Ryder Azadi Ryder Azadi was a human male who served as the Governor of Lothal during the early years of the Galactic Empire ' s reign over the Outer Rim planet . He supported the revolutionary broadcasts of Ephraim and Mira Bridger , leading to his arrest and imprisonment alongside the Bridgers . While in prison , he was labeled as " Prisoner X10 . " He escaped four years before the Battle of Yavin , after the Bridgers organized a prison break . The Bridgers were killed during their escape , so Azadi returned to Lothal to find their son , Ezra Bridger . Ezra , however , found him first after seeing him and his parents in a vision , so Azadi broke the news that his parents had been killed . Azadi continued helping Bridger ' s Spectres rebel cell and Phoenix Cell , which later joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic . In the years leading up to the Battle of Yavin , Azadi became the leader of a Lothal resistance group that aided the Alliance against Imperial forces on Lothal . Despite his initial misgiving about Ezra ' s leadership , Azadi would play an important role in the rebels ' efforts to liberate Lothal from Imperial rule . Biography . Age of the Empire . Early life . Ryder Azadi hailed from the Outer Rim planet of Lothal , where he served as its governor during the early days of the Galactic Empire ' s rule there . Around 18 BBY , shortly after the Imperials arrived on Lothal , governor Azadi was instructed to stop the Bridger transmissions within a month . Attempted takeover of Pryce Mining . During his tenure as governor of Lothal , Azadi discovered that a vein of doonium had been uncovered in the Pryce Mine . Hoping to gain control of the doonium vein before Senator Domus Renking and the Empire could get their hands on it , Azadi sent his representative Arik Uvis to buy a controlling interest from owner Arihnda Pryce . Pryce , disinterested in letting someone outside of the Pryce family control the mine , turned down Azadi ' s offer , throwing Uvis out of the mine when he refused to relent . In retribution for Pryce ' s refusal of his offer , Azadi and Uvis falsified embezzlement charges that led to the arrest of Elainye Pryce . When Pryce went to Renking ' s office to appeal for her mother ' s release , he confirmed that Elainye would be held by Azadi until proven innocent and he could not be convinced otherwise . Azadi ' s attempted takeover failed when Pryce turned the mine over to the Empire and Renking in exchange for her mother ' s release and a job on Coruscant . Prisoner of the Empire . Despite being a member of the Imperial government , Azadi supported underground revolutionary broadcasts that were made by Ephraim and Mira Bridger . As a result of his actions , Azadi was charged with treason and incarcerated in an Imperial prison , along with the Bridgers . Azadi was given the label " Prisoner X10 " while he was imprisoned . Governor Azadi ' s " forced retirement " and imprisonment coincided with Arihnda Pryce winning Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin ' s favor by disclosing the Higher Skies Advocacy Group ' s illegal espionage activities against the Empire and Moff Ghadi ' s attempt to use this intelligence to gain advantage over Tarkin . As a reward , Pryce was made the new Governor of Lothal . She oversaw the expansion of Imperial industry , mining , and military bases on Lothal , which under her rule became a major center of Imperial power in that region of the galaxy . Azadi ' s office was looted by his former associates . One of his former ministers Maketh Tua continued serving Governor Pryce as Lothal ' s Minister in charge of industrial production . Escape . Approximately four years before the Battle of Yavin , the Bridgers ' son , Ezra , had become part of a rebel cell that fought the Empire on Lothal . He sent out a message of rebellion to the people of Lothal , one that also reached the ears of prisoners like Azadi and the Bridgers . This inspired the Bridgers to rally Azadi and fellow inmates to escape . Azadi was able to escape from the prison , but the Bridgers lost their lives during the attempt . Azadi returned to Lothal in the hopes of finding Ezra , so he could tell the boy what happened to his parents , and Ezra likewise traveled to Lothal from Garel after seeing his parents and Azadi in a vision . Ezra found the former governor in a stone circle on Lothal , though Azadi did not know who it was at first and fired a blaster rifle at Ezra and his Jedi master , Kanan Jarrus . Ezra managed to calm Azadi down by telling him that he was the son of Ephraim and Mira Bridger . Satisfied , Azadi led Ezra , Kanan , and the astromech droid Chopper into the stone circle which served as his adobe . There , the former Governor told Ezra about his connection to his parents . He also informed Ezra that his broadcast had inspired his parents to stage an escape but that they had perished during the attempt . Azadi then stayed inside the stone circle while Ezra went out into the open to grief his parents ' deaths . While Ezra was devastated by the loss of his parents , he was able to come to terms with his grief after he encountered them during a Force vision . Helping the rebellion . Ryder stayed behind with Chopper while Ezra and Kanan traveled to the town of Jalath to greet Prince ss Leia Organa , the daughter of the Alderaan ian Senator Bail Organa , who was delivering