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- "Zeb is the muscle of the group. He's great at smashing things, including things he doesn't mean to smash."
- ―Ezra Bridger
Garazeb Orrelios, commonly known as Zeb, was a Lasat rebel who manned the starship Ghost.[6] Prior to joining the Lothal resistance movement, Zeb was a member of the Lasan Honor Guard and was trained to fight with a bo-rifle. He was one of the few Lasat to survive the devastation of his homeworld of Lasan and as a result developed a deep hatred towards the Empire. As a member of the Lothal rebel cell led by the Twi'lek Hera Syndulla and the Jedi Kanan Jarrus, Zeb took part in numerous raids and mission against the Empire. While temperamental and volatile, Zeb was compassionate and had a strong moral compass.
Biography
Zeb enjoyed beating up stormtroopers
Early Life
- "I was there when Lasan fell. I know why you fear those disruptors. I gave the order to use them."
- ―Agent Kallus taunting Zeb about the destruction of his homeworld
Early in his life, Zeb was a member of the Honor Guard of Lasan, in which he received combat and military training, as well as his Bo-rifle, the weapon of the Honor Guard. All that came to an end when the Galactic Empire devastated Lasan with T-7 ion disruptors and utterly wiped out nearly all of his people including his family. Due to these events, Zeb harbored a deep hatred for the Empire. By the age of 39, he had joined the rebels of Lothal in fight for freedom against the Empire. This small rebel band consisted of the Twi'lek ship captain Hera Syndulla, the undercover Jedi Kanan Jarrus, the Mandalorian teenager Sabine Wren, and the astromech droid C1-10P. The Lothal rebels operated from the Ghost, a VCX-100 light freighter which had an auxiliary ship called the Phantom.[1]
Lothal Rebels
- "Zeb, are you embarrassing the Imperials again?"
"Honestly, Kanan, it's not hard to do." - ―Kanan and Zeb discussing the latter's diversionary attack
During one mission on Lothal, Garazeb Orrelios was required to rendezvous with the former Jedi Kanan Jarrus in an alleyway in Lothal's Capital City. Zeb arrived at the wrong alley, and found two Stormtroopers harassing an Ugnaught vendor and his astromech droid. Protecting the Ugnaught, Zeb found himself in a brawl with several stormtroopers and a TIE fighter pilot named Baron Valen Rudor. In their haste to take Zeb down, they accidentally destroyed a TIE fighter. Zeb strolled out of the wreckage to meet the grateful Ugnaught vendor who offered Zeb credits as a reward, which he refused in lieu of one of the vendor's fruits. Zeb's brief entanglement with the Imperials annoyed Kanan, who was unhappy with Zeb for being late and stirring up unnecessary trouble with the Imperials.[7]
Enter Ezra Bridger
- "First you ditch me, then you hit me?"
"How was I supposed to know it was you? You were wearing a bucket!" - ―Ezra and Zeb
Zeb pretending to be a "rare hairless Wookiee"
Later, Zeb along with fellow rebels Kanan Jarrus and Sabine Wren stole several Imperial crates containing blasters in Lothal's Capital City. However, a young human street urchin named Ezra Bridger stole their goods and fled on a stolen speeder bike; prompting Zeb and Kanan to pursue him. Under Kanan's orders, he evaded the pursuit and was left with the stolen crates, saying he would end Ezra if Kanan caught him. Zeb and his fellow Rebels regrouped aboard the Ghost and picked up Ezra as he was being chased by TIE fighters. From the start, Zeb did not get on well with the young stowaway and had him tossed into the ship's closet after Ezra made fun of his body odor.[8]
Zeb and the Rebels were able to escape their Imperial pursuers and returned to Lothal where they landed near Lothal re-settlement camp 43, known by the locals as "Tarkintown," named after Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin and the home to farmers who lost their farmlands to the Empire. After selling the stolen blasters to the Devaronian crime lord Cikatro Vizago, the rebels used the proceeds to buy food for the residents of Tarkintown. From Vizago, the rebels also acquired the flight plan for an Imperial Gozanti-class cruiser full of Wookiee prisoners. When Ezra gatecrashed their meeting by falling through the ship's air duct, Zeb and the ship's astromech droid C1-10P voted to get rid of the boy, whom the former labeled a "Loth-rat." However, the other crew members disagreed and Ezra was permitted to stay.[8]
