The following episodes of the Disney XD animated series Star Wars Rebels, produced by Lucasfilm and Lucasfilm Animation. The series takes place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, in which the Galactic Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy and hunting down the last of the surviving Jedi Knights as a fledgling Rebellion against the Empire takes shape.
The series premiered on October 3, 2014 on Disney Channel with a one-hour special, "Spark of Rebellion", and aired on Disney XD channels worldwide starting October 13.
Series Overview[]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |
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Season premiere | Season finale | ||
Shorts | 4 | August 11, 2014 | September 1, 2014 |
1 | 15 | October 3, 2014 | March 2, 2015 |
2 | 22 | June 20, 2015 | March 30, 2016 |
3 | 22 | September 24, 2016 | March 25, 2017 |
4 | 16 | October 16, 2017 | March 5, 2018 |
Total | Series premiere | Series finale | |
1-4 | 75 | October 3, 2014 | March 5, 2018 |
Shorts (2014)[]
Prior to the series premiere, four shorts were broadcast on the Disney Channel and made available online from August 11, to September 1, 2014. Each short features the Rebels of Lothal engaged in different confrontations against forces of the Galactic Empire, set around before Ezra joined the Rebellion and becoming Kanan's Jedi apprentice.
Title | Original Airdate | Production Code |
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"The Machine in the Ghost" | August 11, 2014 | 101A |
In the aftermath of a raid on an Imperial supply convoy, the Ghost and its crew Hera, Kanan, and Chopper are pursued by TIE Fighters, who take out the shields and communication system on the Ghost. Following a dog fight, only one TIE fighter remains, and rather than following contradictory orders from both Kanan and Hera, Chopper destroys it himself. | ||
"Art Attack" | August 18, 2014 | 101B |
Sabine infiltrates a TIE fighter landing platform in order to create a diversion to allow the Ghost to escape. Though she is almost caught by Stormtroopers, Sabine manages to plant an explosive, the explosion of which she marvels as a work of art. | ||
"Entanglement" | August 25, 2014 | 101C |
Zeb walks through an alley on Lothal, believing it to be the agreed-upon rendezvous point with Kanan. He comes across two stormtroopers harassing a salesman, but when he interferes, they call for reinforcements. As stormtroopers fire at him, they accidentally cause a fuel leak in their own TIE fighter, which explodes. | ||
"Property of Ezra Bridger" | September 1, 2014 | 101D |
Ezra witnesses a sky battle between the Ghost and a TIE fighter, the latter of which is shot down. He manages to open the hatch, but the TIE Fighter Pilot shows no gratitude for being saved and instead, angrily rebukes Ezra for touching his ship. Ezra steals several items from the TIE fighter, including the pilot's helmet. Angered further, the pilot opens fire on Ezra, who evades the fire and incapacitates the pilot with his energy slingshot, before walking off wearing the pilot's helmet. |
Season One (2014-2015)[]
The special "Spark of Rebellion" was screened at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International, with additional preview screening events at various theaters around the world in the lead-up to its worldwide television premiere on October 3, 2014. The film was made available for early viewing starting September 29 for verified cable and satellite television subscribers via the WATCH Disney XD streaming video service and subscription video on demand. On October 26, 2014, an extended cut of the film aired on ABC, which included an additional scene featuring Darth Vader.
The full season began on Disney XD with the premiere of the episode "Droids in Distress" on October 13, and ended with "Fire Across the Galaxy" on March 2, 2015. Set five years before A New Hope, follows the crew of the starship Ghost in the early days of the fight against the Galactic Empire. The crew attracts the attention of Agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau, who wants to eliminate them as a threat before they can spark a wider rebellion; and the Inquisitor, a dark sider who is tasked with killing any Jedi who survived Order 66, including Kanan Jarrus and his new apprentice, Ezra Bridger. The crew of the Ghost eventually help form the Rebel Alliance.
No. in Series |
No. in Season |
Title | Original Airdate | Production Code |
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01-02 | 01-02 | "Spark of Rebellion" | October 3, 2014 | 102/103 |
Ezra Bridger is an orphan on Lothal, an Outer Rim world. He interferes with the Ghost crew's theft of blaster rifles from the Empire. Ezra is shanghaied by the crew while making their getaway. The rifles are sold to buy food and information. The food is given to the displaced people of Lothal, while the information leads the crew to a group of imprisoned Wookiees. | ||||
03 | 03 | "Droids in Distress" | October 13, 2014 | 104 |
The Ghost crew steal a shipment of disruptor weapons to sell to crime lord Cikatro Vizago, accidentally bringing the Imperially serviced droids C-3PO and R2-D2 with them in the process. Zeb objects to the mission since the same weapons were used to nearly wipe out his species, the Lasats. Agent Kallus intercepts C-3PO's distress call and follows the Ghost to Lothal. In the ensuing duel between Zeb and Kallus, Ezra saves Zeb by using the Force to push Kallus away, allowing the crew to escape after setting the weapons to self-destruct as a diversion. Kanan returns the two droids to their rightful owner Bail Organa, who surveys R2-D2's recordings of the "Rebel" crew's actions. | ||||
04 | 04 | "Fighter Flight" | October 20, 2014 | 105 |
Hera sends Ezra and Zeb out on a supply run together to keep them from bickering with each other, specifying that they do not return without a rare meiloorun fruit. The two find that the market's sole supply of meilooruns has been purchased by the Empire. Ezra's attempt to steal the fruit leads to an entanglement against the Stormtroopers, forcing Zeb to hijack a TIE fighter for the two to escape in. En route to their rendezvous with the Ghost, the two find farmer Morad Sumar, a friend of Ezra's parents, and his family being arrested over a property dispute with the Empire. Using the TIE fighter to their advantage, Ezra and Zeb are able to rescue Sumar and retrieve the fruit, and return to the Ghost after crashing the fighter. | ||||
05 | 05 | "Rise of the Old Masters" | October 27, 2014 | 106 |
The Rebels discover an underground transmission reporting that Jedi Master Luminara Unduli has survived Order 66 and is being held in a high-security Imperial prison on Stygeon Prime. Kanan leads his crew to rescue Luminara for her to train Ezra, frustrated with his own inability to teach the boy. Upon reaching her cell, Kanan and Ezra discover that Luminara is long dead, her remains used as bait by the Inquisitor to lure the Jedi into a trap. The two work together to escape the Inquisitor before Hera rescues them aboard the Phantom. After Ezra reveals his insecurities over being passed over by Kanan, Kanan resolves to train Ezra himself. | ||||
06 | 06 | "Breaking Ranks" | November 3, 2014 | 107 |
Ezra goes undercover as an Imperial Academy cadet to help foil a shipment of kyber crystals. During his operation, he befriends fellow cadets Zare Leonis and Jai Kell, the former of whom has similarly infiltrated the academy in search of his missing sister, Dhara. After completing the mission, Ezra discovers that the Inquisitor intends to take him and Jai prisoner. With Zare and the other Rebels' help, the three are able to fight their way out of the facility during an Imperial walker training exercise. Jai goes into hiding while Zare remains at the academy to continue his search for Dhara. | ||||
07 | 07 | "Out of Darkness" | November 10, 2014 | 108 |
Hera and Sabine set out to an abandoned Republic asteroid base to retrieve supplies provided by "Fulcrum", an anonymous informant whom Hera has been in contact with. Sabine voices her displeasure towards Hera's secrecy about their mission, feeling as though neither she nor Kanan trust her. Due to a fuel tank leak on the Phantom, the two are left stranded on the base, which is infested with deadly Fyrnocks. The two work together to survive the creatures long enough for the rest of the crew to rescue them aboard the Ghost, allowing Sabine to overcome her trust issues while Hera tells her to have faith in the growing rebellion. | ||||
