Ezra Bridger

**Ezra Bridger** is the main protagonist of *Star Wars Rebels* and a character featured in the *Hero Forces Align* anthology crossover series. He appears in *Lab Rats vs. Rebels*.Growing up on the streets of Lothal after his parents were taken away, Ezra became a pickpocket and stole only to survive and was unknowingly Force-sensitve until he met Kanan Jarrus and the crew of the Ghost. After a mission and joining the early rebellion against the Empire when he was only fourteen years old, Ezra was adopted by Kanan and began to train as his Jedi Padawan, earning the callsign Spectre-6.

Nonetheless, tensions grew between Ezra and Kanan couldn't find common ground. However, after encountering the Grand Inquisitor, the duo progressed their relationship as Master and Apprentice and Ezra developed friendships with his crew. After learning from several mentors other such as Ahsoka Tano, Rex, Hera Syndulla, and even Maul, Ezra continued to progress as a better person and a Jedi.

Ezra's will to lead and help others brought him to the decision to give the ultimate sacrifice to liberate his homeworld by sending himself and Grand Admiral Thrawn into hyperspace with aid of the purrgil. Five years later, his sister figure, Sabine Wren and Ahsoka Tano went on a quest to find Ezra and bring him home.

## Personality

Initially, Ezra came across as selfish and cocky, looking out for only himself and had to steal what he had to, only because Ezra had lost his parents when he was seven years old. However, during his time in the rebellion and his many adventures with the Ghost crew, Ezra became brave and selfless and came to see them as his family and feared to lose them like he lost his parents, as revealed in the episode "Call to Action." By the season 1 episode, "Breaking Ranks," during his infiltration of the Imperial Academy on Lothal, Ezra decided fellow cadet Jai Kellthat rather than abandoning . Ezra later admitted to Zeb and Sabine via a recording that the old him would never have stuck his neck out for a stranger. Ezra was able to inspire hope to the Galaxy by speaking out against the Empire.When Kanan was captured, Ezra took immediate action and leadership, leading the Ghost crew through the mission, after he had been taught well by Kanan and Hera. Ezra later showed he could be a leader, as he took charge of the crew when Kanan was captured and was determined to rescue his Master. By then, Kanan and Ezra had already formed a strong father-son bond.

In season 2, Ezra matured as the series went on. He took immediate action to help Maketh Tua when she defected with the empire and begged the rebels to help her off of Lothal. Because of Kanan's initial mistrust towards Rex and the Clone Troopers, and Rex believing that he had worked with better Jedi then Kanan - Ezra takes on the responsibility of being the bridge between them. He was also more willing to join the Rebel Alliance unlike Kanan. Ezra had maintained a hesitation in killing his enemies, such as the Stormtroopers who were guarding him by having his blaster set on stun and his hesitation in killing the Seventh Sister when she was at his mercy. He also appeared to have picked up some of his adopted family's traits, such as muttering Zeb's "Karabast" expression, barking orders and taking lead like Hera, understanding Chopper like Sabine did, or Kanan's teaching methods. After his conversation with Master Yoda at the Jedi Temple on Lothal, Ezra displayed a more aggressive, cocky and rebellious side, especially entering fights with Kanan and causing an imbalance between them was already sowing together. He was easily frustrated upon making Chopper Base their home, as he couldn't connect with one of the spiders on Atollon. While on Malachor, Ezra continued this rash behavior with Kanan until they were attacked by the Eighth brother. During his time on the planet, he was separated from Ahsoka and Kanan, meeting former Sith Lord, Darth Maul. He encouraged the Padawan to embrace his emotions and the dark side in order to enter the temple and retrieve the Sith holocron. Slowly, Ezra trusted this stranger and even gave Maul his true identity. Meanwhile, the conflict between Ezra and Kanan only grew more and more at least, something Maul sensed, and revealed he was manipulating Ezra the whole time. After Ahsoka's apparent death and Kanan becoming blind, Ezra felt extreme guilt and remorse, blaming himself for both of it. Because of Maul's influence, Ezra was able to open the Sith holocron, something a Jedi could not do and became determined to protect his family with this new power.

