There was a big challenge with Ezra in the episode. The easy thing to do would be to have his kind of mocking and barbing of Sabine become something that’s, uh, you know, way overplayed in making fun of her. And when Taylor, we were performing this, you know, he did several versions, and I think between me and Tiya and the cast, we could sit there and kind of say, “Okay he’s trying to tease her, but he’s not trying to belittle her. He doesn’t want to be mean.” For Ezra it’s hard to understand, where it’s been difficult for him to learn to lightsaber fight and use the Force, how can Sabine learn this without even having the ability to use the Force? But you don’t even want to come across that Ezra is saying these things and mocking her basically because she’s a girl. “You can’t do this because you’re a girl.” That’s just not relevant here whatsoever. She’s easily as good a warrior as he is. This is just a warrior that needs to use a different tool. And that type of learning can apply to any scenario, whether it’s about fighting with weapons or learning some other skill.

Dave Filoni, Trials of the Darksaber audio commentary, on Ezra and Sabine