As planned, Zeb and the rebels managed to dock with the Imperial Gozanti cruiser using the ruse that Governor Wilhuff Tarkin had ordered them to transfer a Wookiee captive. As part of the mission, Zeb posed as a hairless Wookiee in order to allow the rebels to board the ship. However, Zeb was unwilling to give the Imperials a chance to buy his ruse and instead knocked them unconscious. Unfortunately, Zeb and the Rebels had no idea they were walking into a trap until Ezra came to warn them. When Ezra got captured by Agent Kallus, Zeb regretfully abandoned him so they could escape, but not before telling Ezra he did good. However, Zeb's rebel companions were displeased with his actions towards Zeb and voted to rescue the young human.[8]
Zeb and his rebel companions infiltrated the Imperial Star Destroyer Lawbringer and succeeded in rescuing Ezra, who had already managed to escaped his detention cell. During their reunion in the Star Destroyer's hangar bay, Zeb mistook Ezra for a stormtrooper due to his stolen Imperial helmet and punched him in the head. After a brief blaster skirmish with Agent Kallus and his stormtroopers, the rebels managed to escape aboard the Ghost. Following their escape from the Star Destroyer, Zeb informed his fellow rebels that the Wookiees were being transported to the mining world of Kessel. The rebels then traveled to Kessel to rescue the Wookiees.[8]
The Ghost managed to slip through Kessel's orbital security and land at the mining platform where the Wookiee slaves were disembarking. While Hera and Chopper remained aboard the Ghost and dodged TIE fighters, Zeb and the other rebels landed on the platform and proceeded to free the slaves. The rebels were quickly attacked by stormtroopers led by Agent Kallus, who had followed them to Kessel. During the skirmish, Kanan revealed his Jedi identity by using his lightsaber to deflect blaster bolts. Meanwhile, Zeb and Sabine herded the Wookiees into an empty shipping container while Ezra rescued the Wookiee cub Kitwarr, the son of the Wookiee leader Wullffwarro. The Ghost managed to extract the shipper container with the freed Wookiees and the rebels. Following their mission, the Ghost traveled to Lothal to return Ezra. Prior to Ezra disembarking, Ezra stole Kanan's lightsaber with the intention of keeping it as a souvenir. However, Kanan managed to convince Ezra to become his Jedi Padawan and to join their crew.[8]
Stealing the T-7 disruptors
- "Maybe you can cut Zeb a little slack today. Do you know what a T-7 disruptor is? What it does to an organic being?"
"Uh, no..."
"Well, Zeb knows. Because it's what the Imperials used on his people when they cleared his homeworld. Very few Lasat survived. And none remain on Lasan." - ―Hera explaining Zeb's predicament to Ezra
Zeb duels Kallus on Lothal.
Running low on supplies and fuel, Zeb and the crew of the Ghost reluctantly accepted a mission from the Devaronian crime lord Cikatro Vizagoto to steal a cargo shipment from the Imperial Minister Maketh Tua. During this mission, Zeb and his rebel companions Kanan, Ezra, Sabine, and Chopper boarded a Star commuter shuttle ST-45 to the nearby planet of Garel. Traveling undercover, Zeb pretended to be Sabine's ward. Aboard the shuttle was the Imperial Minister Tua herself, who was negotiating the arrangement with Aqualish arms dealer Amda Wabo. With Wabo only able to speak in his native tongue, Lothal's minister borrowed Senator Bail Organa's protocol droid C-3PO, along with his counterpart astromech, R2-D2 to translate the deal.[9]
As the ship entered hyperspace, Bridger and Chopper started a ruckus, causing Jarrus to request that the astromech droid be moved to the back of the shuttle. The pilot complies, but in retaliation Bridger demanded that Tua's droids be sent to the back as well. Despite her protest, the droids were ordered to go back, leaving the minister without an interpreter. Zeb then offered Sabine's services as a translator which Tua gladly accepted. Sabine found out from Wabo that the cargo shipment was located on Garel's Hangar Bay Seven but misled Tua into believing that it was in Hangar Bay Seventeen. After disembarking on Garel, Zeb and his rebel companions headed to Bay Seven where they found their cargo shipment. [9]
