Liberation of Lothal

The **Liberation of Lothal** (also known as the **Battle of Lothal**) was a big rebel battle from *Star Wars Rebels*. It deals with the Crew of the Ghost and their allies fighting to free the planet, Lothal from the tyranny of the Empire. The battle happened in the series finale episodes, "A Fool's Hope" and "Family Reunion – and Farewell."

## History

### Background

It all started when Lothal despite being untouched by the Clone Wars was devastated by drought and plague. Needing help and after being ignored by the Senate, Lothal was put under Imperial control by the Empire for its resources by Order of Emperor Palpatine who also wanted to look for the Jedi Temple on it too. which removed Governor Ryder Azadi from office, usurped him with Governor Airhnda Pryce, built a giant Imperial Dome headquarters in the Lothal capital city where the Lothal government once stood, began an Imperial occupation on the planet, and later imprisoned Ryder along with Ephraim and Mira Bridger when they started to rebel against the Empire. However, as a result of their imprisonment, Ephraim, and Mira's son, Ezra Bridger was left alone as an orphan and forced to fend for himself by stealing things from the Empire and selling them on the black market. After years of Lothal being ruled by the Empire, Ezra later met a group of Rebels called the Crew of the Ghost who Ezra eventually joined and started to train to be a Jedi after he was discovered to be Force-sensitive by the Rebels' leader, Kanan Jarrus who was also a Jedi that survived Order 66 formerly named Caleb Dume. Ezra even made his first Lightsaber from a Kyber Crystal he found in the Lothal Jedi Temple which was the same temple the Empire was trying to find. Together, the Rebels fought back against the Empire and eventually joined the Rebellion under Phoenix Squadron. Although they were forced to leave Lothal for a while due to a siege by Darth Vader but Ezra still wanted to help his home planet by gathering up reinforcements to fight back against the Empire to free it. But the Rebels would eventually come back to Lothal at certain times but it was hard due to an Imperial blockade being recently placed around the planet to prevent anyone from getting on or off it. They ounce came back to Lothal to find Ezra's parents after Ezra had a vision dream about them but when he and Kanan arrived there after the Assault on Garel, they found Ryder who revealed to them that after Ezra made a big speech to the people of Lothal about the Crew of the Ghost rebelling against the Empire, his parents heard it and were inspired to rally up a bunch of Imperial prisoners to fight back and escape with Ryder being one of them. However, they didn't get out and were both eventually killed which made Ezra heartbroken but Kanan helped him deal with it and they even helped inspire Ryder to fight back against the Empire again who formed his own Resistance group on Lothal. Then Ezra and Kanan went back to Lothal with Ahsoka Tano to get answers from the Lothal Jedi Temple on how to stop Darth Vader and the Empire but in the process, they led the Empire to the temple which was reported to Emperor Palpatine.