08 | 08 | "Empire Day" | November 17, 2014 | 109 |
The rebels strike during a parade celebrating the anniversary of the Empire's creation. Ezra, who was born on the same day, is preoccupied with his feelings towards his missing parents and opts out of the mission. He soon discovers that his parents' Rodian friend, Tseebo is wanted by the Empire, and rejoins his friends to look for him. Finding Tseebo hiding in the basement of Ezra's old house, the rebels learn that the Rodian's mind has been implanted with information that is vulnerable to the Empire, and smuggle him off of Lothal aboard the Ghost. During the ensuing chase led by the Inquisitor, Tseebo regains his senses and reveals his knowledge of what happened to Ezra's parents. | ||||
09 | 09 | "Gathering Forces" | November 24, 2014 | 110 |
Kanan and Ezra attempt to lure the Inquisitor away from an Imperial deserter they are protecting, in the process taking refuge at an abandoned asteroid base. While there, Kanan struggles with teaching Ezra to control his fears which leads to him making a dark turn in order to survive against a confrontation with the Inquisitor. | ||||
10 | 10 | "Path of the Jedi" | January 5, 2015 | 111 |
Concerned with Ezra's previous display of the dark side against the Inquisitor, Kanan brings him to a hidden Jedi Temple on Lothal to be tested for his readiness in Jedi training. Ezra makes his way through the temple alone and is faced with a series of visions showing the Inquisitor killing the rest of the Ghost crew. After seeing through the illusions, Ezra is guided by the disembodied voice of Jedi Master Yoda, who helps him admit his fear of abandonment. Ezra then receives a kyber crystal from Yoda, which he uses to build his own lightsaber. | ||||
11 | 11 | "Idiot's Array" | January 19, 2015 | 112 |
Zeb bets and loses Chopper to smuggler Lando Calrissian in a game of Sabacc, forcing the Ghost crew to assist Lando with a dangerous smuggling run to get their droid back. Said run involves trading Hera to crime lord Azmorigan in exchange for a puffer pig, leaving Hera to escape in an escape pod. Humiliated, Azmorigan and his henchmen intercept the rebels on Lothal to take revenge. The crew successfully drive the gangsters away and part ways with Lando, though not before Chopper steals the fuel to Lando's ship, which the smuggler concedes as payment for their help. | ||||
12 | 12 | "Vision of Hope" | February 2, 2015 | 113 |
Ezra has a fragmented vision of meeting Gall Trayvis, an exiled Imperial senator and rebel sympathizer, and assumes that Trayvis knows about his parents. The rebels receive a transmission from Trayvis notifying them of a secret rally on Lothal, but Ezra receives a tip from Zare Leonis that Agent Kallus is planning to use the senator to lure the rebels into a trap. Following Trayvis' transmission, the rebels find him and escape into Lothal's sewer systems. To Ezra's dismay, Trayvis reveals himself to be an Imperial spy and claims that Ezra's parents are dead and gone. Having suspected his treachery, Hera outsmarts Trayvis and knocks him out so that the rebels can escape. Although disappointed by the betrayal, Ezra and the other rebels remain hopeful of their cause. | ||||
13 | 13 | "Call to Action" | February 9, 2015 | 114 |
As public awareness increases around the Rebels' activity, they target an important Imperial network. | ||||
14 | 14 | "Rebel Resolve" | February 23, 2015 | 115 |
With Kanan being held by Grand Moff Tarkin and the Inquisitor, Ezra resolves to rescue his Jedi teacher in direct defiance of Hera’s orders. Using Chopper disguised as an Imperial courier droid, the rebels infiltrate the Imperial communications network to find out where Kanan is being held. | ||||
15 | 15 | "Fire Across the Galaxy" | March 2, 2015 | 116 |
The rebels must infiltrate the heart of an Imperial fleet to rescue Kanan. This leads to an epic battle between Kanan, Ezra, and the Inquisitor, and results in the destruction of Tarkin's flagship. Consequently, Imperial security on Lothal is strengthened, making their missions even more difficult in the future. Hera calls in help. But so does the Empire. |
Season Two (2015-2016)[]
On October 2, 2014, the series was renewed for a second season. The second season premiered on October 14, 2015, and came to an end on March 30, 2016. The film "The Siege of Lothal" screened at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim in April 2015, and made its television premiere on Disney XD on June 20, 2015.
Many characters from the show's predecessor, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, appear in the second season. The characters include Ahsoka Tano, Captain Rex, Commander Wolffe, Commando Gregor, Hondo Ohnaka, Numa, and Cham Syndulla. Sarah Michelle Gellar joined the cast for season two as the Seventh Sister.
No. in Series |
No. in Season |
Title | Original Airdate | Production Code |
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16-17 | 01-02 | "The Siege of Lothal" | June 20, 2015 | 201/202 |
The Rebels crew of Lothal are adjusting to their new missions within the larger Rebellion. After receiving a call for help from Minister Maketh Tua, who wants the Rebels to help her defect from the Galactic Empire in exchange for vital Imperial secrets, the Rebels return to Lothal only to find that they have entered an Imperial trap. With Lothal under Imperial siege and the Empire on their trail, the Rebels must find a way to flee Lothal and return to the Rebellion. Along the way, they have their first encounter with the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader. | ||||
18 | 03 | "The Lost Commanders" | October 14, 2015 | 203 |
Ahsoka sends the Ghost crew to find and recruit a war hero as she advises Kanan to trust the war hero. Upon arriving at the planet, they discover that the ones they are looking for are the Clone Troopers Rex, Wolffe, and Gregor. Though Kanan has issues with the Clone Troopers due to Order 66, Rex states that he, Wolffe, and Gregor didn't partake in Order 66 due to removing their control chips before it began. | ||||
19 | 04 | "Relics of the Old Republic" | October 21, 2015 | 204 |
While Ezra and the others are starting to form a friendship with the old Clone Troopers, Kanan still can't bring himself to trust them. But when the Empire discovers the clones' alliance with the Rebels, they all have to start working together. | ||||
20 | 05 | "Always Two There Are" | October 28, 2015 | 205 |
While searching for supplies for the fleet, Ezra, Sabine, Zeb, and Chopper are going on a daring mission to an abandoned medistation. But when two Inquisitors sent by Darth Vader are endangering Sabine and Ezra, Zeb and Chopper have to find a way to save them. | ||||
21 | 06 | "Brothers of the Broken Horn" | November 4, 2015 | 206 |
In order to flee the pressure of the responsibility of being a rebel and a Jedi, Ezra goes on a rescue mission together with Chopper after they received a distress call. They are surprised to find out the ship in need belongs to Hondo Ohnaka. Hondo offers Ezra to join him. | ||||
22 | 07 | "Wings of the Master" | November 11, 2015 | 207 |
Since the rebels are in need of a new ship in order to overcome an Imperial blockade, Hera embarks on a dangerous mission to meet an eccentric starship engineer and manages to gain his trust. But will that be enough to get a ship from him? | ||||
23 | 08 | "Blood Sisters" | November 18, 2015 | 208 |
On a mission to escort a courier with secret information vital to the rebel cause to a rendezvous point, Sabine must face off against her old friend and partner. | ||||
24 | 09 | "Stealth Strike" | November 25, 2015 | 209 |
A new Imperial ship captures Ezra, Commander Sato, and his crew, forcing Kanan and the Rex to go undercover as Stormtroopers to free the Rebels. | ||||
25 | 10 | "The Future of the Force" | December 2, 2015 | 210 |
The Rebels learn that the Inquisitors are seeking Force-sensitive children, and they work together to protect the young ones from the Inquisitors' pursuit. | ||||
26 | 11 | "Legacy" | December 9, 2015 | 211 |