Much to Zeb's horror, the shipment turned out to be T-7 ion disruptor rifles: weapons that were banned by the Imperial Senate because they were capable of short circuiting an entire ship or a vehicle. However, Zeb disputed the official reason for the ban; knowing that these weapons had contributed to the near-destruction of his species. Before the Lothal rebels could load the dangerous contraband into the Ghost which was parked in nearby Hangar Bay Eight, the rebels were confronted by Minister Tua, Wabo, C-3PO, R2-D2, and several stormtroopers. While Zeb held back the Imperials with his bo-rifle, Ezra, Kanan, and Sabine loaded the T-7 rifles into the Ghost. During the skirmish, the two droids C-3PO and R2-D2 fled aboard the Ghost and became unwilling passengers for a short period.[9]
While traveling through hyperspace, Zeb was despondent due to the role that the T-7 ion rifles had played in the destruction of his homeworld Lasan. Kanan's plan to sell the rifles to Vizagoto did little to mollify the Lasat, who retreated to his cabin and locked the door. While Ezra was initially angry at Zeb for locking out of his shared room, he came to understand the Lasat's despondency when Hera told him about the role that these weapons had played in the destruction of Lasan. Unknown to Zeb, his actions on Garel had attracted the attention of an old adversary: Agent Kallus, the Imperial officer who had ordered the deployment of T-7 rifles on Lasan. The crew of the Ghost traveled to Lothal with the intention of selling the T-7 rifles to Vizagoto. Not knowing that the Lothal rebels were friends of his master, C-3PO inadvertently revealed their location to Agent Kallus, who assembled a force to apprehend the rebel band.[9]
Before Zeb and his companions could complete their transaction with Vizagoto, Agent Kallus arrived with a platoon of stormtroopers and two AT-DP walkers. During the ensuing battle, Zeb was challenged by Agent Kallus, who unveiled a stolen bo-rifle. Zeb was enraged as the hallowed weapon was a badge of honor for members of the Lasan Honor Guard, who were also the only ones permitted to carry them, and viciously attacked the Imperial. Kallus revealed that not only had he personally murdered the Honor Guardsman whose bo-rifle he held, he had also taken part in the genocide of the Lasat species and given the order for the disruptors to be used, if possible making Zeb even more furious. Utilizing his emotion-laden attacks, Kallus soon gained the upper hand over the Lasat. Before Kallus could finish him off, Zeb was saved by Ezra who used the Force to push Kallus away from him. As a result of Ezra's actions, Zeb developed a better rapport with the young human. During the fighting, the rebels managed to destroy the T-7 disruptors and escape their Imperial pursuers. Following their escape, the crew of the Ghost rendezvoused with Senator Bail Organa and returned C-3PO and R2-D2 to their rightful owner. In return for destroying the T-7 disruptors, Senator Organa paid Lothal rebels several credits to help them cover their living expenses.[9]
The Meiloorun Hunt
Zeb and Ezra flying a stolen TIE fighter
Following the T-7 disruptors incident, Ezra and Zeb got into a fight. Hera punished them by sending them into town to pick up supplies and told them not to come back without at least one Meiloorun fruit. They found some but they had already been sold to the Empire. After failing to acquire them with the Force, Ezra tried to steal them up only to be spotted by troopers. While fleeing, the two rebels were separated and Zeb found himself cornered by two stormtrooper and a TIE fighter piloted by Baron Valen Rudor, whom he had encountered earlier. During a brief skirmish, Zeb leaped into the TIE fighter and tossed the pilot out, taking it for his own. He saw Ezra running from troopers on the rooftops and allowed him to board the starfighter in return for Ezra saving him from Agent Kallus earlier. Zeb and Ezra then flew the TIE fighter into the surrounding countryside.[10]
Once onboard the vessel, the two contacted Syndulla and Jarrus, who ordered them to destroy the small ship and proceed to the rebel rendezvous point. Before doing so, Bridger asked Orrelios to check on Morad Sumar's freshly-destroyed farm and to help him free the prisoners. After a small confrontation, the pair managed to save Sumar and two other prisoners from Yogar Lyste, and retrieve a meiloorum fruit. Afterwards, they hid the stolen TIE fighter,[5] but claimed to have destroyed to Jarrus and Syndulla's approval. Back onboard the Ghost, Wren shows them her new work of art, depicting Chopper's prank.[10]
Mission to Stygeon Prime
- "Maintain comm silence. And whatever you do, hold this lift."
