DUME " DUME " is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the animated television series " Star Wars Rebels " . The episode premiered on February 19 , 2018 . Official description . " Following the loss of Kanan , the Ghost crew looks for direction and answers . " Plot summary . Exposition . Following the rescue of Hera Syndulla , Governor Arihnda Pryce and several Stormtrooper s watch the burning wreck of the Lothal City fuel depot . An Imperial officer tells her that comm / scan s indicate that the stolen gunship escaped the blast . However , he reassures her that security recordings showed that the Jedi Kanan Jarrus perished . When the officer adds that Imperial High Command would soon find out about the loss of the Imperial fuel depot , Pryce decides that the Galactic Empire shall hold a parade to commemorate the victory over the rebels . Mourning Kanan ' s passing . At dawn , Garazeb Orrelios and the astromech droid Chopper are at their rebel base when the Spectres return in their gunship . A grieving Sabine Wren angrily throws her TIE fighter pilot helmet on the ground . Zeb tries to ask what happened but Sabine pushes past him . Zeb sees Hera Syndulla and Ezra Bridger emerge from the ship and asks where Kanan Jarrus is . Ezra manages to get out that he is " gone " , but Zeb does not understand until Ezra yells it to his face . The two share an emotional hug while Chopper wheels up to Hera , holding her hand while beeping sadly . Later that morning , the Spectres arrive at the Lothal cliff dwelling and meet up with Ryder Azadi ' s cell including Mart Mattin and Jai Kell , who are listening to a HoloNet transmission by Imperial broadcaster Alton Kastle . Kastle claims that the insurgency on Lothal is over and that the rebellion on Lothal has been crushed and their leadership crippled . To honor the Imperial leadership ' s efforts in defeating these extremists , Kastle instructs all Imperial citizens to attend a parade in Capital City . Sabine tells them to turn off the transmission . Ryder suggests contacting Rebel command for reinforcements . Ezra counters that Yavin thinks that the fight on Lothal is over because Mon Mothma won ' t commit anymore resources . Ryder asks General Syndulla what she thinks but Hera is still grieving and walks pasts . Ezra says that she needs time to grieve but Ryder retorts that they don ' t have time , and they need a plan . Sabine proposes sabotaging the Imperial parade in Capital City . Zeb offers to join Sabine while Chopper rolls past . When Kell asks what they should do , Ezra walks away in silence . Ryder sighs that there is nothing they can do and that it ' s over . While Sabine and Zeb ride away on speeder bike s , a distraught Ezra sits on a rock and asks aloud what he should do as Kanan never prepared him for this . Suddenly , he is approached by a large white Loth - wolf , which growls fiercely at him . Ezra says that there was nothing he could do . The wolf is joined by two smaller black ones , who chase Ezra into the tall grass . The wolves pass him and disappear into the grass . Ezra begins to run back , but is knocked unconscious by one the smaller wolves . The alpha white wolf looms over Ezra , who is lying on his face . A hollow victory . At the Imperial Complex , Grand Admiral Thrawn is communicating with Governor Pryce and the Noghri tracker Rukh via hologram . He chastises Governor Pryce for throwing a parade after losing General Syndulla . Pryce responds that she is holding the parade to celebrate the death of Kanan and presents his lightsaber as proof . Thrawn counters that holding the parade will not hide the fact that she destroyed their entire fuel supply on Lothal . Thrawn points out that , in defeating Kanan , she helped the rebels compromise the TIE / D Defender project by bringing the entire Imperial Industrial Operation on Lothal to an indefinite screeching halt . Pryce is about to explain that the parade ' s purpose is to hide it from the Rebels and Imperial High Command but Thrawn cuts her off and snarls that he will deal with Pryce when he returns . With the Rebel leader gone , Thrawn predicts that the rebels will flounder , especially the boy . He tells Rukh that the rebels will strike recklessly and tasks him with eliminating them . Rukh leaves while a chastised Pryce bows her head . Hera ' s grief . Back in the Lothal cliff dwelling , Hera studies an ancient Lothalian wall art . She wonders aloud why she did not tell Kanan she loved him earlier , and laments that she thought there would be more time . She sits against the wall next to Kanan ' s Jedi Temple Guard mask . Chopper comes over and tries to console her , but she lashes back that he doesn ' t understand . She laments that if she had listened to Kanan he would still be alive , recalling that Kanan had said the war was a mistake . She says it was her fault and that she was the one who was truly blind . Chopper changes the subject by pointing out that Hera has her Kalikori back . Hera affirms this , and remembers how Kanan found it for her in the middle of everything . Chopper tells Hera no one deserves the honor more than Kanan of being admitted to Hera ' s family tree . Hera agrees and hugs her droid friend . Separate journeys . On a ledge overlooking Capital City , Zeb and Sabine take turns looking through their macrobinoculars . Zeb asks Sabine what she sees . Sabine replies that the parade has begun , and there are a lot more people which means that the Empire has grown . Sabine laments that there are too few of them to defeat the Empire . Zeb points out that the Imperial factories are not belching out smoke and tells her that their operation disrupted Imperial military production on Lothal . The pair realize that this must be the real reason Pryce is throwing a parade . Meanwhile , Ezra finds