Breaking Ranks

"Breaking Ranks" is the sixth episode of the first season of the animated television series Star Wars Rebels. It is the sixth episode of the series overall.

The episode was written by Greg Weisman and directed by Steven G. Lee. It was released on WatchDisneyXD.com on October 27, 2014 and made its television debut on Disney XD on November 3.

The episode begins with Ezra Bridger having spent weeks training in the Imperial Academy on Lothal, where he was sent in order to steal an Imperial decoder that contains the location of a powerful kyber crystal that the rebels hope to destroy. He successfully steals the decoder and the rebels destroy the crystal, but Bridger briefly stays in the Academy, having learned that the Grand Inquisitor wants to capture his friend and fellow cadet, Jai Kell. With the help of cadet Zare Leonis, Bridger and Kell escape the Academy, but Leonis remains behind in order to uncover clues about the disappearance of his sister, Dhara—who he suspects was kidnapped by the Inquisitor.

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