Ezra Bridger/Relationships

The relationships of Ezra Bridger in Star Wars Rebels.
==Family==
===Ephraim and Mira Bridger===
Ezra loved his parents deeply. He was heartbroken when they were taken away by Imperials. Empire Day (which is also Ezra's birthday) was always a hard day for him, because it was also the anniversary of the day his parents were taken from him. When Ezra had a Force vision of his parents in prison, Ezra became optimistic as he believed they were still alive and became determined to reunite with them. However, upon returning to Lothal, Ezra became heartbroken and devastated to hear from Ryder Azadi that his parents are dead due to being killed during a prison breakout. After Ezra had another vision of his parents standing beside him, he was comforted by Kanan who told him that his parents will always be with him.
When Ezra turned himself over to Thrawn to stop the Empire from bombarding Lothal, he was tempted by Palpatine with a vision of his parents. However, Ezra knew the vision to be a lie as he sensed his parents' deaths and told his parents that they would always be a part of him before he destroyed the section of the Lothal Jedi Temple and told Palpatine he didn't need his parents back as he already had a new family as Ezra finally moved on from his parents' deaths.
==Friends and Allies==
===Kanan Jarrus===
Shortly after joining the crew of the Ghost, Ezra became Kanan's apprentice, being trained in the ways of the light side of the Force. Throughout their time together, Ezra comes to see Kanan as a father-figure. Despite his respect for Kanan, they do not always agree with each other, like when Ezra is more willing to trust Rex, despite the role the Clone Troopers had in wiping out most of the Jedi Order.
When Kanan was killed after they rescued Hera from Governor Pryce, Ezra was overcome with grief and sadness over losing his mentor, friend, and father-figure. When entering the World Between Worlds, Ezra wanted to save Kanan from his death, but after Ahsoka convinced him to not let his sacrifice be in vain, Ezra finally accepted Kanan's death and was able to move on.
Years later, even though Ezra still missed Kanan, he still remembered his mentor and father-figure fondly. He still took Kanan's teachings to heart and even constructed a new lightsaber that was based on Kanan's lightsaber in honor of his mentor.
===Garazeb Orrelios===
Ezra and Zeb started off as rivals, with Zeb treating him as an outcast. They were competing against each other as well as Chopper constantly. Their relationship evolved overtime, however, as the two of them became close friends and began going on missions together, as well as still having the occasional tussle, Zeb showed concern for Ezra when he decided not to go on a mission during Empire Day. Zeb later questioned why Ezra's parents would risk everything, showing that he feels bad for what had happened to Ezra. Zeb has shown that he has complete trust in Ezra, as he was willing to let him lead him and Sabine on a mission to find Kanan, even behind Hera's back.
When Ezra learned of Zeb's past of how he failed to protect his species from the Empire, Ezra comforted him and encouraged him to help some Lasat survivors.
After the death of Kanan Jarrus, Ezra and Zen comforted each other as they were both sad over the loss of their friend. However, after coming to terms with Kanan's death, Ezra and Zeb worked together in liberating Lothal from Imperial rule. After Ezra sacrificed himself to exile Thrawn from Lothal, he gave Zeb one last message, telling him that he can have the top bunker in their room back. Years later, when reunited with Sabine Wren on Peridea, Ezra heard Zeb was now training new recruits for the New Republic.
===Hera Syndulla===
Like with the rest of the crew of the Ghost, Hera serves as a mother-figure to Ezra, and they care for each other. Hera also helped Ezra become a better person and that helping others rather than your self is a rather selfless act and was the first to warmly welcome Ezra into the crew. However, he disagrees with Hera at times, especially when she suspended the search for Kanan. He went behind her back and took control while defying Heras's orders. At first angry with him, Hera said she was proud of the boy Ezra became, who responded he learned from many things from Hera as much as he did Kanan. It is revealed in the episode "Secret Cargo" that Hera taught Ezra how to pilot a ship.
Hera also spent her time searching for Ezra's parents, knowing how much Ezra longed to find and reunite with them. However, after Ezra discovered his parents had died during a prison breakout, Hera felt sad for Ezra and did her best to comfort him. When Ezra was about to go to Malachor with Kanan and Ahsoka to seek knowledge on how to defeat Darth Vader and the Inquistors, Hera was worried she won't be able to see Ezra or Kanan again. However, Ezra and Kanan managed to return to the rebel base, but without Ahsoka, making Hera grateful to see Ezra alive.