- ―Kanan's instructions to Zeb and Sabine
Zeb and his rebel companions planning their mission to rescue Luminara Unduli
Later, Zeb and Chopper were present during one of Ezra Bridger's Jedi training lessons on the hull of the Ghost high above Lothal's atmosphere. Both were assigned the job of hurling blue milk cartons and rocks for Ezra to deflect with Jarrus Kanan's lightsaber. Distracted, Ezra was unable to pay attention to Kanan's lesson and fell from the Ghost. Ezra was rescued by Kanan who used the Force to hold him place in mid-air while Zeb fastened a hook and pulled him back into the ship. Following Ezra's lesson, Zeb and the other Ghost crew heard a broadcast by the dissident Senator Gall Trayvis that the Jedi Master Luminara Unduli was imprisoned in the Stygeon system. Unknown to the rebel band, Trayvis was working for the Empire and had planted the information to lure the rebels into a trap.[11]
While Chopper and Hera waited aboard the Ghost and its auxiliary vessel the Phantom, Zeb, Sabine, Ezra, and Kanan infiltrated The Spire, the Imperial prison where Luminara was reputed to be held. Part of the infiltration plan involved Ezra riding piggyback on Zeb as they leapt onto the sentry's platform in order to avoid arousing the Imperial stormtrooper sentries. Seeking to prove his abilities, Ezra disobeyed Kanan's orders and jumped onto the platform and collided with the heavy blast door in the process. This aroused the Imperial sentries and the rebels were forced to fight them. During this skirmish, the Lasat warrior knocked two stormtroopers unconscious by smashing their heads together. Kanan eliminated the other two troopers by using the Force to hurtle them into the door.[11]
After incapacitating the sentries, Zeb and the other three rebels headed down a turbolift to Luminara's isolation cell, which was situated at the bottom of the prison complex. On the way, they encountered two more stormtrooper sentries whom Zeb quickly knocked unconscious and dragged into the turbolift. While Zeb and Sabine guarded the lift, Kanan and Ezra entered the detention block complex to look for Master Luminara. They managed to find Luminara's cell only to discover that she was already dead and were subsequently attacked by the Inquisitor, a Force-sensitive agent of the Empire tasked with hunting and destroying Jedi. While the Jedi were gone, Sabine discovered that they had stumbled into a trap. To delay Imperial reinforcements, Zeb and Sabine jammed the turbolifts.[11]
After a brief duel, Ezra and Kanan managed to reunite with Zeb and Sabine. Together, the four rebels made their way to their new escape point: the Spire's landing platform. During their escape, Zeb and his rebel companions were forced to dodge closing blast doors and the pursuing Inquisitor, who was armed with a double-bladed lightsaber. Zeb himself narrowly escaped death at the hands of the Inquisitor's lightsaber blade. The rebels then fled into an empty hangar bay and Zeb managed to delay the Inquisitor by jamming the hangar bay's blast doors. Before the Inquisitor could catch up with them by hacking through the blast door, Ezra and Kanan managed to use the Force to open the hangar bay's outer doors. However, the rebels were then trapped between the Inquisitor and several stormtroopers and TIE fighter pilots who were waiting outside the hangar bay.[11]
During the ensuing skirmish, Zeb threw a thermal detonator at the Imperial troops which enabled Hera to land in the Phantom and extract them. The rebels' escape from The Spire was also aided by the arrival of a large swarm of tibidees, broad-winged creatures that resembled kites. Hera had been able to win over these winged creatures by using the Phantom's signal jammer to mimic their mating call. These tibidees made it hard for the Imperial cannons to target the Phantom. During their flight, Zeb also fired on an Imperial gun turret. The Inquisitor also attempted to stop the rebels by hurling his lightsaber at them but Kanan deflected its blow. After the Inquisitor retrieved his weapon, Zeb asked Kanan whether his lighsaber could spin in the same way as the Inquisitor's one. Zeb and his rebel companions managed to return to the Ghost and escape into space. Despite their failure to rescue Luminara, Zeb conceded that the rebels had made sure that no other Jedi fell into the Inquisitor's trap.[11]
Assaulting the Lothal Imperial Academy
Zeb took part in a mission to extract Ezra from the Imperial Academy
Later, Ezra Bridger infiltrated Lothal's Academy for Young Imperials in order to steal a decoder containing the location of a powerful kyber crystal. During the mission, Zeb along with Sabine and Chopper kept a watch over him. While Chopper infiltrated the Academy disguised as an Imperial astromech droid, Zeb and Sabine waited outside the Academy to evacuate Ezra once he had accomplished his mission. With the assistance of fellow Cadet Zare Leonis, Ezra succeeded in stealing the decoder from Agent Kallus' office. This intelligence enabled Hera and Kanan to intercept and destroy an Imperial convoy transporting the crystal.[12]
