Hera Syndulla Hera Syndulla was a Twi ' lek female revolutionary who became a central figure in the early rebellion against the Galactic Empire and the formation of the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Born the daughter of General Cham Syndulla on Ryloth with a brother who died young , she saw firsthand the devastation of the Clone Wars and the reign of the Empire on her homeworld . Syndulla became an expert pilot and left her homeworld and her father ' s planetary resistance behind , setting off across the galaxy to build her own resistance movement against the Empire aboard her starship , the " Ghost " . Kanan Jarrus , a Jedi who survived Order 66 , joined her during the Gorse conflict and eventually became her lover . Her crew , which mounted an insurgency on Lothal , eventually was comprised of Mandalorian warrior Sabine Wren , Lasat survivor Garazeb Orrelios , Syndulla ' s life - long astromech droid Chopper , and Padawan Ezra Bridger . The rebellion Syndulla led on Lothal attracted the attention of such Imperial leaders as Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin and the Sith Lord Darth Vader , but it also gained notice by Senator Bail Organa and his efforts to coordinate activities between various rebel cells in the galaxy . One of those cells was Phoenix Cell , which Syndulla and her crew joined in 4 BBY . Syndulla herself became Phoenix Leader , leading various starfighter operations for the cell . In 2 BBY , the cell became one of the first to join the Rebel Alliance upon its formation . Their forces were devastated by Grand Admiral Thrawn during the battle of Atollon , and Syndulla helped the Rebel Alliance rebuild at their headquarters on Yavin 4 . Syndulla was promoted to the rank of General and continued to serve the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War and was present on Endor following the Alliance ' s triumph over the Empire and the death of Emperor Palpatine . Sometime before then , she gave birth to Kanan ' s son , Jacen Syndulla . Biography . Early life . Born on the planet Ryloth to her father Cham Syndulla and her mother , Hera was a little girl during the time of the Clone Wars . Her father Cham was a prominent Twi ' lek revolutionary who had fought against the Confederacy of Independent Systems in the Clone Wars and later against the Galactic Empire . She and her mother hid underground while the Separatist Droid Army occupied her homeworld . When the Republic ' s Clone Army came , Hera looked up at their ships and decided to become a pilot , prompting her to leave her family and home to pursue what she loved . During her childhood , Hera grew up on tales of how the purrgil , large space - dwelling creatures , had inspired people to develop the hyperdrive . As she grew older however , Syndulla came to regard the purrgil as a menace because they endangered hyperspace travel by crashing into ships . While working as a pilot , she lost more than one friend to collisions with purrgil . During the Battle of Ryloth , A BTL Y - wing starfighter crashed in front of her home . Though the pilot died , Hera managed to pull an old astromech droid named Chopper from the wreckage . Following the defeat of the Separatists , the Galactic Republic became the Galactic Empire which refused to leave Ryloth . As a result , the Twi ' lek Resistance led by her father Cham launched a resistance struggle against the Empire . During this resistance struggle , Hera ' s mother was killed and Cham came to prioritize Ryloth ' s freedom over his own family . As a result , strains developed in the relationship between Hera and her father . Hera was angry at Cham for neglecting her while Cham was upset with his daughter for devoting more attention to Chopper , whom he labeled a " second - rate junk pile " . Hera ' s relationship with Cham was further strained when she joined the wider rebellion against the Empire rather than taking part in the Twi ' lek resistance struggle . Age of the Empire . Relief mission to Ryloth . Following the failed assassination attempt on Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader , Hera traveled with the Karthakk Group aboard the YT - 209 freighter " Eclipse " on a relief mission to deliver a supply of gattis - root extract to the Imperial – occupied world . Due to an Imperial crackdown , members of the underground Free Ryloth movement were unable to obtain gattis - root outside of Imperial medcenter s . Gattis - root extract was used to treat Bybbec fever among the Twi ' lek . Despite her strained relationship with her father , Hera volunteered for the mission out of solidarity with her people . After clearing Imperial space control , Hera decided to disengage from the Imperial auto - pilot system once they had reached the right altitude and divert from their official route . In response , Governor Delian Mors dispatched a flight of V - wing starfighters to pursue the rogue freighter . Despite evading the Imperial fighters , the " Eclipse " engines , long - range sensors , and transmitters were damaged . While the group ' s captain Krysiant Rheden was wounded , the group decided to proceed with their mission . Hera landed the " Eclipse " in an abandoned commercial landing zone near the capital Lessu . After unloading the supplies and making their repairs , Hera flew the freighter back into space . Despite Mors ' efforts , the insurgents managed to escape into hyperspace . Following the mission , Hera set a course for Manda . She and the Nikto gunner Ul ' ligan reflected on the shared solidarity between the two peoples while the Free Ryloth leader Goll complimented Hera for her leadership . The Gorse conflict . Tracking down Count Vidian . Following the rise of the Galactic Empire , Hera became a first rate starship pilot and left her homeworld in 12 BBY , joining a rebel network led by a mysterious figure known as Fulcrum , who was the former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano . Despite her differences with her father Cham about Ryloth ' s struggle , she was still inspired by his reputation and work as a rebel leader to follow his path . As a rebel operative , Hera tailed the movements of Count Denetrius Vidian , the Emperor Palpatine ' s efficiency expert , who was charged with speeding up production on Imperial worlds and was reputed for his disregard towards the lives of other sentients . After learning that Vidian would be visiting the Gorse system from the Gorse – based surveillance operative Hetto , Hera traveled to the system in her VCX - 100 light freighter " Ghost " . Hetto worked at the Transcept Media Solutions ' Myder ' s Mynocks surveillance division and had managed to contact Hera via HoloNet . By masking the " Ghost " transponder signal , Hera managed to infiltrate the mining moon of Cynda , which was home to vast reserves of thorilide , crystals used in the manufacture of deflector shield s . Upon landing , she knocked out a stormtrooper , who demanded to see her ID . While there , she witnessed Vidian murdering the Neimoidian guild director Palfa for refusing to implement an age cap on workers . Later , she witnessed a freight pilot named Kanan Jarrus standing up to Vidian when the Count accosted an elderly worker named Okadiah Garson . While Hera admired Kanan ' s courage and wanted to recruit him , she decided to focus on her mission to investigate Vidian ' s reason for visiting the Gorse system . Unknown to Hera , Kanan was a former Jedi Padawan who had survived the Jedi Purge . After returning to her ship , Hera managed to intercept the mining companies ' signals and discovered that a dissident miner named Skelly had resisted Imperial arrest and conducted an illegal test bombing in the mining moon ' s Zone Forty - Two . Skelly was captured by Kanan who handed him over to Moonglow Polychemical . Kanan was angry that Skelly ' s actions had endangered the lives of miners . Viewing him as a potential ally , Hera decided to break him free and tracked him down to Moonglow Polychemical ' s refinery in Shaketown . To free Skelly , Hera hired a local criminal gang called the Sarlaccs to steal the company ' s hovertruck . This distraction allowed Hera to free Skelly from his restraints . She then told Skelly that she would make contact with him . While Hera had paid the gang ' s leader Charko fifty Credit s and promised another fifty after the diversion , Charko then demanded another hundred credits . When Hera was unable to pay , Charko and his men attempted to rob her . Hera was rescued by Kanan , who fought the Sarlaccs off and won her admiration . Before leaving , Hera told him her name . Later , using a tracking device she had slipped into Skelly ' s utility pocket , Hera tracked down Skelly to his apartment to his home in Crispus Commons , a housing project for homeless Clone Wars veterans . Hera had hoped to recruit Skelly to the rebellion but dismissed him as a conspiracy theorist after Skelly claimed that prolonged baradium mining could destroy Cynda . He claimed that the mining companies were covering this information up . Believing Skelly to be a " crackpot " , Hera left to meet with her local contact Hetto at a pub in Gorse City called The Asteroid Belt , whom she regarded as the main reason for her visit to the Gorse system . However , Hera was unable to meet up with her contact Hetto because he was arrested by Imperial forces , who had been monitoring his HoloNet activities . Before his arrest , Hetto arranged for his Sullustan colleague Zaluna Myder to meet up with Hera and gave her a data cube containing the information she wanted to pass to Hera . Instead , she met Kanan and Zaluna , with the latter informing her about Hetto ' s arrest . Zaluna managed to pass Hera information that Hetto had downloaded from the Imperial channel to the Transcept database including information about a mysterious individual named Lemuel Tharsa , a freelance mining consultant who worked for the Empire . Zaluna departed shortly before the arrival of Skelly , who had come to ask Kanan to lend him his ID . Skelly had learned that Count Vidian would be conducting an inspection of the Moonglow Polychemical refinery . Skelly wanted to convince Vidian to halt thorilide mining on Cynda . Hera and Kanan expressed scepticism about the success of Skelly ' s plan . Before they could argue further , an Imperial stormtrooper patrol arrived . Despite their differences with Skelly , Kanan , Hera , and the establishment ' s owner Okadiah hid Skelly in a closet . While Kanan refused to lend Skelly his ID card , Hera managed to convince Kanan to lend her his ID card so that she could spy in Vidian and find out why he was visiting the Gorse system . Kanan complied provided " no crazy stuff " took place . Saving Cynda . Hera and Kanan managed to infiltrate Moonglow Polychemical in a hoverbus with the help of Okadiah Garson , who worked for the company as a bus driver . While Hera infiltrated the facility , he would wait outside with the bus and pretend that he was having engine trouble . After she returned , he offered to travel with her on her starship " Ghost " . Hera hid in the refinery ' s ventilation shafts . Her mission was complicated when Skelly infiltrated the facility and tried to convince Vidian to halt mining operations on Cynda . However , Vidian was unwilling to listen to reason and attacked Skelly . She later witnessed Vidian callously murdering Moonglow ' s Boss Lal Grallik , after she informed him that the refinery could not meet the Empire ' s decision to triple Gorse ' s thorilide quota . When her grieving husband Gord Grallik arrived , Hera identified Vidian as his wife ' s murderer . After leaving the refinery , she found that Kanan had been detained by the Imperial Navy Captain Rae Sloane for lacking proper identification . Sloane also wanted to detain Hera for similar reasons but released the two after Vidian cut his tour short and made plans to return to Sloane ' s Imperial Star Destroyer " Ultimatum " . However , Skelly bombed Vidian ' s shuttle " Truncheon " in an attempt to assassinate the Count . Vidian survived and he and his surviving entourage commandeered the hoverbus and headed to a spaceport where another shuttle was waiting . Hera and Kanan followed Vidian in a hovertruck while Skelly continued the pursuit on his speeder bike . Skelly bombed Vidian ' s shuttle but was unable to kill him . Vidian tried to attack Hera and Kanan but was distracted by a vindictive Gord , who had come to seek justice for his wife ' s murder . While Vidian killed Gord , Hera along with Kanan and Skelly escaped in the hoverbus . Hera drove the bus through the streets of Shaketown and managed to outrun and destroy several pursuing Imperial Troop Transport s and two TIE fighters . The three rebels managed to land the bus in a quarry and soon discovered that Zaluna had accidentally stowed aboard in the bus ' toilet . Zaluna helped the fugitives by leading them through routes that were not being watched by surveillance cameras . The rebels sought refuge at Okadiah ' s establishment , The Asteroid Field . There , she counselled Skelly to join forces with other like - minded rebels rather than acting against the Empire solely in his own self interest . During this meeting in a small , crowded room , Hera began to form an informal rebel consisting of herself , Kanan , Skelly , and Zaluna ; the latter decided to join after learning that she had been dismissed by the Empire from her job at Transcept Media due to her friendship with Hetto . Zaluna feared that the Empire would soon find out that she was in the company of known rebels . After watching material from the hoverbus surveillance cab , Hera and her fellow rebels discovered that Vidian had come up with a new plan to destroy Cynda in order to gain direct access to its thorilide . The rebels ' fears were proven when Vidian conducted a test bombing on the mining site on Cynda . This explosion was witnessed by many people on Gorse including Hera and her companions . Since Kanan ' s friend Okadiah and his team had recently gone up to the moon , Hera and the rebels traveled there on Kanan ' s cargo hauler " Expedient " . Upon arriving , they discovered that the explosion had claimed the lives of all the miners including Okadiah , who died in Kanan ' s arms while Hera while watched . Satisfied with the results of the test bombing , Count Vidian and Captain Sloane ordered that all empty mining cargo ships in the Gorse system follow the " Ultimatum " to his depot in the Calcoraan system . Vidian planned to use the freighters to unload Baradium - 357 onto Cynda in order to detonate the moon . To cover up the test bombing , the Empire claimed that Moonglow Polychemical ' s negligence had cause the explosion and nationalized the company ' s assets . Imperial media claimed that Vidian was organizing a heroic effort to stabilize Cynda . Resolving to stop Vidian , Hera and her rebel cell traveled on the " Expedient " to the Calcoraan Depot . Infiltrating the facility , Hera and Kanan managed to find their way into Vidian ' s personal chambers , which included an advanced medcenter . The two were quickly ambushed by Vidian but were saved when Skelly and Zaluna incapacitated the count with a sleeping serum . After downloading the cybor ' s mind into a portable terminal and holoprojector , the rebels discovered that Vidian had once been the " mining consultant " Lemuel Tharsa before he had succumbed to Shilmer ' s syndrome . They also found out that Vidian had faked the test bombing results on Cynda to show that the detonation would not destroy the moon ' s thorilide crystals ; when the original report showed otherwise . Kanan came up with a plan to foil Vidian ' s plot by informing Captain Sloane of Vidian ' s deception . Posing as an agent of the Emperor , Kanan was able to appeal to Sloane ' s patriotism and successfully convinced her to forward the original report to the Emperor . Hera and her fellow rebels then traveled back to the Gorse system to stop Vidian ' s plan . Upon arriving , Kanan used the " Expedient " to harass the freighters and prevent them from unloading their baradium cargo onto Cynda ' s surface . The rebel freighter managed to shoot down several TIE fighters before breaching Vidian ' s flagship " Forager " . Once aboard , Hera and her companions fought their way through the factory ship to Vidian ' s command centre . Despite losing Skelly in the factory , the rebels managed to confront Vidian . The cyborg Count managed to overpower the rebels and blinded Zaluna during the struggle . Before Vidian could detonate Cynda , he was stopped by an unlikely opponent : Captain Sloane . By this stage , the Emperor had discovered Vidian ' s deception . Acting in the name of the Empire , Sloane ordered her crew to shut down the Detonation Link and instructed her stormtroopers to arrest the Count . Still defiant , Vidian revealed that he could still control the detonation link . Undaunted , Sloane ordered Imperial forces to bombard and destroy Vidian ' s ship . During the ensuing bombardment , Hera , Kanan , and Zaluna managed to escape in an escape pod . Kanan also revealed his identity by using the Force to save them from being crushed to death by a falling catwalk . Meanwhile , Vidian was killed by a vengeful Skelly , who detonated a bomb that destroyed the " Forager " ; saving Cynda from destruction . After transporting Zaluna to a safe world to live out her days , Hera and Kanan decided to travel together as rebels on her ship " Ghost " . The Spectres . Following the Gorse conflict , Hera , Kanan , and Chopper formed a rebel cell known as the Spectres that was based on the " Ghost " . They were eventually joined by the Lasat warrior Garazeb Orrelios and the former Mandalorian Imperial cadet Sabine Wren . After raiding an Imperial supply convoy on Kanan ' s suggestion , Hera , Kanan , and Chopper found themselves under attack by Imperial TIE fighters . When the attack disabled both the " Ghost " s shields and internal communications system , Hera and Kanan began giving Chopper conflicting orders over what to fix first . A comment from Kanan passed on to Hera by Chopper aggravated her enough to go on the offensive and destroy a TIE fighter herself . Chopper wound up destroying the final starfighter , and his efforts were praised by Hera before she took the " Ghost " into hyperspace . Another mission required Sabine to create a diversion so the " Ghost " could take off . After Hera signaled Sabine that they were in position , the Mandalorian detonated an explosive in a TIE fighter landing platform , drawing attention from the departing " Ghost " . As she flew away , Hera remarked to Sabine that the explosion was even visible from her position . Enter Ezra Bridger . Sometime later , Sabine , Zeb and Kanan were tasked with stealing some crates containing blaster s from the Empire . As part of the plan , Hera and Chopper would pick up the rebels and their stolen supplies outside the city . During , Hera ' s rebel companions encountered Ezra Bridger , a fourteen year old orphan who lived on the streets of Lothal ' s Capital City . Ezra tried to steal several of the crates but reluctantly hitched a ride aboard the " Ghost " . This proved to be Hera ' s first encounter with the young Ezra , who later became a valuable crew member of the " Ghost " and Kanan ' s Jedi Padawan . After losing their Imperial pursuers in space , Hera and her crew returned to Lothal and sold the stolen blasters to the Devaronian crime lord Cikatro Vizago . The rebels then gave the proceeds to the poor people of Tarkintown , who had been dispossessed by the Empire . Hera and her companions then embarked on a mission to rescue several Wookiee slaves that were being transported on an Imperial transport ship to the spice mining planet of Kessel . Unknown to the Spectres , the Imperial Security Bureau agent Kallus had planned to lure them into a trap . When Zeb and Chopper objected to the presence of the stowaway Ezra , Hera and Sabine argued that they could not dump the human youth since he knew too much . Hera also promised to keep an eye on the young human youth . When they went to rescue the Wookiees from an Imperial transport , their transmissions were blocked . Hera and Ezra noticed a Star Destroyer coming out of hyperspace taking them aboard . Hera told Ezra to warn the other rebels who had gone aboard . When he did , they escaped the imperials except for Ezra himself who was grabbed by Agent Kallus . Following their escape from the Imperial trap , Hera successfully convinced her rebel comrades to rescue Ezra from the Star Destroyer . After they escaped again , Hera said Ezra ' s parents must be worried sick and was upset to hear that he had no parents . While Ezra was on board the Lawbringer , he learned that the Wookiees were really being held in the Spice Mines of Kessel so the rebels went there to save them . Hera was forced to flee the scene when the Ghost was ambushed by TIEs . She ran a " 22 pickup " to rescue her comrades . Upon returning to Lothal , Ezra returned Kanan ' s holocron that he had grabbed earlier . After noticing that Ezra had opened the holocron , she realized that the teenager