Skirmish in Nixus Hub 218 In 4 BBY , members of the Spectres , temporarily allied with the pirate Hondo Ohnaka , engaged in a skirmish with the crime lord Azmorigan and his forces in Nixus Hub 218 on the planet Nixus . Prelude . During the Age of the Empire , the Devaronian crime lord Cikatro Vizago obtained several crates of power generator s , and made a deal to sell them to the crime lord Azmorigan at Nixus Hub 218 . Near the planet Garel , Vizago encountered the Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka . Ohnaka disabled Vizago ' s bodyguard droids , knocked out Vizago , and took over his starship , the " Broken Horn " . The ship ' s engines were knocked out during the incident , so Hondo sent a distress signal , which was picked up by the rebels Ezra Bridger and Chopper , who were in Garel City , working on the Spectres ' starship , the " Ghost " . The rest of the Spectres had gone off to Garel City ' s marketplace in search of power generators , on the orders of Phoenix Cell ' s leader , Commander Jun Sato . The frozen planet of Rinn , undergoing an energy crisis , was in need of the devices . Thus , the rebel cell had mobilized their resources to search for generators . Ezra , however , had been ordered by Hera Syndulla to clean the ion scoring off the " Phantom " , the " Ghost " auxiliary ship , a chore he had been avoiding for some time . Chopper , after laughing at Ezra ' s misfortune , was ordered by Hera to help him . Looking for an opportunity to skip their chores , Ezra and Chopper departed on the " Phantom " and rendezvoused with the " Broken Horn " in space . Once aboard , they encountered Ohnaka , who claimed that he had won Vizago ' s ship in a game of sabacc . When Hondo asked who Ezra was , the boy claimed to be Lando Calrissian . Hondo , having heard of Lando , bought the lie , but expressed surprise that " Lando " was younger than he had expected . After Ezra helped Hondo escape an " Arquitens " - class command cruiser , Hondo revealed his plan to sell the power generator s at a mark - up price to an unknown buyer on Nixus . Ezra agreed to help Hondo in return for getting two crates and half of the profits . Hondo accepted the deal , and the three travelers headed to Nixus . The skirmish . Upon arriving at Nixus Hub 218 , Hondo and Ezra headed to meet their buyer , while Chopper stayed at the " Broken Horn " with one crate of generators . Ezra told Chopper to stay vigilant in case of trouble . Hondo and Ezra brought four of the crates of generators with them . The two companions quickly discovered that their buyer was none other than Azmorigan , an old adversary that Ezra had encountered during a skirmish at Lando Calrissian ' s farm on Lothal . Azmorigan demanded to know where Vizago was , and upon learning Hondo ' s identity , took him and Ezra prisoner , intending to collect a bounty that the Rang Clan had placed on Hondo ' s head . Upon being taken prisoner , Ezra covertly activated his wrist - comm to alert Chopper of the situation . Noticing that Hondo ' s companion was wearing a helmet , Azmorigan had one of his henchmen remove it , and recognized Ezra as one of the rebels who had accosted him at Lando Calrissian ' s farm . When Hondo stated that Ezra " was " Lando , Azmorigan made it clear that that was not the case . Hondo was unbothered by Ezra ' s lie , stating that he ' d known he liked the boy . Azmorigan decided to kill his two enemies by launching them out of the landing bay into the vacuum of space using a large conveyor belt . Before Azmorigan could execute his prisoners , Chopper arrived with the fifth crate and rammed the cart it was on into the one with the other crates , knocking several of Azmorigan ' s men over . In the ensuing confusion , one of Azmorigan ' s henchmen was knocked onto the conveyor belt , and Hondo launched him into space . While Chopper exchanged fire with Azmorigan , Ezra and Hondo struggled to free themselves from their binders , having wound up on the conveyor belt . Ezra managed to free himself , and used his lightsaber ' s blaster mode to fire at Azmorigan ' s men . During the fight , Hondo was knocked onto the conveyor belt , and the controls were damaged , causing the pirate to be launched into space , just after Azmorigan ' s case of credit s was knocked into his lap , thanks to Chopper stunning the crime lord in the rear . Hondo was nearly hurled into space , but Ezra used the Force to pull him to safety , causing the pirate to realize that Ezra was a Jedi . Meanwhile , Azmorigan fled in his ship . Aftermath . Following the skirmish , the two rebels and Hondo headed back to Garel on the " Broken Horn " . Hondo attempted to recruit Ezra to his crew , suggesting that the boy would find it more to his liking to be a " pirate Jedi " . Hearing a mysterious banging sound , Ezra and Chopper investigated and discovered an imprisoned Vizago , who related the true story of how Hondo had stolen his ship . He also took back his droid controller from Ezra . Together , Vizago and the rebels headed to the bridge to confront Hondo . In an attempt to mediate the conflict , Ezra proposed that the two criminals split the credits while he and Chopper took the power generators for the rebellion . However , Vizago was in no mood for diplomacy and unleashed his bodyguard droids on the stowaways . Hondo managed to escape aboard the " Phantom " with the power generators . Ezra managed to destroy several of the droids with his lightsaber , and tried to reason with Vizago . Instead , the crime lord sent Ezra and Chopper back to Garel in one of his escape pod s . Upon landing in Garel City , Chopper revealed that the " Phantom " was programmed to return to its mothership , the " Ghost " . In the end , the rebels allowed Hondo to keep his money but made him surrender the five crates of power generators , which were sent to Rinn to alleviate the energy crisis . Behind the scenes . The skirmish in Nixus Hub 218 first appeared in the " Star Wars Rebels " episode " Brothers of the Broken Horn " , which first debuted on Disney XD on November 4 2015 . Jim Cummings , the voice actor of " " character Hondo Ohnaka , reprised his role in this episode .