Vision of Hope

"Your parents were very brave..."

- Senator Gall Trayvis, to Ezra Bridger

"Vision of Hope" is the tenth episode of the first season of the animated television series Star Wars Rebels. It was released on WatchDisneyXD.com and the WatchDisneyXD app on January 26, 2015, and it will premiere on Disney XD on February 2, 2015.

Description
The crew of the Ghost try to thwart an Imperial plan to capture an exiled dignitary who wants to hold a secret rally on Lothal.

Plot summary
Ezra Bridger is being trained by Kanan Jarrus to deflect blaster stun shots from Sabine Wren, Garazeb Orrelios, and Chopper. Bridger cannot focus, as he is worried about missing the latest transmission from dissident Senator Gall Trayvis. Jarrus reprimands Bridger for his distraction and impatience, and Jarrus tells his Padawan to keep his concentration in the present. As Bridger continues to train, he hears voices in his head of the Senator-in-exile and others, and he sees a vision of the rebels being chased by stormtroopers, the rebels saving Senator Trayvis from the Imperials, and the Senator telling Bridger that his parents&mdash;Ephraim and Mira Bridger&mdash;were very brave. When he awakens from his delirium, Bridger tells the others about what he saw, and assumes that the Senator must have known his parents to say such a thing. The rest of the crew disregards the vision.

Hera Syndulla calls everyone back to the Ghost for the Senator's transmission over HoloNet News; though they missed it, Syndulla recorded the message and replays it. Syndulla points out that Trayvis hid a message in the transmission and that he will meet "local rebels" on Lothal. The messages Trayvis hides are obvious to the locals, but the Empire does not understand them. The rebels figure out that the meeting will take place in the Old Republic Senate Building on Lothal, an abandoned site. However, Jarrus suspects that the Empire may more clever than they give them credit for. Bridger then finds out from a friend, Zare Leonis at the Imperial Academy, that there is an operation to capture the Senator. Leonis also promises to provide more intel, but Leonis will be going to Officer Academy off-world. Bridger than tries to tell Leonis his real name, only to be interrupted by a squad of stormtroopers, forcing him to run.

After learning of the plot, the rebels stake out the Senate Building, where a dignitary shuttle has docked. The crew discovers that the building is surrounded by Imperial troops and, as a result, they sense that they are walking into a trap. Bridger, however, is optimistic and suggests sneaking into the building through the sewers. Chopper guards the sewer entrance the rebels used. The rebels split up, with Orrelios and Wren going one way and Bridger, Syndulla, and Jarrus going another.

The latter group meets the Senator, and the rebels are ambushed by Imperials. The rebels escape with Trayvis into the sewers, and a chase ensues as the Imperial forces pursue them. Imperial forces scurry to secure sewer entrances and a stormtrooper patrol mistakes Chopper for a older model Imperial droid. The stormtrooper patrol leaves Chopper to guard the entrance and instructs him to notify them if he sees the rebels. The rebels splits up in the sewers to confuse the pursuing forces, with Syndulla and Bridger taking the Senator. While in the sewers, they come to a slight drop and they all jump down to the floor, where the Senator falls down. Bridger and Syndulla help Trayvis to his feet, and a look of disgust passes over his face after being touched by the rebels. He brushes off his clothes, the areas where the rebels touched him, when Bridger and Syndulla are not looking.

The rebels face another obstacle as they encounter a fan in the sewers. Syndulla gives Trayvis a blaster pistol to watch their backs as the two rebels work to disable the fan. However, the Senator turns the blaster on the two rebels and reveals himself as an Imperial agent, one who identifies rebels and sympathizers so they can be killed&mdash;with their deaths looking like accidents. These unfortunate Rebels are killed after meeting with Trayvis. Bridger tries to deny it, claiming that Trayvis is a voice of freedom just like his parents. Trayvis remarks that no one spoke out against the Empire ever since the Bridger transmissions. Senator Trayvis realizes that Ezra is the Bridgers' son. He tells the young Bridger that his parents were brave but foolish. Trayvis explains he joined the Empire to survive and that Ezra's parents should have too if they valued their lives. Trayvis then says that their rebellious nature has them dead and gone. Though his words hurt Ezra, Syndulla defiantly states that as long as they carry on the fight, the Bridgers are not truly gone. Trayvis tries to shoot Syndulla as she approaches him, but the blaster was not charged and Syndulla knocks him unconscious. Syndulla reveals to Bridger that she had her suspicions about Trayvis when he tried encouraging them to surrender to Kallus and when he feigned exhaustion in the tunnel.

The remaining rebels arrive, followed by the Imperial forces. Jarrus uses the Force to stop the fan, and the rebels escape from the Imperials as Trayvis regains consciousness. Ezra gives Trayvis a face of disappointment and anger, to which Trayvis appears to feel sorry for what he done. The rebels return to the Ghost, where Jarrus explains that Bridger interpreted his vision wrong by allowing his emotions to cloud it. Syndulla, likewise, says that she also wanted to believe in Trayvis, but&mdash;despite his true allegiance&mdash;there is still hope in the galaxy.