Call to Action

"Stand up together, because that's when we're strongest&mdash;as one."

- Ezra Bridger, in a transmission to the people of Lothal

"Call to Action" is the eleventh episode of the first season of the animated television series Star Wars Rebels. The episode, directed by Steward Lee and written by executive producers Greg Weisman and Simon Kinberg, was released on WatchDisneyXD.com and the WatchDisneyXD app on February 2, 2015, and it premiered on Disney XD on February 9th.

The episode centers around the rebels attempting to hack an Imperial transmissions tower in order to send an inspirational message of hope to the people of Lothal. In doing so, they must contend with Imperial forces, newly energized to destroy the rebels by the arrival of an important government figure: Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, Governor of the Outer Rim Territories.

Official description
The Ghost crew, having proved effective in their strikes against the Empire, win the attention of a powerful new enemy.

Synopsis
With the Rebel Activities growing more and more dangerous, Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, Governor of the Outer Rim travels to the planet Lothal to ensure that the Rebels do not become a major threat. He is greeted by Minister Maketh Tua, Agent Kallus and The Inquisitor are all shocked by Tarkin's arrival who fears that their failures to stop the Rebels could present a major problem to the Empire's Industrial Interests.

Meanwhile, the Crew of the Ghost has stolen a crate of supplies and outruns a legion of Stormtroopers led by Commandant Aresko and Taskmaster Grint. To prevent them from finding their ship, the battle leads them into a town where they manage to divert the stormtroopers by ditching the speeders and stunning one of the patrolmen. Aboard the ship, Hera is watching the Holonet where Senator Gall Trayvis publicly proclaimed his loyalty to the Empire. Digusted, she turns the broadcast off. This however, gives Kanan the idea of broadcasting messages, just as Trayvis and the Bridgers did. Everyone is in agreement except Ezra, who is concerned about taking control of an Imperial Communications Tower and is ultimately, afraid of losing the Crew, specifically Kanan Jarrus.

Tarkin, meanwhile began to interrogate the people who knew the insurgents most, Cumberlayne Aresko and Taskmaster Grint, who had been dealing with the insurgents from day one. Tarkin is told about the attack that took place the previous night and despite hearing no casulaties, Tarkin is concerned about the threat they presented, the Jedi. Tarkin feared that the hope of there being a Jedi could threaten Imperial Security which could encourage more people to stand up to the Empire. Tarkin silently ordered the Inquistor to kill them and the ISB Agent Kallus to place Probe Droids to hunt them down. Kanan, Sabine, and Ezra managed to spot the Probe Droid. Concerned about being spotted, Ezra decided to use the force to have a loth-cat attack and disable the Probe. Despite knocking it out on the ground, damaging the droid, it still managed to capture the crew.

Discovering their location, Tarkin tells Kallus not to reinforce Imperial presence, but rather make them believe they had the element of surprise on their side which would allow the Empire to take them by surprise. Ezra is pessimistic that their plan would work and that he fears that what happened to their Parents, would happen to them. Kanan reminds them that there will be loss and that should not stop them from taking their risk and that when the time comes, they had to sacrifice themselves for something bigger. Kanan reminds Ezra that his master tried to teach him the same thing as Ezra and that he never understood it until he became a teacher himself. The crew manages to infiltrate the control tower and knock out the little stormtroopers that were there. Making there way in, they discover the Empire was already there. Kanan runs out in disbelief and realizes, they have been ambushed.

Agent Kallus and The Inquisitor managed to separate Kanan from the main crew, including Ezra. Kanan faced the Inquistor and Kanan recklessly fought him. The Inquisitor offers Kanan a chance to surrender, in exchange for his friends lives, but refuses as Hera arrived with the Phantom and managed to blow up some of the ships. Kanan, however, still loses as The Inquisitor gains the upper hand. Kanan tells Hera to escape without him and surrendered himself to Imperial Forces, Tarkin personally meets Kanan, who tells him "whatever you want from me, you won't get it" and congratulates The Inquisitor for his success. Tarkin, however, learned from Kallus that the Ghost had taken control of the Communications Tower and orders the troop ships to destroy it. Ezra then began broadcasting a message saying he knew a time when things were better and that they needed to fight back and that even though there will be loss, they could let fear get the better of them. The message, however is cut short because of the tower's destruction. Tarkin tells Kanan that the Jedi did not know how to win a war and that he did. Ezra asks Hera if she thinks it was worth it and if anyone else heard it and she tells him that she has a feeling they did. Ezra then remarks that this is not over and Hera says, "No, it isn't."