Over the past three years of fighting with the Rebellion, the Rebels were able to gather up some forces and allies to fight back against the Empire on Lothal in the form of the Rebel Alliance. But unfortunately, when the Battle of Atollon happened, the Rebel Alliance was ambushed and dwindled by Grand Admiral Thrawn, forcing the Rebel Alliance to regroup at the Rebel command base on the Moon, Yavin IV. But months later, the Rebels all returned to Lothal with help from their smuggling ally, Vizago after they received a transmission message from Ryder to the Rebellion calling for help and talking about a new TIE Defender being built. The Rebels even left the Ghost in the care of two of their allies, Captain Rex and Agent Kallus while Vizago helped them get past the Imperial blockade using his Imperial permits which the Rebels traded for in exchange for Puffer Pigs. After reuniting with Ryder and his Resistance group with help from Ezra's old friend, Jai Kell, the Rebels all started making plans to take back Lothal themselves since the Imperial occupation there had now gotten worse under the Empire's reign and the Rebellion didn't have enough reinforcements to fight the Empire on Lothal. The Rebels first tried to stop the making of the new TIE Defender with Ezra and Sabine stealing both its hyperdrive and flight data recorder from the prototype which the Rebels planned to take back to Yavin IV and give to the Rebellion. But during the mission, Ezra and Sabine hid the hyperdrive after they escaped from the Empire with help from a Loth-Wolf with the flight data recorder while Admiral Thrawn also came to Lothal to check on the prototype TIE Defender. Then when he found out about the Rebel's presence and their escape with both the hyperdrive and flight data recorder, Thrawn sent in his personal Noghri assassin, Rukh to hunt them down and get the hyperdrive back. But the Rebels were able to get both the hyperdrive and the flight data recorder back to Yavin IV with a stolen ship piloted by Hera and Chopper who used it to get past the Imperial blockade. Then with help from some Loth-Wolves, the other Rebels and Ryder were able to escape the Empire and into some caves in the southern hemisphere of Lothal where they set up a new base. Then the Rebels stopped some Imperial Ore Crawlers piloted by Trandoshans from the Mining Guild from stripping the land on Lothal for the Imperial factories while rescuing some of the Mining Guild's slaves including Vizago who was placed there by the Empire for helping the Rebels get onto Lothal. They Rebels even took control of one of the Ore Crawlers and got the slaves to join them with Vizago as the Ore Crawler's new captain. Meanwhile, on Yavin IV, Hera proposed the Rebel Alliance to lead a Rebel squad to destroy the TIE Defender factory fuel depot on Lothal. At first, they were hesitant but Hera convinced them to go with the assault plan on the TIE Defender factory which she later told the other Rebels on Lothal and ordered them to prepare for a ground assault on the factory. During which, Senator Mon Mothma revealed to Hera about the Empire's new order, Protocol 13 which was the immediate evacuation of all Imperial personnel from an occupied planet which meant that the Empire was now capable of destroying planets.

Hera led a Rebel fleet of Y-Wings to attack and get through the Imperial blockade while the other Rebels on Lothal prepared to infiltrate the fuel depot for the TIE Defender factory for the ground assault on Speeder Bikes at night. However, some of the Y-Wigs got shot down by the Imperial blockade but the surviving ones were able to get through it by destroying one of the Star Destroyers. But they were all shot down by TIE Fighters when they arrived on Lothal which forced the other Rebels to retreat from the ground assault on the TIE Defender factory. Some of the Rebel pilots were able to survive and landed in the Lothal capital city but Admiral Thrawn sent Rukh to capture them all alive while Kanan went to go find Hera alone on his Speeder Bike. However, Rukh was able to capture all the Rebel pilots, including Hera but a Rebel pilot named Mart and Chopper were able to escape and met up with Kanan who took them back to the Rebel base. The next day, the Rebels went to rescue Hera from the Empire who was being tortured and interrogated by Governor Pryce and Admiral Thrawn in the Imperial Dome about the whereabouts of the other Rebels. But then Thrawn later left Lothal on his Star Destroyer for the planet, Coruscant for a meeting with Emperor Palpatine to discuss continuing to make the TIE Defender. Kanan, Ezra, and Sabine used gliders they made to disguise themselves as Loth-Bats and were able to sneak into the Imperial Dome with Ezra and Sabine disguised as TIE Pilots. Kanan was able to find Hera who had been tortured by an Interrogator Droid and was even able to get back her Kalikori that Thrawn took from her. But during their escape at an Imperial fueling depot on an Imperial Gunship Ezra and Sabine took, Governor Pryce attacked the Rebels using AT-AT Walkers. This destroyed the fueling depot in a huge explosion which Kanan tried holding back using the Force until he ultimately sacrificed himself to save the others. After Ezra, Hera, and Sabine returned to the Rebel base the next day, they told Zeb, Chopper, and the other Rebels what happened. Losing Kanan was a big heartfelt loss for the Rebels, especially for Hera and Ezra while at the same time, they believed that their mission to stop the TIE Defender factory had failed. But the destruction of the fueling depot was able to delay the production of the new TIE Defender which Governor Pryce tried to hide by throwing a parade in the Lothal capital city to celebrate the Empire's victory over defeating Kanan but Admiral Thrawn saw right through it when Pryce contacted him about Kanan's death. But Sabine and Zeb attacked Rukh at night and painted on him to send a message to the Empire about the death of Kanan after they sent Rukh back to the Empire on his Speeder Bike. During which, Sabine and Zeb also found out about how the depot's destruction halted the TIE Defender factory and realized that Kanan helped succeed in their mission to stop it. Meanwhile, Hera added a piece from Kanan's Jedi Holocron to her Kalikori, officially declaring him as part of her family after they officially confessed their love for each other at the fueling depot before his death. But Ezra fell into a huge depression over Kanan's death and was on the verge of giving up hope to stop the Empire. However, after an encounter with the Loth-Wolves and a trip back to the Lothal Jedi Temple with the other Rebels instructed to them by the Loth-Wolves through a vision dream Ezra had. Ezra was able to regain the hope and confidence to fight back again by letting Kanan go with help from Ahsoka Tano and after the Rebels stopped the Empire and Emperor Palpatine from trying to gain access between the living and the dead using the temple.

