Garazeb Orrelios

Garazeb Orrelios's birth occurred on the planet known as Lasan. During his childhood, a creature dwelling in an underground cave attacked a friend of his. The brother of his friend intervened and rescued him by engaging the creature, but he disappeared afterward. Later, Zeb was chosen to join the Honor Guard of Lasan, where he underwent extensive combat and military training, and was entrusted with his Bo-rifle, the Honor Guard's iconic weapon. He achieved the rank of Captain and was responsible for safeguarding the Royal family of Lasan and the Lasat people. However, this all changed when the Galactic Empire attacked Lasan using T-7 ion disruptor rifles, nearly wiping out his entire race, including his family, except for his grandmother. He fought to defend the royal palace from the Imperials until a bomb detonated, leaving Orrelios to awaken amidst the ruins of his homeland and retreat with the other survivors.

These tragic events fostered a deep-seated hatred for the Empire within Zeb. He suffered from nightmares depicting the disintegration of his people by the Imperials. After the massacre on Lasan, Orrelios considered himself as good as dead until he encountered the surviving Jedi Kanan Jarrus. Subsequently, at the age of thirty-nine, Orrelios joined the Spectres rebel cell to fight against the Empire. This small group of rebels, who primarily operated on Lothal around 4 BBY, included Jarrus, the Twi'lek ship captain Hera Syndulla, the Mandalorian teenager Sabine Wren, and the astromech droid C1-10P. The Spectres used the Ghost, a VCX-100 light freighter with an auxiliary ship called the Phantom, as their base of operations. At some point, Orrelios also became friends with Mindiz, a young girl whose parents were taken away for resisting the Empire's seizure of their land.

During a mission on Lothal, Garazeb Orrelios was supposed to meet Kanan in an alley in Lothal's Capital City. However, Zeb mistakenly arrived at the wrong alley and discovered two Stormtroopers harassing an Ugnaught vendor and his astromech droid. In an attempt to protect the Ugnaught, Zeb found himself in a confrontation with several stormtroopers and Baron Valen Rudor, a TIE fighter pilot. In their eagerness to defeat Zeb, they inadvertently destroyed a TIE fighter. Zeb emerged from the wreckage and met the grateful Ugnaught vendor, who offered him credits as a reward, which he declined, instead asking for one of the vendor's fruits. Kanan was displeased with Zeb's brief encounter with the Imperials, as it made him late and stirred up unnecessary trouble.

Later, Zeb, along with Kanan Jarrus and Sabine Wren, stole Imperial crates containing blasters in Lothal's Capital City. However, Ezra Bridger stole their goods and escaped on a stolen speeder bike, prompting Zeb and Kanan to chase him. On Kanan's orders, he evaded capture and was left with the stolen crates, declaring that he would end Ezra if Kanan caught him. Zeb and his fellow Rebels gathered on the Ghost and picked up Ezra as he was being pursued by TIE fighters. From the beginning, Zeb disliked the young stowaway and had him locked in the ship's closet after Ezra mocked his body odor.

Zeb and the Rebels evaded their Imperial pursuers and returned to Lothal, where they landed near Lothal re-settlement camp 43, known as "Tarkintown" by the locals, named after Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin and home to farmers who had lost their land to the Empire. After selling the stolen blasters to the Devaronian crime lord Cikatro Vizago, the rebels used the money to buy food for the residents of Tarkintown. When Ezra opened his crate, a Rodian approached him, placed his hand on his shoulder, and expressed his gratitude. From Vizago, the rebels also obtained the flight plan for an Imperial Gozanti-class cruiser carrying Wookiee prisoners. When Ezra disrupted their meeting by falling through the ship's air duct, Zeb and C1-10P voted to get rid of the boy, whom Zeb labeled a "Loth-rat." However, the other crew members disagreed, and Ezra was allowed to stay.

As planned, Zeb and the rebels docked with the Imperial Gozanti cruiser, falsely claiming that Governor Wilhuff Tarkin had ordered them to transfer a Wookiee captive. As part of the plan, Zeb pretended to be a "rare hairless Wookiee" to allow the rebels to board the ship. However, Zeb refused to give the Imperials a chance to believe his disguise and instead knocked them unconscious. Unfortunately, Zeb and the Rebels were unaware that they were walking into a trap until Ezra warned them. When Ezra was captured by Agent Alexsandr Kallus, Zeb reluctantly abandoned him to escape, but not before commending Ezra's efforts. However, Zeb's rebel companions were unhappy with his actions towards Ezra and decided to rescue the young human.

Zeb and his rebel companions infiltrated the Imperial Star Destroyer Lawbringer and successfully rescued Ezra, who had already escaped his detention cell. During their reunion in the Star Destroyer's hangar bay, Zeb mistook Ezra for a stormtrooper due to his stolen Imperial helmet and punched him in the head. After a brief blaster fight with Agent Kallus and his stormtroopers (during which Sabine disabled the artificial gravity for two minutes), the rebels escaped aboard the Ghost. Following their escape from the Star Destroyer, Zeb informed his fellow rebels that the Wookiees were being transported to the mining world of Kessel. The rebels then traveled to Kessel to rescue the Wookiees.

The Ghost bypassed Kessel's orbital defenses and landed at the mining platform where the Wookiee slaves were disembarking. While Hera and Chopper remained on the Ghost and evaded TIE fighters, Zeb and the other rebels landed on the platform and freed the slaves. They were quickly attacked by stormtroopers led by Agent Kallus, who had followed them to Kessel. During the battle, Kanan revealed his Jedi identity by using his lightsaber to deflect blaster bolts. Meanwhile, Zeb and Sabine herded the Wookiees into an empty shipping container while Ezra rescued Kitwarr, the Wookiee cub and son of the Wookiee leader Wullffwarro. Wullffwarro was shot while trying to help Kitwarr. The Ghost extracted the shipping container with the freed Wookiees and the rebels. After their mission, the Ghost went to Lothal to return Ezra. Before Ezra left, he stole Kanan's lightsaber, intending to keep it as a souvenir. However, Kanan convinced Ezra to become his Jedi Padawan and join their crew.

Running low on supplies and fuel, Zeb and the crew of the Ghost reluctantly accepted a mission from Vizago to steal a cargo shipment from the Imperial Minister Maketh Tua. During this mission, Zeb and his rebel companions Kanan, Ezra, Sabine, and Chopper boarded Star Commuter 2000 shuttle ST-45 to the nearby planet of Garel. Traveling undercover, Zeb pretended to be Sabine's ward. On the shuttle was Minister Tua, who was negotiating the arrangement with Amda Wabo, an Aqualish arms dealer. As Wabo could only speak in his native tongue, Lothal's minister borrowed C-3PO, Senator Bail Organa's protocol droid, along with his astromech counterpart, R2-D2 to translate the deal.

As the ship entered hyperspace, Bridger and Chopper caused a disturbance, prompting Jarrus to request that the astromech droid be moved to the back of the shuttle. The pilot complied, but in retaliation, Bridger demanded that Tua's droids be sent to the back as well. Despite her protest, the droids were ordered to go back, leaving the minister without an interpreter. Zeb then offered Sabine's services as a translator, which Tua gladly accepted. Sabine learned from Wabo that the cargo shipment was located on Garel's Hangar Bay Seven but misled Tua into believing that it was in Hangar Bay Seventeen. After disembarking on Garel, Zeb and his rebel companions headed to Bay Seven, where they found their cargo shipment.

To Zeb's horror, the shipment turned out to be T-7 ion disruptor rifles: weapons banned by the Imperial Senate because they could short-circuit an entire ship or vehicle. However, Zeb disputed the official reason for the ban, knowing that these weapons had contributed to the near-destruction of his species. Before the Spectres could load the dangerous contraband into the Ghost, which was docked in nearby Hangar Bay Eight, the rebels were confronted by Minister Tua, Wabo, C-3PO, R2-D2, and several stormtroopers. While Zeb held back the Imperials with his bo-rifle, Ezra, Kanan, and Sabine loaded the T-7 rifles into the Ghost. During the skirmish, C-3PO and R2-D2 fled aboard the Ghost and became unwilling passengers for a short time.

While traveling through hyperspace, Zeb was despondent due to the role that the T-7 ion rifles had played in the destruction of Lasan. Kanan's plan to sell the rifles to Vizago did little to console the Lasat, who retreated to his cabin and locked the door. While Ezra was initially angry at Zeb for locking him out of his shared room, he understood the Lasat's despondency when Hera told him about the role that these weapons had played in the destruction of Lasan. Unbeknownst to Zeb, his actions on Garel had attracted the attention of an old adversary: Agent Kallus, the Imperial officer who had ordered the deployment of T-7 rifles on Lasan. The crew of the Ghost traveled to Lothal to sell the T-7 rifles to Vizago. C-3PO inadvertently revealed their location to Agent Kallus, who assembled a force to apprehend the rebel band, not knowing that the Spectres were friends of his master.

Before Zeb and his companions could complete their transaction with Vizago, Agent Kallus arrived with a platoon of stormtroopers and two AT-DP walkers. Following the arrival of the walkers, Vizago fled with half the shipment of T-7's, refusing to pay. During the ensuing battle, Zeb was challenged by Agent Kallus, who unveiled a stolen bo-rifle. Zeb was enraged as the hallowed weapon was a badge of honor for members of the Lasan Honor Guard, who were the only ones permitted to carry them, and viciously attacked the Imperial. Kallus revealed that he had personally murdered the Honor Guardsman whose bo-rifle he held and had taken part in the genocide of the Lasat species and ordered the disruptors to be used, making Zeb even angrier. Kallus soon gained the upper hand over the Lasat, utilizing his emotion-laden attacks. Before Kallus could finish him off, Zeb was saved by Ezra, who used the Force to push Kallus away. As a result, Zeb developed a better rapport with the young human. During the fighting, the rebels managed to destroy the T-7 disruptors and escape their Imperial pursuers. Following their escape, the crew of the Ghost met with Senator Bail Organa and returned C-3PO and R2-D2 to their rightful owner. In return for destroying the T-7 disruptors, Senator Organa paid the Spectres several credits to help them cover their living expenses.

Following the T-7 disruptors incident, Ezra and Zeb had a disagreement. Hera punished them by sending them into town to gather supplies and told them not to return without at least one meiloorun fruit. They found some, but they had already been sold to the Empire. After failing to acquire them with the Force, Ezra attempted to steal them, only to be spotted by troopers. While fleeing, the two rebels were separated, and Zeb found himself cornered by two stormtroopers and Baron Valen Rudor, whom he had encountered earlier, piloting a TIE fighter. During a brief skirmish, Zeb leaped into the TIE fighter, ejected the pilot, and took it for himself. He saw Ezra running from troopers on the rooftops and allowed him to board the starfighter in return for Ezra saving him from Agent Kallus earlier. Zeb and Ezra then flew the TIE fighter into the surrounding countryside.

Once on board, the two contacted Syndulla and Jarrus, who ordered them to destroy the small ship and proceed to the rebel rendezvous point. Before doing so, Bridger asked Orrelios to check on Morad Sumar's recently destroyed farm and help him free the prisoners. After a small confrontation, the pair saved Sumar and two other prisoners from Yogar Lyste and retrieved a meiloorun fruit. Afterwards, they hid the stolen TIE fighter but claimed to have destroyed it to Jarrus and Syndulla's approval. Back aboard the Ghost, Wren showed them her new work of art, depicting Chopper's prank.

Later, Zeb and Chopper were present during one of Ezra Bridger's Jedi training sessions on the hull of the Ghost high above Lothal's atmosphere. Both were assigned the task of hurling blue milk cartons and rocks for Ezra to deflect with Jarrus Kanan's lightsaber. Distracted, Ezra was unable to focus on Kanan's lesson and fell from the Ghost. Kanan rescued Ezra by using the Force to hold him in mid-air while Zeb fastened a hook and pulled him back into the ship. Following Ezra's lesson, Zeb and the other Ghost crew heard a broadcast by the dissident Senator Gall Trayvis that the Jedi Master Luminara Unduli was imprisoned in the Stygeon system. Unbeknownst to the rebel band, Trayvis was working for the Empire and had planted the information to lure the rebels into a trap.

While Chopper and Hera waited aboard the Ghost and its auxiliary vessel, the Phantom, Zeb, Sabine, Ezra, and Kanan infiltrated the Spire, the Imperial prison where Luminara was rumored to be held. Part of the infiltration plan involved Ezra riding piggyback on Zeb as they leapt onto the sentry's platform to avoid alerting the Imperial stormtrooper sentries. Seeking to prove his abilities, Ezra disobeyed Kanan's orders and jumped onto the platform, colliding with the heavy blast door in the process. This alerted the Imperial sentries, and the rebels were forced to fight them. During this skirmish, the Lasat warrior knocked two stormtroopers unconscious by smashing their heads together. Kanan eliminated the other two troopers by using the Force to hurl them into the door.

After incapacitating the sentries, Zeb and the other three rebels headed down a turbolift to Luminara's isolation cell, which was located at the bottom of the prison complex. On the way, they encountered two more stormtrooper sentries, whom Zeb quickly knocked unconscious and dragged into the turbolift. While Zeb and Sabine guarded the lift, Kanan and Ezra entered the detention block complex to look for Master Luminara. They found Luminara's cell only to discover that she was already dead and were subsequently attacked by the Grand Inquisitor, a Force-sensitive agent of the Empire tasked with hunting and destroying Jedi. While the Jedi were gone, Sabine discovered that they had stumbled into a trap. To delay Imperial reinforcements, Zeb and Sabine jammed the turbolifts.

After a brief duel, Ezra and Kanan reunited with Zeb and Sabine. Together, the four rebels made their way to their new escape point: the Spire's landing platform. During their escape, Zeb and his rebel companions were forced to dodge closing blast doors and the pursuing Inquisitor, who was armed with a double-bladed lightsaber. Zeb narrowly escaped death at the hands of the Inquisitor's lightsaber blade. The rebels then fled into an empty hangar bay, and Zeb delayed the Inquisitor by jamming the hangar bay's blast doors. Before the Inquisitor could hack through the blast door, Ezra and Kanan used the Force to open the hangar bay's outer doors. However, the rebels were then trapped between the Inquisitor and several stormtroopers and TIE fighter pilots who were waiting outside the hangar bay.

During the ensuing skirmish, Zeb threw a thermal detonator at the Imperial troops, which enabled Hera to land in the Phantom and extract them. The rebels' escape from The Spire was also aided by the arrival of a large swarm of tibidees, broad-winged creatures that resembled kites. Hera won over these winged creatures by using the Phantom's signal jammer to mimic their mating call. These tibidees made it difficult for the Imperial cannons to target the Phantom. During their flight, Zeb also fired on an Imperial gun turret. The Inquisitor also attempted to stop the rebels by hurling his lightsaber at them, but Kanan deflected its blow. After the Inquisitor retrieved his weapon, Zeb asked Kanan whether his lightsaber could spin in the same way as the Inquisitor's one. Zeb and his rebel companions returned to the Ghost and escaped into space. Despite their failure to rescue Luminara, Zeb conceded that the rebels had ensured that no other Jedi would fall into the Inquisitor's trap.

Later on, in an effort to obtain a decoder containing the coordinates of a potent kyber crystal, Ezra Bridger managed to get inside Lothal's Academy for Young Imperials. Throughout this operation, Zeb, along with Sabine and Chopper, watched over him. Chopper, disguised as an Imperial astromech droid, infiltrated the Academy, while Zeb and Sabine remained outside, prepared to extract Ezra upon mission completion. Aided by a fellow Cadet, Zare Leonis, Ezra successfully stole the decoder from Agent Kallus' office. This information allowed Hera and Kanan to intercept and obliterate an Imperial convoy transporting the crystal. After the rebels finished utilizing the decoder, they arranged to give it to Leonis' girlfriend, Merei Spanjaf, who required it to breach the Imperial data network and locate Zare's sister, Dhara Leonis.

However, their plans for Ezra's extraction were complicated when Ezra and Zare discovered that another cadet, Jai Kell, displayed Force sensitivity, drawing the attention of the Inquisitor. After convincing Jai to flee with them, Ezra persuaded Zeb and the other rebels to launch a diversionary attack on the Academy the next day. As planned, Zeb, accompanied by Sabine and Chopper, assaulted the academy, facilitating Ezra and Kell's escape in an AT-DP. However, Zare chose to stay behind to uncover the whereabouts of his sister Dhara, later learning she had been kidnapped by the Inquisitor for a secret Imperial initiative known as Project Harvest.

