Mich Matt Mich Matt was an Ishi Tib male who worked as a technician on the planet Coruscant ' s central power generator . He was approached by the Galactic Empire , who attempted to hire him away from his job . When Matt refused , as he did not want to leave his family , the Empire took him anyway , to work on a secret project . Sometime later , Matt was held as a prisoner aboard Freighter 2716 , along with his fellow technicians , before being rescued by Sabine Wren , Ezra Bridger , Saw Gerrera and Chopper . After he and his fellow prisoners were rescued by the rebels , they decided to join the Rebel Alliance , as they felt that if the Empire had wanted to use their skills so badly that it would take them prisoner , it would be worth joining the rebellion instead . Biography . During the Imperial Era , Mich Matt worked as a technician at Coruscant ' s central power generator , which he used to support his family . Around 1 BBY , he was approached by the Galactic Empire , who tried to entice him to work for a secret project . Unwilling to leave his family , Matt refused . The Empire then kidnapped him and shipped him on Freighter 2716 with several other power and reactor technicians of various species . Matt and his fellow prisoners were held in the restricted hold 17 , which was guarded by stormtrooper s . The freighter was also carrying a large kyber crystal . En route to the Tonnis sector , the Partisan leader Saw Gerrera and the Spectres Sabine Wren , Ezra Bridger , and Chopper infiltrated the freighter and rescued Matt and his fellow prisoners . Matt informed his liberators that he had overheard the stormtroopers talking about the Jedha system . At the urging of Ezra and Sabine , Saw agreed to let Chopper lead the prisoners to the escape pods . However , the Death trooper commander DT - F16 alerted the freighter ' s captain , Wells to the rebel presence . In response , Wells jettisoned the escape pods , preventing the technicians from escaping . After Saw destabilized the kyber crystal in the engine room , Chopper managed to lead Matt and the other technicians to an Imperial shuttle in hold 12 . After Chopper took out the two stormtrooper sentries , Matt and the others boarded the shuttle . Before DT - F16 and her remaining troopers could stop them , Ezra and Sabine arrived and fought them off . The group then escaped aboard the shuttle before the kyber crystal exploded and destroyed both Freighter 2716 and Captain Slavin ' s Star Destroyer . After being rescued by the Spectres ' leader Hera Syndulla , Matt informed her on behalf of the technicians that they would be joining the Alliance to Restore the Republic out of gratitude to their rescuers . Personality and traits . Mich Matt was a male Ishi Tib with yellow eyes and green skin . Matt was a technician by trade and worked at Coruscant ' s central power generator . Matt cared for his family and refused an Imperial offer to work for a secret project . Following his kidnapping by the Empire and subsequent liberation by the rebels , Matt and his fellow prisoners joined the Rebel Alliance out of gratitude to their liberators . Behind the scenes . Mich Matt was voiced by David Shaughnessy who also voiced Cumberlayne Aresko and Myles Grint in " Star Wars Rebels " .