### The Battle

Sometime after that, Hera sends some messages to some of the Rebel's allies to meet up on the planet, Seelos within the AT-AT Walker that Commander Wolffe and Captain Gregor have been living in since the Assault on Seelos which became known as Joopa Base. Hera then has Captain Rex and Agent Kallus use the Ghost to take her off Lothal, get through the Imperial blockade, and to Seelos to meet up with the Rebel's allies which are Ketsu, Hando, and Melch. After they all get together, Hera tells them that she and the other Rebels back on Lothal are planning to liberate the planet from the Empire for Ezra and claims that they need the allies' help. Meanwhile, back on Lothal, Ezra has a vision of Emperor Palpatine sending Admiral Thrawn back to Lothal from Coruscant which Ezra later reports to Hera through a transmission and tells the others Rebels that they have to begin their plan to take the Lothal capital city. However, Ryder wasn't sure about the plan, claiming that they would need an army to take the capital and suggests that the Rebels all lay low for a while to reorganize and rebuild their forces. But Ezra urges Ryder to trust him, claiming that it's now or never and that they don't need an army to take the capital, just one person. Meanwhile, at the Imperial Dome, Governor Pryce tries to search for the Rebels under orders from Admiral Thrawn under the fear that he will execute her for her failure when he returns from Coruscant but she can't find them. Until she receives a transmission call from Ryder telling her where all the Rebels and their base are, claiming that they can't win and that he doesn't want to end up back in an Imperial prison. Governor Pryce, Rukh, and Pryce's forces arrive at the Rebel base and attack the place using Imperial Gunships. The Rebels try to fight them off and during the fight, Ezra has Chopper send a message to Hera for help who is still on her way back to Lothal on the Ghost with the Rebel's allies when she gets it. With help from Hondo, Hera and the others power down the Ghost and secretly get through the Imperial blockade on the Ghost by waiting for an arriving cargo ship then hide on it as it's going through the blockade which allows them and the Ghost to get onto Lothal. The Rebels are all eventually captured and taken prisoner after the Empire outnumbers them and even destroys the Ore Crawler the Rebels got from the Mining Guild. Then when Governor Pryce arrives and confronts the Rebels, she reveals Ryder's treachery to them but both Ryder and Ezra reveal to Pryce that it was all part of their plan to trick her into coming to their base so they could get her just as Hera and the allies arrive at the Rebel base in the Ghost. With Rex, Kallus, Wolffe, and Gregor fighting off the Stormtroopers on the ground and Hera, Ketsu, Hondo, and Melch fighting off the Imperil Gunships in the Ghost. Together they all fight off the Empire and Chopper jams their transmission but the Rebels are still outnumbered by the Empire until Ezra has the Rebels fall back to a cave then when Rukh and the Stormtroopers follow and confront them, Ezra sends out some of the Loth-Wolves to fight them off alongside the Rebels. After the Rebels and Loth-Wolves defeat Rukh and the Stormtroopers and most of the Imperial Gunships get shot down by the Ghost. The Rebels are able to capture Governor Pyrce and the remaining Stormtroopers and are even able to get some of the surviving Imperial Gunships. With that, the Rebels are all now ready to take the fight to the Lothal capital city and free Lothal from the Empire.