While the Ghost journeyed through space, Zeb became embroiled in a minor dispute with Ezra and Chopper. This argument diverted their attention from performing a diagnostic scan of the Ghost's auxiliary craft, the Phantom. Consequently, they failed to detect a fuel leak in the Ghost's engine. This oversight resulted in Hera Syndulla and Sabine Wren being stranded on Fort Anaxes, a secluded asteroid base previously utilized by the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. En route to Fort Anaxes, Hera and Sabine were ambushed by fyrnocks, predators with silicon-based bodies. After considerable struggle, Hera and Sabine managed to evade the fyrnocks, assisted by the rest of the Ghost's crew.

During Empire Day, Zeb and his fellow rebels visited a cantina in Lothal's Capital City. At that time, Tseebo, a Rodian working for the Imperial Information Office, had disappeared, prompting a large scale Imperial search. Zeb was present in the cantina when three TIE fighter pilots entered and briefly questioned a Rodian patron, releasing him after determining he wasn't Tseebo. Later that night, during the Empire Day festivities, the Ghost's crew decided to sabotage a new TIE Advanced v1 prototype on display to the Lothalian populace. While Kanan placed a thermal detonator on the TIE's repulsorlift platform, Zeb and Sabine created a distraction for the Imperials by setting off colorful fireworks.

Following the destruction of the TIE Advanced fighter, Zeb headed to Capital City's Old Market to meet with Syndulla, while his rebel allies sought refuge in Ezra's former family residence. Due to his size, Zeb was unable to fit inside Ezra's old home. While concealed in Ezra's former home, his companions discovered the hidden Tseebo, who had known Ezra's parents and had decided to defect from the Empire. He was wearing a cybernetic headset which contained valuable intelligence on Imperial military products and the Empire's five-year plan for Lothal. Subsequently, Zeb connected with Hera and Chopper, departing in the Ghost. They then linked up with Kanan and the other rebels, who had escaped with Tseebo in a hijacked Imperial Troop Transport. The rebels were pursued by another troop transport piloted by Agent Kallus, who was determined to recover Tseebo and capture the rebels.

During a brief ground skirmish, Zeb fired his bo-rifle at Agent Kallus, causing him to lose his footing and fall from his transport. Having rescued their comrades and Tseebo, the Ghost escaped into space, pursued by a squadron of TIE fighters led by the Inquisitor, piloting his own TIE Advanced fighter. During this pursuit, Chopper sustained laser fire, forcing Zeb to take his place at the rear gun turret. After a prolonged chase, the Ghost jumped into hyperspace. However, the Inquisitor had attached an XX-23 S-thread tracker to the Ghost's auxiliary vessel, the Phantom. Later, Zeb remained aboard the Ghost with the other crew and Tseebo, while Kanan and Ezra departed on the Phantom for the asteroid base PM-1203 to draw the Inquisitor away from the Ghost. Zeb was present when Tseebo was picked up by an Alderaanian blockade runner that whisked him away into hiding. After Ezra completed his Jedi trials, Zeb and the other crew were present when the young Jedi apprentice presented his new lightsaber.

One day, Orrelios and the Spectres traveled to Tarkintown to distribute crates of fruits. The Lasat was pleased to see his friend Mindiz again, but after the girl consumed a piece of jogan fruit, she abruptly collapsed. Upon discovering that the crates had been poisoned, Orrelios resolved to raid the medical facility within the Imperial Complex alone. However, this turned out to be a trap orchestrated by Agent Kallus, leaving the Lasat at the mercy of his nemesis. Fortunately, the other Spectres arrived to rescue him just in time, securing an antidote for the Tarkintown settlers.

Subsequently, Zeb, along with Kanan and Chopper, visited Old Jho's Pit Stop on Lothal, where they encountered the "galactic entrepreneur" Lando Calrissian. Experiencing financial difficulties, Zeb decided to wager Chopper in a game of sabacc against Calrissian, which he lost. Consequently, Calrissian acquired ownership of Chopper. Zeb's rash decision angered Hera, who considered Chopper a member of her crew. Lando then compelled the crew of the Ghost to assist him in a perilous smuggling operation to reclaim Chopper. This operation involved trading Hera to the crime lord Azmorigan in exchange for a puffer pig, which Calrissian intended to use to locate valuable minerals. To prevent competition from private entrepreneurs like Calrissian, the Empire had restricted the sale of puffer pigs. After overpowering Azmorigan, Hera escaped the crime lord's vessel in an escape pod, and the Spectres returned to Lothal, where Calrissian owned a plot of land.

During the journey, Zeb and Ezra caused some chaos aboard the Ghost by accidentally releasing the puffer pig, which wreaked havoc on the starship. After evading several TIE fighters, the Ghost landed at Calrissian's estate with his valuable cargo. However, Azmorigan and his henchmen had already arrived at the homestead, seeking revenge against Calrissian and his associates. A blaster fight erupted between the Spectres and Azmorigan's henchmen. During the conflict, Azmorigan briefly held Zeb hostage, attempting to force the rebels to surrender Calrissian. However, Chopper rescued Zeb by firing the Ghost's cannon at Azmorigan, startling the gangster. The Spectres then forced Azmorigan and his henchmen to flee empty-handed. Following their adventure with Calrissian, Chopper stole several of Calrissian's fuel canisters, which the smuggler conceded as payment to the Spectres for their help.

Zeb, along with Sabine and Chopper, participated in one of Ezra's Jedi training sessions. Kanan was instructing Ezra to use his lightsaber to deflect blaster stun shots from Zeb, Sabine, and Chopper towards a designated target: a stormtrooper helmet placed on a rock. During the training exercise, Ezra experienced a vision of them fighting alongside the outspoken dissident Senator-in-exile Gall Trayvis, whose broadcasts had bolstered the Spectres' morale. Following the training session, the crew of the Ghost intercepted a transmission from the Senator, praising the Spectres and directing them to meet at the Lothal City Capitol Building on Lothal. Unbeknownst to the Spectres, this meeting was a trap set by Agent Kallus, and Senator Trayvis was actually working for the Empire.

Suspecting foul play, Zeb and his rebel companions decided to contact Merei Spanjaf, the girlfriend of Ezra's cadet friend Zare Leonis. Identifying himself as Spectre-4, Zeb contacted Merei via comlink and requested her assistance in contacting Leonis. Merei cautioned Zeb that they couldn't contact Leonis electronically, as the Empire had begun monitoring all Imperial Academy communications. Facing her own predicament, she angrily warned Zeb to leave Zare alone, as they were endangering him. In response, Zeb retorted that he and his compatriots faced danger every day of their lives. Merei then suggested that Zeb send Chopper to contact Leonis. The crew of the Ghost then disguised Chopper as an Imperial astromech droid and dispatched him to contact Leonis at the Imperial Academy. Thanks to Chopper's efforts, Leonis was able to meet Ezra in the marketplace and inform him that the Empire was conducting a massive security operation at the Lothal City Capitol Building that night.

In response to this new information, the Spectres decided to infiltrate the building through the sewers to warn Senator Trayvis. While Chopper guarded the manhole, Zeb and the other rebels entered the sewers. After entering the Senate Building, the rebel group split up, with Zeb and Sabine taking one route, and Ezra, Kanan, and Hera taking another. Ezra, Kanan, and Hera managed to meet Senator Trayvis but were quickly surrounded by Agent Kallus and several stormtroopers. However, Zeb and Sabine deployed smoke grenades, allowing the rebels to escape with Senator Trayvis. To evade their Imperial pursuers, they fled into the sewers and split into two groups. Zeb traveled with Sabine and Kanan, while Ezra and Hera accompanied the fugitive senator. Senator Trayvis then revealed his true loyalties and attempted to assassinate Ezra and Hera. However, Hera quickly overpowered him. Zeb and his rebel comrades exited the sewers after Kanan used the Force to temporarily halt a large circular fan. After reuniting with Chopper at the manhole, they fled back to the Ghost.

The Spectres' activities on Lothal eventually caught the attention of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, who resolved to implement a final solution to the rebel problem there. Following their encounter with Senator Trayvis, Zeb participated in Kanan's plan to seize control of the Empire's main communications tower on Lothal. The rebels intended to broadcast a message to counter Imperial propaganda portraying them negatively. As part of the plan, Sabine and Zeb drove their speeder bikes past the stormtroopers and took control of the anti-aircraft guns there. While Sabine distracted the Imperial stormtroopers by ramming her speeder bike into a gun turret, Zeb hijacked another gun turret and destroyed the third remaining gun turret. Sabine and Zeb's actions allowed Kanan, Ezra, and Chopper to enter the communications tower. Chopper uploaded a data spike into the tower's central computer, enabling Kanan to broadcast his message to the galaxy. Unbeknownst to the Spectres, Tarkin and Agent Kallus had planned to trap them in the communications tower.

Before Kanan could commence his broadcast, Agent Kallus and the Inquisitor entered the tower complex with a force of three patrol transports and two Imperial troop transports. Zeb shot down one of the gunships but was unable to prevent the Imperial counterattack. While Kanan held back the Imperials, Zeb and the other rebels fled up the turbolift to the tower's summit to await their getaway transport, the Phantom, piloted by Hera. The rebels were cornered by one of the patrol transports, but Sabine destroyed it with a grenade. Zeb and other rebels then escaped aboard the Phantom and fled into space. However, they were unable to rescue Kanan, who was captured by the Imperials. Despite Kanan's capture, Ezra broadcast a message to Lothal and the surrounding systems before the tower was destroyed by Tarkin, who then blamed the rebels for destroying the tower.

Zeb and the other rebels were deeply distressed by Kanan's capture and dissatisfied with Fulcrum and Hera's orders to sacrifice Kanan to avoid exposing the other rebel cells to the Imperial authorities. In their desperation, they hijacked an AT-DP walker in an attempt to access the Imperial network and locate Kanan. However, their mission proved futile, as the destruction of the communications tower had crippled the Imperial communications network. Later, Zeb, along with Sabine and Chopper, assisted Ezra's second plan to rescue Kanan. Their plan involved "borrowing" the Phantom, the Ghost's auxiliary vessel, and visiting the Devaronian crime lord Vizago, hoping to find a lead on Kanan's whereabouts. While Vizago couldn't provide any information about Kanan, he revealed that the Imperials were using courier droids to transport secure information due to the communication tower's destruction.

With Hera's approval, Ezra devised a plan involving disguising Chopper as an Imperial courier droid and using him to infiltrate an Imperial computer. Zeb contributed to this plan by ambushing a squad of stormtroopers and kidnapping the courier droid 264. After Chopper had finished downloading files from an Imperial communications ship above Lothal, Zeb and the other rebel crew rescued him by launching a feint attack on the Imperial starship and extracting Chopper. Thanks to this mission, the rebels discovered that Kanan was aboard Grand Moff Tarkin's Star Destroyer, the Sovereign, but that the vessel was scheduled to depart for the Mustafar system soon. Later, Zeb and his comrades stole an Imperial Gozanti-class cruiser and used it to travel to the Mustafar system. They hid the Ghost on Lothal to avoid attracting the attention of the Imperials, as the freighter had become familiar to Imperial authorities.

After Ezra sensed that Kanan was on Tarkin's Star Destroyer Sovereign, the Spectres pretended to transit several TIE fighters to the Star Destroyers. After Sabine had used their stolen TIE fighter to disable the ship's technological systems, Zeb and his rebel comrades boarded the Sovereign and fought several stormtrooper reinforcements. Their distraction enabled Ezra to free Kanan, and together the two defeated the Inquisitor. During their duel, the Inquisitor's lightsaber fell into the ship's hyperdrive energy conduit, creating an explosion that destroyed the Star Destroyer. Zeb and his rebel comrades managed to escape the derelict vessel but were pursued by a swarm of Imperial TIE fighters. However, Zeb and his comrades were rescued by Chopper and the mysterious rebel leader Fulcrum, who marshaled a small force of rebel starships including the Ghost to destroy the TIE fighters. Later, Zeb and his companions discovered that Fulcrum was the pseudonym for the Clone Wars veteran and former Jedi Ahsoka Tano, who had become a key resistance leader in the growing rebellion.

Following Kanan's rescue, Zeb was contacted by the Ithorian tavern keeper Old Jho, who wanted to deliver a number of fugitives including the poet and painter Holshef, the hacker Merei Spanjaf, her parents Gandri and Jessa, and the Leonises for the rebels to hide. Since Zeb and his companions were unable to travel to Lothal, he arranged for Jho to deliver the fugitives in his freight hauler to the edge of the Garel system. From there, Zeb and the other crew of the Ghost picked up Merei and her companions before transporting them into hiding on the planet Garel.

After spiriting Merei and her companions into hiding, Zeb along with Ezra Bridger and Sabine Wren took part in a mission to rescue Zare Leonis, an old acquaintance who had helped the Spectres during an earlier mission to steal a decoder from Agent Kallus. While on a mission to find his missing sister Dhara Leonis, Zare had been transferred to the planet Arkanis, which hosted a secret facility called Area Null that hosted several secret Imperial programs including Project Harvester. While training as a cadet at the Arkanis Academy, Zare was exposed as a traitor and scheduled for execution. Merei had learned about Zare's predicament by using a fake ISB account to penetrate the Imperial data network on Lothal. She subsequently convinced Zeb and his companions to help rescue Zare.

Together with Merei and Jessa, Zeb and his companions traveled on the Ghost to Area Null. Since they had not obtained Hera Syndulla's permission to borrow the ship, the rebels agreed that they had to complete their mission quickly. After landing on the roof, they made their way downstairs, where they encountered Zare and another prisoner named Beck Ollet, who had already freed themselves. While Merei, Zare, and Beck went to free Dhara, Zeb and Sabine went to the main computer node to lock Imperial reinforcements out of the tower and the elevators. Meanwhile, Ezra guarded the roof so that the rebels could escape. Despite resistance from the local Imperial garrison, the rebels succeeded with their mission to rescue Zare and Dhara. They returned on the Ghost to Garel before Imperial TIE fighters could be scrambled.

Following Kanan's rescue in the Mustafar system, Zeb and his fellow rebels learned that they were part of a larger rebellion against the Galactic Empire. The Spectres also joined the Phoenix Cell and took part in a mission to steal shield generators from an Imperial convoy. In response to the increased rebel activity on Lothal, Darth Sidious dispatched his apprentice Darth Vader to deal with them. Later, Zeb took part in a mission on Lothal to extract the defecting Imperial Minister Maketh Tua, who had become disillusioned with the Empire. While the other rebels went to meet Tua, Zeb and Chopper guarded the rebels' getaway transport, a Star Commuter 2000 shuttle. However, Agent Kallus had already learned about Tua's defection and arranged for her death in a shuttle explosion, which he blamed on the Spectres. The rebels fled, but their shuttle was shot down by Imperial forces.

After escaping an Imperial attack on their safe house, Ezra's former home, Zeb and his companions infiltrated the Imperial Headquarters in Lothal's Capital City. While Kanan and Ezra impersonated a stormtrooper and Imperial cadet, Zeb and the other crew hid in the crates that the former were delivering. The Spectres then encountered Darth Vader at the Imperial headquarters' starport. Following a fierce confrontation, the rebels escaped Lothal with the help of their old friend Lando Calrissian. Following the events on Lothal, the rebels reached a consensus that they could not return to the planet in order to avoid endangering its inhabitants. Unknown to the Spectres, Darth Vader had placed a tracking device on their shuttle with the intention of "killing two birds with one stone" by eliminating both the Spectres and the Phoenix rebel fleet. Zeb and his rebel comrades escaped Darth Vader's assault on the Phoenix Fleet. However, the Phoenix rebels lost their flagship Phoenix Home, which was heavily damaged by Vader's TIE Advanced x1 starfighter.

Following the near-destruction of the Phoenix rebel fleet, the rebel network faced a shortage of bases and facilities. Ahsoka Tano sent Zeb and his companions to meet with an old friend on the desert world of Seelos, who might know where to find such bases. Upon arriving in the Seelos system, the Ghost was damaged. While Hera and Chopper stayed behind to repair the ship, Rex and the other rebels descended into the planet in the Phantom. There, they discovered that this friend was the former Clone Captain Rex, who lived in an antiquated AT-TE walker with fellow clone veterans Wolffe and Gregor.

