Spectres The Spectres , also known as the Ghost " team , the crew of the " Ghost , the " Ghost " crew , Spectre cell , and formerly as the Lothal rebels and Lothal resistance cell , were a cell of resistance fighters who primarily operated on the Outer Rim planet Lothal before the Galactic Civil War . The rebels , who operated against the rule of the Galactic Empire , were headquartered in their ship , the " Ghost " , and also carried out operations on other nearby worlds . Each member of the rebellion had lost something to the Imperial regime and fought back in the hopes of someday liberating the galaxy from the Empire ' s rule . The rebels were part of a larger , disconnected rebel movement led by Senator Bail Organa and Ahsoka Tano . This movement would eventually give rise to the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Eventually the Spectres cell was merged with the larger Phoenix Cell . The rebels were led by Kanan Jarrus , a Jedi survivor of Order 66 . The other rebels were Hera Syndulla , the owner and pilot of the " Ghost " ; Lothal orphan - turned - Jedi apprentice Ezra Bridger ; the Mandalorian explosives expert Sabine Wren ; Garazeb Orrelios , the former captain of the Lasan High Honor Guard ; and the astromech droid C1 - 10P , nicknamed " Chopper . " Their operations attracted the attention of Agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau , the Jedi hunter known as the Grand Inquisitor , the menacing Grand Admiral Thrawn , and even Darth Vader , all of whom pursued the rebels in an attempt to destroy them . Description . The Spectres were a small resistance cell that operated off of the planet Lothal , primarily carrying out attacks against the operations of the Galactic Empire on the planet . For a time , the rebels were a five - person crew , with each crew member serving a different function . Kanan Jarrus , a Jedi survivor of Order 66 , was the leader of the crew , while Hera Syndulla was the owner and pilot of the " Ghost " , the ship from which the rebels were headquartered . Garazeb Orrelios was a former member of the Lasan High Honor Guard and one of the few surviving members of the Lasat species , and he acted as the muscle of the crew . Sabine Wren was a Mandalorian warrior and explosives expert , as well as a graffiti artist ; after attacks against the Empire , Wren would leave her own calling card , the starbird , behind so the Empire knew who had attacked them . The crew also had a droid , C1 - 10P , whom they nicknamed " Chopper . " Five years before the Battle of Yavin , the rebels took in Ezra Bridger , a Lothal street orphan , as a member of the crew , and Jarrus trained him in the ways of the Force . History . Origins . The group that became known as the Spectres began with Hera Syndulla , who followed in the footsteps of her father , Cham Syndulla , a resistance fighter who led the Twi ' lek Resistance against the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars and who later rebelled against the Empire . Her operations led her to an information - gathering mission on the planet Gorse , where she met Kanan Jarrus and learned that he was a Jedi who had survived the fall of the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic . After working together to help save Gorse and its moon , Cynda , from Count Denetrius Vidian and the Empire , Jarrus joined Syndulla and her cause . Age of the Empire . Harrying the Empire . In the years that followed , the rebel crew of the " Ghost " grew with the inclusion of Sabine Wren , Garazeb Orrelios , and Chopper . They embarked on a campaign to raid Imperial supply ships , in order to steal their cargo and deliver them to other insurgents . After a successful raiding mission on Ryloth , Jarrus suggested that his crew should hit an convoy en route to the crystalline planet of Christophsis . Once again , the " Ghost " crew was victorious . Shortly thereafter , Hera Syndulla intercepted an Imperial signal that directed the rebels toward their next target , the Wookiee home planet of Kashyyyk . Emerging victorious once again , the " Ghost " crew then focused their attention on the world of Toydaria , where yet another Imperial convoy was headed . When they rebels left Toydaria behind , Sabine Wren suggested a stop at Lothal , a backwater planet in the Outer Rim , so the " Ghost " could be resupplied . They carried out a number of attacks against Imperial operations on and around Lothal , including the raiding of an Imperial supply convoy , the destruction of TIE / ln space superiority starfighter s on a landing pad , and a skirmish with stormtrooper s in Capital City . These attacks against the Empire attracted the attention of Agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau , who intended to destroy the rebels before they could spark a wider rebel movement . The rebels sometimes worked for Cikatro Vizago , a Devaronian crime lord who ran the Broken Horn Syndicate on Lothal . One such job was the heist of weapons for Vizago , as well as supplies for the people of Lothal re - settlement camp 43 , nicknamed " Tarkintown . " During the mission , they were joined by Ezra Bridger , who intended to steal the supplies for himself before the crew taught him the value of helping others . These events led the rebels to rescue a group of Wookiees , who were being held as slaves by the Empire , from the spice mines of the planet Kessel . As a result , the Wookiees became allies of the rebels . Their actions on Kessel attracted the attention of the Grand Inquisitor , a Jedi hunter who intended to hunt down and kill Jarrus and Bridger , who had become Jarrus ' s Jedi apprentice after learning he had an affinity for the Force . Short on funds and supplies , the crew of the " Ghost " accepted another job from Vizago to steal an Imperial shipment of T - 7 ion disruptor rifle s on the nearby planet of Garel . While on their mission , the rebels encountered the droid s R2 - D2 and C - 3PO , who had been sent by the Alderaanian Senator Bail Organa to prevent the weapons from falling into Imperial hands . As a result , the rebels came into contact with Senator Organa , who paid Kanan enough credits to cover their fuel and living expenses . Organa became one of the founders of a wider rebel movement , the Alliance to Restore the Republic , which the Spectres had a hand in forming . Ezra initially had some difficulty adjusting to life on the " Ghost " and initially had an acrimonious relationship with Zeb and Chopper . Following a prank played on Chopper , Ezra and Zeb got into a fight . As punishment , they were sent by Hera to buy a list of groceries . While attempting to steal a crate of meiloorun fruit s , Ezra and Zeb became entangled with the Imperials and stole a TIE fighter . After fleeing the Lothalian town of Kathol , the two rebels freed several farmers who had been arrested by Imperial forces . In the process , they managed to steal a crate of meiloorun fruits . Before returning to the " Ghost " , they hid their stolen fighter , which would be used in a later mission . After receiving information that the Jedi Master Luminara Unduli was being imprisoned at the Spire prison , the crew of the " Ghost " traveled to Stygeon Prime to rescue her . Kanan , who had not completed his Jedi training , was uncomfortable with his own abilities to train Ezra and hoped that Master Luminara would be able to help . However , they stumbled into a trap staged by the Grand Inquisitor , who fought with Kanan and Ezra . Following a skirmish , the rebels managed to escape on the " Phantom " . As a result of their adventure , Ezra became more appreciative of his master Kanan and agreed to continue his Jedi training . During a mission to destroy an Imperial kyber crystal shipment , Ezra infiltrated the Lothal Imperial Academy as an Imperial cadet in order to steal a decoder containing the coordinates of the shipment . While Hera and Kanan waited aboard the " Ghost " , the other rebels Sabine , Chopper , and Zeb remained on stand - by to evacuate Ezra . At the Imperial Academy , Ezra encountered Zare Leonis , an underground rebel sympathizer who had infiltrated the Academy to find his missing sister Dhara Leonis , a star cadet who had disappeared the previous year . After working together to steal the decoder , Chopper passed the decoder to his rebel colleagues , who were then able to intercept the kyber shipment . The rebels then passed the decoder to Merei Spanjaf , Zare ' s girlfriend and a skilled slicer who was trying to hack into the Imperial data