As the Empire attack the Rebel Fleet on Garel, Kanan and Ezra return to Lothal and find a former prisoner with knowledge about Ezra's parents. | ||||
27 | 12 | "A Princess on Lothal" | January 20, 2016 | 212 |
An aide to Bail Organa is sent to Lothal with ships for the rebel fleet, but an Imperial lockdown forces the rebels to come up with a new plan to steal the vehicles. | ||||
28 | 13 | "The Protector of Concord Dawn" | January 27, 2016 | 213 |
In need of new hyperspace routes due to Imperial pressure, the rebels find a shortcut but must first gain permission to use it. | ||||
29 | 14 | "Legends of the Lasat" | February 3, 2016 | 214 |
When the crew of the Ghost agrees to help two refugees who are revealed to be surviving Lasat, Zeb must come to terms with his past to help his people reach their new home. | ||||
30 | 15 | "The Call" | February 10, 2016 | 215 |
While on a mission to obtain fuel for the rebel fleet, the crew works to protect space creatures from the Techno Union asteroid mining operation that threatens the creatures' lives. | ||||
31 | 16 | "Homecoming" | February 17, 2016 | 216 |
The rebels contact freedom fighter Cham Syndulla, who needs help to fight off the Imperial bombing attack on his planet. While coordinating a plan to overtake and steal the carrier that houses these Imperial bombers, the rebels discover that Cham may have a plan of his own. | ||||
32 | 17 | "The Honorable Ones" | February 24, 2016 | 217 |
Zeb and Agent Kallus find themselves stranded on an ice planet after a failed Imperial ambush of the rebels. With Kallus injured from the escape pod crash, he and Zeb must work together to survive the harsh conditions. | ||||
33 | 18 | "Shroud of Darkness" | March 2, 2016 | 218 |
Kanan, Ezra, and Ahsoka return to the Jedi Temple on Lothal to find out how the Inquisitors have continually been able to track the Rebels. Seeking the advice of Yoda, the three experience powerful visions of the past, present, and future and old friends long gone. | ||||
34 | 19 | "The Forgotten Droid" | March 16, 2016 | 219 |
When Chopper gets left behind at an Imperial outpost, he forms an unlikely friendship with an Imperial droid, and discovers a base location for the rebels. | ||||
35 | 20 | "The Mystery of Chopper Base" | March 23, 2016 | 220 |
Kanan, Ezra, and Ahsoka prepare to depart to unravel Vader's secret, while the rebels find a way to fend off the predatory creatures that occupy the planet. | ||||
36-37 | 21-22 | "Twilight of the Apprentice" | March 30, 2016 | 221/222 |
After gaining information about the Sith, Kanan, Ezra, and Ahsoka battle the Inquisitors with the help of a new ally, but are overmatched when Vader arrives. |
Season Three (2016-2017)[]
It was announced on November 30, 2015, that Star Wars Rebels would renew for a third season shortly before the winter finale of season two. The film, "Steps Into Shadow", was first screened at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 on July 16, 2016 along with an episode from the third season. It made its television premiere on September 24, 2016.
The third season takes place six months after the events of "Twilight of the Apprentice", and introduces Grand Admiral Thrawn, a Star Wars Legends character who originated in Heir to the Empire, the first novel in The Thrawn Trilogy.
No. in Series |
No. in Season |
Title | Original Airdate | Production Code |
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38–39 | 01-02 | "Steps Into Shadow" | September 24, 2016 | 301/302 |
Some time after the events of the previous season, Ezra leads a mission to rescue Hondo Ohnaka from an imperial prison, displaying Force skills that he's learned from the Sith Holocron in the process. Hondo's intel regards a squadron of Y-Wings due to be destroyed at an Imperial shipyard that the Rebels set out to appropriate, with Ezra being given command of the mission. Kanan, meanwhile, is struggling with his blindness when he discovers Ezra's use of the Holocron and confiscates it, before being summoned out into the Atollon wilds by a mysterious call that proves to be from the Bendu, an ancient Force user who is neither Jedi nor Sith. Meanwhile, Governor Pryce decides that the growing rebel threat requires a greater response and requisitions the Seventh Fleet, which is revealed to be under the leadership of the recently promoted Grand Admiral Thrawn. The Bendu helps Kanan to realize that the Force grants him abilities that can make up for his lost sight, and on sensing Ezra's peril on the mission Kanan leaves to go help him, leaving the Holocron with the Bendu. The Rebels manage to secure a handful of fighters but lose the Phantom after Ezra sets the shipyard plummeting, and it is only the timely arrival of the Ghost and other rebel ships saves them after Thrawn determines that they are not dealing with the entire rebel fleet and orders his forces to allow their escape. Ezra is suspended, but expresses his gratitude to Kanan for rejoining the action while the rebels learn that the Y-Wings are to be delivered to General Dodonna's unit. | ||||
40 | 03 | "The Holocrons of Fate" | October 1, 2016 | 303 |
Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger, and some rebel soldiers are about to dock on to another rebel cruiser. That cruiser is seen to be damaged so they board to investigate. There is a soldier laying on the ground who claims that a "red blade" cut him and was forced to give up the Ghost crew's location. They contact Hera only to find out that Maul has already captured them. Kanan and Ezra agree to give Maul both the Sith and Jedi Holocrons. If not, the rest of the crew of the Ghost will die. Kanan and Ezra return to the Bendu to retrieve the Sith holocron. The Bendu firsts tests Kanan and Ezra by having them navigate a cave, infested with Atollon's native krykna hexapod spiders. Kanan teaches Ezra to be able to move among the spiders without alerting them and retrieve the holocron. The Bendu then warns the pair that if the Jedi and Sith holocrons are combined, they would be able to grant the wielder immeasurable knowledge, but at a price. Kanan and Ezra then meet with Maul. Kanan rescues the Ghost crew while Maul combines the Holocrons with Ezra. Kanan manages to interrupt the process. Maul flees, now knowledgeable that someone is still alive. Ezra receives visions of various locations, including "twin suns", but cannot make sense of them, and Kanan assures him they will find the answers. | ||||
41 | 04 | "The Antilles Extraction" | October 8, 2016 | 304 |
The Rebellion begins suffering heavy casualties due to Imperial ambushes on their convoys, and they risk running out of pilots. Fortunately, they receive a tip from a new "Fulcrum" that several Imperial cadets at Skystrike Academy are willing to defect. Sabine is selected to infiltrate the academy and she meets and befriends a fellow cadet named Wedge Antilles. Ezra and Kanan wait in space with a transport ready to evacuate Sabine once she finds the defectors. Meanwhile, Governor Pryce and Agent Kallus arrive at the academy to root out the defectors. Sabine figures out Wedge is one of the defectors, and assures him that she will get him and his friends: Hobbie and Rake to the Rebellion. Pryce then organises a trap by arranging a training flight in space. Sabine and Wedge take the bait, only to find out their fighters have been sabotaged. Sabine, Wedge, and Hobbie are captured and Rake is killed while Ezra and Kanan are forced to retreat. Pryce attempts to interrogate Sabine, but Sabine manages to knock her out and escape, freeing Wedge and Hobbie as well. Kallus secretly provides assistance to Sabine in order to repay his debt to Zeb. Sabine and Wedge manage to steal a TIE Bomber, rendezvous with Ezra, and return to the Rebel base safely. | ||||
42 | 05 | "Hera's Heroes" | October 15, 2016 | 305 |