By season 3, Ezra had a more aggressive and hot-tempered personality, mainly due to the influence of the Holocron and Kanan's blindness and Ahsoka's apparent death. He was no longer hesitant in killing his enemies, especially on the battlefield. However, Ezra still retained his sense of humor, even to his enemies and his friendly persona to other recruits in the Rebel Alliance. With the gap of conflict increased between Master and Padawan, Ezra continued to blame himself for Kanan's blindness but he refused to listen to Kanan due to his Master distancing himself from his family. However during their time on Atollon when they needed the Sith holocron, Kanan finally told Ezra that he was not to blame for his own blindness, and Ezra did as Kanan told him: he forgave himself and both Master and Padawan finally reconciled. Part of Ezra's character growth was that he finally could understand others. He related to Iron Squadron on how hard departing from a home they only ever know while fighting the Empire and helped inspire them join the Rebellion. After the incident with Maul, Ezra became nearly obssessed with bringing an end to the Sith until Obi-Wan told him otherwise. He became haunted by Maul's visions and his constant attempts to turn Ezra ot the Dark Side. Through his compassionate heart and kindness, he was able to form a friendship with Klik-Klak, a Geonosian. Ezra also had a great deal of respect for the lives of other sentient beings, and therefore, resented Saw Gererra for his ill-treatment of Klik Klak and gained respect for the Purrgils, especially after they saved his life twice.

After Thrawn's attack on Atollon, Ezra became more determined to free Lothal from Imperial rule, and accepted help from anyone who was willing to save it. He firmly believed that the rebellion started small with a couple of people, recalling how the Rebel Alliance was formed. Ezra also had come to appreciate the creatures that had dwelled in Lothal, petting the Loth-cats and forming a connection with the Loth-wolves. However, after Kanan died, Ezra became lost without his master until a Loth wolf whom Kanan had allegedly lived into, showed Ezra the right way. Ezra learned that he needed to let go of his Master as Ahsoka's advice. In the finale, Ezra learned from Kanan that he must always come to the rescue when people need them the most, especially since his master had come to rescue him on Recklam Station and his sacrifice on Lothal. Following his old friend's example, Ezra helped liberate Lothal and save his family by removing Thrawn and himself from the planet, into parts unknown, possibly waiting for the day for Ahsoka and Sabine to find him and bring him home.

## Physical Appearance

Throughout the series, Ezra was seen the ages of 14 in half of season 1, 15 in the second half of season 1 and most of season 2, 17 to 18 in season 3, and 19 in season 4.

He was a boy with caramel skin, deep, sapphire blue eyes and was a lean teenager. Ezra's hair was mid-length and unruly hair and black eyebrows. He was the youngest of the *Ghost* crew. In season 1 and 2, Ezra mostly wore an orange jumpsuit, with a short-sleeved orange jacket that had yellow lining in the edge of his sleeves and looking on the rims of the flaps of his jacket. Ezra also wears a white armor brace and deep orange paddings on his other leg. He also wore deep orange shoes. After his battle with the Inquisitor, Ezra gained two scars on his left cheek. He also wears a belt that holds his lightsaber and wore black fingerless gloves and a comlink on his wrist.

By season 3, Ezra grew up being a handsome young man who went under significantly changes. Instead, his hair was cut shorter and he had grown several inches, nearly reaching Hera's height. However, Ezra was still shorter than Sabine and Kanan. Apart from keeping his gloves, wrist comlink, and belt Ezra no longer wore his jumpsuit. He changed into a long-sleeved jacket that was orange and had beige padding that covered his shoulders and chest, as well as yellow lining. Ezra had light brown pants and boots that resembled Kanan's but light brown.