network on Lothal . Using the decoder , Merei discovered that Dhara had been forcibly inducted into Project Harvester , a secret program for screening Force - sensitive Academy cadets . As a result of the kyber crystal mission , the Spectres gained new allies . The Stakes Heighten . Over the course of their missions against the Empire , the crew of the " Ghost " were supplied with information on Imperial targets by a mysterious individual known as " Fulcrum " . During a supply run to Fort Anaxes , Sabine confided in her trust issues with Hera , who did not disclose that the rebels were part of a wider network but managed to allay Sabine ' s fears that their struggle was not in vain . After being ambushed by fyrnock s , they were rescued by their fellow crew , who picked them up and the " Phantom " , which had been unable to fly due to a fuel leak . Later , the Spectres disrupted the Empire Day celebrations in Lothal ' s Capital City and fled the planet with the Rodian fugitive Tseebo , an Imperial Information Office employee with classified information about the Empire . Pursued by the Grand Inquisitor , Kanan and Ezra detached the " Phantom " above Fort Anaxes while the other crew of the " Ghost " traveled with Tseebo to rendezvous with " Fulcrum " , who would ferry the fugitive to a safe place . Following a second confrontation with the Grand Inquisitor , Kanan decided that Ezra was ready for his Jedi Trials . The Master and his apprentice then departed to a hidden Jedi Temple on Lothal where Ezra passed his trials with the help of the Jedi Master Yoda and gained a kyber crystal , which he used to built his lightsaber . Short on cash and having accidentally bet on Chopper during a game of sabacc , Kanan and Hera reluctantly accepted a job run from the " galactic entrepreneur " Lando Calrissian to help him steal a puffer pig from the crime lord Azmorigan . After escaping Azmorigan , the " Ghost " broke through the Imperial blockade above Lothal with some difficulty after Ezra and Zeb accidentally released the puffer pig . After losing their TIE pursuers , the crew of the " Ghost " dropped Calrissian at his farm estate on Lothal where they fought off Azmorigan and his henchmen . As payment for their services , the rebels took Calrissian ' s fuel tanks . After hearing a broadcast from the dissident Senator Gall Trayvis to meet at the Lothal City Capitol Building in Lothal ' s Capital City , the rebels decided to attend the Senator ' s meeting . However , since they suspected it was an Imperial trap , Zeb attempted to contact Zare Leonis ' s girlfriend Merei Spanjaf to consult Zare . Merei instead told them to send Chopper to contact Zare , who subsequently arranged to meet with Ezra in the marketplace . There , Leonis revealed that the Empire was staging a major operation at the Senate Building . The rebels rescued Senator Trayvis and managed to elude their Imperial pursuers . However , Trayvis quickly revealed that he was an Imperial spy and attempted to apprehend Hera and Ezra . After knocking out Trayvis , the rebels fled back into hiding . The rebel ' s activities on Lothal and the incompetence of the local Imperial authorities ' efforts to apprehend them led Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin , the Governor of the Outer Rim Territories , to visit the planet to eliminate the rebel cell once and for all . Under Tarkin ' s direction , Agent Kallus and the Grand Inquisitor devised a plan to trap the rebels at the Imperial Communications Center near Jalath . The Spectres had wanted to issue a broadcast in order to counteract the Imperial propaganda on HoloNet . During the mission , Kanan was captured by the Imperials but Ezra managed to deliver his broadcast , which reached Lothal and several neighboring systems . In response , the Empire destroyed the main communications tower to prevent people from hearing their broadcast . Despite Fulcrum ' s orders , the crew of the " Ghost " refused to abandon Kanan and devised a plan to rescue him . After Chopper infiltrated an Imperial communications cruiser and hacked into the Imperial database , the rebels discovered that Kanan had been transferred to the Mustafar system . The Imperials wanted to interrogate Kanan about his knowledge of Fulcrum and the rebel network . Using a stolen Imperial freighter , the rebels managed to infiltrate Tarkin ' s flagship " Sovereign " , rescue Kanan , and kill the Grand Inquisitor . After escaping the doomed warship , the rebels were picked up by Fulcrum and several members of the Phoenix Squadron . Following the rescue mission , the Spectres learnt that they were part of a wider rebel network and that Fulcrum was the Jedi Purge survivor Ahsoka Tano . In response , the Emperor dispatched Darth Vader to deal with the rebels once and for all . At some later point , the crew of the " Ghost " helped to ferry the slicer Merei , her family , the Leonis family , and the fugitive poet Holshef into hiding on the planet Garel . Since the Spectres were unable to travel to Lothal , they made an arrangement with the Ithorian tavern keeper Old Jho to transport the Spanjafs and Leonises to the edge of the Garel system where the " Ghost " would pick them up . After sheltering the Lothalian fugitives Zeb , Sabine , Ezra along with Merei and her mother Jessa borrowed the " Ghost " and took part in an unauthorized mission to rescue Zare , who had been exposed as a traitor and scheduled for execution on Arkanis . Following a skirmish at Area Null , the rebels succeeded in rescuing both Zare and his sister Dhara . A Greater Struggle . Following the rescue of Kanan , the crew of the " Ghost " joined the Phoenix Cell , which was part of a wider rebel network . On one occasion , the crew helped members of the Phoenix Squadron steal shield generators from an Imperial convoy . While Hera and the other rebels were happy to be part of a large struggle , Kanan was reluctant to commit himself to the rebel network since he was still traumatized by the Clone Wars . Shortly later , the rebels returned to Lothal to rescue the Imperial Minister Maketh Tua , who was planning to defect from the Empire . However , Tua was killed by an explosion during the escape attempt , which was then blamed on the crew of the " Ghost " . The Spectres then infiltrated the Imperial Complex in Capital City where they were ambushed by Darth Vader , who engaged Kanan and Ezra in a lightsaber duel . The rebels managed to escape Vader in a stolen shuttle but were unable to flee offworld due to an Imperial blockade . After the rebels discovered that Imperial forces had razed Tarkintown to the ground in retaliation for its inhabitants accepting rebel help , they resolved not to return to Lothal in order to avoid endangering the local people . With the help of Calrissian ' s droid W1 - LE , the Spectres managed to flee the Lothal system by creating sensor buoys that replicated the signal of the shuttle and baffled the Imperial trackers . Unknown to the rebels , Darth Vader had attached a homing beacon to their shuttle with the intention of tracking down the Phoenix rebel fleet . The Spectres managed to rejoin the Phoenix but were soon followed by Darth Vader in his TIE Advanced starfighter . Vader ' s TIE fighter ravaged the Phoenix A - wing starfighters and destroyed the Phoenix flagship " Phoenix Home " . During the battle , Ahsoka flew with the crew of the " Ghost " and managed to probe the mysterious TIE pilot , whom she discovered was her former master Anakin Skywalker . Despite the arrival of Imperial reinforcements , the crew of the " Ghost " then managed to flee into hyperspace with the surviving Phoenix forces . Following the destruction of " Phoenix Home " , the rebels were on the run . While the rebels discussed their next move , Ahsoka sent the crew of the " Ghost " to seek out an old friend on the desert planet of Seelos . This old friend turned out to be the former Clone Captain Rex , who lived with two other Clone veterans Gregor and Wolffe in an antiquated AT - TE walker . Despite initial tensions , Rex agreed to supply the rebels with a list of abandoned Republic bases and facilities in the Outer Rim in exchange for the rebels taking part in a joopa hunt . The rebels ' mission was complicated by the arrival of an Imperial attack force of AT - AT walkers led by Agent Kallus , a perennial foe of the crew of the " Ghost " . With the help of the clones , the rebels managed to defeat the Imperials . Rex then accompanied the rebels back to the Phoenix fleet . With the help of