Note: Only characters appearing over multiple seasons appear in this list. ;Notes At the start of the series, his main motivation is to find his parents. In the pilot episode the Jedi Padawan
Kanan Jarrus decides to take him as his apprentice. In "
Path of the Jedi", Ezra is formally inducted into the Jedi Order, when Yoda's voice helps him to find a
kyber crystal to create his first lightsaber, which after being constructed, is blue and features a built-in stun blaster patterned after his street urchin trademark weapon, an energy slingshot. In the second-season episode "
Legacy", he discovers that his parents were killed in a prison revolt. In "
Shroud of Darkness" it is revealed Kanan fears Ezra might turn to the dark side, which partially happens when the former Sith Lord
Maul draws him closer in "
Twilight of the Apprentice", and in further episodes also keeps calling him "apprentice", showing a marked interest in him. His first lightsaber is also destroyed by Darth Vader. In the season 3 premiere episode "
Steps Into Shadow", Ezra replaces it with a green-bladed lightsaber. In the same episode, Ezra is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander of the Phoenix Squadron, and also assumes field leadership of the
Ghost crew, due to Kanan's blindness preventing him from continuing the role. However, due to his reckless leadership at the time, he was suspended from command as Lieutenant Commander until further notice. The episodes "Shroud of Darkness", "
The Holocrons of Fate" and "
Twin Suns" reveal Ezra's main motivation of the third season, to "find the key to destroying the
Sith", who he interprets as the exiled Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. After eventually finding and talking to Kenobi however, Ezra realized his true mission is to be with the other rebels and help them fight against the Empire. During the season 3 finale, by taking command of a squad during the battle against
Grand Admiral Thrawn's fleet, it shows that at this point, Ezra's status as Lieutenant Commander has been fully restored. Ezra becomes somewhat lost after the death of his master Kanan, but begins to understand Kanan's final lessons after he penetrates the Jedi Temple in "
A World Between Worlds". His connection to the Force-sensitive creatures of
Lothal increases, and in the penultimate episode "
A Fool's Hope" and the one-hour series finale "
Family Reunion – and Farewell" (both of which aired March 5, 2018), Ezra summons both the Loth-Wolves and the
Purrgil to defeat Thrawn, Pryce, and the Imperial forces on Lothal. Because the Purrgil have shattered the bridge observation ports on Thrawn's
Star Destroyer, onto which he has been taken, Ezra uses the Force to create a protecting air pocket for himself and Thrawn, and deliberately and selflessly allows himself to be taken away with Thrawn by the Purrgil. On his character, Gray stated: "He's a pickpocket, he's a little thief. But he's doing it all because he needs to survive". Executive producer
Greg Weisman said: "We see this whole series very much through Ezra's eyes. As his eyes get opened to what the Empire's capable of, his eyes are opened to the fact that there are people who care, who are trying to fight the good fight, and he becomes one of them." The character made his live-action debut in the series
Ahsoka (2023), portrayed by Eman Esfandi, in which he depicted as having been living in another galaxy on the same planet as Thrawn for over a decade.