The Ghost crew makes a supply run to the Twi'leks resistance on Ryloth, only to find out from Cham that under Thrawn's leadership, the Imperials have begun to seize the upper hand, and have captured their home and converted it into their headquarters. This also means that their "kalikori", an important family heirloom, is in Imperial hands as well. Determined to retrieve her kalikori, Hera decides to return to her home and infiltrate the Imperial headquarters. She and Ezra sneak into the base while the rest of the crew and Cham distract the Imperial patrols. However, Thrawn predicts Hera's actions and captures her and Ezra, and decides to keep her kalikori for himself. He then arranges a deal with Cham, where Hera and Ezra's lives will be spared if Cham turns himself in. However, with Chopper's help, Hera creates a distraction by destroying her home and the Imperial HQ with explosives and everybody escapes on the Ghost. Meanwhile, Thrawn observes the entire event, and impressed with Hera's ingenuity, decides to let the rebels escape. Back on the Ghost, Hera reassures her crew that even though she wasn't able to recover her kalikori, the most important thing is that she's back with her family and friends. | ||||
43 | 06 | "The Last Battle" | October 22, 2016 | 306 |
On a salvage mission to an old Clone Wars battlefield led by Captain Rex, the Ghost crew is captured by a unit of old Battle Droids. Their commander, a Super Tactical Droid named "General Kalani", managed to avoid the army-wide shutdown command and wants to pit his forces against Rex and the Jedi in order to conclude whether the Separatist or Republic forces are superior once and for all. As Rex, Ezra, and Kanan battle the droids, Chopper manages to sneak away and send a distress signal to Hera and Sabine - Ezra then discovers Chopper immediately afterwards, with Chopper also having discovered a trio of intact and still-spaceworthy Nemoidian shuttles. However, the Empire also receives the distress call and dispatches an assault force. Rex and the Jedi manage to reach "Kalani", and Ezra points out to him that neither the Republic nor the Separatists won the Clone Wars, but were in fact both defeated by the Empire. Ezra also notes that since the Separatists were originally fighting to resist tyranny, the battle droids should naturally oppose the Empire. "Kalani" sees the logic in Ezra's words, with the Ghost crew and the droids working together to escape the Imperial assault force in two of the trio of vintage Nemoidian shuttles Chopper found; the one on which the Spectres escape with becoming the lost Phantom's replacement craft. Calculating that the Rebellion has less than 1% chance of succeeding against the Empire, "Kalani" amicably parts ways with the Rebels. Rex congratulates Ezra for doing what no Senator, Clone, or Jedi ever could: convincing clones and battle droids to set aside their differences. | ||||
44 | 07 | "Imperial Super Commandos" | November 5, 2016 | 307 |
Sabine continues to try to convince Fenn Rau to have his Protectors formally join the Rebellion, but Fenn remains staunchly loyal to Mandalore. When contact with the Protectors is lost, Sabine, Ezra, and Chopper are sent with Fenn to investigate. However, when they arrive, they find the Protectors base completely destroyed. After they destroy an Imperial probe droid, a squad of Imperial Mandalorians led by Gar Saxon arrive to investigate. Ezra and Chopper are captured while Sabine and Fenn manage to escape. While spying on Gar, Fenn realizes that the Empire intended to destroy him and the Protectors all along, and he decides to join forces with Sabine. Sabine rescues Ezra and Chopper, but Fenn seemingly betrays them when he takes their shuttle and escapes without them. Gar explains how Sabine's defection to the Rebellion caused disgrace to her family, who have now pledged their allegiance to the Empire. Sabine, Ezra, and Chopper try to flee from Gar and his men, and are assisted by Fenn who helps them escape, but not before Sabine defeats Gar in hand to hand combat. Fenn, impressed by Sabine's loyalty to the Rebellion and her friends, decides to officially join the Rebellion. | ||||
45 | 08 | "Iron Squadron" | November 19, 2016 | 308 |
The Ghost crew arrives at a planet to help evacuate anti-Imperial dissidents. They are assisted by another armed freighter that identifies itself as Iron Squadron. Commander Sato explains that Iron Squadron used to be led by his brother, but he was killed in combat, leaving the squadron under the leadership of his headstrong nephew Mart. While the rest of the crew evacuates the dissidents, Ezra and Sabine board Iron Squadron's ship and meet Mart and his crew. However, they are young and inexperienced, and their hyperspace drive is inoperable. When Thrawn learns of Iron Squadron, he sends a larger force. Ezra, Sabine, and Mart's crew flee while Mart stays behind to try to fight the Imperials but his freighter is disabled. The Ghost crew and Commander Sato return to rescue Mart, and barely manage to escape Thrawn's ambush. Now safe, Mart and his friends decide to join the rebels. | ||||
46 | 09 | "The Wynkahthu Job" | November 26, 2016 | 309 |
The Rebels form an uneasy alliance with Hondo in order to break into an abandoned Imperial ship to steal its valuable cargo, with Hondo promising them a shipment of proton bombs in return. However, the cargo ship is dangerously close to a heavy storm, making any salvage attempt hazardous. They enlist the aid of AP-5, but Kanan and Hera are worried that Ezra puts too much trust in Hondo. The group manages to board the ship and finds the cargo they are looking for. However, as they load the cargo onto the Ghost, they are attacked by Imperial Sentry droids which were protecting the ship. Both the Rebels and Hondo's crew manage to narrowly escape the cargo ship before it plunges into the storm, and while the Rebels were able to retrieve most of the proton bombs, Hondo was unable to secure any of the treasure. In addition, Ezra comes to realize how little Hondo cares about his own crew or "business partners". | ||||
47 | 10 | "An Inside Man" | December 3, 2016 | 311 |
Ezra and Kanan return to Lothal to scout the Imperial factory there, intending to destroy it. With the help of a local resistance cell led by Azadi, they manage to infiltrate the factory disguised as workers in order to gain intelligence on a new weapon the Empire is developing. However, Thrawn is also present in the factory and locks it down, suspecting rebel spies are sabotaging the vehicles being made there. Ezra, Kanan, and Chopper manage to steal the weapon data, and are assisted by Kallus, who reveals that he is Fulcrum. The three manage to escape the factory in stolen walkers and get the data to the rebels. After analyzing the data, they discover that Thrawn is developing a new type of TIE Fighter: the TIE Defender, which unlike other TIE Fighters, comes equipped with shields. Thrawn deduces that the rebels could not have retrieved the data without help from the inside. However, instead of hunting for the spy, Thrawn decides to wait, intending to use the spy against the rebels. | ||||
48 | 11 | "Visions and Voices" | December 10, 2016 | 310 |
Ezra is plagued by visions of Maul, who approaches him and Kanan as they consult the Bendu, offering a deal. Maul threatens to reveal Chopper Base to the Empire unless Ezra accompanies him to complete a ritual in order to reveal to both of them the information they sought from the Jedi and Sith holocrons. Maul and Ezra arrive on Dathomir, where they use dark magic to complete their holocron vision—a desert planet with two suns, where what they both seek is located. As the ritual completes, Ezra and Maul are attacked by the spirits of the Nightsister clan. Kanan and Sabine arrive, having tracked Ezra to Dathomir, but they are possessed by the Nightsisters and made to attack Ezra and Maul. Maul escapes, and Ezra uses the Force to push Sabine out of the range of the altar which is the source of the spirits' power. He offers himself to the Nightsisters to free Kanan, but then destroys the altar. As they leave, Sabine grabs the darksaber used by Maul. Kanan asks Ezra about his vision and he reveals that his means to defeat the Sith and the target of Maul's vengeance are one and the same; the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. | ||||
49 | 12 | "Ghosts of Geonosis" (part 1) | January 7, 2017 | 312 |
After the legendary Saw Gerrera and his rebel squad go missing on Geonosis, the Ghost crew is sent to investigate. Ezra, Kanan, Rex, and Chopper split off to search for Saw, while Hera, Sabine, and Zeb stay behind to salvage a still operational shield generator. Ezra and his group are rescued from a battle droid ambush by Saw, who explains that the droids killed the rest of his team, and that they were rebuilt by a Geonosian survivor. Ezra, Saw, and the rest of the group pursue the Geonosian and it activates more battle droids which attack Sabine and Zeb. Ezra manages to corner the Geonosian and Saw destroys its control device, disabling all of the battle droids. Saw then begins to interrogate the Geonosian, demanding that it tell him what the Empire was building on Geonosis. | ||||