Rex , the rebel network gained access to information on abandoned Republic bases and facilities . Sabine , Zeb , Chopper , and Ezra traveled on the " Phantom " to an abandoned Republic medical station to salvage medical supplies . During the course of their mission , they encountered two Inquisitors known as the Seventh Sister and the Fifth Brother , who ambushed them . Following a struggle , the four rebels managed to escape and warn their fellow rebels about the existence of more Inquisitors . Later , the crew of the " Ghost " took part in a mission to collect fuel cells to relieve the people of the frigid planet of Rinn , which was experiencing an energy crisis . While most of the rebels went to explore the streets of Garel City , Ezra and Chopper stayed aboard the " Ghost " to clean and repair the ship . Shortly later , they received a distress transmission from the crime lord Cikatro Vizago ' s starship , the " Broken Horn " . Ezra and Chopper abandoned their chores and traveled on the " Phantom " to rescue Vizago . Upon arriving in the " Broken Horn " , they encountered Hondo Ohnaka , who claimed he had acquired the " Broken Horn " during a sabacc match with Vizago . The two rebels agreed to help Hondo deliver a shipment of five power generators to an unknown customer , who turned out to be the crime lord Azmorigan , an old enemy of the crew of the " Ghost " . After a skirmish with Azmorigan , Ezra , Chopper , and Hondo traveled back to Garel . On the journey back , they discovered and freed the captive Vizago , who drove Hondo off his ship . Hondo fled on the " Phantom " with the power generators . Enraged at having lost his cargo , Vizago sent Ezra and Chopper back to Garel in an escape pod . Fortunately for them , the " Phantom " had been programmed to fly back to the " Ghost " . Vizago agreed to surrender the power generators to the crew of the " Ghost " in return for keeping the proceeds from his sale to Azmorigan . The crew of the " Ghost " later helped the Phoenix cell deliver supplies to the famine - stricken planet Ibaar , which was being blockaded by an Imperial fleet . After the failure of the first blockade run , Hera along with Sabine and Zeb traveled to the planet Shantipole where they made contact with the Mon Calamari engineer Quarrie , who had designed a prototype Blade Wing starfighter . Following a test run , Hera agreed to pilot the prototype starfighter , which proved crucial during the Phoenix rebels ' second attempt to break the Imperial blockade . During the second blockade run , Kanan , Ezra , and Chopper helmed the " Ghost " which managed to deliver the supplies to the Ibaarians . Meanwhile , Hera successfully tested the Blade Wing ' s combat prowess by destroying an " Arquitens " - class command cruiser . Due to the success of the mission , Hera was promoted to Phoenix Leader ; tying the crew of the " Ghost " closer to the rebel network . In addition , the Phoenix Squadron agreed to produce more B - wing starfighters . The rebels also received an unexpected boost when Quarrie installed a hyperdrive in the " Phantom " . As Phoenix Leader , Hera gained more responsibilities in the Phoenix Squadron . She dispatched Sabine , with Ezra and Chopper as back - up , on a mission to pick up a courier who would respond to the phrase : " It ' s a long way to Alderaan . " This courier turned out to be a GNK - series power droid called EG - 86 . Before the rebels could complete their mission , they were cornered by the bounty hunter Ketsu Onyo , a former friend of Sabine who had left her for dead and joined the Black Sun crime syndicate . Following a struggle in Garel ' s spaceport and space , the rebels and Ketsu were forced to work together to escape an Imperial light cruiser . They managed to escape the Imperials by exploding a stolen passenger shuttle and escaping into hyperspace in Ketsu ' ship " Shadow Caster " . With Kestu ' s help , Sabine succeeded in delivering EG - 86 to other members of the rebel network . Following the disappearance of a rebel patrol in the Del Zennis system , Ezra along with Commander Sato traveled there to investigate its disappearance . They were quickly captured by a new Imperial warship known as the Imperial Interdictor , which was equipped with four Gravity well projector s that were capable of pulling ships out of hyperspace . In response , Hera devised a rescue mission which involved sending Kanan and Rex ( who were disguised as stormtroopers ) and Chopper ( disguised as an Imperial astromech droid ) to infiltrate the warship . This rescue mission proved successful and the rebels not only succeeded in rescuing their compatriots but also managed to destroy the Imperial Interdictor and two Imperial light cruisers . Later , Kanan along with Ezra , Chopper , and Zeb agreed to help the former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano , who had been tracking down the Inquisitors . She discovered that the Inquisitors were also involved in kidnapping Force - sensitive children and sent the crew of the " Ghost " to investigate a set of coordinates on the planet Takobo ' s Hammertown . The four rebels managed to rescue two infants named Alora and Pypey from the Fifth Brother and the Seventh Sister but were unable to defeat the two Inquisitors in combat . Ahsoka arrived on the scene and managed to defeat the two Inquisitors . Together with Ahsoka , the crew of the " Ghost " managed to flee Takobo before the arrival of Imperial reinforcements . Eluding the Empire . Following an Imperial assault on the planet Garel , the crew of the " Ghost " and the rest of the Phoenix rebels were forced to flee into hiding . After escaping their Imperial pursuers , the rebels split into two groups . While Hera , Sabine , and Zeb joined the rest of the Phoenix fleet , Ezra along with Kanan and Chopper traveled back to Lothal . Ezra had received a Force vision of his parents Ephraim and Mira Bridger , which had coincided with a prison break - out on that planet . After arriving , Ezra and his companions managed to track down a former prison inmate called " Prisoner X - 10 " , who used to be the former Governor Ryder Azadi . From Azadi , Ezra and his companions learned that his parents had heard his passionate broadcast which had inspired them to stage a break - out . However , they were killed during the escape attempt . Having learned about the fate of his parents , Ezra was able to make peace with his past . The Spectres subsequently participated in a mission to obtain ships for the Rebellion . Senator Bail Organa had heard about the Phoenix rebels ' losses on Garel and sent his adopted daughter Prince ss Leia Organa to deliver three " Sphyrna " - class corvettes to the rebels . Since the Alderaanians could not be seen directly supporting the rebels , Princess Leia had arranged for the corvettes to be delivered to Lothal , where they would be stolen by the rebels there . Hera relayed their instructions to Kanan and Ezra , who infiltrated the Imperial depot where Leia was scheduled to arrive . The two rebels , who were disguised in Imperial uniforms , managed to make contact with Princess Leia . However , the rebels ' problems were complicated when the Imperial lieutenant Yogar Lyste fastened gravity lock s to the ships . After reuniting in Lothal ' s wilderness , the crew of the " Ghost " rescued Ryder Azadi , who had been detained by a roving Imperial patrol , and pretended to " kidnap " Princess Leia . With the help of Leia and Azadi , the rebels devised a plan to infiltrate the Imperial depot and steal the three corvettes . While Leia along with Kanan and Ezra entered the base under the ruse of having escaped the rebels , Chopper , Sabine , Kanan , and Azadi disabled the gravity locks on the corvettes . During the ensuing raid , Hera and Zeb provided air support by using the " Ghost " to harry the Imperial garrison . The mission proved successful and the rebels succeeded in delivering all three Hammerhead corvettes to the Phoenix Group . Hera and Sabine later led a mission to negotiate safe passage through the Concord Dawn system with Fenn Rau , the leader of a Mandalorian faction known as the Journeyman Protector s . With the Empire hunting them down , the rebellion needed a short cut into the Lothal sector . However , the rebel mission was attacked by Rau ' s Fang fighter s and Hera was gravely wounded . Rau had aligned the Protectors with the Empire and represented the Empire on Concord Dawn . Following the attack , Sabine along with Kanan and Chopper took part in a mission to