Kanan Jarrus Kanan Jarrus (voiced by
Freddie Prinze, Jr.), call sign Spectre 1, is one of the last surviving Jedi of the fallen Republic whose real name is Caleb Dume. The episode "Legacy" reveals that Kanan entered the
Jedi Order before getting to know his parents. The comic
Star Wars: Kanan explores how before the events of
Rebels, Caleb Dume is a human Jedi Padawan student of Jedi Master
Depa Billaba, until
Order 66 made the clone troopers betray and kill the Jedi Order, including Kanan's Master. During the Dark Times, Caleb is forced to take the identity of Kanan instead of his real name, in order to hide his Jedi heritage to survive, as explored in the book
Star Wars: A New Dawn which also explains how he met Hera Syndulla a few years before the events in
Rebels. At the beginning of
Rebels, Kanan is the co-leader of the
Ghost crew with Hera. Despite Kanan having not finished his own Jedi training himself, after seeing the potential in Ezra Bridger, he decides to take him as his Jedi Padawan. In "
The Lost Commanders" he initially finds it difficult to trust
Captain Rex, due to having experienced Order 66. In "Shroud of Darkness", Kanan was promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight by a vision within a Jedi Temple on the planet Lothal. In the episode "Twilight of the Apprentice" after visiting the planet Malachor, Kanan is blinded by Maul. While still part of the missions and his Force abilities compensating for his acquired handicap, he is from then on forced to take a less active role as a leader. Season 4 confirmed Kanan and Hera as a romantic couple. In the episode "
Jedi Night", Kanan sacrifices himself while rescuing Hera from being killed by Governor Pryce in the year 0BBY. In the following episode "
DUME", Ezra has a vision of a giant Loth-Wolf with a white trident-shaped mark on its forehead that introduced itself as Dume (voiced by "The Force"). Dume directs Ezra into traveling to the Lothal Temple with the surviving
Ghost crew. The wolf is later assumed by Ahsoka in the episode "A World Between Worlds" as an extension of Kanan's will through the cosmic Force into the Loth-Wolves to teach Ezra a final lesson and prevent both the final and the most powerful secrets of the Lothal temple from being fully compromised. Sometime after his death and before
the Battle of Endor, Hera gives birth to their son Jacen Syndulla. Executive producer
Dave Filoni describes the character as a "cowboy Jedi". Animation supervisor Keith Kellogg said: "He is a Jedi but he's not a Jedi in the traditional sense that we've had before on the show. He's a little more rough around the edges. He's kept his lightsaber locked away, so he hasn't used it in a long time." After being blinded, Kanan has been compared to the
Star Wars Legends character
Rahm Kota from
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, another Jedi who was blinded, which led
Pablo Hidalgo from the Lucasfilm story group to say on
Twitter, that both characters were inspired by
Zatoichi.
Hera Syndulla Hera Syndulla (voiced by
Vanessa Marshall), call sign Spectre 2, is a
Twi'lek from the planet
Ryloth who is the owner and pilot of the
Ghost. She is the daughter of
Cham Syndulla, who appeared in the episode "
Liberty on Ryloth" of
Star Wars: The Clone Wars before reappearing on
Rebels. She and Kanan share a strong connection; in season 4, they are confirmed to be lovers, and episode 15 introduces their son Jacen Syndulla. Hera has trained herself as a pilot of outstanding skill, known to some as "one of the best star pilots this side of the Outer Rim." commanding the respect of friends and foes alike. In "
Wings of the Master", Hera was promoted to Captain of the Phoenix Squadron by Kanan's recommendation, and in "
Rebel Assault" she has advanced in rank to General. In the 2016 film
Rogue One a voice is heard asking General Syndulla to report to a meeting in the Rebel Base of Yavin IV, confirming her rise to the rank of General. The
Ghost is among the ships seen during the dogfight over the atmosphere of
Scarif, but it is unknown if Hera was piloting her ship during such events, as Dave Filoni said: "I can imagine doing that entire [Scarif] battle from their point of view, whoever is on the
Ghost at that point." Hera also stars in the animated micro-series
Star Wars Forces of Destiny, an animated short features Hera teaming up with
Princess Leia,
Han Solo and
Ewoks, while on the forest moon of
Endor. Filoni has stated: "She is a very strong-minded character, kind of the heart of the group, keeps everyone together when they would otherwise fall apart".
Sabine Wren Sabine Wren (voiced by
Tiya Sircar), call sign Spectre 5, is a 16-year-old
Mandalorian graffiti artist, Imperial Academy dropout and a former
bounty hunter with expert knowledge of weapons and explosives. As a member of the
Ghost crew, she acts as their chief engineer and cargo transport, weapons and demolitions expert, as well as their linguist, being fluent in a wide variety of languages. Originally a dedicated student and fledgling inventor for the Empire, she deserted when one of the weapons she had created was planned to be used against her own people. In "
The Protector of Concord Dawn", Sabine is revealed to come from House
Vizsla, thus leading her to be related with Death Watch, a Mandalorian terrorist group in
The Clone Wars. The episode "
The Antilles Extraction" reveals she was the one who helped pilot
Wedge Antilles defect from the Empire and join the Rebellion. The episode "
Imperial Supercommandos" reveals her mother, Ursa Wren, is sided with the Empire. In "
Visions and Voices", Sabine acquires the
Darksaber, a weapon used by Death Watch and also by Darth Maul during the Clone Wars. In "
Trials of the Darksaber", Sabine's past is fully revealed, and Kanan trains Sabine in lightsaber combat (Sabine does not use The Force). By the next episode, Sabine decides to stay with her family in order to help unite the clans against the Empire. Her last image in the series finale is with deep purple hair cut short. In November 2021,
Deadline Hollywood announced that
Natasha Liu Bordizzo had been cast to portray Sabine in live-action in the 2023 series
Ahsoka.
Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios Garazeb Orrelios (voiced by
Steven Blum), call sign Spectre 4, nicknamed "Zeb," is a Lasat who was the Captain of the Lasan High Honor Guard. His people were one of the first species to rise up against the Empire in its early days. The Imperial response was a genocide campaign against them. This near-extinction has left him with a gruff demeanor, but he has remained loyal to the struggle against the Empire, eventually to discover that his fellow Lasat still exist as a culture on their hidden homeworld of Lira San in the episode "
Legends of the Lasat". In season 3, Zeb is revealed to have become Phoenix Squadron's Chief of Security, which was mentioned in the episode "
Warhead". Zeb is known for the frequent use of the Lasat expletive "Karabast!" used as an expression of surprise or frustration. His common expletive was heard in the 2016 film
Rogue One from the character
Pao during the Battle of
Scarif. The
Ghost is among the ships seen during the dogfight over the atmosphere of
Scarif, it is presumed Zeb was on board the ship along with Hera and Chopper as Dave Filoni said: "I can imagine doing that entire [Scarif] battle from their point of view, whoever is on the
Ghost at that point." and all three heroes remained in the Rebellion until at least after the Battle of Endor. His physical appearance is based on
Ralph McQuarrie's original conceptual artwork for
Chewbacca. Art director Kilian Plunkett said: "Zeb actually is very articulate and witty and funny, and that's sort of juxtaposed with what he looks like, makes for an interesting character". In the series finale "
Family Reunion – and Farewell", Zeb takes part in the final battle against Grand Admiral Thrawn and Governor Pryce on Lothal, where he engages in a second confrontation with Thrawn's Noghri assassin
Rukh, which ends with him electrocuting the assassin as he traps him on to the coils of a shield generator conductor just before they were activated. Sometime after the Battle of Endor, Zeb brings Kallus to Lira San where the Lasat are currently living. He returns in the
third season of
The Mandalorian, again voiced by Blum.
Chopper C1-10P, nicknamed "Chopper" (voiced by
Dave Filoni, credited as "Himself" prior to the series finale), call sign Spectre 3, is an irritable astromech droid owned by Hera, who recovered and reconstructed the droid after it crashed on Ryloth during the Clone Wars. The droid's nickname Chopper is derived from its name resembling the word "CHOP" when written out. Chopper has a psychopathic and bloodthirsty streak, having endangered and killed many droids and sentient beings over the course of the series. In the 2016 film
Rogue One the character has a brief cameo moving around the Rebel Base on
Yavin IV, confirming his survival until at least that point. In the episode "An Imperial Feast" from
Star Wars Forces of Destiny, Chopper makes an appearance alongside Hera, revealing that he survives up until the events of
Return of the Jedi, which is confirmed in the epilogue of the series finale "Family Reunion – and Farewell" where he is seen aboard the
Ghost with Hera and Kanan's son Jacen Syndulla. Chopper's design is heavily modeled on the original conceptual artwork for
R2-D2. Describing the character, Filoni said, "He likes to do things the way that he wants, not necessarily the way the crew wants or as fast as the crew would like, but he gets the job done. He's incredibly loyal". Chopper is also summarized as, "If R2-D2 is your favorite dog, Chopper is the cat". For Chopper's live action cameo, Matt Martin, a member of Lucasfilm Story Group, served as the on-set operator of Chopper. Chopper returned in the 2023 live-action series
Ahsoka, again voiced by Filoni. Unlike in
Rebels, Chopper's dialogue is less muffled, allowing everything he says to be audible. ==Members of the Rebel Alliance==