However, their plans to evacuate Ezra were delayed when Ezra and Zare discovered that another cadet Jai Kell had shown an affinity for the Force and attracted the attention of the Inquisitor. After convincing Jai to escape with them, Ezra convinced Zeb and the other rebels to stage a diversionary attack on the Academy the following day. As planned, Zeb along with Sabine and Chopper attacked the academy, allowing Ezra and Jai Kell to escape using an AT-DP.[12] However, Zare opted to stay behind in order to discover the whereabouts of his sister Dhara Leonis, who had been abducted by the Inquisitor for a secret Imperial project called Project Harvest.[13]
Exploits at Fort Anaxes
While the Ghost was traveling in space, Zeb got involved in a little spat with Ezra and Chopper. This argument distracted the three of them from the task of running a diagnostic scan on the Ghost's auxiliary vessel, the Phantom. Thus, they did not detect a fuel leak on the Ghost's engine. This mishap stranded Hera Syndulla and Sabine Wren on Fort Anaxes, a remote asteroid base once used by the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. During their trip to Fort Anaxes, Hera and Sabine were attacked by Fyrnocks, a species of silicon-based predators. After much difficulty, Hera and Sabine managed to escape the Fyrnocks with the help of the rest of the Ghost's crew.[14]
Empire Day
Zeb escaping Agent Kallus' clutches again
On Empire Day, Zeb and his rebel companions visited a cantina in Lothal's Capital City. Around that time, the Rodian Tseebo, who worked for the Imperial Information Office had gone missing and the Imperial authorities had launched a manhunt. Zeb was present at the cantina when three TIE fighter pilots visited the building and briefly accosted a Rodian customer, whom they later released after determining that he was not Tseebo. During the Empire Day celebrations that night, the Ghost's crew decided to destroy a new TIE Advanced v1 prototype that was displayed to the Lothalian public. While Kanan planted a thermal detonator on the TIE's repulsorlift platform, Zeb and Sabine distracted the Imperials by lighting colorful fireworks.[15]
After destroying the TIE Advanced fighter, Zeb hid in Capital City's Old Market while his rebel companions hid in Ezra's former family home. Due to his physique, Zeb was unable to fit into Ezra's former home. While hiding in Zeb's former home, his companions discovered the hidden Tseebo, who had known Ezra's parents and had decided to defect from the Empire. He was wearing a cybernetic headset which contained valuable intelligence on Imperial military products and the Empire's five-year plan for Lothal. Later, Zeb linked up with Hera and Chopper and they took off in the Ghost. They then rendezvoused with Kanan and the other rebels who had escaped with Tseebo in a hijacked Imperial Troop Transport. The rebels were pursued by another troop transport piloted by Agent Kallus, who was determining to recover Tseebo and to capture the rebels.[15]
During a brief ground skirmish, Zeb fired his bo-rifle at Agent Kallus, causing him to lose his balance and fall of his transport. Having successfully extracted their comrades and Tseebo, the Ghost fled into space. The Ghost was pursued by a force of TIE fighters led by the Inquisitor, who was piloting his own TIE Advanced fighter. During this pursuit, Chopper was hit by laser fire and Zeb was forced to take his place at the rear gun turret. After a lengthy pursuit, the Ghost managed to flee into hyperspace. However, the Inquisitor succeeded in implanting an XX-23 S-thread tracker on the Ghost's auxiliary vessel, the Phantom. Later, Zeb remained aboard the Ghost with the other crew and Tseebo while Kanan and Ezra departed on the Phantom for the asteroid base PM-1203 in order to lure the Inquisitor away from the Ghost. Zeb was present when Tseebo was picked up by an Alderaanian blockade runner that whisked him away into hiding. After Ezra completed his Jedi trials, Zeb and the other crew were present when the young Jedi apprentice presented his new lightsaber.[15]
Enter Lando Calrissian
Zeb and Wren fighting the crime lord Azmorigan
Later, Zeb along with Kanan and Chopper visited Old Jho's Pit Stop on Lothal where they met the "galactic entrepreneur" Lando Calrissian. Short on funds, Zeb decided to bet on Chopper during a game of sabacc with Calrissian, which the latter won. As a result, Calrissian gained ownership of Chopper. Zeb's foolhardy action angered Hera, who regarded Chopper as a member of her crew. Lando then forced the crew of the Ghost to assist him in a dangerous smuggling run in order to get Chopper back. This run involved trading Hera to the crime lord Azmorigan in exchange for a puffer pig, which Calrissian intended to use to find valuable minerals. To avoid competition from private entrepreneurs like Calrissian, the Empire had restricted the sale of puffer pigs. After overpowering Azmorigan, Hera escaped the crime lord's vessel in an escape pod and the Lothal rebels returned to Lothal where Calrissian owned a plot of land.[16]
