Garazeb Orrelios

Garazeb Orrelios's birth occurred on the planet of Lasan. During his childhood, a friend of his was attacked by a creature within an underground cave. The brother of his friend later rescued him by attacking the creature, but was never seen again. Later, Zeb became a member of the Honor Guard of Lasan, where he underwent combat and military training, and was given his Bo-rifle, the Honor Guard's signature weapon. Holding the rank of Captain, he was responsible for safeguarding the Royal family of Lasan and his people. However, this all changed when the Galactic Empire devastated Lasan using T-7 ion disruptor rifles, nearly wiping out his entire species, including his family, except for his grandmother. He continued to resist and prevent the Imperials from reaching the royal palace until a bomb exploded, leaving Orrelios to awaken amidst the ruins of his people and retreat with the other survivors.

These events fueled Zeb's deep-seated hatred for the Empire. He experienced nightmares of the Imperials disintegrating his people. Following the massacre on Lasan, Orrelios believed he was as good as dead until he was discovered by the surviving Jedi Kanan Jarrus. Subsequently, at the age of thirty-nine, Orrelios joined the Spectres rebel cell in their struggle for freedom against the Empire. By 4 BBY, this small rebel group, primarily operating on Lothal, consisted of Jarrus, the Twi'lek ship captain Hera Syndulla, the Mandalorian teenager Sabine Wren, and the astromech droid C1-10P. The Spectres operated from the Ghost, a VCX-100 light freighter equipped with an auxiliary ship called the Phantom. At some point, Orrelios also befriended Mindiz, a young girl whose parents had been abducted for attempting to prevent the Empire from seizing their land.

During a mission on Lothal, Garazeb Orrelios was tasked with meeting Kanan in an alleyway within Lothal's Capital City. However, Zeb arrived at the wrong alley and encountered two Stormtroopers harassing an Ugnaught vendor and his astromech droid. Defending the Ugnaught, Zeb engaged in a fight with multiple stormtroopers and a TIE fighter pilot named Baron Valen Rudor. In their eagerness to subdue 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 in favor of one of the vendor's fruits. Kanan was displeased by Zeb's brief encounter with the Imperials, as it made him late and caused unnecessary trouble with the Imperials.

Later, Zeb, along with Kanan Jarrus and Sabine Wren, stole several 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 pursue him. Under Kanan's orders, he evaded the pursuit and was left with the stolen crates, saying he would end Ezra if Kanan caught him. Zeb and his fellow Rebels regrouped aboard the Ghost and picked up Ezra as he was being chased by TIE fighters. From the start, Zeb did not get on well with the young stowaway and had him tossed into the ship's closet after Ezra made fun of his body odor.

Zeb and the Rebels escaped their Imperial pursuers and returned to Lothal, where they landed near Lothal re-settlement camp 43, known by the locals as "Tarkintown," named after Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin and the home to farmers who lost their farmlands to the Empire. After selling the stolen blasters to the Devaronian crime lord Cikatro Vizago, the rebels used the proceeds to buy food for the residents of Tarkintown. When Ezra opened his crate, a Rodian came up to him, put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Thank you, young man. Thank you so much." From Vizago, the rebels also acquired the flight plan for an Imperial Gozanti-class cruiser full of Wookiee prisoners. When Ezra gatecrashed their meeting by falling through the ship's air duct, Zeb and the ship's astromech droid C1-10P voted to get rid of the boy, whom the former labeled a "Loth-rat." However, the other crew members disagreed, and Ezra was permitted to stay.

According to their plan, Zeb and the rebels docked with the Imperial Gozanti cruiser, falsely claiming that Governor Wilhuff Tarkin had instructed them to transfer a Wookiee captive. To facilitate this, Zeb impersonated a "rare hairless Wookiee" to enable the rebels to board the ship. However, Zeb refused to give the Imperials time to question his disguise and instead knocked them unconscious. Unfortunately, Zeb and the Rebels had no idea they were walking into a trap until Ezra came to warn them. When Ezra got captured by Agent Alexsandr Kallus, Zeb regretfully abandoned him so they could escape, but not before telling Ezra he did good. However, Zeb's rebel companions were displeased with his actions towards Ezra and voted to rescue the young human.

Zeb and his rebel companions infiltrated the Imperial Star Destroyer Lawbringer and succeeded in rescuing 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 skirmish with Agent Kallus and his stormtroopers (in which Sabine shut off 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 slipped through Kessel's orbital security and landed at the mining platform where the Wookiee slaves were disembarking. While Hera and Chopper remained aboard the Ghost and dodged TIE fighters, Zeb and the other rebels landed on the platform and freed the slaves. The rebels were quickly attacked by stormtroopers led by Agent Kallus, who had followed them to Kessel. During the skirmish, 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 the Wookiee cub Kitwarr, the son of the Wookiee leader Wullffwarro. During this, Wullffwarro was shot trying to help Kitwarr. The Ghost extracted the shipping container with the freed Wookiees and the rebels. Following their mission, the Ghost traveled to Lothal to return Ezra. Prior to Ezra disembarking, Ezra stole Kanan's lightsaber with the intention of keeping it as a souvenir. However, Kanan convinced Ezra to become his Jedi Padawan and to join their crew.

Running low on supplies and fuel, Zeb and the crew of the Ghost reluctantly accepted a mission from the Devaronian crime lord 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. Aboard the shuttle was the Imperial Minister Tua herself, who was negotiating the arrangement with Aqualish arms dealer Amda Wabo. With Wabo only able to speak in his native tongue, Lothal's minister borrowed Senator Bail Organa's protocol droid C-3PO, along with his counterpart astromech, R2-D2 to translate the deal.

As the ship entered hyperspace, Bridger and Chopper started a ruckus, causing Jarrus to request that the astromech droid be moved to the back of the shuttle. The pilot complies, 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 found out 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.

Much to Zeb's horror, the shipment turned out to be T-7 ion disruptor rifles: weapons that were banned by the Imperial Senate because they were capable of short-circuiting an entire ship or a 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, the two droids C-3PO and R2-D2 fled aboard the Ghost and became unwilling passengers for a short period.

While traveling through hyperspace, Zeb was despondent due to the role that the T-7 ion rifles had played in the destruction of his homeworld Lasan. Kanan's plan to sell the rifles to Vizago did little to mollify the Lasat, who retreated to his cabin and locked the door. While Ezra was initially angry at Zeb for locking out of his shared room, he came to understand the Lasat's despondency when Hera told him about the role that these weapons had played in the destruction of Lasan. Unknown 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 with the intention of selling the T-7 rifles to Vizago. Not knowing that the Spectres were friends of his master, C-3PO inadvertently revealed their location to Agent Kallus, who assembled a force to apprehend the rebel band.

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 also the only ones permitted to carry them, and viciously attacked the Imperial. Kallus revealed that not only had he personally murdered the Honor Guardsman whose bo-rifle he held, he had also taken part in the genocide of the Lasat species and given the order for the disruptors to be used, if possible making Zeb even more furious. Utilizing his emotion-laden attacks, Kallus soon gained the upper hand over the Lasat. Before Kallus could finish him off, Zeb was saved by Ezra who used the Force to push Kallus away from him. As a result of Ezra's actions, 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 rendezvoused 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 Spectres several credits to help them cover their living expenses.

Following the T-7 disruptors incident, Ezra and Zeb got into a fight. Hera punished them by sending them into town to pick up supplies and told them not to come back 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 tried 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 a TIE fighter piloted by Baron Valen Rudor, whom he had encountered earlier. During a brief skirmish, Zeb leaped into the TIE fighter and tossed the pilot out, taking it for his own. 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 vessel, 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 freshly destroyed farm and to 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 lessons on the hull of the Ghost high above Lothal's atmosphere. Both were assigned the job of hurling blue milk cartons and rocks for Ezra to deflect with Jarrus Kanan's lightsaber. Distracted, Ezra was unable to pay attention to Kanan's lesson and fell from the Ghost. Ezra was rescued by Kanan who used the Force to hold him place 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. Unknown 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 reputed to be held. Part of the infiltration plan involved Ezra riding piggyback on Zeb as they leapt onto the sentry's platform in order to avoid arousing the Imperial stormtrooper sentries. Seeking to prove his abilities, Ezra disobeyed Kanan's orders and jumped onto the platform and collided with the heavy blast door in the process. This aroused 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 hurtle 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 situated 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 hard 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 made sure that no other Jedi fell into the Inquisitor's trap.

