Ezra Bridger

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LAITH ASHLEY // have you met EZRA BRIDGER yet? HE is a TWENTY-SIX year old TRANSMAN HUMAN. they’re originally from LOTHAL and now show loyalty to THE JEDI ORDER. they are best known for being a JEDI KNIGHT, and i hear they’re pretty HEADSTRONG yet also NAIVE at times; i hope they survive the galactic civil war.

L O A D I N G : // …  8ABY : MONTH TWO … //

coming back during the last two months, ezra’s leapt right back into the order as much as he can

given he only had kanan and ahsoka when it came to jedi to learn from - and as grateful as he is for their teachings - ezra’s been trying to learn from and interact with as many jedi as he can while also doing his duty to the new republic, easing back into that life of both a soldier and a jedi as he had before

the attack at the consortium had him shaken to say the least, he doesn’t like not being able to feel them in the force - but fortunately all of his solider training with the rebellion and rex prepared him pretty well, so he managed to hold his own and is now working on strengthening and sharpening those skills

he’s relieved beyond words to have kanan around as well as the rest of the ghost crew - but he can’t deny he’s nervous the past few years in wild space is going to catch up to him at some point as more and more of the galaxy begins to get explored

most of his time is split between protecting the jedi order, and working with the new republic army, like always

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spectreoflasan​:

“Eh, you toughened up alright. You’ll have to tell Kanan who’s the better teacher, him or the purrgil.”  Despite the ribbing, Zeb can tell Ezra is right. He has grown stronger, and not just physically. As much as Zeb is proud   (was already proud, don’t tell the cheeky little lothrat)   it’s still so weird to have missed it.  “Bet you ran into more interesting things than just purrgil out there, though. So, you wanna tell us what took you so long?”  He says it like an offhand teasing comment, but behind the front there’s genuine curiosity and maybe a little concern. Talking about the helmets draws a gruff chuckle out of Zeb.  “Oh, creativity’s never been their strong suit, and the bastards have been running scared. You better ask Sabine for a paint job to cover up the mess I made of ‘em.”  And Sabine could use a distraction, lately, but they’re not going to out and say that.

“you know, one of these days we’re gonna have to train together so i can show you who’s boss.” ezra says with a bit of a pout that’s absolutely not serious at all. he missed this, poking fun at zeb. the constant jabs back and forth that really came from a place of care they had for each other, despite their ridiculously rocky start. “you ever tried to find your way back from wild space without a functioning ship? it’s not like i took the ghost with me! getting back here wasn’t easy, give me a break.” ezra insists with a roll of his eyes, hoping to push right past that topic of conversation. the last thing he wants to do is talk about what happened to him out there. “well we know she’s never gonna turn down the chance to give this stuff a fresh paint job. should be fine, right?”

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mvchinery​:

ezra bridger. the name has a ring of familiarity to it, though she can’t quite place why it does. her face lights up when he identifies himself, giving him a broad smile & reaching out to clasp his hands. “ezra ! of course, it’s wonderful to meet you. kanan told me about you.”

that her legacy found a way to survive, even through all of the hell that empire put them through — she’s so proud of them. kanan lived through so much & still managed to an amazing young jedi. there’s nothing more that she could have asked for. “i hope we can have some time to get to know each other.”

he knows there’s nor eason to be nervous, but ezra truly can’t help it. it’s like - meeting the inspiration for everything he learned. depa taught kanan and without kanan, ezra’s not even sure where he would be. force knows there’s a good chance he might not have even made it through everything the empire put lothal through. so - yeah, yeah, he’s nervous for sure. “he - he did? really?” he asks, eyes widening a little. he knows kanan would’ve said good things, surely - but it still comes as a surprise.

letting out an awkward sort of laugh, ezra smiles and nods his head. “i hope so too. i know there’s - a thousand important things to deal with right now, but.. i wanna get to know you better. if you hadn’t taught kanan so much, he wouldn’t have taught me, and.. yeah. i really wanna get to know you, given everything. uh - guess i should start with knowing what kanan’s told you about me already...?” 

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sacreficied​:

six creatures that couldn’t be felt in the force and ezra couldn’t identify. the more information that he knew, the more unsettling that all of this came. but a deep breath through his nose stilled him, trying to hone in his concentration and ensure that his own fear or other emotions did not blind him to the man that he needed to be right now. “the guards aren’t just focused on fighting the invaders.” that much he could feel, the presence of the fear and anger of the partygoers that had been turned on. “no. don’t focus on my safety right now, ezra. don’t let concern for me get in the way. there are others here even less equipped. we can both get them out.”

“yeah, it’s not pretty. and they’re going after the jedi pretty aggressively.” ezra explains quickly, watching things get worse and worse around them. as much as ezra wants to get kanan to safety, he knows his master’s right. they need to protect as many people as they can from the threats - multiple threats, and growing, as the guards get more aggressive towards just about everyone, not just the six who have sent everything into chaos. “alright. you focus on the guards, i’ll focus on the others, and we’ll - try and get as many people out as we can.”

