Ursa Wren

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

- Two Mandalorian Protectors and Sabine Wren

Ursa Wren was a human female Mandalorian warrior and the mother of Tristan and Sabine Wren. 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. Ursa joined the Empire after her daughter's desertion, and searched for her lost child.

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

- Gar Saxon, referring to Sabine Wren

Ursa Wren 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 after the Empire forced her to build weapons which they used on the Mandalorian people. Wren's desertion shamed her family, prompting Ursa 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, Ursa wished to find her daughter, and was searching for her.

Meeting Sabine Wren on Krownest
"Your Rebel friends will bring the Empire down on all of us."

- Ursa Wren expressing her concerns about the Rebels coming to her

In the hopes of gathering up Mandalorian warriors for an attack on Lothal, Sabine, Ezra, Kanan and Fen Rau set up a mission to Knownest to recruit Sabine's clan in a fight against the Empire. However, as Sabine expected, her clan set up an ambush for the rebels' ship, which was forced to crash-land on the snowy surface of the planet. After meeting Sabine's brother and taken into custody, she and the rest were taken before Sabine's mother Ursa Wren, who was about to throw her daughter in to cell before she was stopped upon seeing the legendary Dark Saber.

Behind the scenes
Ursa Wren 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, Ursa 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. Her name was revealed in an interview Filoni gave to Amy Ratcliffe of Nerdist.