After a brief misunderstanding, Ezra defused the conflict by convincing Rex that Ahsoka had sent them. Rex then welcomed Zeb and his companions as allies and introduced his comrades Wolffe and Gregor. Following some discussion, the clones agreed to supply the rebels with a list of abandoned bases in exchange for their participation in a hunt for joopas, large wormlike creatures that lived beneath the sands of Seelos. Zeb agreed to hunt for the joopa while his fellow rebels and the clones watched from the AT-TE walker in tow. Then, Gregor sheepishly admitted to Wren, Jarrus, and Bridger that joopa loved the smell, taste, and texture of Lasat. When Ezra learned that Zeb was to also serve as the "bait," he tried to warn the Lasat. However, Zeb was quickly grabbed by the joopa and swallowed whole. The rebels and clones worked together to save Zeb and to kill the joopa. After Ezra ignited both of the shock sticks Rex gave him, and touched the energy beam, Big Bongo surfaced, and Rex shot him in the face.

Having honored their side of the bargain, Kanan wanted to leave, but Rex convinced the rebels to stay for dinner. While visiting the communications room, Sabine learned that Wolffe had secretly alerted the Empire to their presence and hidden Ahsoka's messages. When confronted by Rex, Wolffe admitted to his wrongdoing and argued that he had been trying to protect his friends from being punished by the Empire for harboring fugitives. Shortly thereafter, an Imperial probe droid attacked the Phantom and damaged the ship before it was destroyed by Rex.

While Zeb and his companions made preparations to leave on the Phantom, the three clones opted to stay behind to hold back the Imperials. A sandstorm coincided with the arrival of an Imperial force consisting of three AT-AT walkers led by Agent Kallus, a perennial foe of Zeb and the rebels. Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, the clones rode to battle against Kallus' walkers in their antiquated AT-TE walker. At the urging of Ezra, the rebels returned to assist the clones. Zeb along with Kanan and Ezra hijacked an AT-AT walker and used it to destroy Kallus' walker. After the Imperials had retreated, the clones agreed to join the rebellion.

Following the events that transpired on Seelos, the Rebel alliance successfully accessed Rex's compilation of abandoned Republic military outposts and installations. Hera dispatched Zeb, accompanied by Sabine, Chopper, and Ezra, on an assignment to retrieve vital medical provisions from a derelict Old Republic medical space station. They journeyed to the deserted medical facility aboard the Phantom. Upon their arrival, Chopper initiated the station's power systems, enabling the rebels to pinpoint the location of the desired supplies. Unbeknownst to the Rebel team, another Inquisitor, known as the Seventh Sister, lay in wait for their arrival. The Seventh Sister deployed her ID9 seeker droids to observe their movements and disable Chopper.

While exploring the medical station's interior, Zeb and his comrades picked up on Chopper's urgent distress signal. Ezra and Sabine ascended through a ventilation shaft. Zeb attempted to follow suit, but the Lasat's substantial build caused him to become lodged within the narrow passage. Simultaneously, Ezra and Sabine found themselves under attack by the Seventh Sister and her relentless seeker droids. Sabine managed to escape, but Ezra was apprehended by the Seventh Sister and another Inquisitor, the Fifth Brother. Sabine retraced her steps to the ventilation shaft and successfully freed Zeb from his predicament. Sabine then recounted their encounter with the two Inquisitors. Zeb proposed alerting Kanan to the situation, but Sabine argued against it, fearing that it would enable the Imperials to trace their signals and discover the fleet's location. Ultimately, Zeb and Sabine decided to undertake a rescue mission for Ezra and Chopper.

Harnessing his Force abilities, the Fifth Brother then pursued Sabine and Zeb relentlessly. Despite the two rebels deploying thermal detonators, Sabine was unable to activate them. The Fifth Brother then employed the Force to hurl the detonators back at the fleeing rebels. Both survived the ensuing explosion, but Sabine was captured by the Fifth Brother. Zeb succeeded in destroying the Fifth Brother's seeker droids and located the medical supplies they sought. The Lasat also discovered a damaged Chopper and carried him back to the Phantom along with the medical provisions. Determined to rescue Ezra and Sabine, Zeb initially contemplated confronting the two Inquisitors with his bo-rifle but devised an alternative strategy.

Utilizing the Phantom's communication system, Zeb impersonated "Commander Meiloorun" and contacted Sabine and Wren, offering them assistance. The Inquisitors fell for the ruse and proceeded to the hangar bay with their captives, intending to confront "Commander Meiloorun." However, Zeb had skillfully repositioned the Phantom, suspending it upside down from the ceiling. When a seeker droid detected him, Zeb initiated a diversion that allowed Ezra and Sabine to break free from their captors and board the Phantom. Despite the Inquisitors' attempts to utilize their Force powers to seize the vessel, the Phantom successfully escaped into space, carrying the entire team and the majority of the medical supplies. Upon their return to the Phoenix fleet, Zeb and his companions alerted the other rebels to the presence of additional Inquisitors.

After the Phoenix fleet's unsuccessful attempt to breach the Imperial blockade surrounding Ibaar, Zeb and the other members of the Ghost's crew participated in a mission aimed at contacting a Mon Calamari engineer named Quarrie, who resided on the planet Shantipole. Quarrie had engineered a prototype heavy assault fighter known as the Blade Wing, which served as the precursor to the B-wing starfighter. Shantipole possessed a volatile atmosphere, rendering it perilous for many space travelers. Following Kanan's recommendation, Hera agreed to lead the mission. Zeb accompanied Hera and Sabine to Shantipole aboard the Phantom, while Kanan, Ezra, and Chopper piloted the Ghost to gather additional relief supplies for the Phoenix fleet's subsequent attempt to break the Imperial blockade.

While navigating through the canyons, Zeb identified Quarrie's landing field. Despite being struck by lightning, Hera successfully landed the damaged Ghost with assistance from Quarrie. With Quarrie's consent, Hera piloted the Blade Wing starfighter during a test flight and determined that its combat capabilities would aid the rebels in breaching the blockade around Ibaar. Zeb and his companions then journeyed to Ibaar aboard the newly repaired and modified Phantom, transporting the Blade Wing starfighter. During the second blockade run, Zeb and Sabine manned the controls of the Phantom, while Hera utilized the Blade Wing to destroy an Arquitens-class light cruiser. This enabled the Ghost, which was carrying the second shipment of supplies, to penetrate the blockade and deliver relief supplies to the inhabitants of Ibaar.

Subsequently, Zeb and his fellow Ghost crew members received a distress signal from Commander Jun Sato, whose CR90 corvette Liberator had been forcibly removed from hyperspace and captured by an Imperial Interdictor, a newly developed warship equipped with gravity well projectors. When Kanan called for the crew of the Ghost to prepare for a rescue mission, Phoenix Leader Hera formulated an alternative plan that involved Kanan, Chopper, and Rex infiltrating the Imperial Interdictor to rescue Sato, Ezra, and the other crew members. Zeb contributed to this rescue plan by capturing two stormtroopers. After donning their armor, the three rebels traveled to the Imperial Interdictor aboard a stolen Sentinel-class landing craft. Kanan, Rex, and Chopper not only rescued the other rebels with Ezra's assistance but also destroyed the Interdictor and two Imperial light cruisers.

Later, Zeb, Kanan, Chopper, and Ezra assisted their Jedi ally Ahsoka Tano in a mission to investigate the activities of the Inquisitors. Tano had discovered that the Inquisitors were engaged in a secondary objective: kidnapping Force-sensitive infants. Ahsoka had also deciphered two sets of coordinates. While she investigated the first set of coordinates, Zeb and the crew of the Ghost explored the second set, which led them to Hammertown, a settlement on the planet Takobo. After determining that the coordinates corresponded to houses, Kanan instructed Zeb and Chopper to remain behind and monitor the spaceport for Inquisitors. Meanwhile, he and Ezra proceeded to investigate the location of the coordinates.

After searching the spaceport for several hours, Zeb and Chopper encountered two TIE Advanced v1 starfighters guarded by an ID9 seeker droid, which they had previously encountered during an earlier adventure on the abandoned Republic medical station. Zeb destroyed the seeker droid with his bo-rifle. While examining the starfighters, Zeb discovered a human infant named Alora, who had been abducted by the Inquisitors during a previous expedition to the planet Chandel. After freeing the child, Zeb and Chopper destroyed the two TIEs using explosives.

Meanwhile, Kanan and Ezra discovered that the Inquisitors had attempted to kidnap a Force-sensitive Ithorian child named Pypey. However, Pypey's mother Oora had sent him away with a decoy droid. Kanan contacted Zeb and instructed him to locate the other child. Zeb then left Chopper to watch over Alora in the Phantom. Shortly thereafter, Zeb encountered the decoy droid and convinced it that he was there to assist. The droid handed Pypey over to Zeb, and the Lasat proceeded back to the spaceport. However, he was soon spotted by the Fifth Brother and the Seventh Sister, who pursued him to an apartment block.

Zeb contacted Kanan via comlink to inform him of his new location. Zeb sought refuge in an apartment, where he was soon joined by Kanan and Ezra. Ezra's presence unsettled Pypey, as the infant could sense his fear. Consequently, the Inquisitors closed in on the rebels and began probing for them with their lightsabers. Unwilling to deal with a crying infant, Zeb handed Pypey to Ezra. To evade the Inquisitors, the rebels split up. While Ezra and Pypey retreated into a ventilation shaft, Kanan and Zeb confronted the Inquisitors.

Eventually, Zeb and Kanan cornered the two Inquisitors, who were attempting to flush Ezra out of the ventilation shaft by piercing the ceiling with their lightsabers. While Kanan engaged the Seventh Sister, Zeb attacked the Fifth Brother but was quickly thrown aside by the Inquisitor. Unable to match the Inquisitors in combat, Zeb and Kanan jumped out the window and landed on a speeder. The Inquisitors pursued them on another speeder, chasing the two rebels through the streets of Hammertown. Kanan managed to disable the Inquisitors' speeder with his bo-rifle, but the Fifth Brother disabled the rebels' speeder with his lightsaber.

Continuing on foot, Zeb and Kanan reunited with Ezra and Pypey outside the spaceport. However, the gates were locked, and they were soon cornered again by the Inquisitors. The Inquisitors quickly overpowered Zeb and Kanan with their Force powers and demanded that Ezra surrender the child. Before the Inquisitors could complete their task, Ahsoka emerged from the doors and defeated the two Inquisitors in a lightsaber duel. While Ahsoka battled the Inquisitors, Zeb and the other rebels evacuated with Pypey aboard the Phantom. They rescued Ahsoka after she was surrounded by Imperial reinforcements, who had been summoned by the Inquisitors.

Before the Imperial assault on the rebel presence on Garel, Zeb and Chopper were procuring supplies on the streets of Garel when Zeb received a message from Sabine instructing them to return to the Ghost. Earlier that morning, Ezra had experienced a Force vision in which he saw his parents Ephraim and Mira Bridger. Sabine had also received intelligence indicating that an Imperial fleet was departing from Lothal, leading her to suspect that the Empire was preparing to attack Garel. Having encountered no Imperial patrols, Zeb was doubtful that the Empire was planning to attack Lothal. However, Sabine revealed that it was standard procedure for the Empire to withdraw patrols prior to launching a major offensive.

Shortly thereafter, Zeb and Chopper were pursued by a group of Imperial stormtroopers. They retreated to the Ghost's spaceport hangar, where a firefight ensued. During the gun battle, Zeb shot down several stormtroopers, while Chopper sought cover behind a stack of crates. After evading Agent Kallus, the Fifth Brother, and the Seventh Sister, Zeb and his fellow rebels fled aboard the Ghost. Once airborne, Zeb manned the Ghost's rear turret and exchanged fire with several TIE starfighters. When Hera executed a daring maneuver to free Commander Sato's command ship Liberator from a Star Destroyer's tractor beam projector, Zeb narrowly avoided being crushed against the projector. After escaping the Imperial fleet, the Ghost and the rest of Phoenix Squadron jumped into hyperspace.

Following the escape from Garel, Zeb, Hera, and Sabine journeyed to Lothal to meet with Princes Leia Organa, the daughter of the Alderaanian Senator Bail Organa, who was secretly supporting the rebellion. Having learned of the Phoenix rebels' losses, Bail had dispatched his daughter to provide three Sphyrna-class Hammerhead corvettes to the rebels. As the Alderaanians could not be seen directly aiding the rebels, Bail and Leia had arranged for the rebels to steal the ships on Lothal, an Imperial-controlled world. The crew of the Ghost arrived on Lothal amidst a skirmish between Kanan, Ezra, Chopper, Leia, and Imperial forces, who had attempted to apprehend Chopper and Ryder Azadi, the former governor of Lothal and a fugitive who had befriended the rebels.

As Leia was still posing as a "loyal" Imperial citizen and Kanan and Ezra were wearing Imperial uniforms, Zeb pretended to kidnap Kanan and Ezra. Simultaneously, Ryder feigned kidnapping Leia. After escaping back aboard the Ghost, Zeb and his fellow rebels learned of the passing of Ezra's parents and offered the youth their condolences. They then proceeded to discuss their plans to "steal" Leia's three Hammerhead corvettes. As Leia's ships were frequently "stolen" by rebel elements, the local Imperial official Supply Master Yogar Lyste had equipped the three corvettes with gravity locks to prevent future thefts.

To infiltrate the Imperial depot, Kanan and Ezra posed as Imperial personnel who pretended to have rescued Leia from the rebels. While the Imperials were distracted, the crew of the Ghost and Ryder Azadi disabled the gravity locks and stole the starships. During the raid on the Imperial depot, Zeb and Hera manned the Ghost and harassed the depot's AT-AT walkers. The acquisition of the three Hammerhead corvettes bolstered the Phoenix Squadron's depleted forces. After completing their mission, Zeb and his comrades rejoined the Phoenix fleet in space.

Zeb and Ezra were present in the command room of the Liberator when the crew of the Ghost received news of Hera and Sabine's unsuccessful mission to seek permission from the Mandalorian Protectors for safe passage through the Concord Dawn system. However, the Protectors' leader Fenn Rau had forged an alliance with the Empire and had attacked Hera's mission, destroying several RZ-1 A-wing interceptors. Hera sustained severe injuries during the attack and required hospitalization.

When Sabine suggested destroying the Protectors' Fang fighters on the third moon of Concord Dawn, Zeb and Ezra expressed interest in accompanying Kanan on the mission. However, Kanan insisted on only taking Chopper to avoid endangering the other rebels. Although Ezra and Zeb were disappointed, they complied with Kanan's orders. Despite Kanan's instructions, Sabine accompanied them, determined to seek revenge against Rau. Ultimately, the mission proved successful, and the rebels not only destroyed the Protectors' starfighters but also captured Rau.

After Ezra Bridger received a tip from the Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka regarding two refugees fleeing from the Empire, Zeb and the other members of the Ghost's crew traveled to Nixus Hub 218. There, they discovered Imperial forces arresting two Lasat refugees. Zeb and his fellow rebels attacked the stormtroopers and their commanding officer, rescuing the two Lasat, who identified themselves as the former Lasan Honor Guard Gron and the female mystic Chava. Both immediately recognized Zeb as a former captain from the Honor Guard, a fact he had concealed from his fellow rebels. Shortly thereafter, Hondo appeared and identified himself as Ezra's secret source.

With Imperial reinforcements expected to arrive, Zeb and the other rebels, along with the two Lasat, returned to the Ghost. While traversing the halls of Hub 218, Gron and Chava revealed that they were traveling to Lira San, a legendary planet considered a safe haven for the Lasat species. Zeb scoffed at the prophecy and expressed doubt that his species had a future. Soon after, the rebels were pursued by more stormtroopers. Thanks to Hondo's intervention, the rebels managed to evade their Imperial pursuers and return to the Ghost with the Lasat refugees. Zeb and his companions then jumped into hyperspace aboard the Ghost.

After entering hyperspace, Chava informed the rebels that she knew the location of Lira San. To find it, Chava stated that the "child" of prophecy must first save "the warrior" and "the fool." Zeb assumed that he was the warrior and that Ezra was the child but was puzzled by the identity of the fool. When Chava commenced a ritual to guide them to Lira San, Zeb refused to participate and retreated to his quarters. Ezra left the ritual and spoke with Zeb, who confessed that he was grappling with the guilt of his perceived failure to protect his people and the Lasan royal family during the Siege of Lasan. Ezra comforted his friend by encouraging Zeb to protect his people once more by assisting Chava and Gron in finding Lira San.

At Ezra's urging, Zeb agreed to participate in the ritual and assembled his bo-rifle in the ancient Lasat style, allowing it to interact with Chava's staff. Once Chopper had projected a holographic map of the galaxy, the bo-rifle generated a surge of energy that pointed to an uncharted area in Wild Space, a region beyond the Outer Rim Territories. Believing that the prophecy might be true, Hera and Sabine plotted a course using those coordinates. Upon emerging from hyperspace, the Ghost encountered an imploded star cluster obstructing their path to their destination. Chava quickly identified this as the maze from the ancient Lasat prophecy.