50 | 13 | "Ghosts of Geonosis" (part 2) | January 7, 2017 | 313 |
In response to Saw's questions, the Geonosian (nicknamed "Klik-Klak") draws two circles in the dirt. Not understanding what Klik-Klak is trying to say, Saw handcuffs Klik-Klak and forces him to lead them deeper into the ruins. Ezra becomes concerned at the hostility Saw is showing to Klik-Klak, and Rex explains that Saw's sister was killed by a Geonosian-built gunship during the Clone Wars. Meanwhile, an Imperial patrol detects life signs on Geonosis and sends scouts to investigate. Underground, Klik-Klak leads the Rebels to his hideout, where he was protecting a Geonosian Queen egg. The rebels then bring Klik-Klak back to the Ghost, where Saw begins torturing Klik-Klak and threatens to destroy the egg if he does not talk, ignoring the crew's objections. Ezra then points out Saw would be no better than the Empire if he destroys the Geonosians' last chance of survival as a species, causing Saw to reconsider. However, the Imperials send an attack force after the Ghost, forcing it to flee deep underground. In an underground chamber, they find large containers full of poison gas that the Imperials had used to exterminate the Geonosians. Saw decides to give the Geonosians a second chance at survival and lets Klik-Klak go, who flees deeper into the tunnels. The Rebels then try to escape with the gas containers to use them as proof of the Empire's atrocities, but they are lost when they blast their way through an Imperial cruiser. Bail Organa notes that without the containers, there is insufficient evidence for the Senate to act, but the pictures the crew had taken can be used as propaganda to further the Rebel cause. Kanan reminds Ezra that like Saw, not all Rebels fight for the same cause or for the same reasons, but Hera muses that despite her misgivings about him, Saw proved that he was better than the Imperials. | ||||
51 | 14 | "Warhead" | January 14, 2017 | 314 |
While the rest of the Ghost's crew and Phoenix Squadron are away on an exercise mission, Zeb is left in charge of security at Chopper Base. At the same time, the Empire launches a large number of disguised infiltrator droids throughout the galaxy, and one of these units lands near Chopper Base. Damaged by the Krykna spiders and losing its memory, it is taken in by Zeb, Chopper, and AP-5, but after a warning from Agent Kallus about the nature of their foundling, Zeb tries to apprehend it. Once it realizes that it is inside a rebel base, the droid's original programming kicks back in and it adopts combat mode, and cannibalizing the base's droids to repair itself, the infiltrator proves a tough nut to crack, especially since this battle is confined to a storage area filled with explosive ordnance. After a hard struggle, Zeb and the droids manage to take it down before it can transmit its position to the Empire, but the infiltrator activates a self-destruct device inside its chassis. Faced with the prospect of the droid either blowing up the base or the Empire coming to look for it when it fails to report, Zeb instructs AP-5 to set the detonator to stall its countdown until the infiltrator transmits its collected information to the Empire. After reactivation, the droid travels back to its base ship and blasts it apart when it self-destructs, but this event nevertheless, gives Grand Admiral Thrawn enough information to narrow down his search for the rebel base. | ||||
52 | 15 | "Trials of the Darksaber" | January 21, 2017 | 315 |
Upon being told by Fenn Rau what status the Darksaber Sabine recovered from Dathomir holds among the Mandalorians – especially the prestigious House Vizsla, who once ruled Mandalore – Kanan decides that Sabine should wield it in order to rally the Mandalorians into the ranks of the Rebel Alliance. Sabine, who resents her family, reluctantly agrees to the proposal and retreats with Kanan and Ezra to The Bendu's abode to be trained in the saber's use, but her persisting frustration at the expectations thrust upon her starts to gnaw on Kanan's own patience. Tensions ensue between the two, which culminate in Sabine walking away from her training; but after a talk with Hera and a mutual apology upon Sabine's return, Kanan offers her the darksaber, and the training begins in earnest. As it progresses, Sabine is also forced by Kanan to let loose with her own emotional turmoil, revealing at last the truth about her past; she felt guilty about what the weapons she designed in her time at the Imperial Academy had done to her own people and that she wanted to make up for it by saving them from the Empire's clutches, only to see her own family turning their backs on her due to their fear of the Empire. Upon this difficult confession, Kanan, Ezra, and Rau profess their loyalty to Sabine, no matter what course she will eventually choose. | ||||
53 | 16 | "Legacy of Mandalore" | February 18, 2017 | 317 |
Sabine, Ezra, Kanan, and Rau travel from Atollon to Krownest in the Mandalore sector in order to straighten out matters with Sabine's estranged family. However, the initial reception is quite hostile, since Sabine is still considered a traitor to her family due to her defection from the Empire. Upon being presented with the darksaber, Sabine's mother, Countess Ursa, allows her daughter the benefit of a personal conversation, but is still too fearful of an Imperial reprisal against her people, and her husband held hostage, to join with the Rebellion, and so she decides to sell out the Jedi to Gar Saxon in exchange for Sabine's freedom. Saxon, however, immediately goes back on his word and denounces the entire Clan Wren traitors to the Empire. Clan Wren and the rebels start fighting back against the Imperial collaborators, and wielding Ezra's lightsaber, Sabine engages in a personal duel against Saxon and the darksaber. Sabine emerges victorious, but as she turns away from him and Saxon prepares to shoot her in the back, Ursa kills him instead, thus restoring her broken ties with her daughter. Foreseeing the chaos Mandalore will face with the demise of its Imperial governor, Sabine and Rau decide to stay behind and help restore order, and for Sabine to find the one person who is truly worthy of leading her people into the war against the Empire. | ||||
54 | 17 | "Through Imperial Eyes" | February 25, 2017 | 316 |
An Imperial light cruiser over Lothal intercepts a shuttle fleeing the planet. On board are Ezra Bridger and the droids Chopper and AP-5. Ezra tells Agent Kallus that the Rebels believe the Empire has intercepted his last transmission as Fulcrum, and they have come to help him defect if his cover is blown. Grand Admiral Thrawn arrives in his Star Destroyer Chimaera, and informs the officers on board that he has asked Colonel Yularen of the ISB to locate the Rebel spy in their midst. Kallus swaps his code cylinder with that of Lieutenant Lyste, and uses Lyste's credentials to free Ezra and infiltrate Thrawn's office, where the droids erase Atollon from Thrawn's database and transmit clearance codes for Kanan and Rex to rescue them. Lyste, believing Governor Pryce to be the traitor, stuns her as she tries to stop the rebels from leaving, and he is arrested as the spy. With Lyste believed to be Fulcrum, Kallus decides to remain with the Empire—although in conversation with Yularen, Thrawn reveals that he knows Kallus is the spy, and intends to use him to their advantage. | ||||
55 | 18 | "Secret Cargo" | March 4, 2017 | 318 |
