From the pages of the esteemed The Hollywood Reporter comes this very interesting news nugget, buried in a wider piece about the excellent What If…? and the current animation boom, it’s rumoured that the hunt is on for an actress to play a live action incarnation of Sabine Wren.
For now, What If …? is focusing on characters who have already appeared in live-action. But animation history has noteworthy examples of popular characters who appeared in animation first before making it big in live-action. Harley Quinn debuted in the 1990s Batman animated series decades before debuting in Suicide Squad, while Ahsoka Tano, the fan-favorite Jedi, appeared in animation in 2008 before Rosario Dawson made the jump to live action in The Mandalorian season two. Now, Dawson is leading a live-action Ahsoka spinoff for Disney+, with sources saying Lucasfilm is looking for an actress to star opposite Dawson as Mandalorian warrior Sabine Wren.
With the live action Ahsoka show in development and the ending of Rebels showing a post-Return of the Jedi Ahsoka and Sabine it’s hardly a surprise to read this, but nevertheless we’ll be sure to stay across this developing news and discuss it on the next episode of Making Tracks.