Rise of the Old Masters

"Do or do not. There is no try."

- Kanan Jarrus, quoting Master Yoda

"Rise of the Old Masters" is the third episode of the first season of the animated television series Star Wars Rebels. The episode was screened at New York Comic Con on October 11, 2014, released on WatchDisneyXD.com on October 20, and will make its television debut on Disney XD on October 27. The episode was written by Henry Gilroy and directed by Steward Lee.

The episode features Ezra Bridger continuing his Jedi training with Kanan Jarrus, who worries he is not a good teacher for Bridger. The rebels learn that Jedi Master Luminara Unduli survived the destruction of the Jedi Order and attempt to rescue her from The Spire on Stygeon Prime. However, they soon discover that it is a trap set by the Inquisitor, and that Unduli died with the Jedi Order. The rebels escape, and Jarrus learns that he can be a good teacher for Bridger despite his previous doubts.

Official description
The rebel crew undergoes a rescue mission only to face a powerful foe.

Plot summary
After his adventure with Garazeb Orrelios in a stolen TIE fighter, Ezra Bridger continues his Jedi training with Kanan Jarrus aboard the Ghost. They try to train on top of the Ghost as it hovers in the skies of Lothal, but Bridger is undisciplined and unfocused. Jarrus, meanwhile, doubts his ability to train Bridger as a Jedi. Jarrus sees an opportunity to find Bridger a new Jedi Master when the rebels learn that Luminara Unduli, a Jedi Master from time of the Clone Wars, is alive and being held by the Empire. The rebels mount a mission to rescue her from The Spire, a prison on Stygeon Prime, only to find her bones&mdash;and the Inquisitor.

Having fallen into the Inquisitor's trap, Jarrus fights the Inquisitor in a lightsaber duel, while the Inquisitor tries to kill Jarrus, as well as kill or convert Bridger&mdash;one of the "children of the Force" that Darth Vader ordered him to find&mdash;to the dark side. Hopelessly outmatched, the rebels flee from the Inquisitor and escape Stygeon Prime, with Bridger and Jarrus working together to help their friends escape. Their experience taught Jarrus that he does not need one of the old masters to train Bridger, and the two continue their Jedi training&mdash;focused and without doubt.

Continuity
The episode will be adapted into a young readers book, The Inquisitor's Trap by Meredith L. Rusu. The book is slated to be released on December 9, 2014.