Season 2

Complete listed story — includes the ending

S2E1 · One Year Later

One year after the Ferrix uprising, Cassian impersonates an Imperial test pilot to steal a prototype of a new Imperial ship, the TIE Avenger. Delivering it to a jungle moon, he is ambushed by a rogue band of squabbling guerillas, the Maya Pei Brigade. On the agricultural planet Mina-Rau, Bix, Brasso, Wilmon, and B2EMO fear detection by the Empire while in the undocumented employ of a local farmer; Bix suffers from PTSD caused by Gorst's torture. On Chandrila, Mon Mothma prepares for her daughter Leida's arranged marriage, but is informed by Tay Kolma that his financial investments have turned sour, ironically due to rebel interference, and that he feels underappreciated for his help in resolving Mon's financial irregularities. Orson Krennic oversees a secret meeting of Imperial officers who plan to use force to obtain the rare mineral resources of the planet Ghorman, an initiative to which Dedra is reluctantly assigned. Dedra suggests that the mission's anti-Ghorman propaganda be accompanied by the provocation of a weak insurgency that the Empire can discredit. The tension among the Maya Pei insurgents reaches a boiling point, and they kill several of their own as Cassian is taken hostage.

S2E2 · Sagrona Teema

On the jungle moon, Cassian is held prisoner while the Maya Pei Brigade splits into two territorial factions at a stalemate. On Mina-Rau, Imperial officers audit the workers' papers; Bix, Brasso, and Wilmon arrange to move to a different part of the planet to avoid discovery. On Coruscant, Dedra and Syril, now a couple living together, prepare for a social event they have been putting off. As the preparations for Leida's wedding conclude, Mothma discusses the possibility of Tay's defection with Luthen, who says they should attempt to ascertain Tay's price for keeping silent about the Rebellion. Cassian slips away from his captors as their conflict escalates and flees the moon (revealed to be Yavin IV ) in the stolen TIE Avenger.

S2E3 · Harvest

Cassian makes contact with Kleya and is able to ascertain the danger his friends are in on Mina-Rau. Dedra and Syril host Syril's mother Eedy for dinner, during which Eedy repeatedly belittles Syril, prompting Dedra to establish firm boundaries with her. On Chandrila, Leida's arranged marriage to Stekan Sculdun takes place, followed by a lavish reception. As the Ferrix fugitives prepare to leave Mina-Rau, Imperial officer Lieutenant Krole sexually assaults Bix, but she kills him in a violent struggle. In the ensuing skirmish, Brasso is killed by a stormtrooper. Cassian arrives in the TIE Avenger and dispatches the Imperial troops. Bix and Wilmon flee on the TIE Avenger with Cassian, all devastated by Brasso's death. Having been unable to come up with a price to ensure Tay's silence, Luthen informs Mothma that he has decided to have him killed. Mon, distressed, engulfs herself in drinking and dancing as Vel watches Tay get taken away by Cinta.

S2E4 · Ever Been to Ghorman?

One year after the incident on Mina-Rau, Cassian and Bix have become active operators for Luthen and hide out on Coruscant; Bix is still beset by nightmares. On Ghorman, the Empire begins to construct an armory. Syril, with Dedra and Partagaz's backing, takes up a position in Palmo, the Ghorman capital, and infiltrates the Ghorman Front, the local rebel group, by feigning sympathy to their cause. Upon learning from Jung that Dedra is secretly supervising the ISB's operations on the planet, Luthen sends Cassian to assess the rebels. Wilmon is tasked with teaching Saw Gerrera's lieutenant Pluti how to configure a machine that extracts rhydonium, a fuel source for the Empire's starships that they plan to steal. Mothma unsuccessfully attempts to rally support to kill the renewal of a bill giving broad powers to the ISB.

S2E5 · I Have Friends Everywhere

Kleya learns that Sculdun intends to audit his antiquity collection having discovered a forgery, thus threatening to expose a bug she has planted in his gallery and forcing her to extract it during his upcoming Investiture party. Cassian connects with the Ghorman rebels and learns that they plan to intercept a weapons shipment, but he judges them to be too inexperienced and shoots down the plan, much to their frustration. Syril reports back to Coruscant with news of this heist, with Partagaz and Dedra agreeing to allow it to pan out to stir up the rebels. Saw kills Pluti after learning that he is a traitor, and has Wilmon work the extractor on the heist in his place.

S2E6 · What a Festive Evening

Cassian insists to Luthen that Ghorman's rebels are unprepared, and is resentful that Luthen secretly made contact with Bix to persuade her to return to action. Luthen chastises him for his short-sighted vision and instead sends Vel and Cinta to help the rebels pull off the heist. Vel and Cinta fully reconcile and rekindle their romance. The heist is successful, but one of the fighters disobeys Vel's orders and brings a blaster, only to accidentally kill Cinta when a passerby interferes, devastating Vel. At Sculdun's Investiture party, Krennic and Mothma debate the ethics of war while Kleya manages to extract her bug using Jung as a distraction. Bix breaks into Gorst's new office and uses his own torture device on him before leaving with Cassian, who remotely blows up the facility.

S2E7 · Messenger

One year later, the Rebels have begun coordinating military operations on Yavin IV, where Cassian and Bix now live. Wilmon tells them that Dedra is on Ghorman—whose rebel activities have been portrayed by state-sponsored media as terrorism instigated by outside agitators—and encourages Cassian to help assassinate her. Despite his concerns over the mission being from Luthen, Cassian agrees and travels with Wilmon to Ghorman. Bix is told by a Force healer that Cassian will be vital to the Rebellion. On Ghorman, Dedra finds her position temporarily supplanted by Captain Kaido, sent by Partagaz to oversee the Imperial subjugation of the planet, while Syril begins to doubt Dedra's line on outside agitators, given his interactions with the rebels.

