I just spotted the weirdest parallel between Ezra Bridger and Sabine Wren in Hera Syndulla’s ship, the Ghost. Among this crew was Sabine Wren, a Mandalorian who had left home after fleeing the Imperial Academy.

Throughout Rebels’ four seasons, we got to see Ezra grow not only as a person, but also as a Jedi. When Ahsoka revealed that Ahsoka Tano was training Sabine Wren as a Jedi, it didn’t come as a surprise, because Sabine had already emulated so many Jedi characteristics after living with Ezra and Kanan Jarrus for years. As it turns out, however, there are more parallels between the pair's Jedi training journeys than initially thought, and I've just found one that's quite strange.

Ezra Bridger Struggled To Move A Cup Just Like Sabine in Ahsoka

Ezra Struggled With Using The Force, Just Like Sabine

In Rebels season 1, episode 4 “Fighter Flight,” Ezra Bridger is trying to focus and use the Force to move a cup while in the Ghost. Ezra visibly struggles and ultimately loses the battle with the dishware and gives up. While this is the beginning of Ezra’s Jedi training, it’s amazing to see where he started, versus where we just saw him in Ahsoka. Ezra Bridger may now be a fully trained and powerful Jedi, but it’s easy to forget that at the beginning of Rebels, he knew nothing.

In Ahsoka season 1, episode 3 “Part Three: Time To Fly,” we see Ahsoka Tano continuing Sabine Wren’s training aboard her ship. It’s clear that Sabine’s ability to access the Force is lacking, and in many ways, it calls into question why Sabine is being trained as a Jedi. However, when Ahsoka and Huyang walk away, Sabine tries to use the Force to move a cup. While we, the audience, are rooting for her, much like Ezra, she fails to move the cup. Sabine even its defeat to the cup, implying that their battle isn’t over yet.

Ezra & Sabine’s Similar Struggle Shows Just How Connected They Are As Family

Rebels Established This Found Family

One of the things that connected everyone aboard the Ghost in Rebels is that they all didn’t have or didn’t speak to their blood family, so instead they made their own. Sabine and Ezra having the same struggle with moving something as small as a cup shows that they think in a lot of the same ways, even though these scenes take place more than ten years apart from one another. The reason why Sabine went to Peridea in Ahsoka was to find her missing family in Ezra.

Sabine and Ezra having the same struggle with moving something as small as a cup shows that they think in a lot of the same ways, even though these scenes take place more than ten years apart from one another.

Many joke that Ahsoka season 1 was just Rebels season 5 in disguise, and in many ways that’s true, but it also continues one of the biggest themes from the show. Ahsoka felt so much like Rebels because family, and found family in particular, was a huge driving force for the characters. This struggle of moving a cup parallel between Sabine and Ezra is just another way Ahsoka connects these characters and shows.