Later on, to obtain a decoder containing the coordinates of a potent kyber crystal, Ezra Bridger managed to get inside Lothal's Academy for Young Imperials. During the operation, Zeb, along with Sabine and Chopper, served as his backup. Chopper, disguised as an Imperial astromech droid, infiltrated the Academy, while Zeb and Sabine remained outside, ready to extract Ezra after he completed his mission. With the help of a fellow Cadet, Zare Leonis, Ezra successfully stole the decoder from Agent Kallus' office. This information allowed Hera and Kanan to intercept and destroy an Imperial convoy transporting the crystal. After the rebels finished using the decoder, they arranged for it to be passed on to Leonis' girlfriend, Merei Spanjaf, who needed it to access the Imperial data network in order to locate Zare's sister, Dhara Leonis.

However, their plans to evacuate Ezra were complicated when Ezra and Zare discovered that another cadet, Jai Kell, displayed Force sensitivity, drawing the attention of the Inquisitor. After persuading Jai to escape with them, Ezra convinced Zeb and the other rebels to launch a diversionary attack on the Academy the next day. As planned, Zeb, along with Sabine and Chopper, attacked the academy, allowing Ezra and Kell to escape using an AT-DP. However, Zare chose to stay behind to find his sister Dhara, who he later learned had been abducted by the Inquisitor for a secret Imperial project known as Project Harvest.

While the Ghost was in transit, Zeb became embroiled in a minor quarrel with Ezra and Chopper. This argument diverted their attention from performing a diagnostic scan on the Ghost's auxiliary craft, the Phantom. As a result, they failed to detect a fuel leak on the Ghost's engine. This oversight resulted in Hera Syndulla and Sabine Wren being stranded on Fort Anaxes, a secluded asteroid base that was once used by the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. During their journey to Fort Anaxes, Hera and Sabine were attacked by fyrnocks, a species of silicon-based predators. After considerable difficulty, Hera and Sabine escaped the fyrnocks with the assistance of the rest of the Ghost's crew.

On Empire Day, Zeb and his fellow rebels visited a cantina located in Lothal's Capital City. At the time, the Rodian Tseebo, an employee of the Imperial Information Office, had disappeared, prompting a manhunt by Imperial authorities. Zeb was present in the cantina when three TIE fighter pilots entered and briefly questioned a Rodian customer, who they later released after determining that he was not Tseebo. During the Empire Day celebrations that evening, the Ghost's crew decided to destroy a new TIE Advanced v1 prototype displayed to the public on Lothal. While Kanan planted 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 went to Capital City's Old Market to meet up with Syndulla, while his rebel companions sought refuge in Ezra's former family home. Due to his size, Zeb was unable to fit inside Ezra's former residence. 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 containing valuable intelligence about Imperial military projects and the Empire's five-year plan for Lothal. Later, Zeb joined up with Hera and Chopper, and they departed in the Ghost. They then rendezvoused 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 recapture Tseebo and apprehend the rebels.

During a brief ground skirmish, Zeb fired his bo-rifle at Agent Kallus, causing him to lose his footing and fall off his transport. After extracting their comrades and Tseebo, the Ghost fled into space, pursued by a squadron of TIE fighters led by the Inquisitor, who was piloting his own TIE Advanced fighter. During this chase, Chopper sustained laser fire damage, forcing Zeb to take his place at the rear gun turret. After a prolonged pursuit, 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 rest of the crew and Tseebo, while Kanan and Ezra departed on the Phantom for the asteroid base PM-1203 in an attempt to draw the Inquisitor away from the Ghost. Zeb was present when Tseebo was picked up by an Alderaanian blockade runner that transported him into hiding. After Ezra completed his Jedi trials, Zeb and the other crew members were present when the young Jedi apprentice unveiled his new lightsaber.

One day, Orrelios and the Spectres went to Tarkintown to distribute crates of fruits. The Lasat was glad to see his friend Mindiz again, but after the girl took a bite of jogan fruit, she suddenly collapsed. When it turned out that the crates had been poisoned, Orrelios decided to raid the medical facility of the Imperial Complex on his own. However, it all turned out to be a trap set by Agent Kallus, and the Lasat found himself at the mercy of his archenemy. Fortunately, the other Spectres both came to his rescue in the nick of time and obtained an antidote for the Tarkintown settlers.

Subsequently, Zeb, along with Kanan and Chopper, paid a visit to Old Jho's Pit Stop on Lothal, where they encountered the "galactic entrepreneur" Lando Calrissian. Lacking sufficient funds, Zeb decided to wager on Chopper during a game of sabacc against Calrissian, which the latter won. As a consequence, Calrissian gained ownership of Chopper. Zeb's reckless action 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 in order to recover 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 independent 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 mischief aboard the Ghost by accidentally releasing the puffer pig, which created chaos on the starship. After evading several TIE fighters, the Ghost landed at Calrissian's estate with his prized 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 took 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 assistance.

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 fired by Zeb, Sabine, and Chopper toward 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 boosted the Spectres' morale. Following the training session, the crew of the Ghost intercepted a transmission from the Senator praising the Spectres and instructing them to meet at the Lothal City Capitol Building on Lothal. Unbeknownst to the Spectres, this meeting was a trap orchestrated 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 warned Zeb that they could not contact Leonis electronically because 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 planning 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 in order 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 down 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 allegiance and attempted to kill Ezra and Hera. However, Hera quickly overpowered him. Zeb and his rebel comrades exited the sewers after Kanan used the Force to temporarily stop 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 decided 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 transmit a broadcast to counter Imperial propaganda that portrayed 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 begin 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, which Hera was piloting. 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 saddened by Kanan's capture and were unhappy with Fulcrum and Hera's orders that they 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 because the destruction of the communications tower had destroyed 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 in the hope of finding a lead on Kanan's whereabouts. While Vizago could not provide them with 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 that involved 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. Due 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 since 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, which created 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 acquired Rex's compilation of Republic outposts and installations that were no longer in use. Hera dispatched Zeb, accompanied by Sabine, Chopper, and Ezra, on a mission to retrieve essential medical provisions from a derelict Old Republic medical space station. They journeyed to the abandoned medical facility aboard the Phantom. Upon their arrival, Chopper initiated the space station's power systems, enabling the rebels to pinpoint the location of the required supplies. Unbeknownst to the rebels, an additional Inquisitor, known as the Seventh Sister, lay in wait for their arrival. The Seventh Sister deployed her ID9 seeker droids to surveil their movements and to disable Chopper.

During their exploration of the medical station, Zeb and his companions detected a distress signal originating from Chopper. Ezra and Sabine ascended through a ventilation shaft. Zeb attempted to follow suit, but the Lasat's considerable size caused him to become lodged within the shaft. Concurrently, Ezra and Sabine found themselves under attack from the Seventh Sister and her seeker droids. Sabine managed to evade capture, but Ezra was apprehended by the Seventh Sister and another Inquisitor, identified as the Fifth Brother. Sabine retraced her steps to the ventilation shaft and successfully extricated Zeb. Sabine then recounted their confrontation with the two Inquisitors. Zeb proposed alerting Kanan to their predicament, but Sabine countered that such action would enable the Imperials to trace their signals and pinpoint the fleet's location. Ultimately, Zeb and Sabine resolved to undertake a rescue mission to retrieve Ezra and Chopper.

