Some time after the events at Malachor, Ezra -- older and more powerful -- leads the rescue of Hondo Ohnaka and his cell-mate, Terba, at an Imperial prison. Terba, running ahead of the group, finds an AT-DP waiting, and meets his end.

Their way out blocked, Ezra displays an impressive and unsettling use of the Force. Using a Jedi mind trick, he manipulates the Imperial combat driver behind the AT-DP’s controls to methodically blast stormtroopers.

The Imperial soldiers run for their lives and plead with the driver, but to no avail. The Padawan then leads the walker over the edge of the landing platform, and it falls into the abyss below.

Reprimanded by Hera for losing Terba, Ezra retreats to his quarters. There, he opens his Sith holocron and speaks to the voice within. “I must become stronger…more powerful,” Ezra says.

Meanwhile, Governor Pryce meets with Tarkin, reporting that Lothal is secure. But in the wake of the rebel attack on the prison, Pryce asks for the seventh fleet and a new commander.

In exchange for a ship, Hondo tells the rebels of Yarma and its hidden Imperial salvage yard, Reklam Station. The rebels resolve to steal Y-wings from the facility and Commander Sato promotes Ezra to Lieutenant Commander, placing him in charge of the mission.

Kanan, distant after losing his sight, goes to talk with Ezra. But he finds the Sith holocron, and is incredulous that Ezra has used the dark side to open it. Kanan takes it away from his Padawan.

Meditating at the outskirts of the base, Kanan hears a voice. He walks to it, and out of the earth rises a giant being. It could sense Kanan’s imbalance, and is attuned to the Force, centered between the light and the dark. “I’m the one in the middle. The Bendu,” he says. “I can teach you to see, if you’re willing,” he says.

The new Imperial commander arrives: Grand Admiral Thrawn. Thrawn has pieced together the rebels’ recent activity and believes they are headed for the salvage yard. “I will start my operations here,” he says, “and pull the rebels apart piece by piece.”

Analyzing Chopper’s scan of the yard, the rebels find that only 14 Y-wings remain. While the mission is only to scout, Ezra commands they move to steal the fighters now, despite the crew’s objections.

The Phantom heads for the salvage yard. But with poor visibility, it slams into a dismantler droid guarding the station. The Imperials know the atmosphere has been breached. Rex takes care of an attacking droid, but the ship has suffered damage.

Sabine docks the Phantom to the station’s underbelly, and the crew goes topside. Commander Titus notifies Governor Pryce of the rebels’ presence. While the rebels reach the ships, they must refuel them.

The Bendu works with Kanan on sensing the planet’s deadly spiders. In doing so, Kanan realizes he himself is filled with fear. He resolves to go back to the team and help Ezra.

The mission continues, but the rebels have been spotted and the Imperials magnetically lock the Y-wings down. Ezra heads to the tower to disengage the security system, while Rex stays to assist Sabine and Zeb against a dismantler.

Ezra arrives. He mocks Commander Titus, pointing his lightsaber blade to the Imperial’s throat. Titus says he’s sabotaged the control unit; the only way to unlock the Y-wings is to cut power to the entire station. Doing so would doom them all; Ezra proceeds, to Titus’ shock.

Chopper takes remote control of the Y-wings and moves them into space. But when he tries to set the hyperspace coordinates, he finds that they have no hyperdrive. Then, the Empire arrives.

As the station crumbles, Ezra makes his way to the Phantom. Before he can reach it, however, a crane falls onto the ship and sends it careening into the mist. “Kanan, where are you?” he cries.

Realizing the mission has changed, the rebels arrive. Sabine leads the Y-wings into the command ship, and Kanan and Hera rescue Ezra at the salvage yard.

Governor Pryce contacts Grand Admiral Thrawn. Thrawn feels it is not the complete rebel fleet; he orders them to break off the attack and let the rebels escape.

Back at the base, Hera suspends Ezra’s command for his reckless actions. He does not protest. Later, the Padawan apologizes for not teling Kanan that he was using the Sith holocron, and thanks his Master for coming back. “I’ll always come back,” Kanan says.