Marida Sumar In 4 BBY , Marida Sumar lived with her husband Morad on a farm on Lothal . The two were forced from their home by the Galactic Empire , who had originally wanted to buy it from them but , after Sumar refused the offer , destroyed it and took the couple prisoner . They were later rescued by Ezra Bridger and Garazeb Orrelios . By 2 BBY , Marida and her husband had joined a rebel cell led by Lothal ' s former Governor Ryder Azadi . She and her husband took part in a joint mission to infiltrate the Lothal Imperial Armory Complex . During the course of that mission , Marida lost her husband . Biography . Losing their farm . Marida Sumar was a female human who lived during the Age of the Empire . In 4 BBY , she and her husband Morad Sumar owned a farm near the city of Kothal . Her husband made a living by selling jogan fruit s at a stall in the Kothal market . That year , the Imperial Supply Master Yogar Lyste wanted to buy their farm but Morad refused to sell their livelihood to the Empire . Unwilling to let the matter rest , Lyste visited the farm with three Imperial Troop Transport s and several stormtrooper s . After razing the farm , Lyste loaded Marida , her husband , and their Aqualish helper onto the side compartments of a Troop Transport . While traveling through the grassy plains of Lothal , the Sumars and their Imperial captors encountered a TIE fighter that had been commandeered by Ezra Bridger and Garazeb Orrelios , the former a friend of Marida ' s husband . While the Imperials exchanged fire with the rebel TIE fighter , Ezra managed to board the middle transport . Using the Force , he freed Marida , her husband , and their Aqualish servant from their restraints . Marida , Morad , and their servant then managed to flee into the plains while Ezra and Zeb engaged the Imperials and escaped with a crate of meiloorun fruit . Joining the rebellion . By 2 BBY , Marida and her husband Morad had joined a rebel cell headed by Ryder Azadi , the former Governor of Lothal . Their cell specialized in sabotaging vehicles produced by the Imperial Armory Complex in Capital City . Her husband Sumar used his position as a factory worker to sabotage various vehicles including 614 - AvA speeder bike s and AT - DP walkers , causing the Empire to lose many personnel and missions . She , Morad , and the Ithorian bartender Jho were present when Ezra , his master Kanan Jarrus , and the rebel astromech droid Chopper visited Ryder ' s stone circle encampment . When Marida and her comrades learned that Ezra and the Phoenix Cell were planning to take out the factory , they cheered . Since Ezra and his team planned to steal secret Imperial plans for a new secret weapon , her husband Morad agreed to help them infiltrate the factory using his position as a worker there . The following day , Morad and Ezra ' s team departed on their mission . However , Morad was killed when Grand Admiral Thrawn , who had been dispatched by Imperial High Command to investigate the high rate of faulty vehicles at the Lothal factory , forced him to test a faulty 614 - AvA speeder bike . After losing contact with Ezra ' s team , Marida accompanied Ryder on a diversionary attack on the factory ' s east gate . Marida used her rocket launcher to damage an Imperial Troop Transport . In response , the Imperials sent two AT - AT walkers to engage them . Ezra ' s team managed to escape the factory in a stolen AT - DP walker but were attacked by the AT - ATs . Marida used her rocket launcher to hit the foreleg of the AT - AT walker that was crushing the rebels ' AT - DP walker . She and Ryder were pleasantly surprised when Ezra , Kanan , and Chopper emerged from the hatch of the AT - AT . Marida bowed her head in sadness when Ezra informed her that her husband Sumar had not survived the mission . After returning to Ryder ' s base on their two landspeeders , the rebels discovered that Thrawn had been developed a prototype starfighter that was equipped with deflector shield s . Later , Marida and Ryder were patronizing Old Jho ' s Pit Stop when they received a HoloNet transmission of the former Imperial Senator Mon Mothma ' s speech urging the galaxy to rise up in rebellion against the Empire . In 1 BBY , Marida and Ryder survived an Imperial crackdown which claimed the life of Jho . After Ryder informed the Rebel Alliance about the new TIE / D Defender Elite , the Spectres smuggled themselves in Lothal with the help of the crimelord Cikatro Vizago . After the Spectres evaded Imperial forces through Lothal ' s sewers , Marida and Ryder ferried them to safety in their U - wing . Personality and traits . Marida Sumar was a human woman with blue eye s and copper skin . She wore a white scarf around her head over a brown and white top . After joining Ryder ' s rebel cell , Marida learned how to fire a rocket launcher . She was visibly saddened after learning that her husband Morad did not survive an undercover mission at the Lothal Imperial factory . Behind the scenes . Marida Sumar first appeared as a minor background character in the " Star Wars Rebels " Season One episode " Fighter Flight " , which premiered on WatchDisneyXD . com on October 13 , 2014 . She returned to the series in " Star Wars Rebels " Season Three Episode 9 , which was titled " An Inside Man " . In the episode , she received speaking lines for the first time . These lines were performed by Vanessa Marshall , who also voices Hera Syndulla on the series . . Despite the character ' s name already being established , Sumar is identified only as " Female Citizen " in the episode ' s end credits .