Leveraging his command of the Force, the Fifth Brother proceeded to pursue Sabine and Zeb. Despite the rebels' deployment of thermal detonators, Sabine was unable to detonate them. The Fifth Brother then employed the Force to hurl the detonators back at the two rebels. Both survived the resulting 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, whom he carried back to the Phantom along with the medical supplies. Driven by a commitment to rescue Ezra and Sabine, Zeb initially considered 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, extending an offer of assistance. The Inquisitors accepted the ruse and proceeded to the hangar bay with their captives, intending to confront "Commander Meiloorun." However, Zeb had strategically repositioned the Phantom, suspending it upside down from the ceiling. When a seeker droid detected his presence, Zeb initiated a diversion that allowed Ezra and Sabine to break free from their captors and board the Phantom. Despite the Inquisitors' attempts to employ their Force abilities to seize the ship, 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.

Following a failed attempt by the Phoenix squadron to dismantle the Imperial blockade surrounding Ibaar, Zeb and the other members of the Ghost's crew participated in a mission with the goal of contacting a Mon Calamari engineer by the name of 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 presented a perilous environment for space travelers due to its unstable atmospheric conditions. At Kanan's urging, Hera consented 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 squadron's subsequent attempt to breach the Imperial blockade.

As they navigated through the canyons, Zeb identified Quarrie's landing strip. Despite sustaining damage from a lightning strike, Hera successfully landed the impaired Ghost with assistance from Quarrie. With Quarrie's consent, Hera conducted a test flight of the Blade Wing starfighter and determined that its combat capabilities would prove invaluable to the rebels in their efforts to overcome the blockade surrounding Ibaar. Subsequently, Zeb and his companions journeyed to Ibaar aboard the newly repaired and modified Phantom, transporting the Blade Wing starfighter in tow. During the second blockade run, Zeb and Sabine assumed control of the Phantom's helm, while Hera utilized the Blade Wing to obliterate an Arquitens-class light cruiser. This action enabled the Ghost, carrying the second consignment of supplies, to penetrate the blockade and deliver essential relief to the inhabitants of Ibaar.

Later on, Zeb and his fellow Ghost crew members received a distress call from Commander Jun Sato, whose CR90 corvette, the Liberator, had been forcibly extracted from hyperspace and captured by an Imperial Interdictor, a novel warship prototype equipped with gravity well projectors. When Kanan issued a call for the Ghost's crew to prepare for a rescue operation, Phoenix Leader Hera conceived an alternative rescue strategy that involved Kanan, Chopper, and Rex infiltrating the Imperial Interdictor and rescuing Sato, Ezra, and the remaining crew. Zeb played a role in this rescue plan by capturing two stormtroopers. After donning their armor, the three rebels embarked on a journey to the Imperial Interdictor aboard a commandeered Sentinel-class landing craft. Kanan, Rex, and Chopper not only rescued the other rebels, aided by Ezra, but also destroyed the Interdictor and two Imperial light cruisers.

Zeb, Kanan, Chopper, and Ezra later provided assistance to their Jedi ally, Ahsoka Tano, in a mission to investigate the activities of the Inquisitors. Tano had uncovered evidence that the Inquisitors were engaged in a secondary objective: the abduction of Force-sensitive infants. Ahsoka had successfully decoded two sets of coordinates. While she investigated the first set of coordinates, Zeb and the Ghost's crew explored the second set, which led them to Hammertown, a settlement located on the planet Takobo. After determining that the coordinates corresponded to residential locations, Kanan instructed Zeb and Chopper to remain behind and surveil the spaceport for any signs of the Inquisitors. Meanwhile, he and Ezra proceeded to investigate the coordinates' locations.

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

In the meantime, Kanan and Ezra discovered that the Inquisitors had attempted to abduct a Force-sensitive Ithorian child named Pypey. However, Pypey's mother, Oora, had dispatched him with a decoy droid. Kanan contacted Zeb and instructed him to locate the other child. Zeb then left Chopper to care for Alora in the Phantom. Shortly thereafter, Zeb encountered the decoy droid and successfully convinced it that he was there to provide assistance. The droid entrusted Pypey 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 complex.

Zeb contacted Kanan via comlink to provide an update on his current 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 manage a crying infant, Zeb handed Pypey to Ezra. To evade the Inquisitors, the rebels separated. While Ezra and Pypey entered 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 swiftly thrown aside by the Inquisitor. Unable to match the Inquisitors in combat, Zeb and Kanan leaped 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 once again by the Inquisitors. The Inquisitors quickly overpowered Zeb and Kanan with their command of the Force 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.

Prior to the Imperial assault on the rebel presence on Garel, Zeb and Chopper were procuring supplies on the streets of Garel when Zeb received word from Sabine that they should 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 remained skeptical that the Empire was planning to attack Lothal. However, Sabine revealed that it was standard Imperial procedure to withdraw patrols prior to launching a major offensive.

Shortly thereafter, Zeb and Chopper were pursued by several Imperial stormtroopers. They retreated to the Ghost's spaceport hangar, where a firefight ensued. During the gun battle, Zeb shot 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 perilous 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 the Phoenix Squadron fled into hyperspace.

Following the escape from Garel, Zeb, along with Hera and Sabine, traveled to Lothal to meet with Princes Leia Organa, the daughter of Alderaanian Senator Bail Organa, who was secretly supporting the rebellion. Having learned of the Phoenix rebels' losses, Bail dispatched his daughter to provide three Sphyrna-class Hammerhead corvettes to the rebels. As the Alderaanians could not be seen directly supporting the rebels, Bail and Leia orchestrated a plan for the rebels to steal the ships on Lothal, an Imperial-controlled world. The crew of the Ghost arrived on Lothal amidst a skirmish involving 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. Similarly, Ryder pretended to kidnap 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 deter future thefts.

To infiltrate the Imperial depot, Kanan and Ezra posed as Imperial personnel who claimed 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 center of the Liberator when the crew of the Ghost received news of Hera and Sabine's unsuccessful mission to obtain authorization from the Mandalorian Protectors for safe passage through the Concord Dawn system. However, the Protectors' leader, Fenn Rau, had forged an alliance between the Protectors and 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 proposed destroying the Protectors' Fang fighters on the third moon of Concord Dawn, Zeb and Ezra expressed their desire to accompany Kanan on the mission. However, Kanan insisted on only bringing 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 him, determined to seek vengeance against Rau. Ultimately, the mission proved successful, with the rebels not only destroying the Protectors' starfighters but also capturing Rau.

After Ezra Bridger received information 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 quickly recognized Zeb as a former captain from the Honor Guard, a fact he had concealed from his fellow rebels. Shortly thereafter, Hondo appeared and revealed himself as Ezra's secret informant.

With Imperial reinforcements likely to arrive, Zeb and the other rebels, along with the two Lasat, returned to the Ghost. While traversing the corridors of Hub 218, Gron and Chava disclosed that they were en route to Lira San, a legendary planet regarded as a safe haven for the Lasat species. Zeb scoffed at the prophecy and expressed skepticism regarding his species' future. Subsequently, the rebels were pursued by additional 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 fled into hyperspace aboard the Ghost.

After entering hyperspace, Chava informed the rebels that she possessed knowledge of Lira San's location. 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 initiated 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 projected a holographic map of the galaxy, the bo-rifle generated a surge of energy that pointed to an uncharted region in Wild Space, an area 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 immediately recognized this as the maze from the ancient Lasat prophecy.

The rebels' challenges were further compounded when Agent Kallus arrived with an Arquitens-class command cruiser. When Chava identified Kallus as the "warrior" from the prophecy, Zeb initially dismissed the notion due to his animosity towards 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 enveloped 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 stayed 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 a 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 later 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 allow Ezra and Kanan to shoot down the TIE fighters.

As they approached 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, blow up the facility, and secure the landing zone where several canisters of Clouzon-36 were waiting to be picked up by the Empire.

While the other rebels took part in the raid, Zeb and Hera stayed aboard the Ghost. After Ezra convinced the other rebels not to blow up the facility, Zeb and Hera were made aware of this change in plan. At Sabine's behest, they landed the Ghost on the gas refinery's platform. While Hera piloted the ship, Zeb manned the laser cannons. After landing, Zeb helped Sabine and Chopper to move 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 in order 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 jumping into hyperspace. Zeb and his fellow rebels later followed the purrgil herd through hyperspace.

