Revolt in an Imperial prison

"That message of rebellion you beamed out somehow made its way into the deepest dark of Imperial prisons. They were inspired by it, Ezra. They rallied others to rise up and break out. Dozens of us, rebels, sympathizers are free, thanks to them. But they didn't make it."

- Ryder Azadi tells Ezra Bridger what happened to his parents

In the years prior to the Battle of Yavin, imprisoned revolutionaries Ephraim and Mira Bridger organized an escape from Imperial prison. The Bridgers, who had been imprisoned years earlier for broadcasting anti-Imperial messages on Lothal, were inspired to organize the attempt after they heard their son, Ezra Bridger, transmit a message of rebellion across the galaxy. Dozens of prisoners escaped, including former Lothal Governor Ryder Azadi, but the Bridgers themselves were killed. After escaping, Azadi returned to Lothal to find Ezra, and he told the boy what happened to his parents.