"A Princess on Lothal" Episode Guide | Star Wars Rebels - S2 E12

Receiving its name thanks to a time-honored design that stretches back centuries, the Hammerhead Corvette is a powerful transport. While not flashy, this starship has a strong body, forceful engines, and heavy weaponry; Princess Leia Organa once delivered a trio of Hammerhead Corvettes to the Phoenix Squadron rebels on Lothal, adding some much-needed craft to the rebel fleet. Indeed, they were the key to the Alliance's victory at the Battle of Scarif, as a Hammerhead Corvette was used to drive a Star Destroyer into Scarif's shield generator. This allowed rebels on the surface to successfully beam the Death Star plans back to the Rebellion.

Lothal Depot was a landing area on the Outer Rim planet. When Princess Leia Organa came to Lothal with three Hammerhead Corvettes meant for the rebellion, she docked in the Empire-controlled area -- and her ships were quickly fit with gravity locks. Only through a clever plot hatched with the Ghost crew were the locks released, and the ships allowed to escape Lothal Depot.

Developed by the Empire, a gravity lock uses tractor beam technology that prevents a starship from taking off. The hovering devices clamp down onto a ship’s landing gear, are near-impossible to destroy, and cannot be forcibly removed; they can only be dismantled, which would require knowledge of their inner workings.

Princess Leia Organa was one of the greatest leaders of the Rebel Alliance, fearless on the battlefield and dedicated to ending the Empire’s tyranny. Daughter of Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker, sister of Luke Skywalker, and with a soft spot for scoundrels, Leia ranked among the galaxy’s great heroes. But life under the New Republic proved difficult for her. Sidelined by a new generation of political leaders, she struck out on her own to oppose the First Order as founder of the Resistance. These setbacks in her political career were accompanied by more personal losses, which she endured with her seemingly inexhaustible will.

An active rebel during the age of the Empire, Ryder Azadi returns to his post as governor of Lothal after the New Republic comes to power. When the Empire came to his planet, he stood against Imperial tyranny with Ezra Bridger’s family, and was accused of treason for doing so. He was later freed from an Imperial prison by the Bridgers and returned to Lothal, living in the city outskirts.

Yogar Lyste was an Imperial officer stationed on Lothal. He oversaw inventory and distribution of supplies and weapons for the Empire on the Outer Rim planet, and had an encounter with a small band of rebels that dared to steal Imperial cargo.