Reklam Station Reklam Station was a secret Imperial reclamation plant that orbit ed within the atmosphere of the planet Yarma in the galaxy ' s Yarma system . The facility was used to dismantle , salvage , and destroy thousands of outdated Galactic Republic starship s , such as Y - wing light bombers . In 2 BBY , the Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka revealed the location and purpose of Reklam Station to the early rebellion against the Empire , who , upon realizing their value in forming a strike fleet , decided to launch a reconnaissance mission to validate Ohnaka ' s information . After arriving , the rebels realized the vessels were being destroyed at an alarming rate . Altering the mission , Lieutenant Commander Ezra Bridger ordered the rest of his group to proceed towards the station and steal as many Y - wings as possible . Managing to escape detection by the station ' s technician s , the rebels landed on the underside of the plant and proceeded to refuel the starfighter s . Before they could escape however , the rebels were discovered by a DTS - series Dismantler Droid and the bomber s were locked down . In response , Bridger traveled up to the control tower , dispatching stormtrooper s along the way , and confronted the station ' s commander : Brom Titus . Learning Titus had sabotaged the control unit , Bridger cut the station ' s power , releasing the fighters and causing the facility to plummet towards its eventual destruction . Description . Reklam Station was a secret Imperial reclamation plant that orbit ed within the atmosphere of the planet Yarma in the Yarma system of the galaxy . Being a salvage yard , Reklam Station was used by the Galactic Empire — the successor state to the Galactic Republic — as a site where thousands of outdated Republic starship s , such as Y - wing light bombers , were dismantled by specialized droids in order to reclaim their hyperdrive s . After being salvaged , the starships were transported along a conveyor to a furnace and incinerated , with the remains being ejected out of a chute at the rear . The station itself was a modified Imperial construction module . The primary , dome - shaped structure housed a control tower at the top , a large hangar intersecting through the bottom , and a repulsorlift array protruding from the underside . Extending from the side of the module , in line with the hangar , was a long platform dotted with cranes , control interfaces , and fuel tanks . Running along the length of the platform was the facility ' s conveyor , which featured magnetic lock s in the event the vessels needed to be secured , and at the end was the furnace . Dismantler droid s , the specialized droids that dismantled Reklam Station ' s starships , also served as a security measure for the facility . Suspended in a dormant state surrounding the station , the droids were designed to reactivate and alert the control tower in the event of a perimeter breach before engaging the intruders directly . History . Age of the Empire . Some time between 4 BBY and 2 BBY , Brom Titus was assigned to Reklam Station after being demoted from admiral to commander due to his failure in securing a group of rebels and preventing them from destroying the Imperial Interdictor . Rebel infiltration . During a briefing at the secret base of the rebellion against the Empire in 2 BBY , the Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka , who had recently been rescued from Naraka prison by a group of rebels , the Spectres , informed the insurgents of Reklam Station and its complement of Y - wing bomber s . The information had come from Ohnaka ' s cellmate , Terba , an Ugnaught worker who had escaped from the plant and was killed during the prison escape . In need of a strike fleet , the rebels realized the value of the Y - wings and decided to launch a reconnaissance mission to verify Ohnaka ' s claim . Upon arriving at the planet , the rebels conducted a scan of the station and discovered that the Y - wings held there were being destroyed at an alarming rate . Unwilling to waste time contacting rebel command , Lieutenant Commander Ezra Bridger gave the order to continue to the station in order to steal the bombers themselves . Second s later , their ship was attacked by dismantler droids guarding the salvage yard . Managing to destroy the droids , the rebels evaded the station ' s scanners and landed on the underside of the conveyor platform . Aiming to deactivate the conveyor and stop the destruction of the Y - wings , the rebels encountered three Ugnaught slave laborers , who Hondo Ohnaka managed to convince to shut off the conveyor in exchange for their liberation . While the rebels refueled the ships , one of the dismantler droids spotted the rebel Sabine Wren and alerted the station ' s commander , Brom Titus , who proceeded to dispatch a unit of stormtrooper s , as well as override control of the conveyor and activate its magnet ic locks . In response , the rebels Bridger and Rex proceeded to the control tower in order to shut of the conveyor and free the starfighter s . However , before they could , they noticed Wren and Zeb Orrelios being attacked by a dismantler droid , prompting Bridger to tell Rex to help them while he continued to the control room . Taking control of one of the platform ' s cranes , Rex attempted to cripple the droid and , after a brief struggle , managed to pin the droid between the crane and a wall apparatus . Dismounting from the crane , the clone fired at the volatile device , causing it to explode and damage the droid , allowing him to push it off the edge . After dispatching the stormtrooper contingent in the hangar , Bridger reached the control room and used his lightsaber to take out the guards and disarm Titus . Discovering the officer had sabotaged the control unit , Bridger decided to destroy the station ' s power generator , cutting off power to the conveyor and causing the station ' s repulsorlift generators to detonate . With Ohnaka having left with the Ugnaughts in a stolen " Sentinel " - class landing craft , Bridger ordered the rest of the rebels to escape with the Y - wings while he headed to the " Phantom " . Before he could reach the vessel however , it was knocked off by a falling crane . Unable to establish communications with the rest of his unit , Bridger realized he had no hope of escaping the doomed station , and so held onto one of its protrusions as the structure fell deeper into Yarma ' s atmosphere . Above the planet , Bridger ' s master , Kanan Jarrus , and the pilot Hera Syndulla learned of Bridger ' s absence , and they flew down to the station in an attempt to rescue him . With Syndulla flying alongside the plummeting facility , Jarrus managed to grab hold of Bridger and pull him into the " Ghost " . As they escaped , Reklam Station continued its fiery descent towards destruction . Commanders and crew . In 2 BBY , Reklam Station was in command of Commander Brom Titus . From the station ' s control tower , Titus oversaw the facility ' s smooth operation through consultation of the technician s monitoring the plant ' s systems . Slave labor was employed on the station , with Ugnaught workers being forced to maintain the salvage yard ' s machinery . Slaves working on Reklam Station were stripped of their names and assigned a number , such as Melch , who was designated " Laborer 429 . " Behind the scenes . Reklam Station was a location created for the " Star Wars Rebels " season three premiere TV movie , " " , which originally aired on September 24 , 2016 . As shown by the episode ' s reference to General Dodonna , Reklam Station plays an important role in the " Star Wars " canon as the location where the rebellion steals the Y - wings that were used in the attack run on the Death Star depicted in . Andre Kirk was an artist who worked on concept art for Reklam Station .