Most of the Rebels take Governor Pryce with them to the Lothal capital city in two of the surviving Imperial Gunships after they have a Loth-Wolf make her transmit the clearance codes to get into the Imperial Dome. When they arrive at the Imperial Dome, some of the Rebels disguise themselves as Imperials and make it look like Pryce captured the others. Then the Rebels fight off the Stormtroopers and make their way to the Imperial Dome's main control center where Zeb, Hondo, and Melch distract all the Imperials in the main control center from the outside while the Rebels get into it, defeat them all, take them prisoner, and Ezra has Captain Rex locks them all in the storage bin. The Rebels then plan to initiate Protocol 13 to recall all Imperial personnel within the Lothal capital city to the Imperial Dome for a full evacuation. Once they're all inside, the Rebels will launch the Imperial Dome to a safe distance from the city and blow it up which will rid Lothal of the Empire. Hera even calls some of the other Rebels back at the Rebel base to come pick the rest of the Rebels up at the Imperial Dome with the Ghost when Hera gives the signal. However, Rukh is revealed to have survived the Rebels' previous attack and attacks the other Rebels who along with a Loth-Wolf fight him off. But Rukh knocks the other Rebels out, takes one of the surviving Imperial Gunships, and heads back to the Imperial Dome to stop the Rebels there, he even calls Admiral Thrawn through a transmission and warns him about the Rebels' plan. So Thrawn tells Rukh to deactivate the shield generators at the Imperial Dome when he gets there then wait for Thrawn and his Imperial fleet to arrive back at Lothal from Coruscant which is already on its way. Back at the Imperial Dome, the Rebels initiate Protocol 13 and Ryder makes all the Imperials think it's a drill by pretending to be Colonel Yularen of the Imperial Security Bureau. The Imperials in the Lothal capital city all return to the Imperial Dome and lock it down with Rukh secretly getting in on the Imperial Gunship. But just as the Rebels are about to launch the Imperial Dome after setting it to self-destruct, Admiral Thrawn's fleet arrives to stop them. Since Thrawn's Star Destroyer is over the Imperial Dome, if the Rebels launch it now it would crash right into Thrawn's Star Destroyer and destroy the whole city. Thrawn then threatens Ezra through a transmission to surrender or else he will bombard the entire city just as Rukh disables the shield generators in the Imperial Dome so the Rebels can't use them to protect the city. Admiral Thrawn then has his Imperial crew to start bombarding the city with his Star Destroyer but Ezra agrees to surrender to Thrawn which makes Thrawn halt his attack on the city. Even though Hera convinces Ezra that there is another way, Ezra secretly gives his Lightsaber to Chopper and goes to Thrawn's Star Destroyer in an Imperial Gunship unarmed with help from Sabine. When the other Rebels notice it, Sabine tells them to trust Ezra and that they all have to try and turn the shield generators back on using two teams to fight off the Imperials at the generator towers before Ezra makes his move against Thrawn. When Ezra is brought before Thrawn by some Stormtrooper, they both talk to each other about their philosophy about the Jedi before Thrawn presents Ezra to Emperor Palpatine through a transmission.