himself alone at night in the middle of the wilderness . He calls for the loth - wolves to show themselves . On Capital City ' s highway , Zeb knocks out a scout trooper with a king - hit while Sabine plants a device on his 614 - AvA speeder bike that allows her to connect to the Imperial network on Lothal . Sabine learns that the TIE Defenders factory took serious damage when the fuel depot exploded . Sabine realizes that Kanan not only saved their lives but also completed their original mission . When Zeb asks why the Empire is celebrating , Sabine realizes that Governor Pryce wants to cover up the fact that the rebels hurt them . Sabine vows to get even with the Empire . Meanwhile , a lost Ezra sits under a Lothalian mound . He repeats the riddle " Loth - rat , Loth - cat , Loth - wolf run , pick a path and all is done , " to choose which direction he should go . Eventually , he ends up falling asleep there . Elsewhere , Sabine and Zeb watch the explosion from a distance only to discover the presence of Rukh , whom Sabine recognizes as the " thing " that Ezra had encountered following the theft of the TIE / D Defender Elite . Zeb panics when he realizes that Rukh can see them from a distance . However , Zeb regains his composure and vows to avenge Kanan ' s death . Sabine agrees and adds that they cannot let the " thing " track them back to their base . The two ride to confront Rukh . Later , Ezra is awoken by a Loth - wolf . Then , he finds himself surrounded by a pack of Loth - wolves . The lead Loth - wolf tells Ezra that he is Dume , which was Kanan ' s birth name . Back on the highway , Rukh sniffs the scout trooper whom Zeb assaulted much to the trooper ' s discomfort . A stormtrooper discovers that the speeder bike ' s comm has been rigged to explode . Fighting Rukh and Ezra ' s realization . Meanwhile , Rukh approaches Zeb on his speeder bike . Zeb stands his ground and Rukh charges . The two fight with a bo - rifle and an electrostaff . Sabine corners Rukh from behind and tells him that they are not in a mood for a fair fight . Rukh replies neither is he and activates his Sinrich optical dephaser . A cloaked Rukh attacks Zeb . Sabine uses the Rangefinder inside her helmet to find Rukh and shoots at him with her blaster . Rukh dodges Sabine with superhuman reflexes and climbs a rock pillar . He leaps at her , knocking out her helmet . Zeb fights Rukh , who almost chokes him . Sabine re - enters the fight and Rukh retreats for a second round . Elsewhere , Ezra recalls that Dume was the name of his master Kanan and asks the Loth - wolf what he wants . In a deep guttural voice , the Loth - wolf confronts Ezra for running but Ezra responds that the wolves were chasing him . Ezra admits that he feels lost without his master who was there for him when no one else was . Ezra admits to the wolf that he is afraid . The wolf tells him to fight together and shows him a carved stone from the Lothal Jedi Temple . Meanwhile , Sabine and Zeb fight Rukh for a second round . Sabine plants and detonates a paint bomb on Rukh , neutralizing his cloaking device . With the tables turned , Zeb throws Rukh to the ground and proceeds to pummel him while shouting " this is for Kanan . " Sabine manages to restrain Zeb and instead spray - paints Rukh . Elsewhere , Ezra admits that he , Kanan , and Ahsoka Tano accidentally led the Empire to the Lothal Jedi Temple . The alpha Loth - wolf says that the secrets within the temple are in danger . When Ezra asks what is inside the temple , the Loth - wolf replies that the knowledge to destruction lies inside . Ezra counters that Ahsoka said they would find the secrets to destroying the Sith inside the Malachor Sith temple but that they were wrong . He realizes that ' s when everything changed . The Loth - wolf tells him to restore the past and redeem the future . Dume then seemingly devours Ezra . Ezra wakes up and yells for Kanan . Then , he realized he ’ d been dreaming , and that the Jedi key stone was laying at his feet . Later , Zeb places an unconscious and painted Rukh on a speeder bike , which is sent back to the Empire . Sabine asks if Zeb set the homing beacon and he says he did . Sabine senses that Zeb is lying and grumbles about all the effort that she put into painting Rukh . Honoring Kanan ' s memory . Meanwhile , Hera fits a piece from Kanan ' s holocron onto the Kalikori in honor of her lover . She tells Chopper that despite his misgivings about the Rebellion , he believed they could change things . She misses Kanan for his ability to find answers in the most unexpected ways . Sabine and Zeb return to the rebel base . While admitting that their mission to disrupt the Imperial parade failed , Sabine tells Hera that her mission to shut down the TIE / D Defender factory succeeded . She tells him that Kanan helped bring about that victory . Zeb adds that the Empire has no fuel and that their entire production line has stopped . In the Empire ' s efforts to destroy them , they destroyed their own fuel refinery . Hera is emboldened by the news and says that they can still beat the Empire . Ezra then arrives and announces that their next mission is to save the Lothal Jedi temple . Development . The episode originally went under the title " Ascension : Part Two " . In the scene where Zeb is beating up Rukh , Zeb was originally intended to say " I . . . have . . . had . . . enough . . . of . . . you ! " This would ' ve been a reference to the film " Star Trek III : The Search for Spock " when James T . Kirk has beaten his Klingon opponent , Kruge . The Rebels logo for this episode was white and grey , as it was in the previous episode . This is probably to grieve the loss of Kanan . The normal colorization reappears at the end of the episode , likely to represent the renewed sense of hope felt by the Spectres .