During the journey, Zeb and Ezra created some trouble aboard the Ghost by accidentally releasing the puffer pig, which wrecked havoc on the starship. After escaping several TIE fighters, the Ghost managed to land at Calrissian's estate with his prized cargo. However, Azmorigan and his henchmen had already arrived at the homestead with the intention of exacting revenge against Calrissian and his associates. A blaster battle broke out between the Lothal rebels and Azmorigan's henchmen. During the fighting, Azmorigan briefly took Zeb hostage and attempted to force the rebels to hand over Calrissian. However, Chopper rescued Zeb by firing the Ghost's cannon on Azmorigan, spooking the gangster. The Lothal rebels then forced Azmorigan and his henchmen to flee empty-handed. Following their adventure with Calrissian, Chopper stole several of Calrissian's fuel canisters, which the smuggler conceded as payment to the Lothal rebels for their help.[16]
The False Rebel
Zeb (far right) and his companions stalking the Old Republic Senate Building
Later, Zeb along with Sabine and Chopper took part in one of Ezra's Jedi training sessions. Kanan was teaching Ezra the technique known as Form V which involved Ezra using his lightsaber to deflect blaster stun shots from Zeb, Sabine, and Chopper towards an assigned target: a stormtrooper helmet set on a rock. During the training exercise, Ezra experienced a vision of them fighting alongside the outspoken dissident Senator-in-exile Gall Trayvis, whose transmissions had helped boost the Lothal rebels' morale. Following the training session, the crew of the Ghost intercepted a transmission from the Senator praising the Lothal rebels and telling them to meet at the Old Republic Senate Building on Lothal. Unknown to the Lothal rebels, this meeting was an operation set by Agent Kallus to trap them and Senator Travyis was actually working for the Empire.[17]
After Ezra learnt about the Imperial operation from his cadet friend Zare Leonis, the Lothal rebels decided to sneak into the building through the sewers in order to warn Senator Trayvis. While Chopper guarded the manhole, Zeb and the other rebels entered the sewers. After entering the Senate Building, the rebel band split up, with Zeb and Sabine going one way, and Ezra, Kanan, and Hera going the other way. Ezra, Kanan, and Hera managed to meet Senator Trayvis but were quickly surrounded by Agent Kallus and several stormtroopers. However, Zeb and and Sabine dropped smoke grenades which enabled the rebels to escape with Senator Trayvis. To evade their Imperial pursuers, they fled down the sewers and split into two groups. Zeb traveled with Sabine and Kanan while Ezra and Hera accompanied the fugitive senator. Senator Trayvis then revealed his true loyalties and attempted to kill Ezra and Hera. However, he was quickly overpowered by Hera. Zeb and his rebel comrades then managed to exit the sewers after Kanan used the Force to temporarily stop a large circular fan. After reuniting with Chopper at the manhole, they fled back to the Ghost. [17]
Rescuing Kanan
Zeb and Ezra's stolen TIE fighter
The Lothal rebels' activities on Lothal eventually attracted the attention of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, who decided to implement a final solution to the rebel problem there. Following their encounter with Senator Trayvis, Zeb participated in Kanan's plan to take control of the Empire's main communications tower on Lothal. The rebels wanted to transmit a broadcast in order to counter Imperial propaganda depicting them in a negative light. As part of the plan, Sabine and Zeb drove their speeder bikes past the stormtroopers and took control of the anti-aircraft guns there. While Sabine distracted the Imperial stormtroopers there by ramming her speeder bike into a gun turret, Zeb hijacked another gun turret and destroyed the third remaining gun turret. Sabine and Zeb's actions enabled Kanan, Ezra, and Chopper to enter the communications tower. Chopper then proceeded to upload a data spike into the tower's central computer which would allow Kanan to broadcast his message to the galaxy. Unknown to the Lothal rebels, Tarkin and Agent Kallus had planned to trap them in the communications tower.[18]
