ÉPISODE: On orders to hunt down the Rebels, and especially the Jedi among them, Darth Vader begins an oppressive campaign against Lothal's populace in order to find the group. The Ghost crew starts working with the wider Rebel cells, but are divided between joining the larger network and waging open war on the Empire, or staying out of a large-scale fight. The situation is even more complicated when Minister Maketh Tua, fearing punishment for failing to neutralize the Lothal rebels, tries to defect to them in order to escape Vader, offering to reveal the truth behind why the Emperor wants the planet. Vader, however, uses this to his advantage and orchestrates Tua's murder by shuttle explosion, framing the rebels for the act and turning Lothal's population against them. The Ghost crew tries to flee but are cornered by Vader, who injures Kanan and Sabine and nearly kills Ezra before they finally escape. After being smuggled off-world by Lando Calrissian to escape the Empire, the demoralized crew meet up with Ahsoka's rebel cell, but Vader pursues them and proceeds to wipe out most of the rebel ships, discovering Ahsoka in the process. Ahsoka is horrified to learn that Vader is actually her old Jedi master, Anakin Skywalker. She joins the Ghost crew as they vow to join the wider fight against the Empire. Darth Vader later reports Ahsoka's existence to Emperor Palpatine, who issues Darth Vader new orders to dispatch another one of their Inquisitors to capture the crew of the Ghost.

14 ans après l'épisode III et donc 5 ans avant l'épisode IV, c'est-à-dire entre l'an -19 et l'an 0 de la chronologie Star Wars1, la galaxie connaît une période sombre depuis que l'Empire galactique a étendu son emprise, Star Wars: Rebels propose de découvrir une planète très, très lointaine occupée et contrôlée d'une main de fer par les Forces Impériales. Dans cet univers en plein chaos, quelques habitants s'allient et décident d'unir leurs forces pour lutter contre les stormtroopers, combattants de l'Empire. À bord de leur vaisseau spatial, le Ghost, les 6 membres d'équipage hétéroclite doivent faire preuve de beaucoup d'ingéniosité, de persévérance et de courage pour vivre des aventures palpitantes mais risquées et affronter de nouveaux représentants du côté obscur de la Force pour devenir des héros.

Taylor Gray

Ezra Bridger

Vanessa Marshall

Hera Syndulla

Steve Blum

Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Kanan Jarrus

Tiya Sircar

Sabine Wren

Jason Isaacs

The Inquisitor

Tim Curry

Emperor Palpatine