Morad Sumar Morad Sumar was a farmer on Lothal , and an old friend of Ezra Bridger ' s parent s . During the reign of the Galactic Empire , he struggled to keep his land from Imperial hands , refusing to sell it to them . Finally forgoing Sumar ' s refusal to sell , Supply Master Yogar Lyste destroyed a portion of the farm and had Sumar and his wife Marida arrested . However , Bridger and the Lasan High Honor Guardsman Zeb Orrelios , who had stolen an Imperial TIE fighter , came to their rescue . Biography . Losing his farm . Morad Sumar was a human male who lived on the planet Lothal during the Age of the Empire . In 4 BBY , he owned a farm on the outskirts of Kothal city and was an old friend of the rebel Ezra Bridger s parent s . While on a grocery shopping trip , Ezra encountered Morad , who operated a fruit stall in the Kothal market . Morad gave Ezra a jogan fruit but was unable to sell the boy a Meiloorun fruit since the species did not grow on Lothal . Shortly later , Morad was visited by the Imperial Supply Master Yogar Lyste , who wanted to buy his farm . However , Sumar refused to sell his land to the Empire . Unwilling to let the matter rest , Lyste revisited the farm with three Imperial Troop Transport s and a contingent of stormtrooper s . When Morad protested that he was not changing his mind , Lyste smugly responded that the Empire was no longer interested in buying his farm and ordered his men to raze the farm . Morad , his wife Marida Sumar , and their Aqualish helper were then arrested and loaded into the side compartments of a Troop Transport . While traveling on the plains of Lothal , the Imperial transports encountered a stolen TIE fighter , that had been stolen by Ezra and his rebel companion Garazeb Orrelios . When the transports opened fire on the TIE fighter , Ezra managed to leap onto the central transport . Using the Force , the young Jedi apprentice managed to free Morad , his wife , and their helper from their restraints . At Ezra ' s instruction , the trio jumped into the grassy plains and fled . Meanwhile , Ezra stole a crate of meiloorun fruit and escaped with Zeb . Joining the Lothal resistance . By 2 BBY , Morad and his wife Marida had joined a rebel cell led by Ryder Azadi , the former Governor of Lothal . By then , Morad had found work as a factory worker at the Imperial Armory Complex , which manufactured vehicles for the Imperial Military . There , he was referred to by the call sign Worker 5473 . Under Ryder ' s direction , Morad sabotaged Imperial vehicles , leading to a high rate of accidents . That year , Morad , his wife , and the Ithorian bartender Jho attended a night meeting at Ryder ' s stone circle in Lothal ' s wilderness . The rebels were joined by Ezra Bridger , Kanan Jarrus , and the astromech droid Chopper , members of the Spectres who had since joined the Phoenix Cell , which was part of the galactic - wide rebellion against the Empire . Upon seeing Ezra , Morad observed that the boy had grown and told him that his late parents would be proud . Morad and his comrades soon learned that Ezra and his companions were on Lothal to enlist help from another Rebel cell to take out the Imperial factory on Lothal . Morad and his wife cheered upon hearing this news . Ezra also informed Morad and Ryder that their contact Fulcrum had provided them with intelligence that the Empire was building a new type of weapon and that the Phoenix Squadron needed to know what it was before committing any attack . Morad suspected that the tightening of security in the factory ' s Section A2 was linked to the weapon and agreed to help Ezra and his rebels comrades infiltrate the factory . Dying for the rebellion . The following day , Morad managed to obtain workers ' overalls and hoods for Ezra and Kanan . Chopper was also disguised as an Imperial communication droid . After arriving , Morad and his rebel allies were summoned for an assembly convened by Governor Arihnda Pryce , Agent Kallus , and Lieutenant Yogar Lyste . The factory was visited by Grand Admiral Thrawn , who had been dispatched by Imperial High Command to investigate the high rate of malfunctioning vehicles produced by the Lothal factory . Thrawn gave a speech berating the workers for their poor craftsmanship and then summoned Morad for a test demonstration on a 614 - AvA speeder bike . When Thrawn asked Morad if he had been pressed into the Empire ' s service , Sumar confirmed that this was the case after losing his farm . Sumar also professed to take pride in his craftsmanship . Since the speeder bike had been the last vehicle that Morad personally inspected , Thrawn ordered him to demonstrate how quickly it could reach maximum speed . With little choice , Morad got on the speeder and powered up the engine . As he began to accelerate , the speeder slowly began to overheat . Morad recommended they shut it down but Thrawn urged him to keep going and accelerated the stimulator . This caused the overheating engine to explode , destroying the bike and killing Morad . Legacy . Morad ' s death horrified Ezra , Kanan , the other workers and even Agent Kallus . Having sufficiently intimidated the workers , Thrawn then warned the workers that they would personally test each machine that they built . Thrawn also ordered his subordinates to lock down the factory and question the workers . Not wanting Morad to have died in vain , Ezra and his rebel comrades continued their mission and managed to obtain the blue prints for the Imperial weapon , which turned out to be a TIE Defender . With the help of a disillusioned Kallus , the Spectres managed to escape and escape with Ryder ' s group into the wilderness . Ezra also informed Marida of her husband ' s death . Personality and traits . Morad Sumar was a human male Lothalian farmer who owned a farm outside Kothal . He specialized in growing fruits including jogan fruit s . He was a friend of the Bridger family . Sumar was opposed to selling his farm to the Empire , who retaliated by razing it to the ground and seizing the land . This incident turned Morad and his wife Marida against the Empire . The two then joined a rebel cell led by the former Lothalian Govenor Ryder Azadi . Morad used his position as a factory worker at the Lothal City Imperial Armory Complex to sabotage Imperial vehicles , thus hampering the Imperial war effort . Morad had a deep respect for Ezra and his parents and praised the Bridgers for their work in the rebellion . Morad was visibly intimidated by the Chiss Grand Admiral Thrawn but nevertheless complied with his orders in order to avoid blowing his rebel cover and exposing his comrades . Due to his work as a factory worker , Morad had some experience with operating and inspecting speeder bikes . He was aware that the speeder bikes tended to overheat when reaching maximum speed . Behind the scenes . Morad Sumar first appeared as as supporting character in the " Star Wars Rebels " Season One episode " Fighter Flight " , which premiered on October 13 , 2014 . He was voiced by Liam O ' Brien , who also voiced the antagonistic Yogar Lyste and a stormtrooper in the same episode . O ' Brien reprised his role as Morad Sumar in the Season Three episode " An Inside Man " , which premiered on Disney XD on December 3 , 2016 .