Before Kanan could begin his broadcast, Agent Kallus and the Inquisitor entered the tower complex with a force of three police gunships and two Imperial troop transports. Zeb managed to shoot down one of the gunships but was unable to stop the Imperial counter-attack. While Kanan held back the Imperials, Zeb and the other rebels fled up the turbolift to the tower's summit to await their getaway transport, the Phantom, which was being piloted by Hera. The rebels were cornered by one of the police gunships but Sabine destroyed it with a grenade. Zeb and other rebels then escaped aboard the Phantom and fled into space. However, they were unable to rescue Kanan who was captured by the Imperials. Despite Kanan's capture, Ezra still managed to broadcast a message to Lothal and the surrounding systems before the tower was destroyed by Tarkin, who then blamed the rebels for destroying the tower.[18]
Chopper and the other rebels were greatly distressed by Kanan's capture and were unhappy with Fulcrum and Hera's orders that they sacrifice Kanan to avoid exposing the other rebel cells to the Imperial authorities. At the instigation of Ezra, Zeb along with Ezra and Sabine assisted Ezra's plan to rescue Kanan. This planned involved "borrowing" the Phantom, the Ghost's auxiliary vessel, and visiting the Devaronian crime lord Vizago with the hope of finding a lead on Kanan's whereabouts. While Vizago could not provide them with any information about Kanan, he revealed that the Imperials were using courier droids to transport secure information due to the communication tower's destruction.[18]
With Hera's approval, Ezra concocted a plan that involved disguising Chopper as an Imperial courier droid and using him to infiltrate an Imperial computer. Zeb contributed to this plan by ambushing a squad of stormtroopers and kidnapping the courier droid 264. After Chopper had finished downloading files from an Imperial communications ship above Lothal, Zeb and the other rebel crew rescued him by launching a feint attack on the Imperial starship and extracting Chopper. Due to this mission, the rebels discovered that Kanan was aboard Grand Moff Tarkin's Star Destroyer, the Sovereign, but that the vessel was scheduled to depart for the Mustafar system soon. Later, Zeb and his comrades stole an Imperial Gozanti-class cruiser and used it to travel to the Mustafar system. They hid the Ghost on Lothal to avoid attracting the attention of the Imperials since the freighter had become familiar to Imperial authorities.[18]
After Ezra sensed that Kanan was on Tarkin's Star Destroyer Sovereign, the Lothal rebels pretended to transit several TIE fighters to the Star Destroyers. After Sabine had used their stolen TIE fighter to disable the ship's technological systems, Zeb and his rebel comrades boarded the Sovereign and fought several stormtrooper reinforcements. Their distraction enabled Ezra to free Kanan and together the two defeated the Inquisitor. During their duel, the Inquisitor's lightsaber fell into the ship's hyperdrive energy conduit, which created an explosion that destroyed the Star Destroyer. Zeb and his rebel comrades managed to escape the derelict vessel but were pursued by a swarm of Imperial TIE fighters. However, Zeb and his comrades were rescued by Chopper and the mysterious rebel leader Fulcrum, who marshaled a small force of rebel starships including the Ghost to destroy the TIE fighters. Later, Zeb and his companions discovered that Fulcrum was the pseudonym for the Jedi Clone Wars veteran Ahsoka Tano, who had become a key resistance leader in the growing rebellion.[18]
Escaping the Siege of Lothal
Zeb and his comrades took part in an ill-fated mission to rescue Maketh Tua
Following Kanan's rescue in the Mustafar system, Zeb and his fellow rebels learnt that they were part of a larger rebellion against the Galactic Empire. The Lothal rebels also joined the Phoenix rebel cell fleet and took part in a mission to steal shield generators from an Imperial convoy. In response to the increased rebel activity on Lothal, Darth Sidious dispatched his apprentice Darth Vader to deal with them. Later, Zeb took part in a mission on Lothal to extract the defecting Imperial Minister Maketh Tua, who had become disillusioned with the Empire. While the other rebels went to meet Tua, Zeb and Chopper guarded the rebels' get-away transport, a Star Commuter 2000 shuttle. However, Agent Kallus had already learnt about Tua's defection and arranged for her death in a shuttle explosion which he blamed on the Lothal rebels. The rebels fled but their shuttle was shot down by Imperial forces.[19]
After escaping an Imperial attack on their safehouse, Ezra's former home, Zeb and his companions infiltrated the Imperial Headquarters in Lothal's Capital City. While Kanan and Ezra impersonated a stormtrooper and Imperial cadet, Zeb and the other crew hid in the crates that the former were delivering. The Lothal rebels then encountered Darth Vader at the Imperial headquarters' starport. Following a fierce confrontation, the rebels managed to escape Lothal with the help of their old friend Lando Calrissian. Following the events on Lothal, the rebels reached a consensus that they could not return to the planet in order to avoid endangering its inhabitants. Unknown to the Lothal rebels, Darth Vader had placed a tracking device on their shuttle with the intention of "killing two birds with one stone" by eliminating both the Lothal rebels and the Phoenix rebel fleet. Zeb and his rebel comrades escaped Darth Vader's assault on the Phoenix Fleet. However, the Phoenix rebels lost their flagship Phoenix Home, which was heavily damaged by Vader's TIE Advanced x1 starfighter.[19]
