter metal. To also honor Ahsoka's curved hilts, this lightsaber hilt has the grips at the top. The power cell orb is at the bottom, but instead of the square design that Ahsoka had on her Clone Wars era ones, these have diamonds. It is tradition for Padawans to honor their masters by having some of their hilt design match their master's lightsaber hilts in respect and honor. Sabine would surely find some way to honor Ahsoka's lightsabers into hers. However, Ahsoka had two kinds. I imagine, with Huyang's help, Sabine would be able to replicate the power cell orb.
Finally, the emitter has a guard that is similar to the darksaber. While it is obvious that Sabine has no love for this particular weapon, it was still the first lightsaber Sabine learned to wield and served as her first step into a larger world (yes, I am using Obi-Wan's line from A New Hope). Therefore, it would be very symbolic for Sabine to have guard in similar fashion to the dark saber, which also belonged to the first Mandalorian Jedi.
As for the color of the saber, this could be either blue, black, white, or yellow.
Blue has often been defined as Guardian Blue, meaning the Jedi who acquires a blue crystalized lightsaber uses the Force and the ways of the Jedi for defense and prefers to be on the field doing right by the Jedi code. Sabine may not follow the Jedi way traditionally since she is Mandalorian and Ahsoka has strayed from the traditional, so naturally she would not try to teach her own Padawan in the traditional way. So, while Sabine would fit the defender bit, but would fail to follow the traditional Jedi way. Hence, it isn't fully ideal.
Black is most obvious choice because the darksaber was black. Sabine, being a Mandalorian, would have a high chance of having a black saber, much like Tarre Vizla. However, Sabine disliked the darksaber because of what it has brought to her people.
White maybe a stretch, but often masters and apprentices tend to share ideals because the master passes their knowledge onto them. Hence, why I believe Sabine could have a chance at having a white lightsaber because Ahsoka has white. White is the symbol of neutrality, Sabine could easily follow Ahsoka's footsteps by being neutral to not just the dark and the light, but to the two cultures - Jedi and Mandalorian. On the other hand, white is very difficult to obtain because it is a process of purifying a bleeding red crystal, which is very challenging to accomplish. Ahsoka is the only Jedi in centuries to have learned how to do this. It is unsure if this is something Ahsoka can teach, or, if she can teach it, is willing to do so.
Yellow feels the most likely choice because it is less rare than white, but like blue aligns with a sort of protector. Sentinel Yellow are often associated with the guardians of the Jedi temple. Sabine has always been a protector of her friends and family, and much like her master, protector to those who differ from her own practices and beliefs. The temple guards, while part of the order, did not follow the Jedi way in the strictest sense as did their fellow Jedi kin. Asajj Ventress wields yellow lightsabers after her experiences and reformation. Sabine would not follow the traditional ways as Ahsoka would teach her to do, nor do I believe Sabine would choose to follow the traditional Jedi ways to begin with.
These are merely my thoughts on this topic. Please feel free to express your ideas of what you think her lightsaber may look like and the color it would be. Remember to keep things civilized.
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