## Powers and abilities

### Force Powers

* **￼Power of the Force**:Ezra is one of the most powerful Force users, along with several others, such as the Skywalker family, Rey, and Yoda. He was able to jump long distances when making escapes on the rooftops and sense things before they happened. However, Ezra merely struck it off as luck and was completely unaware he was Force-sensitive until he unknowingly attracted the attention of former Jedi knight and Order 66 survivor, Kanan Jarrus. They both sensed each other through the Force before their first meeting.
	+ **Force Barrier:** Similar to Kanan, Ezra was able to create a Force Barrier with Ahsoka. However, they couldn't hold it against Darth Sidious. He later created one around himself and Thrawn when they were taken into hyperspace.
* **Force Sense:** Ezra utilizes Force Sense to sense another sentient being's emotions, the future, ripples in the Force caused by momentous or traumatic events, impending danger, and the presence of the Light and Dark Side.
* **Force Vision:** Ezra utilizes Force Vision, to have visions of the past, the present, and the future; however, like all Force-users, his visions are not always clear or sometimes has visions even when he is not utilizing this power at will. He first had one when training with Kanan, warning him about Gall Trayvis.
* **Force Jump:** Ezra utilizes Force Jump to jump or leap at great distances.
* **Force Dash:** Ezra utilizes Force Dash to move at amazing speeds.
* **Indomitable Will:** Ezra's strength within the Force has also gained the attention of several dark side users, including the Grand Inquisitor and Seventh Sister, and former Sith Lord, Maul, who all saw Ezra as a potential apprentice. However, due to Ezra's indominable will, he remained aligned with the light side of the Force and immediately rejected their attempts to turn him to the dark side and train him out of loyalty to his Master and friends.

## Relationships

### Kanan Jarrus

From the beginning of the series, Ezra felt a Force connection with Kanan, who thought that he was always predestined to meet Ezra due to him and Hera feeling a connection to Ezra's home world, Lothal. They both sensed each other's presence but Ezra had quickly hid from Kanan. Kanan was at first, indifferent towards Ezra but actually saw he was a resourceful kid and become a father figure for Ezra. He ultimately came to Ezra's rescue whenever he needs him most (Spark of Rebellion, Steps Into Shadow).

### Hera Syndulla

Hera and Ezra are very good friends who loved, respected, and cared for each other, and Ezra's relationship with Hera and the closest relationship to a mother and son relationship. In "Spark of Rebellion,"Hera was impressed with Ezra, especially learning that he had upped Kanan and suspected that Ezra was Force sensitive., It being her idea to recruit Ezra as a crew member and an Apprentice for Kanan. Hera also helped Ezra become a better person and that helping others rather than your self is a rather selfless act. It was also Hera who wanted to rescue Ezra from the Empire yet again. Hera warmly welcomea Ezra as their newest member, sometimes giving him motherly advice. Ezra disagrees with Hera at times, especially when she suspended the search for Kanan, not understanding she was doing this to protect him. He went behind her back and took control while defying Heras's orders. At first angry with him, Hera said she was proud of Ezra, who responded he learned from both her and Kanan. He appeared protective of Hera when he learned that Cham Syndulla, Hera's father, cared more about the rebellion than the love for his own daughter.

### Sabine Wren

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Sabine is Ezra's best friend and they are the closest on the Crew for being the youngest. It took Sabine the slowest to accept Ezra as a teammate, as he had a crush on her when he first saw her; but Sabine never reciprocated those feelings. Since Zeb left Ezra behind in "The Spark of Rebellion," the two never abandon each other (Always Two There Are, Imperial Supercommandos, Visions and Voices) However there are also times when neither Sabine or Ezra listen to each other, as Sabine mentions this in "Visions and Voices."

### Zeb Orrelios

Initially starting off as rivals, Zeb and Ezra soon formed an understanding after Ezra saved him from Agent Kallus before forming a  friendship and strong bond when they both stole a TIE fighter and learned to work together instead of fighting against each other. Since then,Zeb and Ezra formed a brother-dynamic relationship. Though they fought each other a lot in the past, Zeb and Ezra begin to fight less as the series goes on, but continue to tease one another. Apart from this, Zeb and Ezra truly care for one another, as they always help each other when the other is in danger. The elder of the two has been protective of the younger one and does not hesitate to protect Ezra whenever he is in danger.

Most of Ezra and Zeb's fights are because of Chopper's doing. Despite their fights, they always come through to each other in the end. Since they first met, Zeb has always called Ezra "kid" and Ezra calls him "Buddy." They often tease each other, their way of showing their affection for each other. They make snide remarks to one another, often leading to Ezra or Zeb to glare at each other.

### Chopper

Ezra and Chopper first met when Ezra was sneaking around in the Ghost near Kanan's room. Though Chopper barely knew him, he seemed to agree with Hera to go rescue him when he was captured by the Empire. Chopper loves to play pranks on both Ezra and Zeb forming a rivalry between them. Though over time it's shown that the two have formed a friendship as seen when they were trying to rescue Kanan and Chopper went along with his plan and Ezra having faith in him that he will succeed in his part of the mission. Since that mission, Ezra and Chopper's friendship has grown more, as Chopper was worried about Ezra when he started to wonder who he should really be. When Ezra found out his parent had died during an escape attempt in an Imperial prison, Chopper comforted Ezra along with Kanan.

