264 264 was a readapted R4 astromech droid working for the Imperial Press Corps of the Galactic Empire as a communications courier . The droid was taken prisoner by the crew of the " Ghost " so their own droid , C1 - 10P , could pose as a courier . The rebels considered keeping him , but he was thrown out of the " Ghost " by C1 - 10P . Biography . After the destruction of the Imperial Communications Center on the Outer Rim planet Lothal , the Galactic Empire resorted to using droids to relay communication across the planet and into orbit . One such droid was 264 , who was tasked with bringing messages from Lothal to a communications cruiser . The rebel crew of the " Ghost " , hoping to find out the location of their captured leader , Kanan Jarrus , decided to disguise their own droid , C1 - 10P — also known as Chopper — as a communications droid . They stole 264 from the Empire as the droid was being transport ed to the Imperial shuttle " Lagos " , and Chopper was made to look like 264 . Later , when Chopper was attempting to escape from the cruiser after having discovered Jarrus ' location , the " Ghost " opened fire on the cruiser . The " Ghost " was hit as well , and a fire sparked inside of the ship . 264 helped put the fire out . The crew considered keeping the droid once the mission was over , but , while in the atmosphere , a jealous Chopper threw 264 out of the " Ghost " . The droid landed in a field on Lothal and was unharmed . A little time elapsed , until a pair of alien farmers found 264 on the prairie , still stitting where he landed , a Lothcat curled up on his dome . The droid then had a brief chance at a new life , pulling vegetable carts at the alien ' s farm . However , the farmers ended up being ostensibly arrested for possession of Imperial property , and 264 was removed from Lothal . He was sent to a bleak Imperial Outpost on a cold , rocky , inhospitable world . There , 264 felt abused , taken for granted and forlorn , and he often dreamed of what his life could have been with the Spectres . One day , the whole base went on alert when a Rebel prisoner was brought in . When the courier droid realized that the prisoner was none other than Sabine Wren , he perked up , and started to hope the rest of the Spectres would show up soon to rescue her . Realizing that their daring rescue could also be his ticket to freedom , 264 decided to help . He opened Wren ' s cell , and followed her to the hangar where Kanan Karrus , Garazeb Orrelios and Chopper were involved in a shootout with Imperials . The Rebels and the courier droid all boarded the Spectres ' shuttle , the Phantom , huddling in the crew section . While Kanan questioned the presence of a droid with Imperial markings , Orrelios recognized him from their earlier adventure . The conversation , however , was cut short when the Rebels realized their shuttle was caught in a tractor beam . 264 knew that he could deactivate the beam using a computer socket at the other side of the hangar , but that would make it impossible for him to get back to the Phantom on time for takeoff . A decision had to be made : stay with the Spectres , like he had always wanted , or leave them behind so he could save them . 264 ultimately chose the latter option , raced across the hangar and plugged into the manual override control . The courier droid beamed with pride as the Phantom pulled away from the hangar , Orrelios cracking him a smile in the distance . Almost immediately , the outpost ' s commander entered the premises with a gew stormtroopers . Glowering at 264 , the commander ordered his men to find out what he knew . Soon thereafter , 264 was thrown outside the outpost , put on a junk heap of other droids and equipment that were left there to freeze . Despite his predicament , the courier droid kept hoping that , now that his Rebel friends know where he is , they would come back for him someday . Behind the scenes . 264 first appeared in " Rebel Resolve , " the twelfth episode of the first season of " Star Wars Rebels " . In a Rebels Recon interview , Dave Filoni said that they discussed about 264 ' s fate after he got thrown out of the " Ghost " . They decided that maybe his battery runs out , leaving him standing on the plains like a monument , although not specifically dead , but turned off .