three " Sphyrna " - class corvette to the rebellion . Kanan and Ezra had invited him to come along with them but Ryder did not want to expose himself to the Empire . While Ezra and Kanan were away , Ryder and Chopper were captured by a group of stormtrooper s , who had orders to execute Ryder . Before the Imperials could take their prisoners into the custody , they were ambushed by Ezra , Kanan , Leia , and the other crew of the " Ghost " . Following a brief skirmish , Ryder and his rescuers fled aboard the " Ghost " ; with Ezra and Kanan disguised as a kidnapped Imperial cadet and stormtrooper respectively . To hide Leia ' s dealings with the rebels , Ryder pretended to " kidnap " the Alderaanian princess . Once aboard , Ryder was present when the rebels discussed their plans to " steal " Leia ' s corvettes from the Imperials . To hide Alderaan ' s support for the rebellion , Bail Organa had arranged for the cruisers to be sent to Imperial worlds where they would be " stolen " by the rebellion ' s agents . In response to these " thefts " , the Imperials had installed gravity lock s on them . Since Ryder had worked on building gravity locks during his captivity , he was able to advise the rebels that explosives would not be able to disable them . He then offered the rebels his help in escaping offworld with the corvette s . With the help of Ryder , the rebels concocted a plan which involved using the " Phantom " , the " Ghost " auxiliary ship , to enter Supply Master Yogar Lyste ' s base . Still wearing their Imperial disguises , Kanan and Ezra escorted Leia back to the base and claimed to have rescued the Alderaanian princess from the rebels . While the Imperials were distracted , Ryder worked with Chopper and another rebel named Sabine Wren to disable the gravity locks on one of the cruiser s . While Sabine departed on the first corvette , Ryder and Chopper moved to the next ship and proceeded to disable its locks . However , they were discovered by Lyste and several of his stormtroopers . Before any harm could befall Ryder and Chopper , Kanan and Ezra knocked the Imperials out with the Force . During the ensuing battle , Ryder watched Kanan using his lightsaber and quickly realized that the man was a Jedi . Kanan ' s intervention allowed Ryder and Chopper to disable the second gravity lock ; allowing Kanan to pilot the ship . Realizing that the crew of the " Ghost " needed help , he boarded the third ship while Chopper proceeded to disable its gravity lock . Two stormtroopers pursued Ryder but Ezra used the Force to snatch their blaster s while Leia stun ned them with her blaster . At the helm of the third Hammerhead corvette , Ryder forced the ship to fly despite the gravity lock by engaging the thrusters , toppling an AT - AT walker in the process . Ryder then escaped with the other rebels into hyperspace with the three stolen corvettes . After realizing that Ezra ' s parents had inspired a rebel movement , he agreed to join the rebellion and free Lothal to honor them and their son Ezra . Sabotaging the Imperial war effort . By 2 BBY , Ryder Azadi had become the leader of a rebel cell on Lothal that specialized in sabotaging vehicles being produced at the Imperial Armory Complex . His fellow operatives included the former farmer Morad Sumar and his wife Marida Sumar , and the Ithorian bartender Jho . When the Phoenix Cell received intelligence that the Empire was developing a new weapon , Ezra , Kanan , and Chopper arranged to rendezvous with Ryder in Capital City . The Phoenix Squadron wanted to take out the factory but needed the help of a local rebel cell . Ryder drove his landspeeder into Capital City but was quickly pursued by two scout trooper s on 614 - AvA speeder bike s and an AT - DP walker . Ezra , Kanan , and Chopper managed to jump into Ryder ' s speeder and the rebels fled for the highway . On the way , they narrowly ran into an Imperial road block and Ryder was forced to do a U - turn . Ezra and Kanan managed to use their lightsaber s to cut down the AT - DP walker ' s legs . Ryder then led the speeder bikes on a chase through the highway . After telling the Spectres about his cell ' s work as saboteurs , Ryder reassured his comrades that the speeder bikes could not go beyond 190 km / h . True to his word , the speeder bikes exploded and crashed . Ryder then drove the rebels to his hideout at a stone circle in Lothal ' s wilderness . There , they were joined by the Sumars and Jho . Ryder discussed the details of the Phoenix Squadron ' s plan with Ezra and Kanan . Morad agreed to help Ezra and his team infiltrate the factory disguised as workers and an Imperial communication droid respectively . The mission was complicated by a surprise inspection by the Chiss Grand Admiral Thrawn , who had been sent by Imperial High Command to investigate the high rate of defective vehicles at the Lothal Imperial factory . Thrawn staged a dangerous test demonstration on a 614 - AvA speeder bike that claimed Morad ' s life . Kanan tried to contact Ryder but found that the Imperials were jamming all comlink s . Meanwhile , Ryder contacted Hera Syndulla and Commander Jun Sato via hologram to warn them that the Imperials had locked down the factory . Ryder described the new Imperial officer as pretty thorough and having red eyes . Hera quickly recognized the officer as Grand Admiral Thrawn , whom she had encountered on