Mission to Tibalt In 4 ABY , the Freemakers and the Rebel Alliance shipbuilder Quarrie undertook a mission to the planet Tibalt to salvage spareparts for the Rebellion . However , they encountered the Imperial hunter droid M - OC , who had been sent by the Emperor to capture Rowan . The Freemakers and Quarrie managed to escape but M - OC learned they had joined the Rebellion . Prelude . Following the escape from an Imperial fleet , the Freemakers and the Mon Calamari rebel shipbuilder Quarrie traveled to the planet Tibalt to salvage spareparts for the Rebellion . The Freemakers needed the spareparts to refit damaged Alliance starfighter s while Quarrie had dreams of building a starship that could turn the tide of the Galactic Civil War . Tibalt had been the recent site of a battle between the Alliance and the Galactic Empire . Meanwhile , the Emperor Palpatine commissioned the hunter droid M - OC on a mission to hunt down Rowan Freemaker , who had stolen and destroyed the Kyber Saber . Accessing the Imperial database , M - OC theorized that the Freemakers would be salvaging for supplies on Tibalt since there had been a recent battle . He traveled to Tibalt in his personal starship " Tracker I " . The mission . After landing on Tibalt , Zander and Kordi Freemaker used the Mini Scavenger to lift a wreck A - wing . Rowan and Roger found an Imperial thruster but Quarrie dismissed their find as junk . He was determined to build a ship that could turn the tide of the war . Rowan then spotted a strange starship nearby . Despite Quarrie ' s advice , Rowan approached the starship , which turned out to be the " Tracker I " . M - OC used a grappling to drag Rowan into the ship ' s brig . Having captured his target , M - OC attempted to take off but was pursued by the Freemakers and Quarrie in the " StarScavenger " . On board , M - OC informed Rowan that the Emperor had dispatched him to capture him . Rowan however used his lightsaber to cut his way out of the " Tracker I " . Rowan then Force jump ed into the " StarScavenger " front scoop . M - OC however refused to give up and pursued the " StarScavenger " . He managed to shoot the CT - 900 freighter down , causing it to crash near a sinkhole . M - OC ordered Rowan to surrender but the young Jedi engaged the hunter droid in a duel . M - OC trapped Rowan in a net but the boy cut through it with his blade . M - OC fought back with his various gadgets including rocket booster s and flamethrower s , which he used to force Rowan towards his waiting ship . However , Kordi and Quarrie managed to set a nearby freighter to crash into M - OC and the " Tracker I " . With M - OC damaged but functioning , the Freemakers and Quarrie fled offworld in the " StarScavenger " . Aftermath . Following the mission to Tibalt , Rowan and his fellow Freemakers realized that the Empire was still searching for him . Meanwhile , M - OC reported his own failed attempt to the Emperor but blamed the Imperial databases for omitting that Rowan wielded a lightsaber . M - OC also informed the Emperor and Darth Vader that Rowan had joined the Rebellion . Meanwhile , Quarrie was impressed with Rowan ' s skills and decided to recruit the boy as his apprentice . Rowan subsequently dreamed that he was using the Force to build a starship powered by a kyber crystal called the " Arrowhead " . Behind the scenes . The Mission to Tibalt serves as the climax of the " " episode " Trouble on Tibalt " , which premiered on Disney XD on June 17 , 2017 . Appearances .