was strong in the Force . However , Ezra also stole Kanan ' s lightsaber prior to their disembarkation and Kanan followed Ezra to his hideout to retrieve it . In the end , Kanan managed to convince Ezra to return his lightsaber in return for training the boy as his Padawan . As a result , Ezra became a crew member of the " Ghost " . Theft of disruptors . Running low on fuel and supplies , the crew of the " Ghost " decided to accept another job from the crime lord Vizago to steal a shipment of weapons from the spaceport on Garel , a planet near Lothal . While Hera traveled to Garel in the " Ghost " , her comrades took a Star Commuter 2000 transport shuttle . After a fire fight with the Imperial authorities on Garel , Hera and her fellow rebels escaped Garel with the weapons . These weapons turned out to be illegal T - 7 ion disruptor rifle s , which had been used during the Imperial subjugation of Lasan , Zeb ' s homeworld . While the Imperial Senate had banned these firearms , the Imperial Minister Maketh Tua had wanted to restart production on Lothal . During their escape , the rebels also picked up the protocol droid C - 3PO and his astromech companion R2 - D2 ; who had been sent on a secret mission by Senator Bail Organa to prevent the T - 7 disruptors from falling into the hands of the Empire . The presence of the T - 7 disruptors distressed Zeb , who was one of the few Lasat to survive the Fall of Lasan . After Zeb locked Ezra out of his cabin , Hera told the teenager about the role that these weapons had played in the destruction of his species . Upon returning to Lothal , the " Ghost " rendezvoused at a pre - arranged location with Vizago . Unknown to Hera and the other crew members , C - 3PO , who was unaware of his master ' s true mission and believed that the rebels were " criminals " , made an emergency call to Agent Kallus and revealed their whereabouts . Before the rebels could complete their transaction with Vizago , they were attacked by an Imperial force led by Kallus . Vizago fled without paying the crew of the " Ghost " . However , the rebels were unwilling to allow the disruptors to fall into Imperial hands again and fought against Kallus ' forces . During the fighting , Hera helped Sabine to open the crates containing the disruptors and then used one to shoot down one of Kallus ' AT - DP walkers . Meanwhile Sabine and R2 - D2 succeeded in overloading the disruptors , causing them to explode and effectively denying them to the Empire . In the midst of the skirmish , Ezra also managed to save Zeb from being killed by Kallus , who had played a role in the genocide of the Lasat species . Kanan asked Hera to get the boy on board while he himself took the Lasat on the ship . Following their skirmish with Imperial forces on Lothal , Hera and her crew headed into space where they rendezvoused with C - 3PO ' s and R2 - D2 ' s owner , Senator Organa on the " Tantive IV " . The grateful Senator paid them generously for returning his droids and destroying the disruptors . Acquiring supplies . After Zeb and Ezra made a mess in the cargo hold of the " Ghost " , Hera sent them off the ship to buy supplies in a local Lothalian town . Among the items Hera requested was a meiloorun fruit , something not commonly found on Lothal . Because of its rarity , Hera hoped Ezra and Zeb would be gone longer , leaving her and Kanan some time to relax . Some time later , Hera received a call from Zeb , who had stolen a TIE fighter . Kanan then instructed them to hurry to the meeting point . When Ezra and Zeb failed to return in time , Hera began to worry . Thankfully , the two eventually returned . After hearing them out , the entire crew boarded the " Ghost " . Fool ' s Run . After damaging the " Ghost " while escaping some TIE Fighters , Hera and her fellow rebels stopped at Osisis Station , a space station in the Regani sector run by Galus Vez , a besalisk ship parts dealer . They had previously dealt with Galus , but due to Imperial activity nearby , Galus refused to deal with Hera , because it would be too much trouble to get rid of any sign that the Spectres were there . Galus proposed racing her in the Fool ' s Run , a race through a nearby asteroid field , in return for the spare parts . Hera accepted , but the others were hesitant , since if she lost , they ' d lose the " Ghost " . Hera ' s terms for the race were that guns and turrets weren ' t allowed , which Galus accepted . What she didn ' t know was that Galus rigged the asteroids with thrusters that could push asteroids into each other crushing any ship in - between them . Luckily for Hera , Kanan and Ezra used the Force to do the same to Galus , which gave Hera the edge she needed to win . Unforunately , Galus never planned to give them the parts , and threatened Kanan , Ezra , and Hera with multiple blasters . They ' d expected this , however , and while Kanan disarmed Galus , Sabine and Zeb planted explosives on Galus ' s cargo freighters . Galus had no choice but to give Hera the parts for the " Ghost " . The Stygeon trap . Later , Hera and her fellow rebels received a transmission from the outspoken dissident Senator Gall Trayvis that the Galactic Empire had imprisoned the Jedi Master Luminara Unduli at the Spire , a prison on remote Stygeon Prime . Despite the risks involved in breaching the fortified Imperial prison , the rebels decided to rescue the imprisoned Jedi so that she could assist Ezra ' s Jedi training . Upon arriving in the Stygeon system , they left the " Ghost " behind in Chopper ' s hands while Hera flew the rest of the crew towards the prison on the " Phantom " , the " Ghost " auxiliary vessel . While Kanan , Ezra , Zeb , and Sabine infiltrated the prison complex , Hera remained aboard the " Phantom " to evacuate her comrades once they had freed Luminara . Unknown to Hera and her comrades , Luminara had already died but the Empire had preserved her remains in order to lure surviving Jedi to their deaths . Upon reaching Luminara ' s cell at the lower levels of the complex , Kanan and Ezra were ambushed by the Grand Inquisitor , a Force sensitive agent of the Empire tasked with hunting down Jedi Purge survivors . After a brief lightsaber duel , Kanan and his Padawan managed to escape into the vast prison complex . Meanwhile , Hera was waiting aboard the " Phantom " when the ship ' s sensors detected something approaching the shuttle . At first , Hera thought that it was a TIE fighter . However , the intruder turned out to be a group of tibidee s , winged flying creatures native to the Spire , that mistook the " Phantom " jamming signal for a mating call . Hera was forced to detach the shuttle from the side of the prison but was followed by the creatures . Through some unknown means , Hera managed to convince the tibidees that she was a friend and that the Imperials were the enemies . Meanwhile , Kanan and Ezra managed to reunite with Sabine and Zeb . The four rebels then made their way to a hangar bay while dodging the Inquisitor ' s twin - bladed lightsaber and the prison ' s automated blast doors . After unlocking the hangar bay ' s blast doors , the four rebels found themselves trapped by a force of stormtroopers and a blaster fight broke out . Hera and the " Phantom " returned in the midst of this skirmish with a large fleet of tibidees , which proceeded to attack the stormtroopers . Hera managed to evacuate her rebel comrades and they returned to the " Ghost " . Despite their failure to rescue Luminara , Kanan ' s relationship with his Padawan Ezra improved as a result of their experiences in the Spire . Destroying a kyber crystal . Later , Hera and Kanan sent Ezra on a mission to infiltrate the Academy for Young Imperials on Lothal to steal an Imperial decoder containing the location of a powerful Kyber crystal . Ezra infiltrated the Academy disguised as a Cadet named Dev Morgan . He was also assisted by Chopper , Sabine , and Zeb who remained outside the Academy ' s parameters to help Ezra evacuate once he had completed his mission . Meanwhile , Hera and Kanan remained aboard the " Ghost " while waiting for Sabine to transmit the coordinates of the Kyber crystal . With the assistance of a disillusion Imperial Cadet named Zare Leonis , Ezra succeeded in stealing the decoder . As a result , Hera and Kanan learnt that the kyber crystal was being transported by a convoy consisting of three " Gozanti " - class cruisers . However , Ezra decided to delay his exit in order to protect another Cadet named Jai Kell from being abducted by the Inquisitor for Project Harvester , a secret Imperial project to identify Force - sensitive individuals . Despite this unexpected development , Hera convinced Kanan to focus on their mission to destroy the kyber crystal . Using the decoder ' s coordinates , the " Ghost " intercepted the Imperial convoy . While Kanan used the " Phantom " to harry the convoy ' s TIE fighter escorts , Hera used the " Ghost " weapons systems to attack the middle " Gozanti " cruiser ; which Kanan had determined was ferrying the kyber crystal . Hera managed to destroy the cruiser before it could make a jump into hyperspace . This created a massive explosion which consumed the other cruisers and the TIE fighters . Hera and Kanan narrowly managed to escape into hyperspace and returned to Lothal . By that time , Ezra and Jai Kell had managed to escape from the Academy with the assistance of Chopper , Sabine , and Zeb . After reuniting with their comrades in Lothal ' s wilderness , Hera helped Jai and his mother to hide from the Empire . Mission to Fort Anaxes . Later , Hera along with Sabine and Ezra participated in a mission provided by Fulcrum , Hera ' s secret contact and a key leader of the rebel network . During the course of their mission their shuttle , the " Phantom " , was attacked by several TIE fighters . This narrow brush with death led Sabine to question Fulcrum ' s reliability and to ask Hera to reveal her source . Wanting to protect knowledge of the rebellion from the Empire , Hera refused to disclose this information to Sabine . Dissatisfied with Hera ' s response , Sabine insisted on accompanying her on their next supply run to Fort Anaxes , an abandoned asteroid base used by the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . Wanting to resolve this conflict peacefully , Hera obliged and the two women departed on the " Phantom " for Fort Anaxes . Unknown to the two women , Ezra and Zeb had failed to fix a leak in the " Phantom " fuel line . This would have serious ramifications for Sabine and Hera . Unaware of this problem , Hera and Sabine departed in the " Phantom " . During their journey , Sabine asked more probing questions which Hera tactfully dodged . However , Sabine was not fooled and persisted with her questioning . At that point , Fulcrum contacted Hera to inform her that their supplies had been unloaded and were waiting for them on Fort Anaxes . When Sabine attempted to talk to Fulcrum , Hera was forced to break off communications . Upon their arrival , they discovered that Fulcrum had already fled their rendezvous point . However , Hera found a small symbol left by Fulcrum on one of the supply crates which she promptly hid from Sabine . After arriving at Fort Anaxes , Sabine asked Hera to confirm that she and Kanan trusted her . With the fight against the Empire escalating , Sabine explained that she needed to know more about Fulcrum in order to know that her struggle was not in vain . She recalled that during her time at the Imperial Academy on Mandalore , she was a blind follower of the Empire but that it had ended up being a nightmare . Hera understood Sabine ' s concerns and assured the younger woman that she trusted her . However , she explained to Sabine that could not disclose all that she knew about the wider Rebellion to avoid that information falling into the hands of the Empire . Unlike Sabine , Hera knew that their cell was part of a wider rebel network . Finally , she asked Sabine to have faith in her and Kanan . While they were loading the supplies onto the " Phantom " , Hera and Sabine were attacked by a pack of fyrnock s , deadly silicon - based lifeforms which had driven the Republic personnel from the asteroid base . While attempting to flee , they discovered that the " Phantom " fuel tank was faulty . Hera also contacted their crew mates on the " Ghost " for help . After discovering that the fyrnocks could not withstand sunlight , Hera and Sabine devised a plan to use Rhydonium explosives to kill the creatures . However , they quickly ran out of explosives . When it seemed that they would be devoured by fyrnocks , the crew of the " Ghost " came and rescued them . Once safely aboard the " Ghost " , Hera assured Sabine that she trusted her even more as a result of their adventure at Fort Anaxes . In return , Hera asked Sabine if she could trust her and promised the Mandalorian girl that she would eventually understand the cause they were fighting for . Sabine agreed and promised that she would try . Empire Day . On Empire Day , Hera Syndulla and her rebel companions visited a cantina in Lothal ' s Capital City . Around that time , the Rodian Tseebo , who worked for the Imperial Information Office had gone missing and the Imperial authorities had launched a manhunt . Zeb was present at the cantina when three TIE fighter pilots visited the building and briefly accosted a Rodian customer , whom they later released after determining that he was not Tseebo . During the Empire Day celebrations that night , the " Ghost " crew decided to destroy a new TIE Advanced v1 prototype that was displayed to the Lothalian public . While Kanan planted a thermal detonator on the TIE ' s repulsorlift platform , Zeb and Sabine distracted the Imperials by lighting colorful fireworks . Prior to the explosion , Hera left early to prepare the " Ghost " for take off and to pick them up at a rendezvous point . The Spectres succeeded in destroying the TIE prototype but the Imperials responded by imposing a citywide lockdown . With air travel prohibited , Hera was unable to bring the " Ghost " to their rendezvous point . Shortly later , she was joined by Zeb , who had managed to escape the lockdown . However , Kanan promised to transmit a new rendezvous point as soon as they had found one . The other rebels managed to escape the lockdown and also rescued Tseebo , who had been hiding in Ezra ' s former home . Hijacking an Imperial troop transport , her rebel companions managed to break out of the security cordon and enter the highway but were pursued by Agent Kallus . Hera then flew the " Ghost " to their new rendezvous point and picked them up . Hera and her rebel comrades then fled into space but were pursued by several TIE fighters led by the Grand Inquisitor , who piloted his own TIE Advanced fighter . During a brief dogfight Chopper , who was manning the rear turret , was hit by laser fire ; forcing Zeb to take over . Hera also ordered Sabine to man the " Ghost " nose gun and Ezra to fix the ship ' s navicomputer . While Ezra was unable to repair the navicomputer , Tseebo succeeded in eliminating the problem by transmitting hyperspace coordinates directly to the " Ghost " computer . Thus , the rebels were able to escape into hyperspace . However , the Inquisitor succeeded in planting an XX - 23 S - thread tracker on the " Phantom " , the " Ghost " auxiliary ship . After escaping the Imperials , Hera and the other rebels held a meeting to discuss what to do with Tseebo . Ezra was resentful towards the Rodian for not saving his parents Mira and Ephraim Bridger . Tseebo then interrupted the meeting to announce that the Imperials were tracking the " Ghost " . Under Hera ' s orders , Chopper scanned the Ghost and detected the tracker ' s on the hull of the " Phantom " . When Hera suggested dumping the " Phantom " in hyperspace , Kanan responded that he and Ezra could use the shuttle as a decoy to keep the Imperials from their true target : Tseebo . While Kanan and Ezra kept the Inquisitor busy , Hera would arrange a rendezvous with the mysterious rebel agent known as Fulcrum , who would then arrange Tseebo ' s welfare . After agreeing to this plan , the rebels parted company . While Kanan and Ezra grappled with the Inquisitor on the asteroid Fort Anaxes , Hera and the other " Ghost " crew arrived at their rendezvous point with Fulcrum ' s corvette in deep space . Prior to boarding the blockade runner , Tseebo confided in Hera that he had failed Ezra ' s parents and told her that he had volunteered for a cybernetic implant in order to make up for the wrong he had done . He also told Hera that he knew the fate of Ezra ' s parents . Before Tseebo left , Hera agreed to share this information with Ezra when he was ready . Later , the Spectres were rejoined by Kanan and Ezra , who had escaped from the Inquisitor on Fort Anaxes . However , Ezra was troubled after inadvertently tapping into the Dark Side during his confrontation with the Inquisitor . Following Ezra ' s confrontation with the Inquisitor , Hera supported Kanan when he decided to take the young Padawan for his Jedi Trials at the Jedi Temple on Lothal . She encouraged her lover by telling him that he had to help Ezra following the events at Fort Anaxes . Following Ezra ' s successful Jedi Trials , Hera and the other crew of the " Ghost " were present when he presented his new lightsaber . Calrissian ' s job . After Zeb and Kanan lost Chopper in a game of sabacc with the entrepreneur Lando Calrissian , Hera took on a job from the man in order to reclaim her droid . She was also incensed towards Zeb and Kanan for gambling on Chopper . Lando attempted to ingratiate himself with the crew members one at a time while simultaneously turning them against one another , a tactic Hera quickly took notice of . When they rendezvoused with Lando ' s contact the crime lord Azmorigan , Hera went aboard with Lando and Kanan . Lando subtly informed Hera of his plan without actually giving her instructions . To everyone ' s shock Lando offered Hera as payment to the gangster Azmorigan in exchange for his mysterious piece of cargo . Hera chose to play along with Lando ' s ruse despite the imminent danger it put her in . Using her natural allure she knocked out Azmorigan and one of his guards using a food tray , which she wryly referred to as very useful . Using the escape pod Lando mentioned she managed to escape back to the Ghost . Upon arriving back on the " Ghost " , she punched Lando in the stomach and reprimanded him for endangering her and her crew . However , she continued his job nonetheless . Despite Lando ' s instructions , Ezra and Zeb opened the box containing the mysterious piece of cargo , which turned out to be a puffer pig . The frightened animal wreaked havoc aboard the " Ghost " and prevented Hera from returning to the " Ghost " cockpit by inflating itself and blocking the passage . Using the " Ghost " signature modulation , Kanan piloted the ship past the Imperial blockade on Lothal and managed to evade several pursuing TIE fighters . After breaking past the Imperials , Hera reprimanded Lando for his divide and conquer tactics and asserted herself as the commander of the crew , instructing Lando to follow her command . Calrissian also revealed that his plan was to use the puffer pig for mining ; the Empire had banned private entrepreneurs from owning the animal in order to maintain a monopoly on mining . After escaping the Imperial blockade , Hera along with her crew and Calrissian made their way to Lando Calrissian ' s farm . There , they were confronted by Azmorigan , who had been angered by Calrissian ' s theft of his puffer pig and had come to exact revenge on the shady entrepreneur . Hera and her crew became caught up in a shootout between the rebels and Azmorigan . During the fighting , Azmorigan took Zeb hostage and threatened to kill the Lasat if they did not hand Lando over to him . However , Chopper resolved the situation by firing on Azmorigan , allowing Hera and the rebels to regain the upper hand . Hera then demanded that the defeated crime lord leave , a demand that he acquiesced to . With Azmorigan gone , Calrissian returned Chopper to Hera . Since Calrissian did not have the credits to repay them for their " job " , Chopper with the approval of Hera and the other crew , stole Calrissian ' s fuel canisters ; which the entrepreneur conceded as fair payment for their risky mission . Exposing Trayvis . Following the latest transmission from Gall Trayvis , the crew attempted to meet with him personally , after Hera and Ezra managed to decode the senator ' s hidden message . After sneaking into the senate building and meeting Trayvis they were immediately ambushed by Agent Kallus and his men . Trayvis suggested they surrender , but they managed to escape capture with Sabine ' s aid . The crew fled into the sewers with Kallus in pursuit , but the senator ' s curious behavior began to arouse Hera ' s suspicions . Trayvis lagged behind and began asking her for information on their group and their activities . While Hera had long been inspired by the broadcasts of Trayvis as a voice of resistance against the Empire , she quickly realized the senator