Ryloth . Ryder then told Hera that he and his team would attack the factory ' s east gate to facilitate Ezra and his team ' s escape . With the help of the disillusioned Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus , Kanan managed to use a communication port to upload his comlink signals to Ryder . Ryder then told Kanan that he and his team were at the east gate and were ready to evacuate their team . Ryder remained in his landspeeder while Marida used a rocket launcher to damage an Imperial Troop Transport . The rebels then came under attack from two AT - AT walkers . Ryder and Marida watched as Ezra ' s team exited the factory in AT - DP Walker 216 . When one of the AT - AT walkers proceeded to crush the rebel walker , Marida fired a rocket that hit the walker ' s foreleg . Ryder expressed a humored surprise when he saw Ezra , Kanan , and Chopper exit the walker that Marida had shot down . When Ryder asked about Morad , Ezra informed him and Marida that the rebel had not survived the mission . Back at Ryder ' s base , Chopper uploaded the plans to the rebel base on the planet Atollon . After Sabine decrypted the plan , Ryder and the Spectres learnt that these contained the blue prints for Thrawn ' s new starfighter initiative . The rebels feared that the Empire would use these new deflector shield - equipped starfighters to destroy the rebellion . Mon Mothma ' s speech . Later , Ryder Azadi along with his fellow rebel operatives Old Jho and Marida Sumar were frequenting Old Jho ' s Pit Stop when the rebel leader Mon Mothma delivered a speech on HoloNet urging the galaxy to rise up in rebellion against the Empire . Battle of Atollon . Prior to the Phoenix Squadron and General Jan Dodonna ' s Massassi Group ' s planned assault on the TIE Defender factories on Lothal , Ryder corresponded with his rebel comrades via hologram and informed them that most of the Imperial fleet had left Lothal . As a result , Hera realized that Thrawn had discovered the location of Chopper Base and Atollon . Shortly later , Ryder ' s transmission was cut off as the Imperial fleet began jamming long - range transmissions . This preceded the Battle of Atollon , which saw the rebels sustain heavy casualties at the hands of Grand Admiral Thrawn ' s Seventh Fleet . Continuing the Fight . Even though Lothal was now heavily occupied by Imperial forces and the planet was suffering due to heavy mining by the Mining Guild , Ryder and his rebels continued to fight against the Imperials . He requested assistance from Rebel high command upon hearing of a new fighter being built in Lothal . During this time , he sent his fellow rebel comrade Jai Kell to what was once Old Jho ' s Pit Stop , to see if help arrived . Ryder ' s cell was also targeted by an Imperial crackdown which claimed the life of Jho . Rebel high command eventually received his transmission , and sent help in the form of the Spectres . Jai encountered Ezra and Sabine , and after reconnecting with the other Spectres , they made their way to the sewer system , following the starbirds that were painted there . Ryder narrowly saved the group from being surrounded and captured by the Empire , and was surprised that his message got through , and that only the Spectres were given to him . Ezra assured him that they will free Lothal , as rebellions always start small , while Ryder understands but states that the feeling will be gone when they see the new prototype fighter the Empire is designing . Ryder later accompanied the Spectres to scout the Elite , and when the mission escalated into an encounter with Thrawn , Ryder became concerned with Ezra and Sabine ' s safety , but was reassured by Zeb that they would be fine . The two later made their way back to Ryder and the others , and they returned to his camp . The following day , the rebels obtained the hyperdrive from the stolen TIE Defender Elite and installed it into Ryder ' s U - wing . Shortly later , the camp was eventually found due to the Noghri assassin Rukh tracking them back to base . While Hera Syndulla and Chopper returned with the Defender ' s flight data recorder to Yavin 4 , Ryder and his rebels managed to escape due to the help of several Loth - wolves , who brought the group from the northern to the southern hemisphere . Ryder and his rebel cell later set up their new camp in the caves that the Loth - wolves brought them into . He later brings Ezra , Kanan and Zeb to a nearby Mining Guild ore crawler , which they boarded . The rebels encountered several indentured civilians including the crime lord Cikatro Vizago , who had smuggled the Spectres into Lothal . Besides subduing the Trandoshan overseers Proach and Seevor , the rebels also narrowly escaped an Imperial search party . After liberating the prisoners , the rebels managed to get a connection to Hera , who informs them that Rebel high command is sending an attack force to Lothal to destroy the factories and fuel depots , cheering the rebels up . During the Attack on Lothal , Ryder , his cell and the Spectres sabotaged several towers housing turrets that were being used to defend the factory where the Elites were being manufactured so rebel fighters could bombard it . Out of range of the factory , they watched several fighters crash in and around the city , and realized that the strike force had been destroyed . Ryder became saddened by the turn of events , and when