Mission on Lothal In 3 BBY , the Spectres undertook a mission on Lothal to raid an Imperial depot on the planet Lothal in an attempt to hijack three " Sphyrna " - class corvettes . These corvette s were delivered to Lothal by Prince ss Leia Organa of Alderaan , under the guise of a mercy mission , for use by the rebellion . The rebels fought against an Imperial garrison under the command of Lieutenant Yogar Lyste , who believed Organa to be a loyal Imperial and was unable to prevent the ships from being stolen . With the help of Leia and the former Lothalian Governor Ryder Azadi , the rebels were able to steal the three corvettes , which bolstered Phoenix Cell . Prelude . The Phoenix Cell sustained losses during their escape from Imperial forces on Garel . Having heard of their losses , Alderaanian Senator Bail Organa , who was a secret supporter of the rebellion , sent his adopted daughter Prince ss Leia Organa to deliver reinforcements to the Phoenix rebels . These reinforcements consisted of three " Sphyrna " - class corvettes the " Lightmaker " , the " Amity ' s Arrow " and the " Duchess Senna " , later named P1 , P2 and P3 . Since the Alderaanians were unable to directly deliver the ships to the rebels , Leia Organa had arranged for the ships to be delivered to Lothal , an Imperial world . There , the rebels would " steal " the ships so that the Alderaan ians could not be accused of supporting the rebellion . Princess Leia traveled to Lothal under the pretext of delivering relief supplies to the inhabitants of Lothal , which had been subject to a lockdown as a result of the rebel insurgency there . Upon arriving above Lothal , they were directed by Lieutenant Yogar Lyste to land at an Imperial depot near the town of Jalath . After landing , Leia was greeted by two members of the Spectres : the former Jedi Padawan Kanan Jarrus and his apprentice Ezra Bridger ; who were disguised as a stormtrooper and an Imperial cadet respectively . Kanan and Ezra had received instructions from Hera Syndulla to rendezvous with Leia in order to " steal " the starship s . Leia ' s plans encountered a stonewall when Lieutenant Lyste fastened gravity lock s to the corvette s in order to deter thefts . Lyste was aware that Alderaanian ships had a habit of being stolen on Imperial worlds , but could not find any evidence linking Leia to the rebellion . As a further deterrent , Lyste assigned two AT - AT walkers to guard the ships and ordered his stormtroopers to search the vessels for contraband . Lacking a transport to do her " relief work " , Leia borrowed Lyste ' s " Sentinel " - class landing craft and departed with Kanan and Ezra . While flying over Lothal ' s plains , they received a distress transmission from Chopper . Traveling to Ryder Azadi ' s hideout , they found that stormtroopers had arrested the former Governor and Chopper . The Imperials had orders to execute Azadi . Kanan , still disguised as a stormtrooper , and Leia attempted to reason with them but to no avail . Their conversation was interrupted by the arrival of the Spectres ' ship , the " Ghost " . While Hera pilot ed the VCX - 100 light freighter , Sabine Wren and Garazeb Orrelios attacked the stormtroopers and picked up Kanan , Ezra , Leia , and Ryder . During the attack , Lyste ' s landing craft was destroyed when Chopper fired the " Phantom " guns at the shuttle . To hide Leia ' s rebel links , Ryder pretended to abduct her , while Zeb pretended to take Kanan and Ezra , still in Imperial disguise , prisoner when they attempted to " rescue " the princess . The Raid . After escaping the Imperials , the crew of the " Ghost " discussed their plans to commandeer the Hammerhead corvettes . While Azadi was reluctant to commit himself fully to the rebellion , he agreed to helped them deactivate the gravity locks in exchange for getting safe passage off Lothal . As part of the plan , Leia , along with Kanan and Ezra ( still wearing their Imperial military uniforms ) , would travel to the Imperial depot in the " Phantom " . Sabine , Chopper and Azadi would be hiding aboard the shuttle . While Leia and company distracted Lieutenant Lyste and his men , the other rebels would disembark , deactivate the gravity locks , and free the impounded ships . Meanwhile , Hera and Zeb would harry the Imperial walker s with the " Ghost " . While Leia spoke with Lieutenant Lyste , Ryder , along with Sabine and Chopper , disabled the gravity lock on the Hammerhead corvette P1 . After disabling the locks , Sabine took the ship ' s helm . Upon realizing that intruders were stealing the corvette , Lyste ordered his men to stop the rebels . One of the AT - AT walkers attempted to shoot down the corvette . Meanwhile , Ryder and Chopper went to disable the gravity lock restraining the second Hammerhead corvette , P2 , but were spotted by Imperial stormtroopers . Sabine , in P1 , fired upon the Imperials . Kanan and Ezra knocked out Lyste and two of his stormtroopers . During the fighting , an AT - AT that had been briefly stunned by the " Ghost " proton torpedo es got back to its feet , so Kanan used his lightsaber to sever the walker ' s two right legs , causing it to topple to the ground . After disabling the second gravity lock , Ryder instructed Kanan to depart on P2 . Ryder then attempted to board the third Hammerhead corvette named P3 , but was cornered by two stormtroopers . Ezra then used his Force power s to seize their blaster s , and Leia grabbed one of the blasters and shot the troopers . In response to the attacks , several Imperial Troop Transport s arrived . Despite Leia ' s protests , the leader of the arriving stormtroopers ordered the remaining AT - AT walker to take out the remaining Hammerhead corvettes . On the third Hammerhead corvette , Ryder attempted to force the ship to fly despite the gravity lock and engaged the thrusters , toppling the second AT - AT with the force generated from them . Having accomplished his mission , Chopper departed aboard the " Phantom " . Before departing , Leia and Ezra bid farewell to each other and promised to meet again . To maintain the ruse that she was still a " loyal " Imperial citizen , Leia ordered Ezra to stun her . Shortly later , Leia was recovered by Lyste and his stormtroopers . Feigning anger at the Imperials for losing her ships , Leia threatened to report their incompetence to the Imperial Senate . However , Lyste managed to placate Leia by offering to pay for her missing ships . The Imperial officer then realized that his own ship had also disappeared ; the " Sentinel " - class landing craft had been destroyed by the crew of the " Ghost " during the alleged " kidnapping " of Leia and the disguised Kanan and Ezra . Aftermath . The raid on the Imperial depot at Jalath was a success for Phoenix Squadron , as it helped them recoup the losses they had sustained on Garel earlier . Lieutenant Lyste was summoned to a meeting with ranking officers , where he was reprimanded for the theft . Meanwhile in space , Ryder , now realizing that what Ezra ' s parent s started had become even larger then he thought , agreed to help the rebel cause for both them and their son ' s sake . Despite this small victory , the rebellion was still heavily outmatched and outgunned by the Galactic Empire , which still controlled much of the galaxy . P2 eventually fell during the Battle of Atollon and P1 and P3 joined the larger rebellion . One of the two was the " Lightmaker " which sacrificed itself in the Battle of Scarif to destroy two Star Destroyer s and penetrate the Shield Gate . Behind the scenes . The Raid on the Lothal Depot served as the climax for the " Star Wars Rebels " episode " A Princess on Lothal " , which first premiered on Disney XD on January 20 , 2016 . It featured the Original trilogy character Princess Leia ( voiced by Julie Dolan ) as a guest character .