was not what he appeared . Suspicious that his ineptitude during the escape was in fact an attempt to get them captured , she gave him her blaster and requested cover while she and Ezra deactivate a large industrial fan , blocking their exit . Her theory proved correct as the deceitful Trayvis attempted to prevent them from escaping by holding them at blaster point . Hera turned his tactics against him and coaxed him into revealing his own secrets as an Imperial agent . Fortunately Hera had given Trayvis an uncharged blaster , allowing her to punch him unconscious and escape with the crew . Disheartened by the revelation of the senator ' s deceit , Ezra expressed his concerns to Hera . She reassured him that things would get better as long as they had hope . Confronting Tarkin . The Spectres ' activities eventually attracted the attention of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin , who decided to implement a final solution to the rebel problem there . Unhappy that Imperial propaganda was casting them in a negative light , Hera and her rebel comrades participated in a mission to hijack the Imperial communications tower on Lothal . While her rebel comrades assaulted the compound , Hera remained aboard the " Ghost " auxiliary ship , the " Phantom " , to evacuate the team after they finished inserting a data spike onto the communication tower ' s main computer . However , Tarkin along with Agent Kallus and the Inquisitor had planned to trap the rebels and quickly surrounded the complex . Following a brief struggle , the Imperials succeeded in capturing Kanan . Hera was unwilling to abandon Kanan but she reluctantly complied and escaped with the other rebels . Despite losing Kanan to the Empire , Ezra succeeded in making a heartfelt broadcast that was heard by many on Lothal and the neighboring system . In response , Tarkin ordered his patrol transport s to destroy the Imperial communications tower , which disrupted communications throughout Lothal . Following Kanan ' s capture , Hera reassured Ezra that their efforts had not been for nothing . She also assured her fellow rebels that their fight against the Empire was not over yet . Mission to Mustafar . Following Kanan ' s capture by the Empire , Hera received orders from Fulcrum not to rescue Kanan and take her crew into hiding . She reluctantly complied but later changed her mind after Ezra and his companions disobeyed her orders . Using the lead that Ezra had obtained from the Devaronian crime lord Cikatro Vizago , they learned that the Empire had begun using courier droids to deliver data in the wake of the communication tower ' s destruction . To ascertain Kanan ' s whereabouts , Sabine Wren disguised Chopper as an Imperial courier droid . Then , the disguised droid boarded an Imperial communications cruiser in orbit and then transmitted the coordinates to Hera . After completing his work , he contacted Hera who brought the " Ghost " into space and attacked the cruiser , buying enough time for Chopper to return to the " Ghost " . After returning to Lothal , Hera and the other rebels learnt that Kanan was being transported to the Mustafar system , which Kanan had earlier described as a place where Jedi went to die . Later , Ezra and Zeb revealed to Hera and Sabine that the TIE fighter they had stolen had not been destroyed but was in fact hidden . Hera then decided to use the TIE fighter to infiltrate Tarkin ' s Star Destroyer , the " Sovereign " , and rescue Kanan . The rebels then traveled to Mustafar in a stolen Imperial freighter . When approaching the Imperial fleet , Hera asked Ezra if Kanan was alive . Seeing through the Force , Ezra told her that he could sense Kanan ' s presence aboard the " Sovereign " . Under the pretext of delivering a TIE fighter , Sabine flew the stolen starfighter , which she had repainted , into the " Sovereign " hangar bay . Sabine then used several inbuilt EMP devices to knock out the ship ' s power and stormtroopers . Hera and her rebel companions with the exception of Chopper then boarded the Star Destroyer ; Chopper stayed behind to look after their stolen Imperial freighter . While Ezra went to find Kanan , Hera along with Sabine and Zeb fought the ship ' s stormtroopers . After learning from Ezra that Kanan had escaped and defeated the Inquisitor , the rebels fled the ship . The " Sovereign " reactor core had been damaged during a duel between Kanan and the Inquisitor ; forcing Grand Moff Tarkin to order a general evacuation of the Star Destroyer . Hera and her rebel comrades escaped in two stolen TIE fighters but were pursued by a swarm of TIE fighters . Fortunately for Hera , the rebels were rescued by a fleet of rebel starships , which included the " Ghost " , Chopper ' s stolen freighter , and two blockade runners . After linking up with Chopper ' s freighter , the rebels escaped into hyperspace . Upon boarding Chopper ' s stolen Imperial freighter , they were greeted by two rebel soldiers and a hologram projection of Senator Organa , the man who had earlier rewarded them for destroying the T - 7 ion rifles . After the Senator introduced himself , Hera revealed to her rebel comrades that their cell group had been part of a wider rebel network that was dedicated to overthrowing the Galactic Empire . Shortly later , they were joined by the enigmatic Fulcrum , who revealed herself as Ahsoka Tano , an ex - Jedi Padawan who had survived Order 66 . In response to the rebels ' successes , the Emperor sent his apprentice Darth Vader to deal with them . The rebellion . Rescuing a Defector . Following the events in the Mustafar system , Hera and the crew of the " Ghost " learned that they were part of a larger rebellion against the Galactic Empire , with Hera receiving an Alliance officer ' s commission , and being designated as Spectre leader . Hera and her crew mates joined the Phoenix Cell fleet and took part in a mission to steal shield generators from the Empire to help defend the fleet . During the mission , Hera flew the " Ghost " in support of Phoenix Squadron , a squadron of A - wings , and a fleet of rebel blockade runners led by Commander Jun Sato . The fleet attacked a group of Imperial freighter s and knocked supplies loose from one of the vessels . After the " Ghost " secured the cargo , Hera and the rest of the fleet fled into hyperspace . While the rebels failed to capture shield generators , they succeeded in securing more fuel supplies . Later , Hera was present on the bridge of the rebel command ship " Phoenix Home " when Chopper received a holographic transmission from the disillusioned Imperial Minister Tua , who wanted to defect from the Empire in exchange for providing vital Imperial intelligence . Against fleet protocol , Kanan had ordered Chopper to play the message . In response , Hera instructed the astromech droid to mask their signal by only using one - way visual communication . After some discussion , Hera and her rebel colleagues agreed to rescue Minister Tua . Following their meeting , Hera confronted Kanan and scolded him for breaching fleet protocol . When Kanan expressed his discomfort about the rebels being involved in a military operation , Hera reminded the Jedi that they were part of a larger struggle against the Empire . However , Kanan was reluctant to join the rebellion due to his traumatic experience with the Clone Wars and the Jedi Purge . For the mission , the rebels traveled to Lothal in a Star Commuter 2000 shuttle . After further discussions and passing through the Imperial blockade above Lothal , Hera and the other crew headed to their pre - arranged rendezvous point while Chopper and Zeb stayed aboard the shuttle . As part of the plan , the rebels would rescue Minister Tua while she was boarding a shuttle for a scheduled meeting with Grand Moff Tarkin . During the rescue operation , Hera along with Ezra and Sabine Wren attacked Tua ' s Imperial escorts from the rooftop while Kanan infiltrated the Imperial escorts disguised as a Stormtrooper commander . However , Agent Kallus had learnt about Minister Tua ' s planned defection and had set a trap for the rebels . Tua was killed during a shuttle explosion that was subsequently blamed on the rebels . With their plan in tatters , Hera and her rebel comrades were forced to flee into hiding . Escaping the Siege . Fleeing from Imperial forces , Hera and her fellow rebels boarded the Star Commuter 2000 after Chopper and Orrelios arrived . However , the shuttle was shot down by an AT - DP walker and the rebels were forced to flee to Ezra Bridger ' s former home , which served as one of their safe houses . However , they were pursued by stormtroopers . Deducing that the forces in the Imperial complex would be stretched thin since the garrison was hunting for them , the rebels hatched a plan to sneak in and steal a shuttle in order to escape Lothal . While Kanan retained his stormtrooper disguise and Bridger impersonated an Imperial cadet , Hera and the other rebels hid in several crates . This ruse allowed them to infiltrate the Imperial complex where they managed to steal several Imperial shield generators . Before they could make their escape , Hera and her rebel comrades were confronted by the Sith Lord Darth Vader . The Sith Lord proved more than a match for Kanan and Ezra with the rebels barely managing to escape the complex in a stolen shuttle . Knowing that Darth Vader had imposed a blockade around Lothal , the rebels decided they had to smuggle themselves off Lothal . Hera suggested turning to their old friend , Lando Calrissian for help . Hera and Kanan contacted Calrissian who was offworld at the time . Calrissian reluctantly agreed to assist their escape in return for the rebels giving him three of their stolen shield generators . Following the events on Lothal and the destruction of Tarkintown , Hera and her comrades decided not to return to the plant in order to avoid endangering the planet ' s people . With the help of Calrissian ' s droid W1 - LE , Sabine created sensor buoys that could replicate the signal of the shuttle and throw of the Imperial forces hunting for them . This ploy allowed the " Ghost " crew to evade the Imperial blockade . Unbeknownst to Hera and the rebels , Darth Vader had planted a tracking device on the shuttle in order to track the rebels to his true objective : the Phoenix rebel fleet . While traveling back to the Phoenix rebel fleet , the rebels voted to continue fighting alongside Phoenix Squadron . Shortly after arriving back at the fleet , the Phoenix rebels were attacked by a lone TIE Advanced x1 starfighter piloted by Darth Vader , the Sith Lord they had encountered on Lothal . During the space battle , Vader inflicted significant damage on the fleet ' s A - wing starfighters and the rebel flagship " Phoenix Home " , which had to be abandoned . Hera and her crew flew the " Ghost " during the fighting but were forced to retreat with the arrival of Imperial Star Destroyers . Towards the end of the space battle , Hera devised a plan to trap Darth Vader ' s TIE fighter by flying the " Ghost " between two Star Destroyers and tricking them into activating their tractor beam projector s . This plan worked and the " Ghost " managed to jump into hyperspace ; leaving Vader ' s starfighter behind to be trapped in their place . Mission to Seelos . Following the destruction of " Phoenix Home " , Hera and her fellow rebels were again on the run from the Empire . At the suggestion of Ahsoka Tano , she and other the crew of the " Ghost " traveled to the planet Seelos to seek out one of her old friends : the former Clone trooper Captain Rex . While Ezra , Kanan , Sabine , and Zeb traveled down to Seelos ' surface on the " Phantom " , Hera and Chopper stayed behind to repair the " Ghost " . The other Spectres succeeded in making contact with Rex and his two comrades Wolffe and Gregor . After some difficulty , they succeeded in winning over Rex and Gregor . Hera ' s comrades on Seelos were mollified to learn that the three clone veterans had removed their brain chips , which allowed them to ignore the order to carry out the Jedi Purge . When Kanan contacted Hera to confide his mistrust of the clones , Hera counseled him to remember that not all Clones were bad and reiterated that they had saved millions of lives including her own . However , Wolffe , who believed the rebels were a threat , sent a coded transmission to the Empire . This transmission was picked up by Admiral Kassius Konstantine and Agent Kallus , the latter a perennial foe of the rebel band . Hera and Chopper were aboard the " Ghost " when Konstantine ' s Star Destroyer " Relentless " exited hyperspace above Seelos . In response , Hera and Chopper turned off all systems aboard the " Ghost " to avoid detection . Meanwhile , the other Spectres and the three Clone veterans succeeded in defeating a force of AT - AT walkers led by Agent Kallus and escaping offworld . Thus , the rebels succeeded in recruiting the Clone troopers for the rebel cause . Double Trouble . Using the intelligence provided by Rex , Hera discovered that there was an abandoned Old Republic medical station in space . She sent Sabine , Chopper , and Zeb on a mission to retrieve these medical supplies for the rebellion . Unknown to Hera , Ezra , who was unhappy with a recent levitation lesson , followed the other rebels . The younger rebels traveled on the " Phantom " to the space station where they were trapped by two more Inquisitors known as the Seventh Sister and the Fifth Brother . Following a skirmish , Zeb managed to rescue his three comrades and return to the rebel fleet on the " Phantom " . Hera along with Rex and Kanan were present when the four rebels brought back news that the Empire had more Inquisitors . Finding Power Cells . Later , Hera and her rebel companions participated in a mission to find a new supply of power cells to help the people of the frigid planet of Rinn , who were experiencing an energy crisis . While Hera and the other " Ghost " crew left to look for power cells on Garel , she ordered Ezra and Chopper to clean the " Ghost " . In the midst of Hera ' s absence , Ezra and Chopper embarked on a mission to rescue the Devaronian crime lord Cikatro Vizago , whose ship the " Broken Horn " had been hijacked by the pirate Hondo Ohnaka . During the mission , Ezra and Chopper managed to obtain five power generators which the rebels used to aid the people of Rinn . The Blade Wing . Following the encounter with Hondo , Hera and Phoenix Group took part in a mission to deliver relief supplies to the planet Ibaar , which was facing starvation due to an Imperial blockade around the planet . The rebels tried to break through the blockade but were repelled by Agent Kallus ' fleet . The Phoenix rebels sustained considerable casualties including the loss of their transport ship and Phoenix Leader . Defeated , Hera and her rebel comrades were forced to retreat into hyperspace . After returning to the Phoenix fleet , the rebels discussed a new strategy to get supplies through the Imperial blockade . During the meeting , Captain Rex suggested that the rebels get in contact with a Mon Calamari engineer named Quarrie , who was developing a prototype heavy assault starfighter . However , Rex mentioned that Quarrie would only discuss his ship in person on the planet Shantipole , which had a reputation for being a death - trap where few starships returned . After most of the Phoenix pilots declined to participate in that mission , Kanan convinced a reluctant Hera to take on that assignment . While Hera believed that her place was with the Phoenix fleet , she reluctantly agreed to take up the mission after Kanan pointed out that the Phoenix fleet ' s starships could not break through the blockade . Hera and the crew of the " Ghost " traveled to Shantipole . While Hera , Zeb , and Sabine traveled down to the planet in the " Phantom " , Kanan , Ezra , and Chopper traveled on the " Ghost " to rendezvous with a supply ship in preparation for a second attempt to break the Imperial blockade of Ibaar . While traveling through Shantipole ' s atmosphere , the " Phantom " was struck by a bolt of lightning which damaged its starship systems . With much difficulty , Hera managed to fly the crippled " Phantom " to a landing field where Quarrie was said to live . Despite the electrical damage , Hera managed to land the " Phantom " in one piece . Shortly later , they were greeted and welcomed by Quarrie , who invited Hera to test his prototype Blade Wing starfighter . When Hera offered to go for a spin in the Blade Wing , Quarrie declined but offered to help them repair the " Phantom " . While Quarrie was making repairs to the " Phantom " , Hera took the opportunity to ask Quarrie why he was unable to transmit the plans for his ship to Rex . In response , Quarrie replied that he would not hand over his ship to any pilot and then asked Hera why she had risked her life to come to Shantipole . Hera then recounted how she had developed a love for flying during her childhood when she witnessed Republic ships liberating her world . Syndulla ' s passion for flying had led her to leave her family and later to join the Rebellion . Hera also mentioned how she felt at peace when flying even in the middle of a conflict . Touched by her words , Quarrie allowed Hera to fly the Blade Wing . With Quarrie ' s permission , Hera took the prototype Blade Wing on its maiden flight . Despite its engines cutting off initially during a dive , Hera managed to regain control of the starfighter and flew through a nearby canyon without any further problems . After passing Sabine , Zeb , and Quarrie on one run , Hera began testing the Blade Wing ' s weaponry on a wrecked starship . Under Quarrie ' s instruction , Hera toyed with the starfighter ' s multi - cannon system and used it to destroy the wrecked ship with one fiery blast . Having completed its maiden flight , Syndulla taxied back on the runway . Hera ' s successful test flight coincided with a transmission from Kanan informing her and her companions that the rebels were preparing to launch a second run on the Imperial blockade at Ibaar . However , Hera and her companions faced an unexpected problem when Sabine discovered that the multi - cannon ' s firing system had drained the Blade Wing ' s hyperdrive . There was not enough time for Quarrie and the rebels to address the ship ' s problem . Fortunately for Hera , she learnt that Quarrie had upgraded the " Phantom " hyperdrive system . Using this knowledge , Hera had the Blade Wing attached to the " Phantom " . Hera , Sabine , Zeb , and Quarrie then traveled to Ibaar on the " Phantom " . Upon exiting hyperspace , the Blade Wind detached from the " Phantom " . Their arrival was timely because the Phoenix fleet was about to launch its second run against the Imperial blockade . The " Ghost " had been designated as the new transport vessel . The Phoenix fleet allowed Hera and Sabine to fly the Blade Wing starfighter ahead . Using the starfighter ' s multi - cannon system , they destroyed one of Kallus ' " Arquitens " - class light cruisers . This allowed Kanan , Ezra , and Chopper to break through the Imperial blockade with the " Ghost " and deliver the much - needed relief supplies to the people of Ibaar . Following their successful mission , Commander Sato credited Quarrie ' s Blade Wing starfighter with breaking the Imperial blockade and informed the rebels that Senator Organa was willing to manufacture more B - wings in secret . Quarrie agreed to supervise the manufacture of the rebellion ' s Blade Wings and also praised Hera for her recent victory . At the recommendation of Kanan , Commander Sato promoted Hera to the position of Phoenix Leader and was promoted to Commander . Phoenix Leader . As Phoenix Leader , Hera ' s responsibilities and standing in the rebellion increased . On the planet Garel , she sent two pilots to pick up fighter parts in Garel City ' s market place . Shortly later , she send Sabine , Chopper , and Ezra on a mission to pick up a courier at Garel City Spaceport and transport him to Havoc Outpost . While Hera did not know what the courier looked like , she told Sabine and her companions that he would answer to the code - phrase : " It ' s a long way to Alderaan " . Hera placed Sabine in charge of this mission and made Chopper and Ezra her back - ups . The courier turned out to be a GNK - series power droid named EG - 86 . Sabine ' s mission was complicated by the arrival of her estranged former friend Ketsu Onyo and a stormtrooper patrol . During the fighting in the spaceport , Ezra was separated from his team but managed to return to Hera . Meanwhile , Sabine and Chopper completed the mission with Ketsu ' s assistance . Hera was present when Sabine and Ketsu returned from their mission . After congratulating Sabine , she also thanked Ketsu for her help . Later , Phoenix Leader Hera and the other crew of the " Ghost " received a distress transmission from Commander Sato , whose CR90 corvette " Liberator " had been pulled out of hyperspace and captured by an Imperial Interdictor , a prototype warship equipped with gravity well projector s . Ezra had also been captured since he had