Rescue of Tseebo The rescue of Tseebo was a mission carried out on the planet Lothal by the Spectres in 4 BBY , during the festivities marking the fifteenth anniversary of the rise of the Galactic Empire . The rebels discovered Tseebo , a Rodian who defected from the Imperial Information Office , and learned that he had a AJ ^ 6 cyborg construct headpiece containing critical information about the Empire ' s plans for the Outer Rim Territories . Knowing that such information could be vital for their fight against the Empire , the Spectres fought their way out of Capital City with Tseebo in tow , while being pursued by Agent Alexsandr Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau . The rebels were rescued from Imperial pursuit by their captain , Hera Syndulla , who picked them up with the starship " Ghost " . After a brief firefight in orbit with pursuing Imperial TIE fighters , the " Ghost " escaped into hyperspace . The Grand Inquisitor , tasked with hunting Jedi like rebel crew members Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger , pursued the rebels with a homing beacon that the Empire had attached to the " Phantom " , the " Ghost " s shuttle . Upon detecting the beacon , the rebels decided to split up ; the two Jedi headed to the asteroid base Fort Anaxes to lure the Inquisitor away from Tseebo , while Syndulla brought the Rodian to her rebel contact , Ahsoka Tano — operating under the codename of Fulcrum as a rebel intelligence operative . As Tseebo was safely delivered into rebel hands , the Jedi engaged the Grand Inquisitor in a lightsaber duel on Fort Anaxes , with Bridger unknowingly using the dark side of the Force to beat the Jedi killer in battle and escape . Bridger ' s actions left him shaken , so Jarrus soon brought him to the Jedi Temple on Lothal to ensure that his Padawan was ready to be trained as a Jedi . Prelude . During the Age of the Empire , the Galactic Empire took control of the Outer Rim world of Lothal . Two of the planet ' s citizens , Ephraim and Mira Bridger , sent out rebellious transmissions advocating against Imperial rule on Lothal . Tseebo , a friend of the Bridgers , encouraged them to stop , but they did not heed his concerns and the Empire captured the Bridgers . Feeling the weight of his guilt for being unable to protect his friends or their son , Ezra Bridger , who ended up living alone on the streets of Lothal , Tseebo joined the Imperial Information Office and volunteered to be outfitted with an AJ ^ 6 cyborg construct attached to the backside of his head that was designed to increase productivity . Fifteen years after the Empire ' s rise to power , Tseebo uploaded Imperial secrets into the headpiece and defected from the Empire , hiding out in the Bridgers ' old home on Lothal . He intended to use the secrets to make up for failing his friends , and the information he received in the headpiece scrambled his mind , causing him to fall in and out of lucidity . The Empire knew that the secrets in his head were critical , and they searched for Tseebo across Lothal in the hopes of finding him . By that time , Ezra Bridger had become a Jedi Padawan and a member of the Spectre rebels , based on the starship " Ghost " , who operated against the Empire on Lothal . During the Empire Day celebrations of 4 BBY that marked the Empire ' s fifteenth anniversary , the Empire held a parade in Capital City , bringing out many military vehicles , including an experimental TIE fighter , as well officers and soldier s . The rebels set a thermal detonator on the fighter and destroyed it , a high - profile attack that led the Empire to send out a heavy military force to find them . The rebels fled into the streets of Lothal , where they were pursued by Imperial stormtrooper s , Agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau , and the Jedi hunter known as the Grand Inquisitor . Bridger led two of his crewmates — rebel leader Kanan Jarrus and Mandalorian warrior Sabine Wren — to his old home to use as a safe house . It was there that they discovered Tseebo hiding from the Empire . Bridger was not pleased to see his parent s ' old friend , as the Rodian was a reminder of what he had lost . Wren examined the headpiece that Tseebo wore and discovered extensive Imperial records , including information about new weapons and starfighters , military schedules and strategies , as well as a five - year plan for the Empire ' s development in the Outer Rim Territories . Jarrus knew that the information could prove vital to their rebellion against the Empire , so the rebels decided to get Tseebo off of Lothal and bring him somewhere safe . The rescue . Escape from Lothal . The rebels left the safe house with Tseebo in tow . To fight their way out of the city , Jarrus and Wren attacked a group of Imperial soldiers and hijacked an Imperial Troop Transport . Bridger , meanwhile , led Tseebo through the streets and into the transport . The craft made its way toward the outskirts of the city , where Imperial forces , led by Commandant Cumberlayne Aresko , had established a checkpoint to prevent anyone from leaving . The attacked troop s reported that the transport was stolen , and Agent Kallus ordered Aresko not to let it pass the checkpoint . Aresko and his forces were unable to prevent it , however , despite firing on the vessel with blaster s and All Terrain Defense Pod s . Wren , who pilot ed the craft , was undeterred and drove the transport straight into the checkpoint and out of the city , destroying another ITT and an AT - DP in the process . The Empire chased after the stolen transport with two speeder bikes and a Troop Transport carrying Agent Kallus . While in pursuit , Kallus contacted the Grand Inquisitor to