Garazeb Orrelios and Hera were part of a mission aimed at procuring supplies from the Empire. During this operation, a Hammerhead corvette belonging to the rebel fleet transferred some cargo 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 damage to its hyperdrive, leaving it stranded in space. Phoenix Two attempted to dock her starfighter with the Ghost's docking ring but was struck by enemy fire. To avoid capture by the Imperials, Zeb and Hera jumped to hyperspace.

The Ghost crew, facing a situation where the rebels were losing starfighters and pilots faster than they could replace them, undertook a mission to seize an Imperial fighter carrier observed orbiting Ryloth, the native planet of the Twi'lek species. Needing assistance, Hera reached out to her estranged father, Cham Syndulla, the leader of the Ryloth rebels. When Cham and his companions, Numa and Gobi Glie, met with them aboard the Ghost in deep space, Zeb and the other rebels were present.

Later, during a briefing, Zeb was present as Hera detailed her strategy to infiltrate and seize the fighter carrier using a stolen TIE/sa bomber. Cham, however, opposed this plan, suggesting instead to destroy the carrier to demonstrate the strength of the Ryloth resistance. After some debate, Cham reluctantly agreed to support Hera's rebels in their mission to steal the Imperial carrier. For this operation, 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 advanced toward the fighter carrier.

To deceive the Imperials into allowing them to land, Hera arranged for two rebel A-wings to simulate an attack on their TIE bomber. The Imperials were fooled by this tactic and permitted the rebels to land their stolen TIE bomber in a hangar bay. Upon landing, Cham and his companions betrayed the Ghost crew, using stun weapons on them. They then proceeded with their original plan to destroy the fighter carrier. After recovering from the stun, Zeb joined his fellow rebels in thwarting the Ryloth rebels' scheme. While Hera, Kanan, Chopper, and Ezra went to the ship's command bridge, Zeb and Sabine headed to the munition racks to prevent Numa and Gobi from detonating their explosives.

Zeb and Sabine eventually found Numa and Gobi engaged in a blaster fight with stormtroopers. Following a scuffle, Zeb and Sabine used a rigged mouse droid to trip the two Twi'leks, rendering them unconscious. They then restrained their prisoners. Meanwhile, the other Spectres compelled the Imperials to abandon the ship. Hera also persuaded Cham to set aside their differences and collaborate to prevent the Imperials from retaking the ship. Uniting their forces, the two rebel groups fought off Imperial reinforcements. During the battle, 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 escaped aboard the fighter carrier into hyperspace. Later, Zeb and the other crew of the Ghost said goodbye to Cham and his companions. By this point, Hera had also reconciled with her father.

Rebel intelligence had uncovered an Imperial project underway above Geonosis, involving the construction of something. Consequently, Zeb joined his fellow rebels on a mission to examine an Imperial construction module. While Hera, Rex, and Chopper remained on the Ghost, Zeb, along with Kanan, Sabine, and Ezra, boarded the construction module, only to be caught in a trap set by ISB Agent Kallus, a recurring adversary of the Spectres who had been involved in the Siege of Lasan.

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

Zeb survived the crash without injury, but Kallus suffered a broken foot. After exiting the escape pod, Zeb began collecting supplies from the wreckage. Kallus, lying wounded on the icy ground, taunted Zeb, claiming 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 keep them warm. When Zeb expressed surprise at the icy weather on Geonosis, Kallus informed him that they had landed on one of its moons.

Zeb then entered the pod and found a transponder, only to discover that it was damaged. Kallus suggested that Zeb repair it so that the Empire could locate them. At that moment, they heard a distant roar. Distrustful of the Empire, Zeb stated that he would rather face the cold and whatever creature was in the cavern than risk imprisonment by the Empire. Kallus responded that he would do his best to ensure that Zeb received a fair trial. However, Zeb remained skeptical of Kallus' promises, given 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 opinions about the Empire and the rebellion. When their heater malfunctioned, Zeb discovered an alternative heat source in the form of a meteorite. Since the transponder's signal could not escape the cavern, Zeb made two unsuccessful attempts to climb out, prompting Kallus to mock him. Before they could fight, they were attacked by the creature they had heard earlier, which turned out to be 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, an event that Kallus claimed to be unaware of or innocent of. As they discussed how to escape the cavern before the bonzami returned with reinforcements, Zeb examined a bo-rifle trophy and noticed that it had been modified for close-quarters combat. When Zeb inquired about how Kallus had acquired the bo-rifle, the ISB agent revealed that he had not stolen it. Instead, Kallus explained that a Lasat warrior whom he had defeated had presented it to him for fighting honorably, a custom that Zeb recognized as Lasat tradition.

When Zeb mentioned the Imperial pacification of Lasan, Kallus recounted a violent encounter with rebels on Onderon during the early years of the Empire. Kallus' unit had been ambushed by a Lasat mercenary who brutally massacred all his men but spared Kallus. Upon hearing of Kallus' near-death experience, Zeb expressed regret and stated that not every Lasat was 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 in which Zeb threw 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 sheltering, Kallus expressed regret for his involvement in the Fall of Lasan but insisted that it was not 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 responded 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 remarked that it was freezing, Zeb replied 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 to assess its suitability as a rebel base, Zeb and Hera welcomed them back 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 boarded the ship, Zeb was cleaning his bo-rifle. The Lasat inquired whether they had discovered a new site for the rebels. In response, Kanan informed them that he and Ezra had encountered two Inquisitors known as the Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister, respectively. Kanan also expressed his concern that the Inquisitors were hindering him and Ezra from assisting the rebels in establishing a new base.

Previously, 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, hoping to communicate with Master Yoda. As the Phantom jumped to hyperspace, Zeb, Hera, and Sabine watched from the Ghost's window. To protect the rebellion, Kanan had chosen not to reveal their destination to the other rebels.

Zeb and his rebel comrades attended a meeting on the former Imperial fighter carrier, which had become the new Phoenix flagship, to discuss establishing a rebel base on Berzite's moon in the Yost system. Due to the rebels' low fuel reserves, Sabine's friend Ketsu Onyo suggested that they steal fuel from the Imperial depot at Horizon Base. Commander Sato approved the plan and dispatched the Ghost crew to Horizon Base. Zeb and his fellow rebels, excluding Chopper, participated in the mission. Chopper was supposed to guard the Ghost but was distracted by a new droid leg on sale at a nearby stall. Zeb and Ezra showed no sympathy for Chopper and teased him about "going shopping."

The Ghost crew successfully stole the fuel but were pursued by Imperial stormtroopers. While all the rebels escaped, Chopper was left behind due to his preoccupation with the leg. Upon returning to the Phoenix fleet, Zeb and his fellow rebels found the fleet under attack by Imperial forces led by Admiral Kassius Konstantine, who attempted to prevent the Ghost from docking with the rebel fighter carrier. However, the rebels managed to land in one of the carrier's hangar bays with the assistance of Ketsu, who used her Shadow Caster to shield the Ghost from enemy fire. After landing, Zeb and Ezra began unloading fuel canisters. As the rebel fleet prepared 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 provided the rebel fleet with the coordinates for Atollon, a world without an Imperial presence.

Zeb and his fellow rebels journeyed to Atollon, where they 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 amusement as AP-5 scolded Chopper for the "illogical act" of sacrificing his brand-new droid leg, which sparked a heated exchange between the two droids.

Following the discovery of Atollon, the Phoenix rebels established a base on the planet known as Chopper Base. Zeb and his fellow rebels assisted in transporting supplies from the fleet to Chopper Base. Zeb and Chopper accompanied the Spectres on a supply run to deliver several power generators. After completing their run, Zeb took the opportunity to relax on a cliff outside the base, overlooking 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 concerns about not meeting again, Zeb reassured him, saying that they would have overthrown the Empire by the time he and Kanan 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 vanished. Sabine and Rex had visited the site only to be attacked by several large, spider-like creatures called krykna. The Ghost arrived and drove away the creatures, but Rex was taken by the krykna to their underground nest.