Meanwhile, back at the Rebel base, the other Rebels wake up after the fight with Rukh and leave on the Ghost into space for a special mission given to one of them by Ezra in case Thrawn ever came back to Lothal and found out about their plan by sending out a signal beacon around Lothal in space on frequency zero to call something. While the Rebels back on the Imperial Dome fight off the Storm Troopers and Imperial Gunners to try to turn the shield generators back on while Hera, Sabine, Chopper, and Ryder direct them from the control center. With Captain Rex, Hondo, Melch, and Tetsu taking the north generator tower and Zeb, Agent Kallus, and Captain Gregor taking the south generator tower. Back on Thrawn's Star Destroyer, Palpatine tries to pursue Ezra into surrendering by tempting him to meet his parents again and to save them before their deaths by using the doorway from the Lothal Jedi Temple he took after the Empire found it. Although tempted, Ezra tearfully realizes he has to let his parents go just like he had to let Kanan go, destroys the temple doorway using the Force, and goes to stop Thrawn after fighting off both the Emperor's Royal Guards and Thrawn's Stormtroopers. The Rebels are able to defeat the Stormtroopers and Imperial Gunners inside the Imperial Dome and reactivate the shield generators from both generator towers to protect the Lothal capital city just before Admiral Thrawn continues his bombardment with his Imperial fleet while in the process, the Rebels kill Rukh and lose Captain Gregor. With the Lothal capital city now safe from Admiral Thrawn's fleet, Ezra confronts Thrawn on his Star Destroyer's bridge and thanks to the special mission Ezra gave to the other Rebels, the Imperial blockade around the Lothal is destroyed because of the something the other Rebels are able to summon to help. Which is a group of space creatures that can travel through hyperspace called Purrgil and Purrgil Ultras that the Crew of the Ghost previously encountered before who fight off and destroy Admiral Thrawn's entire fleet. The Purgill then subdue Thrawn and his Star Destroyer while Ezra fights off the remaining Stormtroopers and keeps Thrawn in the Purrgil's grasp. Some of the Purrgil then grab onto Thrawn's Star Destroyer and jump into hyperspace with Thrawn and Ezra still on it who chooses to stay to hold Thrawn and his crew back. With both Admiral Thrawn and his fleet completely gone, the Rebels resume their plan to liberate Lothal by launching the Imperial Dome. Sabine has Chopper activate the Imperial Dome's thrusters which immediately takes off while Hera calls the other Rebels on the Ghost to pick the Rebels at the Imperial Dome. As the Rebels escape the Imperial Dome as it launches, Governor Pryce chooses to stay behind, claiming that she serves the Empire till the end. After the Rebels fight off some Stormtroopers who get into the control center with Chopper giving Sabine Ezra's Lightsaber, They get onto the Ghost on the roof of the Imperial Dome. Then when the Imperial Dome is safely away from the Lothal capital city, Sabine blows up the Imperial Dome killing all the Imperials on board it including Governor Pryce.

### Aftermath

As a result of the Rebel's victory, Lothal was finally free from the clutches of the Empire for good and all the remaining Imperials who survived were placed under arrest. Then when the Rebels try to go look for Ezra, Chopper plays them a transmission message from Ezra telling them the reason he picked his plan, while also saying his goodbyes to the Rebels and especially the Crew of the Ghost telling them how wonderful it was to have had a family like them and telling them how he can't wait to see them again. Afterwards, the Rebels continued to fight back against the Empire until the day came when the Empire's reign finally came to an end. During which, Lothal's government was restored, Ryder was reinstated as its governor, Kallus was accepted by Zeb's species, the Lasan, Hera had a son named Jason, Rex was promoted back to Commander in the Rebellion, and Sabine and Ashoka went on a journey to find Ezra and bring him home.

## Belligerents

### Rebellion

* Ezra Bridger
* Hera Syndulla
* Sabine Wren
* Zeb Orrlieos
* Chopper
* Ryder Azadi
* Agent Kallus
* Captain Rex
* Commander Wolffe
* Commander Gregor
* Ketsu Onyo
* Hondo Ohnaka
* Melch
* Mart Mattin
* Cikatro Vizago
* Jai Kell
* Lothal Rebels
* Loth-Wolves
* Purrgil
* Purrgil Ultras

### Empire

* Grand Admiral Thrawn
* Governor Pryce
* Rukh
* Royal Guards
* Commander Woldar
* Imperial Officers
* Imperial Navy Troopers
* Imperial Gunners
* TIE Pilots
* Vehicle Command Crewers
* Jumptroopers
* Stormtroopers
* Scout Troopers

### Other

* Emperor Palpatine
* People of Lothal

## Videos

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