an accompanied Sato , who had traveled to the Del Zennis system to investigate a lost patrol . When Kanan told the crew of the " Ghost " to gear up for a rescue mission , Hera countermanded his order and ordered Kanan to go with Rex and Chopper to rescue their rebel comrades . Disguised as stormtroopers , Kanan and Rex managed to infiltrate the Imperial Interdictor and rescue Ezra , Sato , and his men . Chopper also managed to sabotage the Imperial Interdictor ' s gravity well projectors ; causing two Imperial light cruisers to collide with it and destroying all three vessels . By working together , Kanan overcame his animosity towards Rex and developed a friendlier relationship . Escaping Garel . Under the leadership of Commander Sato and Phoenix Leader Hera , the Phoenix Squadron established a presence on the planet Garel . However , Garel was only intended as a temporary measure since the rebels did not want to endanger its inhabitants . While discussing plans with Kanan to establish a permanent base for the rebellion , Hera and Kanan were interrupted by Ezra Bridger , who had experienced a Force vision of his parents Ephraim and Mira Bridger . In response , Hera and Kanan decided that it was time to share what Tseebo had told her about the fate of Bridger ' s parents . The Bridgers had been imprisoned within a vast network of Imperial prisons that spanned the entire galaxy . Despite their best efforts , they were unable to determine which prison Ezra ' s parents had been sent to . Later that morning , Hera received word from Commander Sato that there had been a break - out from an Imperial prison on Lothal the previous night . Hera was present when Kanan instructed Ezra to use the Force to focus on a list of the Lothalian prisoners . Ezra selected Prisoner X - 10 , a man whom they later discovered was Ryder Azadi , the former Governor of Lothal . Shortly later , Sabine informed Hera and the other rebels that an Imperial fleet had just departed Lothal . Ezra viewed this as a sign that he was predestined to go to Lothal and convinced Hera and the other rebels to make preparations to depart from Garel City . Shortly later , the rebels were attacked by the Imperial fleet . After escaping stormtroopers , Hera and her rebel companions departed on the " Ghost " for space but were blocked by a fleet of Star Destroyers . While airborne , Ezra departed with Kanan and Chopper on the " Phantom " to continue his mission to find his parents . Meanwhile , Hera and Sabine manned the helm of the " Ghost " while Zeb manned the ship ' s rear turret cannon . After Commander Sato ' s command ship " Liberator " was trapped by the tractor beam projector of the Star Destroyer " Relentless " , Hera used the " Ghost " to knock out the projector . Despite the ship ' s laser cannons being jammed , Hera managed to ram into the projector ; freeing Commander Sato ' s ship . Hera and the surviving Phoenix rebels then fled into hyperspace . Rendezvous on Lothal . Following the escape from Garel , Hera along with Zeb and Sabine traveled to Lothal to rendezvous with Prince ss Leia Organa , the daughter of the Alderaanian Senator Organa , who was secret supporting the rebellion . While chatting via hologram with Kanan , she informed him that Senator Organa had sent his daughter to supply three " Sphyrna " - class corvettes to the rebels . Since the Alderaanians could not be seen directly supporting the rebels , Bail and Leia had arranged for the rebels to steal the ships on Lothal , an Imperial world . Kanan in return informed her about their meeting with Azadi ] ] , who had informed Ezra about the fate of his parents . The crew of the " Ghost " arrived on Lothal in the midst of a skirmish between Kanan , Ezra , Chopper , Leia , and Imperial forces , who had attempted to arrest Chopper and Ryder . While Hera manned the controls of the " Ghost " , Zeb and Sabine brought the other rebels aboard . To perpetuate the ruse that Leia was a loyal Imperial citizen , the rebels pretended to kidnap her and Kanan and Ezra , the latter wearing Imperial uniforms . After escaping back aboard the " Ghost " , Hera and his fellow rebels learned about the passing of Ezra ' s parents and offered the youth their condolences . They then moved on to discuss their plans to " steal " Leia ' s three Hammerhead corvettes . Since Leia ' s ships were " stolen " by rebel elements frequently , the local Imperial official Supply Master Yogar Lyste had fitted the three corvettes with gravity lock s to deter futures thefts . Using Azadi ' s expertise with gravity locks , the rebels hatched a plan to " steal " the ships . In order to infiltrate the Imperial depot , Kanan and Ezra posed as Imperial personnel who pretended to have rescued Leia from the rebels . While the Imperials were distracted , the crew of the " Ghost " and Ryder Azadi disabled the gravity locks and stole the starships . During the raid on the Imperial depot , Hera and Zeb manned the " Ghost " and harried the depot ' s two AT - AT walkers . The acquisition of the three Hammerhead corvettes supplemented the Phoenix Squadron ' s depleted forces . After completing their mission , Hera and her comrades rejoined the Phoenix fleet in space . Injured over Concord Dawn . With the Empire bearing down on their usual hyperspace route s , Sabine suggested the rebels try to use a route through the Mandalorian colony Concord Dawn . Hera and Sabine flew with Phoenix Squadron to the planet , where they were greeted by the Journeyman Protector s ' leader Fenn Rau . On learning they were rebels , Rau , who was employed by the Empire , opened fire . Hera was injured while providing covering fire for the squadron to escape , and just managed to make the jump to hyperspace to reunite with the fleet as her fighter detonated around her . Sabine swore revenge , but Kanan refused , believing he could negotiate with Rau , having known him during the Clone Wars . The two confronted Rau , and at Kanan ' s behest , Sabine spared his life . After Rau reluctantly allowed the rebels passage , Hera came out of her coma and praised Sabine for making the right decision , quipping she behaved more like a Jedi than a Mandalorian . Sabine responded she ' d been raised right . Voyage to Lira San . Hera and her crew traveled on the " Ghost " to Nixus Hub 218 , a spaceport on the icy planet of Nixus . Ezra had received a tip from his one - time " business partner " Hondo Ohnaka about the arrival of two refugee s at Hub 218 . After landing , Hera praised Ezra for taking the lead on this mission . When they approached the cargo section , they discovered Imperial stormtroopers arresting two Lasat refugees , who had been hiding in a cargo container . Hera watched while her rebel companions assaulted the Imperials and freed the Lasat captives . Shortly later , Hondo turned up and revealed that he was Ezra ' s mysterious source . The Lasat identified themselves as the former Lasan High Honor Guard sman Gron and the mystic Chava the Wise . From Gron , Hera and the other rebels learned that Zeb had once been a captain in the Honor Guard . As the rebels made their way back to the " Ghost " , Chava told them that she and her companion were searching for the legendary Lasat planet of Lira San , which was rumored to be a safe refuge for the Lasat species . The rebels were pursued by more stormtroopers but they managed to escape back to the " Ghost " with the help of Hondo , who sealed several exits to prevent the Imperials from pursuing them . During the gunfight , Hera exchanged fire and managed to shoot down several stormtroopers with her blaster . After boarding the " Ghost " , Hera and her crew fled into hyperspace . Hera and her co - pilot Sabine piloted the " Ghost " during the ship ' s journey . Hera offered map s to help Chava and Gron find Lira San but Chava revealed that the planet did not exist on any official star charts . Instead , Chava and Gron began a ritual to help them find Lira San . Chava also discussed an ancient Lasat prophecy which stated that Lira San would only be found if the " child " saved both the " warrior " and the " fool " . While initially reluctant , Zeb agreed to take part in order to save his people . Later , Hera and the other rebels were present when Zeb used his bo - rifle to pinpoint Lira San ' s location on a holographic map generated by Chopper . After determining Lira San ' s location , Hera set a course for Wild Space , a region which lay beyond the Outer Rim Territories . As the " Ghost " approached Wild Space , Hera was forced to pull the ship out of hyperspace when its sensors picked up a new obstacle : an imploded star cluster which blocked their path to Lira San . The rebels ' problems were further compounded when an " Arquitens " - class command cruiser captained by Agent Kallus exited hyperspace behind them . Hera and Sabine manned the " Ghost " controls as the ship attempted to brave the maelstrom ahead . At that point , Zeb fulfilled the ancient Lasat prophecy by using his bo - rifle to guide the " Ghost " through the maelstrom ahead . Hera and Sabine were initially taken by surprise but were relieved when their ship entered the gravitational field intact . Meanwhile , the Imperial cruiser was forced to retreat due to damage from the gravitational pull of the star cluster . Upon entering the imploded star cluster , the " Ghost " jumped into hyperspace . Hera and her crew were knocked out by a bright blast of light . When they awoke , they found themselves in an unknown region of space . Shortly later , they sighted Lira San in the horizon . Hera and the other rebels stayed aboard while Zeb along with Gron and Chava traveled down to Lira San in the " Phantom " . The three Lasat subsequently discovered that Lira San was the original homeworld of the Lasat species and that it was home to millions of Lasat . While Gron and Chava elected to settle on Lira San , Zeb returned to rejoin the crew of the " Ghost " . When Hera told Chopper that he had to put all of Zeb ' s things back in his room , the astromech droid groaned but complied . Having accomplished their mission , Hera and her crew returned to the known galaxy via the safe route which Zeb had discovered through the maelstrom . Joining forces with the purrgil . With the " Ghost " low on fuel and power , Captain Syndulla traveled to a Mining Guild Asteroid Belt Gas Refinery to obtain fuel for her ship and the fleet . Hera and her co - pilot Sabine were piloting the " Ghost " when Ezra heard shrill cries in the distance . These cries came from the purrgil , large space - dwelling creatures that were capable of hyperspace travel . Fearful of the purrgil herd , Hera wanted to fire on the space creatures but Kanan managed to talk her out of it . Ezra then advised Hera to fly the " Ghost " in the same direction as the purrgil in an effort to calm them . This tactic worked and the purrgil calmed down . When Ezra sensed that the purrgil were trying to communicate with them , Hera expressed skepticism and dismissed the purrgil as " big , lumbering menaces " that imperiled hyperspace travel . When the purrgil began showing signs of being startled , Zeb suggested that Hera was troubling them . However , the crew of the " Ghost " quickly discovered the real source of the disturbance when two Mining Guild TIE fighter s attacked the purrgil . Despite her dislike for the space creatures , Hera and her crew came to their aid and managed to shoot down both fighters . After the dogfight , Hera and Sabine realized that the purrgil were traveling towards the same asteroid gas refinery they were heading to . With the ship low on power , she ordered her crew to switch off all power appliances . While conversing with Ezra , Hera confided her personal animosity towards the purrgil . In her childhood , Hera had heard tales about how the purrgil had inspired the development of hyperspace travel . However , she had since grown to view the purrgil as a menace to hyperspace travel since they collided into starships . She had lost more than one of her friends to the space creatures . Ezra then suggested that the purrgil were ignorant of the damage they were causing . Shortly later , the " Ghost " arrived near the asteroid gas refinery , which was based on a large planetoid . Under Hera ' s orders , Sabine and Chopper landed the ship on a cliff overlooking the refinery . After the crew had assembled in the cockpit , Hera and Sabine outlined their plans to steal Clouzon - 36 fuel canisters from the refinery . As part of the plan , Sabine along with Kanan , Chopper , and Ezra would jump onto the refinery ' s bridge . They would then plant explosives to destroy the platform before seizing the fuel canisters lying on the main landing platform , where they would be picked up by the " Ghost " . While Hera and Zeb stayed aboard to maintain the " Ghost " , the other rebels landed on the gas refinery . After Ezra convinced the other rebels to delay their plan to blow up the refinery , Hera grumbled when she learned that this change was linked to the purrgil . When the rebels had secured the landing platform , Sabine contacted Hera and Zeb to bring the " Ghost " down . Hera initially complained that she would have to brave enemy fire until Sabine reminded her that their job as rebels did not come with guarantees . Once they had landed , Hera stayed at the controls of the " Ghost " while Zeb powered up the ship using one of the canisters . The other rebels also loaded their stolen canisters onto the ship . When the " Ghost " had almost finished powering up , Hera and her crew found themselves encircled by the Mining Guild boss Yushyn , several armed Rodian guards , and two more TIE fighters . Yushyn demanded that the rebels surrender . However , Ezra and the purrgil attacked the Mining Guild forces . This commotion allowed the crew of the " Ghost " to escape the landing zone . Before leaving , the " Ghost " destroyed the gas refinery in order to deny its services to the Empire . Later in space , they were reunited with Ezra who explained that the purrgil depended on the Clouzon - 36 fuel to survive and to jump into hyperspace . After the purrgil jumped into hyperspace , Hera decided to follow them ; having overcome her prejudices towards the space creatures . A difficult family reunion . Later , Hera and the crew of the " Ghost " were involved in a mission to deliver supplies to a Hammerhead corvette over an ice planet . Supported by Phoenix Squadron , they managed to hold off several Imperial TIE fighters and an Imperial Star Destroyer . Once the supplies were delivered , the Hammerhead corvette , the " Ghost " and Phoenix Squadron managed to escape into hyperspace however Phoenix Two was killed by enemy fire . With the rebellion losing pilot s and starfighter s rapidly , Hera realized that the rebels needed a safe place to land and shelter their starfighters . Hera and Kanan consulted with Commander Sato , who suggested that the rebels steal an Imperial fighter carrier sighted above Ryloth , the homeworld of Hera ' s Twi ' lek species . Realizing that they needed local assistance , Hera contacted her father Cham , with whom she had not spoken with for years . Cham agreed to help and arrived with two colleagues Numa and Gobi Glie on a " Nu " - class attack shuttle . After exchanging greetings , Hera briefed both her rebels and the Ryloth rebels about her plan to infiltrate and hijack the Imperial fighter carrier using a stolen TIE / sa bomber . Disagreeing with his daughter ' s plans , Cham instead advocated destroying the fighter carrier to show the Ryloth resistance ' s strength . After some disagreement , Cham and his rebels reluctantly agreed to support Hera ' s plan . Following the meeting , Hera retreated to a separate room with Chopper and Ezra . While repairing Chopper , Hera told Ezra and the astromech droid about her difficult relationship with Cham . Her father was a freedom fighter who had devoted his entire life to fighting both the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Empire for a free Ryloth . After her mother died , Cham had neglected his daughter in order to commit his life to the rebellion . Shortly later , Cham entered the room and told them that they needed to prepare for their mission . After Ezra departed , Hera engaged in a tense conversation with her father . Cham chided his daughter for her close relationship with Chopper and for not devoting her life to freeing Ryloth . Speaking in a Twi ' lek accent , Hera responded that the rebels were fighting to free everyone including Ryloth . Unable to resolve their differences , Cham stormed out of the room . As the Spectres and their Twi ' lek allies traveled to Ryloth , Cham ingratiated himself with Hera ' s crew and regaled Kanan and Ezra with a recollection of his exploits during the Clone Wars . Knowing her father better however , Hera warned Kanan not to fully trust him . After exiting hyperspace , the two rebel groups entered their stolen TIE bomber and approached the fighter carrier . Two rebel A - wing starfighters then exited hyperspace and attacked the rebel ' s bomber . This ruse allowed the rebels to dock in the fighter carrier ' s hangar bay under the pretext of seeking refuge . Hera then deliberately crash - landed the bomber to convince the Imperials that the damage was real . Before Hera and her rebel comrades could begin their mission , Cham and the Twi ' lek rebels stunned them and proceeded with their original mission to destroy the fighter carrier . Later , Hera woke up and kicked Chopper to rouse the droid . Chopper freed her from her restraints and helped free the other rebels . After Ezra and Sabine informed her that the Twi ' leks had a bag of detonators , Hera realized that they were going to blow up the fighter carrier and resolved to stop them . Hera and Chopper followed Kanan and Ezra as they navigated their way through the ship ' s corridors and dodged stormtroopers and closing blast doors . Together , the four rebels made their way to the command bridge . There , Ezra used a Jedi mind trick to force the Imperial commander to order a general evacuation of the fighter carrier . Meanwhile , Sabine and Zeb managed to overpower Numa and Gobi in the munitions racket . On the bridge , Hera and her rebels confronted her father Cham , who had sabotaged the ship ' s hyperdrive . Hera tried to reason with her father again . She pointed out that if the rebels destroyed the fighter carrier , the Empire would send another . However , if they stole the carrier , they could use it to fight back against the Empire . Cham responded that he wanted revenge against the Empire for exploiting Ryloth ' s resources and its people . He wanted to destroy the ship to show what the Ryloth resistance could accomplish . Hera responded that Ryloth ' s freedom struggle was part of a greater rebellion against the Empire . In the end , Hera managed to win over her father by telling him that he had inspired her to join the rebellion against the Empire . Working together with the Twi ' lek rebels , the crew of the " Ghost " resolved to prevent Imperial reinforcements from retaking the fighter carrier . They managed to use the ship ' s weapons systems to shoot down several TIE fighters and an Imperial landing craft . The two rebel cells also managed to destroy an Imperial light cruiser by throwing a rigged TIE bomber into its path , causing it to explode . After Chopper repaired the hyperdrive , Hera and the rebels managed to escape into hyperspace . Following the successful heist , Hera reconciled with her father . Cham commended his daughter for galvanizing the Ryloth rebels through her actions in stealing the fighter carrier . In return , Hera thanked her father for teaching her the importance of leadership . Hera and her rebels watched as Cham and his Twi ' lek comrades departed on their shuttle for space . Mission to Geonosis . After rebel intelligence discovered that the Empire was once building something above Geonosis , Hera and the crew of the " Ghost " were tasked with acquiring any information they could find aboard an Imperial construction module above the planet . Upon arrival , Hera ordered Chopper to conduct a planetary scan , but no life was detected . Hera assured the crew they don ' t know the Geonosian s were dead for sure and continued towards the construction module . While Hera , Chopper , and Rex stayed aboard the ship , the other rebels ventured into the complex . Before long , they discovered that they had stumbled into a trap set by Agent Kallus , a perennial enemy of the Spectres . A firefight ensued and the " Ghost " came under attack from three hidden All Terrain Defense Pod walkers . An Imperial astromech droid closed the blast doors on the rebels but was soon dispatched by Chopper , who proceeded to re - open the doors , allowing the other rebels , with the exception of Zeb , to escape back aboard the " Ghost " and flee into space . Meanwhile , Zeb fled into an escape pod while pursued by Kallus . Due to a malfunction in the pod ' s engines , the two foes crash - landed into a cave on the icy moon of Bahryn . Meanwhile , Hera piloted the " Ghost " and led three TIE fighters on a wild chase . After