destroy the Protectors ' Fang fighters . After a second failed round of talks with Rau , the rebels destroyed the remaining Fang fighters and kidnapped Rau , who agreed to grant the rebels safe passage through the system in return for keeping his capture a secret from the Empire . After Ezra received a tip - off from his one - time business partner Hondo Ohnaka , the crew of the " Ghost " rescued two Lasat named Gron and Chava the Wise from Nixus Hub 218 . The two Lasat were on a quest to find Lira San , a legendary safe refuge for the Lasat species . Zeb reluctantly agreed to help his compatriots in their quest by fulfilling an ancient Lasat prophecy . Using his bo - rifle to interact with the Force , Zeb guided the " Ghost " through a collapsed star cluster that led them to Lira San . There , Zeb and the other Lasat discovered that Lira San was the original Lasat homeworld and that it was already teeming with millions of Lasat . Due to his role in the rediscovery of Lira San , Zeb gained a greater sense of destiny and confidence . The crew of the " Ghost " then departed back into the known galaxy . Short of fuel , the rebels raided a Mining Guild Asteroid Belt Gas Refinery to obtain more fuel for the " Ghost " and the Phoenix Squadron . On the way , they encountered a herd of purrgil , large space - dwelling creatures capable of traveling through hyperspace . While Hera and Zeb manned the ship ' s controls , Kanan , Sabine , Chopper , and Ezra raided the facility and fought with Mining Guild security forces under Boss Yushyn . With the help of the purrgil , the rebels managed to steal the fuel canisters and to power up the " Ghost " . They then traveled into hyperspace with the purrgil . Later , the Spectres took part in a mission to steal an Imperial " Quasar Fire " - class cruiser - carrier orbiting the Twi ' lek homeworld of Ryloth . Phoenix Squadron had sustained the loss of one starfighter during a mission and needed a place to land their remaining vessels . In response , Commander Sato suggested that they steal the Imperial fighter carrier . Hera and the crew of the Ghost made contact with the Twi ' lek Resistance and their leader Cham Syndulla , her father . Together , the rebels hatched a plan to steal the carrier . However , the mission was complicated by Cham ' s own agenda to destroy the carrier . After a struggle with both Cham ' s resistance fighters and Imperial reinforcements , the crew of the Ghost managed to capture the fighter carrier for the rebellion . The rebels later traveled to Geonosis with Rex to investigate an Imperial construction module . However , they quickly stumbled into a trap set by Agent Kallus . Following a struggle , the rebels with the exception of Zeb managed to escape back to the " Ghost " and flee into space . Zeb fled into an escape pod but was followed by Kallus . Together , the two landed on the icy moon of Bahryn where they struck up an unlikely friendship to survive the cold and to fight off several bonzami predator ] ] s . Meanwhile , the other crew of the " Ghost " embarked on a search - and - rescue mission for Zeb . After some frantic searching , Zeb was able to activate his transponder which enabled his fellow rebels to pick him up on Bahryn . Several months later , Kanan , Chopper , and Ezra scouted the planet Oosalon as the site of a potential rebel base . However , Kanan and Ezra were ambushed by two Inquisitors known as the Fifth Brother and the Seventh Sister . Despite escaping , Kanan realized that he and Ezra would be unable to help the rebellion as long as the Inquisitors were hunting them down . Together with Ahsoka , Kanan , Ezra and Chopper left their comrades behind on the " Ghost " while they traveled on the " Phantom " to the Jedi Temple on Lothal to seek answers from Master Yoda on how to deal with the threat of the Inquisitors . On Lothal , Kanan passed his Jedi trials and became a Jedi Knight while Ezra met with Yoda . The Jedi and Chopper managed to escape before the Inquisitors and Darth Vader arrived . Finding a new base . Later , the crew of the " Ghost " took part in a mission to steal fuel from the Imperial depot at Horizon Base . The Phoenix rebels had identified Berzite ' s moon in the Yost system as a potential site for a rebel base but the fleet ' s fighter - carrier lacked sufficient fuel to travel there . While Kanan , Hera , Ezra , Zeb , and Sabine raided the heist , Chopper was assigned to guard the ship . However , the droid neglected his duties and became distracted by a droid leg being sold . Despite stealing the fuel , the other rebels were forced to leave Chopper behind when he was nowhere to be found . While the other rebels headed back to the Phoenix fleet , Chopper fled aboard an Imperial cargo ship and befriended a maltreated Imperial inventory droid named AP - 5 . Joining forces , they managed to seize control of the ship and drive out most of the Imperial crew with the exception of the captain . Meanwhile , Hera and the other rebels managed to return to the fleet only to find it under attack from Imperial forces under Admiral Kassius Konstantine . With some difficulty , they managed to dock in the rebel fighter carrier and deliver the necessary fuel supplies . Chopper and AP - 5 then informed Hera that the Empire had set a trap in the Yost system . Despite being attacked by the Imperial captain , AP - 5 , with Chopper ' s help , managed to relay the coordinates for Atollon to Hera and Commander Sato . Using this information , the rebel fleet was able to flee to Atollon . Chopper and AP - 5 rejoined them there with their stolen cargo ship . Sabine also managed to repair AP - 5 , who had been badly damaged by the Imperial captain , using parts from Chopper ' s stolen droid leg . The Spectres aided the Phoenix Squadron ' s efforts to establish a base on Atollon . In honor of Chopper ' s efforts to find the planet , the base was named Chopper Base . While delivering supplies to Chopper Base , tensions developed between Hera and Kanan over the latter and Ezra ' s plans to travel with the former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano on a quest to the planet Malachor . Hera wanted to accompany Kanan and Ezra but Kanan insisted that it was a journey alone for the Jedi to make . After the disappearance of Lieutenant Dicer , the crew of the " Ghost " and Rex were involved in a confrontation with a nest of spider - like creatures called krykna . Following a struggle , the crew of the " Ghost " managed to escape the krykna . Later , Kanan made a promise to Hera to return safely before departing with Ezra and Ahsoka for Malachor . While Hera , Sabine , and Zeb stayed behind on Atollon , Kanan , Ezra , Chopper accompanied Ahsoka on a mission to seek knowledge on how to defeat the Sith from the Malachor Sith temple . During the course of their mission , the Jedi and Ahsoka encountered an Inquisitor known as the Eighth Brother . During the struggle , Ezra was separated and encountered the former Sith apprentice known as Maul ; who sought to tempt Ezra over to the dark side of the Force . Together , Ezra and Maul worked to obtain a Sith holocron which Maul claimed contained the knowledge necessary to defeat the Sith . Meanwhile , Kanan and Ahsoka captured the Eighth Brother with the help of Chopper . However , they were later ambushed by the Fifth Brother and the Seventh Sister . With the help of Maul , the Jedi and Ahsoka managed to drive the Inquisitors away . Since the Inquisitors had alerted Darth Vader to their presence , Maul convinced the Jedi and Ahsoka to work with him to place the holocron in the temple ' s obelisk . Maul managed to slay the Inquisitors but then blinded Kanan and attacked Ahsoka . Despite being blinded , Kanan managed to use his Force powers and other senses to push Maul into a chasm . Meanwhile , Ezra placed the holocron in the temple ' s obelisk only to discover that the Sith temple was a battle station capable of destroying all life . The rebels ' predicament was further aggravated by the arrival of Darth Vader , who bested Ezra and destroyed his lightsaber . Working together , Ezra and Kanan managed to remove the Sith holocron ; causing the temple to undergo an implosion . Ezra and Kanan managed to flee with Chopper aboard the " Ghost " but Ahsoka stayed behind to confront her former mentor . The Sith temple imploded and Ahsoka was presumed dead by Ezra and Kanan . Upon returning to Chopper Base , the Spectres were forced to come to terms with Kanan ' s blindness and Ahsoka ' s presumed death . The