The rebels' challenges were further complicated when Agent Kallus arrived with an Arquitens-class command cruiser. When Chava identified Kallus as the "warrior" from the prophecy, Zeb initially dismissed the idea due to his hatred for the man who had played a role in Lasan's destruction. When Chava then explained that everyone could fulfill the three roles of warrior, fool, and child over time, Zeb realized that he had to forge his own destiny and that of the Lasat. Taking a leap of faith, Zeb used the power generated by his bo-rifle to guide the Ghost into the cluster and find Lira San. The Ghost entered the cluster but was miraculously unharmed by its gravitational pull. The Ghost's hyperdrive then automatically jumped into the middle of the star cluster. Meanwhile, Agent Kallus was forced to retreat after losing two TIE fighters and sustaining damage to his warship from the star cluster's gravitational pull.

During the jump into hyperspace, Zeb and his rebels were engulfed by a blinding light and knocked unconscious. When they awoke, they found themselves in uncharted space but quickly spotted the planet Lira San. Zeb, Gron, and Chava then traveled on the Phantom to Lira San's surface while the other rebels remained behind. Upon landing on Lira San, Zeb and the other two Lasat discovered that the planet was inhabited by millions of Lasat and that Lira San was the Lasat species' original homeworld. Resolving to guide other surviving Lasat to Lira San and regarding his fellow rebels as family, Zeb returned to the Ghost and shared the news with his rebel comrades. Using the route that Zeb had discovered through the star cluster, the rebels then plotted a safe course back into known space.

Zeb and his rebel companions subsequently participated in a raid on a Mining Guild Asteroid Belt Gas Refinery to acquire fuel supplies for the Ghost and the Phoenix Squadron. En route, the Ghost encountered a herd of purrgil, large space-dwelling creatures capable of traveling through hyperspace. While Hera was apprehensive about the giant space creatures, Ezra believed that the purrgil posed no threat to the Ghost. The crew of the Ghost came to the aid of the purrgil when two TIE/mg Mining Guild starfighters attacked the herd. During the brief dogfight, Zeb was in the Phantom when Hera drained its power to enable Ezra and Kanan to shoot down the TIE fighters.

As they neared the gas refinery, the rebels quickly realized that the purrgil were after the Clouzon-36 gas being extracted there. Zeb and his fellow rebels also attended a briefing in the Ghost's cockpit prior to the raid on the asteroid refinery. As Zeb entered the room, he complained that Ghost's doors were no longer automatic. During the briefing, Zeb listened as Sabine and Hera outlined their plans for the raid. Kanan, Ezra, Chopper, and Sabine would jump onto the refinery's bridge, detonate the facility, and secure the landing zone where several canisters of Clouzon-36 were awaiting pickup by the Empire.

While the other rebels participated in the raid, Zeb and Hera remained aboard the Ghost. After Ezra convinced the other rebels not to detonate the facility, Zeb and Hera were informed of this change in plans. At Sabine's request, they landed the Ghost on the gas refinery's platform. While Hera piloted the ship, Zeb manned the laser cannons. After landing, Zeb assisted Sabine and Chopper in moving the canisters onto the Ghost while Kanan and Ezra held back the Mining Guild guards. Zeb used one of the canisters to power up the Ghost.

Towards the end of the skirmish, Zeb and his fellow rebels were cornered by the Mining Guild Boss Yushyn, several Rodian guards, and two TIE fighters. Fortunately for Zeb and his comrades, Ezra resurfaced with several purrgil reinforcements which overpowered the guards. This allowed the crew of the Ghost to complete their refueling and reloading, and they departed into space. Before leaving, the Ghost destroyed the gas refinery to deny it to the Empire. Later in space, Zeb and his fellow rebels were reunited with Ezra, who revealed that he had established a connection with the purrgil, who depended on the Clouzon-36 for food and traveling through hyperspace. Zeb and his fellow rebels later followed the purrgil herd through hyperspace.

Garazeb Orrelios and Hera went on a mission together with the goal of pilfering resources from the Empire. During this operation, a Hammerhead corvette, belonging to the rebel fleet, transferred some supplies to the Ghost while being chased by an Imperial Star Destroyer. Once Zeb completed the cargo loading, the rebel fleet initiated their jump to hyperspace. However, the A-wing starfighter piloted by Phoenix Two, a pilot from Phoenix Squadron, suffered hyperdrive damage, leaving the pilot stranded in space. Phoenix Two attempted to dock her starfighter with the Ghost's docking ring, but was struck by enemy fire. Before the Imperials could catch them, Zeb and Hera escaped into hyperspace.

The Ghost crew, observing the rebel's increasing losses of starfighters and pilots that outpaced their replacement rate, undertook a mission to commandeer an Imperial fighter carrier spotted orbiting Ryloth, the native planet of the Twi'lek species. Needing assistance, Hera contacted her estranged father Cham Syndulla, the leader of the Ryloth rebels. When Cham, along with his companions Numa and Gobi Glie, met with them aboard the Ghost in deep space, Zeb and the other rebels were present.

Later, Zeb was present at a briefing where Hera detailed her strategy to use a stolen TIE/sa bomber to infiltrate and seize the fighter carrier. Cham, however, disagreed and proposed destroying the carrier to highlight the Ryloth resistance's strength. After a debate, Cham reluctantly agreed to aid Hera's rebels in capturing the Imperial carrier. For this mission, Zeb and his fellow rebels journeyed to the Ryloth system aboard Cham's Nu-class attack/transport shuttle. After exiting hyperspace, the two rebel groups boarded their TIE bomber and approached the fighter carrier.

Hera orchestrated a plan for two rebel A-wings to attack their TIE bomber, deceiving the Imperials into allowing them to land. The Imperials fell for the trick and permitted the rebels to land their stolen TIE bomber in a hangar bay. Upon landing, Cham and his companions betrayed the Ghost crew, stunning them and proceeding with their initial plan to destroy the fighter carrier. After recovering from the stun, Zeb joined his fellow rebels to prevent the Ryloth rebels from executing their plan. While Hera, Kanan, Chopper, and Ezra headed to the ship's command bridge, Zeb and Sabine went to the munition racks to intercept Numa and Gobi from detonating their explosives.

Zeb and Sabine eventually found Numa and Gobi engaged in a blaster fight with stormtroopers. After a struggle, Zeb and Sabine used a rigged mouse droid to trip the two Twi'leks, rendering them unconscious, and then restrained them. Meanwhile, the other Spectres forced the Imperials to abandon the ship. Hera also persuaded Cham to overcome their differences and collaborate to prevent the Imperials from reclaiming the ship. The two rebel groups joined forces and repelled Imperial reinforcements. During the conflict, Zeb and Sabine worked with Numa and Gobi to shoot down Imperial TIE fighters. After repairing the hyperdrive and destroying an Imperial light cruiser, Zeb and his rebel allies escaped aboard the fighter carrier into hyperspace. Subsequently, Zeb and the rest of the Ghost crew said goodbye to Cham and his companions. By this time, Hera had also mended her relationship with her father.

Zeb, along with his rebel comrades, engaged the Imperials in combat, with the Lasat finding himself in close quarters with Kallus. While Zeb's rebel allies managed to return to the Ghost, Zeb became separated and fled in an escape pod. Kallus pursued the Lasat warrior, and their fight continued within the pod. As the pod hurtled toward Geonosis, Zeb threw Kallus onto the controls, disabling them and causing the vehicle to crash-land in a cavern on Bahryn, an icy moon orbiting Geonosis.

Zeb emerged from the crash unharmed, while Kallus suffered a broken foot. After exiting the escape pod, Zeb began gathering supplies from the wreckage. Kallus, lying wounded on the icy ground, taunted Zeb, predicting that the Empire would eventually find them. Zeb retorted that he would not allow that to happen. As the night grew colder, Zeb produced a portable heater, but it proved insufficient to provide adequate warmth. When Zeb expressed surprise at Geonosis's icy weather, Kallus informed him that they had landed on one of its moons.

Zeb then entered the pod and discovered a transponder, only to find it damaged. Kallus suggested Zeb repair it so the Empire could locate them. Simultaneously, they heard a distant roar. Distrusting the Empire, Zeb declared he would take his chances with the cold and whatever creature lurked in the cavern rather than risk imprisonment by the Empire. Kallus responded that he would ensure Zeb received a fair trial. However, Zeb remained skeptical of Kallus's promises, having witnessed the Empire's actions against his people and the galaxy.

Later that night, Zeb successfully repaired the escape pod's transponder. To pass the time, Zeb and Kallus exchanged views on the Empire and the rebellion. When their heater malfunctioned, Zeb discovered an alternative heat source in the form of a meteorite. As the transponder's signal couldn't escape the cavern, Zeb made two attempts to climb out but failed, prompting Kallus to mock him. Before they could fight, they were attacked by the creature they had heard earlier, a bonzami. Ultimately, Zeb and Kallus joined forces and drove the beast away.

After repelling the bonzami, Zeb questioned Kallus about the Imperial Sterilization of Geonosis, which Kallus claimed he was either unaware of or not involved in. As they discussed a way to escape the cavern before the bonzami returned with reinforcements, Zeb examined a bo-rifle trophy and noticed it had been modified for close-quarters combat. When Zeb inquired about how Kallus acquired the bo-rifle, the ISB agent revealed that he hadn't stolen it. Instead, Kallus explained that a Lasat warrior he had defeated had given it to him for fighting honorably, a tradition Zeb recognized as a Lasat custom.

When Zeb brought up the Imperial pacification of Lasan, Kallus recounted a violent encounter with rebels on Onderon during the Empire's early years. Kallus' unit had been ambushed by a Lasat mercenary who brutally killed all his men but spared Kallus. Upon hearing of Kallus's near-death experience, Zeb felt remorse and remarked that not all Lasats were the same, to which Kallus compared the Imperials. After resolving their differences and gaining a better understanding of each other, Zeb and Kallus decided to climb out together.

However, as they climbed toward the surface, the bonzami returned with reinforcements. Following a struggle involving Zeb throwing Kallus to the surface, the two unlikely allies reached the top. Kallus earned Zeb's respect by using his bo-rifle to shoot one of the bonzami. After reaching the surface, they eventually found shelter from a blizzard. While taking cover, Kallus expressed regret for his involvement in the Fall of Lasan but insisted it wasn't personal. Zeb responded that he had already come to terms with that traumatic event.

The following morning, Zeb and Kallus were awakened by the sound of engines. Zeb quickly realized that the Ghost had picked up his transponder signal. When Zeb invited Kallus aboard and assured him that the rebels would treat him fairly, Kallus replied that he preferred to take his chances with the Empire. As a parting gift, Zeb left him the meteorite they had found as a symbol of their newfound friendship. Zeb was greeted by his fellow rebels (except Chopper) at the gangplank of the Ghost. When Ezra commented on the freezing temperature, Zeb retorted that the youth had only been there for two seconds. Zeb and his companions then returned to space.

After Ezra, Kanan, and Chopper returned from a scouting mission to the planet Oosalon as a potential rebel base, Zeb and Hera welcomed their comrades aboard the Ghost. Earlier, Kanan had instructed Hera to rendezvous the Ghost with the Phantom in deep space away from the fleet. When Ezra and Kanan entered the ship, Zeb was cleaning his bo-rifle. The Lasat asked the two Jedi if they had discovered a new site for the rebels. In response, Kanan told them that he and Ezra had run into two Inquisitors known as the Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister respectively. Kanan also expressed his fears that the Inquisitors were preventing him and Ezra from helping the rebels to start up a new base.

Earlier, Ahsoka Tano, a Jedi friend of the Spectres, had visited the Ghost. Later, she along with Kanan, Ezra, and Chopper departed on the Phantom for the Lothal Jedi Temple where they hoped to commune with Master Yoda. As the Phantom departed into hyperspace, Zeb along with Hera and Sabine watched from the Ghost's window. To protect the rebellion, Kanan had decided not to reveal their whereabouts to the other rebels.

Zeb and his fellow rebels attended a meeting on the former Imperial fighter carrier, which had become the new Phoenix flagship, to discuss the establishment of a rebel base on Berzite's moon in the Yost system. Since the rebels were low on fuel, Sabine's friend Ketsu Onyo instead recommended that the rebels steal fuel from the Imperial depot at Horizon Base. Commander Sato consented to the plan and sent the crew of the Ghost to Horizon Base. Zeb and his fellow rebels with the exception of Chopper took part in the mission. Chopper was supposed to guard the Ghost but was distracted by the sight of a new droid leg being sold at a nearby stall. Zeb and Ezra were unsympathetic to Chopper and taunted him about "going shopping."

The crew of the Ghost managed to steal the fuel but were pursued by Imperial stormtroopers. All of the rebels escaped, but Chopper was left behind since he had been preoccupied with the leg. Upon arriving back at the Phoenix fleet, Zeb and his fellow rebels found the fleet under attack from Imperial forces under Admiral Kassius Konstantine, who tried to prevent the Ghost from docking with the rebel fighter carrier. However, the rebels were able to land in one of the carrier's hangar bays with the help of Ketsu, who used her Shadow Caster to protect the Ghost from enemy fire. Upon landing, Zeb and Ezra began unloading fuel canisters. While the rebel fleet was preparing to travel to the Yost system, Hera and Commander Sato received a warning from Chopper and his new friend AP-5 that the Imperials had set a trap in the Yost system. AP-5 also gave the rebel fleet the coordinates for Atollon, a world without an Imperial presence.

Zeb and his fellow rebels traveled to Atollon, where they were reunited with Chopper and AP-5. Zeb and his fellow rebels were present when Sabine repaired AP-5 using parts from Chopper's stolen droid leg. He watched with bemusement when AP-5 chided Chopper for the "illogical act" of sacrificing his brand-new droid leg, which prompted a heated exchange between the two droids.

Following the discover of Atollon, the Phoenix rebels established a base on the planet called Chopper Base. Zeb and his fellow rebels helped ferry supplies from the fleet to Chopper Base. Zeb and Chopper accompanied the Spectres during a supply run to deliver several power generators. After finishing their run, Zeb took the opportunity to relax on a cliff outside the base which overlooked the desert and several large coral plants. Zeb was also listening to music under Atollon's sunset when Ezra joined him. When the young Jedi expressed his worries about not meeting again, Zeb reassured his younger friend by telling him that they would have overthrown the Empire by the time he and Kanan had returned. He suggested they could then share war stories.

Later that evening, Zeb and the other rebels responded to a distress call from Sabine, who had accompanied Rex on a mission to investigate the disappearance of Lieutenant Dicer. Dicer had been planting a sensor marker in the base's northern perimeter when she disappeared. Sabine and Rex had visited the site only to be attacked by several large spidery creatures called krykna. The Ghost arrived and chased away the creatures, but Rex was taken by the krykna to their underground nest.

Despite his reputation as a fierce fighter, Zeb was frightened by the krykna and offered to guard the Ghost. However, Hera instructed him to accompany them and instead assigned Chopper the job of guarding the ship. While underground, Zeb accompanied Hera and Sabine while Kanan and Ezra went to explore a different section. Zeb and his companions eventually found Rex and managed to free him but were unable to find Dicer. While being pursued by several krykna, Zeb and his companions reunited with Kanan and Ezra. Together, they made their way out of the tunnels and fled back to the Ghost.

Once aboard the ship, Zeb along with Kanan and Ezra used the ship's laser cannons to fight off the intruders. However, the Ghost was unable to leave because the krykna had spun a large web around the ship. When Ezra suggested cutting through the web in order to free the Ghost, Zeb's reluctance annoyed the young Jedi, who remarked that he did not want to be chomped up by the creatures because they were too afraid to go outside. In the end, the rebels broke free of the web by concocting a plan which involved Sabine distracting the creatures with the sensor marker while Ezra and Kanan used their lightsabers to slice through the web. Following the skirmish with the krykna, the Phoenix rebels erected a fence of sensor markers around Chopper Base to deter the krykna. Zeb along with Hera and Sabine stayed behind while Kanan and Ezra traveled with the former Jedi Ahsoka to Malachor.

Zeb and the other rebels including Rex stayed behind at Chopper Base while Kanan, Ezra, and Chopper accompanied Ahsoka on a mission to Malachor. Zeb and his fellow rebels later greeted Kanan, Ezra, and Chopper when the Phantom landed at Chopper Base. Zeb watched in silence while the now-blinded Kanan hugged Hera. He and his fellow rebels were also saddened when they saw that Ahsoka had not come with Ezra and Kanan. Later, Zeb and his fellow rebels returned to the Ghost, where they silently came to terms with Kanan's blindness and Ahsoka's apparent death.