destroying two of the TIEs , Hera flew the " Ghost " through one of the construction modules and Kanan used one of the ship ' s rear turrets to fire on the final pursuing TIE , causing it to collide with an AT - DP walker . Once they were safe , Hera supervised the rebels ' efforts to locate Zeb . After a few hours , they were able to pick up Zeb ' s transponder signal from Bahryn . Zeb and Kallus had managed to overcome their differences and struck an unlikely friendship to overcome the cold and ward off several bonzami beasts . Hera landed the " Ghost " near Zeb ' s shelter . Zeb offered Kallus a place aboard the ship but the Imperial agent opted to wait for his Imperial comrades . Hera and her crew greeted Zeb at the " Ghost " s exit ramp and together they returned into space . Parting with the Jedi . After Ezra , Kanan , and Chopper had returned from a mission to scout Oosalon as a potential rebel base site , Kanan instructed Hera to meet them in deep space without the rest of the fleet . Hera complied with Kanan ' s instructions and rendezvoused with the " Phantom " in deep space . Once Kanan and Ezra had entered the " Ghost " , Hera asked Ezra how the " Phantom " was faring . Ezra replied that she should ask Chopper , who had been flying the ship . Hera and Zeb later learned that the two Jedi had run into two Inquisitors known as the Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister on Oosalon . Hera listened while Kanan expressed his fears that the Inquisitors would make it hard for him and Ezra to help the rebels establish a base . The " Ghost " was also hosting Ahsoka Tano , a former Jedi Padawan who was an ally of the rebels . Later , Hera along with Zeb and Sabine watched Kanan , Ezra , Ahsoka , and Chopper depart into hyperspace on the " Phantom " from the " Ghost " windows . When Sabine asked where their comrades were going , Hera replied that it was sometimes best not to know . In the absence of Hera and the other rebels , the three Jedi traveled to the Jedi Temple on Lothal where they experienced Force visions from Yoda . They managed to escape the temple before the Inquisitors and Darth Vader arrived . Heist at Horizon Base . Later , the rebel leadership identified Berzite ' s moon in the Yost system as a potential site for a rebel base . However , they lacked enough fuel to travel there . At the suggestion of Sabine ' s friend Ketsu Onyo , Hera and the crew of the " Ghost " agreed to raid the Imperial fuel depot at Horizon Base for supplies . Upon traveling there , Hera devised a plan which involved the rebels raiding the depot while Chopper stayed behind with the " Ghost " to watch out for Imperial forces . When Chopper coveted a droid leg on sale nearby , Hera reminded him that they were not on Horizon Base to ship and that they had an urgent mission . However , Chopper disobeyed Hera ' s instructions and visited the stall . Meanwhile , Hera and her other companions approached the fuel depot but found it heavily guarded . When Hera reiterated that they could not leave without the fuel , Kanan told them to get the fuel " quietly with no complications . " The rebels managed to steal the fuel but were pursued by Imperial stormtroopers . Since Chopper was not around , they were forced to leave him behind . Once in hyperspace , Ezra raised the matter of going back to Horizon Base to rescue Chopper . However , Hera was still angry with Chopper for disobeying her orders and criticized the astromech droid for only looking out for himself . She then stressed that the rebel fleet was more important . Shortly later , they received a transmission from Commander Sato that the rebel fleet was under attack . Upon exiting hyperspace , they found the Phoenix rebel fleet under attack from Imperial forces under Admiral Konstantine . Hera then approached the rebel fighter carrier to unload the fuel supplies but was harried by several TIE fighters and laser fire from Konstantine ' s Star Destroyer " Relentless " . After some difficulty , Hera managed to land the " Ghost " with the help of Ketsu ' s starship " Shadow Chaser " . While the fighter carrier was being refueled , Hera received a transmission from Chopper , who had managed to hijack an Imperial cargo ship with the help of the former Imperial inventory droid AP - 5 . Hera was still annoyed with Chopper and informed him that they were about to travel to the Yost system . Overhearing the conversation , AP - 5 warned Hera that the Empire had set a trap in that system . While Hera was initially skeptical , Chopper backed AP - 5 up and defended him as a friend . Hera was surprised that Chopper had managed to find a friend . AP - 5 then revealed he knew another planet called Atollon that had no Imperial presence . Hera relayed this information to Commander Sato , who alerted the fleet about their change of location . AP - 5 tried to send the coordinates but was attacked by the Imperial cargo ship ' s captain and badly damaged . Chopper managed to knock out the captain and then relayed the coordinates to Hera and Commander Sato . Due to AP - 5 and Chopper ' s actions , the rebel fleet was able to escape the trap at the Yost system and reached Atollon . There , they were reunited with Chopper and AP - 5 . After scanning the system , Hera and Kanan were satisfied that there was no Imperial presence there ; making it safe for the rebels to start up a base . Hera was present when Sabine repaired AP - 5 using parts from Chopper ' s stolen droid leg . She and the other crew also watched the verbal exchange between the two droids with bemusement . Securing Chopper Base . Following the discovery of Atollon , Hera and the Spectres aided the Phoenix rebels with the establishment of Chopper Base . The " Ghost " delivered supplies to the rebel base . During one supply run , Hera and Sabine took the opportunity to watch a lightsaber training session between Ezra and Kanan . After Ezra was unsettled by Sabine ' s comment about his lightsaber skills , Hera assured him that she meant that his skills were good . Upon landing at Chopper Base , Hera delivered a supply of power generators to the former inventory droid AP - 5 . While at Chopper Base , Hera took the opportunity to express her unease with Kanan about his plans to travel with Ezra and the former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka to the planet Malachor . Hera feared that she would lose her lover , but Kanan stressed that their mission was necessary for the survival of the Rebellion . Later that evening , Hera and her crew responded to a distress call from Sabine and Rex . Earlier , Sabine and Rex had visited the base ' s northern perimeter to respond to the disappearance of Lieutenant Dicer , who had vanished after planting a sensor beacon . However , the two rebels had come under attack from several krykna , large spidery creatures that were native to Atollon . Piloting the " Ghost " , Hera and her crew managed to scare off the krykna and rescue Sabine . However , Rex was taken captive by the creatures . After assigning Chopper to guard the ship , Hera and the other rebels ventured into the krykna ' s underground lair . Aware of the Jedi ' s imminent departure , Hera instructed Kanan and Ezra to search one part of the lair while she and the other rebels searched a different part . Shortly layer , Hera and her companions stumbled into the krykna ' s nest where they managed to free Rex but were unable to find Dicer . After rejoining Kanan and Ezra , the rebels and Rex fled back to the " Ghost " . Once aboard , Hera attempted to fly the ship but the " Ghost " was held down by a web spun by the krykna . While Ezra , Kanan , and Zeb manned the ship ' s laser cannon s , Hera instructed Sabine to divert all auxiliary power to the hull . This had the effect of shocking the krykna but it failed to drive them away . After Hera ' s rebel companions managed to recover the sensor market and break free of the web , Hera was able to fly the " Ghost " back to the safety of Chopper Base . On the way , she disagreed with Rex ' s assessment that they should abandon the base . She contended that the rebels should not give up because they had already poured so much effort into finding the base . At the advice of Kanan , Hera and the Phoenix rebels decided to erect a perimeter fence around the base consisting of sensor markers to ward off the krykna . Before Kanan and Ezra left for Malachor , she spoke with her lover . When Kanan tried to assure her that he would be alright , she sensed that he was lying and confided that she preferred that they face their challenges together . Kanan then promised Hera that they would see each other again . Before leaving , he embraced her . Staying behind on Atollon . Hera , a Captain , along with Sabine , Zeb , and Rex stayed behind while Ezra , Kanan , Chopper , and Ahsoka traveled to Malachor . Hera and the other rebels were present at Chopper Base ' s runway when the " Phantom " returned . After the ship had landed , Hera embraced her love , whose eyes were covered by a blindfold . Later , Hera and the other rebels were aboard the " Ghost " as they came to terms with Kanan ' s blindness and Ahsoka ' s apparent death on Malachor . Working with Hondo . Later , Hera flew Ezra and his team to the planet Naraka during a mission to rescue Hondo Ohnaka from the Imperial prison there . While Ezra and his strike team freed Hondo and his Ugnaught companion Terba , Hera remained airborne with the " Ghost " . At Ezra ' s instruction , she carried out a " 44 scoop " and safely evacuated the rebels and Hondo . Once in the cockpit , Hera asked Zeb and Ezra whether the AT - DP walker had been helping them . Ezra then explained that he " had to do what he did . " After Sabine mentioned that Hondo ' s companion Terba had died , Hera reminded Ezra that he was responsible for everyone under his wing . In response , Ezra retorted that he was not responsible for Terba ' s death and stormed off . Hondo also thanked Hera for the rescue but then demanded to be paid . After returning to Chopper Base , Hera reminded Hondo that they had repaid him by rescuing him from the Imperial prison . She rebuffed him when he tried to bribe her into selling the " Ghost " . At the briefing , Hera watched as Hondo detailed the Imperial salvage operation at Reklam Station in the gas planet of Yarma . Hondo explained that his friend Terba had been a laborer there who had worked on dismantling decommissioned Y - wing starfighters . When Hera asked about the Y - wings , Rex reassured her that they were reliable combat starfighters . When Ezra advocated with proceeding with the mission , Hera advised sending a reconnaissance mission first . As a compromise , Commander Sato promoted Ezra to Lieutenant Commander and placed him in charge of the mission to Reklam Station . When Hera told Ezra that his master would be proud , he shrugged that his master was never there . After the briefing , Hera found Kanan meditating at the edge of Atollon Base . She told him that she had expected to see him at the briefing . Hera also told Kanan to reassure Ezra that he was not to blame for the events that occurred on Malachor earlier . Later , Hera contacted Ezra to inquire about his progress with the recon mission . Despite Ezra ' s explanation that things were good , Hera and Sato quickly deduced that Ezra had unilaterally embarked on a recovery mission . Ezra and Sato then gave orders to mobilize the Phoenix fleet . Hera then departed on the " Ghost " and was joined by Kanan , who had returned from his meeting with the enigmatic Force - wielder known as the Bendu . At Yarma , Hera flew the " Ghost " to the disintegrating Reklem Station . Kanan opened the rear exit and rescued Ezra from falling into the volatile depths of the gas planet . Ezra then tried to apologize for getting the " Phantom " destroyed but Hera told him to explain later . The " Ghost " and the rebel fleet then escaped into hyperspace after the Imperial tactician Grand Admiral Thrawn allowed them to escape . After arriving back at Chopper Base , Hera reprimanded Ezra for disobeying his orders , endangering his team , and getting the " Phantom " destroyed . As punishment , she relieved him of his duties as Lieutenant Commander . When Zeb tried to vouch for his friend , Hera explained that Ezra had been responsible for the mission . She then informed Sabine that the five stolen Y - wings had been transferred to General Jan Dodonna ' s unit . Prisoners of Maul . Hera along with Chopper , Zeb , and Sabine were taken prisoner by the former Sith apprentice Maul , whom Kanan and Ezra had earlier encountered on Malachor . Maul had lured the rebels into a trap by attacking the crew of a Hammerhead corvette and forcing them to send a distress signal to the " Ghost " . Once aboard the " Ghost " , Maul overpowered the rebels and took them prisoner . After securing them in restraints and posting repurposed tour guide droid s as sentries , Maul contacted Kanan and Ezra and demanded that they hand him the Sith holocron and Kanan ' s Jedi holocron in return for the save return of their friends . Later , Maul forced Hera to take him on a tour of the " Ghost " . Hera took him on a tour of the cabins before entering Kanan ' s quarters . After discovering Hera ' s reluctance to tell him the location of the Kanan ' s holocron , Maul weakened her by revealing that he knew Kanan ' s real name : Caleb Dume . Following Hera ' s shocked silence , Maul probed her mind , discovering the hidden holocron inside a shelf and " thanking " Hera for not putting up a strong resistance . While Maul was preoccupied with trying to open the Jedi holocron , Hera and the other rebels tried to escape . At her direction , Zeb kicked Chopper into two of Maul ' s tour guide droids . After knocking out Maul ' s droids , the rebels fled down the ladder into the cargo hold . However , Maul followed them . Hera then instructed Chopper to activate the magnetizer in order to trap the cyborg Dark Sider . Despite their best efforts , Maul used his lightsaber to break free and then attacked the rebels with his Force powers . After beating them into submission , Maul warned Hera and Sabine that they were only alive as long as they were useful to him . Later , Maul took his prisoners to the Mandalorian space station Vizsla Keep 09 where he had agreed to rendezvous with Ezra and Kanan . Despite promising Ezra that he would spare his friends , Maul secretly ordered his droids to execute the prisoners . However , Kanan managed to destroy the tour guide drops before they could execute Hera and her crew . Hera and the other rebels then rushed to the command center where they found that Maul and Ezra had activated both holocrons . Hera shouted for Ezra but could not see him in the bright pink glow . However , Kanan could see his apprentice and convinced Ezra to close his eyes , ending the ceremony . Despite escaping Maul and recovering the holocrons , they failed to prevent the former Sith from escaping . Recruiting a defector . After Imperial forces destroyed a rebel convoy to Teralov , Hera attended a briefing chaired by Commander Sato . During the briefing , Sato shared a recording from a rebel agent called Fulcrum who informed them that several cadets at the elite Imperial Skystrike Academy were planning to defect to the rebellion . When Ezra asked whether Fulcrum was Ahsoka Tano , Hera explained that Fulcrum was a pseudonym for several rebel agents . Hera assigned the former Imperial cadet Sabine on an undercover mission to rescue these cadets . She and Zeb then left to escort a new supply convoy to Teralov . Later , Hera and the other rebels welcomed Sabine and the two cadets Wedge Antilles and Hobbie at Chopper Base . Return to Ryloth . Later , Hera and her crew returned to her homeworld of Ryloth on a supply mission . On the way , she rescued her father Cham and his comrade Numa from an Imperial patrol . While father and daughter were happy to see each other , Hera was saddened to learn that Imperial forces had invaded their provincial home of Tann Province and captured their home . Hera was further devastated to learn that her mother ' s heirloom , the kalikori had also been left behind . Hera was determined to recover the heirloom but insisted upon going alone . However , Cham and her entire crew insisting on coming with her , saying that whatever was important to Hera was also important to them . While Cham and the others created a diversion , Hera and Ezra sneaked into her family estate , which had been converted into an Imperial base disguised as a scout trooper and a captured Twi ' lek insurgent . There , they rendezvoused with Chopper , who had traveled there disguised as an Imperial droid . Once inside , they headed to Cham ' s old office . Along the way , they passed by Captain Slavin and the blue - skinned Grand Admiral Thrawn ; the mastermind behind the recent Imperial advances in Tann province . After recovering the Kalikori , Hera and Ezra proceeded to find their way out . Hera and Ezra attempted to escape through a secret passage in the basement but found that it had been converted into a command center . With Chopper ' s help , the two rebels tried to get pass the stormtrooper sentries guarding the front door . However , Hera ran into Thrawn and Slavin . Slavin mistook her for a servant and chastised her for not staying in the kitchen . Hera tried to leave but Thrawn ordered the stormtroopers including a disguised Ezra to bring her to his officer for questioning . Once there , Hera pretended to be a peasant girl who tried to steal the Kalikori to obtain money for her family . Slavin was fooled by her charade but Thrawn quickly deduced that the servant girl was none other than the rebel fighter Hera Syndulla , the daughter of Cham and a key rebel operative . With Hera ' s cover blown , Ezra attempted to shoot Thrawn and Slavin but Thrawn stun ned him first . Hera was then forced by her Imperial captors to carry Ezra to a cell . Upon arriving in the cell , the trooper knocked her to the ground . Thrawn apologized that it would be their last meeting but promised to keep the Kalikori in a place of honor . When Hera responded that she would rather destroy the artifact then let it fall into the hands of an enemy , Thrawn mocked her about not respecting her history . He then thanked Hera for her hospitality before leaving Captain Slavin to " finish the job . " Captain Slavin then contacted Hera ' s father Cham and offered to free Hera and Ezra if he agreed to surrender by dawn . If he rejected Slavin ' s terms , Slavin threatened to execute Hera and Ezra . However , the Imperials had failed to capture Chopper ; mistaking him for an Imperial droid . The astromech droid entered Hera ' s cell to inform her and Ezra about Cham ' s plan to surrender in order to free them . When Ezra suggested escaping , Hera advised against it because there were too many stormtroopers around . She instead told Ezra and Chopper they would proceed with the exchange . However , she gave Chopper orders to plant explosives throughout the building in order to create a diversion that would allow everyone to escape . At dawn , Cham arrived aboard the " Ghost " outside the Syndulla household . Hera and Ezra were led by Captain Slavin to the " Ghost " . Slavin agreed to Cham ' s request for a simultaneous exchange and the two parties crossed . In secret , Slavin had given his men orders to shoot the " Ghost " and capture the rebels . However , Hera ordered Chopper to activate the explosives . This created an explosion which knocked out the Imperials and allowed all of the rebels to flee aboard the " Ghost " . After Thrawn allowed them to escape in order to observe an " experiment " , the rebels fled into Ryloth ' s wasteland . There , Hera affirmed her love for her father , Kanan , and her crew . In her view , her family were more important than the Kalikori . Mission to Agamar . Later , Hera and Sabine flew the other Spectres and Rex to the planet Agamar to salvage proton bomb s from a derelict Separatist supply ship . When Hera asked them if anything could go wrong , Ezra assured them that they would be alright since they had Rex , a veteran of the Clone Wars , with them . Despite Ezra ' s confidence , the rebels ' mission when awry when the rebels encountered a Separatist holdout led by the super tactical droid Kalani ; who forced them to take part in a simulated battle . In the end , the two factions joined forces to fight off Imperial forces that had been sent by Governor Arihnda Pryce . Meanwhile , Hera and Sabine took the " Ghost " to raid a fuel depot but were pursued by three TIE fighters . While both had not heard from the other rebels , they agreed that Rex and Kanan would contact them if they needed help . Hera and Sabine their Imperial pursuers . Later , Hera contacted Kanan via intercom to inquire about the progress of the mission . Without telling her about their adventure with Kalani , Kanan told Hera they had not found the proton bombs but that they had instead found a new transport for the " Ghost " . Trouble on Concord Dawn . After the rebellion lost contact with the Protectors Camp on the Third moon of Concord Dawn , Hera summoned