events on Malachor increased Ezra ' s interest in the dark side and he managed to open the Sith holocron in secret . The shadow of Thrawn and Maul . Due to his blinding , Kanan retreated from the forefront to meditate in the Force . Two years before the Battle of Yavin , his apprentice Ezra took up a greater leadership role in the rebellion . Ezra led the Spectres on a mission to rescue the Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka from the Imperial prison on Naraka . While Ezra ' s Force powers and combat skills had grown , his use of the Sith holocron strained relations with Kanan . After rescuing Hondo , the rebels learned that the Empire was dismantling old Y - wing starfighters at Reklam Station inside the gas planet of Yarma . While Ezra and his team undertook a recon mission to Reklam Station , Kanan encountered a powerful Force - wielded named the Bendu ; who taught him to overcome his fears so that he could be there for Ezra . Meanwhile , Ezra disobeyed orders and ordered his team to steal the Y - wings without consulting with Hera and Commander Sato . Despite freeing the Ugnaught laborers and stealing the starfighters , Ezra ' s actions destroyed the Imperial junkyard and drew the attention of Grand Admiral Thrawn . The team managed to escape with the help of the Phoenix rebels , Hera , and Kanan but the ship " Phantom " was destroyed . Due to his actions , Ezra was suspended from his position as Lieutenant Commander . Later , Maul kidnapped Hera , Zeb , Chopper , and Sabine and forced Kanan and Ezra to bring him the Sith holocron from Malachor and Kanan Jarrus ' holocron . Maul hoped to combine the powers of the two . Following a trial , Ezra and Kanan managed to retake the Sith holocron from a krykna cave near the Bendu ' s domain . Meanwhile , the other rebels tried to overpower Maul but were bested by the former Sith apprentice . Ezra and Kanan rendezvoused with Maul at an abandoned Mandalorian station . Maul made Ezra to help him to combine the two holocrons in order to see visions of the future . Meanwhile , Kanan freed the other rebels . Despite rescuing Ezra and recovering both holocrons , they failed to stop Maul from escaping . Following their encounter with Maul , the Spectres took part in the rebel response to an Imperial attack on a rebel food convoy near Teralov . Hera assigned Sabine on an undercover mission to extricate several defecting cadets from the elite Skystrike Academy . Ezra , Kanan , and Chopper were stationed aboard a rebel CR90 corvette that would pick up Sabine and the defecting cadets . Despite some difficulties , Sabine and two Imperial cadets Wedge Antilles and Hobbie managed to escape with the help of Agent Kallus , who told Sabine that he and Zeb were even . Meanwhile , Hera and Zeb escorted a second food convoy to Teralov . The Spectres later joined their comrades in welcoming Wedge and Hobbie into the rebellion . The Spectres later took part in a supply run to the planet Ryloth , which was blockaded by an Imperial fleet . After rescuing Hera ' s father Cham Syndulla and fellow Ryloth fighter Numa from an Imperial patrol , the Spectres learned about the military advances made by Grand Admiral Thrawn . At Hera ' s urging , the Spectres joined Cham ' s rebels in undertaking a mission to recover the Kalikori , a family heirloom that belonged to Hera ' s late mother . While Hera , Ezra , and Chopper infiltrated the former Syndulla residence , the other Spectres and Cham ' s rebels staged a diversionary attack in the Tulara Ravine . Hera and Ezra were captured by Thrawn and failed to recover the Kalikori . However , they were able to escape when Chopper used explosives to sabotage Captain Slavin ' s attempted prisoner exchange . The two rebel cells then retreated into Ryloth ' s plains . The Spectres and Rex later undertook a mission to salvage proton bomb s from a derelict Separatist supply ship on Agamar . While Hera and Sabine stayed aboard the " Ghost " , the other rebels explored the supply ship only to be captured by the Separatist super tactical droid Kalani . Rex , Ezra , and Kanan reluctantly agreed to take part in a simulated battle in order to rescue Zeb . Meanwhile , Chopper managed to elude capture and dispatched a distress signal to Imperial forces under Governor Arihnda Pryce . While Hera and Sabine escaped a TIE patrol , the other Spectres and Rex joined forces with Kalani to escape Imperial forces . During the mission , the rebels also gained a new shuttle called " Phantom II " . After the rebellion lost contact with the Protectors , Hera dispatched Sabine , Ezra , and Chopper to escort Fenn Rau on a mission to investigate the situation on the third moon of Concord Dawn . Meanwhile , Kanan and Zeb stayed aboard a rebel CR90 corvette with Hera . On the third moon , the rebels and Rau discovered that the Imperial Viceroy of Mandalore Gar Saxon had decimated the Protectors . Sabine , Ezra , and Chopper managed to escape Saxon following a skirmish and with the help of Rau . Admiring Sabine ' s courage and loyalty , he decided to join the rebellion . The Spectres later joined forces with Phoenix Squadron to evacuate rebel sympathizers on Mykapo . Their ship the " Ghost " was involved in a brief skirmish above Mykapo with an advance Imperial rebel patrol and a local rebel cell called the Iron Squadron . After eliminating the Imperial forces , Hera sent Kanan and Zeb down on the " Phantom II " to assist with the evacuation efforts while she , Ezra , Sabine , and Chopper went to meet with the Iron Squadron . Despite their failed attempt to convince the Squadron to leave Mykapo with them , Ezra and Sabine persisted and managed to convince the squadron with the exception of captain Mart Mattin to leave with them . The Spectres and Mattin ' s comrades later took part in a successful mission to rescue Mattin from Imperial forces led by Admiral Konstantine . At the urging of Ezra , the crews of the " Ghost " struck a deal with the pirate Hondo and the crime lord Azmorigan to recover cargo from an Imperial cargo ship that was trapped in the planet Wynkahthu ' s upper atmosphere . Hondo managed to persuade the Spectres to help by pointing to the presence of proton bombs aboard the ship , a commodity desired by the rebellion . With the help of the former Imperial inventory droid AP - 5 , the rebels planned a successful mission to extract the bombs and the treasures inside . Despite the presence of armed Imperial sentry droid s , the rebels and their confederates succeeded in achieving their objectives before the cargo ship was destroyed by a vortex . Later , Ezra along with Kanan and Chopper undertook a mission to infiltrate the Imperial Armory Complex on the planet Lothal . The Phoenix Squadron had learned from an informant that the Empire was developing a new weapon and planned to destroy the factory . After establishing contact with Ryder Azadi ' s local rebel cell , Ezra and his team infiltrated the factory with the help of the former farmer Morad Sumar . Despite Sumar ' s death , they managed to escape a lockdown implemented by Grand Admiral Thrawn and steal the plans with the help of Agent Kallus , who identified himself as Fulcrum . After returning to Ryder ' s base , the rebels discovered that Thrawn was developing a new prototype starfighter that was equipped with deflector shield s . Meanwhile , Thrawn took an interest in the rebel cell ' s attachment to Lothal . Following Ezra and his team ' s mission , Hera began planning an attack on the Lothal Imperial factory . She planned to deploy her crew and a small part of Phoenix Squadron . Ezra was charged with carrying out reconnaissance work on Imperial military movements . However , Ezra was relieved of his duties after succumbing to dark side attacks from the former Sith Maul . While Hera and the rest of the team proceeded with their mission , Ezra , Kanan , and Sabine stayed behind to deal with Maul . They followed Maul to the planet Dathomir . After fighting off the spirits of fallen Nightsisters , Ezra and his friends learned that the Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi held the key to destroying the Sith . Later , the Spectres and Rex undertook a mission on behalf of Senator Organa to find the rebel operative Saw Gerrera , who had traveled to Geonosis to investigate the apparent disappearance of the Geonosian species . After linking up with Saw , the rebels encountered the Geonosian Klik - Klak and obtained a deflector core . During the mission , the rebels learned that Klik - Klak was