Despite his reputation as a formidable 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 task of guarding the ship. While underground, Zeb accompanied Hera and Sabine, while Kanan and Ezra explored a different section. Zeb and his companions eventually found Rex and managed to free him but were unable to locate 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 to free the Ghost, Zeb's reluctance annoyed the young Jedi, who remarked that he did not want to be eaten by the creatures because they were too afraid to go outside. Ultimately, the rebels broke free of the web by devising a plan in which Sabine distracted 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, Hera, and Sabine remained 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 as the now-blinded Kanan hugged Hera. He and his fellow rebels were also saddened to see that Ahsoka had not returned 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 participated in a rebel mission led by Ezra to rescue the Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka from the Imperial prison on Naraka, whom they had previously encountered 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 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 to avoid triggering the Imperial sensor lights. Zeb caught the astromech droid in time.

The rebels proceeded 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 eliminated 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 informed Hera that Ezra had used a mind trick on the Imperial pilot.

After returning to Chopper Base, Zeb attended a briefing where Hondo revealed that the Galactic Empire was dismantling Old Republic Y-wings at Reklam Station within 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 light of his success on Naraka. The rebels traveled to Yarma on the Phantom.

While traveling to Yarma, the rebels evaded 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 his rebel comrade and pulled him back 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 exchange 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 attempted to assist them 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, disabling 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 jumping to hyperspace, the rebels returned to Chopper Base. When Hera reprimanded Ezra for disobeying orders, endangering his crew, and getting the Phantom destroyed, Zeb attempted to take responsibility. However, Hera insisted that the mission was Ezra's responsibility.

Zeb, along with Hera, Chopper, and Sabine, were captured by the former Sith apprentice Maul, whom Ezra and Kanan had previously encountered on Malachor. Maul had lured the Ghost crew 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 sarcastically asked the Dark Sider if he was planning to move in. Zeb and Sabine protested when Maul forced Hera to give him a tour of the Ghost to locate Kanan's Jedi holocron.

Later, Hera orchestrated an escape attempt. At her signal, Zeb kicked Chopper into two of Maul's repurposed tour guide droids. The rebels then incapacitated the remaining droids before heading to the engine room. Zeb carried Chopper down the ladder. Once inside the cargo hold, the rebels attempted to trap Maul with the magnetizer. However, the Sith Lord broke free from the magnetizer using his lightsaber. He then reasserted his control over the crew, warning them that they were only alive because he still needed them. Maul transported 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 acquiring the Sith holocron, Maul led Ezra to the command center. He ordered the prisoners to be executed. Before the tour guide droids could carry out the sentence, Kanan ambushed 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 generated 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 presided over 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 at Chopper Base.

Zeb, accompanied by his rebel comrades, journeyed back to Ryloth. Their objective was to provide provisions to Cham Syndulla, Hera's father and the leader of the Free Ryloth movement. The Ghost then rescued Cham and Numa, another fighter, who 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 neutralized the scout trooper, and Ezra took his armor.

Once safely aboard the Ghost, Cham informed the rebels of the recent Imperial gains in the Tann Province, orchestrated by Grand Admiral Thrawn. Eager to assist Hera, Zeb and the other rebels volunteered to retrieve 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 against Imperial forces in a nearby ravine. They successfully destroyed an AT-DP walker and an Imperial Troop Transport before retreating, only to be pursued by another AT-DP walker.

Despite their efforts to impede the walker's progress, Zeb and the rebels were forced into a firefight. The walker then halted its attack to transmit 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 to the Syndulla residence aboard the Ghost. However, through Chopper's actions of detonating several explosives, the rebels managed to escape, damaging the Syndulla residence. Despite failing to recover the Kalikori from Thrawn's grasp, the rebels successfully escaped into the wilderness aboard the Ghost. Later, Zeb joined Cham's fighters and embraced Ezra.

Subsequently, Zeb joined the other Spectres and Rex on a mission to recover proton bombs from the wreckage of a Separatist supply ship on the planet Agamar. After disembarking from the Ghost, Zeb, along with Ezra and Kanan, gained a deeper understanding of the Clone Wars from Rex. During an inspection of the munitions depot, the rebels discovered that it was fully stocked with proton bombs. They then 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 he 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, the leader of a Separatist holdout that had avoided the shutdown of the Separatist Droid Army following Order 66. Determined to secure a Separatist victory in the Clone Wars, Kalani forced his prisoners to participate in a combat simulation. When Zeb refused, Kalani agreed, citing the Lasats' non-participation in the Clone Wars. Instead, he designated Zeb as a hostage to be rescued from his command bridge. At Ezra's urging, the other rebels agreed to participate in the match, with 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. As Zeb's rebel friends thwarted Kalani's initial assault wave, Zeb attempted to persuade the tactical droid to surrender. However, Kalani dismissed Zeb's suggestion and revealed a trap he had set for the rebels in the hangar bay. Nevertheless, the rebels overcame Kalani's droidekas and forced their way into the command bridge. Rex and the rebels declared victory, but Kalani refused to acknowledge it due to technicalities. Before he could execute Zeb, Ezra convinced Kalani to set aside his animosity towards Rex, arguing that the conflict between 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 crippling the front legs of an approaching AT-AT walker, the rebels and droids fled in three Neimoidian escort shuttles that Chopper had repaired. While one of the shuttles was shot down, Zeb, his companions, and Kalani's shuttle successfully escaped into space. The two sides parted amicably, with Kalani suggesting that the rebellion had a slim chance of success against the Empire. Shortly after, Hera contacted them. Despite failing to acquire the proton bombs, the rebels acquired a new transport for the Ghost.

Zeb interrupted a discussion 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 questioned whether Rau was their prisoner. Kanan clarified that Rau was simply 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 annihilated 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 ahead of 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, using their YT-2400 light freighter Sato's Hammer, destroyed an Imperial Gozanti-class cruiser and declined the rebels' offer of assistance. Under Hera's direction, 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, excluding Ezra, Sabine, and Chopper, returned to the rebel fleet. Zeb and the Spectres later joined forces with Iron Squadron to rescue the Squadron's captain Mart Mattin from Imperial forces.

At Ezra's insistence, Zeb and his fellow Spectres agreed to meet with Hondo, who sought their assistance in recovering cargo from a derelict Imperial cargo ship trapped in the upper atmosphere of the planet Wynkahthu. Due to their past experiences 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 with Zeb to devise a plan to recover the cargo. She also placed Zeb in charge of the mission to express her disapproval of Ezra's fraternization with Hondo. When Ezra protested, Zeb retorted 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 suggested that the youth address any concerns he had about the mission with Hera. Implementing their plan, the rebels jumped 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 after, the rebels encountered the Ugnaught Melch, a member of Hondo's crew. Zeb forced Hondo to disclose the truth about his disastrous initial attempt to recover the ship's cargo, an operation that had resulted in the deaths of Melch's comrades.

While Zeb remained wary and distrustful of Hondo, Ezra insisted that they could still work together. 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 located the 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 secured onto the Ghost's hull.

Zeb and Ezra utilized the magnetic cables to transport the proton bombs aboard the Ghost, where Sabine stored them away. Following Zeb's instructions, the proton bombs were loaded first, and Hondo and Azmorigan were forced to wait. After Azmorigan disappeared, Zeb went in search of 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 found Hondo in a cell. Zeb used his comlink to contact Ezra for assistance. Ezra and Chopper freed 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 action triggered the droid's comrades, which pursued Zeb and his team back to the cargo bay. As 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 tilt into the vortex. They used the magnetic cable system to reach the Ghost, but they nearly fell into Wynkahthu's depths when the droids destroyed the grappling gun connecting it. Zeb and Ezra survived thanks to Kanan pulling 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 acquisition of proton bombs. However, Hondo was disappointed that Melch had secretly boarded one of his cargo chests and discarded the treasures in the process. Having accomplished their objectives, the two groups parted ways.