Sabine Wren and Fenn Rau for a briefing at the war room . During the meeting , Fenn Rau , who was a prisoner of the Phoenix Squadron , reassured the rebel leaders that his men were not setting a trap and offered to investigate the matter . Hera allowed Fenn to return but issued orders that he be kept in magnetic binders . She also dispatched Sabine , Ezra , and Chopper to escort Rau on a recon probe on Concord Dawn . She gave them strict orders not to land the ship and to avoid contact with hostiles . Finally , Hera warned the other rebels not to lose the " Phantom II " since they had just gotten the ship . During the mission , Fenn and the rebels discovered that the Imperial Viceroy Gar Saxon had wiped out the Protectors . With his group destroyed , Fenn decided to join the rebellion . Evacuation of Mykapo . When Commander Sato received intelligence that the Empire was planning to impose martial law on the planet Mykapo , Hera led the Spectres and Phoenix Squadron on a mission to evacuate rebel sympathizers there . Upon arriving in the system , Hera and her fellow rebels discovered a YT - 2400 light freighter being attacked by TIE fighters . After directing a Hammerhead corvette to evacuate the civilians , Hera and her crew came to the assistance of the freighter , whose crew were a local rebel cell called the Iron Squadron . The Iron Squadron declined Hera ' s offer of assistance and destroyed an Imperial " Gozanti " - class cruiser . After the skirmish , Hera and Kanan reported on their encounter with Iron Squadron to Commander Sato . Sato believed that his nephew Mart Mattin had taken command of Iron Squadron following the death of his father . He asked Hera to bring his nephew back . After Kanan and Zeb left to assist with the evacuation , Hera docked the " Ghost " with the Iron Squadron ' s freighter " Sato ' s Hammer " . Hera along with Ezra , Sabine , and Chopper met with Mart and his crew Gooti Terez , Jonner Jin , and their astromech droid R3 - A3 . Despite her best efforts , Hera was unable to convince the Iron Squadron to leave Mykapo with them . Hera reluctantly allowed Ezra , Sabine , and Chopper to stay behind on the " Phantom II " and reason with Iron Squadron . Meanwhile , Hera and the rest of Phoenix Squadron returned with the rebel fleet and the evacuated civilians . In her absence , Ezra and Sabine managed to convince Gooti , Jonner , and R3 - A3 to leave with them . However , Mart stayed behind and attempted to take on an Imperial force led by Admiral Konstantine . Mart was no match for Konstantine ' s forces and sustained damage to his ship ' s engine . However , he managed to send out a distress signal to the rebels . Back at the " Ghost " , Hera convened a meeting with her crew , the Iron Squadron , and the holographic forms of Rex and Commander Sato . Since Sato was far away , Hera agreed to lead a rescue mission to save Mart . Hera and her team traveled back to the system in the " Ghost " . While outrunning Konstantine ' s starfighters , Hera managed to contact Mart and learned that the Imperials had attached a magno - mine to " Sato ' s Hammer " . Under Hera ' s instruction , Chopper and R3 - A3 managed to dislodge and deactivate the mine . They then reattached it to one of the " Sato ' s Hammer " cargo containers . Hera managed to pick up Mart , his ship , and the droids . Shortly later , Commander Sato arrived with reinforcements and attacked the Imperials . Hera then flew over Konstantine ' s light cruiser and Mart dropped his bomb , which damaged the cruiser . Hera and the rebels escaped just as Grand Admiral Thrawn arrived on his Star Destroyer " Chimaera " . After returning to Chopper Base , Commander Sato thanked Hera and her crew for rescuing his nephew . They then watched as Sato embraced Mart , who in turn embraced his crew . Mission to Wynkahthu . Hera and the Spectres met with the Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka and his new associate Azmorigan aboard the " Ghost " to discuss working together to recover cargo from a stranded Imperial cargo ship inside the planet Wynkahthu . Hera distrusted Hondo and was hostile towards Azmorigan due to their unpleasant encounter with Lando Calrissian . When Azmorigan recognized Hera as the " feisty one " who had hit him , she labeled him a " bag of bantha fodder " who had tried to buy her from Calrissian . Hondo managed to convince Hera and her crew to work with them after revealing that the cargo ship was carrying proton bombs , a commodity desired by the rebellion . After studying the location of the Imperial cargo ship , Hera reluctantly agreed to send her crew to help Hondo and Azmorigan salvage their " treasures " in return for obtaining the proton bombs . Since they were unable to offload the cargo from the ship due to the dangerous windy conditions and a nearby vortex , Hera assigned the former Imperial inventory droid AP - 5 with the task of formulating a plan to board the ship and access its cargo . Unhappy with Ezra ' s cozy relationship with Hondo , Hera assigned Zeb leadership of the mission . When Ezra protested , Hera reminded the young Jedi that Hondo was untrustworthy . Hera , Kanan , and AP - 5 stayed aboard the " Ghost " command bridge while Zeb and his salvage team boarded the Imperial cargo ship . While the salvage team explored the Imperial ship , Hera and her crew received word from Sabine , who was stationed in the " Ghost " cargo bay , that the winds were picking up . As a result , Hera requested a status report from Zeb . By that stage , the salvage team had reached the Imperial ship ' s cargo bay . Once the rebels had opened the cargo ship ' s doors , Hera flew the " Ghost " towards the cargo bay . Zeb then used the grappling guns to fire magnetic cables which stuck to the hull of the " Ghost " . These were used to ferry the proton bombs and other cargo aboard the " Ghost " . The recovery mission was complicated by the presence of Imperial sentry droid s aboard the ship . One of the sentry droids captured Azmorigan and Zeb and locked them away in the brig . To complicate matters further , a lightning bolt struck the cargo ship and cost it to list towards the vortex . Hera ordered Ezra to evacuate the cargo ship . Following a brief skirmish with the sentry droids , the rebels and their confederates managed to flee back with the " Ghost " . The salvage team also rescued the Ugnaught Melch , one of Hondo ' s workers who had smuggled himself aboard a treasure chest . Hera took the opportunity to taunt Hondo about " things not working out . " With both sides having achieving their goals , Hera ordered Hondo and his crew to continue their conversation aboard their ship . Mission to the Imperial Armory Complex . Hera along with Sabine , Zeb , and Commander Sato stayed behind while Ezra , Kanan , and Chopper undertook a mission to infiltrate the Imperial Armory Complex on Lothal . Hera corresponded with their local contact Azadi by hologram after Ryder lost contact with Ezra ' s team due to an Imperial lockdown . Hera recognized the new Imperial commander as Grand Admiral Thrawn , whom she had previously encountered on Ryloth . She and her comrades listened as Ryder informed the Phoenix Squadron about his plan to attack the factory ' s east gate . After Ezra and his team had stolen the plans and escaped the factory , Hera and Zeb were present when Sabine decrypted the plans , which turned out to be the blue print for a TIE Defender , a new starfighter that was equipped with deflector shields . Hera and Kanan feared that the new starfighter would pose a danger to the rebellion if manufactured in large numbers . When Hera learnt that the Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus had helped Ezra ' s team escape , she advised her comrades to exercise caution in dealing with Kallus until they could discern what game he was playing . The Spectre of Maul . Following the events on Lothal , Hera briefed the Spectres , Rex , and other members of Phoenix Squadron on its planned strike on the Imperial Armory Complex . She planned to send a small unit instead of the entire squadron . When she noticed that Ezra Bridger was distracted , Hera reminded him to stay focused because he had been assigned leadership of the mission . She briefed Ezra that his mission involved infiltrating Lothal and collecting intelligence on the Imperial orbital defenses . Hera then informed Ezra that the strike team would be leaving as soon as they have loaded up . When Hera asked for questions , Sabine Wren asked if Grand Admiral Thrawn was on Lothal . She responded that there had been an increased capital ship presence above Lothal but that there was no confirmation of Thrawn ' s presence . At that point , Ezra became distressed after seeing visions of Maul . When he fainted , Hera asked Kanan what was wrong but her lover had no answers . Later , Hera and the other Spectres were present in Ezra ' s quarters when the boy awoke . When Hera asked what happened , the boy claimed that he saw Maul . This led Hera to suspect that Ezra had seen a Force vision . When Chopper told Ezra to get up , Hera chastised the astromech droid . Ezra then insisted that he was alright and able to proceed with the mission . In private , Hera talked with Kanan , who was concerned that Ezra was still affected by his last encounter with Maul and the holocrons . Kanan ' s concerns were validated when a maddened Ezra attacked a rebel trooper , whom he mistook for Maul . As a result , Ezra was relieved of his role in the Lothal strike . When Hera proposed delaying the mission and staying behind with Ezra , Kanan advised her to proceed with her original plan and reassured her that he would take care of Ezra . Hera departed on the " Ghost " while Ezra , Kanan , and Sabine stayed behind to deal with the threat of Maul . Mission on Geonosis . At the request of Senator Organa and Commander Sato , Hera , her fellow Spectres , and Rex accepted a mission to find Saw Gerrera and investigate the apparent disappearance of the Geonosian species . Upon arriving above Geonosis , Hera noticed that the Imperial construction module and the debris that they had seen during their last mission to the planet had been cleared away . Hera flew the " Ghost " through a sandstorm towards a Geonosian structure where Rebel Command had last picked up Saw ' s signal . Hera split her crew into two teams . She assigned Rex , Kanan , Ezra , and Chopper with exploring the structure while Zeb and Sabine were tasked with tracing a nearby power source . Rex ' s team soon encountered Saw and helped him to capture a Geonosian who he believed knew what the Empire was building on Geonosis . Meanwhile , Sabine and Zeb discovered a military grade deflector shield generator in the middle of the desert . Hera stayed aboard the " Ghost " and maintained contact with her teams via comlink . Since Rex ' s team was underground , Hera had trouble contacting them until they reached an air shaft which led to the surface . Kanan then warned Hera about the presence of operational battle droid s on the planet . Shortly later , Sabine and Zeb were surrounded by several droideka s after extracting the deflector core . Saw and Rex ' s team managed to disable the droidekas by capturing the Geonosian , whom Ezra later nicknamed " Klik - Klak " . After Sabine and Zeb returned to the " Ghost " with the deflector core , Hera allowed Zeb to enter the labyrinth with a communication device in order to find Rex ' s team . After establishing contact with Kanan , Hera agreed to rendezvous with Rex ' s team inside the air shaft . Hera managed to evacuate her ship and Zeb just as they came under attack from two TIE bombers . Zeb and Sabine managed to shoot down the bombers but the Empire was now alerted to their presence . Hera rendezvoused with Rex ' s team , Saw , and Klik - Klak in the air shaft . Aboard the " Ghost " , Hera exchanged pleasantries with Saw . She also privately warned Kanan about Saw ' s harsh methods . However , disagreement soon emerged between the rebels when Saw reneged on an earlier agreement with Kanan and tried to forcibly take Klik - Klak offworld for interrogation . The Spectres and Saw put aside their differences to rebel a Jumptrooper boarding party that had been dispatched by Captain Brunson ' s " Arquitens " - class command cruiser . While her comrades and Saw repelled the Jumptroopers , Hera took the " Ghost " into the depths of Geonosis . At the bottom , the rebels discovered evidence that the Empire had perpetrated genocide against the Geonosians . Experiencing a change of heart , Saw allowed Klik - Klak to retreat with the last Geonosian queen egg into the deep levels of Geonosis . After collecting visual imagery of the poison canisters , the Spectres and Saw fled aboard the " Ghost " . Captain Brunson attempted to bury them alive by collapsing the air shaft on top of them . However , Hera outmaneuvered the Imperial captain by ordering her crew to fire cannons and proton bombs at her light cruiser . This set the Imperial cruiser ablaze and allowed the rebels to flee into hyperspace . Later , Hera informed Commander Sato and Senator Organa that they had obtained visual evidence of the Imperial poison canisters . Commander Sato commended the Spectres for rescuing Saw and obtaining a deflector core . When Kanan warned Ezra that not all their allies shared their values and reasons for fighting the Empire , Hera responded that they should be content that Saw was not the Empire . Training exercise . Captain Syndulla along with Kanan , Ezra , and Sabine departed on a training exercise with the rest of the Phoenix rebels including Wedge Antilles and Hobbie . Prior to departing , she assigned Captain Zeb the position of Chief of Security at Chopper Base . When Zeb pleaded not to be left behind , Hera reassured him that Chopper and the inventory droid AP - 5 would keep him company . She and the other Spectres then departed on the " Ghost " for the exercise . In her absence , Zeb and his droid companions neutralized the Imperial E - XD infiltrator droid EXD - 9 , who had infiltrated Chopper Base . They then reprogrammed the infiltrator droid into an improvised bomb that destroyed a Star Destroyer . The following day , Zeb contacted Hera to report that he had managed to resolve the incident . Hera was annoyed to have to return to Chopper Base and was bemused to receive a message from Fulcrum congratulating the rebels for neutralizing the infiltrator droid . She then watched at Zeb playfully muzzled AP - 5 before he recount the full details of the event . Sabine ' s trials . After learning about the significance of the Darksaber from Kanan and Fenn Rau , Hera convened a meeting of her crew in the " Ghost " common room to discuss the matter of training Sabine to wield the ancient lightsaber so that she could rally the Mandalorians over to the rebel cause . When Sabine expressed self - doubt and refused to take on the role , Hera explained that the rebels needed her family ' s help to rally the Mandalorians over to the rebel cause . Hera stressed that the Mandalorians could help with their planned assault on Lothal . After some contemplation , Sabine reluctantly agreed to undergo training with the Darksaber . While Hera stayed behind with the other rebels , Sabine along with Kanan and Ezra traveled into the wilderness for her training . After two days , Hera contacted Kanan to request an update . When she learned that Kanan was making Sabine train with sticks , Hera pointed out that he had not held back Ezra ' s training . Kanan responded that he was trying to be careful ; prompting Hera to reply that he was doubting Sabine ' s abilities because she was not Force - sensitive . When Hera asked what supplies they needed , Kanan replied that all they needed was patience and understanding . Later , Sabine stormed out from training after disagreeing with Kanan ' s methods . Hera and Kanan corresponded via hologram . When Kanan opined that it was too dangerous for Sabine to train with the Darksaber since she had not found balance yet , Hera countered that inhibiting her training would hamper her commitment . Hera pointed out that Sabine had already been hurt by her family . She opined that letting Sabine claim ownership of the Darksaber would allow her to face her demons . Despite Kanan ' s reluctance , Hera reminded her lover that it was not about him . Kanan ultimately took up Hera ' s advice and Sabine was able to come to terms with her past and training . Ferrying Mon Mothma . At the request of Senator Organa , Hera and the Spectres undertook a mission to meet another group of rebels in deep space . While listening to an Imperial HoloNet broadcast by Alton Kastle , the Spectres learnt that Senator Mon Mothma was wanted by the Empire for condemning the Ghorman Massacre . Shortly later , the rebels sighted a tactical infiltration pod which was carrying an E - XD infiltrator droid , which Zeb and Chopper had encountered earlier on Atollon . Despite Hera ' s attempts to escape detection by powering down the " Ghost " and Chopper , the droid spotted their ship and Ezra was forced to destroy the pod during a brief pursuit . Shortly later , a rebel Taylander shuttle " Chandrila Mistress " and several Y - wings belonging to Gold Squadron . Gold Leader Jon Vander hailed Hera and asked if they had caught them at a bad time . Hera replied that they had a close call with an Imperial probe and that there was a chance that the droid had alerted the Empire . After the " Chandrila Mistress " docked with the " Ghost " , Hera and her crew met Jon and Mothma ' s senatorial attache Erskin Semaj . While Erskin was unable to discuss their cargo , the rebels allowed Hera ' s crew to refuel their Y - wing starfighters . While refueling the Y - wings , Hera ' s crew argued with the pilot Gold Two and Vander over tactics and the secrecy of their mission . The argument was interrupted by the arrival of an Imperial light cruiser and a " Gozanti " cruiser . After Gold Two was wounded , Hera told Zeb to carry the pilot to the medbay . She also allowed Ezra to fly Gold Two ' s Y - wing . During the attack , Hera told Chopper to jettison the fuel pod and the two attempted to detach the " Ghost " from the " Chandrila Mistress " . When the rebel shuttle was stricken , Hera managed to help the ship ' s crew and passengers which included Mon Mothma to board the " Ghost " . After breaking free of Mothma ' s stricken shuttle and damaging the Imperial light cruiser , Hera took the " Ghost " and her Y - wing escorts into hyperspace . In hyperspace , Hera and her crew met with Mon Mothma and her staff . Mothma was determined to travel to Dantooine in order to rally the rebel cells and factions into an alliance to restore the Republic . Since the Empire had placed the system on lockdown , Hera proposed that the rebels travel through the dangerous Archeon pass which went through the Archeon Nebula . However , Thrawn anticipated Hera ' s plan and dispatched his prototype TIE Defender to flush out the rebels so that Governor Pryce and Admiral Konstantine ' s Star Destroyers could intercept them . During the journey , Mothma told Hera about her decision to resign from the Imperial Senate and the two women became friends . The " Ghost " and Gold Squadron was soon pursued by Commander Vult Skerris ' s TIE Defender and two TIE Interceptors . During the ensuing dogfight , three Y - wings were destroyed . Hera took the convoy deeper into the Archeon Nebula and managed to lose the two TIE Interceptors . Unable to shake off the TIE Defender , Hera instructed Vander and Mothma to distract the fighter while she took the " Ghost " and Mothma out of the Nebula . Upon exiting the Nebula , the " Ghost " was intercepted by two Imperial Star Destroyers . Governor Pryce ordered the " Ghost " and Mon Mothma to surrender . While Hera and Chopper prepared the hyperdrive , Mothma tried to stall the Imperials with a list of demands . However , Pryce rejected their demands and ordered Konstantine to activate their Star Destroyer ' s tractor beam projector . Hera tried to shut down the ship but to no avail . Fortunately for Hera and Mothma , Ezra and Vander exited the Archeon Nebula . Under Hera ' s orders , the rebels fired their proton torpedoes into the nebula , creating an explosion that damaged the two Star Destroyers . The " Ghost " and the remaining Y - wings then fled into hyperspace . After arriving above Dantooine , Jon Vander praised Hera for her valor and creativity . The rebels then watched as Mon Mothma delivered a speech in the " Ghost " cockpit outlining why she had resigned from the Imperial Senate and announcing the formation of an Alliance to Restore the Republic . Shortly later , Hera and her crew witnessed a rebel fleet forming above Dantooine . Alliance to Restore the Republic . Saving Chopper from himself . Following the formation of the Rebel Alliance , Captain Syndulla assigned AP - 5 on a mission to steal clearance codes from an ISB station on Killun 71 . As back - up , Hera also sent Chopper and Wedge Antilles . During the course of the mission , Chopper was reprogrammed by a team of Imperial intelligence officers based aboard an IGV - 55 surveillance