the guardian of a Geonosian queen ' s egg and that the Empire had perpetrated genocide against the species . Despite a tense relationship with Saw , the rebels managed to work together to escape an " Arquitens " - class command cruiser commanded by Captain Brunson . While Hera , Kanan , Ezra , and Sabine joined the Phoenix rebels on a training exercise , Zeb was made Chief of Security and stayed behind to guard Chopper Base . Chopper and the former Imperial inventory droid AP - 5 also stayed behind to keep him company . The three rebels played an important role in neutralizing the Imperial E - XD infiltrator droid EXD - 9 which had infiltrated the base . Working together , they reprogrammed EXD - 9 into an improvised bomb which destroyed an Imperial Star Destroyer . After Zeb reported the incident , Hera and the other Spectres returned to the base in time to receive a recorded message from Fulcrum praising them for their ingenuity in neutralizing the infiltrator droid . At the urging of Fenn Rau and the other Spectres , Sabine Wren agreed to learn how to wield the Darksaber , an ancient Mandalorian symbol of power and leadership . Hera and Fenn wanted Sabine to lead the Mandalorians over to the rebellion . After overcoming her self - doubt and fears , Sabine learned how to wield the Darksaber under the tutelage of Kanan and Ezra . Putting her skills and training into action , Sabine along with Ezra , Kanan , Chopper , and Fenn traveled to the Clan Wren stronghold on Krownest on a mission to seek the support of Sabine ' s family for the rebellion . While Ursa Wren was initially unwilling to break with the Empire , she changed her mind after Viceroy Gar Saxon tried to exterminate her family . After Sabine defeated Saxon and Ursa killed the Viceroy , she stayed behind with Fenn to help her family reunify the Mandalorians . Kanan , Ezra , and Chopper rejoined the rebellion . After learning that Grand Admiral Thrawn was tracking Agent Kallus ' Fulcrum transmissions , Ezra , Chopper , Kanan , Rex , and AP - 5 took part in a mission to rescue the rogue ISB agent . This mission involved infiltrating Thrawn ' s flagship " Chimaera " and deleting data on Atollon ' s location Kallus managed to evade detection by framing Lieutenant Yogar Lyste while the Spectres and Rex escaped on a stolen Imperial shuttle . However , Thrawn realized that Kallus was the real rebel spy but decided to use Kallus to ferret out Chopper Base . Joining the Alliance . While Kanan volunteered for a supply run , Hera and the remaining Spectres undertook a mission to ferry the former Imperial Senator Mon Mothma through the Archeon Nebula . Despite being pursued by a prototype TIE Defender and Star Destroyers , the Spectres managed to safely deliver Mothma to the planet Dantooine where she gave a speech that was broadcast across the galaxy . Shortly later , they were joined by the rebel fleet and the Rebel Alliance came into existence . Hera later sent Chopper along with AP - 5 and Wedge Antilles on a mission to steal a set of clearance codes from the Imperial Security Bureau station on Killun 71 . The rebels needed these codes for their upcoming raid on Lothal . Hera tasked AP - 5 with stealing the codes due to his familiarity with the Empire . However , the mission was complicated when Chopper was hijacked by a team of Imperial slicers based aboard a " Gozanti " - class cruiser . The Imperial - controlled Chopper tried to expose the other rebels to zero gravity space and transmit Chopper Base ' s location to the team ' s controller LT - 319 . However , AP - 5 managed to help the Spectres regain control of their ship and restore Chopper ' s programming . In retaliation for tampering with Chopper , Hera transmitted a large amount of data which overloaded the Imperial cruiser ' s systems , causing the ship to explode . The Spectres and Wedge then rescued AP - 5 from space but the droid was upset with them for breaking his solitude . After Ezra received apparent messages from Kanan ' s Jedi holocron and the Malachor Sith holocron indicating that Master Obi - Wan Kenobi was in danger from Maul , the Spectres , Rex , and Commander Sato met to discuss the predicament . With Kanan unsure , Hera counselled Ezra to stay behind on Atollon for the upcoming strike on Lothal . Despite Hera ' s advice , Ezra and Chopper traveled on an errant mission to Tatooine to find Kenobi . After being attacked by Tusken Raider s and enduring trials in the desert , the two were rescued by Master Kenobi . With Kenobi ' s help , the two returned to Atollon on Maul ' s starship " Nightbrother " while Kenobi defeated and killed Maul once and for all . Later , the Spectres along with Phoenix Squadron and General Jan Dodonna ' s Massassi Group prepared to launch their attack on Lothal . However , Grand Admiral Thrawn learned about their attack and the location of Chopper Base . He blockaded the Atollon system with his Seventh Fleet , trapping the rebels in the system . With the rebel fleet unable to jump into hyperspace due to an interdictor vessel , Captain Syndulla convinced the rebels to launch an attack on the blockade so that Ezra and Chopper could seek help offworld aboard the " Nightbrother " . Despite heavy losses , Ezra and Chopper managed to flee into hyperspace after Commander Sato rammed his flagship " Phoenix Nest " into Admiral Konstantine ' s interdictor cruiser . After Mon Mothma was unable to help , Ezra solicited the aid of Sabine and Clan Wren . While the Spectres and the other rebels dug in for Thrawn ' s ground assault , Ezra managed to convince Ursa Wren to send volunteers and starships to Atollon . Meanwhile , Kanan unsuccessfully petitioned Bendu but the enigmatic Force - wielder unleashed a storm against the rebels and Imperials . Thrawn ' s forces stormed the base but the Spectres and the remaining rebels managed to escape due to Bendu ' s attack . Meanwhile , Ezra and the Mandalorians destroyed Thrawn ' s second interdictor cruiser . This allowed the surviving rebel forces including the Spectres to flee to Yavin 4 . Beyond Atollon . In return for Clan Wren ' s help during the Battle of Atollon , Hera managed to convince Mon Mothma to allow Kanan , Ezra , and Chopper to assist Sabine and Clan Wren ' s forces on a mission to Mandalore to rescue Sabine ' s father Alrich Wren . Following a skirmish at an Imperial prison , the Spectres and their Mandalorian allies managed to rescue Alrich with the help of Lady Bo - Katan Kryze . After Governor Tiber Saxon deployed a powerful energy weapon known as the " Duchess " , the Spectres undertook a join mission with their Mandalorian allies to destroy the weapon . This mission was important for Sabine since she had a role in building the weapon . The rebels and their Mandalorian allies destroyed the " Duchess " and Tiber Saxon ' s Star Destroyer . After Hera ' s Y - wing squadron survived an Imperial ambush , the Spectres at the request of Mon Mothma undertook a mission to plant a spike on the Imperial relay on the planet Jalindi . The mission involved Sabine , Ezra , and Chopper landing on the relay before being extracted by the other Spectres aboard the " Ghost " . However , the Spectres were detected and a skirmish broke out with Imperial forces under Commander Brom Titus . The Spectres received help from an unlikely source in the form of Saw Gerrera , the leader of the Partisans . Saw destroyed the Jalindi relay and Titus ' light cruiser " Marauder " and then rescued Sabine , Ezra , and Chopper . Saw then enlisted Sabine , Ezra , and Chopper on a mission to investigate why the Empire had sterilized Geonosis . Their mission involved hitchhiking Freighter 2716 at Faos Station and then traveling to the Tonnis sector . Aboard the freighter , they encountered a squad of death trooper s and discovered that the freighter was transporting a large kyber crystal and various civilians who had been conscripted for some unknown project . While Saw was determined to discover what the Empire was building , Sabine and Ezra also insisted on rescuing the civilians . Instead of discovering the weapon , the freighter rendezvoused with Captain Slavin ' s Star Destroyer in the Tonnis sector . Unwilling to concede defeat , Saw sabotaged the ship ' s hyperdrive , destabilized the kyber crystal , and then escaped a U - wing with his fellow Partisan Edrio . After fighting off the death trooper commander DT - F16 and her troops , the three Spectres and civilians escaped the doomed freighter aboard a " Lambda " - class shuttle . They narrowly escape an