When Ezra started leading missions for the rebellion, she was given a lot of trust by Hera, but when he disobeyed orders during an attempt to secure Y-Wing ships, he was demoted by Hera for his recklessness. However, as he continued to do missions to build the rebellion, Hera's trust in Ezra was slowly restored that she possibly granted him leadership again. Hera also decided to liberate Lothal from Imperial rule as she was proud of how much Ezra has grown and wanted to help free his homeworld. Unfortunately, when Thrawn's forces attacked their base on Atollon, Ezra and Hera lost their entire armada to prepare for the attack on Lothal, but they managed to escape with the rebellion.
When becoming part of the Rebel Alliance, Ezra and Hera still remained on good terms where they both still wished to liberate Lothal from Imperial rule. When Hera was captured by Arihnda Pryce after failing to destroy Lothal's TIE Defender factory, Ezra, Kanan, and Sabine rescued her which unfortunately led to Kanan's death. Ezra and Hera mourned for Kanan in their own ways until they were tasked with a mission by the loth-wolves to stop Emperor Palpatine from gaining knowledge and access to controlling time and space from the Lothal Jedi Temple. After successfully stopping Palpatine, both Ezra and Hera acknowledged that Kanan was truly gone and made peace with his death where they decided to continue on with their goal in liberating Lothal.
When Thrawn threatened to kill innocent civilians if Ezra did not surrender to him, Hera tried to convince him not to do so while thinking of another way to defeat Thrawn. However, when Ezra did surrender to Thrawn, Hera was upset and worried for him, but was urged by Sabine to trust him so that they can defeat Thrawn. When Ezra summoned some Purrgil to send himself and Thrawn away, Hera tried to urge Ezra to escape, but could only watch in devastation when Ezra disappeared. Though she wanted to look for Ezra immediately, she watched a hologram message of Ezra explaining his sacrifice and how left Hera a meiloorun fruit as a goodbye present, causing Hera to decide to honor Ezra and his sacrifice by continuing to fight the Empire.
Years later, after reuniting with Sabine on Peridea, Ezra learned that Hera was now a general of the New Republic. After escaping from Peridea, following a failed attempt to stop Thrawn, Ezra happily reunited with Hera for the first time in years.
===Sabine Wren===
Shortly after joining the crew of the Ghost, Ezra developed a crush on Sabine the moment she first revealed her beauty to him. Throughout the time together, they became good friends, though Sabine never returned Ezra's romantic affection.
Over time, Sabine became very protective of Ezra's well being. She even went as far as obtaining and cleaning out a hologram file of Ezra and his parents and was instrumental in helping Ezra confront his demons about his parents' whereabouts. Since "Gathering Forces", Sabine and Ezra's relationship has grown a great deal, as it's been shown that Sabine cares enough about Ezra's feelings to know when to stop talking about his parents when he enters a room.
A year later, Ezra and Sabine’s dynamic evolved from a one-sided crush into a more sibling-like relationship. When getting caught by the Seventh Sister, Ezra told Sabine to run and closed the door so she could escape the abandoned Republic medical base. However, when Sabine was captured and threatened by the Fifth Brother, Ezra willingly went through the Inquistors' demands in order for them to spare Sabine's life until the two of them were rescued by Zeb and Chopper.
In Season 3, In "Imperial Supercommandos", after Ezra gets separated from her and Rau, getting cornered by enemy Mandalorians. Rau tries to convince her to leave him so that they can hide, but Sabine refuses to abandon Ezra and opts to rescue him. Ezra helped her come over her fear of letting her family down and was willing to stand by herself in persuading the Mandalorians to join the rebellion. She later returned the favor by helping Ezra liberate his homeworld of Lothal. During the battle, Ezra disappeared into hyperspace with Grand Admiral Thrawn and the war was over, Sabine, with Ahsoka, set out on a quest to bring Ezra back home.