Following the events on Malachor, Zeb took part in a rebel mission led by Ezra to rescue the Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka from the Imperial prison on Naraka, whom they had encountered earlier at Nixus Hub 218. While Hera waited aboard the Ghost, Zeb and the other rebels climbed under a bridge to avoid Imperial sentries. Zeb pulled a stormtrooper to his death while Ezra pushed another down into the ravine. After climbing onto the bridge with Sabine, they were joined by Chopper who jumped down a cliff. Chopper did not activate his rocket boosters in order to avoid triggering the Imperial sensor lights. Zeb caught the astromech droid in time.

The rebels headed inside the Naraka prison, where they freed Hondo and his Ugnaught companion Terba from their cell. Following a brief firefight, they evaded stormtroopers. However, Terba was killed during the escape attempt by an AT-DP walker. Zeb took up position outside the prison while Sabine and Chopper took out the pursuers and Ezra used the Force to compel the AT-DP pilot to walk off the edge of the platform. The rebels then fled aboard the Ghost. Once aboard, Zeb told Hera that Ezra had used a mind trick on the Imperial pilot.

After returning to Chopper Base, Zeb was present at a briefing where Hondo revealed that the Galactic Empire was dismantling Old Republic Y-wings at Reklam Station inside the gas planet of Yarma. Zeb along with Sabine, Chopper, Rex, and Hondo later joined a recon mission led by Ezra, who had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the light of his success on Naraka. The rebels traveled to Yarma on the Phantom.

While traveling to Yarma, the rebels escaped a Mining Guild patrol at Sereeda Waypoint. Once inside the gassy planet, the rebels were attacked by two Imperial DTS-series Dismantler Droids. Rex attempted to fight one of the pursuers but fell out of the Phantom's rear hatch. However, Zeb grabbed on to his rebel comrade and pulled him aboard the ship. After dispatching the dismantler droids, Sabine parked the Phantom beneath Reklam Station. The rebels and Hondo convinced the Ugnaught laborers aboard Reklam Station to help them steal the Y-wings in return for their freedom.

After the Ugnaughts disabled the conveyor-belt system, Zeb and his team began refueling the Y-wings. However, they were spotted by an Imperial dismantler droid, which alerted the Imperial Commander Brom Titus. Titus activated the magnetic locks, preventing the rebels from escaping with their stolen Y-wings. When the dismantler droid attacked Chopper and Sabine and tried to shake them off a Y-wing, Zeb tried to come to their aid but was no match for the "clanker." Rex then managed to push the droid off the edge of Reklam Station, sending it to its destruction in the depths of Yarma.

Meanwhile, Ezra knocked out the power systems, which disabled the magnetic locks. When Sabine ordered Chopper to use the relay navigation system to autopilot the Y-wings, Zeb shoved a reluctant Chopper into a Y-wing's astromech socket. The rebels minus Ezra escaped into space but were intercepted by an Imperial Star Destroyer commanded by Governor Arihnda Pryce. Following a brief dogfight, the rebels were rescued by Phoenix Squadron. Zeb and his team landed the five surviving Y-wings inside the Quasar Fire-class cruiser-carrier Phoenix Nest.

After fleeing into hyperspace, the rebels returned to Chopper Base. When Hera reprimanded Ezra for disobeying orders, endangering his crew, and getting the Phantom destroyed, Zeb tried to take responsibility. However, Hera insisted that the mission was Ezra's responsibility.

Zeb along with Hera, Chopper, and Sabine were taken captive by the former Sith apprentice Maul, whom Ezra and Kanan had encountered earlier on Malachor. Maul had lured the crew of the Ghost into a trap by attacking a Sphyrna-class corvette that was part of the Phoenix cell. Maul threatened to execute the hostages if Kanan and Ezra failed to bring him Kanan's Jedi holocron and the Sith holocron that Ezra had obtained on Malachor. After Maul deduced that the Ghost was their home, Zeb asked the Dark Sider if he was going to move in. Zeb and Sabine protested when Maul forced Hera to take him on a tour of the Ghost in order to find Kanan's Jedi holocron.

Later, Hera staged an escape attempt. At her signal, Zeb kicked Chopper into two of Maul's repurposed tour guide droids. The rebels then knocked out the remaining droids before making their way into the engine room. Zeb carried Chopper down the ladder. Once inside the cargo hold, the rebels tried to trap Maul with the magnetizer. However, the Sith Lord broke free from the magnetizer with his lightsaber. He then reasserted his authority over the crew and warned them that they were only alive because he still needed them. Maul took his captives to an abandoned Mandalorian asteroid station called Vizsla Keep 09.

While Zeb and the other rebels remained aboard the Ghost, Maul greeted Kanan and Ezra. After collecting the Sith holocron, Maul led Ezra to the command center. He ordered that the prisoners be executed. Before the tour guide droids could carry out the sentence, Kanan sneaked up behind Maul's droids and beheaded them with his lightsaber. The rebels then rushed to the command room to confront Maul but were blinded by a bright pink light created by the holocrons. Kanan convinced Ezra to close his eyes, ending the ritual. However, Maul escaped into space.

After Imperial forces destroyed a rebel convoy near Teralov, Zeb and the other Spectres attended a briefing at Chopper Base chaired by Commander Sato. During the briefing, the rebels learned from an agent codenamed Fulcrum that several Imperial cadets were planning to defect from the elite Skystrike Academy. The former cadet Sabine was assigned the mission while Zeb accompanied Hera on a second supply run to Teralov. Later, Zeb was present when Sabine, Wedge Antilles, and Hobbie arrived safely in Chopper Base.

Garazeb Orrelios, along with Hera, engaged in a mission aimed at procuring resources illicitly from the Empire. During this endeavor, a Hammerhead corvette, belonging to the rebel fleet, was being pursued by an Imperial Star Destroyer, and it transferred some cargo to the Ghost. Once Zeb had completed the loading of the supplies, the rebel fleet initiated their jump to hyperspace. Regrettably, the hyperdrive on the A-wing starfighter piloted by Phoenix Two, a pilot affiliated with Phoenix Squadron, malfunctioned, resulting in the pilot being stranded in space. Phoenix Two made an attempt to dock her starfighter with the Ghost's docking ring, but was hit by enemy fire. Before the Imperials could overtake them, Zeb and Hera made their escape into hyperspace.

The crew of the Ghost, recognizing the rebels' escalating losses of starfighters and pilots that they could not replace quickly enough, embarked on a mission to seize an Imperial fighter carrier observed orbiting Ryloth, the home planet of the Twi'lek species. As they required assistance, Hera reached out to her estranged father, Cham Syndulla, who was the leader of the Ryloth rebels. Zeb and the other rebels were present when Cham, accompanied by his companions Numa and Gobi Glie, met with them aboard the Ghost in the vastness of space.

At a later time, Zeb was present during a briefing session in which Hera laid out her strategy to utilize a stolen TIE/sa bomber to infiltrate and take control of the fighter carrier. However, Cham expressed disagreement with her plan, advocating for the destruction of the carrier as a means to demonstrate the strength of the Ryloth resistance. Following a period of discussion, Cham reluctantly consented to assist Hera's rebels in capturing the Imperial carrier. For this mission, Zeb and his fellow rebels made their way to the Ryloth system aboard Cham's Nu-class attack/transport shuttle. After emerging from hyperspace, the two rebel factions boarded their TIE bomber and proceeded towards the fighter carrier.

Hera devised a scheme involving two rebel A-wings attacking their TIE bomber, with the intention of deceiving the Imperials into granting them permission to land. The Imperials were fooled by the ruse and allowed the rebels to land their pilfered TIE bomber in a hangar bay. Upon landing, Cham and his companions turned against the Ghost crew, stunning them and proceeding with their initial objective of destroying the fighter carrier. After awakening from the effects of being stunned, Zeb joined forces with his fellow rebels to thwart the Ryloth rebels from carrying out their plan. While Hera, Kanan, Chopper, and Ezra made their way to the ship's command bridge, Zeb and Sabine headed towards the munition racks to prevent Numa and Gobi from detonating their explosives.

Zeb and Sabine eventually encountered Numa and Gobi in the midst of a blaster battle with stormtroopers. After a struggle ensued, Zeb and Sabine employed a rigged mouse droid to trip the two Twi'leks, rendering them unconscious, and subsequently restrained them. In the meantime, the other Spectres compelled the Imperials to abandon the ship. Hera also managed to convince Cham to set aside their differences and collaborate to prevent the Imperials from reclaiming the ship. Joining forces, the two rebel factions successfully repelled Imperial reinforcements. During the course of the fighting, Zeb and Sabine collaborated with Numa and Gobi to shoot down Imperial TIE fighters. After repairing the hyperdrive and destroying an Imperial light cruiser, Zeb and his rebel companions made their escape aboard the fighter carrier into hyperspace. Later on, Zeb and the other members of the Ghost crew bid farewell to Cham and his companions. By this point, Hera had also reconciled with her father.

Zeb, along with his rebel comrades, engaged in combat with the Imperials, with the Lasat finding himself in close-quarters combat with Kallus. While Zeb's rebel allies managed to make their way back to the Ghost, Zeb became separated from them and sought refuge in an escape pod. Kallus pursued the Lasat warrior, and their confrontation continued within the confines of the pod. As the pod hurtled towards Geonosis, Zeb propelled Kallus onto the controls, disabling them and causing the vehicle to crash-land within a cavern located on Bahryn, an icy moon that orbited Geonosis.

Zeb emerged from the crash unscathed, while Kallus sustained a broken foot. After exiting the escape pod, Zeb began the process of gathering supplies from the wreckage of the vehicle. Kallus, who was lying wounded on the icy ground, taunted Zeb, predicting that the Empire would eventually locate them. Zeb responded by asserting that he would not allow such a scenario to unfold. As the night grew colder, Zeb produced a portable heater, but it proved to be inadequate in providing sufficient warmth. When Zeb expressed his surprise at the presence of icy weather on Geonosis, Kallus informed him that they had, in fact, landed on one of its moons.

Zeb then entered the pod and discovered a transponder, only to find that it had been damaged. Kallus suggested that Zeb repair it so that the Empire would be able to find them. At the same time, they heard a distant roar. Distrusting the Empire, Zeb remarked that he would rather take his chances with the cold and whatever beast was in the cavern than risk being jailed by the Empire. Kallus responded that he would do his best to ensure that Zeb got a fair trial. However, Zeb was skeptical of Kallus' promises, having seen what the Empire had done to his people and the galaxy.

Later that night, Zeb managed to repair the escape pod's transponder. To pass the time, Zeb and Kallus exchanged views about the Empire and the rebellion. When their heater broke down, Zeb found an alternative heat source in the form of a meteorite. Since the transponder's signal was unable to leave the cavern, Zeb made two attempts to climb out of the cavern but failed, prompting Kallus to snigger at him. Before the two could fight, they were attacked by the creature they had heard earlier, which turned out to be a bonzami. In the end, Zeb and Kallus joined forces and drove the beast away.

After driving the bonzami away, Zeb questioned Kallus about the Imperial Sterilization of Geonosis, something which Kallus insisted he was innocent or unaware of. As the two discussed a way to escape the cavern before the bonzami returned with backup, Zeb examined bo-rifle trophy and discovered

Later on, Zeb, together with his rebel comrades, journeyed back to Ryloth. Their mission was to provide supplies to Cham Syndulla, Hera's father, who spearheaded the Free Ryloth movement. The Ghost then picked up Cham and Numa, a fellow fighter, as they were being pursued by Imperial scout troopers riding 614-AvA speeder bikes. Cham and Numa brought their blurrg mounts aboard the Ghost, but one of the pursuing scout troopers followed them. Zeb swiftly incapacitated the scout trooper, and Ezra took his armor.

Once safely aboard, Cham briefed the rebels on the recent Imperial advances in the Tann Province, led by Grand Admiral Thrawn. Zeb and the other rebels offered their assistance to Hera in recovering the Syndulla Kalikori, a cherished family heirloom, from her family home. While Hera, Ezra, and Chopper infiltrated the Syndulla residence, Zeb and the other rebels launched a diversionary attack on Imperial forces stationed in a nearby ravine. After destroying an AT-DP walker and an Imperial Troop Transport, the rebels were forced to retreat, pursued by a second AT-DP walker.

Despite their efforts to impede the walker's progress, Zeb and his fellow rebels were drawn into a firefight. Subsequently, the walker ceased firing to broadcast a hologram message from Captain Slavin, Thrawn's second-in-command. Slavin revealed that the Imperials had captured Hera and Ezra, offering to spare their lives if Cham surrendered to the Empire. Cham accepted the offer, and the rebels traveled aboard the Ghost to the Syndulla residence. However, all the rebels managed to escape when Chopper detonated several explosives, causing damage to the Syndulla residence. Although they failed to retrieve the Kalikori from Thrawn, the rebels successfully escaped into the wilderness aboard the Ghost. Afterward, Zeb socialized with Cham's fighters and embraced Ezra.

Later, Zeb accompanied the other Spectres and Rex on a mission to retrieve proton bombs from a wrecked Separatist supply ship located on the planet Agamar. After disembarking from the Ghost, Zeb, along with Ezra and Kanan, gained further insight into the Clone Wars from Rex. While inspecting the munitions depot, the rebels discovered that it was fully stocked with proton bombs. Subsequently, the rebels inadvertently triggered a ray shield trap and were captured by a group of B1-series battle droids commanded by B1-268. B1-268 was about to execute the intruders but received orders from his commander to stun them and take them into custody.

Zeb and the other rebels, including Rex, awoke to find themselves prisoners of Kalani, who led a Separatist holdout that had evaded the shutdown of the Separatist Droid Army that followed Order 66. In an attempt to secure a Separatist victory in the Clone Wars, Kalani compelled his prisoners to participate in a combat simulation. When Zeb refused, Kalani agreed, citing the Lasats' lack of involvement in the Clone Wars. Instead, he designated Zeb as a hostage for the others to rescue from his command bridge. The other rebels, at Ezra's urging, agreed to participate in the match on the condition that Kalani would free Chopper if they won and release his stockpile of proton bombs. Kalani accepted their terms.

A restrained Zeb observed the simulation from Kalani's command bridge. When Zeb's rebel allies scattered Kalani's initial assault wave, Zeb attempted to persuade the tactical droid to surrender. However, Kalani dismissed Zeb's suggestion and revealed that he had set a trap for the rebels in the hangar bay. Nevertheless, the rebels defeated Kalani's droidekas and forced their way into the command bridge. Rex and the rebels declared victory, but Kalani refused to acknowledge it on technicalities. Before he could execute Zeb, Ezra convinced Kalani to set aside his animosity towards Rex, arguing that the conflict between the droids and clones had allowed the Empire to seize control of the galaxy. After Imperial forces arrived and attacked Kalani's droids, the two sides agreed to cooperate in order to escape Agamar.

Working together, the rebels and Kalani devised a plan to delay the advancing Imperial forces by rolling proton bombs onto the feet of their AT-AT and AT-DP walkers. During the battle, Zeb launched a grenade that damaged an Imperial AT-DP walker. After damaging the front legs of an advancing AT-AT walker, the rebels and droids fled in three Neimoidian escort shuttles that had been repaired by Chopper. While one of the shuttles was shot down, Zeb, his companions, and Kalani's shuttle successfully escaped into space. The two sides parted on amicable terms, with Kalani expressing his belief that the rebellion had a slim chance of success against the Empire. Shortly thereafter, Hera contacted them. Despite failing to secure the proton bombs, the rebels acquired a new transport for the Ghost.

Zeb interrupted a conversation between Sabine and Fenn Rau to inform them that Hera Syndulla had requested their presence for a briefing in the war room. During the briefing, Hera explained that the rebels had lost contact with the Protectors on the third moon of Concord Dawn. When Rau offered to investigate on behalf of the rebels, Zeb inquired whether Rau was their prisoner. Kanan clarified that Rau was merely a "grumpy house guest." Hera dispatched Rau, along with Sabine, Ezra, and Chopper, on a recon probe. After discovering that the Imperial Viceroy Gar Saxon had eliminated the Protectors, Rau decided to join the rebellion.

Zeb and his fellow Spectres later joined Phoenix Squadron on a mission to evacuate rebel sympathizers from the planet Mykapo before an impending Imperial crackdown. The Phoenix rebels encountered an Imperial advance patrol engaged in combat with a local rebel cell known as the Iron Squadron. The Iron Squadron utilized their YT-2400 light freighter Sato's Hammer to destroy an Imperial Gozanti-class cruiser and declined the rebels' offer of assistance. Under Hera's orders, Zeb and Kanan traveled to Mykapo on the Phantom II to assist with the evacuations. Zeb dismissed the Iron Squadron as a group of "Ezras." Later, they and the rest of Phoenix Squadron, with the exception of Ezra, Sabine, and Chopper, returned to the rebel fleet. Zeb and the Spectres subsequently joined forces with Iron Squadron to rescue the Squadron's captain, Mart Mattin, from Imperial forces.

