Raid near Jalath In 4 BBY , the crew of the " Ghost " raided an Imperial installation and stole some supplies near the town of Jalath . Commandant Cumberlayne Aresko and Taskmaster Myles Grint personally commanded the pursuit , but the rebels managed to escape . Due to their continued failures , Aresko and Grint were executed by the Grand Inquisitor on Grand Moff Tarkin ' s orders . Prelude . During the Age of the Empire , the Galactic Empire established a presence on the Outer Rim planet of Lothal , seeking to exploit the planet ' s mineral resources and to establish a new hyperspace route . While many initially welcomed the Empire , resistance eventually emerged as Imperial rule became more exploitative and brutal . About four years before the Battle of Yavin , a rebel group known as the Spectres were active on Lothal and frequently attacked Imperial personnel , disrupted Imperial industry , and eluded numerous Imperial attempts to capture them . The raid and escape . On one occasion , three members of the Spectres , the former Jedi Padawan Kanan Jarrus , his apprentice Ezra Bridger , and the Mandalorian weapons specialist Sabine Wren , raided one of Taskmaster Myles Grint ' s supply convoys near Jalath . After inflicting damage , the rebels fled on three speeder bike s . The raid attracted a response from Commandant Cumberlayne Aresko and Taskmaster Grint , who pursued them in their Imperial Troop Transport . The Imperial response team also include five Imperial combat driver s riding on 614 - AvA speeder bike s . As the rebels approached the outskirts of Jalath , Commandant Aresko divided his forces . As the rebels entered the town , Sabine split from Kanan and Ezra in order to confuse their Imperial pursuers . One of the Imperial speeder bikes pursued Sabine ' s speeder bike through the narrow streets of Jalath , but crashed into a wall . Meanwhile , Kanan managed to dispatch one of his pursuers by turning around and shooting at the rider , causing him to fall of his speeder bike . After reuniting at a junction , the three rebels headed towards the outskirts of the town while still being pursued by three Imperial speeder bikes . In an attempt to trap the rebels before the escaped the town , the leading Imperial driver ordered his men to continue the pursuit while he " cut them off . " On the other side of the town , the rebels stopped and parked their bikes and hid in the rubbish dump . When the leading Imperial driver approached them , Ezra then stun ned him with his lightsaber - blaster . Sabine had put him up to the plan . Having eliminated their Imperial pursuers , the rebels then returned to the " Ghost " . Aftermath . The raid on the Imperial convoy near Jalath would have serious repercussions for Commandant Aresko and Taskmaster Grint . As punishment for their repeated failed attempts to apprehend the Spectres , Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin ordered their execution in the presence of a horrified Minister Maketh Tua and Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus . Tarkin used the execution to send a message to his Imperial subordinates that the Empire would no longer tolerate failure . Under Tarkin ' s orders , Kallus and the Grand Inquisitor set a trap for the rebels at the Imperial Communications Center near Jalath . Behind the scenes . The Raid near Jalath first appeared in the " Star Wars Rebels " episode " Call to Action " , which first premiered on February 2 , 2015 . It was later adapted in Michael Kogge ' s chapter book " Battle to the End " , which was released later that year .