Ezra Bridger

## Multiverse Information

**Ezra Bridger** is a character in the Star Wars universe, first appearing in the 2014 animated television series, *Star Wars Rebels*.

## Background

### Character Development

It was confirmed by Dave Filoni and Simon Kinberg that they named Ezra after the Old Testament character of the same name in order to imbued their names with a sense of meaning and purpose that would fit their characters

## Appearances

### *Star Wars Rebels*

#### Spark of Rebellion

In *Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion*,  Ezra notices a Star Destroyer overshadowing Lothal and sneaks into Capital City, where he steals several jogan from a vender whom he helped avoid arrest from Commandant Cumberlayne Aresko and Taskmaster Myles Grint. Escaping, Ezra sees several Imperials loading their cargo of weapons and food supply and feels a presence through the Force. Spotting a stranger, Ezra quickly hides from the man when he looks back. The boy watches with curiosity as the man and his group of insurgents attack the Imperial compound. Overhearing the Imperials' concern of the crates were to be protected at all costs, he used the situation to his advantage. As soon as the rebels deal with the Imperials, Ezra steals one of the crates in front of the man's and the Lasat's eyes, causing them to chase him. As he runs, Ezra encounters a Mandalorian girl, who praises the kid for his move and warns him that the Lasat will end him before wishing with luck but not before taking two of the three crates with her. The teenager continues to run until Kanan intercepts Ezra and gives him the choice of surrendering the crate. Ezra refuses and drives away as a TIE attacks them. The teen sees more TIEs are coming on his case and quickly jumps off the speeder bike as the TIE attempts to kill Ezra, leaving only him, the crate and a destroyed speeder bike. As the TIE goes into kill Ezra, he is suddenly saved with the arrival of the Ghost crew and sees Kanan standing on the ramp of the ship, who offers Ezra a ride. Distrusting of the man, Ezra hesitates until he sees more TIEs coming and decides on taking Kanan's offer. Taking the crate, Ezra uses the Force to bring the crate up onto the ship as Kanan helps him into the safety of the ship.

Now aboard the Ghost, Ezra found himself face to face with the disappointed Ghost crew. He instantly developed a rivalry with Zeb and the two argued over who had true ownership of the crate Ezra managed to get away with. The teenager used this as an excuse and said the crate was his because he got to it first. Kanan stopped Ezra and Zeb from fighting, claiming the crate was theirs because it was always about who is last instead. Before he left, Kanan ordered Zeb and Sabine to keep an eye on Ezra, who was begrudgingly left with the two and wanted to return home. during the attack, the teenager infuriated Zeb, who locked Ezra up in a supply closet after becoming irritated with the teenager. through all his uses of escape in the past, Ezra snuck into the air vents of the ship; meanwhile, his absence didn't go unnoticed by Kanan, who demanded to know where the kid went. The vent was not enough to support Ezra's weight and he fell into the area where the guns below deck were. To Ezra's amazement, he was in space but fear of dying overcame Ezra saw the TIE fighters attacking the Ghost. However, he came face to face with the Mandalorian girl he met earlier and attempted to flirt with Wren but Orrelios interrupted Bridger before they disappeared into hyperspace.

Angered to be away from Lothal, he demanded Hera and the crew take him back home, but the woman revealed that that is exactly what they are doing. Ezra joins Zeb and Sabine to Tarkintown, where he realizes that the group stole the crates to feed to the people opprssed by the Empire. Sadden, Ezra goes back tot eh Ghost, where he finds Kanan's lightsaber and takes the Holocron in Kanan's room as his own. Anticipating this move, Kanan allows Ezra to take the holcron, testing tos ee if the boy is Force-sensitive, he can open it but takes his lightsaber back. Going into the ship's kitchen, Ezra asks Sabine who they are but the Mandolorian girl wouldn't define them as anything but a crew and in some ways, a family Ezra asks what happened to Sabine's real family, causing her to respond that the Empire took away her family and asks what became of Ezra. However, they are interrupted by Zeb, who retrieves Sabine for a mission called on by Kanan and leaves Chopper to keep an eye on Ezra. However, Ezra escapes and eavesdrops on the crew's plan to free Wookiee prisoners until Kanan catches him. Realizing that Ezra will get into more trouble, Hera decides to keep an eye on Ezra as they go through the mission. However, Ezra and Hera realize it is a trap when the transmissions to the *Ghost*end. Hera tries to convince Ezra to go on the ship to warn their crew, but Ezra initially refuses until Hera inspires him to save them after what Kanan did for him.

Warning Zeb and Kanan, the trio run but, in the chaos, Agent Kallus grabs Ezra and holds him hostage. Zeb tries to find a way to rescue the teenager until Kallus uses Era as a human shield. Unable to hit the agent without harming Ezra, Zeb regretfully leaves Ezra behind. Imprisoned on Kallus' Star Destroyer, he announces Ezra is to be used as bait to lure the crew out of hiding when they returned to Lothal. Stripped of his belongings, Ezra only holds onto th eSith holocron. Frustrated at not being able to open it, Ezra throws it across the room before calming down. Using the Force, the Jedi holocron opens,  revealing a recording made by Obi-Wan Kenobi, much to Ezra's shock and it led him to realize he needed to find a way to rescue himself while doubting the Ghost crew would return for him. Tricking Stormtroopers guarding him by feigning a sudden attack, Ezra is able to escape while leaving his guards confused. Reclaiming his belongings, Ezra flees to the vents while wearing a cadet helmet, where  Ezra was able to learn through the communications that the Wookiees were being led to the space mines of Kessel and that the Imperials were aware of Ezra's escape. Through one of the transmissions, the Stormtroopers revealed that the Ghost had returned, Ezra realized they had come to rescue him, much to his surprise. Ezra found Zeb, Sabine and Kanan, where he quickly discarded the cadet helmet and followed the rebels back to the Ghost, where Zeb forced Ezra to go on first so they wouldn't lose him again. Following the escape, Ezra thanked Hera for returning. The Twi'lek prepared to get Ezra back to Lothal to his parents; Ezra revealed he was an orphan. Ezra then told Hera, Sabine and Kanan that the Wookiees were being taken to Kessel, which immediately alarmed the crew because Wookiees would not survive the environment due to being born in the forest. Deciding to finish the mission, Ezra announced that he was accompanying them to the planet. Hera did as she was told and set a course for Kessel.