After living in exile on the planet Peridea for many years, Ezra finally reunited with Sabine, sharing a loving embrace with her. As they traveled with the Noti, Ezra learned from Sabine what happened during his years of absence and was surprised to learn that his friend had become Ahsoka Tano's apprentice. When confronted by Shin Hati and Thrawn's forces, Ezra and Sabine worked together in fighting the enemy before they were saved and reunited with Ahsoka, making Ezra hopeful that he will able to return to his home planet.
While getting ready to fight Thrawn and his forces in attempt to stop the Grand Admiral from escaping, Ezra heard from Huyang how Sabine lost her family by the end of the war and how their deaths caused her relationship with Ahsoka to be strained, making him feel sorry for the both of them. During the raid on Thrawn's fortress, Ezra and Sabine worked together in fighting the undead Stormtroopers where Sabine was able to unlock her Force powers for the first time. However, when boarding Thrawn's ship, Ezra was once again separated from Sabine when she chose to go help Ahsoka defeat Morgan Elsbeth and her troops, leaving Ezra to escape Peridea alone and reunite with Hera.
===C1-10P===
Like the other members of the crew of the Ghost, Ezra does not get along with Chopper at all, due to his selfish nature and constant pranks, as well the fact that he has put Ghost crew lives in danger more than once. Chopper even went as far as trying to kill Ezra on no less than three separate occasions.
However, over time, Ezra and Chopper began to bond and despite, having moments of bickering, Ezra and Chopper worked together during a few missions with Ezra taking the time to understand Chopper's droid language.
Years later, after escaping from exile on Peridea, Ezra reunited with Chopper who was the first to happily greet him upon recognizing him in Night Trooper armor.
===Ahsoka Tano===
Before Ezra and Ahsoka and met, Ezra only knew Ahsoka by the name "Fulcrum". After Kanan was captured by the Empire Ahsoka told Hera to take her crew into hiding in order to protect Ezra. Ahsoka later saved Ezra and the rest of the Ghost Crew from the Empire on Mustafar. After receiving a message from Maketh Tua that she needed help, Ahsoka was seen smiling at Ezra when he stepped up and said they need to help Tua, and Ahsoka agreed with Ezra.
Ezra seems to have great faith and confidence in Ahsoka, readily trusting Rex on her behalf and correctly believing she could take care of herself when she fought two Inquisitors at once.
When Ahsoka sacrificed herself to give Ezra and Kanan more time to escape from Darth Vader, Ezra was devastated and mourned her loss for a long time afterwards. It is later revealed that he in fact blames himself for her apparent death.
In "A World Between Worlds", it is revealed that Ahsoka would have been killed by Vader on Malachor if not for the fact that, Ezra prevented this by dragging Ahsoka through a portal into the "world between worlds", a realm beyond the laws of reality that could be used to alter the events of time.
Five years later, following the Rebellion's climatic victory at the "Battle of Endor", Ahsoka would seek to keep her promise to Ezra by joining Sabine Wren in her search for him; as he had disappeared, along with Thrawn, during the "Liberation of Lothal".
After many years of living on Peridia, Ezra was happily reunited with Ahsoka in a long embrace. 
===Rex===
Ezra finds Rex very interesting because of his past as a soldier and being in the Clone Wars. While Kanan refuses to trust Rex, Ezra believes they can. Rex also becomes somewhat of another mentor to Ezra, particularly in warfare.
When Ezra was promoted to lieutenant Commander, Rex congratulated him but disagreed with Ezra's plan on turning the recon mission for the Y-Wings into a recovery one. After Ezra settled a life long grudge between Rex and Kalani from their efforts in the Clone Wars, Rex acknowledged the boy's ability and sense of maturity. Rex later helped Ezra liberate his home world of Lothal from Thrawn's control and was saddened by his departure when Ezra chose to sacrifice himself to save his friends.
===Agent Kallus===
Ezra and Kallus were initially enemies since their first encounter, when the ISB Agent snatched him away from the Ghost crew and held him captive on his Star Destroyer. Kallus thought Ezra was Kanan's apprentice before he officially became a Jedi Padawan. During the earlier days of the rebellion, Ezra and Kallus continued to remain bitters enemies where Ezra once stopped Kallus from killing Zeb.
