A Hero Discovered " A Hero Discovered " is the first episode of the of the animated television series " " . It is the first episode of the series overall . The episode premiered on Disney XD on June 20 , 2016 . Official description . " Rowan meets a Jedi named Naare and learns of the Kyber Saber . . . " Plot summary . Exposition . The story begins with Darth Vader presenting a hologram of a currently in - progress Death Star to an unimpressed Emperor Palpatine , who takes it with a " meh . " After reminding Vader of the previous Death Star ' s destruction at the hands of Luke Skywalker four years prior by playing a hologram recording , Palpatine suggests a Plan B . ( " Dooku always had a Plan B , " he tells his subordinates . ) Vader informs him about the recent discovery of the Kyber Saber from the Jedi Archives , a powerful lightsaber that neither of them know the exact location of . Vader reassures his master that Imperial forces are scouring the galaxy for it . A dangerous salvage run . Somewhere in space , there is a battle between Imperial TIE fighters and Rebel Alliance X - wings . The wreckage resulting from the battle is picked up by a ship dubbed the " StarScavenger " , piloted by Kordi Freemaker and her brothers Zander and Rowan . Rowan , who is operating the gun turret , wants to open fire but is warned by his older siblings not to . Zander thinks that salvaging in the middle of a battle is a bad idea but Kordi counters that it is a good way to raise the credit s they need to pay their rent . During the battle , Rowan accidentally opens fire on an Imperial Gozanti - class cruiser . Before the rebel and Imperial pilots can take notice , the Freemakers flee into hyperspace . While traveling through hyperspace , Rowan apologizes but Zander tells him not to do because she admits that salvaging in the middle of a battle was a bad idea . The Freemakers then travel back to their home on the space station called the Wheel . Zander is relieved that they are home . As they fly into their starship repair business Freemaker Salvage and Repair , Zander and Kordi are outraged to discover that their Aqualish landlord Furlac has left a flood droid blocking the way . Seconds later , Furlac contacts them via hologram to remind them to pay their rent . Kordi manages to convince Furlac to give them one extra day to pay their rent before he throws them out . The flood droid leaves , allowing the " StarScavenger " to land . Home sweet home . After disembarking from the " StarScavenger " , Zander asks Kordi how they are going to raise the money to pay their rent . He points out that they have no ships ready to sell . Kordi then replies that they can make a ship from the wreckage they have salvage . Zander finds an X - wing turbo propeller , Kordi finds a TIE power coupling , while Rowan finds a helmet . However , the helmet belongs to a still living X - wing pilot who immediately gets into a fist fight with a surviving TIE fighter pilot . Kordi tells the two belligerents to take their " galactic conflict " outside . In a moment of inspiration , Zander builds a cobbled starship from X - wing and TIE fighter parts with the help of Kordi . Rowan wants to help but accidentally knocks a metal rod into the head of an AT - ST walker ; causing the fighter to fire a salvo that destroys Zander ' s cobbled starship . Rowan apologizes and Kordi proposes that Zander sell one of his " Uglies . " However , Zander angrily responds that his creations are not " Uglies " and calls them Z - wings . Zander thinks he can sell one of the Z - wings and that all they need is a " thrust factor " magnetizer . When Rowan points out that those were mainly a Clone Wars thing , Kordi and Zander call their B1 battle droid butler R0 - GR ( " Roger " ) , who has been baking cookies . Journey to Nal Kapok . Kordi asks Roger to recall the worse battle that he experienced during the Clone Wars . Roger recalls that the planet Nal Kapok was his first battle . Zander says no problem and they decide to travel there to find the parts for his Z - wing . Zander brings Roger along , causing him to drop his tray of cookies . The Freemakers take a ramp into the " StarScavenger " . The " StarScavenger " travels through space and lands on the jungle world of Nal Kapok . There , Kordi instructs Rowan to stay inside and talk to no one with more than eight eyes . When Rowan protests that he wants to go exploring , Kordi replies that he can from the inside of the ship before handing him a set of binoculars . Kordi tells him that she is keeping him safe and that he is over his " Oops " limit for the day . Before leaving , Kordi tells Roger , who is mopping the floor , not to let Rowan out of his sight . Rowan express his dissatisfaction at being treated like a kid . Roger tells the boy to give a thought for a Clone Wars veteran being demoted to babysitter . While Roger is talking , Rowan stares through his binoculars and discovers that Imperial stormtrooper s are in the jungle . Rowan decides to warn his brother and sister and Roger reluctantly agrees to follow him into the jungle . Meanwhile , two stormtroopers surmise that they have only found bugs and trees . Their leader surmises that their " boss " won ' t be happy . Rowan cannot find Zander and Kordi while Roger struggles to keep up due to his circuits overheating from the humidity . Rowan hears something but Roger jokes that it is only the sound of bad decisions being made . Rowan then enters a trance and his eyes start to glow . Rowan lets the Force guide him deeper into the jungle and Roger tries to reason with the boy . The two then fall down a hole and land in an underwater river . Roger complaints about the damage to his paintwork but Rowan continues to walk through the tunnel until he stumbles on a hilt . At that point , Rowan snaps out of his trance and the two wonder what the hilt is . Shortly later , the two are cornered by a large dianoga , which surrounds them with its tentacles . The Jedi and the Kyber Saber . The dianoga traps the two travelers in its tentacles and prepares to devour them . Rowan tries to stall the creature by stuffing a mop into its mouth . Before the creature can devour them , Rowan and Roger are saved by a lightsaber - wielding individual who slices through the dianoga ' s tentacles , freeing them and forcing the creature to retreat . The woman asks Rowan if he is okay and the boy is mesmerized by the sight of her " laser sword . " The woman introduces herself