vessel . Their controller LT - 319 wanted to use Chopper to find the location of Chopper Base . While AP - 5 was suspicious of Chopper ' s changed behavior , Wedge and the other Spectres dismissed his warnings . However , Hera listened to AP - 5 ' s warnings and managed to stop Chopper from downloading the " Ghost " hyperspace logs . She reminded Chopper that she wiped his memory after every jump for security reasons . Before she could recharge Chopper , the droid abruptly left the room . Realizing that AP - 5 was indeed right , Hera warned the other Spectres and Wedge but told them to be gentle with her droid . Shortly later , Chopper deactivated the hyperdrive and detached the " Ghost " from its " Sentinel " - class landing craft escort . Hera and the other crew headed to the engine room to confront Chopper but were trapped inside the cargo bay . Chopper ' s Imperial controller LT - 319 then ordered the droid to expose his fellow crew to zero gravity space . Hera managed to reseal the cargo bay manually with great difficulty . She then sent AP - 5 outside to open the hatch leading to the cargo bay from outside . Despite an attack by Chopper , AP - 5 managed to open the hatch back to the ship but was thrown into space . After Zeb stunned Chopper , Hera advocated striking back against the Empire for harming her droid . Realizing that the Imperial intelligence operators were operating from a ship with a power communications array , Hera used Chopper to reverse their feed on them . Hera also used Chopper ' s visual processor to send a defiant message to LT - 319 and his crew . The information overload caused the Imperial surveillance ship to blow up in space . As Chopper reverberated , a distraught Hera placed her hands on his chassis and pleaded for him to return . To Hera ' s relief , Chopper rebooted and restored his original programming . The rebels then rescued an unwilling AP - 5 from space . Following an altercation between AP - 5 and Chopper , Hera joked that nobody messed with her droid . Maul ' s last stand . After Ezra heard messages from Kanan Jarrus ' holocron and the Malachor Sith holocron hinting that the Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi was in danger from Maul , Hera along with Kanan , Rex , Chopper , and Commander Sato attended a meeting with Ezra . Believing that Kanan ' s holocron was playing back a broken recording , she counselled Ezra to remain on Atollon in order to train for their upcoming attack on Lothal . She stressed that they needed Ezra ' s local knowledge for the mission to succeed . Ezra listened to Hera ' s words but later left with Chopper on an RZ - 1T trainer to find Kenobi on Tatooine . The two rebels managed to find Kenobi after enduring an attack by Tusken Raider s and the scorching desert heat . Kenobi counselled Ezra to return to Lothal because the boy ' s place was with the rebels . Kenobi then defeated and killed Maul . After Ezra and Chopper returned on Maul ' s starship " Nightbrother " , Hera along with Kanan and Zeb met the two wayward rebels . Ezra apologized to Hera and Kanan for running away and accepted that his place was with his new family and the rebellion . Siege of Atollon . As part of the planned rebel attack on the TIE Defender factories on Lothal , Hera and Commander Sato coordinated their operations with General Dodonna ' s Massassi Group , one of the largest rebel cells at the time . While at Chopper Base with her rebel comrades , she convened a hologram briefing with Commander Sato and General Dodonna , who were stationed aboard the " Phoenix Nest " and the EF76 Nebulon - B escort frigate " Vanguard " . Later , Hera convened another hologram meeting with the other rebel commanders and their Lothalian contact Azadi to discuss a garbled transmission from Fulcrum stating that Thrawn " knew . " Heeding Ezra ' s warning that the Empire had discovered Chopper Base and that an attack was imminent , Hera ordered the rebel ships to assume battle station mode . Hera ' s decision proved timely because Thrawn ' s Seventh Fleet soon exited hyperspace and blockaded the Atollon system , trapping the rebels . After Ryder ' s hologram projection disappeared , Hera realized that the Imperials were jamming their long - range communications . Escape into hyperspace was rendered impossible when the Imperials deployed an interdictor vessel . Hera and the other commanders watched as Grand Admiral Thrawn addressed the rebels via hologram . Hera was not intimidated by the Chiss Grand Admiral and responded that they would not surrender . However , Thrawn replied that he was not willing to accept surrenders yet until he had brought utter defeat raining down on them . Studying the holomap , Hera realized that the rebels were outmatched and outnumbered by the Imperial fleet . In response , Hera devised a plan to attack the blockade so that Kanan , Ezra , and Chopper could escape offworld aboard the " Nightbrother " and seek reinforcements . Hera expressed her displeasure when Kanan insisted that he had to go into the wilderness to warn his friend Bendu . Hera reluctantly relented and assigned the mission to Ezra and Chopper . Hera flew the " Ghost " with Rex and Zeb serving as her gunners . The rebel fleet then launched an attack on the Imperial blockade but sustained heavy casualties . Hera tasked the fighters and starships with protecting Ezra ' s Gauntlet fighter so that he could escape . In the end , Ezra ' s ship managed to escape when Commander Sato rammed his command ship into the interdictor cruiser ; temporarily breaking the interdiction field . However , the rebels sustained heavy losses and were forced to retreat to Chopper Base . After returning to Chopper Base , Hera studied the holomap and realized that the Imperial fleet was preparing to launch an orbital bombardment . Zeb and Rex managed to use Sabine ' s prototype deflector shield generator to create a defensive umbrella that withstood the bombardment . Hera also pleaded with Kanan to return home . Kanan , who had been unsuccessful in persuading the Bendu to help the rebels , barely escaped the bombardment . In response to the Imperial ground assault , Hera approved General Dodonna and Rex ' s plan to ambush Imperial forces along the canyon leading to Chopper Base . The rebels managed to destroy several AT - DP walkers with detonator s but were forced to flee when Thrawn deployed AT - AT walkers , that were protected by deflector shields . Thrawn ' s stormtroopers then stormed Chopper Base . During the ground battle , Hera told General Dodonna to prepare the remaining rebel ships for departure . When Dodonna asked about the blockade , Hera responded that she was willing to die aboard the " Ghost " . Fortunately for the rebels , Ezra and Chopper returned with Clan Wren reinforcements led by Sabine . The Mandalorians managed to destroy Thrawn ' s second interdictor cruiser . Meanwhile , Hera and the remaining rebels including Kanan were surrounded by Thrawn ' s death trooper s . Thrawn demanded their surrender and threatened to kill Hera ' s comrades if she refused . However , Bendu intervened and unleashed a thunderstorm against Imperials and rebels alike . While Thrawn and his forces fought with Bendu , Hera and her remaining rebels escaped aboard the " Ghost " . Hera led the rebel convoy into space and expressed shock at the volatile nature of Kanan ' s " friend . " Bendu even hurled lightning at the " Ghost " and struck one of the A - wing fighters . Due to Ezra and Sabine ' s efforts , the rebels managed to escape into hyperspace . Hera also picked up Agent Kallus , who had escaped Thrawn ' s flagship aboard an escape pod . Hera then led the rebel convoy to Yavin 4 . During the journey , Hera thanked Sabine ' s mother Ursa Wren for helping the rebels in their time of need . Hera also allowed Sabine to return to her mother to aid Clan Wren ' s civil war against Clan Saxon but apologized that the rebels were unable to offer them assistance yet . War on Mandalore . Hera managed to lobby the rebel leader Mon Mothma into allowing Kanan , Ezra , and Chopper leave to aid Sabine and Clan Wren ' s efforts to rescue Alrich Wren , Sabine ' s father and the head of Clan Wren who had been imprisoned by the Imperial proxy Governor Tiber Saxon . Sabine and a joint rebel and Mandalorian force attacked Alrich ' s prison only to discover that the Empire was already transporting him to the capital Sundari for execution . Following the attack , Kanan contacted Hera via hologram to extend their time on the planet Mandalore . Hera reminded Kanan that they could not stay for long on Mandalore and had to return after rescuing Alrich . When Kanan stressed Alrich ' s importance to the Mandalorians , Hera responded that the Spectres were important assets to the Rebellion . Kanan expressed unease at the use of the term " assets " and asked Hera how she felt about his absence . After bidding each other farewell , Hera allowed Kanan to depart for the mission to ambush an Imperial convoy carrying Alrich . After rescuing Alrich , the rebels and their Mandalorian allies destroyed Governor Saxon ' s the " Duchess " , a powerful weapon capable of incinerating Mandalorian warriors by targeting the beskar alloy in their armor . Hera then went on a supply run with Antilles using several Y - Wings . However , she crash landed on Yavin . She then met up with the other Spectres . She then went to briefing to report on the supply run ' s failure . Destruction of the Jalindi relay and Kyber crystal . Despite Bridger asking to return to Lothal , Hera and the Spectres were then assigned by Mothma to highjack the Jalindi relay ' s transmissions . Aboard the " Ghost " , Hera and Kanan then assigned Sabine and Ezra to install data spikes into the relay . Hera then spoke with Kanan about their orders . She wanted to hurt the Empire , but Kanan reminds that was Gerrera ' s way not hers . He assure Hera that she and the other Spectres would do the right thing . As the " Ghost " approached Jalindi , Hera scrambled it ' s signature . After dropping off Sabine , Chopper and Ezra on the relay , Hera was informed that an Imperial light cruiser had arrived . She was then contacted by Sabine that the Empire had seen them . Hera and the " Ghost " then came under attack by several TIE / D Defenders and were forced to leave Ezra and Sabine . Hera , with Kanan ' s help , then flew the " Ghost " threw a fog . After the TIE / D defenders were destroyed in the fog , Hera then saw the Relay being destroyed . She was then contacted Ezra , who told them they were rescued by Gerrera and were taken aboard Edrio ' s U - wing . Before leaving Jalindi , Hera was worried about what Gerrera was up to . Hera was then contacted by Chopper from a Imperial shuttle . After the Kyber crystal exploded , Hera found their shuttle . Hera then offered to take Mich Matt and his fellow technicians back to their homes . However , they offered their services to the Rebellion . Hera accepted their offer . Return to Lothal . Following this mission , Hera and the Spectres then returned to Yavin . There , Mothma informed Hera and the Spectres about Azadi ' s last transmission revealing a new TIE / D Defender being built . Hera volunteered for all the Spectres to return to Lothal . Hera and the Spectres hired Vizago to smuggle them past the blockade . She left Rex and Kallus in charge of the " Ghost " when they boarded the " Broken Horn " . As the " Broken Horn " made it ' s landing , Hera saw a pair TIEs coming to escort them , and surmised that they were scanned by the Empire . After they landed , Hera and the other Spectres split up to avoid the Empire on Lothal . She and Kanan went through the streets . There Kanan took her aside and said it ' s been a while since they ' ve been alone together . Kanan wished he could see Hera , but Hera assured him that he could always see her . However , they were then contacted by Zeb , who found their speeders conveniently enough . Hera and the other Spectres then regrouped when there was a explosion . They were then joined by Jai Kell who took them into one of the sewer tunnel ' s under Jho ' s . There , they found several Starbird s painted in the tunnels that led them to a ladder where they met up with Azadi . Hera and Kanan then set up comlink between herself and the other Spectres at Ezra ' s old hideout during their theft of the Empire ' s new TIE / D defender at the Imperial airfield . Hera then heard that the TIE / D Defender Elite had crashed with Sabine and Ezra aboard . She then took Azadi ' s U - wing and searched for the two spectres . Hera then found them safe and sound . After Zeb returned with both the hyperdrive and flight data recorder , Hera then help Sabine to install the TIE / D Defender Elite ' s hyperdrive onto Azadi ' s U - wing so that she could take the Defender ' s Flight recorder back to Yavin . Before she left , Hera then kissed Kanan and left with Chopper . Hera then ran into several TIEs , which had been ordered by Grand Admiral Thrawn to intercept the rebels . At the last moment , Hera then flew the U - wing through one of the construction modules and activated the U - wing ' s hyperdrive to make her escape . The jump ignited the contents of the construction module . Attack on Lothal . Hera was then able to bring the flight recorder to Senator Mothma at Yavin . There , Hera attended a briefing between Mothma , Dodonna , and Organa about the analysis of the TIE / D Defender Elite . Hera and Chopper then waited for the group to come to a decision about Lothal . During the debate , Hera was told by Mothma that Empire had initiated Protocol 13 . Upon hearing this , Hera then stormed into the meeting to tell the other Rebel leaders that now was the time for their attack . Mothma then gave her permission to launch her attack . Hera was then able to make contact with the Spectres and Azadi ' s cell to inform them of their upcoming Hera was then given the rank of General as well as a squadron of 24 T - 65B X - wing starfighter s and Y - wing bombers . With Chopper as her co - pilot , Hera then led her squadron against Thrawn ' s blockade at Lothal . Hera then order her pilots to protect the bombers . During the dogfight , Hera then fought Commander Skerris ' s TIE / D Defender Elite and lead both her and Skerris back to the " Chimaera " . There , Hera was able to disable the " Chimaera ' s " sensor array , disable Skerris ' s TIE / D Defender and force him to crash into " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer . Hera and what remained of her squadron then entered Lothal ' s atmosphere . However , she and her fellow pilots then came under attack by more TIEs . Hera was then forced crashed into a alleyway in the Capital City . Hera then had Chopper attempt to contact Kanan and the other Spectres to no avail . Hera then found Mart Mattin in the city as well and rescued him from several storm troopers . Hera was then given R3 - A3 ' s transmitter so Chopper could make contact with Kanan . However , the Empire was jamming all transmissions . Hera and Mattin then tried to make their way of the Capital . They then came under attack by Thrawn ' s assassin , Rukh and started to run away . Hera then had Mattin and Chopper go into the sewer while she delayed the Empire . Hera then fought Rukh in hand - to - hand combat and was able to disarm him . Rukh was able to knock her out regardless , however Chopper and Mattin managed to drive Ruhk off with blaster fire , allowing the rebels to escape him . As they made their way through the streets , Hera then saw the Imperial forces arriving . Hera then took a speeder and made their way to a sewer entrance . However , Rukh captured her before she could join Chopper and Mattin in the sewer . Hera told them to go without her and shot the entrance to close it . Hera was then disarmed by Rukh . She was then stunned by Governor Pryce and taken prisoner . Captivity and rescue . Following her capture , Hera was taken to the Imperial Complex in Capital City where she was torture d by the sadistic Pryce . When Grand Admiral Thrawn entered and asked if Hera had divulged the location of the Rebel fleet , Pryce responded that she had not begun questioning her prisoner yet . Thrawn questioned Hera but she remained defiant . In an attempt to break Hera ' s resolve , Thrawn brought her family ' s Kalikori , which he had taken from her on Ryloth a year earlier . When Thrawn noted that one of the symbols on the Kalikori represented a deceased loved on , Hera responded that Thrawn was unworthy of holding it . Believing Hera ' s end to be near , Thrawn left Pryce to interrogate Hera and headed to Coruscant to lobby the Emperor for continued support for his TIE / D Defender initiative . With Pryce unwilling to cooperate , the Governor had an IT - O Interrogator droid inject her with a truth serum as part of a mind probe . As she was being injected , Hera spotted Kanan scaling down the transparisteel windows with magnetic climber s . When Hera called out her name , Pryce thought that the rebel leader was being delusional and left to confer with Rukh , who suspected that Hera ' s fellow rebels were mounting a rescue mission . After Pryce had left , Hera warned her two stormtrooper captors that they were in terrible trouble . At that point , Kanan sliced through the floor with his lightsaber , causing one of the stormtroopers to fall to his death . He then hurled the second out the window before stabbing the Interrogator droid and throwing it down the hole . After Kanan freed her , the couple embraced . While Hera joked about Kanan ' s untidy hair , she was heartened that he had recovered her Kalikori from Thrawn ' s office . The two then fled the room before Pryce , Rukh and several death troopers could enter the room . They reached the garbage chute where Kanan and the other Spectres had parked their Loth - bat glider s . Despite being pursued by Rukh and death troopers , the two managed to escape on one of the gliders . Hera landed the glider at the Lothal City fuel depot . While waiting for Ezra and Sabine to join them in their stolen police gunship , Hera expressed her feelings for Kanan and the couple embraced . Shortly , Ezra and Sabine arrived on their gunship . Before they could leave , Governor Pryce arrived with several AT - AT walkers and bombarded the fuel depot in an attempt to destroy the rebels . Hera managed to flee aboard the gunship but Kanan stayed behind and used the Force to hold back the explosive wave . Hera attempted to bring Kanan into the gunship but Kanan used the Force to push her back . The two then made eye contact before Kanan was consumed by the explosive wave , killing him . A grief - stricken Hera and her fellow rebels then fled back to the rebel base on their gunship . Mourning Kanan ' s passing . Hera and her rebel comrades were deeply affected by Kanan ' s death at the Lothal City fuel depot . Following Kanan ' s death , Hera spent some time mourning for the man she loved . With a distraught Hera unable to fully participate in the Lothal resistance ' s meeting , Sabine and Zeb proposed sabotaging the Empire ' s victory parade in Capital City as a retaliatory act . Retreating to her private quarters , Hera castigated herself for not expressing her feelings to Kanan earlier . While Hera was holding Kanan ' s Jedi Temple Guard mask , Chopper wheeled over to comfort her . Hera recalled Kanan ' s earlier warning that it was too early to launch the war and expressed her regret at not listening to him . Chopper then changed the subject by pointing out that Kanan had gotten Hera her family ' s Kalikori back . Hera agreed and recalled that Kanan had found it for her in the midst of everything . When Chopper told Hera that Kanan was worthy of being added to her family line , Hera hugged the droid and thanked him . Putting Chopper ' s suggestion into action , Hera hugged her astromech droid friend . To honor Kanan ' s memory , Hera fitted a piece of Kanan ' s holocron onto her Kalikori in honor of her lover ' s memory . She then confided in Chopper that Kanan believed he could change things despite his misgivings about the Rebellion . Hera and Chopper were then joined by Sabine and Zeb , who revealed that Kanan ' s death was not in vain since the explosion that consumed him had also destroyed the Empire ' s fuel supply on Lothal and damaged the TIE Defender factory , knocking out Imperial military production on Lothal . Ezra then returned from his encounter with the loth - wolves in the wilderness and revealed that the Lothal Jedi Temple was in danger . Destroying Lothal ' s Jedi temple . At the urging of Ezra , Hera , Sabine , Zeb , and Chopper took part in a mission to save the Lothal Jedi Temple from the Galactic Empire . When Hera asked how he had obtained the Lothal Jedi Temple key stone , Ezra told her that the loth - wolves had given it to him . The Spectres traveled on a pack of Loth - wolves to the Lothal Jedi Temple , which was located in the planet ' s northern hemisphere . The loth - wolves were capable of generating hyper tunnel s , which enabled the rebels to travel there swiftly . After arriving , Hera and her fellow rebels discovered that the Empire and