inform him that the rebels had breached the main gates . The Grand Inquisitor , flanked by several TIE fighter pilot s , boarded his TIE fighter , suspecting that the " Ghost " would be waiting to rendezvous with its crew . While the Grand Inquisitor prepared to chase them , Kallus ' forces attacked the rebels to slow them down . One Imperial combat driver set a detonator on the door of the stolen transport and blew it off , giving the trooper an opportunity to board the transport . He discovered that Tseebo was aboard the craft before Jarrus attacked him ; the Jedi used the Force to throw the trooper off the vehicle , sending him crashing into the second speeder . Kallus ' s transport fired on the rebels as it moved in , giving Kallus room to jump from one vehicle to the other . The " Ghost " , piloted by Captain Hera Syndulla , arrived just as Kallus made it atop the stolen transport , and the ISB agent was fired upon by Lasat Honor Guardsman and rebel crew member Garazeb Orrelios . The Imperial craft turned its laser turret onto the " Ghost " , but the freighter ' s shields held under the barrage . The rebel astromech droid Chopper used the weapons on the " Ghost " to fire on the Imperial transport , causing it to flip over and be knocked out of the fray . Kallus was likewise knocked off the side of the stolen transport after taking fire from Orrelios , but the ISB agent held onto the back of the craft as the rebels began exiting and made their way onto the " Ghost " for a mid - air rescue . Kallus returned to the top of the craft in time to find that Tseebo was in the company of the rebels , but he failed to stop the rebels from leaving . He contacted the Grand Inquisitor once again , this time informing him that Tseebo was aboard the " Ghost " , and the Grand Inquisitor led four fellow pilots in pursuit of the escaping starship . Syndulla set a course for space while Jarrus and Chopper manned the ship ' s blaster turret s . A direct hit by the Inquisitor damaged the ship and knocked Chopper out of commission , overwhelming his circuits . Syndulla prepared counter - measures to evade the ongoing attack and ordered Chopper to man the rear guns . With Chopper down , Orrelios took over the station and Syndulla executed her maneuver . They evaded further fire and Orrelios destroyed one of the TIE fighters , though four newly arrived fighters joined the attack . The Inquisitor ordered his forces to open fire and knock out the " Ghost " s shields , which they succeeded in doing after several more volleys . The " Ghost " was left vulnerable to further attack , and the situation grew more dire with the arrival of two Star Destroyers , including the " Relentless " . Knowing the " Ghost " would likely escape , the Inquisitor fired a tracking device onto the ship , which landed on the attached attack shuttle " Phantom " . Bridger worked to repair the damage to the navigation computer as eight more TIE fighters approached the ship , but he was unable to repair it . Instead , Tseebo entered the cockpit and directly fed coordinates into the ship , allowing the " Ghost " to escape into hyperspace . Saving Tseebo . The Inquisitor made his way to the " Relentless " to speak with its commanding officer , Admiral Kassius Konstantine , who informed the Inquisitor that the tracking device was in place . Meanwhile , the " Ghost " crew tended to their damage , which included the damaged Chopper , and considered what to do with Tseebo . Jarrus asked Bridger what he wanted , as the boy had history with Tseebo , but Bridger at first refused to discuss it and dismissed the idea that Tseebo mattered to him . Though Bridger was still angry with Tseebo for not helping his parents , he learned with Wren ' s help that the Rodian voluntarily took on the implant in order to make up for what happened with Mira and Ephraim . Tseebo proved to be of further use when his headpiece detected that there was a tracker somewhere on the hull , and the once - again functional Chopper scanned the ship and found the tracker on the shuttle " Phantom " . Though it was risky , Jarrus came up with a plan to detach the " Phantom " from the " Ghost " while in hyperspace and take the shuttle to Fort Anaxes , an asteroid base that belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . Bridger and Jarrus would go to the asteroid base to lure the Inquisitor away from the " Ghost " , while Syndulla and the rest of the crew would deliver Tseebo to " Fulcrum " — the codename of a rebel intelligence operative who , in actuality , was Commander Ahsoka Tano . Bridger , who still refused to speak to Tseebo despite Wren ' s prodding to forgive him , soon left with Jarrus aboard the " Phantom " . The shuttle separated from the ship and was ripped out of hyperspace , briefly tumbling through realspace before Jarrus stabilized the shuttle and set a course for Fort Anaxes . The Inquisitor sensed their change in location through the Force , which Konstantine confirmed by saying that the tracker had detected the ship dropping out of hyperspace . At the Inquisitor ' s command , the " Relentless " laid in a pursuit course and made its way to the asteroid field . Jarrus landed the shuttle inside the old clone base , which was filled with fearsome creatures known as fyrnock s . The creatures , which the rebels had encountered on their previous visit to Fort Anaxes , were part of Jarrus ' plan . He told Bridger , whom Jarrus had been training to try to connect with animals through the Force , to make a connection with the fyrnocks and calm them while Jarrus removed the tracker from the ship . Bridger tried to make the connection , but he could not overcome his own fears that were blocking him — not fears over the creatures , but the fear of learning what truly happened to his parents . Overcome with emotion , Bridger finally forgave Tseebo , which the Rodian could sense through the Force . With his fears overcome , Bridger calmed the creatures , who no longer posed a threat to the two Jedi . The " Ghost " , meanwhile , rendezvoused and docked with Fulcrum ' s ship . Syndulla brought Tseebo to the airlock , where his mind was clearer after somehow sensing that Bridger had forgiven him . Not knowing if he would see the boy again , Tseebo told Syndulla what happened to Bridger ' s parents : they were alive , but prison ers of the Empire . Tseebo was then handed over to Fulcrum , whose people would be able to help Tseebo with the information overload inside of his implant . Dueling the Inquisitor . Following the signal from the tracking device , the Grand Inquisitor arrived at Fort Anaxes on an Imperial shuttle accompanied by several stormtroopers . The Inquisitor ordered them to contain the two Jedi as he wanted to take them alive , so the troopers entered the base , preparing to take formation around the rebels . Making their way inside , the soldiers found the two Jedi silently meditating , with the fyrnocks calmly standing behind them . The Inquisitor sensed something through the Force , but by then it was too late — the two Jedi unleashed the fyrnocks on the stormtroopers . The Inquisitor , unimpressed with their plan , ignited his lightsaber , as did Jarrus , and the two engaged in a lightsaber duel . The Inquisitor had the upper hand during their duel , so much that Jarrus grabbed his own blaster mid - fight and attempted to shoot the Jedi hunter . The Inquisitor disarmed him of the blaster , however , and used the Force to send Jarrus flying back into the wall of the base , knocking him unconscious . Bridger , who had continued meditating with the fyrnocks , sensed his master was in trouble and took Jarrus ' lightsaber to fight against the Inquisitor . However , the Inquisitor quickly used the Force to pull the weapon from the boy ' s hand . The Jedi hunter used the Force to send the young Padawan flying back , and Bridger nearly fell into a deep pit at the edge of the base . Angry and afraid over the Inquisitor ' s threats to kill Jarrus and the rest of his friends , Bridger unknowingly called upon the dark side of the Force and connected with a giant fyrnock from within the pit . The large creature came to the surface , and the boy sent the beast after the Inquisitor . In doing so , Bridger was overwhelmed and collapsed . Jarrus tended to his apprentice while the Inquisitor contended with the giant fyrnock . Bridger regained consciousness but had no memory of what happened , other than feeling cold . The two Jedi escaped — with Jarrus ' lightsaber , which the Inquisitor had dropped — while the Inquisitor kept fighting the fyrnock and the smaller creatures distracted the stormtroopers . The Inquisitor scared the giant fyrnock away and threw his lightsaber towards Jarrus and Bridger , but Jarrus deflected it back . The two Jedi boarded the " Phantom " , and Jarrus piloted it out out of the base . As he did so , he used its turrets to destroy the Imperial shuttle before leaving the asteroid . Aftermath . Bridger ' s experience on Fort Anaxes left him shaken , having never dealt with the consequences of the dark side before . He kept to himself at first , and both Jarrus and Syndulla agreed to keep the truth about his parents a secret until he was ready , but eventually he rejoined the normal activities of the crew . Still , Jarrus remained concerned over his Padawan ' s dark indulgences on the asteroid and needed to ensure that the boy was ready to continue on the Jedi path . He discovered that there was a Jedi Temple on Lothal and brought Bridger to the ancient Jedi structure , where the Padawan was sent in alone in order to face the fears that led him to briefly flirt with the dark side of the Force . Inside the Jedi Temple , Bridger encountered visions of the Grand Inquisitor killing his friends , whom he had come to regard as his new family . This helped him realize that he was not afraid of dying , but rather of losing those he cared about and being abandoned again . Bridger soon heard the voice of Yoda , the once – Grand Master of the Jedi Order , who , from afar , guided Bridger into a chamber deep in the temple . Once there , he asked the boy why he wanted to become a Jedi . Bridger felt anger at the Empire at first , but he admitted that his true intentions were to help others . Yoda told him that despite the difficult path that laid before him , Bridger had it within himself to become a Jedi . The boy was granted a kyber crystal to create his own lightsaber , a rite of passage for a Jedi . One year later , Bridger learned what Tseebo had told Syndulla about the fate of the Bridgers : they were imprisoned by the Empire . Though he had a vision of his parents in Imperial custody , it was too late to save them , however , as he soon learned that they had been killed during a prison break meant to free themselves and their fellow prisoners . Behind the scenes . The rescue of Tseebo formed the basis of the November 2014 episodes " Empire Day " and " Gathering Forces , " part of the first season of the animated television series " Star Wars Rebels " . " Empire Day " was written by Henry Gilroy and directed by Steven G . Lee , while " Gathering Forces " was written by executive producer Greg Weisman and directed by Steward Lee . In the original outline for the story , a character named Cob Tier , a human friend of the Bridger family , would have reconnected Ezra Bridger and Tseebo , but this was cut as the story evolved and the character was combined with Tseebo .