Personality and traits
Zeb Orrelios
Haunted by his people's near extermination, Garazeb Orrelios adopted a gruff and agitated persona, quick to fits of rage and violence. Behind this outward guise Zeb was actually a compassionate being who cared a great deal for his fellow members of the Ghost, and for people affected negatively by the Empire. Zeb had a strong sense of morality, and he implored Kanan not to sell Disrupter rifles to Cikatro Vizago for unknown purposes.[9] He often vented his disgust for the Empire by beating up stormtroopers, an act he relished. He used his considerable combat skills to defend helpless citizens oppressed by the Empire, and even declined money offered to him for doing so.[20]
Despite his essentially good heart, Zeb was quick to anger and rash actions which often got him into trouble. Agent Kallus easily goaded him into risking his life needlessly by taunting him about his people's genocide.[9] Zeb tried to appear stoic and serious minded but also had a good dry sense of humor and occasionally showed a more childish side. His skills were an asset to the crew, but his impulsiveness occasionally caused trouble. He once bet Chopper in a game of Sabacc and lost much to his surprise. Ezra and Chopper dragged him into their childish antics on a number of occasions.[16]
Hera had a maternal relationship towards Zeb, as she did with most of the crew, and Zeb had the utmost respect for her and rarely questioned her instructions, referring to her as the "sane one" of the crew. He reluctantly developed a brotherly bond with Ezra after initially reacting very hostile toward him, even physically threatening him on numerous occasions.[10] After being forced to leave Ezra behind after a botched rescue attempt, he felt a great deal of guilt until the boy's return. He particularly despised the crew's droid Chopper, who he saw as useless in all practical situations and little more than a nuisance and liability to the crew.[8] Gradually he came to accept the droid's eccentricity and expressed genuine surprise and gratitude when Chopper saved the crew.[16]
Powers and abilities
As a member of the Lasat Honor Guard, Garazeb Orrelios was a skilled fighter who was trained in the art of the bo-rifle. Due to his large physique and combat skills, Zeb served as the "muscle" of the small Lothalian rebel cell. He enjoyed fighting and beating up stormtroopers.[9]
Behind the scenes
Garazeb Orrelios[21] was first revealed as a character from the forthcoming animated series Star Wars Rebels at the January 2014 Nuremberg International Toy Fair. Zeb is mentioned on the packaging for the LEGO Star Wars Rebels Ghost model, which encourages players to put Zeb on patrol in the Ghost's 360-degree rotating cockpit. The Nuremburg box named the character as "Zeb Orretios," but images of the finalized set boxes updated his name to Orrelios.
In the series, he is voiced by veteran actor Steve Blum.[3] In Orrelios's introduction video, Orrelios was stated to be a new species based on Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for the Wookiee Chewbacca. However, the concept art had already been used as the basis for the Lasat species, and the Launch Pad department of Star Wars Insider 148 correctly identified him as a Lasat.[22]
Non-canon history
Zeb Orellios appears in Angry Birds Star Wars II. He was aboard the Ghost when Sabine Wren and Hera Syndulla rescued the orphan Ezra Bridger and escaped from Agent Kallus.[23]
In the LEGO Star Wars Rebels Movie Shorts, Orellios, Jarrus, Syndulla, were drinking in the Mos Eisley Cantina when Bridger called for a rescue. They went to the Ghost and rescued the young orphan. Bridger then suggested they charge the Star Destroyer's bridge and hide behind it, and eventually the warship jumped to hyperspace.[24] At another time, the Ghost was damaged by a Star Destroyer, forcing it to go to a space station for repairs. Orrelios and Jarrus left in escape pods and made it to a planet. Bridger rescued them and took them to the station in time to finish repairs to their starship.[25]
Appearances
Non-canon appearances
- Angry Birds Star Wars II
- LEGO Star Wars Movie Short (Rebels: Saving the Phantom)
- LEGO Star Wars Movie Short (Rebels Ghost Story)
Sources
Notes and references
External links
- LEGO Star Wars Rebels Sets At The Nuremburg Germany Toy Fair -- Groove Bricks
- Jedi News - Latest: Star Wars Rebels: Close Up of Zeb, Hera, Kanan, Stormtrooper LEGO Minifigs
- HASBRO New York Toy Fair 2014: Star Wars Rebel Toys Revealed
- Star Wars Rebels Exclusive First Look: Meet Zeb