explosion triggered by the unstable kyber crystal which destroyed both the freighter and Slavin ' s Star Destroyer . Sabine and her team were picked up by Hera and Kanan . While the Spectres succeeded in recruiting new rebels , they were still no closer to uncovering the Empire ' s secret project . Return to Lothal . Despite their many offworld adventures with the Rebel Alliance , the Spectres would always find themselves drawn back to Lothal . This led Kanan to speculate that Ezra had a special connection to the planet . After receiving information from their local contact Ryder Azadi , the Spectres undertook a mission to gather intelligence for the Rebellion on the Empire ' s new TIE Defender starfighter . Traveling to Lothal , the Spectres infiltrated the planet aboard the smuggler Cikatro Vizago ' s freighter " Broken Horn " . While entering the planet ' s atmosphere , Ezra found that much of Lothal was covered in smoke and that the plains had been burned . Upon landing in Capital City , the Spectres managed to avoid a stormtrooper search party by using puffer pigs as a distraction . Ezra and Sabine then sought out the bartender and rebel contact Jho at his bar only to discover that Jho had already been executed by the Empire . Old Jho ' s Pit Stop had been taken over by the Imperial TIE pilot Baron Valen Rudor . Ezra and Sabine narrowly avoided capture with the help of Jai Kell , a Force - sensitive cadet whom Ezra had helped escaped from the Lothal Imperial Academy . Meanwhile , Hera and Kanan shared a brief passionate moment . Despite being pursued by Imperial forces , the Spectres managed to escape through the sewers and rendezvous with Ryder Azadi and his local insurgents . After linking up with Ryder ' s group , the two rebel cells traveled to a remote Imperial testing facility in Lothal ' s wilderness where the Empire planned to test their new TIE Defender Elite . Sabine devised a plan that involved her and Ezra stealing the fighter ' s flight data recorder . The rebels ' mission was complicated by the arrival of their long - time enemies Grand Admiral Thrawn and Governor Pryce . Before the test pilot Vult Skerris could fly the TIE Defender , Ezra and Sabine stole the starfighter and escaped . The two rebels managed to defeat three TIE Interceptors and crash - land the fighter in the wilderness . The two rebels recovered the flight data recorder but hid the fighter ' s hyperdrive since Ryder ' s U - wing lacked one . Ezra and Sabine also encountered a mythical loth - wolf , which helped them find their way back to the other rebels . Ezra later related this encounter to Kanan , who concluded that " all paths were coming together . " The following day , Ezra along with Zeb and Jai Kell set out to find the TIE Defender ' s hyperdrive while the other rebels waited at the Lothal resistance camp . The Spectres ' efforts to recover the hyperdrive were complicated by the arrival of the Noghri Rukh , who had been dispatched by Thrawn to ferret out the rebels . Despite being pursued by Rukh and Imperial reinforcements , the Spectres and Lothal resistance managed to recover the TIE Defender ' s hyperdrive and install it on Ryder ' s U - wing . Hera and Chopper departed Lothal with the flight data recorder aboard the U - wing while Kanan , Ezra , Sabine , and Zeb stayed behind with Ryder . Hera and Chopper escaped the Imperial orbital blockade and returned to Yavin 4 with the necessary information . Meanwhile , Kanan and the others escaped through a series of tunnels and caves into Lothal ' s southern hemisphere with the help of a pack of loth - wolves . Kanan deduced that the loth - wolves were linked to the Force and had a special connection with Lothal . While Hera worked to convince the Alliance leadership to attack the Imperial factories on Lothal , the other Spectres and Ryder encountered the Mining Guild ore crawler Crawler 413 - 24 in Lothal ' s plains . The ore crawler was stripping the planet ' s surface of minerals to fuel Lothal ' s factories , in the process razing the planet ' s plains . The rebels fought and killed two Trandoshan Mining Guild overseers Seevor and Proach and freed the slaves aboard the crawler including Vizago , who had helped smuggle them into Lothal earlier . The Spectres also narrowly avoided capture from an Imperial patrol . By liberating the slaves , the Spectres gained new recruits for the Rebellion . Hera later informed her comrades that the Alliance leadership had authorized a strike on Lothal . Accompanied by Chopper , Hera led a squadron of T - 65B X - wing starfighter s on a mission to raid the Lothal Imperial factories . Meanwhile , the other Spectres planted explosives on the turrets of the air defenses outside the Imperial Armory Complex . Though Hera and Chopper managed to take out the Imperial ace pilot Vult Skerris and a light cruiser , much of the rebel strike force was wiped out by Thrawn ' s fleet and TIE fighters . Hera and some of the pilots including Mart Mattin and his astromech droid R3 - A3 managed to crash - land in Capital City . With the strike team in tatters , the rebels on the ground withdrew from the city . Kanan also encountered a loth - wolf which addressed him by his birth name of Caleb . Chopper along with Matt managed to flee into the sewers but Hera was captured by Rukh , who handed her over to Governor Pryce . Kanan ' s death . Following the failed attack on the Imperial Armory Complex , the remaining Spectres regrouped at the Lothal cliff dwelling . They mounted a rescue mission which involved constructing three Loth - bat glider s . While Zeb and Chopper assisted with the lift - off , Kanan , Ezra , and Sabine traveled on the loth - bat gliders to the " Dome " , the center of Imperial power on Lothal . Meanwhile , Hera held out against Governor Pryce ' s interrogation long enough for Kanan to rescue her . Despite being pursued by Rukh , Hera and Kanan managed to escape to the Lothal City fuel depot where they were joined by Ezra and Sabine , who had stolen two patrol transports . That night , Hera expressed her love for Kanan . However , they were pursued by Governor Pryce , who had assembled a phalanx of AT - AT walkers . Determined to destroy the Spectres once and for all , Governor Pryce bombarded the fuel depot . However , Kanan used the Force to hold back the explosive wave long enough for his rebel comrades to escape on the patrol transport . Kanan was killed during the ensuing explosion . Kanan ' s death had a profound impact on his fellow Spectres , particularly his lover Hera Syndulla . Ezra was devastated by the loss of his mentor . Sabine and Zeb sought revenge against the Empire while even Chopper was sorrowful . While surveying Capital City , Sabine and Zeb discovered that Kanan ' s death had not been in vain . The destruction of the fuel depot had wiped out the Empire ' s fuel supply on Lothal and damaged Thrawn ' s TIE Defender factory ; disrupted TIE Defender production on Lothal . Sabine and Zeb also defeated Rukh in combat but spared his life . Meanwhile , Ezra was kidnapped by a pack of loth - wolves who were led by a white alpha male known as " Dume . " From " Dume " , Ezra learnt that the Empire was threatening the Lothal Jedi temple . Back at the Lothal cliff dwelling , Chopper convinced Hera to honor Kanan ' s sacrifice by adding a piece of his Jedi holocron to her Kalikori , which Kanan had recovered from Thrawn ' s office . Having made peace with Kanan ' s passage , the rebels then proceeded on a mission to save the Lothal Jedi Temple . Return to the Lothal Jedi Temple . Using Ezra ' s connection to the Force , the Spectres were able to ride a pack of loth - wolves to the Lothal Jedi Temple , which lay in the planet ' s northern hemisphere . There , they discovered that the Empire and Mining Guild had begun excavating the Lothal Jedi Temple in order to access its powers . While Hera , Zeb , and Chopper monitored the outskirts of the Imperial excavation site , Ezra and Sabine infiltrated the camp disguised as scout troopers . Using the Lothal Jedi Temple key stone provided by the loth - wolves , Ezra began to unlock the painting of the Mortis god s . Though Sabine was captured by the Imperial Minister Veris Hydan , Ezra managed to unlock the portal and enter the World between worlds , a mystical dimension of the Force that connected all space and time . There , he discovered a portal which led to the time of the Mission to Malachor and rescued Ahsoka Tano before Darth Vader could finish her off . After Tano convinced Ezra to honor