## Trivia

* Ezra was fourteen at the beginning of the series. By "Empire Day," Ezra turned fifteen. In season 3, Ezra is seventeen and nineteen in the last season.
* He gained two scars on his left cheek after an encounter with the Inquisitor after he used his spinning lightsaber on Ezra in an attempt to kill him. ("Fire Across the Galaxy").
* As of season 3, Ezra went through a drastic redesign, as his hair was cut shorter, his costume was switched over from a jumpsuit to a jacket only and Ezra's shin guards and shoes were replaced with boots.
* Ezra shares several similarities with
	+ **Ahsoka Tano:** Both were fourteen at the beginning of their respective series, the youngest of the main cast, have a rash but dedicated personality, and family-like relationships with their Masters, Anakin (who Ahsoka sees as an older brother) and Kanan (who Ezra saw as a father)
	+ **Rey:** They are orphans who were both forced to steal in order to survive, unaware they were Force-sensitive, had a pirate take an interest in them (Maz Kanata and Hondo Ohnaka), a dark sider attempted to turn them to the dark side of the Force (Kylo Ren and Maul.) Ultimately, they remain on the side of good and find a family in their own way (the Resistance for Rey and the *Ghost* crew for Ezra)
	+ **Luke Skywalker:** Orphans who grew up not realizing that they were Force-sensitive, are pulled from their home planet and fight in the Rebellion, are tempted with the Dark Side of the Force by another dark-sider who wants to turn them into their own apprentice (Darth Vader for Luke and Maul for Ezra). They also start off with blue lightsabers but their second lightsaber is green. Additionally, Ezra and Luke also are swept into an adventure with a Jedi (Obi Wan and Kanan) Luke is also the one who served as inspiration for Ezra.
	+ **Kanan Jarrus:** His own master. They were both merely fourteen when they became Padawans, noted as being reckless, unfocused, and undisciplined. Since a young age, they lost a family (Ezra lost his parents while Kanan lost the Jedi Order. They were both were forced to take care of themselves at a young age before they met the Ghost crew, Ezra at age seven and Kanan at age fourteen, befriended a pirate, get creative their plans or means of escape, as noted by Kanan, have a position in their respective affiliations (Grand Army of the Republic, the Rebel Alliance) as a Commander. Later, they both sacrifice themselves to save their friends. (Kanan gave the ultimate sacrifice to destroy the TIE Defender project on Lothal to save Ezra, Sabine and Hera and Ezra willingly allowed himself to be taken into hyperspace with Thrawn and the Purgill) and on that note, both of them didn't finish their Jedi training because of their Master's sacrifice
* Ezra, Luke and Leia are all the same age, with Ezra being born on Empire Day and the twins being born two days later.
* StarWars.com blogger James Burns deduced that Ezra Bridger was named after the Old Testimant character, Ezra. Dave Filoni and Simon Kinberg confirmed this to be true and that other characters had historial or Biblical meaning behind their names.
* Ironically, Ezra was born on the day the Galactic Empire was founded considering he rebels against it.
* Ezra has been fan-dubbed as "Space Blueberry"due to his blue eyes and dark black-blue hair and "Space Aladdin" because of their similar backgrounds and appearances.
* Ezra is meant to serve as a foil to Anakin Skywalker: While both are incredibly strong in the Force, are aspiring leaders, and quote corruptable, Ezra refuses to fallow the same path as Anakin and instead of giving into the dark power to save his family, he instead rejects it and decides to sacrifice himself instead of his loved ones.
* Like Zeb, he shouts "Karabast" whenever he is in a moment of crisis.
* Like Hera, both of them try to see the best in everyone and have a strong dedication to the rebelllion as the show progresses.
* Both he and Sabine shared being the youngest members of the Ghost crew and messing with Zeb once in a while.
* Like Hera, Sabine and Kanan, he began to understand Chopper just a little bit. By season 3, he mastered itr
* He and Chopper are the only characters to appear in every episode of *Star Wars Rebels*.
* Ezra was in the streets since he was seven. (Empire Day)