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. 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 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, Hera, and Sabine communicated with their comrades on Lothal by hologram. When Sabine expressed surprise that their long-time adversary Agent Kallus had helped Ezra's team escape the factory, Zeb vouched for Kallus, mentioning that he had accidentally recruited him on Bahryn. In response, Hera advised her comrades to treat Kallus with caution until they could determine 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, 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, Hera tasked Zeb and Sabine 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 ordered 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 continue. 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 out 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 in order 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 shot down 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 committed 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 remain behind as Chief of Security at Chopper Base. Zeb was unhappy about being left behind with Chopper and the inventory droid AP-5, whose company he did not enjoy. Unwilling to assist AP-5 with inventory duties, Zeb headed to the base's command center. There, a rebel officer informed him 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. Unbeknownst to Zeb and the others, the protocol droid was actually an E-XD-series infiltrator droid designated EXD-9. EXD-9 was part of an extensive Imperial search of the Outer Rim Territories for rebel bases, commissioned by Grand Admiral Thrawn, who was hunting the rebellion. After the recharged EXD-9 began scanning the base depot, AP-5 hired the droid as his assistant. Zeb grew fond of 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 locate 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 increased height and rapid 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 work together 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 strong fight, hurling 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 to the Empire as a bomb. 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 about the success of his work, Zeb praised him for his efforts. In return, AP-5 commended Zeb for his "admirable" work.

The following day, Zeb contacted Hera to inform her that they had experienced an incident but had regained 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 replied that it was a long story. AP-5 began to retell the story, but Zeb playfully silenced his friend.

Zeb, his fellow Spectres, and 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 unite the Mandalorians and rally them to the rebel cause. Sabine began learning using a training saber, which was actually a stick that Zeb had helped Kanan create at an earlier time.

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 spotted a tactical infiltration pod, which Zeb and Chopper had encountered previously on Atollon.

Zeb urged the others to destroy the pod, while Hera attempted to power down the systems in an effort 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 prevent 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 criticized them for making it more difficult 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 the target of an advanced TIE Defender prototype, along with a pair of TIE Interceptors. During the ensuing dogfight, Zeb took control of the Ghost's rear-facing guns. He managed to eliminate one of the TIE Interceptors after the nebula's intense radiation caused the fighter's deflector shields to fail due to overheating. After leaving the nebula, the Ghost was cornered by two Star Destroyers under the command of Governor Pryce and Admiral Konstantine. However, the rebels escaped into hyperspace when Ezra and Jon's Y-wings launched their proton torpedoes into the Archeon Nebula. Zeb, along with his fellow rebels, was present when Mon Mothma delivered a speech to the assembled rebel fleet, an event which marked the formation of the Rebel Alliance and the beginning of the Galactic Civil War.

While Chopper and AP-5, accompanied by Wedge Antilles, embarked on a mission to extract clearance codes from the Imperial Security Bureau's base located on Killun 71, Zeb, along with his Spectre comrades Hera and Ezra, remained aboard the Ghost. Zeb made light of the idea of the temperamental Chopper and the perpetually grumpy AP-5 acting as co-pilots for Wedge, suggesting it would be a challenge. Hera, however, assured them that the droids and Wedge were the perfect team for the task. AP-5 successfully obtained the clearance codes without any issues, but Chopper was seized by a team of Imperial eavesdroppers aboard a Gozanti-class cruiser. They reprogrammed him to act as a double agent spy droid. The Imperial controller LT-319 intended to exploit Chopper in order to uncover the location of Chopper Base.

AP-5 and Wedge returned to the Ghost to find Zeb and Ezra engaged in a game of dejarik. Although Zeb and Ezra brushed off AP-5's concerns regarding Chopper's strange behavior, Hera took AP-5 seriously and managed to prevent Chopper from downloading the Ghost's hyperspace navigation logs just in time. After Chopper made his way to the engine room and forced the Ghost out of hyperspace, Zeb followed the other rebels to the engine room to confront the now-rogue droid. However, Chopper locked them inside the cargo hold and exposed them to the vacuum of space. The rebels narrowly avoided being sucked out into space thanks to Hera's quick thinking. After AP-5 ventured outside and unlocked the cargo bay, Zeb and the other rebels made their way back to the cockpit.

Zeb used his bo-rifle to stun Chopper, commenting that he had been wanting to do that for a long time. Hera, however, instructed him to handle her droid with care and to help him into an upright position. After reconnecting Chopper to 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 massive amount of data, including his Imperial programming, back to the Imperial cruiser. This data overload resulted in the destruction of the Gozanti-cruiser, but it also caused Chopper to malfunction and convulse. After Chopper became unresponsive, Zeb and Ezra displayed clear signs of sadness, despite their usual dislike for the droid. However, the two rebels joined Hera in celebrating the return of their comrade after Chopper rebooted and reverted to his original programming. Later, Zeb and the other rebels were present when they rescued AP-5 from space and observed him arguing with a contrite Chopper.

Zeb was asleep in the bunk beneath Ezra's when the young Jedi was awakened by Kanan's Jedi holocron. The holocron began playing a holographic recording of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi's warning to the Jedi about the Great Jedi Purge. This turned out to be a deception orchestrated by the former Sith apprentice Maul, who aimed to lure Ezra to Tatooine in order to draw Kenobi out of hiding. Ezra and Chopper subsequently encountered Kenobi during a mission to Tatooine that went awry, which culminated in Maul's death. When Ezra and Chopper returned aboard Maul's ship, the Nightbrother, Zeb was in the process of loading cargo. Zeb inquired of Ezra whether or not "this means what I want it to mean," and Ezra reassured Zeb, along with Kanan and Hera, that they would not be seeing 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 established a blockade around Atollon. In response, Hera formulated a strategy 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 confront 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 of the battle, Zeb and Rex operated the guns aboard the Ghost, while Hera piloted the ship.

Despite suffering significant losses, the rebels facilitated Ezra and Chopper's escape. Commander Sato sacrificed his life and his flagship, the Phoenix Nest, by ramming Admiral Konstantine's interdictor vessel, creating an opening for Ezra's Gauntlet fighter to escape into hyperspace. Having accomplished their objective, the rebels retreated to Chopper Base to prepare for Thrawn's ground assault. Zeb and Rex collaborated to activate Sabine's prototype deflector shield generator, providing protection for the surviving rebel ships and personnel.

After the shield successfully withstood Thrawn's initial assault, Zeb and Rex ambushed a number of Imperial AT-DP walkers as they advanced through the narrow canyon leading to Chopper Base. After Rex used detonators to destroy the majority of the walkers, Zeb destroyed the final one with a rocket launcher. However, the two were forced to retreat when Thrawn deployed several AT-AT walkers, which were protected by deflector shields. After reuniting with Kanan, the rebels engaged in a game of cat and mouse with Thrawn's death troopers within the tunnels beneath the Atollon Coral Mesa.

Zeb and Rex eventually rejoined Hera, General Dodonna, and the remaining rebels back at Chopper Base. Before they could escape aboard the Ghost, they were surrounded by Thrawn and his death troopers. Just as Thrawn was about to eliminate them, Kanan's mysterious friend, Bendu, a powerful Force-wielder, attacked the base with a lightning storm. The rebels seized the opportunity to escape offworld. By this point, Ezra had returned with Mandalorian reinforcements from Clan Wren, led by Sabine, who successfully destroyed Thrawn's second interdictor cruiser. This provided the remaining rebel forces with the opening they needed to escape into hyperspace towards Yavin 4.

Following their defeat on Atollon, Sabine accompanied Ezra, Chopper and Kanan to Mandalore to aid in the conflict there, while Zeb, Hera, Rex and the remaining Rebels made their way to Yavin 4. After their victory on Mandalore, the group of four travelled to Yavin 4, where they were welcomed by Zeb. Overjoyed to see their comrade again, they started joking and teasing him.

