Rescue of Tseebo

The rescue of Tseebo was a mission carried out on the planet Lothal by the Spectres in 4 BBY, during the festivities marking the fifteenth anniversary of the rise of the Galactic Empire. The rebels discovered Tseebo, a Rodian who defected from the Imperial Information Office, and learned that he had a AJ^6 cyborg construct headpiece containing critical information about the Empire's plans for the Outer Rim Territories. Knowing that such information could be vital for their fight against the Empire, the Spectres fought their way out of Capital City with Tseebo in tow, while being pursued by Agent Alexsandr Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau. The rebels were rescued from Imperial pursuit by their captain, Hera Syndulla, who picked them up with the starship Ghost. After a brief firefight in orbit with pursuing Imperial TIE fighters, the Ghost escaped into hyperspace.

The Grand Inquisitor, tasked with hunting Jedi like rebel crew members Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger, pursued the rebels with a homing beacon that the Empire had attached to the Phantom, the Ghost shuttle. Upon detecting the beacon, the rebels decided to split up; the two Jedi headed to the asteroid base Fort Anaxes to lure the Inquisitor away from Tseebo, while Syndulla brought the Rodian to her rebel contact, Ahsoka Tano—operating under the codename of Fulcrum as a rebel intelligence operative. As Tseebo was safely delivered into rebel hands, the Jedi engaged the Grand Inquisitor in a lightsaber duel on Fort Anaxes, with Bridger unknowingly using the dark side of the Force to beat the Jedi killer in battle and escape. Bridger's actions left him shaken, so Jarrus soon brought him to the Jedi Temple on Lothal to ensure that his Padawan was ready to be trained as a Jedi.

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