Reeling from the loss of the rebel convoy, Phoenix Leader Hera Syndulla dispatched Mandalorian former Imperial cadet Sabine Wren on a mission to infiltrate Skystrike Academy and extract the cadets. Unbeknownst to the Spectres and Phoenix Squadron, Fulcrum was actually Imperial Security Bureau Agent Alexsandr Kallus, a former long-standing enemy of the Spectres, who had become sympathetic to the rebellion after an encounter with Spectres member Garazeb Orrelios on the Geonosian moon Bahryn. They sent a transmission through the auspices of a rebel agent named Fulcrum, who relayed their message to Phoenix Cell. Around the same time, three disillusioned Imperial cadets at the elite Skystrike Academy, Wedge Antilles, Hobbie, and Rake Gahree, decided to defect from the Empire. The Imperials ignored the rebels' pleas for mercy, and massacred the entire convoy. In 2 BBY, Imperial forces attacked a rebel convoy near Teralov. The Lothal rebels and Commander Sato listening to Fulcrum Both went on to fight for the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War, with Antilles becoming a noted pilot in both the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic. Wren and the cadets were picked up by the Jedi and returned to Chopper Base on Atollon, where Antilles and Klivian joined Phoenix Squadron. Wren managed to free herself and the two others, however, and made their way through the facility with the covert help of Agent Kallus.

During the first escape attempt, Rake was killed while Wren and the cadets were captured. Wren's mission encountered an obstacle when Arihnda Pryce, Governor of the Lothal sector, arrived with Agent Kallus to hunt the defecting cadets. Wren entered the installation while two other rebels, Jedi Knight Kanan Jarrus and his Padawan, Lieutenant Commander Ezra Bridger, waited for a signal to help exfiltrate the cadets. Phoenix Squadron tasked Wren, a former Imperial cadet herself, with infiltrating Skystrike Academy and making contact with the would-be defectors. The escape began after Antilles, Klivian, and Rake Gahree expressed sympathies towards the rebellion against the Galactic Empire, which was reported to Phoenix Squadron by Agent Alexsandr Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau-and secretly a rebel informant who operated under the codename Fulcrum. In 2 BBY, Imperial cadets Wedge Antilles and Derek Klivian were able to escape from Skystrike Academy with the help of Sabine Wren and the rebels of Phoenix Cell. Alexsandr Kallus (secretly as Fulcrum).Lieutenant Commander/ Padawan Ezra Bridger.Wedge Antilles and Hobbie defect from the Galactic Empire and are delivered safely to Phoenix Squadron.We got introduced to a new Empire pilot that I'm sure we will see more of, and we have a new mystery character to guess who is helping out our Rebels. It's big highlight was how well it builds an origin of Wedge, but for me not much else really stood out. Overall it was a great contained episode. They are starting to play a role in the Rebellion where we are going to see the results of their actions in the films and I love that. What this show is doing is starting to insert our rebels into Star Wars history. To now know that he defected from the Empire and was extracted by our favourite group of rebels. Every time we watch the original trilogy and maybe even Rogue One, we are going to have a different outlook of who Wedge is.

Wedge is a character that we saw though all 3 original movies and we just saw him as a good pilot for the Rebellion, with no major information on how he got there. This episode gave an origin story to one of the most famous B characters in the Star Wars Universe. While I was a back step as far as the overall season plot line, what it did was expand on the Star Wars Universe massively. Each season there's a few episodes that are catering to the younger audience and for the most part doesn't play all that much into the overall story.

I think that this could have easily been a low episode for the season. I mentioned it last week how they did a great job on expanding the Star Wars Universe and I thought they did the same again this week. What Star Wars Rebels does so well that makes me keep watching and love this show, is their ability to build the Star Wars world.

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