Kanan inquired about Hera's whereabouts, and Zeb informed him she was away on a resupply operation. He also revealed that Yavin 4 served as the central hub for various Rebel cells that had united, including the surviving members of Phoenix Squadron. Shortly after, Hera and her squadron made a dramatic entrance, crash-landing at the base, having miraculously survived. Zeb and the other Spectres hurried to ensure her well-being. Following a brief reunion with her team, Kallus sarcastically commented on the touching scene, before relaying Mon Mothma's request for their presence.

Zeb participated in the briefing, providing details about the Empire's newly constructed relay station on the planet Jalindi. The Spectres volunteered for the mission, which involved tapping into Imperial communications, with strict orders not to destroy the facility. Upon reaching the planet, Ezra, Sabine, and Chopper descended towards the relay dish, aiming for stealth. Zeb voiced his concern and disapproval of their method of approach, but Kanan reminded him that a free-fall was necessary to avoid detection. Soon after, as the trio began working on the dish, Zeb alerted Kanan and Hera to the arrival of an Imperial light cruiser, the Marauder, in the system. As the cruiser approached, Zeb reported the presence of two TIE Defenders heading their way. Hera then instructed Zeb to man the turret. Kanan advised Hera to fly low through the fog, allowing him to guide them, as it would disrupt the enemy's systems. Zeb attempted to target the Defenders, but their shields proved resistant to his shots.

Realizing they were flying through fog, Zeb questioned their strategy. Eventually grasping the plan after a Defender collided with a pillar, Zeb focused his fire on the remaining Defender, successfully 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 on a mission that resulted in the recruitment of several technicians for the Rebellion.

Following their initial unsuccessful attempt to aid Lothal, which culminated in the Battle of Atollon, the Rebels commenced planning for a second attempt. Their strategy involved a deep cover operation, even utilizing the vessel, the Broken Horn, for transportation instead of the Ghost. The two ships connected to facilitate the transfer of supplies onto the Broken Horn. Rex questioned Zeb's absence from the supply loading, which included puffer pigs. Zeb explained that his presence frightened the creatures too much. Rex playfully remarked on his uniqueness, prompting Zeb to inquire if it was clone humor. To maintain the disguise, the Spectres, including Zeb, donned new attire to conceal their identities. Chopper entered the bridge, mocking Zeb and Ezra's headwear. Upon landing at Jhothal, Zeb received orders to scare the puffer pigs, in order to rescue Vizago from Imperial captivity.

After Vizago's liberation, Hera directed the team to split up, sending Sabine, Ezra, and Chopper to Jho's cantina, while she, Kanan, and Zeb sought out transportation. Zeb successfully located transport, deeming it "convenient." However, Zeb was compelled to engage in combat with some stormtroopers. After reuniting with the rest of the team, along with Jai Kell, they entered the deserted cantina, where Zeb disabled the controls. The group once again divided. Zeb and his unit were pursued by a probe droid, followed by two additional droids. Eventually, Zeb and his team regrouped and reached the surface, where they were greeted 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 located in the wilderness of Lothal. Zeb was initially unconvinced about the TIE/D Defender Elites until he witnessed the fighter firsthand. While Ezra and Sabine infiltrated the facility, Zeb and Ryder remained hidden in the foliage. Before Commander Vult Skerris could pilot the prototype, Ezra and Sabine absconded with the fighter and made their escape. As Ezra and Sabine engaged Imperial fighters, Zeb and Ryder rejoined Kanan and Hera at Ryder's U-wing. When Zeb complained that he knew the "kids" would pull off "something crazy," Kanan told him not to worry and departed with Hera to find the two Spectres. Zeb, Kanan and Hera later found Ezra and Sabine with the stolen flight data recorder.

The following day, Zeb, accompanied by Ezra and Jai Kell, 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 located the hyperdrive with the assistance of a white loth-cat. Shortly after, Ezra and Kell were confronted by the Noghri tracker Rukh, who had been dispatched by Thrawn to hunt down the rebels. While Ezra and Kell fled on a speeder bike, Zeb remained behind with the hyperdrive and successfully evaded an Imperial search party led by Governor Pryce. Zeb commandeered their Imperial Troop Transport and escaped with the hyperdrive, making his way to the Lothal resistance camp.

Initially, Zeb's rebel comrades mistook him for an enemy, but they were relieved when Zeb emerged from the vehicle with the hyperdrive. This allowed Sabine to install the hyperdrive on the U-wing. After Hera and Chopper departed 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 ventured into Lothal's plains, where they encountered 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. Following Ryder's use of his speeder to transport the rebels aboard the crawler, Zeb and his comrades breached the cockpit, overpowering the Trandoshan Mining Guild captain Seevor. However, they were unable to prevent him from sending a distress signal. After knocking Seevor unconscious, 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 a member of the Rebel Alliance's ground support team on Lothal, Zeb, along with his fellow Spectres Kanan, Ezra, and Sabine, planted explosives on the air defense batteries stationed outside the Imperial Armored Complex on Lothal. When Zeb questioned Sabine about the explosives' potency, she assured him they would suffice. In response, Zeb commented that the towers appeared larger up close. 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 neutralizing the air defenses, Thrawn's fleet decimated 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 assisted Ezra and the others in constructing 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 returned from their rescue mission, Zeb and Chopper learned from Ezra that Kanan had perished during the mission, Zeb proceeded to give a sad-struck hug to the young Jedi. Overcome with grief, he and Sabine resolved to avenge Kanan's demise by sabotaging Pryce's parade celebrating the Empire's "victory" over the Rebels. Zeb and Sabine departed 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 closely pursuing them, 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.

Despite his skepticism, Zeb accompanied 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 facilitate the mission, Zeb incapacitated a pair of scout troopers, enabling Ezra and Sabine to steal their armor. While Ezra and Sabine infiltrated the excavation camp, Zeb, along with Hera and Chopper, maintained 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.

Following the Alliance's decisive triumph at the battle of Endor, which resulted in the demise of Emperor Palpatine and the end of the war itself, Orrelios escorted Kallus aboard a Nebulon-B2 frigate. Together, they journeyed to Lira San to demonstrate to Kallus that he had not eradicated the entire Lasat species.

Orrelios also enlisted in the New Republic Defense Fleet and dedicated himself to training new recruits. Around 9 ABY, Zeb was relaxing in a bar at Adelphi Base. He engaged Captain Carson Teva after overhearing a distress signal transmitted by Greef Karga concerning a pirate siege on Nevarro. When Teva mentioned that he would seek authorization from Coruscant to involve the New Republic, Zeb informed him that a timely response was unlikely, as they had not replied to a dispatch in weeks. After Teva expressed his intention to address the matter in person, Zeb commended the captain's resolve and wished him success. When Wren finally found the missing Bridger on Peridea, she told him about Orrelios's training work.

Haunted by the near extinction of his people, Garazeb Orrelios cultivated a rough and irritable demeanor, prone to bursts of anger and violence. However, beneath this exterior, Zeb was a deeply compassionate individual who held great affection for his fellow members of the Ghost, and for those negatively affected by the Empire. Zeb possessed a strong moral compass, and he urged Kanan against selling disruptor rifles to Cikatro Vizago for financial gain. Nevertheless, he kept 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 assaulting stormtroopers, an activity he thoroughly enjoyed. He employed his considerable combat skills to protect helpless citizens oppressed by the Empire, and even refused monetary compensation for doing so. He often voiced his frustration by exclaiming "Karabast!"

Despite his fundamentally kind nature, Zeb was quick to anger and prone to impulsive actions, which often led him into trouble. Agent Kallus easily provoked him into needlessly risking his life by taunting him about the genocide of his people. Zeb attempted to project an image of stoicism and seriousness, but he also possessed a dry sense of humor and occasionally revealed a more childlike side. His skills were valuable to the crew, but his impulsiveness sometimes caused problems. He once wagered Chopper in a game of sabacc and lost, much to his surprise. Ezra and Chopper involved him in their childish antics on several occasions.

