Idiot's Array (episode)

"...you're quite the smooth-talking smuggler." "Smuggler? Such a small word. I'm more of a...galactic entrepreneur."

- Hera Syndulla and Lando Calrissian

"Idiot's Array" is the ninth episode of the first season of the animated television series Star Wars Rebels. The episode, which features Billy Dee Williams reprising his original trilogy role of Lando Calrissian, was released on WatchDisneyXD.com and the WatchDisneyXD app on January 12, 2015, and premiered on Disney XD on January 19.

The episode centers around the crew of the Ghost working for Lando Calrissian, after Garazeb Orrelios loses a sabacc bet to the smuggler and gambler. Calrissian uses the crew to his own ends in order to begin a mining operation on Lothal, while at the same time evading a crime lord called Azmorigan.

Official description
After Zeb bets -- and loses -- Chopper in a game of sabacc, the Ghost crew find themselves caught in the middle of a smooth-talking smuggler's scheme.

Working for Calrissian
With the crew of the Ghost short on cash, Garazeb Orrelios participated in a Sabacc card game at Old Jho's Pit Stop, playing against the Rodian Tsoklo and a "galactic entrepreneur" named Lando Calrissian. Believing that he had a winning hand, Zeb decided to bet on the ship's astromech droid Chopper. Calrissian, however, presented an Idiot's Array hand, and won the pot. When Zeb returned to the Ghost without Chopper, Sabine Wren was quick to question the droid's whereabouts, only to see Chopper and Calrissian enter the ship behind the Lasat. As it turned out, Calrissian had a job for the crew of the Ghost, and agreed to pay them and return Chopper if they agreed to work for him. Although Syndulla was furious over the arrangement, she nonetheless agreed to the offer.

Their job was to smuggle cargo past the Imperial blockade and then rendezvous with the crime lord Azmorigan in order to conduct a trade for mining equipment. On the way to Azmorigan's ship, Calrissian acquainted himself with the crew, flirting with both Wren and Syndulla. Upon spotting some of Wren's art painted inside the ship, Calrissian briefly discussed it with Wren, and mentioned his familiarity with the artist Janyor of Bith, who happened to be one of Wren's favorite artists. Wren, happy that her art was both appreciated and understood for a change&mdash;as Bridger had claimed that while he appreciated her art, he didn't understand it&mdash;offered to show Calrissian more of her art. While Ezra Bridger and Zeb were wary of Calrissian, Chopper pretended to ingratiate himself with his new "owner."

Eventually the Ghost arrived at Azmorigan's freighter, Merchant One. Calrissian, Syndulla, and Jarrus went aboard, while the remainder of the crew stayed on the Ghost. Azmorigan handed Calrissian his equipment, but demanded to know what the smuggler had to trade. Calrissian offered Syndulla as a slave&mdash;quietly inferring that the act was part of a plan&mdash;and the crime lord accepted the offer. Returning to the Ghost, Wren again questioned the whereabouts of another missing crew member. Calrissian assured Wren and the other rebels that Syndulla would return shortly.

Meanwhile, aboard Azmorigan's freighter, Hera knocked out Azmorigan and one of his men. She then escaped Merchant One via an escape pod and returned to the Ghost. The Ghost managed to elude Merchant One by fleeing into hyperspace. Upon arriving back on the Ghost, Hera slapped Calrissian for "selling" her to Azmorigan and reasserted her authority. Calrissian owned a plot of land on Lothal, which he had acquired from Azmorigan through Cikatro Vizago, and planned to return there. Hera agreed to transport him their in return for getting back Chopper and being compensated for fuel.

The Puffer Pig
Elsewhere, Ezra and Zeb were curious about Calrissian's special "equipment" and decided to inspect it. Against Calrissian's instructions, the two opened the container only to encounter a living puffer pig, a creature that could sniff out various kinds of minerals. Startled, the puffer pig ran out of the container and wrecked havoc throughout the Ghost narrow passageways. After some trouble, the rebels and Calrissian managed to corner the creature in the narrow corridor leading to the Ghost. During the pursuit, Zeb frightened the puffer pig; causing the creature to inflate. As a result, Hera was unable to get access to the cockpit while Kanan, Zeb, and Bridger were trapped on the cockpit side.

Shortly later, the Ghost exited hyperspace above Lothal. The planet was orbited by several Imperial Star Destroyers including Admiral Kassius Konstantine's ship Relentless. Despite their predicament, the rebels managed to pass through the blockade by using the Ghost signature modulator to pose as the Tontine; a legitimate ship from Boz Pity. As the Ghost approached Lothal, Calrissian began to flirt with Wren again, which irritated Ezra. In attempt to deliver a piece of his mind to the smooth talking smuggler, Bridger tried to climb over the pig, which only caused the animal to expand further. This sudden expansion caught Orrelios off-guard, and sent him back onto a control panel that disabled the ship's modulator.

With their cover blown, Konstantine recognized the rebel ship as the Ghost and dispatched TIE fighters after them. Piloting the Ghost, Kanan led the TIEs on a pursuit through Lothal's atmosphere. Following a dogfight, Kanan was able to lose the fighters and managed to land near Calrissian's compound.

Trouble with Azmorigan
Upon arrival, they were greeted by Azmorigan and his henchmen, whom had figured out that Calrissian would head off to the land that Vizago had originally sold to the smuggler. Azmorigan demanded the return of the puffer pig and Syndulla, the Ghost and the rest of its crew, and the death of Calrissian. After some negotiating, the crime lord instead settled on simply taking Calrissian's life. Although Jarrus and Ezra&mdash;who disliked Calrissian due to his constant flirting with Syndulla and Wren&mdash;agreed, Syndulla stepped in and denied Azmorigan anything.

His patience worn out, Azmorigan and his men opened fire on the Lothal rebels. Wren shot one of the henchmen, while two more were knocked out when the re-expanded puffer pig bounced into them. Another henchman was shot by Calrissian. Moving fast, Wren ascended to the roof of the compound's house and held the two remaining henchmen at gunpoint. During the fighting, Ezra used his lightsaber-blaster to shoot one of Azmorigan's henchmen but managed to conceal his Jedi identity by not activating his blade. Amidst the gun battle, Chopper took the opportunity to steal several of Calrissian's fuel canister.

Meanwhile, Azmorigan snuck behind Orrelios and forced the Lasat to drop his weapon. Azmorigan threatened to kill Orrelios if they did not surrender Calrissian to him. Chopper, however, had gotten aboard the Ghost and manned one of the gun turrets. The droid fired at Azmorigan's feet, throwing both the crime boss and Orrelios to the ground. Azmorigan was now at the mercy of the rebels. In exchange for sparing their lives, Syndulla ordered Azmorigan and his remaining men to leave Calrissian's compound. Azmorigan quickly agreed to the offer and left, while Wren fired at the henchmen's feet to get them moving.

As the crew prepared to leave, Bridger confronted Wren and affirmed that he had always appreciated her. Once they got back on the Ghost, the crew noticed that Chopper had stolen several fuel canisters from Calrissian. Wren congratulated Chopper on playing Calrissian for a fool, and they left Calrissian's land. The smuggler waved them off, telling his puffer pig that he actually knew that Chopper had taken the fuel, and considered it to be his payment to the rebels.