Pablo Hidalgo was having a semi-breakdown on his twt yesterday because of people using words based on things that only exist in our world (milestone, dumpster, etc) and tbh this was so real of him he might be one of my favorite Star Wars creators
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Fifth Letter to the Church of Ezrabine at Tumblr:
Behold! Today I will share with you my findings from another of the ancient sacred texts, the book Star Wars Rebels: A New Hero by Pablo Hidalgo.
The book is written from the point of view of our hero, Ezra Bridger, a fourteen year old Force sensitive street rat from the planet Lothal.
In his own words, Ezra Bridger tells us (and tries not to admit to himself) his first impression of and his own true feelings for Sabine Wren:
“Sabine is the weapons expert of the team. She’s a real know-it-all and not afraid to show it. She’s an artist, and that’s someone you don’t meet every day on Lothal. She’s really talented, too. It’s like the Empire wants to paint over everything with its boring shades of gray, black, and white. Sabine puts the color back. I think TIE fighters look a lot better after one of her paint bombs has gone off. Yeah, I guess you can say I really admire her. That is, I admire her work. Let’s be clear: she’s gifted. I mean anyone with a good eye would say so, right? I have no idea what she thinks of me. Not that I care…”
“She’s a real know-it-all and not afraid to show it.”—Ezra Bridger, about Sabine Wren.
You know who else thought this way as a young boy with regards to a girl he liked and eventually fell in love with? Ron Weasley.
I am talking about Ron Weasley, who had a crush on, fell in love with, and later married Hermione Granger. This is a scene from when Ron and Hermione were around 13-14 years old in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban:
"That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger," said Snape coolly. "Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all."
Hermione went very red, put down her hand, and stared at the floor with her eyes full of tears. It was a mark of how much the class loathed Snape that they were all glaring at him, because every one of them had called Hermione a know-it-all at least once, and Ron, who told Hermione she was a know-it-all at least twice a week, said loudly, "You asked us a question and she knows the answer! Why ask if you don't want to be told?"
(Weasley got detention for telling off Snape on Hermione’s behalf. Sadly, the film version did not get this scene correct.)
“Yeah, I guess you could say I really admire her” is an admission of truth.
“That is, I admire her work” is Ezra trying to convince himself that this is all he admires about Sabine. 😉
“I have no idea what she thinks of me” is also true.
But that “not that I care” is Ezra deceiving himself. He does care, and he will continue to care more and more as they grow up together and grow closer to each other until Sabine becomes the person he cares about the most in the universe.
In Ahsoka Season 1, even after years of being apart, Ezra still admires Sabine and still has strong feelings for her.
“I missed you.” Eman Esfandi delivered that line in a hoarse heartfelt whisper as if Ezra wants to say “I love you” to Sabine. I am looking forward to when he finally does tell her.
The story of Sabine and Ezra is far from over. The Ahsoka series is just introducing adult Ezra, Sabine, and their complicated relationship to the live action audience.
Their song is not yet written. I will ship them until it is, and forevermore.
I have spoken.
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I just found out that the Star Wars visual dictionary for Rise of Skywalker said the calendar is now divided into Before Starkiller Incident and After Starkiller Incident. Is this really a thing being used in other media? Or was it a one off? Because I kinda hate it. The galaxy is just like, well I know it's only been 20 years since we swapped to BBY and ABY, but let's do a new calendar. Really? I can see treating it as eras, like various dynasties are. Although then we're looking less at a BC/AD analgous situation and more High Republic, Republic, Empire, etc. with the dates being uncoupled from major events in the galaxy. But are people having to figure out what their new birth year is? The paperwork would be an absolute nightmare.
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