Their animosity ended when Kallus defected from Empire and joined the Rebellion as their new agent, Fulcrum. However, Ezra did not trust him when this fact was brought to light during his and Kanan's mission to Lothal to disturb Thrawn's new TIE defender project. Though Ezra later went to rescue Kallus from the Empire, he still refused to trust him, especially after knowing he was Fulcrum, helped Zeb, Sabine and even Ezra himself on their missions. However, in their brief time together, Ezra learned to trust his former enemy, especially since Kallus protected Ezra from being caught by never revealing his identity to Thrawn. Ezra even tried to get Kallus to come with them when Rex and Kanan came to rescue them and was slightly distraught when Kallus chose to remain behind.
However, Kallus officially joined the Rebellion when he was discovered to be Fulcrum by Thrawn. Ezra and Kallus then became friends where Kallus would respectfully call Ezra "Commander Bridger."
==Acquaintance==
===Obi-Wan Kenobi===
When Ezra was briefly the Galactic Empire's prisoner, he opened Kanan Jarrus' Jedi Holocron that contained Obi-Wan's message; regarding the fall of the Republic and that the surviving Jedi should go into hiding until the time was right for them to come out of exile, Ezra had not yet meet Obi-Wan at the time, it is unknown if he had learned via Kanan about the latter's reputation and status. In "Visions and Voices", Ezra learned through a Nightsister ritual, that the means to defeat the Sith lay with "Obi-Wan Kenobi".
Obi-Wan somehow knew of Ezra as well before meeting him and upon being told of Maul hunting him by the younger Jedi, Obi-Wan stated to him that Maul was not Ezra's responsibility and that he should return to where he was needed most. Ezra eventually did as Obi-Wan said, displaying that despite their brief meeting, he respected Obi-Wan greatly.
This was the first and only time that Ezra saw Obi-Wan alive before he was killed by Darth Vader.
==Enemies==
===The Grand Inquisitor===
Ezra and the Grand Inquisitor became enemies from their first encounter. The Grand Inquisitor, however, had an interest (albeit a passing one) to make Ezra his apprentice, despite them being mortal enemies.
The Grand Inquisitor tried to sway Ezra to turn to the dark side, but he rejected this offer vehemently. The Grand Inquisitor seemed to respect Ezra as a worthy opponent, but this was in no away akin to sentimentality as was shown when Ezra fought the Grand Inquisitor with Kanan in a Star Destroyer's reactor room and the Grand Inquisitor had no qualms about pushing Ezra off the ledge to his supposed death.
===Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader===
Ezra learned about Anakin from Kanan and how he was the greatest warrior the Jedi had in the Clone Wars. Ezra came to share Kanan's opinion calling him amazing and his admiration grew when he met Ahsoka Tano and learned that Anakin trained her. He first met and fought Vader during the Siege of Lothal, and barely escaped with his life. At first, Ezra thought he was just another Inquisitor until Kanan revealed that he was really a Sith Lord.
They meet again on Malachor where Ezra had unlocked the secrets of the Sith Temple. When Ezra claimed he did not fear the Sith Lord, Vader simply retorted "then [Ezra would] die braver than most" and easily destroyed Ezra's lightsaber, and mocked him by saying perhaps he was wrong that Ezra would indeed die afraid, but Ahsoka arrived. When Ahsoka declared there were no more Jedi because Vader and his inquisitors had hunted them down, Vader threatened to interrogate Ezra for the information he desired.
===Fifth Brother===
Ezra and the Fifth Brother became enemies from the moment they met. This Fifth Brother attempted to kill Ezra after he got Sabine Wren to escape so he could face him and the Seventh Sister alone, but the Seventh Sister stopped the Fifth Brother and convinced him to take Ezra hostage.
===Seventh Sister===
Ezra and the Seventh Sister became enemies from the offset. Where the two engaged in a quick lightsaber duel, the Seventh Sister defeats Ezra and takes him hostage. Throughout her interrogation she taunted Ezra about being scared and having no one to train him. But it would seem, like her predecessor, the Grand Inquisitor, she wanted to have Ezra as an apprentice and even acknowledges him as a Jedi.
Ezra quickly developed an intense dislike for the Seventh Sister, expressing contempt and annoyance towards her attempts to seduce him. However, despite his dislike for her, Ezra couldn't bring himself to strike her down when he had the chance, and even felt sympathy when Maul murdered the helpless Inquisitor.