Mining Guild were excavating the Jedi Temple . Hera along with Zeb and Chopper kept a vigil on the outskirts of the camp while Ezra and Sabine infiltrated the excavation site disguised as scout troopers . After tapping the Imperial Minister Veris Hydan ' s communications and learning that the Emperor was interested in the Painting of the Mortis gods , Hera was unsure whether they should continue but Zeb reminded her about why they had come . After feeling Kanan ' s ghostly presence around her , she told Ezra and Sabine to continue with the mission but to be prepared to leave . When Zeb said that they would be fine , Hera replied that she used to believe that . Using the keystone as a guide , Ezra managed to unlock the painting , which was a gateway to the World between worlds . However , Sabine was captured by stormtroopers and brought to Minister Hydan , who identified her as a rebel infiltrator . After Hydan placed the camp on locked down , Hera , Zeb , and Chopper fled farther away from the camp . Outside the temple , Hera discussed the situation with Zeb and Chopper . They knew that Sabine had been taken into Hydan ' s mobile command center but were unsure if Ezra had entered the temple . The Spectres decided to rescue Sabine and infiltrated the camp . While Chopper watched over the mural of the Mortis gods , Hera and Zeb headed to the mobile command center . Climbing under the structure , Hera began to activate one of the center ' s thrusters . Hera instructed Zeb with sending a coded signal to Sabine once she was ready . Hera ' s plan worked and the mobile command center fell on its top over several crates . Sabine managed to escape the structure and joined Hera and Zeb in escaping the scene . The rebels were pursued by Hydan ' s stormtroopers and a gun battle ensued . Chopper also commandeered a Mining Guild excavation driller . The Spectres were reunited with Ezra , who managed to escape the World between worlds . After Ezra sealed the portal with the help of Sabine and Zeb , the rebels escaped on the excavation driller . Later , the rebels returned to the Lothal Jedi Temple , which had completely sunk into the ground . While surveying the site , the two made peace with Kanan ' s death before departing . Liberation of Lothal . Shortly after , Ezra devised a plan to liberate Lothal as Thrawn ' s absence would give them an advantage they did not have before . Hera went to Seelos where many of their old friends were waiting on with the Clones Rex Wolffe and Gregor on their captured All Terrain Armored Transport . They would help capture Governor Pryce and use her to take the Imperial command dome in Lothal ' s capital . Thrawn came back and bombarded the city in order for Ezra to surrender . Meanwhile the rebels would fight for the command dome ' s generator where Gregor would be shot dead . Ezra then had a swarm of purrgils attack the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyers and jump Thrawn ' s Star Destroyer to hyperspace . With no heavy resistance , Hera and the others would launch and destroy the command dome , thus liberating Lothal in the process . Sometime afterwards , she gave birth to Jacen Syndulla , the son of Kanan Jarrus . Build up to the Galactic Civil War . After the Alliance learned of the Death Star , Hera was called to the command room at Base One . Shortly after , Hera participated in the Battle of Scarif , and in the time before the Battle of Yavin , Hera vouched for the skills of Antilles as an ace fighter pilot . Galactic Civil War . Flight School . Sometime after the Battle of Yavin , General Syndulla was stationed on a " Lucrehulk " - class Battleship , which was being used as a flight school by the Rebel Alliance , helping train new recruit pilots . However a group of mercenaries working for the Son - tuul Pride , led by Chelli Aphra , came to the flight school . They were first mistaken for recruits but when Syndulla came to them , Tam Posla said they had a proposal and she realized who they really were . She had them detained for the time being until they managed to disable the shield encasing them in the cell . They did not go out of the cell however , and Syndulla decided to listen to their proposal . But as Posla was about to explain , his subordinate ( and soulmate ) Caysin Bog released a number of blasters set to stun out of his compartment . Sister Six used them to stun all the rebels in the room including Syndulla . They then fled with Syndulla captive , who was tied and gagged in addition to placing a gift bow on her head . Their plan was to use Syndulla as a bargaining chip to get into Hivebase - 1 , the R & D Headquarters for the Tarkin Initiative . There they hoped to find the lost memories of Son - tuul Pride ' s leader 0 - 0 - 0 . Time on Hoth . In 3 ABY , Hera was located in Hoth , alongside other members of the Rebel Alliance , and she went on a mission to retrieve parts to repair the Power generator s , just before the Empire deployed a viper probe droid to the planet . Supplies on Endor . In 4 ABY , the Emperor went to personally oversee the construction of the second Death Star above the forest moon of Endor . A major battle broke out above the moon and on its surface between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire . Eventually , the Empire was defeated , the second Death Star destroyed and the Emperor killed . After the battle , Rebels went to celebrate on the moon with the indigenous Ewok s , who helped win the battle on the surface . Over a period of time , the Ewoks grew hungry and attempted to eat some of the stormtroopers captured on the moon . General Leia Organa wrestled to stop them from doing so and tried to teach them how to treat the enemy fairly , though achieving little results . Organa tasked General Han Solo and Chewbacca to go to Syndulla ' s camp and ask Hera for ration bar s to help feed the hungry Ewoks . The two reluctantly went to Hera , but she would only give him the rations if Solo admitted that the " Ghost " was a better ship than the " Millennium Falcon " , which he admitted to . Hera gave them permission to take the rations and left to board her ship . Solo and Chewbacca would come back to General Organa and save the stormtroopers from the Ewoks ' hunger . Legacy . When the Rebel Files were recovered by the Resistance in 34 ABY , Leia Organa , now a general in the Resistance came across Ahsoka Tano ' s message to General Davits Draven following the Spectres action at Mustafar . In the message Tano informed Draven that Hera had received an Alliance officer ' s commission in the aftermath of the mission , Leia left a note lamenting the fact that they hadn ' t known where Hera would end up . Personality and traits . Hera ' s personality was somewhat two - sided ; while she exuded a no - nonsense style of command , she was also known for being a very warm and compassionate individual . As a highly capable pilot and captain , Hera took good care of her ship , as well as her crew . Upon meeting Ezra , Hera developed a sort of motherly bond with the boy as she had with the other crew members . She was a true believer in the rebel cause and inspired hope in the rest of the crew . She was also the only other crew member aware of Kanan ' s test after Ezra stole the latter ' s holocron . Hera was also in love with Kanan , she usually confiding in him and frequently called him " love " . She was more than capable of putting her foot down when she saw conflict within the crew , such as sending Ezra and Zeb out on an errand together when the two had been fighting . While an adept fighter , Hera also cared for her crew and knew how to motivate them to reach a common goal . A smart , tactful and highly observant individual , Hera could quickly detect a threat . As Lando Calrissian successfully played her crew members off one another to his own ends , Hera caught on to his trickery and put the con - man in his place . Her skills of deduction proved invaluable when her suspicions of Gall Trayvis allowed her to expose the man as an Imperial agent . She also remembered when the Jedi and clones fought in the Clone Wars , at one point being saved from death by them , and encouraged Kanan to trust Captain Rex and put aside his past animosity towards clones . As with other Twi ' lek females , many considered her attractive , particularly Kanan but also less savory characters as well , including Okadiah Garson , Azmorigan , and Lando Calrissian . She knew how to use her natural charm and beauty to her advantage when necessary , as seen when she manipulated the gangster Azmorigan in order to escape his ship . Due to her negative experiences with the criminals Azmorigan and Hondo , Hera was reluctant to work with them until Hondo convinced her that doing so would benefit the rebellion ' s interests . She despised their company to the extent that she ordered them to leave the ship once both parties had achieved their objectives . Despite her love for Kanan , Hera was deeply committed to the rebel cause . Her pragmatism led her to accede to Ahsoka Tano ' s advice that they not rescue him in order to avoid exposing the rebellion to the Empire , and was a key organizer of the early Alliance , whose original goal was to seek a diplomatic solution . While Hera was angered that her crew had disobeyed her orders by embarking on a search for Kanan , she was mollified when Ezra revealed that he had a plan . She also viewed the rebel struggle as a larger galactic - wide struggle that went beyond the planet Lothal . Her concern for the galaxy put her at odds with her father , who was solely focused on achieving Ryloth ' s freedom . Despite their differences , she managed to convince her father and his rebel cell to help her crew to steal an Imperial fighter - carrier . Hera also had a love for flying which resonated well with her leadership aspirations in the rebellion . Due to her role in obtaining a prototype B - wing starfighter , Hera was promoted to Phoenix Leader . While Hera regarded the space - faring purrgil as a pest for endangering interstellar travel , she came to respect them after the purrgil helped the Spectres to raid a Mining Guild refueling station . Hera also had a relationship with the astromech droid Chopper which dated back to the Clone Wars . She adopted the droid after rescuing him from a downed Y - wing fighter . Hera cared for Chopper and looked after the outdated astromech droid . She understood binary and regarded Chopper as an indispensable member of her crew . While Hera was angry with Chopper for allowing himself to be distracted during a raid on a fuel depot , she was mollified after Chopper and his new - found friend AP - 5 helped find the rebellion the site for a new base on the planet Atollon . Hera was also skilled at undercover work . She could also change her accent in order to conceal her identity . Hera also displayed considerable fortitude and defiance when being interrogated by Grand Admiral Thrawn . Her courage and willingness to infiltrate her former home to recover a family heirloom the Kalikori gained Thrawn ' s respect . Despite losing the Kalikori to Thrawn , Hera came to realize that her crew and her father were her family and more important than old heirlooms . Hera was willing to let go of the past if it meant furthering the rebel cause . Cognizant of the Empire ' s military capabilities , Hera tried unsuccessfully to convince Mart Mattin and his Iron Squadron to accompany them back to the rebel fleet . Later , Hera led a successful mission to rescue Mart from the Empire . Despite the disillusioned Imperial Agent Kallus ' help in obtaining plans for Thrawn ' s TIE Defender initiative , Hera still distrusted the Imperial . She cautioned her comrades to be careful with him until they could verify his trustworthiness . Hera also cared for her rebel crew . She displayed maternal instincts when Ezra was tormented by Maul ' s visions . Hera wanted to abort her recon mission to Lothal but Kanan managed to convince her to proceed with the mission . Due to her close rapport with Sabine , Hera was privy to Sabine ' s doubts , fears , and troubled relationship with her family . Knowing that Sabine was a fearsome warrior and strong leader , Hera counselled Kanan not to hold back her training but to let her fully embrace the Darksaber ' s power . As a rebel leader , Hera was aware of Saw Gerrera ' s harsh methods ; which caused her not to trust him fully . Still , she regarded him as being better than the Empire . Hera typically spoke in a colloquial Galactic accent but occasionally reverted to her native Rylothian accent . Hera was a brave and creative pilot who was willing to undertake difficult challenges including smuggling the rebel leader Mon Mothma through the dangerous Archeon pass . Hera also had a deep respect for Mon Mothma and the two women became friends . Hera respected Mothma for her outspoken criticism of the Empire and her long - term strategic vision for the rebellion . Mothma in return complimented Hera for her willingness to take dangerous risks and courageous leadership . Hera had a strong bond with Chopper and sought revenge on the Imperial intelligence officers who had reprogrammed her droid into a double agent . This led her to destroy an entire IGV - 55 surveillance vessel with all hands aboard . Hera was distraught when she thought that she had lost Chopper and expressed elation when he rebooted . Hera was a courageous and skilled military commander who cared for the well - being of the rebellion and had a good working relationship with her fellow commanders Sato and Dodonna . She was not intimidated by Grand Admiral Thrawn and refused to surrender . Hera loved Kanan and pleaded with him to come back safely after his unsuccessful mission to solicit Bendu ' s help against the Empire . At times , Hera ' s devotion to the rebellion led her to regard the Spectres as important assets of the Rebel Alliance . She regarded Kanan as her partner and companion . Hera distrusted Saw Gerrera for his aggressive and violent methods and expressed concern when Saw enlisted Ezra , Sabine , and Chopper on one of his operations . Like Ezra , Hera believed the Spectres had a special connection with Lothal and was willing to accept a dangerous mission there . Hera ' s romantic feelings for Kanan led them to share a passionate embrace while on an undercover mission on Lothal . As a passionate rebel leader , Hera successfully lobbied for the Rebel Alliance to take out the TIE / D Defender factories on Lothal and to aid the people of Lothal , who were suffering under Imperial oppression . Hera ' s fearlessness and devotion to the rebel cause led her to lead a strike attempt on Lothal ' s Imperial factories . Hera also cared for her subordinates and was willing to risk capture in order to ensure that her underlings Chopper and Mart Mattin escaped Imperial forces . Hera ' s iron resolve and fighting spirit enabled her to hold out against both Governor Pryce and Grand Admiral Thrawn during interrogation . After Kanan rescued her , Hera confided her feelings for Kanan . Hera was devastated by the death of her partner Kanan and initially blamed herself . However , Chopper helped her to realize the significance of Kanan ' s sacrifice . To honor his memory , she attached a piece of his Jedi holocron to her family heirloom , the Kalikori . Kanan ' s death led Hera to be more careful about the lives of her rebel cell members . Though Hera was frightened that the Emperor had taken an interest in the Lothal Jedi Temple , Zeb convinced her to persevere with the mission . Despite Kanan ' s death , Hera could still sense his comforting presence . Skills and abilities . Besides being an able and effective leader , Hera was also an exceptionally skilled pilot . Hera first honed her skills as a rebel pilot during a relief mission to Ryloth following the failed assassination attempt on the Emperor and Lord Vader . She was able to fly various ships including the " Ghost " , " Phantom " , a prototype B - wing starfighter . , and a T - 65B X - wing starfighter . Hera was also familiar with physical combat and once assaulted the gangster Azmorigan and one of his men . Later , she knocked out the Imperial agent Gall Trayvis in physical combat after tricking him into holding an unloaded blaster . As a seasoned rebel operative , Hera could tell when a blaster was unloaded . While Hera was a capable fighter who could come up with ingenious escape plans , she was no match for the Force powers of the former Sith Lord Maul . Despite her strong will - power , Hera could not stop Maul from retrieving information on the location of Kanan Jarrus ' holocron from her mind . As a seasoned rebel commander , Hera was familiar with various Imperial strategies and traps . Hera was also tech - savvy enough to close the " Ghost " cargo hatch manually . She also used Chopper as a conduit to send reverse data feed to destroy an Imperial surveillance vessel . As a military commander , Hera knew how to study battle maps in order to devise strategies . Her skills as a pilot also allowed her to lead from the front in space battles . As a skilled pilot , Hera was able to evade Imperial fighters including TIE / D Defenders . She later used her engineering skills to help Sabine install a hyperdrive aboard Ryder Azadi ' s U - wing . On another occasion , she was able to escape Thrawn ' s forces by jumping into hyperspace while flying through an Imperial construction module . Hera later used her dogfighting skills to take out a TIE / D Defender Elite and an Imperial light cruiser . Behind the scenes . Hera Syndulla was first revealed as a character from the forthcoming animated series " Star Wars Rebels " at the January 2014 , where the character was included on the packaging of a " LEGO Star Wars Rebels " set . A video introducing the character , who would be voiced by Vanessa Marshall , was released on February 20 , 2014 . Hera shares a surname with Cham Syndulla , a Twi ' lek character from the " " television series . Cham Syndulla was revealed to be her father on February 23 , 2015 . According to the StarWars . com blogger James Burns , Hera Syndulla was named after the ancient Greek goddess , whose name means " protector . " Hera was the wife and the sister of the Greek god and was the goddess of women , childbirth , and marriage . Simon Kinberg and Dave Filoni also confirmed that Hera and several other characters in the television series were named after historical and Biblical characters in order to give their names a sense of purpose and meaning that would reflect their characters . Hera did not speak with a Twi ' lek ( French ) accent until the episode " Homecoming " , in the scene where she argues with her father . When she auditioned for the role , Vanessa Marshall read Hera ' s dialogue with her own accent , before being asked if she could do it in a French accent . Marshall , who is fluent in French , responded she would , but the topic did not come up again , presumably as it was decided it would be hard for viewers to understand . Eventually , Dave Filoni emailed her asking if she ever thought Hera would use a Twi ' lek accent if she returned to her homeworld : Marshall replied , " Only if she was angry . " She later likened it to " someone from or , or something like that , when they get into an argument with their father , all of a sudden , they ' re a . It demonstrates a kind of vulnerability that goes straight to the core of who she is . Even in that moment , she can ' t undo that accent . But I think that ' s how much she loves him and yearns to connect with him , that she even lets that guard down to speak in their shared accent . " General Syndulla is name - dropped in an easter egg in the film " " , which Dave Filoni clarified was meant to be Hera ( as opposed to her father ) , which is a reference to a forthcoming storyline . Non - canon history . Hera Syndulla appears in " Angry Birds Star Wars II " . At one point , she and Sabine rescued the street orphan Ezra Bridger from stormtroopers . They escaped from Agent Kallus , and Hera let Ezra join her crew aboard the " Ghost " . In the " LEGO Star Wars Rebels Movie Shorts " , Hera , Kanan , and Zeb were drinking in the Mos Eisley Cantina when Ezra called for a rescue . The three left aboard the " Ghost " and managed to rescue him . Ezra then suggested they charge the Star Destroyer ' s bridge and hide behind it , and eventually the warship jumped to hyperspace . At another time , the " Ghost " was damaged by a Star Destroyer , forcing it to go to a space station for repairs . The rest of the crew was separated , and Hera went to a space station to make repairs . She avoided Imperials while she and Chopper collected parts . The rest of the crew arrived in time to finish repairs to their starship . Hera Syndulla also appeared in the of " " , which debuted in the Summer of 2017 . Vanessa Marshall reprised her role as Hera . She made a cameo appearance as a General in the Alliance Fleet in the episode " Trouble on Tibalt " , which was released on June 17 , 2017 , and more throughout the season , including her being at the Battle of Endor and the subsequent celebration in Bright Tree Village .