Prompted by Ezra, Zeb and his fellow Spectres agreed to meet with Hondo, who sought their assistance in retrieving cargo from a derelict Imperial cargo ship trapped in the upper atmosphere of the planet Wynkahthu. Due to their past encounter with Hondo, Zeb, along with Hera and Sabine, were reluctant to collaborate with the Weequay pirate and his business partner Azmorigan. However, the rebels agreed to help after Hondo revealed that the cargo ship was carrying a shipment of proton bombs, a valuable resource for the rebellion.

Given that the cargo ship was trapped over a vortex, the rebels were unable to access the cargo through conventional means. Consequently, Hera tasked the former Imperial inventory droid AP-5 with working alongside Zeb to develop a plan for recovering the cargo. She also assigned Zeb leadership of the mission to express her disapproval of Ezra's fraternization with Hondo. When Ezra protested, Zeb responded that it was his turn to lead a rebel mission. Working with AP-5, Zeb formulated a plan that involved the rebels landing on the cargo ship's hull, navigating their way to the ship's cargo hold, and opening its outer doors to facilitate extraction.

Zeb briefed his recovery team in the Ghost's cargo bay, which included Ezra, Chopper, Hondo, and Azmorigan. When Ezra mocked Zeb's family name, Zeb retorted that the youth should address his concerns with Hera if he had any issues with the mission. Implementing their plan, the rebels leapt onto the cargo ship's hull and made their way inside the ship. Zeb then dispatched Chopper to restart the ship's power plant. Shortly thereafter, the rebels encountered the Ugnaught Melch, who was one of Hondo's crew. Zeb compelled Hondo to reveal the truth about his disastrous initial mission to recover the ship's cargo, an operation that had resulted in the deaths of Melch's comrades.

While Zeb remained hostile and distrustful of Hondo, Ezra insisted that they could still collaborate with him. Zeb and Ezra clashed again when the latter insisted on forcing his way into the cargo bay with his green lightsaber. Once inside, the recovery team discovered their treasures and proton bombs. Zeb then opened the outer cargo doors, allowing the Ghost to approach the cargo bay. Since the Ghost could not land, Zeb used grappling guns to fire magnetic cables that locked onto the Ghost's hull.

Zeb and Ezra used the magnetic cables to transport the proton bombs aboard the Ghost, where Sabine stored them away. Under Zeb's instructions, the proton bombs were loaded first, and Hondo and Azmorigan were forced to wait. After Azmorigan disappeared, Zeb went to search for him, instructing Ezra to continue loading the cargo. Zeb was then stunned by a DT-series sentry droid, which took him to the brig. There, he discovered Hondo in a cell. Zeb used his comlink to contact Ezra for assistance. Ezra and Chopper rescued the two prisoners, and they made their way back to the cargo bay.

However, the recovery team encountered the sentry droid. Despite Zeb and AP-5's orders, Azmorigan shot and destroyed the sentry droid. This triggered the droid's comrades, which pursued Zeb and his team back to the cargo bay. While Zeb and Ezra exchanged fire, Hondo and Azmorigan seized the opportunity to flee aboard the Ghost. Chopper quickly followed suit. Despite destroying one of the droids, the two rebels were forced to retreat as the ship began to list into the vortex. They used the magnetic cable system to reach the Ghost but nearly fell into Wynkahthu's depths when the droids destroyed the grappling gun connecting it. Zeb and Ezra survived because Kanan pulled them to safety.

The rebels and their confederates escaped aboard the Ghost before a vortex tore the cargo ship apart. Once aboard, Hera and Ezra thanked Zeb for his leadership. The rebels were pleased with their loot of proton bombs. However, Hondo was disappointed that Melch had snuck aboard one of his cargo chests and thrown out the treasures in the process. Having accomplished their objectives, the two groups parted company.

Zeb, along with Hera, Sabine, and Commander Sato, remained at Chopper Base while Ezra, Kanan, and Chopper embarked on a mission to infiltrate the Imperial Armory Complex on the planet Lothal. The Phoenix Squadron had discovered that the Empire was manufacturing a new weapon there and were planning to destroy the factory. After Ezra and Kanan's local contact, Ryder Azadi, lost contact with the other Spectres, Azadi contacted the Phoenix Squadron via hologram. Zeb, Sabine, and Sato listened as Hera and Ryder discussed the new Imperial commander, Grand Admiral Thrawn, and Ryder's plan to launch a diversionary attack on the factory's east gate.

After Ezra's team escaped the factory with the weapon blueprints, Zeb, along with Hera and Sabine, corresponded with their comrades on Lothal by hologram. When Sabine expressed surprise that their perennial adversary, Agent Kallus, had assisted Ezra's team in escaping the factory, Zeb vouched for Kallus, noting that he had accidentally recruited him on Bahryn. In response, Hera advised her comrades to treat Kallus with caution until they determined his true intentions.

Following the raid on the Lothal Imperial factory, Zeb participated in a briefing organized by Sabine to discuss the upcoming rebel strike on the Imperial factory. During the briefing, Zeb and the other rebels noticed that Ezra appeared unwell. When Ezra saw Maul walking past Zeb, Ezra alerted him, but Zeb saw nothing. When Ezra fainted, Zeb and Kanan attended to him. After Ezra recounted his vision of seeing Maul to the other Spectres, Zeb reported that he saw nothing beside him and suggested that Ezra was overworking himself. Later, Ezra and Kanan departed for Dathomir to deal with Maul.

At the request of Senator Bail Organa and Rebel Command, Zeb, along with his fellow Spectres and Rex, embarked on a mission to locate Saw Gerrera and investigate the apparent disappearance of the Geonosian species. After landing on Geonosis, Zeb and Sabine were tasked by Hera with finding the energy source that Saw had detected before losing contact with Rebel Command. Zeb and Sabine soon discovered an operational military-grade deflector shield generator in the middle of the desert. Believing that Chopper Base could benefit from the technology, Hera instructed Zeb and Sabine to extract the deflector core. When Zeb questioned what the shield generator was protecting, Sabine urged him to work faster.

Despite a sandstorm, the two rebels extracted the deflector core. Before they could return to the Ghost, Sabine and Zeb discovered the presence of inactive droidekas. Zeb wanted to abandon the mission, but Sabine convinced him to proceed. After the Geonosian Klik-Klak, who was being pursued by the other Spectres and Saw, activated the droidekas, Sabine used the deflector core to generate an energy field to protect the two of them. Zeb and Sabine held off long enough for Saw and the other Spectres to capture Klik-Klak and deactivate his remote controller.

Zeb and Sabine then brought the deflector core aboard the Ghost. After Hera informed them about the arrival of an Arquitens-class command cruiser, Zeb volunteered to enter the labyrinth to reestablish contact with Kanan and Rex's team. Zeb reached the central air shaft and used a communication device to establish contact between the other Spectres and the Ghost. After Kanan requested a pick-up, Zeb returned to the Ghost just in time to escape a strafing run by two TIE bombers. Once they were airborne, Zeb and Sabine took out the pursuing TIE bombers with the Ghost's cannons.

The Ghost then flew into the air shaft and picked up the other Spectres, Saw, and Klik-Klak. The rebels then became embroiled in an argument over Saw's harsh interrogation methods and his plan to take Klik-Klak offworld for interrogation. The rebels and Saw then set aside their differences to repel Imperial Jumptroopers from Captain Brunson's light cruiser. Zeb exchanged fire with the Jumptroopers. After repelling the Imperial troops, the rebels took their ship into the depths of Geonosis. There, they discovered poison canisters, confirming that the Empire had perpetrated genocide against the Geonosians. After freeing Klik-Klak and the Geonosian queen egg, the rebels blasted their way through the light cruiser. They escaped offworld with Saw, news of the Geonosian genocide, and a new deflector core.

When the Phoenix rebels organized a training exercise, Zeb was upset that he had to stay behind as Chief of Security at Chopper Base. Zeb was unhappy at being left behind with Chopper and the inventory droid AP-5, whose company he did not enjoy. Unwilling to help AP-5 with inventory duties, Zeb departed for the base's command center. There, he was informed by a rebel officer that a sensor beacon in Sector 6 had been damaged by meteorites. Zeb and Chopper departed for Sector 6 to investigate the damaged beacon.

Upon arriving, the two discovered a seemingly damaged protocol droid lying among two dead krykna. Believing the droid to be a stray, Zeb took the protocol droid back to Chopper Base for repairs despite Chopper's protests. Unknown to Zeb and the others, the protocol droid was actually an E-XD-series infiltrator droid designated EXD-9. EXD-9 was part of a broad Imperial sweep of the Outer Rim Territories for rebel bases commissioned by Grand Admiral Thrawn, who was hunting the rebellion down. After the recharged EXD-9 began scanning the base depot, AP-5 hired the droid as his assistant. Zeb took a liking to EXD-9 after the protocol droid inadvertently made fun of Chopper.

Later, Zeb received a warning from Fulcrum that the Empire was deploying Infiltrator droids to hunt down rebel bases and that one of these droids had lost contact with the Empire. After seeing the schematics, Zeb realized that EXD-9 was an Infiltrator droid. Returning to the depot, he warned AP-5 and Chopper just before EXD-9 assumed his "attack mode" and attacked the rebels. EXD-9 used his amplified height and fast movements to overpower Zeb and throw him to the ground. Following a fierce struggle, Zeb severed the droid's left hand, forcing it to retreat.

After discovering that EXD-9 had attacked and cannibalized another astromech droid, Zeb, Chopper, and AP-5 resolved to join forces to prevent EXD-9 from alerting the Empire to Chopper Base. Their plan involved luring the Infiltrator droid out of hiding and AP-5 deactivating it. Putting their plan into action, Chopper lured EXD-9 out of hiding, and Zeb ambushed the droid. The droid put up a fierce fight and hurled Zeb against the containers. Following a struggle, Zeb subdued EXD-9 long enough for AP-5 to deactivate the droid. This triggered the droid's self-destruct mechanism, but Chopper froze the timer before it could detonate a proton warhead.

To prevent the Empire from discovering the location of Chopper Base and EXD-9 from destroying the base, Zeb and his droid comrades devised a plan to reprogram EXD-9 and send him back as a bomb to the Empire. AP-5 reprogrammed EXD-9 back to his peaceful mode and set the proton warhead to detonate once it had logged back into the Imperial network. Zeb and his comrades then followed EXD-9 back to his pod. Zeb used his bo-rifle to shoot out EXD-9's long-range transmitter, preventing EXD-9 from transmitting his report to the Empire and forcing him to return to his base. When AP-5 expressed doubts that his work was successful, Zeb praised him for his work. In return, AP-5 commended Zeb for his "admirable" work.

The following day, Zeb contacted Hera to tell her that they had an incident but had reasserted control. When the other rebels returned, Zeb and his comrades attended a briefing at the command center where Fulcrum informed them that the reprogrammed Infiltrator droid had destroyed a Star Destroyer. When Sabine inquired about the details, Zeb responded that it was a long story. AP-5 proceeded to retell the story, but Zeb playfully silenced his friend.

Zeb and his fellow Spectres, along with Fenn Rau, attended a meeting where Fenn, Kanan, and Rau convinced a reluctant Sabine to take up the Darksaber, an ancient Mandalorian weapon, in order to reunify the Mandalorians and rally them to the rebel cause. Sabine began learning using a training saber, which in reality was a stick that Zeb had helped Kanan fashion at an earlier date.

Zeb and his fellow Spectres undertook a mission at the request of Senator Bail Organa to rendezvous with another group of rebels in deep space. While waiting amidst starship wreckage, Zeb and the others listened to an Imperial HoloNet News broadcast by Alton Kastle about the former Senator Mon Mothma's alleged treason against the Empire for denouncing the Ghorman Massacre. The rebels then sighted a tactical infiltration pod, which Zeb and Chopper had encountered earlier on Atollon.

Zeb urged the others to destroy the pod while Hera tried to power down the systems in an attempt to evade detection. After the E-XD infiltrator droid piloting the pod spotted the Ghost, Ezra managed to destroy the ship following a brief chase. However, they failed to stop the probe droid from alerting the Empire. Shortly thereafter, a rebel Taylander shuttle Chandrila Mistress, escorted by the Y-wing squadron Gold Squadron, emerged from hyperspace.

After the rebel ship docked with the Ghost, Zeb and his fellow Spectres met Mothma's senatorial attaché Erskin Semaj and Gold Leader Captain Jon Vander. The Spectres then proceeded to refuel Gold Squadron's Y-wings. Zeb and his fellow rebels chatted with the pilot Gold Two. When Zeb credited his rebel cell for destroying Grand Moff Tarkin's Star Destroyer Sovereign, Gold Two chastised them for making it harder for other rebel groups to operate in the Outer Rim Territories. The argument between the Spectres and Mothma's rebels was interrupted by the arrival of an Imperial light cruiser and Gozanti cruiser.

After Gold Two was wounded, Zeb carried her to the Ghost's medbay while Ezra manned the pilot's Y-wing. During the ensuing gun battle, Zeb manned the Ghost's cannons and fought off several TIE fighters. The rebels escaped after Gold Squadron bombed the light cruiser. Mon Mothma and her crew were forced to flee the Chandrila Mistress and seek refuge aboard the Ghost. After Hera introduced Zeb and his fellow rebels to Mon Mothma, the rebel leader personally thanked Zeb and Ezra. Zeb remained aboard the Ghost during the rebels' journey through the dangerous Archeon pass to Dantooine.

While traversing the Archeon Nebula, the rebels found themselves in a chase with a cutting-edge TIE Defender and a pair of TIE Interceptors. During the ensuing dogfight, Zeb took control of the Ghost's rear-facing guns. He successfully eliminated one of the TIE Interceptors after the nebula's intense radiation caused the fighter's deflector shields to fail. After they left the nebula, the Ghost was ambushed by two Star Destroyers under the command of Governor Pryce and Admiral Konstantine. However, the rebels escaped into hyperspace after Ezra and Jon launched their proton torpedoes into the Archeon Nebula with their Y-wings. Zeb and his fellow rebels were present when Mon Mothma delivered a speech to the gathered rebel fleet, which marked the formal establishment of the Rebel Alliance, thus initiating the Galactic Civil War.

While Chopper and AP-5, along with Wedge Antilles, embarked on a mission to pilfer clearance codes from the Imperial Security Bureau's base on Killun 71, Zeb, Hera, and Ezra remained aboard the Ghost. Zeb lightheartedly commented on how challenging it must be for Wedge to fly with the temperamental Chopper and the grumpy AP-5. Hera, however, assured them that the droids and Wedge were the perfect team for the job. AP-5 successfully stole the clearance codes without any problems, but Chopper was hijacked by a group of Imperial listeners on a Gozanti-class cruiser, who reprogrammed him to be a double agent spy droid. The Imperial controller LT-319 intended to use Chopper to discover the location of Chopper Base.

AP-5 and Wedge returned to the Ghost to find Zeb and Ezra engaged in a game of dejarik. Zeb and Ezra disregarded AP-5's warning about Chopper's strange behavior, but Hera took AP-5 seriously and barely managed to stop Chopper from downloading the Ghost's hyperspace logs. After Chopper went to the engine room and forced the Ghost out of hyperspace, Zeb followed the other rebels to the engine room to confront the rogue droid. However, Chopper locked them in the cargo hold and exposed them to the vacuum of space. The rebels were almost sucked into space, but Hera acted quickly to save them. After AP-5 went outside and unlocked the cargo bay, Zeb and the other rebels went back to the cockpit.

Zeb used his bo-rifle to stun Chopper and mentioned that he had wanted to do that for a long time. However, Hera instructed him to be gentle with her droid and help him stand upright. After plugging him back into the ship's systems, Hera used Chopper's visual processor to send a message to the Imperial listeners. She then used Chopper to transmit a huge amount of data, including his Imperial programming, back to the Imperial cruiser. This data overload destroyed the Gozanti-cruiser but caused Chopper to seize. After Chopper became still, Zeb and Ezra appeared sad, despite their dislike for the droid. However, the two rebels joined Hera in celebrating their comrade's return after Chopper rebooted to his original programming. Zeb and the other rebels were later present when they picked up AP-5 from space and watched him argue with a Chopper who was apologizing.

