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HEROES

Maz Kanata

Archetype: Mentor
Strengths: Wisdom, Force
knowledge, insight

”She’s run this watering hole for
a thousand years.” It’s quite the
introduction for Finn and Rey as they
enter Maz Kanata’s lakeside castle on
Takodano alongside Han Solo. Inside,
the sights and sounds of gambling and
eclectic musicians are reminiscent of
cantinas found in previous Star Wars

films, but nothing prepares the
audience for the diminutive humanoid
who calls out the smuggler’s name and

asks after his first mate Chewbacca. It is
at Maz’s table that we see Rey and Finn
begin to become a part of something
new, to break bread with others.
It is also at this table where Maz
offers knowledge about the ways of
the galaxy and the darkness spreading
through it. She challenges Han to
go back home. Clambering atop the
Sabine Wren table, she peers into the depths of
Finn’s soul with her goggle-adjusting
Archetype: Tech Expert gaze into his eyes. Yet in the moment
Strengths: Intellect, improvisation, Mandalorian training that Rey discovers the horrifi c past
that accompanies Luke Skywalker’s
Often we think of art and don’t simply blow things up, lightsaber, the wizened space pirate
science as opposing sides but create colorful displays pulls off her goggles and speaks to
of a dichotomy, and imagine in doing so. She marks their Rey’s heart. Maz distills the essence

tough soldiers as people who missions with graffiti, and her of the Force to the frightened girl, “It

don’t have time for either. firebird logo finds a fi tting moves through and surrounds every

Sabine Wren proves these home in the Rebel Alliance. living thing. Close your eyes. Feel it.
clichés wrong, combining all When the fi ght against The light…it’s always been there. It
these elements into a kind of the Empire brings her back to will guide you.” Rey doesn’t know it
hero we haven’t seen before her Mandalorian clan, Sabine at that moment, but Maz’s lesson is
in Star Wars. faces dual challenges: proving the first step into a new extraordinary

Her upbringing brings that she deserves to wield the world for her as a Force user.
together Mandalorian heritage ancient Darksaber retrieved
and the rigorous training of from Darth Maul’s lair, and
an Imperial academy cadet. convincing her family to
She learns to fight, but also accept her for who she is,

excels in intellectual pursuits. artist and all.
In Season Three of Rebels we That she succeeds in
learn that her scientifi c prowess both of these endeavors is a
was exploited by the Empire testament to her strength of
to develop a terrible weapon character as a person, and the
that was turned against the skillfulness of her character
Mandalorians, leading to her design in Rebels.
exile. Finding a new family By the Battle of Atollon,
among the Ghost crew, Sabine Sabine has matured from a
puts her knowledge of the vigilante teenager tagging
Empire to good use in fi ghting along in clashes with
back, while also letting her stormtroopers to a confi dent
own personality shine for warrior willing to lead a strike

the first time. Her explosions force against the Imperial fl eet.

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