Kanan Jarrus

This page lists the characters that appear in Star Wars Rebels.

Ezra Bridger (voiced by Taylor Gray) is a 15-year-old human street urchin and con-artist with Force abilities, whose parents were imprisoned by Imperial forces. The episode "Empire Day" reveals he was born the same day Palpatine officiated the Galactic Empire. At the start of the series, his main motivation is 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 the fate of his parents. 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 towards the dark-side in Twilight of the Apprentice and in further episodes also, keeps calling him apprentice, showing interest in taking him as an apprentice, 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, similar to the one used by Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi. In the same episode, Ezra is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander of the Phoenix Squadron, and also assumes permanent leadership of the Ghost crew, due to Kanan's blindness preventing him from fully assuming the role. The episodes Shroud of Darkness and Holocrons of Fate reveal, Ezra's main motivation is in his own words, is to "find the key to destroying the Sith", who is later revealed to be former Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi.

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."

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