as Naare . When Roger learns that she is a Jedi , he suffers a panic attack and runs into a wall . Naare explains that battle droids and Jedi weren ' t exactly friends during the Clone Wars . Naare tells Rowan that the Jedi used to be the guardians of peace in the galaxy many years ago . When Rowan asks if he can play with her lightsaber , she asks him how he found the hilt . Rowan explains that it called to him . Meanwhile , Zander is disappointed with the quality of the wreckage on Nal Kapok . Kordi then spots an Imperial Troop Transport which looks new . The two proceed to steal an engine from the transport apart only to discover that it belongs to a stormtrooper patrol . Back in the underground tunnel , Naare recounts the history of the Kyber Saber . She explains that before the formation of the Old Republic , a wise Jedi named Baird Kantoo forged a powerful weapon from pure kyber crystal s . This was the very first lightsaber . Meanwhile in the jungle , the stormtrooper commander orders Zander onto his feet . Kordi tries to trick the Imperials into letting them go by posing as an Imperial inspector . However , the commander realizes that she and Zander are junk collectors by inspecting their card . The Freemakers then take advantage of their momentary distraction to flee into the jungle . Back in the tunnel , Naare explains that the Kyber Saber was an impressive weapon which magnified Kantoo ' s powers a thousand - fold . After Kantoo accidentally destroyed a planet , he realized the danger of its power and had the blade smashes into pieces . Kantoo then entrusted a secret league of Jedi to take the crystals away and hide them in distant parts of the galaxy so that no one would possess its power again . Rowan is too distracted by the thought of being Master Kantoo and accidentally knocks the blade into Roger , prompting the droid to tell him to " watch it . " Naare then tells Rowan that Emperor Palpatine has learnt about the Kyber Saber and warns him that he wants to posses the Kyber Saber . At that point , Rowan realizes that the stormtroopers were looking for the Kyber Saber and rushes to save Zander and Kordi . Rowan , Naare , and Roger eventually find that Zander and Kordi have been captured by stormtroopers . Naare fears that they will be sent to the spice mines of Kessel . Roger suffers a panic attack . Imperial Entanglements . Rowan rushes in to save his brother and sister but Naare convinces the boy to let her help him ; using the Force to levitate him . She warns him that he needs a better weapon than a branch but Rowan spots an antiquated AT - TE walker in the jungle . Inside the transport , Kordi and Zander try to convince the stormtroopers that it was all a misunderstanding and that they had no idea they were here . The Freemakers are then questioned by an Imperial officer , who asks them what they know about the Kyber Saber . Before the interrogation can take place , Rowan breaches the transport with his AT - TE walker . Rowan pursues the Imperials in the walker while Roger follows in a STAP speeder . Rowan forces the Imperials to retreat with Naare admiring the boy ' s enthusiasm in the background . Suddenly , the walker breaks down and Rowan finds himself surrounded by stormtroopers . Rowan attempts to shield himself from their blaster bolts with a piece of metal hull . However , Naare intervenes and uses her lightsaber to deflect the stormtroopers ' blasts and drive them away . She also collapses a branch on some of them . Naare also slices the Imperial officer ' s blaster and hurls the pieces at the fleeing officer . Rowan is impressed by Naare ' s powers . He is reunited with Kordi and Zander . Kordi asks him why she is not in the " StarScavenger " while Zander asks who the " attractive stranger " is . Rowan replies that he saved them and then introduces the woman as Naare . Roger adds that she is a Jedi before crashing his STAP speeder . When Kordi asks weren ' t the Jedi wiped out , Naare warns them that they have to flee because the stormtroopers will return in greater numbers . Zander responds that Naare is welcome to ride in the " StarScavenger " with them . Naare thanks them but responds that she has her own vessel : the " Eclipse Fighter " . Zander is obviously smitten by her but Kordi tells him to fly . A new path . Back at the Freemaker Garage , Naare tells Zander and Kordi about the history of the Kyber Saber . Zander thinks that it is a bad idea to find the Saber given its power and danger . However , Naare responds that the Emperor will soon find the pieces of the Kyber Saber and use it as a weapon . She reassures the Freemakers that the Emperor lacks Rowan ' s unique ability to find the crystals and stresses that this is their advantage . While Rowan plays with the Kyber Saber hilt , Naare offers to train him in the ways of the Jedi and the Force . She promises that they can bring true peace to the galaxy . Naare decides to take Rowan as her Padawan learner , explaining that he has an amazing ability to sense the crystals . The ever - overprotective Kordi disagrees with Naare , not wishing to see her brother ' s mind be filled with such stories until the Jedi convinces her that she has Rowan ' s best interests in mind . At that point , Furlac enters the Garage to demand his rent payment and threatens to throw them out through the airlock . Naare uses a mind trick to convince Furlac that the Freemakers have already paid their rent in full . She also convinces him to let her rent the shop across the way for one credit . This wins the Freemakers ' trust . Meanwhile , outside , the rebel and TIE pilots continue fighting . Double agent . Rowan carries Naare ' s belongings to the shop opposite and apologizes for his older sister ' s wariness . Naare tells him that Kordi is just being protective and advises Rowan not to share his secret with anyone . Rowan leaves the Kyber Saber hilt in her care and she vows to protect it with her life . She then tells Rowan to get some rest for tomorrow , promising him a lightsaber to begin his training . Unbeknownst to Rowan , however , Naare is secretly a Sith agent employed by Vader and Sidious to find the crystals . In private , Sidious and Vader chastise her for attacking Imperial personnel . However , Naare convinces them that she needed to gain the trust of a boy who could lead them to the Kyber Saber . She adds that she is able to consider alternatives if persuasion fails , before igniting a red - bladed lightsaber .