Ursa Wren

"She's Death Watch.''" "Traitor!" "''My mother was, but I'm not."

- Two Mandalorian Protectors and Sabine Wren

The mother of Sabine Wren was a Mandalorian warrior. She was part of Death Watch, a Mandalorian splinter group that took over Mandalore during the Clone Wars. Mandalore was occupied by the Galactic Empire after the war's end, and Sabine Wren attended the Imperial Academy on the planet. Wren fled the Academy, however, bringing shame upon her family. Wren's mother joined the Empire after her daughter's desertion, and searched for her lost child.

Biography
"Her own mother stands with me and the Empire now."

- Gar Saxon, referring to Sabine Wren

This Mandalorian female was a member of Death Watch, a group of Mandalorian warriors who opposed Mandalore's pacifist government during the Clone Wars. One year into the war, her daughter, Sabine Wren, was born. In the war's second year, Death Watch&mdash;with the help of the Sith Lord Darth Maul and his Shadow Collective&mdash;took over Mandalore. Maul slew the leader of Death Watch, Pre Vizsla, and ruled Mandalore for the remainder of the Clone Wars. At the end of the war, Mandalore was besieged by the Galactic Republic, however the Republic was transformed into the Galactic Empire and occupied the planet. Sabine Wren enlisted in Mandalore's Imperial Academy, however she fled the Academy, shaming her family and prompting her mother to join the Empire. After working as a bounty hunter for a time, the young Wren joined a group of rebels who operated against the Empire on the planet Lothal, and eventually became part of a larger rebel movement. After years apart from one another, however, Wren's mother wished to find her daughter, and was searching for her.

Behind the scenes
Sabine Wren's mother was first referenced in "The Protector of Concord Dawn," an episode of the animated television series Star Wars Rebels' second season, revealing that she was a member of Death Watch. In the behind-the-scenes Rebels Recon video for the episode, series executive producer Dave Filoni stated that, in his mind, Sabine's mother was likely one of the Death Watch members present in the Mandalorian throne room in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Shades of Reason," when Darth Maul killed Pre Vizsla.