Zeb was asleep in the bunk below Ezra's bed when the young Jedi was awakened by Kanan's Jedi holocron. The holocron began playing a hologram recording of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi's warning to the Jedi about the Great Jedi Purge. This turned out to be a trick by Maul, the former Sith apprentice, to lure Ezra to Tatooine in order to bring Kenobi out of hiding. Ezra and Chopper then met Kenobi during an errant mission to Tatooine, which resulted in Maul's death. When Ezra and Chopper returned in Maul's ship Nightbrother, Zeb was loading cargo. Zeb asked Ezra if "this means what I want it to mean," and Ezra reassured Zeb, Kanan, and Hera that they would never see Maul again. Ezra then apologized for running away and emphasized that the Spectres were his family.

Zeb participated in the Battle of Atollon. Before the Phoenix Squadron and General Jan Dodonna's Massassi Group could initiate their attack on Lothal, Grand Admiral Thrawn's Seventh Fleet emerged from hyperspace and blockaded Atollon. In response, Hera developed a plan for the rebels to engage the fleet, allowing Ezra and Chopper to escape offworld aboard Maul's former ship, the Nightbrother. As the rebels prepared to fight Thrawn's forces, Zeb asked his friend Rex if he had any regrets about joining the rebellion. Rex replied that it was preferable to hunting joopas. During the initial phase, Zeb and Rex operated the guns on the Ghost while Hera piloted the ship.

Despite suffering significant losses, the rebels helped Ezra and Chopper escape. Commander Sato gave his life and his flagship Phoenix Nest by ramming Admiral Konstantine's interdictor ship, which gave Ezra's Gauntlet fighter a chance to escape into hyperspace. Having completed their objective, the rebels retreated to Chopper Base to prepare for Thrawn's ground assault. Zeb and Rex worked together to activate Sabine's prototype deflector shield generator, which provided protection for the surviving rebel ships and personnel.

After the shield withstood Thrawn's attack, Zeb and Rex ambushed a group of Imperial AT-DP walkers that were moving through the narrow canyon leading to Chopper Base. After Rex used detonators to destroy most of the walkers, Zeb used a rocket launcher to destroy the last one. However, they were forced to retreat when Thrawn deployed several AT-AT walkers, which were protected by deflector shields. After rejoining Kanan, the rebels engaged in a game of cat and mouse with Thrawn's death troopers in the tunnels beneath the Atollon Coral Mesa.

Zeb and Rex eventually met up with Hera, General Dodonna, and the other rebels back at Chopper Base. Before they could escape aboard the Ghost, they were surrounded by Thrawn and his death troopers. Before Thrawn could kill them, Kanan's mysterious friend known as Bendu, a powerful Force user, attacked the base with a lightning storm. The rebels used this opportunity to escape offworld. By then, Ezra had brought Mandalorian reinforcements from Clan Wren, led by Sabine, who successfully destroyed Thrawn's second interdictor cruiser. This provided the remaining rebel forces with the opportunity they needed to escape into hyperspace to Yavin 4.

Following their defeat on Atollon, Sabine accompanied Ezra, Chopper, and Kanan to Mandalore to aid in the battle, while Zeb, Hera, Rex, and the other surviving Rebels journeyed to Yavin 4. Upon their victory on Mandalore, the group traveled to Yavin 4, where they were greeted by Zeb. Overjoyed at seeing their comrade again, they began to joke and jest with him.

After Kanan inquired about Hera's whereabouts, Zeb informed him that she was away on a supply mission. He also mentioned that Yavin 4 served as a central hub for various Rebel cells that had joined forces, including the remaining members of Phoenix Squadron. Shortly thereafter, Hera and her squadron made a dramatic entrance into the base, having somehow survived. Zeb and the other Spectres quickly went to see if she was okay. Following a brief reunion with her team, Kallus commented on how touching it was, before stating that Mon Mothma requested their presence.

During the briefing, Zeb participated by detailing information about the Empire's new relay station located on the planet Jalindi. The Spectres volunteered for the mission, which involved tapping into the Empire's communications, with the explicit instruction not to destroy the station. On the planet's surface, Ezra, Sabine, and Chopper descended towards the relay dish, aiming for stealth. Zeb voiced his concerns and reservations about their method of reaching the dish, but Kanan reminded him that they needed to free-fall to avoid detection. Shortly after, as the trio began working on the dish, Zeb alerted Kanan and Hera to the arrival of an Imperial light cruiser, the Marauder, entering the system. As the ship approached, Zeb reported two TIE Defenders heading towards them. Hera then directed Zeb to take the turret position. Kanan advised Hera to fly low in the fog, so that he could guide them through, as it would interfere with their systems. Zeb attempted to shoot down the Defenders, but their shields rendered his shots ineffective.

Zeb, noticing that they were flying through fog, questioned their strategy. Upon realizing the plan, after a Defender crashed into a pillar, Zeb focused his fire on the second Defender, ultimately destroying it. Simultaneously, a U-Wing commanded by Saw Gerrera and Edrio arrived to destroy the relay station, extracting Ezra, Sabine, and Chopper. Angered, Hera tried to retrieve her team, but a Star Destroyer entered the system, forcing Saw to jump to hyperspace. Sabine, Ezra, and Chopper rejoined the crew, having assisted Saw in a mission and recruited several technicians for the Rebellion.

Following their initial unsuccessful attempt to assist Lothal, which led to the Battle of Atollon, the Rebels initiated planning for their second attempt. They conceived a plan involving deep cover, even utilizing the ship, the Broken Horn, for transport instead of the Ghost. The two ships docked to facilitate the transfer of supplies onto the Broken Horn. Rex inquired about Zeb's absence from the supply loading, which included puffer pigs. Zeb explained that he frightened the creatures too much. Rex made a joke about Zeb's unique effect, prompting Zeb to ask if it was clone humor. To maintain their cover, the Spectres, including Zeb, donned new outfits to conceal their identities. Chopper entered the bridge, mocking Zeb and Ezra's hats. Upon landing at Jhothal, Zeb received orders to scare the puffer pigs, in order to rescue Vizago from the Imperials.

After Vizago's rescue, Hera instructed the team to split up, tasking Sabine, Ezra, and Chopper with going to Jho's cantina, while she, Kanan, and Zeb searched for transport. Zeb successfully located transport, describing it as "convenient." However, Zeb had to engage some stormtroopers in combat. After reuniting with the rest of the team, along with Jai Kell, they entered the empty cantina, where Zeb disabled the controls. The group split up once more. Zeb and his unit were pursued by a probe droid, followed by two others. Eventually, Zeb and his team regrouped and reached the surface, where they were met by Ryder in a U-Wing, co-piloted by Marida Sumar, facilitating the Rebels' escape.

Later on, Zeb, Ezra, Sabine, and Ryder Azadi were observing an Imperial research facility in Lothal's wilderness. Zeb was originally doubtful of the TIE/D Defender Elites until he actually saw the fighter. Zeb and Ryder waited in the grass while Ezra and Sabine infiltrated the facility. Before Commander Vult Skerris could fly the prototype, Ezra and Sabine stole the fighter and escaped. While Ezra and Sabine fought Imperial fighters, Zeb and Ryder rejoined Kanan and Hera at Ryder's U-wing. When Zeb complained that he knew that the "kids" would pull off "something crazy," Kanan told him not to worry and left with Hera to find the two Spectres. Zeb, Kanan and Hera later found Ezra and Sabine with the stolen flight data recorder.

The next day, Zeb, along with Ezra and Jai Kell, who were disguised as scout troopers, returned to the TIE Defender Elite crash site to recover the ship's hyperdrive unit. Sabine believed that the TIE Defender Elite's hyperdrive could be installed on Ryder's U-wing to provide the rebels with an escape transport. While Zeb waited on a speeder bike, Ezra and Kell searched the rocks. They found the hyperdrive with the help of a white loth-cat. Shortly after, Ezra and Kell were confronted by the Noghri tracker Rukh, who had been sent by Thrawn to hunt the rebels. While Ezra and Kell fled on a speeder bike, Zeb stayed behind with the hyperdrive and managed to avoid an Imperial search party led by Governor Pryce. Zeb hijacked their Imperial Troop Transport and escaped with the hyperdrive. He reached the Lothal resistance camp.

Zeb's rebel comrades initially mistook him for a hostile but were calmed when Zeb stepped out of the vehicle with the hyperdrive. This enabled Sabine to install the hyperdrive on the U-wing. After Hera and Chopper left Lothal on the U-wing with the stolen flight data recorder, Zeb and the other rebels encountered a pack of loth-wolves, which led them into a network of underground caves and tunnels. These tunnels brought them into Lothal's southern hemisphere.

After the Spectres and Ryder established a base in the caves they had recently discovered, Zeb and his comrades roamed Lothal's plains where they came across the Mining Guild ore crawler Crawler 413-24, which was stripping Lothal's surface for minerals. At Zeb's urging, the rebels boarded the ore crawler and eliminated a security droid. After Ryder had used his speeder to transport the rebels aboard the crawler, Zeb and his comrades penetrated the cockpit, where they overpowered the Trandoshan Mining Guild captain Seevor. However, they were unable to prevent him from sending a distress signal. After knocking Seevor out, Zeb and Kanan entered the processing chamber. While Zeb searched the upper deck, Kanan searched the lower deck.

The two encountered several indentured prisoners including Vizago, who had been imprisoned for smuggling the Spectres into Lothal. Kanan was then attacked by the Trandoshan foreman Proach, who wielded an electro-whip. Proach managed to disarm Kanan of his lightsaber. Zeb rushed to Kanan's rescue and pointed his bo-rifle at the foreman. The foreman retreated to the upper deck using his electro-whip and fought Zeb. Zeb was unable to strike the Trandoshan with his bo-rifle. As the two squared off at a narrow catwalk, Proach tried to throw Zeb off, but the Lasat used his prehensile feet to pull his opponent over, leaving the two dangling over the guardrail. Despite Proach tightening his laser-whip around the Lasat's forearm, Zeb shook off his opponent. Proach fell to his death, and the rebels liberated the prisoners.

When an Imperial patrol arrived to investigate Seevor's distress transmission, Zeb helped the other rebels and liberated prisoners to maintain a ruse. Zeb used Proach's helmet and laser-whip to disguise himself as a foreman while Vizago plied the Imperial troops with smooth-talk. Though the Imperials left, Seevor escaped and shut down the crawler's reactor. Ezra pursued Seevor and killed the Trandoshan following a struggle. Following the death of Seevor, the freed prisoners agreed to join the Rebellion with Vizago taking control of the crawler. The Spectres then received news from Hera that Rebel Command had authorized a strike against the Imperial factories on Lothal. Zeb and the other rebels were designated as part of the ground support team.

As part of the Rebel Alliance's ground support team on Lothal, Zeb and his fellow Spectres Kanan, Ezra, and Sabine planted explosives on the air defense batteries stationed outside the Imperial Armored Complex on Lothal. When Zeb asked Sabine if the explosives were powerful enough, she assured him it would be. In response, Zeb remarked that the towers looked larger closer up. After planting their explosives, the rebels retreated on speeder bikes. When Ezra told him to hop on, Zeb hauled the youth to the backseat and insisted on driving the bike. Despite their success in taking out the air defenses, Thrawn's fleet wiped out Hera's T-65B X-wing starfighter squadron, forcing the rebels to abort their mission and retreat.

After regrouping with the Lothal resistance in Lothal's wilderness, Zeb helped Ezra and the others build Loth-bat gliders at Ezra's old hideout in order to rescue Hera. After they were built, Zeb joked to Kanan about the Jedi being glad that he is unable to see the gliders and jokingly says that he's glad the force is with Kanan. Zeb and Chopper then used a speeder bike to tow the gliders. Zeb then told the others to bring Hera Back.

After the other Spectres came back from their rescue mission, Zeb and Chopper learned from Ezra that Kanan had died during the mission, Zeb proceeded to give a sad-struck hug to the young Jedi. Grief-stricken, he and Sabine decided to avenge Kanan's death by sabotaging Pryce's parade for the Empire's "victory" over the Rebels. Zeb and Sabine left the rebel camp on speeder bikes. Upon reaching the outskirts of Capital City, Zeb and Sabine scanned the horizon with macrobinoculars and Zeb noticed that the factories weren't producing smoke where he proclaimed to Sabine that "the Empire doesn't give days off" which led to their suspicions of the cause. Zeb also knocked out a scout troop. After using the scout trooper's speeder bike to link to the Imperial network on Lothal, Zeb and Sabine discovered that Governor Pryce was holding the parade to hide the fact that the destruction of the Lothal City fuel depot had destroyed the Empire's fuel supply and knocked out the TIE Defender factory on Lothal. As a result, the two realized that Kanan had not died for nothing.

With the Noghri tracker Rukh hot on their trail, Zeb and Sabine lured him into a trap on Lothal's open plains. Despite outnumbering Rukh, the Noghri was equipped with a cloaking device and fought off the two rebels. Following a fierce fight, Sabine exposed Rukh by detonating a paint bomb on him. This allowed Zeb to knock Rukh out. Overcome by rage, Zeb began bashing Rukh but was stopped from killing him by Sabine. After Sabine painted Rukh, Zeb sent him back to Capital City.

A reinvigorated Zeb and Sabine returned to the rebel camp and informed Hera, Chopper, and Ezra that their mission to take out the TIE Defender factory on Lothal had succeeded. By then, Hera and Ezra had made peace with Kanan's death as well. The rebels then departed on a mission to save the Lothal Jedi Temple from the Empire.

Zeb, despite his skepticism, traveled with the other Spectres to Lothal's Jedi Temple. Zeb and the Spectres were then taken to the Temple by Dume and his fellow Loth-wolves, which were capable of generating hyper tunnels. Upon their arrival at the temple, the Spectres discovered that the Empire and Mining Guild had set up an excavation camp. To investigate what the Empire was doing to the Lothal Jedi Temple, Ezra and Sabine decided to infiltrate the excavation camp.

To aid the mission, Zeb knocked out a pair of scout troopers, which allowed Ezra and Sabine to steal their armor. While Ezra and Sabine infiltrated the excavation camp, Zeb along with Hera and Chopper kept watch outside the camp. While surveying the camp, Zeb spotted an an old man, who turned out to be the Imperial Minister Veris Hydan. Zeb then saw Ezra open a portal to a gateway. After Ezra and Sabine informed them that the Emperor was interested in the Lothal Jedi Temple, Zeb convinced Hera to remember the purpose of their mission.

Using the Lothal Jedi Temple key stone as a guide, Ezra and Sabine attempted to unlock the Painting of the Mortis gods. Though Sabine was detained by stormtrooper sentries, Ezra managed to unlock the painting. Zeb and Hera witnessed these developments and wondered if Sabine had been discovered by the Imperials. When Hera remarked that Ezra had moved to the shadows, Zeb was initially disbelieving and took over the macrobinoculars. After Minister Hydan discovered Sabine's presence and raised the alarm, Zeb and the other rebels retreated from the Temple.

After retreating a safe distance, Zeb, Hera, and Chopper continued to watch the Temple. They did not know if Ezra had escaped capture; Ezra had in fact entered a portal which led to the World Between Worlds. Knowing that the Imperials had taken Sabine prisoner, Zeb and his rebel comrades decided to infiltrate the camp. After leaving Chopper to guard the painting where Ezra had disappeared into, Zeb and Hera headed towards the building on the far side of the camp to which Sabine had been taken: the mobile command center where Minister Hydan was interrogating Sabine about her knowledge of the portal.

As part of their rescue plan, Hera decided to detonate one of the thrusters beneath Hydan's mobile command center. On Hera's instruction, Zeb signaled Sabine by knocking on the hull of the mobile command center. This caused the structure to tilt upwards and crash on several crates. Zeb, Hera, and Sabine took the opportunity to escape but were pursued by several stormtroopers and death troopers. Zeb knocked out a stormtrooper in the process. Heading towards the portal, the Spectres encountered Ezra, who had barely escaped the Emperor's clutches. Ezra convinced Zeb and Sabine to help them seal the portal to prevent the Empire from accessing the World Between Worlds.

After locking back the portal, Zeb carried an unconscious Ezra, and the rebels escaped aboard a stolen Mining Guild excavation driller as the Jedi Temple sank into the ground around them. Following their mission, Zeb complimented Ezra by telling him that "if that was what he and Kanan used to do on their Jedi missions," he could keep it.

Following the events at the Lothal Jedi Temple, Zeb along with the other Spectres and Ryder Azadi's Lothal resistance group, participated in Ezra's plan to lure Governor Pryce into a trap at the Lothal cliff dwelling. Capturing Pryce was key to Ezra's plan to liberate Lothal from Imperial rule. This plan involved using Ryder Azadi to lure Pryce and her forces to the rebel base by pretending to betray the rebels.