S2E8 · Who Are You?

Kaido instigates a protest in Palmo's central square while closing off the available exits, and intentionally deploys inexperienced riot police into the volatile crowd. Arriving in the square alongside the protestors, Syril realizes his role in enabling the Empire's manipulative actions and violently confronts Dedra in her office, beginning to strangle her, and forcing her to tell him the truth about the Empire's intentions on Ghorman before he storms out. Following a directive from Partagaz, Dedra reluctantly orders an Imperial sniper to open fire on a member of the riot police unit, triggering a shootout between the rebels and the Imperial forces. The protestors attempt to flee, but are massacred by Imperial blaster fire and KX security droids. Amidst the chaos, a dazed Syril wanders the square as Cassian seeks to assassinate Dedra through her office window. Syril spots Cassian and recognizes him, and proceeds to physically attack him. The two fight and Syril gains the upper hand, taking Cassian’s gun, but hesitates to shoot him; Syril is then shot dead by Carro Rylanz, the Ghorman rebel leader. The resistance manages to incapacitate a KX enforcer droid by ramming it with an armored vehicle. Cassian escapes Ghorman with the droid while Wilmon stays to aid his Ghorman girlfriend Dreena in broadcasting the news to the galaxy. In the aftermath, Dedra and Eedy separately confront their losses as Imperial news outlets place blame on outside agitators for the violence on Ghorman.

S2E9 · Welcome to the Rebellion

In the aftermath of the Ghorman massacre, the Empire frames the incident as an insurrection. Mothma writes a Senate speech denouncing Emperor Palpatine and prepares to flee to Yavin IV. Senator Bail Organa chooses to stay behind to aid the Rebellion in secret. Luthen learns from Jung that Bail's security team is compromised and assigns Cassian to extract Mothma from Coruscant. Meanwhile, Luthen clashes with Mothma over the depth of his subterfuge within the Rebellion and his choice to have Tay killed. With Organa's help, Mothma takes the floor of the Senate and powerfully condemns Emperor Palpatine and the genocidal Empire's manipulation of the truth. Cassian convinces Mothma to leave with him, killing the spy in Organa's rival security team and Mothma's ISB-planted driver Kloris; he brings Mothma to the safehouse on Coruscant where she publicly positions herself with the Rebellion. Cassian accompanies the injured Wilmon back to Yavin IV. Disturbed by recent events, Cassian resolves to leave and begin a new life with Bix, but Bix departs during the night, leaving Cassian a message that implores him to stay and help the Rebellion and promises that she will find him again once it succeeds. Later, technicians reprogram K-2SO, the stolen KX droid, to serve the Rebellion.

S2E10 · Make It Stop

One year after the events on Ghorman, Lonni reports to Luthen that the Empire's grand energy project is actually a weapon, and that Dedra has likely uncovered their identities. Though Luthen initially promises Lonni and his family safe passage from Coruscant, he kills him to ensure his silence. As Luthen destroys the communications system in his shop, Dedra confronts him with the stolen Starpath unit, deducing he is Axis. Luthen attempts suicide to avoid interrogation, but is taken alive to a hospital, while Kleya watches from afar. Flashbacks reveal that Luthen is a former Imperial sergeant, Lear, who defected after his unit massacred Kleya's hometown. Finding Kleya hiding on his ship, he informally adopts her and they begin selling antiques while waging resistance against the Empire. In the present, Dedra is arrested for her overreach, and Kleya infiltrates the hospital and disconnects Luthen's life support system.

S2E11 · Who Else Knows?

Dedra is interrogated by Krennic, who admonishes her for allowing sensitive information about the secret Imperial weapons project to be leaked from her database, and for confronting Luthen without sufficient backup. The investigation into Dedra is assigned to her former assistant, Heert, who identifies Kleya from security footage. Partagaz declares Kleya a public health concern to expedite her arrest. In the Coruscant safehouse, Kleya sends Wilmon a distress signal, prompting him to send Cassian, Melshi, and K-2SO there to retrieve Luthen, alienating the group further from Yavin IV leadership. Dedra gives Heert insight into Luthen's communications technologies from her cell, enabling his team to track Kleya's signal to the safehouse, where they arrive close behind Cassian and Melshi. Kleya passes on Luthen's crucial intelligence, but asks to stay behind given the distrust of Luthen among the rebels on Yavin IV. As Heert's team closes in, K-2SO breaks into the building in pursuit.

S2E12 · Jedha, Kyber, Erso

K-2SO kills Heert and his team, but Kleya is wounded. Cassian, Melshi, and K-2SO take her back to Yavin IV where they are grounded by Organa for their disobedience. Much of the Rebel leadership, including Organa, are scornful of Luthen and question the veracity of his new intelligence, but Mothma is willing to hear Kleya out. Vel speaks with Cassian, who convinces her of Luthen's integrity; the two toast their fallen comrades, while Kleya comes to terms with her new role on Yavin IV. Interrupted while listening to Nemik's rebel manifesto, Partagaz commits suicide just as he is about to be arrested. Dedra is imprisoned in a prison facility similar to Narkina 5 and breaks down crying. When a Rebel informant associated with Saw repeatedly contacts Yavin IV to talk with Cassian, Draven realizes that the evidence for the Imperial weapons project is too great to be a trap. After meeting with Draven and Mothma, Organa agrees to let Cassian and K-2SO fly to Kafrene to meet with the informant. On Mina-Rau, B2EMO plays with another droid, as Bix cradles a baby and looks wistfully toward the horizon.