The rebels, Ryder Azadi, and some Zeb-loving loth-cats stake out the facility they believe houses the TIE defender prototype. After some time, the craft finally zooms overhead. It's impossibly fast.
The TIE defender lands at the base -- piloted by Vult Skerris. Sabine wants to steal the flight data recorder, housed inside the ship. She and Ezra make their way to the fighter, and loth-cats provide the distraction they need to get inside.
An unexpected visitor arrives, however: Grand Admiral Thrawn. He has come to inspect the TIE defender and observe a flight test. As Ezra watches, he spots something in the distance...
A large white wolf -- a loth-wolf. The beast looks at Ezra knowingly.
But in that moment, a stormtrooper discovers the Padawan, and Ezra finds himself on the run and spotted by Grand Admiral Thrawn.
Sabine takes the opportunity to commandeer the TIE defender, blasting the base and rescuing Ezra. Thrawn watches calmly and dispatches fighters to take on the prototype as a combat test, of sorts. After the TIE defender proves its mettle, the Imperials dismantle it remotely.
The craft crash lands, and Sabine and Ezra make it out alive with the hyperdrive -- a possible replacement for the non-functioning device in Ryder's U-wing -- and flight recorder in tow.
After traveling some time, the white loth-wolf appears once again. On its back is a white loth-cat. The beast puts Sabine to sleep.
With the Empire approaching, the loth-wolf transports the rebels back to their friends. But upon arrival, it disappears without a trace. Sabine has no memory of a wolf, and the rebels did not see it.
The crew, however, has both the flight recorder and hyperdrive, and Kanan believes Ezra's story: "All paths are coming together now," he says. In the distance, the loth-wolf watches.