During the assault on the Lothal rebels' cliff base, Zeb used his mortar to fire upon Imperial patrol transports and stormtroopers. When his mortar ran out of juice, Zeb tossed it at the troopers. Outnumbered, Zeb and the remaining rebels retreated to a defensive position on the Mining guild ore crawler. When Governor Pryce bombarded the ore crawler, Zeb, Ezra, and the other Spectres escaped the wreckage but were taken prisoner by Pryce's forces.

However, Governor Pryce's forces were attacked by Hera Syndulla's reinforcements including Rex, Kallus, and the clone trooper officers Gregor and Wolffe. While the Ghost took out Pryce's patrol transport, the remaining Imperial troops were overwhelmed by a pack of loth-wolves. Zeb took several surrendering stormtroopers prisoner and witnessed the white loth-wolf deliver a captive Pryce to Zeb and his fellow rebels: Ryder, Rex, and Kallus.

The second stage of Ezra's plan to liberate Lothal involved infiltrating Capital City and seizing control of the "Dome," which turned out to be a mobile Imperial Planetary Occupation Facility. Zeb, posing as a prisoner, traveled to the Imperial Complex with Ezra, Sabine, Kallus, and their prisoner Pryce aboard a patrol transport. After landing, Zeb attacked the stormtroopers and held the blast door open long enough for him, Sabine, and Ketsu to get in.

Inside the complex, Zeb and his fellow rebels fought their way into the Dome's command center, shooting down several stormtroopers during the ensuing gun battle. To distract the Imperial officers inside the command center, Zeb and Hondo tossed Melch onto the transparisteel canopy of the command center. This distraction enabled Ezra and the other rebels to enter the command center and force the Imperial officers' surrender.

Having secured the Dome, the rebels initiated Protocol 13, a planetwide evacuation of all Imperial forces on Lothal. Though this plan worked, the rebels were not able to start the Dome's engines and lift off before the return of Grand Admiral Thrawn's flagship Chimaera. Since Thrawn's Noghri assassin Rukh had disabled the Dome's deflector shields, Thrawn was able to bombard Capital City, destroying several buildings and inflicting casualties on the civilian population. In order to stop the bombardment, Ezra offered to come aboard the Chimaera to surrender.

While the rebels discussed their next response, Zeb suggested that they use the Dome's cannons against the Chimaera, but Rex said they would not be strong enough. Sabine proposed that the rebels study the base schematics to find a way to raise the shields and take control of the power terminals. After Ezra departed to confront Thrawn, the rebels adopted Sabine's plan.

When Imperial reinforcements attempted to retake the command center, Zeb helped Hondo and Melch ambush and drive away the attack party. Putting Sabine's plan into action, Zeb along with Kallus and Gregor were organized into Team B, which was tasked with going to the Dome's south tower to reactivate the city's shields. There, they were attacked by Rukh and several death troopers.

During the skirmish, Zeb fought Rukh while navigating through the power conduits of the north tower. After he took Rukh down there with him, Zeb trapped Rukh's leg between two metal bars on a conduit. When the shields turned on, Zeb watched as Rukh was electrocuted. When Thrawn tried to contact Rukh on his comlink, Zeb mockingly told Thrawn that Rukh was unavailable and that he shouldn't bother calling back while Rukh screamed in the background.

When the Chimaera was taken into hyperspace by a pod of purrgil, Zeb and the rest of the rebel forces escaped from the Dome aboard the Ghost, which was being flown by Wolffe, Mart Mattin, and Cikatro Vizago. After escaping the Dome, Sabine triggered its self-destruct mechanism. Following the Liberation of Lothal, the Spectres considered finding Ezra. However, they received a prerecorded transmission from Ezra that was played by Chopper. In that message, Zeb was given the top bunk in their cabin back though at least until Ezra had returned. Following the Liberation of Lothal, Zeb also said that they didn't need the Rebel Alliance due to their victory. Despite the rebels' expectations, the Empire did not return to Lothal.

Despite earlier reservations about the need to be involved in the wider Rebellion, Zeb would continue serving the Alliance. By the time of the Mutiny on Mon Cala, Orrelios was a member of the Alliance High Command and attended a meeting of the High Command at the Mako-Ta Base along with Hera.

After the Alliance's decisive victory at the battle of Endor that saw the death of Emperor Palpatine and the end of the war itself, Orrelios took Kallus aboard a Nebulon-B2 frigate. Together, they went to Lira San to show Kallus that he did not extinguish the entire Lasat race.

Orrelios also joined the New Republic Defense Fleet and worked in training new recruits. Around 9 ABY, Zeb was lounging in a bar at Adelphi Base. He approached Captain Carson Teva after hearing a distress message left by Greef Karga about a pirate siege on Nevarro. When Teva said that he would request permission from Coruscant to get the New Republic involved, Zeb told him that he would never get an answer in time as they had not returned a dispatch in weeks. After Teva expressed his intent to talk to them in person, Zeb commended the captain's attitude and wished him good luck. When Wren finally found the missing Bridger on Peridea, she told him about Orrelios's training work.

Haunted by the near annihilation of his people, Garazeb Orrelios adopted a brusque and easily provoked demeanor, prone to outbursts of anger and violence. Yet, beneath this exterior, Zeb possessed a compassionate nature, deeply caring for his fellow crew members of the Ghost and for those negatively impacted by the Empire. Exhibiting a strong moral compass, Zeb cautioned Kanan against selling disruptor rifles to Cikatro Vizago for monetary gain. He held onto his Honor Guard medallion and a small pouch of Lasan dust in his quarters as reminders of his home. He frequently expressed his disdain for the Empire by physically assaulting stormtroopers, an activity he found satisfaction in. Utilizing his formidable combat skills, he defended defenseless citizens oppressed by the Empire, even refusing payment for his actions. He often voiced his frustration by exclaiming "Karabast!"

Despite his fundamentally kind heart, Zeb's quick temper and impulsive actions often led to complications. Agent Kallus easily manipulated him into needlessly risking his life by taunting him about the genocide of his people. While attempting to project an image of stoicism and seriousness, Zeb also possessed a wry sense of humor and occasionally revealed a more playful side. His skills proved invaluable to the crew, but his impulsiveness sometimes created problems. He once lost a substantial amount in a game of sabacc against Chopper, much to his surprise. Ezra and Chopper frequently involved him in their childish escapades.

Hera maintained a maternal relationship with Zeb, as she did with most of the crew, and Zeb held her in high regard, rarely questioning her directives, referring to her as the "sane one" of the crew. He gradually developed a brotherly connection with Ezra after initially reacting with hostility, even resorting to physical threats on several occasions. Following a failed rescue attempt that forced them to leave Ezra behind, he experienced significant guilt until the boy's return. He harbored a particular dislike for the crew's droid, Chopper, whom he considered useless in practical situations and a liability to the crew. Over time, he grew to accept the droid's eccentricities and expressed genuine surprise and gratitude when Chopper saved the crew. Nevertheless, this did not prevent Zeb from teasing Chopper about his mismatched ambulatory strut. Despite their strained relationship, Zeb still respected Chopper sufficiently to come to his aid during a fraught mission to recover medical supplies from an abandoned space station. Although Kanan was initially hesitant to trust Rex, Wolffe, and Gregor, Zeb formed positive relationships with them, despite being tricked into becoming joopa bait. As Rex became a more constant presence around the crew, Zeb often engaged in lighthearted banter with the former clone captain.

Haunted by his experiences during the Siege of Lasan, Zeb carried the burden of believing he had failed to protect his people and the Lasan royal family. This guilt and shame led him to conceal his past as a Captain in the Lasan High Honor Guard from even his fellow rebels. Zeb also displayed skepticism towards the supernatural, initially dismissing the Lasat refuge of Lira San as a myth. He managed to overcome his past guilt by fulfilling an ancient Lasat prophecy, which required him to embody three distinct roles: the "Child," the "Fool," and the "Warrior." In doing so, Zeb took a leap of faith, allowing the Force to guide his bo-rifle to Lira San.

Zeb demonstrated resourcefulness when he utilized a stolen Imperial Troop Transport to transport a stolen hyperdrive back to his rebel comrades. Later, Zeb showed initiative when he convinced his rebel comrades to board a Mining Guild ore crawler.

Although a fearsome warrior, Zeb held honor in high regard and would not engage a wounded adversary. Despite his adversarial relationship with Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus, during a mission to Geonosis, Zeb forged an unlikely bond with him. He came to the conclusion that Kallus was not the villain he perceived him to be and that the Imperial agent also valued honor. The two former enemies survived the harsh conditions and dangerous bonzami creatures on the icy moon of Bahryn by working together, which helped Zeb's growing affection for Kallus. Zeb's experience with Kallus changed his perspective, leading him to understand that not all Imperials were inherently evil.

Despite his courage, Zeb detested insects and harbored a deep-seated fear of the large krykna creatures that infested Atollon. In missions, Zeb was a collaborative team member who followed his leader's orders. Following Ezra's ill-fated reconnaissance mission on Reklam Station, Zeb volunteered to accept responsibility until Hera clarified that it was Ezra's burden to bear. Zeb viewed the Iron Squadron as a group of inexperienced, Ezra-like individuals who lacked a true understanding of their fight.

Zeb held the pirate Hondo Ohnaka in low esteem due to his deceptive and untrustworthy nature. He mistrusted the pirate and considered Hondo a liar after discovering that Hondo had withheld crucial information during a salvage operation on the planet Wynkahthu: that he had lost the majority of his Ugnaught crew in a previous attempt. Zeb's disdain for Ohnaka was evident when he threatened to tear off the Weequay's arms and demanded that the rebels' cargo of proton bombs be prioritized over Hondo and his companion Azmorigan's treasure. Despite his dislike for Azmorigan, Zeb's concern for his team's safety motivated him to search for the Jablogian. When Ezra questioned his leadership of the mission, Zeb asserted that it was his turn to lead, given Ezra's previous command roles. Despite his leadership position, Zeb always deferred to Captain Syndulla's authority.

Zeb, being a warrior, was initially disappointed when Captain Syndulla assigned him to guard Chopper Base instead of participating in a training exercise. While AP-5's jokes about him and the inventory droid's meticulous attention to detail irritated Zeb, he still admired AP-5's ingenious strategy of repurposing a captured E-XD infiltrator droid into a time bomb to use against the Empire. Zeb and AP-5 developed a greater respect for one another as a result of their collaboration with Chopper in defeating the Infiltrator Droid EXD-9. AP-5 came to appreciate Zeb's martial skills and abilities, while Zeb was impressed by AP-5's humor and ingenuity. Zeb was also known for his ability to maintain a good sense of humor even in trying circumstances, such as during the Battle of Atollon.

Zeb was overwhelmed with sorrow and fury after Kanan's death during a mission to save Hera. He and Sabine decided to sabotage the Imperial victory parade in order to exact revenge on the Empire. Zeb and Sabine later learned that Kanan's sacrifice had been worthwhile because the explosion that took his life had significantly hampered Imperial military production on Lothal. Zeb nearly killed the Noghri tracker Rukh, but at Sabine's urging, he relented, sparing his life but spray-painting the Imperial tracker. Despite his initial skepticism about the Spectres' mission to save the Lothal Jedi Temple, he insisted that they proceed with their mission even after learning of the Emperor's interest in the excavation site.

Zeb effectively collaborated with his rebel comrades during an operation to trap Governor Pryce and an assault on the "Dome" during the Liberation of Lothal. Zeb's hatred of the Empire and Rukh caused him to laugh as Rukh was electrocuted after the Dome's shields were restored. Zeb and Kallus journeyed to Lira San, the Lasat people's original home planet, where the species still flourished, following the Battle of Endor.

Zeb, as a Lasat, possessed strength, agility, and reflexes far exceeding those of any human. He could effortlessly ragdoll numerous stormtroopers, execute incredible jumps and leaps, move the Ghost's dorsal turret from outside the ship with his bare hands, and briefly contend with and push back the equally physically powerful Fifth Brother, though the Brother ultimately defeated him.

He also possessed the strength to lift and carry other sentient beings such as Chava, Ezra Bridger, or Kallus. While stranded on Bahryn, Zeb displayed remarkable skill in climbing out of an icy cave while carrying Kallus.

Zeb was also strong enough to battle the Imperial Infiltrator Droid EXD-9. He was also able to withstand a significant amount of punishment from the powerful recon droid. Zeb also possessed the strength to hold a hyperdrive unit in one hand while clinging to rocks at the same time. Zeb used his physical strength to subdue the Mining Guild captain Seevor. Later, Zeb performed admirably against the Mining Guild overseer Proach, who wielded an electro-whip. Despite being outmaneuvered by his more cunning and agile opponent, Zeb used his strength and brute force to defeat him. Zeb felt pain from the electro-whip's sting, but he managed to shake Proach off and hold on long enough for Kanan to rescue him.

Zeb was a formidable hand-to-hand combatant, largely due to his physiology, and would have beaten Rukh to death in their first encounter had Sabine not intervened. During the liberation of Lothal, Zeb used his prehensile legs to pry open the blast doors to the Dome's upper level and later to trap Rukh's leg between two metal bars.

Zeb, as a member of the Lasat Honor Guard, was a skilled fighter trained in the art of the bo-rifle. Zeb served as the "muscle" of the small Lothalian rebel cell because of his large physique and combat abilities. He relished fighting and defeating stormtroopers. While Zeb was unable to match the Force powers of the two Inquisitors known as the Fifth Brother and the Seventh Sister, he was able to save his companions Ezra and Sabine by luring them and their captors to a hangar bay where they made a quick escape in their shuttle, the Phantom. Zeb's combat skills led him to take pride in his identity as a warrior, and he was offended when referred to as a child or fool.

Despite lacking formal training, Orrelios proved to be a skilled pilot, once stealing an Imperial TIE fighter and teaching himself how to fly it. Orrelios managed to hover, spin, fire the cannons, fly sideways, and land without causing any damage to the craft during this single joyride. Orrelios and Bridger were forced to land in order to clean the canopy, which had been splattered with fruit juices. After taking off once more, Orrelios attacked an Imperial prisoner transport convoy and rescued Ezra Bridger by flying upside down with his head and arms hanging out of the open cockpit, controlling the yoke with his feet.

Despite his combat prowess, Zeb was no match for the Force powers of the former Sith Maul, who easily defeated Zeb and his comrades. Zeb was also a competent tactician who collaborated with the former Imperial inventory droid AP-5 to plan a mission to evacuate cargo from a derelict Imperial cargo ship. He was also knowledgeable about technologies such as grappling hooks and magnetic cables.

Although Zeb and Sabine were outmatched by Rukh's cloaking device, the two were able to work together to defeat him. Zeb was also a skilled marksman, using his mortar to fire on Imperial troops and patrol transports during a skirmish at the Lothal cliff dwelling.

Garazeb Orrelios was initially introduced as a character from the upcoming animated series Star Wars Rebels at the Nuremberg International Toy Fair in January 2014. Zeb is mentioned on the packaging of the LEGO Star Wars Rebels Ghost model, which encourages players to place Zeb on patrol in the Ghost's 360-degree rotating cockpit. The Nuremburg box referred to the character as "Zeb Orretios," but images of the finalized set boxes changed his name to Orrelios.

Steve Blum, a seasoned actor, provides the voice for him in the series. Orrelios was described in his introduction video as a new species based on Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for the Wookiee Chewbacca. The Launch Pad department of Star Wars Insider 148 correctly identified him as a Lasat, despite the fact that the concept art had already been used as the foundation for the Lasat species.

The character made his live-action debut in "Chapter 21: The Pirate," the fifth episode of the third season of The Mandalorian. Steve Blum reprised his role as his voice actor, and a motion capture artist played him.

Zeb Orrelios makes an appearance in Angry Birds Star Wars II. He was aboard the Ghost when Sabine Wren and Hera Syndulla rescued the orphan Ezra Bridger and escaped from Agent Kallus. In the LEGO Star Wars Rebels Movie Shorts, Orrelios, Jarrus, and Syndulla were drinking in the Mos Eisley Cantina when Bridger called for help. They boarded the Ghost and saved the young orphan. Bridger then suggested they charge the Star Destroyer's bridge and hide behind it, and the warship eventually jumped to hyperspace. On another occasion, the Ghost sustained damage from a Star Destroyer, forcing it to dock at a space station for repairs. Orrelios and Jarrus fled in escape pods and landed on a planet. Bridger rescued them and transported them to the station in time to complete repairs on their starship.