===Darth Maul===
Ezra first met Maul in the Sith Temple on Malachor. At first, Ezra was wary of him, but grew to trust him due to them both losing their families to the Empire. Maul helped Ezra obtain the Sith Holocron in the Temple by using his own Force powers and by teaching Ezra to act upon his passionate and aggressive tendencies.
It soon became clear that Maul was indeed using Ezra and sought to have him as his apprentice, but was thwarted by Ezra's mentor, Kanan. Despite using him, Maul seemed to have a slight fondness for Ezra, expressing confidence in the boy's abilities and even saving his life twice.
Ezra likely knows for certain Maul used him, since his mentor was blinded by Maul, but the darkness of the former Sith Lord certainly left its corruption on Ezra, as he was able to open the Sith Holocron, something that is only capable through Sith teachings.
The two encountered each other six months later In "The Holocrons of Fate," where Ezra, in part, blamed Maul for the events on Malachor and the events that led to Ahsoka being lost and Kanan being blind. While Ezra was hostile with his old enemy, Maul instead remained affable towards him and continued to show interest as having Ezra as his apprentice, especially addressing him as such. They forged the two Sith and Jedi Holocron together, forming a Force bond between the two. Maul mostly used their bond to his advantage by creating hallucinations and tormenting Ezra, especially in "Visions and Voices." Maul attempted to make Ezra forget his past ties with his family but the boy refused, as his loyalty to Kanan and Sabine came first.
In "Twin Suns," Maul continued to use his bond with Ezra to his advantage and lured the boy to Tatooine to bring Obi-Wan out of hiding. However, Maul never harmed him and instead, saved him from Sand People and allowed him to leave, with Maul having a corrupted but slight fondness for Ezra.
===Gall Trayvis===
At first, Ezra hero worshipped Gall Trayvis. When he received a Vision about him, Ezra thought it meant Trayvis knew his parents. However, it turned out the vision was actually a warning about a trap and Trayvis was really an Imperial agent.
===Thrawn===
Ezra first met Grand Admiral Thrawn on Ryloth when attempting to retrieve Hera's Kalikori. Thrawn figured out the disguised Hera's identity and stunned Ezra when he attempted to shoot Thrawn. After escaping from the Empire with the Kalikori, Ezra became enemies with Thrawn who used any means necessary to destroy the Rebellion. When infiltrating an Imperial factory on Lothal, Ezra and his master, Kanan Jarrus watched Thrawn kill one of their undercover acquaintances in a demonstration of speeder biker where Ezra was held back by Kanan so he would not blow their cover. Ezra's conflict with Thrawn grew stronger when he lead an attack on the rebel base on Atollon, destroying's the rebels' preparation to liberate Lothal from the Empire. However, Ezra refused to give up hope in liberating his homeworld and sought to becoming apart of the Rebel Alliance in order to continuing fighting the Empire.
After Kanan's death, Ezra fell into depression and nearly gave up hope in defeating Thrawn and his forces until the loth-wolves motivated him to continue fighting the Empire by first saving the secrets of the Lothal Jedi Temple from falling into the hands of Emperor Palpatine. Once he saved the temple, Ezra decided to continue his goal in liberating his homeworld, causing Thrawn to send his forces through any means necessary to capture Ezra.
When Ezra and his allies secured the Empire's "Dome" facility in Lothal's capital, Ezra thought he was victorious until Thrawn's assassin Rukh disabled the capital city's shields where Thrawn bombard the city to get Ezra to surrender. Ezra submitted to Thrawn and surrendered where he spoke against the Grand Admiral, defending the power of The Force and outright telling him that Lothal will never be his. At this, Thrawn took Ezra to meet Emperor Palpatine who manipulated the boy with a vision of his deceased parents. However, Ezra was able to resist Palatine's temptations and escape where he confronted Thrawn as Wolffe, Mart, and Vizago summoned Purrgil to help defeat Thrawn's forces. Ezra fought Thrawn who attempted to kill him, but Ezra managed to restrain Thrawn and with the puurgil's help, he managed to get the Grand Admiral's forces off Lothal, saving his homeworld in the process.
Many years into their exile, Thrawn saw Ezra as a threat to his plans to return to the Galaxy, sending his reinforcements after him and Sabine with orders to kill them
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