his fallen master ' s sacrifice , the two then escaped Darth Sidious , who tried to capture them . Meanwhile , Zeb , Hera , and Chopper managed to help Sabine escape from Hydan ' s command center . While Sabine returned to Malachor , Ezra exited the portal on Lothal . Before escaping with his rebel comrades , Ezra sealed the portal to the World between worlds . This caused the Lothal Jedi Temple to sink into the ground , taking Hydan with it . The Spectres escaped in a stolen Mining Guild excavation driller . Reflecting on the sunken Lothal Jedi Temple , Ezra and Hera finally made with Kanan ' s death . Liberation of Lothal . As part of Ezra ' s plan to liberate Lothal , Hera traveled to the planet Seelos with Rex and Kallus to recruit the former Clone Commandos " Gregor " and " Wolffe " , the pirate Hondo Ohnaka , the Ugnaught Melch , and Ketsu Onyo . Back on Lothal , Ezra devised a plan which involved using the former Governor Ryder Azadi to lure Governor Pryce into a trap . Governor Pryce and Rukh led a fleet of patrol transports and stormtroopers to attack the Lothal cliff dwelling . Ezra , Sabine , Zeb , and Chopper took part in the defense of the rebel base . Governor Pryce ' s forces eventually overwhelmed the Spectres and the Lothal resistance and proceeded to take them captive . However , Hera and her reinforcements had managed to slip pass the Imperial blockade on the " Ghost " and attacked Pryce ' s forces . Pryce and her stormtroopers were defeated when Ezra unleashed a pack of loth - wolves on the Imperials . The Spectres managed to capture Pryce and several stormtroopers but Rukh managed to escape . With Pryce capture , the rebels then proceeded on the next stage of their plan : driving the Empire out of Lothal . Using the captive Governor Pryce , the Spectres and their rebel allies managed to infiltrate the " Dome " . After subduing the guards and seizing control of the command center , the rebels proceeded with Ryder ' s plan which involved using Protocol 13 to order a mass evacuation of Imperial forces on Lothal . As part of Protocol 13 , the Imperial forces would evacuate aboard the Dome , which turned out to be a mobile Imperial Planetary Occupation Facility . The plan worked and the Imperial forces returned to the " Dome " . Before the rebels could take - off into space , Grand Admiral Thrawn returned aboard the " Chimaera " and blocked their path . Thrawn then bombarded Capital City . In order to stop the bombardment , Ezra traveled up to the " Chimaera " to discuss terms with Thrawn . Meanwhile , Hera split the rebel forces into two teams and sent them to restore the deflector shields . Sabine and Chopper remained with Hera and the captive Pryce in the command center while Zeb accompanied Kallus and Gregor to the south tower . Aboard the " Chimaera " , Ezra confronted Thrawn who brought him into a chamber containing a reconstructed section of the Lothal Jedi Temple . The Emperor appeared in a holographic projection and tried to convince Ezra to open the portal to the World between worlds by offering him the chance of reuniting with his parents . However , Ezra recalled his late master Kanan ' s teachings and rejected the Emperor ' s offer . Enraged , the Emperor ordered several Royal Guard s and stormtroopers to kill him but Ezra collapsed the temple structure on top of them . Meanwhile , the Spectres and their rebel comrades succeeded in restoring the Imperial Complex ' s shield generators . This allowed them to protect Capital City from Thrawn ' s bombardment . In addition , Ezra arranged for Wolffe , Mart Mattin , and Cikatro Vizago to summon a pod of purrgil which devastated Thrawn ' s Seventh Fleet . Using the Force , Ezra commanded the purrgil to take him , Thrawn , and the " Chimaera " into uncharted space . Following Ezra ' s departure , the Spectres and other rebels brought the " Dome " into Lothal ' s upper atmosphere . After evacuating aboard the " Ghost " , the rebels detonated the " Dome " with most of the Imperial forces on Lothal aboard including Governor Pryce . Due to their efforts in liberating Lothal , the Spectres and their local allies won the respect of the local population . Legacy . Following the liberation of Lothal , the remaining Spectres continued fighting for the Rebellion . Hera and Chopper would see service during the Battle of Scarif and the Battle of Endor . Hera would also later bear a son named Jacen Syndulla , who shared his mother ' s love for flying . Following the Galactic Civil War , Zeb would take his former adversary Kallus to Lira San where the two settled among the Lasat population there . In the aftermath of the Battle of Endor , Sabine would travel with the former Jedi Ahsoka Tano to find Ezra , who had not surfaced for several years . Members . The earliest member of the crew to begin rebelling against the Empire was Hera Syndulla , a Twi ' lek female who was inspired to fight by her father , Cham Syndulla . Hera ( codename Spectre - 2 ) , the owner and pilot of the " Ghost " , became dissatisfied with life under the Empire and its treatment of her people , and so she began seeking like - minded individuals to join a resistance movement . This led her to Gorse , where she met Kanan Jarrus ( codename Spectre - 1 ) . Jarrus was a human male who trained as a Jedi under Jedi Master Depa Billaba during the Clone Wars . At the time , he was known by his birth name of Caleb Dume . Billaba was killed during the execution of Order 66 , but Dume survived and heard a message from Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi warning all Jedi that the Grand Army of the Republic had been turned against the Jedi Order . At the urging of Kenobi ' s message , Dume went into hiding and changed his name to Kanan Jarrus , spending years as a transient and taking odd jobs before joining Syndulla ' s cause . Over the next several years , the cause would be joined by others . Sabine Wren ( codename Spectre - 5 ) , a human female , hailed from the planet Mandalore and was a trained Mandalorian warrior , whose expertise was in explosives . She was also an artist and enjoyed giving her explosive work some flare , filling them with many different colors . She also left behind her own calling card , the starbird , after attacks in order to let the Empire know that it was the rebels who attacked them . Another member of the crew was Garazeb Orrelios ( codename Spectre - 4 ) , a male Lasat who survived the fall of his home planet and the near - destruction of his species . Orrelios was the muscle of the group and possessed a strength that he used when fighting stormtroopers , who he called " buckethead s . " He was devastated by the destruction of his species and possessed a great antipathy for the Empire . The crew also had their own astromech droid , Chopper ( codename Spectre - 3 ) , who , despite his grumpy demeanor , was an essential member for the crew who often repaired the ship . Five years before the Battle of Yavin , the crew was joined by Ezra Bridger ( codename Spectre - 6 ) , a human male orphan who grew up on the streets of Lothal . Unknowingly , Bridger possessed an affinity for the Force , an affinity that was detected by Jarrus . In order to train the boy and continue the way of the Jedi , the crew took Bridger in , and he joined them on many missions while training with Jarrus to become a Jedi . One such mission was when he temporarily joined the Imperial Academy on Lothal in order to steal the decoder with the location of the kyber crystal . During the mission , he met fellow cadet Zare Leonis , whose sister , Dhara , was a star pupil at the Imperial Academy before she vanished . The Empire claimed that Dhara ran away , but Leonis believed that she was taken by the Empire , and possibly the Grand Inquisitor . He remained behind in the Academy when Bridger left , but he became an ally of the rebels and passed information to them . By the time of the Battle of Endor , the crew had been joined by Jacen Syndulla ( codename Spectre - 7 ) . Behind the scenes . The Spectres are the primary characters of the animated television series " Star Wars Rebels " , and made their full series debut in the premiere television film " " . Although various sources have identified Kanan Jarrus as the leader of the Spectres , " " states that Jarrus ' s Spectre - 1 code name was given to him so that Imperials will incorrectly assume he is the group ' s leader , and states of Hera Syndulla , " Even though she is Spectre - 2 , this Twi ' lek is the pilot and leader of the rebels . "