The crew of the Ghost waits in a junk field to rendezvous with and refuel a Rebel ship carrying a secret cargo. The Ghost is found by an Imperial infiltrator probe droid, which the crew manages to destroy, but not before it transmits their location to the Empire. The Rebel ship arrives, and the "cargo" is revealed to be Senator Mon Mothma, who is on the run after recently speaking out against the Emperor in the Senate. Two Imperial cruisers arrive, and Ezra joins Gold Squadron to fight off the TIE Fighters and disable one of the cruisers, as Mothma and her crew evacuate to the Ghost. Grand Admiral Thrawn surmises that Hera will attempt to escape the sector via the Archeon Nebula, and he sends two Star Destroyers and the prototype TIE Defender to intercept them. Hera manages to destroy two TIEs by flying close to a star, but the Defender survives and manages to destroy most of Gold Squadron except for Ezra and Gold Leader. As the Ghost leaves the nebula, it is caught in a tractor beam by Governor Pryce's Star Destroyer. Ezra and Gold Leader manage to disable the TIE Defender with ion cannons, then exit the nebula and fire their proton torpedoes into it, triggering an explosion which causes massive damage to the Star Destroyers. Escaping into hyperspace, the Ghost brings Mothma to Dantooine, where she transmits a message to all Rebel cells, urging the formation of the Rebel Alliance. As the Ghost crew watches in amazement, dozens of capital ships from around the galaxy drop out of hyperspace in response to the call to rebellion. | ||||
56 | 19 | "Double Agent Droid" | March 11, 2017 | 319 |
Chopper, AP-5, and Wedge are sent on a mission to an Imperial facility to steal access codes for the factory on Lothal. AP-5 manages to successfully locate and steal the codes. Meanwhile, Chopper accesses the Imperial network and draws the attention of the Controller, an Imperial agent who controls an advanced spy ship. Using his ship's capabilities, the Controller remotely seizes control of Chopper, intending to use him to locate the Rebel base. With their mission successful, Chopper, AP-5, and Wedge head back to rendezvous with the Ghost. AP-5 begins to suspect something is wrong when Chopper acts uncharacteristically nice. The rest of the crew thinks AP-5 is just squabbling with Chopper again though Hera begins to have her suspicions as well. The Controller then uses Chopper to lock the crew in the cargo hold while he attempts to hack the Ghost's computer. AP-5 manages to override the door controls, allowing the crew to disable Chopper. Angry that the Imperials have harmed her droid, Hera sends a counter signal back to the Controller, overloading his ship's systems and causing it to explode. Chopper returns to normal and begins bickering with AP-5 again. | ||||
57 | 20 | "Twin Suns" | March 18, 2017 | 320 |
After receiving a holocron message, Ezra tells the Ghost crew that they must go to Tatooine to save Obi-Wan Kenobi from Maul. The crew refuses, as they believe that Kenobi is dead and the message is a trap set by Maul. Ezra and Chopper sneak away and head to Tatooine, but things go wrong as their ship is destroyed by Tusken Raiders. Guided by the holocron, Ezra and Chopper set off across the desert in search for Kenobi. After several hours of aimless wandering, Chopper runs out of power and shuts down. Ezra is then haunted by visions of Maul, telling him that he failed his loved ones. Shortly afterwards, Ezra passes out. Upon awakening, he finds that Kenobi has rescued him and Chopper. Ezra tries to warn Kenobi that Maul is after him and asks him to help the rebellion. However, Kenobi refuses, and says that he has no intention of fighting Maul, though it is now inevitable, and that the rebellion already has what it needs to fight the Empire. As Maul finds the pair, Kenobi sends Ezra to safety and quickly defeats Maul; before Maul dies, Kenobi reveals to him that he is watching over whom he believes is the Chosen One. Ezra and Chopper return to base on Maul's ship. Ezra tells the rebels that Maul is gone, and apologizes for sneaking away. The episode ends with Kenobi watching a young Luke Skywalker at the Lars moisture farm from a distance. | ||||
58 | 21 | "Zero Hour" (part 1) | March 25, 2017 | 321 |
After receiving a holocron message, Ezra tells the Ghost crew that they must go to Tatooine to save Obi-Wan Kenobi from Maul. The crew refuses, as they believe that Kenobi is dead and the message is a trap set by Maul. Ezra and Chopper sneak away and head to Tatooine, but things go wrong as their ship is destroyed by Tusken Raiders. Guided by the holocron, Ezra and Chopper set off across the desert in search for Kenobi. After several hours of aimless wandering, Chopper runs out of power and shuts down. Ezra is then haunted by visions of Maul, telling him that he failed his loved ones. Shortly afterwards, Ezra passes out. Upon awakening, he finds that Kenobi has rescued him and Chopper. Ezra tries to warn Kenobi that Maul is after him and asks him to help the rebellion. However, Kenobi refuses, and says that he has no intention of fighting Maul, though it is now inevitable, and that the rebellion already has what it needs to fight the Empire. As Maul finds the pair, Kenobi sends Ezra to safety and quickly defeats Maul; before Maul dies, Kenobi reveals to him that he is watching over whom he believes is the Chosen One. Ezra and Chopper return to base on Maul's ship. Ezra tells the rebels that Maul is gone, and apologizes for sneaking away. The episode ends with Kenobi watching a young Luke Skywalker at the Lars moisture farm from a distance. | ||||
59 | 22 | "Zero Hour" (part 2) | March 25, 2017 | 322 |
Various Rebel cells begin gathering at Atollon to prepare for the attack on Lothal. However, Thrawn is aware of the Rebel plans and tells Governor Pryce and Grand Moff Tarkin that "The real performance is about to begin" and he has already planned a trap for them. Kallus tries to warn the Rebels, but is captured by Thrawn. Thrawn traces Kallus's transmission and determines the Rebel base's location at Atollon. Thrawn sends his fleet to Atollon, which includes two Interdictor Cruisers. With the Interdictors in orbit, it is impossible for the Rebel ships to escape and the fleet is forced to fight a losing battle against the Imperials. Knowing that their only chance is to send someone out to summon the rest of the Rebel fleet, Commander Sato sacrifices himself by crashing his carrier into one of the Interdictors, giving Ezra a window to escape. On Atollon, Kanan attempts to ask the Bendu for help, but the Bendu is reluctant due to its neutral role. Kanan then accuses the Bendu of being a coward, which angers the Bendu and it disappears. In hyperspace, Ezra contacts Mon Mothma for help, but she is unable to send reinforcements due to fear of them getting caught in another of Thrawn's traps. With no options left, Ezra decides to ask Sabine for help. With the battle going poorly, the Rebels are forced to retreat back to their base on Atollon and activate its shield generator, protecting them from the Imperial fleet's bombardment. Thrawn responds by sending a ground force to assault the base. Ezra reaches Sabine and manages to convince her and Rau to lead a small Mandalorian force to destroy the remaining Interdictor cruiser, which will allow the Rebels to escape. Thrawn's forces manage to breach the base's defenses, but before he can capture the Rebels, the Bendu intervenes, attacking the Imperial forces and distracting them long enough for the Rebels to evacuate, but attacks them as well. At the same time, Ezra and Sabine manage to destroy the Interdictor. Kallus manages to escape imprisonment and ejects in an escape pod to be picked up by the Ghost crew. The Rebel fleet then escapes. Back on the surface, Thrawn manages to incapacitate the Bendu, who warns Thrawn that it has already foreseen his defeat. Refusing to believe this, Thrawn attempts to kill the Bendu personally, but it disappears before the shot could even hit it. The remaining Rebel fleet leaves to rendezvous with the rest of the Rebellion at Yavin IV, and Hera promises to help Sabine and the Mandalorians on an upcoming mission. Ezra is worried about the massive defeat the Rebellion has suffered, but Kanan points out that it is in fact a victory since they managed to escape. He then tells Ezra that he foresees a future where everybody is free, but that they will have to fight to make it happen. |
Season Four (2017-2018)[]
On March 3, 2017, it was announced that the series would renew for its fourth and final season on October 16 2017. At the 2017 Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, Dave Filoni announced that Season four would be "darker" than the previous seasons, but still have "fun" elements in it as well. He also said that it was his decision to end the series, saying he was happy the show would have an "ending" unlike the The Clone Wars series he had previously worked on.