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mvchinery​:

it had been unclear, for awhile, if depa would leave a lineage behind. she’s a rare jedi who hadn’t taken a padawan before becoming a master — had earned the rank too young for that. & then she had been so busy with the council, & had never quite felt the pull of the force towards a student. as she was her master’s only padawan, their line extending unbroken back to tarre vizsla had almost ended. until kanan. she had awoken from her coma & finally felt that call, & he had managed to stay on the path of the jedi through everything, to pass her teachings down. it’s impossible for her to be more proud.

she turns at the nervous call, giving the younger jedi a friendly smile, hoping to ease some of his discomfort. “it’s quite alright, i have plenty of time. what can i do for you ? “

it’s a little daunting, to be standing in front of his master’s master. the woman who taught kanan so much, who allowed him to then teach ezra so much - not just about the force, he figures but in general. the lessons he lives by day by day, now. oh man - he really hopes he doesn’t make a fool of himself. something he’s pretty good at, when he’s nervous. okay. okay, relax.

“uh.. hi. i - i’m ezra. ezra bridger.” he knows the name doesn’t matter. she probably hasn’t heard of him, but he’s not sure where else to start. “i - kanan’s my master. i’m.. a jedi thanks to him. and i guess, by extension, thanks to you.”

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spectreoflasan​:

“Like you could have stopped me,”  Zeb shoots back.  “’Sides, if you don’t like the smell, I can always take it back.”  The bickering comes easily. It’s always been the more comfortable way of showing affection for the scrappy little lothrat. Zeb’s not sure he could ever express his gratitude to have him back, to have his whole family back together. So, they don’t.   (Not in so many words.)   A big, fuzzy arm shoves Ezra.  “Knocked around a bunch of bucketheads while you were gone. Got a few new souvenirs for your collection.”

"i absolutely could have! which definitely means i could now, i’m way stronger than i was back then.” he pulls a face and gives zeb’s shoulder a shove, by no means intended to actually push him all that far. “nope, it’s mine. you’re never getting it back. just you wait, one day i’m going to find a way to relocate you to another room on the ship entirely and it’ll be all mine.” he grins at the mention of the souvenirs though, he can’t help it. after being away for so long, it’s nice to have something semi-normal to come back to. “yeah? you’re gonna have to show me, see what they’ve come up with now. reckon sabine would still paint them for me if i ask nicely?”

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sacreficied​:

focusing on ezra’s presence was doable, able to shift through some of the fear and panic in the room to root himself in where he was –– but it doesn’t give any kind of indication to where whatever it was attacking was. kanan was not worried about his own well-being, but how to navigate, how to help. he could not allow himself to be sidelined, not because of this. “i can’t feel them either.” the words are somewhat painful to say out loud, if he was being truly honest with himself, but it’s not a thought to linger on. he tried to focus on what was most important right now. they could deal with the force aspect later… hopefully.  “i know there were at least six different explosions. how many different attackers are we dealing with?”

okay, kanan can’t feel it either. that’s - not ideal for either of them, but at least he’s not just him. the last thing ezra needs right now is to wonder if his ability with the force is as strong as he needs it to be, or as strong as it should be. taking a deep breath, ezra does his best to swallow that particular panic and focuses, for both of them. “six of those - beings, i don’t know what they are, but the guards here are fighting as well. we can sense them, though.” he confirms in a steady voice, years of training and instinct kicking in so he can get them both through this mess. “kanan - if you can’t sense them, we need to get you out of here.”

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mvchinery​:

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“ezra ? “ her brows raise slightly with surprise, a smile lighting up her face. “it’s good to see you again. i almost didn’t recognize you.” she had only been fifteen, the first & last time they met. but she’s certainly heard of his exploits since then.

ezra had never been good at formalities. he tried, sure, and he got a little better at it as he got older and learned things with the resistance, but it just didn’t come naturally to him. “leia - i mean. princess leia. your highness?” he chuckles weakly and rubs at the back of his head, very well aware of how awkward he sounds. “well yeah, it’s.. been a while, huh. looks like we both had some growing to do, last time we met. not that you looked like a kid or anything! just. you know.”

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sacreficied​:

@spectrcsix​    //   ezra bridger.

it had been a long time since kanan had truly felt blind. bendu had been many things by the end of it all, but there was no denying that he had learned, healed his connection with the force. he could hear it all happening at once, feel the propulsion of the explosions, but he could not sense… whatever it was that was attacking, no matter how desperately he tried to listen to the living force around him. “ezra!” he barked his name in a way that he hadn’t in a long time. at least he can sense his presence without fault. “i need you to be my eyes.”

ezra figured he’d be way better prepared for weird things now he’s spent literal years just attuning himself with the force. and for the most part he’s right, sure, but in this instance? nope. not even close. not being able to feel these things in the force is weird, sure, but when he hears kanan’s panicked yell, he knows it’s even worse for his master. he’s by kanan’s side within moments, all of his other senses on high, every piece of non-jedi training he’d received running through his mind. “i’m here. you’re gonna be fine.” a pause as he glances up at kanan - no matter how long he’s spent training himself, he can’t help but look to the other for guidance anyway - “i can’t feel them, kanan. they don’t - exist in the force.”