Hera maintained a maternal relationship with Zeb, as she did with most of the crew, and Zeb held her in the highest regard, rarely questioning her directives, referring to her as the "sane one" of the crew. He reluctantly developed a brotherly bond with Ezra after initially reacting very hostile towards him, even physically threatening him on numerous occasions. After being forced to leave Ezra behind after a botched rescue attempt, he felt a great deal of guilt until the boy's return. He particularly despised the crew's droid, Chopper, who he saw as useless in all practical situations and little more than a nuisance and liability to the crew. Gradually he came to accept the droid's eccentricity and expressed genuine surprise and gratitude when Chopper saved the crew. Still, this did not stop Zeb from teasing Chopper on one occasion about his mismatched ambulatory strut. Despite their tense 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 not quick to trust Rex, Wolffe, and Gregor, Zeb got along with them very well despite being tricked into being joopa bait. When Rex joined the Rebels and began to be a more constant presence around the crew, Zeb would often joke around with the former clone captain.

Due to his experiences during the Siege of Lasan, Zeb believed that he had failed to protect his people and the Lasan royal family. His guilt and shame led him to hide the fact that he had once been a Captain in the Lasan High Honor Guard from even his fellow rebels. Zeb was also skeptical of the supernatural and initially believed that the Lasat refuge of Lira San was a myth. Zeb was able to overcome his past guilt by fulfilling an ancient Lasat prophecy which involved him fulfilling three different roles: the "Child," the "Fool," and the "Warrior." In the process, Zeb made a leap of faith by letting the Force 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. Subsequently, Zeb displayed initiative when he persuaded his rebel comrades to board a Mining Guild ore crawler.

Although a formidable warrior, Zeb still held honor in high regard and would not engage a wounded adversary. Despite his adversarial relationship with Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus, Zeb formed an unexpected bond with him during a mission on Geonosis. He came to the understanding that Kallus was not the villain he had perceived him to be and that the Imperial agent also placed importance on honor. Zeb's amicable behavior towards Kallus was further encouraged when the two unlikely allies collaborated to endure the frigid conditions and several bonzami creatures while marooned on the icy moon of Bahryn. The encounter with Kallus led Zeb to the realization that not all members of the Empire were inherently evil.

In spite of his bravery, Zeb harbored a strong dislike for insects, particularly the large krykna creatures found on Atollon, which he greatly feared. During missions, Zeb demonstrated his ability to work as a team member by following the instructions of his leader. Following Ezra's ill-fated reconnaissance mission on Reklam Station, Zeb volunteered to take responsibility until Hera clarified that it was Ezra's burden to bear. Zeb viewed the Iron Squadron as an inexperienced group of individuals who resembled Ezra and lacked a proper understanding of the cause they were fighting for.

Zeb held a negative view of the pirate Hondo Ohnaka, considering him untrustworthy and deceitful. He harbored distrust towards the pirate and deemed Hondo a liar after discovering that Hondo had withheld certain details during a retrieval operation on the planet Wynkahthu: specifically, that he had lost the majority of his Ugnaught crew in a previous attempt. Zeb's disdain for Ohnaka was most evident when he threatened to tear off the Weequay's arms and insisted that the rebels' shipment of proton bombs take precedence over Hondo and his associate Azmorigan's treasure. Despite his aversion to Azmorigan, Zeb's concern for the safety of his team prompted him to search for the Jablogian. When Ezra questioned his leadership of the mission, Zeb asserted that it was his turn to lead, given that Ezra had led prior missions. Despite his leadership position, Zeb still yielded to Captain Syndulla's authority.

As a combatant, Zeb initially felt let down when he was unable to participate in a training exercise because Captain Syndulla required someone to guard Chopper Base. While Zeb found AP-5's jokes about him irritating, and the inventory droid's meticulous attention to detail bothersome, he still admired AP-5's ingenious strategy to repurpose a captured E-XD infiltrator droid as a time bomb against the Empire. Through their collaboration with Chopper and AP-5 to defeat the Infiltrator Droid EXD-9, Zeb and AP-5 developed a greater appreciation for one another. Zeb was impressed by AP-5's intelligence and wit, while AP-5 came to respect Zeb's combat skills and strength. During challenging moments, such as the Battle of Atollon, Zeb was also known for his excellent sense of humor.

Zeb was overwhelmed with sorrow and fury following Kanan's death during a mission to rescue Hera. Driven by a desire for vengeance against the Empire, he and Sabine made the decision to sabotage the Imperial victory parade. Zeb and Sabine later discovered that Kanan's sacrifice had not been in vain, as the explosion that took his life had significantly impacted Imperial military production on Lothal. Zeb nearly killed the Noghri tracker Rukh but refrained from doing so at Sabine's urging, who spared his life but defaced the Imperial tracker with spray paint. Although Zeb was initially doubtful 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 was able to effectively collaborate with his rebel comrades during an operation to capture Governor Pryce and an assault on the "Dome" during the Liberation of Lothal. Zeb's animosity towards the Empire and Rukh caused him to laugh as Rukh was electrocuted upon the restoration of the shields at the Dome. Following the Battle of Endor, Zeb and Kallus journeyed together to Lira San, the original homeland of the Lasat people, where the species continued to flourish.

Being a Lasat, Zeb possessed physical capabilities far exceeding those of a human, including enhanced strength, agility, and reflexes. He could effortlessly overpower numerous stormtroopers, execute remarkable leaps and jumps, manipulate the Ghost's dorsal turret from outside the ship using only his bare hands, and momentarily contend with and push back the equally physically imposing Fifth Brother, although he was ultimately defeated by the Brother.

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

Zeb also possessed the necessary strength to confront the Imperial Infiltrator Droid EXD-9. He could also endure substantial damage inflicted by the powerful recon droid. Zeb also possessed the strength to single-handedly hold a hyperdrive unit in one hand while simultaneously clinging to rocks. Zeb utilized his physical strength to subdue the Mining Guild captain Seevor. Subsequently, 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 employed his strength and brute force to overcome him. Zeb experienced pain when struck by the electro-whip but managed to dislodge Proach and maintain his grip long enough for Kanan to rescue him.

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

As a member of the Lasat Honor Guard, Zeb was a proficient fighter trained in the art of the bo-rifle. Due to his considerable size and combat prowess, Zeb served as the "muscle" of the small Lothalian rebel group. He found enjoyment in engaging in combat and defeating stormtroopers. Although Zeb was unable to match the Force abilities of the two Inquisitors known as the Fifth Brother and the Seventh Sister, he successfully rescued his companions Ezra and Sabine by leading them and their captors to a hangar bay where they made a swift escape in their shuttle, the Phantom. Zeb's combat skills led him to take pride in his identity as a warrior, and he took offense when referred to as a child or fool.

Despite lacking any formal training, Orrelios proved to be a skilled pilot, managing to steal an Imperial TIE fighter on one occasion and teach himself how to fly it. During this single joyride, Orrelios managed to hover, spin, fire the cannons, fly sideways, and land without causing any damage to the aircraft. Orrelios and Bridger were compelled to land in order to clean the canopy, which had been covered in fruit juices. After resuming flight, 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 skills, Zeb was no match for the Force abilities of the former Sith Maul, who easily defeated Zeb and his comrades. Zeb was also a capable tactician who collaborated with the former Imperial inventory droid AP-5 to devise a plan to evacuate cargo from a derelict Imperial cargo ship. He also possessed familiarity with technology such as grappling hooks and magnetic cables.

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

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

In the series, he is voiced by the accomplished actor Steve Blum. In Orrelios's introductory video, Orrelios was described as a new species inspired by Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for the Wookiee Chewbacca. However, the concept art had already served as the foundation for the Lasat species, and the Launch Pad department of Star Wars Insider 148 accurately identified him as a Lasat.

The character made his live-action debut in "Chapter 21: The Pirate," the fifth episode of the third season of The Mandalorian. He was once again voiced by Steve Blum and portrayed by a motion capture artist.

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