No. in Series |
No. in Season |
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60 | 01 | "Heroes of Mandalore" (part 1) | October 16, 2017 | 401 |
Sabine, Kanan, and Ezra lead Clan Wren in a raid on a Clan Saxon outpost to rescue Sabine’s father who is being held captive by Clan Saxon on behalf of the Empire. The outpost turns out to be a trap to capture Sabine but they are rescued by Lady Bo-Katan of Clan Kryze. As Bo-Katan should have become ruler of Mandalore after her sister, Duchess Satine, was murdered, Sabine attempts to give her the Darksaber but Bo-Katan refuses to accept it. Sabine’s father is to be moved to the capital city for a public execution so Sabine plans to rescue him as he is being transported there. They attack the convoy and succeed in rescuing Sabine’s father, Alrich Wren, who turns out to be as much of an artist as Sabine. Sabine is contacted by her mother just as the Empire reveals a new weapon, the sound of which Sabine recognises. They rush to the site of the attack and find every Mandalorian warrior vaporized. Sabine is devastated as she realises they were killed by a weapon she personally designed for the Empire. | ||||
61 | 02 | "Heroes of Mandalore" (part 2) | October 16, 2017 | 402 |
Sabine is relieved to find her mother and brother have survived the Empire's attack. As more Imperials arrive, Sabine and her allies are rescued by Clan Kryze, while Bo-Katan and Ezra destroy the pursuing TIE fighters. Saxon shows a recording of the weapon's field test to Thrawn, which superheats an alloy in Mandalorian armor, killing the occupant, but leaving stormtroopers unharmed. At Bo-Katan's camp, her men confront Sabine for her role in the creation of the weapon which she named the Duchess, after Bo-Katan's sister, Satine. Sabine convinces Clan Kryze to join her in a raid on Saxon's Star Destroyer to destroy the weapon. During the assault, Sabine is incapacitated by Saxon, who orders her to adjust to weapon to its full power. She does so, but she instead recalibrates the weapon to target Imperial armor, which stuns the Imperial troops. Sabine slashes the weapon with the Darksaber, breaching its power core and destroying the Star Destroyer. At the Kryze camp, Sabine gives Bo-Katan the Darksaber, making her the true leader of Mandalore. | ||||
62 | 03 | "In the Name of the Rebellion" (part 1) | October 23, 2017 | 403 |
Ezra, Kanan, and Sabine arrive on Yavin 4 to join the main group of the Rebel Alliance. Hera's squadron also arrives, having barely survived an Imperial ambush, which Bail Organa attributes to an Imperial communications relay on Jalindi. A droid projects a hologram of Saw Gerrera, who mocks Mon Mothma for her unwillingness to go to any lengths to defeat the Empire, and Mothma angrily responds, refusing to stoop to the violence and extremism committed by Gerrera's cell. She sends the Ghost crew on a mission to intercept the relay's transmissions. Sabine inadvertently connects them to the main channel on an approaching light cruiser, forcing Ezra to impersonate an Imperial officer. Unfortunately it is the very officer who is commanding the cruiser, Brom Titus. Sabine calls for Hera to pick them up, as they have been seen. Before she can do so, a U-Wing piloted by Gerrera arrives, picks up Ezra and Sabine, then bombs the relay dish, destroying it and the cruiser. Hera demands Gerrera transfer Ezra and Sabine, but he jumps into hyperspace. | ||||
63 | 04 | "In the Name of the Rebellion" (part 2) | October 23, 2017 | 404 |
Gerrera convinces Ezra and Sabine to aid him in discovering the secret weapon he is convinced the Empire is working on. They board an Imperial cargo shuttle disguised as a regular civilian spacecraft, and discover a group of prisoner engineers from the planet Coruscant who are being shipped to Jedha for an apparent project. Gerrera insists that this is more evidence of a secret weapon. They also find a giant kyber crystal, which they plan to haul out of there with the prisoners. Chopper attempts to get the prisoners out of harm's way via escape pod, though they are stopped by the Empire. When the plans to get the crystal off of the ship fail, Gerrera blasts it so that it will explode. He calls Two-Tubes to pick him up, and Ezra and Sabine are rescued by the Ghost crew after destroying a massive Star Destroyer. The engineers decide they want to join the Rebel cause, and they head back to Yavin IV. | ||||
64 | 05 | "The Occupation" | October 30, 2017 | 405 |
The rebels are informed by Ryder Azadi that the Empire is building a new and improved version of the TIE Defender. Ezra and the Ghost crew depart for Lothal, using Vizago to smuggle them in because the Empire has severely tightened its grip around the planet and nearly crushed the local rebel cell. They find the environment ruined from the Empire's activities, and that some acquaintances like Old Joe were arrested and executed for aiding rebels. Identified and chased, Ezra's crew finds unexpected aid from Ezra's old Academy friend, Jai Kell and Azadi himself, who ferry them to safety, but are sorely disappointed to hear that the Rebel Alliance is unable to execute a liberation strike on Lothal. Ezra tries to stay optimistic by telling them that they can destroy the TIE Defender factory by working together, though Azadi remains skeptical due to having witnessed the capabilities of the new TIE Defender. | ||||
65 | 06 | "Flight of the Defender" | October 30, 2017 | 406 |
The Ghost crew scouts an Imperial air field where the new TIE Defender is being tested. Sabine hits upon the idea of stealing its flight data recorder to obtain the information the rebels need about the TIE, but unfortunately Grand Admiral Thrawn appears to witness a combat demonstration of the new fighter. Cornered, Sabine steals the fighter to get herself and Ezra to safety, but due to an installed kill switch, the fighter ends up stranded in the hills of Lothal. While hiding the TIE's hyperdrive for later retrieval and then trying to evade the Imperial search parties, Ezra catches several unexpected glimpses of a white Loth-Wolf, a rare predatory species. Eventually, the Loth-Wolf appears before him, sends Sabine to sleep and carries them back to their friends, only to disappear as mysteriously as it appeared, leaving Ezra with a strange parting message to ponder over. | ||||
66 | 07 | "Kindred" | November 6, 2017 | 407 |
Ezra, Jai Kell, and Zeb move to secure the TIE Defender's hyperdrive before the Imperial recovery team can find it, but Thrawn has already dispatched an additional helper for the search: Rukh, an assassin and unerringly accurate tracker. As Zeb takes the hyperdrive to safety, Ezra and Jai end up being chased by Rukh; they elude him with much difficulty, but a tracking beacon Rukh attached to their speeder leads Governor Pryce to the Ghost crew's hideout. While Hera and Chopper evacuate to Yavin with the stolen flight recorder, the rest of the rebels face the incoming Imperials to cover their retreat. Just before the two groups clash, the white Loth-Wolf reappears and leads them into a hidden tunnel complex imbued with the Force. Walking mysterious paths, the rebels inexplicably find themselves in a hidden settlement halfway across the planet which was visited in ancient times by the Jedi who erected the secret temple on Lothal, and discover that the Loth-Wolf is a messenger of the Force, here to tell them of a more sinister goal pursued by the Empire. | ||||
67 | 08 | "Crawler Commanders" | November 6, 2017 | 408 |
After the Lothal rebels have taken shelter in the ancient settlement, they discover a Mining Guild ore crawler stripping Lothal's surface for raw materials passing by, and decide to hijack it to establish contact with Hera and the Yavin rebel base with its communicators. However, the crawler's captain manages to shut down the vehicle and raise the alarm, and as Sabine works to reactivate it, Kanan and Zeb discover a number of slaves in the hull, among them Vizago, who was sold to the Guild by the Empire. Working together, the rebels and the former slaves allay an incoming Imperial patrol investigating the distress call and prevent the captain from destroying the crawler. In the meantime, Hera, unwilling to wait any longer, inspires rebel command to conduct an immediate assault on the factory where the TIE Defender is being produced, and after communication is established, Ezra's team agrees to coordinate the impending assault from the planet's surface. | ||||
68 | 09 | "Rebel Assault" | November 13, 2017 | 409 |