While they were on Kessel, Kanan and his team (apart from Hera) provided the distraction while Ezra was able to slip to the Wookiee slaves and free them. Soon the Ghost Crew was cornered and forced to hide. During the chaos, Ezra had spotted Kitwarr running but chose not to follow him. Finding no alternative, Kanan announced to Hera they were doing a twenty-two pick-up. Confused, Ezra asked Kanan to tell him what the secret was and the man revealed that he was about to let everyone in on the secret. Taking his lightsaber out, Kanan revealed himself to be a Jedi to Ezra and the rest of the Imperials, who focused all their fire on the Jedi. With the distraction, Zeb ushered the Wookiees inside one of the crates, Ezra saw one of the Wookiees calling out for his child. Seeing Kanan busy with the stormtroopers and Zeb and Sabine too busy attending to the Wookiees, Ezra ran after Kitwarr and the stormtrooper who chased him and ignoring Zeb's calls and unaware that Kallus was following him. Ezra confronted the Stormtrooper about to attack Kitwarr and used his energy slingshot toward the stormtrooper off, thus saving the young Wookiee. As Ezra tried to unlock Kitwarr's binders, he was soon face to face with Kallus, who falsely believed Ezra to be Kanan's apprentice. However, the boy while protecting Kitwarr revealed he was no Jedi and that he worked with no one. In that moment, Ezra and Kitwarr were saved from Kallus by Kanan's arrival and quickly boarded the Ghost, where Kitwarr was reunited with his father. After the Wookiees departed, the crew decided to return Ezra back to his home During this time, Ezra stole Kanan's lightsaber yet again.

When they arrived on the planet, Ezra returned Kanan's holocron to him but later, ran back to his tower with the lightsaber in his possession. However, Ezra felt Kanan's presence and inquired what the Force was. The former Jedi explained it was what kept the galaxy bound together and informed Ezra that he was Force-sensitive just like him because he wouldn't have been able to open the holocron. Kanan gave Ezra two choices: to remain on Lothal and keep the Lightsaber as a useless relic but Kanan offered Ezra the choice to become a member of the Ghost crew and his Padawan. Kanan left Ezra to think it through before departing. After a hard decision, Ezra returned Kanan's lightsaber, and decided to learn from Kanan the ways of the Force.

#### Season 3 and 4

In the series finale, "Family Reunion - and Farewell," Ezra selflessly sacrifices himself and Grand Admiral Thrawn by connecting with the Purrgil and having them drag the *Chimaera* to ships unknown to protect his family and people. In the epilogue, Sabine narrates that Ezra never returned to Lothal and goes on a quest to find him and bring him home.

In the final episode of *Rebels Recon*, Dave Filoni confirmed that both Thrawn and Ezra had survived the trip into hyperspace.

### Comics

#### *Kanan*

Ezra appeared in the twelve-part comic book series, *Kanan*, which is set in early season 1 due to Ezra still having his energy slingshot, which he discarded after gaining a lightsaber. He only appears in the flashforewards while most of the comic takes place regarding Kanan's past as Caleb Dume. Ezra is prominently seen in the twelfth and final issue, where Ezra travels to Kaller with Kanan to save one of his old friends. During the adventure, Ezra is separated from Kanan, where he encounters stormtroopers. but recalls being saved from a pirate; later revealed to be Kanan's old associate and former pirate partner, Janus Kasmir.

#### *Star Wars Rebels Magazine*

Ezra also appeared in the *Star Wars Rebels Magazine*comics, which highlighted scenes taking place in between episodes from season one and two. He primarily appears in the issues, *Learning Patience*, *Ezra's Visions*, and *Ice Breaking.*
During the first of the three issues, Ezra loses frustration with his levitation lessons in Jedi training and being unable to help Chopper in making repairs to the ship. it takes both Kanan and Hera to make Ezra realzie that he cannot lose patience just because things will not always go the way he wants them to.

During "Eyes on the Prize," taking place sometime between "Gathering Forces" and "Idiot's Array," two bounty hunters attempt to kidnap Ezra, to collect the bounty on Jedi. However, he is rescued by Kanan, who tells Ezra to be careful next time

### Novels

Ezra appears in a collection of books that tie into *Star Wars Rebels*, appearing as the titular character in *Ezra's Gamble*. He is mentioned in *Thrawn: Treason*, where Emperor Palpatine tells Thrawn that he will test his loyalty another time due to the oncoming threat of Ezra and his friends and orders the Grand Admiral to convince the boy to join him on the chimaera.

## Gallery

Ezra, Zeb, and SabineEzra with Hera Syndulla
## References

1. ↑ *Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion*
2. ↑ Breaking Ranks
3. ↑ Brothers of the Broken Horn