Mission to steal Imperial shield generators Commander Jun Sato led a rebel mission to steal shield generators from an Imperial convoy . One of his blockade runners and two pilots from Phoenix Squadron distracted the convoy ' s TIE escorts and the three freighters while the Spectres attacked the main ship to knock the cargo into space . Hera Syndulla then piloted the " Ghost " to capture the cargo . Two " Arquitens - class " light cruisers then arrived to fire on the rebels . Commander Sato ordered a retreat after the blockade runner ' s shields were disabled . Syndulla captured the cargo and the rebels fled into hyperspace . When they rendezvoused later , they discovered that although the cargo held vital supplies , it did not have shield generators as their intelligence suggested . Prelude . Following the Rescue of Kanan Jarrus , the Spectres learned that they were part of a larger network of rebel cells . One of the group ' s leaders Captain Hera Syndulla had withheld this information from her fellow rebels in order to prevent the Galactic Empire from learning about the rebellion . However , the enigmatic rebel leader " Fulcrum " ordered a change in policy in the light of Kanan ' s rescue . After learning that " Fulcrum " was the former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano , the Spectres agreed to help the Phoenix Cell , which had rescued them from Imperial forces in the Mustafar system . The heist . After receiving intelligence about an Imperial convoy carrying deflector shield generator s , the Spectres helped the Phoenix Squadron to attack the convoy . Besides the Spectres ' starship " Ghost " , other rebel forces involved in this raid included Phoenix Squadron and Commander Jun Sato ' s CR90 corvette . While heading towards an Imperial " Gozanti " - class cruiser , the " Ghost " and its A - wing escorts Phoenix One and Phoenix Two were pursued by several TIE fighters . Phoenix One and Two provided covering fire by shooting several TIE fighters that were docking with another " Gozanti " cruiser . After jokingly telling Phoenix One to save some for them , Ezra managed to shoot down another TIE fighter . While flying the " Ghost " , Hera and Kanan chatted and discussed their differences about joining the rebellion . While Kanan preferred working alone , Hera insisted on sticking with their new friends . At that point , the " Ghost " narrowly avoided a charging Imperial TIE fighter by flipping on its belly ; causing Garazeb Orrelios to fall into the storage compartment . During the battle , Chopper helped man the helm beside Hera . Working in coordination with the " Ghost " , Sabine used the auxiliary ship " Phantom " to fire on the targeted Imperial freighter ; dislodging several pieces of cargo . Before Hera could pick up the cargo , Imperial reinforcements arrived in the form of two " Arquitens " - class light cruisers . Sabine then covered Phoenix One by shooting an approaching TIE fighter while Ezra exchanged fire with the Imperial starships . At that point , Commander Sato ' s cruiser was hit and its deflector shields were disabled . Sato then ordered a retreat but Hera also insisted on taking the cargo along . While Zeb used the " Ghost " tractor beam projector to pick up the cargo , Kanan destroyed three TIE more TIE fighters . Having picked up the cargo , the " Ghost " and the Phoenix fleet then fled into hyperspace . Aftermath . While the stolen Imperial supplies did not contain the desired shield generators , the rebels were relieved to obtain another supply of fuel which allowed them to keep one step ahead of Imperial patrols . The raid on the Imperial convoy was one of the many activities undertaken by the rebellion against the Galactic Empire . Seeking to crush the rebellion , Darth Vader , the Emperor Palpatine ' s right - hand man , hatched a plot to use the Spectres to lead them to the Phoenix Squadron . This led to an attack on the Phoenix fleet . Behind the scenes . The mission appears at the exposition of the Disney XD television film " " , which premiered at Celebration Anaheim on April 18 , 2015 .