Hera and her assault team arrive at Lothal and begin to battle their way past the Imperial blockade, while the Ghost crew on the ground sabotage the anti-aircraft batteries to allow an unhindered attack on the TIE factory at Lothal's capital. However, with Thrawn coordinating the Imperial defenses, the Rebel attack force is annihilated, with only a few survivors - Hera, Chopper, and pilot Mart Mattin - managing to reach the surface and regroup safely. As Hera's group attempts to slip out of the city under constant assailment by Rukh, Kanan returns to the capital to look for her, only to be stopped by the Loth-Wolf, and he asks it what he should do. Hera manages to open an escape route, but is captured by Rukh before she can use it. Mart and Chopper are then picked up by Kanan and brought to the rebels' hideout as the Loth-Wolf watches. | ||||
69 | 10 | "Jedi Night" | February 19, 2018 | 410 |
While Hera is being tortured by Governor Pryce, Ezra, Kanan, and Sabine prepare to extract her from Imperial captivity. With Admiral Thrawn absent on Coruscant, they infiltrate the Lothalian Imperial command center using gliders they built to look like Loth-bats, and as Ezra and Sabine secure a gunship as an escape craft, Kanan recovers Hera's kalikori and frees Hera before she (under the effect of a truth serum) can reveal the location of the Rebel base. As they attempt to escape on one of the gliders, Kanan instructs Hera to land them inside Lothal City's fuel depot. Just as Ezra and Sabine pick them up, Pryce orders her troops to open fire on the fuel tanks, causing an explosion. Caught on top of the tank, Kanan uses the Force to control the explosion and push Hera and his friends away from the blast, at the cost of his own life. | ||||
70 | 11 | "DUME" | February 19, 2018 | 411 |
With the destruction of the Imperial fuel depot and the resulting shutdown of the TIE Defender project, Governor Pryce decides to cover up her blunder by throwing a victory parade, but Thrawn is not deceived. While Sabine and Zeb depart for Lothal City to spoil that party, Ezra sinks into despair until he is challenged by the Loth-Wolves and led toward a gigantic Loth-Wolf called Dume, who confronts him with his fears and tells him to return to the Lothal Jedi temple. Meanwhile, after noticing that the Imperial TIE factory has been shut down, Sabine and Zeb encounter and engage in combat with Rukh; after beating him unconscious, they send him, covered in Sabine's graffiti, back to Lothal City to show that the rebels are still willing to fight. Hera overcomes her own grief by adding a token for Kanan to her kalikori, and by being told by Sabine and Zeb of how Kanan essentially fulfilled their goal of stopping the TIE Defender project. Ezra then informs his friends of their important mission to go to the Jedi temple and recover its precious knowledge from the hands of the Imperials. | ||||
71 | 12 | "Wolves and a Door" | February 26, 2018 | 412 |
With the aid of the Loth-Wolves, Ezra, Hera, Sabine, Zeb, and Chopper head for the Jedi temple, which they find being occupied by a Mining Guild excavation team led by Imperial Minister Hydan, who is very close to penetrating the temple's secrets. By interpreting an unearthed mural depicting the Mortis Gods (Father, Son, and Daughter), Ezra uses the Force to bring the images to life, which show him the location of the door. However, despite their disguises as Imperial scouts, their presence is found out and the alarm is raised. Ezra manages to escape through the door into the temple just before he can be captured. | ||||
72 | 13 | "A World Between Worlds" | February 26, 2018 | 413 |
Sabine ends up being questioned by Hydan and asked by him to interpret the pictograms he has found within the Jedi temple, thereby learning that the Emperor intends to breach the barriers between life and death as a final stepping stone to controlling the Force within the entire universe. Just after she has deciphered how to close the portal, Sabine is extracted by Hera and Zeb. In the meantime, Ezra wanders within a void between space and time, until he is led by a Convor to another portal, which is opened to the scene of Ahsoka's final battle against Darth Vader. Just before her imminent demise, Ezra pulls her through the portal into the void, and after realizing that he has a chance to save Kanan as well, he makes an attempt, but is dissuaded by Ahsoka from changing fate. But with the opening of the Lothal door, the Emperor is finally able to reach into the void and attack them; Ezra and Ahsoka separate and escape through the portals through which they have come. With Sabine's hint, Ezra is able to seal the access way to the void, which also triggers the collapse of the temple. After a narrow escape, Hera returns to the temple, which has completely vanished; but with what he has learned in the void, Ezra is finally able to overcome his grief over Kanan's death, realising that if he had pulled Kanan out, he, and the others would have perished instead. | ||||
73 | 14 | "A Fool's Hope" | March 5, 2018 | 414 |
Hera, Rex, and Kallus recruit Hondo, Gregor, Wolffe, and Ketsu for a plan to liberate Lothal, which they agree to out of respect for Ezra. Back on Lothal, Ezra receives a vision that Thrawn is returning from Coruscant, meaning that they must enact their plan to seize the capital right away. At the capital, Pryce is secretly contacted by Ryder, who offers to betray the Rebels to her in return for his own safety. Pryce and Rukh lead an assault force on the Rebel base, while Hera attempts to return with reinforcements but must first slip past the Imperial blockade. The Imperials quickly gain the upper hand and capture the Rebels, but Ryder reveals that his betrayal was merely a ruse to lure Pryce out of the capital. Hera then arrives with the Ghost and her reinforcements, while Ezra summons the Loth-Wolves to aid in the battle. The Imperials are swiftly defeated and Pryce is captured, but Ezra reminds everybody that the battle to liberate Lothal is just beginning. | ||||
74-75 | 15-16 | "Family Reunion - and Farewell" | March 5, 2018 | 415/416 |
With Pryce as their prisoner, the Rebels force her to give them the clearance codes to infiltrate the Imperial command center at the capital. They seize the control room and plan to issue an evacuation order for all Imperial forces to return to the command center, then launch it into space to self destruct. Rukh overhears the plan and warns Thrawn, who tasks him with disabling the planetary shield. Kallus issues the evacuation order and all Imperial forces enter the command center, but before they can launch, Thrawn arrives and positions his Star Destroyer directly above the city. Once Rukh disables the shield generators, Thrawn orders the Rebels to surrender or he will bombard the city. Ezra decides to surrender to stall Thrawn while the rest of the Rebels move to reactivate the shields. Thrawn puts Ezra in contact with a hologram of the Emperor. Meanwhile, Mart realizes the plan is in trouble, and takes the Ghost to enact a backup plan Ezra had given him by sending a signal over frequency zero to summon help. As the Rebels fight their way to the shield generator, the Emperor tries to tempt Ezra with a promise to revive his parents. Ezra refuses the Emperor's deal and escapes custody, while the Rebels are able to raise the shield before Thrawn can commence bombardment of the city. Zeb is able to trap Rukh inside the generator as it activates, killing him. Gregor is mortally wounded in the fight and dies. Ezra fights his way to Thrawn, and reveals that he arranged Mart to call the purrgil, who arrive and destroy Thrawn's fleet. The purrgil then grab Thrawn's flagship and prepare to drag it into hyperspace. Despite pleas from his friends, Ezra decides to stay on the ship to make sure Thrawn is defeated for good, and they jump away. With Thrawn's fleet gone, the Rebels proceed with the plan to launch and destroy the command center. Pryce chooses to stay and go down with it rather than remain a prisoner of the Rebels. Upon witnessing the destruction of the command center, the people of Lothal celebrate, and Hera is confident that they will be able to resist any Imperial attempts to recapture the planet.
Thanks to the Rebel Alliance's victory at the Battle of Endor, which both Hera and Rex took part in, the feared Imperial counterattack on Lothal never comes, and the Ghost crew go their separate ways. Zeb takes Kallus to Lira San to show him that he did not truly exterminate all of the Lasat species, and that he is welcomed there as one of them. Hera and Rex continued to fight with the Rebel Alliance, and it is revealed Hera gave birth to her and Kanan's son, Jacen Syndulla. Sabine teams up with Ahsoka Tano to search for Ezra, leaving behind a mural on Lothal depicting the "Ghost" crew. |