Sabine informed them that several gunships were coming , Ryder told the group that they needed to leave before they were found . Kanan ' s death . After the failed attack , Ryder , Mart Mattin , and Jai Kell watched as the Spectres built several Loth - bat glider s . He remained at the rebel camp while the Spectres mounted a mission to the Imperial Complex to rescue their leader Hera Syndulla . During the course of the mission , Kanan was killed when Governor Pryce blew up the Lothal City fuel depot in an attempt to kill the rebels . Following Kanan ' s death , Ryder along with Mart and Jai Kell were listening to a propaganda broadcast by Alton Kastle , who claimed that the rebellion on Lothal was over and that their leadership had been crushed . When Ryder advocated contacting Rebel Command for reinforcements , Ezra told him that the fight on Lothal was over and that Mon Mothma would not commit anymore resources . Ryder the asked Hera what their next move should be . However , Hera was grief - stricken due to the death of Kanan . The rebels subsequently learned that Kanan ' s death had not been in vain and that the destruction of the fuel depot had knocked out Thrawn ' s TIE Defender factory on Lothal . Trapping Governor Pryce . Following the Spectres ' mission to the Lothal Jedi Temple , Ryder and several other rebels including Sabine , Zeb , and Mart Mattin attended a meeting where Ezra outlined their plan to take Capital City from the Empire before Grand Admiral Thrawn returned to Lothal . Cognizant of the failure of Hera ' s last attack , Ryder thought that the Lothal resistance had little chance of success against Thrawn . He argued that their best course of action was to stay low , reorganize , and rebuild their forces . When Ezra asked Ryder to trust him , Ryder countered that they needed an army to retake Lothal . Ezra responded that they only needed one person . Under Ezra ' s instructions , Ryder contacted Governor Pryce and offered to sell her the coordinates of the Lothal resistance base in return for escaping imprisonment . Since Pryce was desperate to curry favor with Thrawn , she took the bait . As planned , Governor Pryce led a force of patrol transport s and stormtroopers to the Lothal cliff dwelling that served as the Lothal resistance base . When the Noghri tracker Rukh entered the camp , Ryder took care not to shoot him in order to perpetuate the ruse that he was a traitor . Despite stiff resistance , Pryce succeeded in cornering the Lothal rebels and Spectres on top of a Mining Guild ore crawler . After Pryce ' s forces had captured the rebels , the Governor praised Ryder for bringing peace to Lothal . When Sabine feigned anger at Ryder , he claimed that they needed an army to retake Lothal . When Pryce gloated over her victory , Ryder revealed that this was a ruse to lure Pryce into a trap . Shortly later , Hera returned with several reinforcements including the former Clone trooper s Gregor , Wolffe , the Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka , the Ugnaught Melch , and the former Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus . Hera shot down Pryce ' s remaining gunships while Pryce ' s forces were overwhelmed by loth - wolves . The rebels then took Pryce and her surviving troops prisoner . Personality and traits . Ryder Azadi was a human male with white hair , blue eye s , and copper skin . While serving as Imperial governor , Azadi coveted the Pryce family ' s Pryce Mining company . When Arihnda Pryce refused to let him buy a controlling stake in the family ' s company , Azadi framed her mother Elainye for embezzlement . While Pryce avoided Azadi ' s takeover by selling the company to the Empire , Azadi ' s actions earned her the enmity of Arihnda . Though he served as an Imperial governor , he supported the revolutionary broadcasts made by Ephraim and Mira Bridger , a decision that led to him being charged with treason and incarcerated in an Imperial prison . Time spent in Imperial prison had wearied Azadi . Following his escape , he initially wanted no part in rebellious activities , fearing that any such involvement might land him back in prison , a fate he could not bear . He agreed reluctantly only to assist for one mission , feeling that he owed the rebels for his rescue . Participating in this rekindled his spark for resistance against the Empire ' s activities and he joined up to continue fighting . Ryder later used his knowledge of Capital City and Lothal ' s natural landscape to help the Spectres undertake a mission to disrupt the Empire ' s TIE Defender manufacturing operations on Lothal . Ryder also owned a U - wing , which he lent to Hera in order for her to escape Lothal with the TIE / D Defender Elite ' s flight data recorder . Ryder was also capable of deception and used his guile to trick Governor Pryce into sending her forces into a trap at the Lothal cliff dwelling . Ryder appealed to her desire to please Thrawn and depicted himself as a self - interested opportunist wanting to save his own skin . This ploy worked and the rebels succeeded in capturing Pryce , who was key to their plan to drive the Empire from Lothal ' s Capital City . Behind the scenes . Ryder Azadi first appeared in " Legacy , " an episode in the second season of the animated television series " Star Wars Rebels " . He is voiced by actor Clancy Brown , the voice of Savage Opress from " " .