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he shouldn’t be nervous. he has no reason to be. he knows he’s followed all of kanan’s teachings the way he was supposed to, he knows really he’s done things right. and that kanan’s proud of him. and really... he doesn’t owe kanan’s master anything. but force, ezra feels like he does. if she hadn’t trained kanan and helped form the jedi he became, ezra never would’ve turned out to be like this. he might not have even met kanan and the others, and then - what, he’d never have been able to become a jedi? never been able to save lothal, save his friends - his family?

okay, maybe that’s why he’s so nervous. because really, ezra feels like he owes her a lot.

“um... master billaba?” he says cautiously, resisting the urge to fidget, play with his hands, fuss over his hair or whatever other stuff he can mess with out of nervousness. he’s a full grown, fully fledged jedi. he needs to accept that he has a place here in the temple, with the growing order, with other jedi. “i know you’re - probably busy. everyone’s busy these days, lots to do, but uh - sorry, do you have a minute?”

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“okay, can i just say it kind of sucks that my bunk still smells like you.” ezra huffs as he drops into the seat beside zeb, flashing him a very obviously fake annoyed look. it really doesn’t - it did for about two weeks, for sure - but he likes poking fun at zeb anyway. it’s another reminder of the normality that surrounds him again. “seriously, if i’d known that was gonna happen i wouldn’t have let you have it back in the first place.”

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 all but skipping out of the small transport ship, ezra makes a beeline for the temple with a smile on his face. he likes being here, it’s - it’s different to the temple they’d been to before. this planet seems to just be bursting with life, not just the force but in general, and after all of his time in almost-isolation in wild space - thrawn doesn’t count, as far as he’s concerned - ezra can’t get enough of it.

“c’mon, kanan! it’s time for me to beat you again!” he calls as he approaches the structure, lightsaber swinging by his hip. being on his own for so long, ezra can’t help but have a little more energy than usual, relieved to be back with the beings he knows he can trust. at least here he can continue to feel like he’s useful, like he can really make a difference again. which - he can only really do if he gets stronger. hence hassling his master for training. he slows his pace a little as he heads inside, looking around for kanan and while he knows he shouldn’t yell he can’t help but call out again - “kanan!”

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LAITH ASHLEY // have you met EZRA BRIDGER yet? HE is a TWENTY-SIX year old TRANSMAN HUMAN. they’re originally from LOTHAL and now show loyalty to THE JEDI ORDER. they are best known for being a JEDI KNIGHT, and i hear they’re pretty HEADSTRONG yet also NAIVE at times; i hope they survive the galactic civil war. (STAR, 29, AEST, SHE/HER)

THE PAST

ezra was born on lothal on empire day, the same day as luke and leia in fact.

he was born to parents who spoke out against the empire as much as they could, trying to help the people of lothal. unfortunately this lead to their imprisonment, and they were later killed trying to escape and get back to ezra, leaving him an orphan at a young age

he learned to survive by stealing and conning people to get by, eventually finding a home in an abandoned comm tower, doing his best to survive and pick up as many tricks as he could, oblivious to his force sensitivity

when ezra was 14, he met the ghost crew - he caught them out during a job on lothal, stealing a couple of crates they were trying to commandeer - only to get caught by the crew instead

through a series of events, he wound up joining the crew and over time trained to become a jedi

[ look rather than type out the events of rebels i’m just gonna link the wookiepedia for anyone who isn’t familiar with his time in the show https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Ezra_Bridger]

at the end of rebels, when ezra was 19 years old - in 0 BBY - ezra sacrificed himself by jumping into deep space with the purrgil to save his friends and lothal overall, prompting the purrgil to take the ship with him and thrawn in it and to jump into deep space

THE PRESENT

it’s taken years for ezra to find a way back out of deep space, and it nearly killed him to do it. the scraps of a ship barely managed to survive the jump back to some kind of inhabited planet, and he’s had to cheat and steal to get back to the rebellion - or, the new republic now, he’s learned.

he’s not exactly sure where he fits into any of this, but he needs to find his family - and doesn’t quite realise how much of his family is actually around, now.

he can sense the change in things, though. all he had to do in deep space was survive, and a large part of doing so came from strengthening his connection to the force

he’s been back for a couple of months now, settling back into things with the new republic and the new jedi order, trying to figure out how he fits into all of this now that there’s actual rules and organisations and not just the ghost and the rebellion and him and kanan.

PERSONALITY

ezra now isn’t so far off the ezra we saw at the end of rebels - a little older, a little wiser, and much more in tune with the force. i’d like to say he’s more chill but he’s absolutely not

he still has a surprising amount of hope, and naivety, and he’s still not the brightest. but he’s had a lot of time to really reflect on and adjust to what it means to him to be a jedi, from a combination of what he learned from kanan, and in a smaller part from ahsoka

thanks to his time with the ghost crew and the rebellion, ezra’s learned how to be a good leader, and very much focused on what he can do for others, how to help people in need, to try and protect them from things like the empire. he’s not sure what that’s going to look like now that the war is over, but after seven years in deep space with thrawn of all people he’s ready to find out.