Part One (Rebuild the Galaxy)

"Part One" is the first episode of the animated television series LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy.^[1] It was released on September 13, 2024.^[2]

Official description

On the mountainous planet of Fennesa, brothers Sig and Dev Greebling accidentally remove The Cornerstone of the Galaxy, altering everything.

Plot summary

Two brothers

The episode opens with a wide landscape shot of two planets including a green and blue terrestrial world. Lightning rages above a settlement. A male human youth named Sig Greebling recounts the story of Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark side, transformation into Darth Vader and him ruling the Galactic Empire alongside Emperor Palpatine. Vader's own children Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia defy him and lead the Rebellion against the Empire. Sig also recounts the Battle of Endor, briefly getting Ewoks mixed up with Wookiees. He then moves forward to the rise of Kylo Ren and the return of the Emperor. Sig also talks about Rey Skywalker defeating the Emperor with the help of a "grumpy" Luke Skywalker and restoring peace to the galaxy.

A human girl with curly hair grumbles about Sig retelling the Skywalker saga multiple times. Sig offers to tell a story about Grand Admiral Thrawn or Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett during the next storytime. However, the other children are not interested. Shortly later, Sig's older brother Dev Greebling arrives on a speeder bike and reminds his younger brother that they have to return to their work as nerf herders. Sig replies that he prefers being called a "nerf handler."

Dev tells Sig that there is a herd of nerfs in the northern plateau and that Farmer Scala wants them back in their pens before the next ion storm hits. The two brothers depart on their speeder bike for the northern plateau. When Dev asks how the nerf herd got so far away, Sig switches topic to his ambition of wanting to earn enough credits to leave their homeworld of Fennesa. Sig is reluctant to leave their homeworld since he regards Fernessa as home. When Dev suggests that Sig come up with his own stories, Dev says that he knows all the stories by heart. Dev reminds Sig that he keeps getting Ewoks and Wookiees mixed up, prompting Sig to say that the two species are both furry.

Sig's secret exposed

At the northern plateau, the brothers begin rounding up the nerfs. Sig spots a nerf named Lug string away from the group. Sig attempts to order the nerfs around with a big stick but the herd moves farther away. When Dev asks why he is using a big stick to control the herd, Sig replies that this is the traditional tool of nerf herders. Dev disagrees and uses his speeder bike to wrangle the herd. However, Lug is defiant and attempts to charge at him. Dev rides his speeder bike and jumps a hoop above Lug. Sig disagrees and remind Dev about Scala's instructions. Dev however prefers to take short cuts.

While riding his speeder bike, he misses a black structure. Dev's bike collides with the structure, causing him to catapult into the air. Sig uses the Force to form several objects into a vegetable-like structure to cushion Dev's fall. Dev thinks this was awesome but Sig is upset with his older brother's recklessness. When Dev confronts Sig about hiding his Force-sensitivity, Sig initially denies using the Force but admits that he has been concealing his powers for several years. Sig explains that he doesn't have the power to lift objects or do Jedi mind tricks but that he instead uses the Force to build things.

When Dev says that he would display his powers if he were Force-sensitive, Sig says that he is shy and not the brave type. He says that the second when people know that you have extraordinary powers, they will expect extraordinary powers from him. Sig says he just wants to be ordinary. Dev tells his brother that he is not ordinary. Sig wishes the roles were reversed. Dev agrees but insists that Sig not hide his powers. Back in town, Sig tries to get Dev to reconsider leaving their homeworld.

Enter Yesi Scala

They soon find Farmer Scala and his daughter Yesi Scala speaking with two Resistance pilots, a human and a Sullustan. The pilots had caught Scala's daughter joyriding in the Sullustan's X-wing starfighter. Yesi protests that she left the X-wing as she found it. However, the X-wing explodes, with its pieces including an astromech droid head being scattered. Scala convinces the pilots to let him discipline his daughter, which they reluctantly agree to. When Farmer Scala reminds Yesi that she will inherit the farm, Yesi insists on becoming a pilot. Scala reminds his daughter that her place is with the nerfs and him on Fennesa. Dev and Sig hear Yesi arguing with her father. Dev sympathizes with her plight.

When Yesi approaches the two Greebling brothers, Dev says he sympathizes with her desire to leave Fennessa. Sig tries to convince her to appreciate their homeworld of Fennesa, by telling her that there are worst worlds like Hoth. Yesi responds that she prefers to fight a hundred wampas rather than remain on Fennesa. Yesi says she wants to decide her own path rather than let other people decide her destiny. Sig says he can sympathize with her. Dev interrupts the conversation to invite her to watch the holo of Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes and opens his holoprojector.

Feeling awkward around Yesi, whom he is attracted to, Sig retreats home. He finds his GNK-series power droid Servo banging around the living room and tells him to stop hitting the cupboard, where his toy models are stacked. After securing Servo, Sig comforts the droid, saying that they can take solace in both of them being outsiders. Through the window, they watch a crowd gathering as Dev and Yesi dance on top of a roof.

A fateful evening

Later that evening, Sig is walking with Dev and Servo as they lead the nerf Lug, who is drawing a cart. Dev tells his younger brother that he and Yesi are planning to save up enough money to travel offworld. He invites Dev to come and conquer the galaxy with him. Sig is fearful of change and doesn't want to leave their pastoral homeworld of Fennesa, saying her prefers predictability and safety. As an ion storm forms ahead, Lug panics and bolts, breaking free of the cart. Lug falls off the edge of a cliff but Sig pulls him to safety. In the process, Sig falls off the cliff and clings to a vine. Dev pulls him to safety but a panicked Servo knocks them over the cliff.

The two brothers and Servo fall down the cliff. The three find themselves in a forest. Taking the lead, Dev leads them but they are lost. They find an abandoned Jedi temple emblazoned with a Jedi symbol on its door. Dev wants to explore the temple, hoping to acquire a kyber crystal that would allow them to go offworld. When Sig expresses reluctance, Dev tells his younger brother that he believes destiny has called them to the temple. Since Dev is unable to open the door, he convinces a reluctant Sig to uses his Force powers to unlock the door, which splits to permit them entry.

The three find themselves entering a hallway lined with several statues. Sig finds an inscription saying that this Temple holds the galaxy together. Dev takes an interest in a glowing cornerstone at the bottom of a wall. Sig advises against tempering with the objects in the Temple but Dev chastises his younger brother for being afraid of taking risks. When Dev goads Sig, he loses his temper and uses the Force to summon the glowing cornerstone from the wall. Sig asks his brother if he is now happy.

Tampering with space and time

The two brothers are interrupted by a cloaked figure, who warns them to get away from there. The cloaked figure reacts with dismay to the object's removal, which triggers the collapse of the Jedi Temple. Dev manages to flee through the doorway before it collapses under the weight of rubble. Sig and Servo are left behind. The cloaked figure laments that space and time are falling apart, and that everything is going to change. The various planets of the galaxy break apart and reassemble in different colors. The cloaked figure laments that the "building blocks" of the galaxy are getting mixed up.

The Cornerstone's removal triggers change during the Battle of Hoth where Imperial AT-AT walkers are reassembled as orange AT-AT walkers bearing firebird symbols on a volcanic landscape. The cloaked figure adds that everything that we know about the galaxy will be different. Elsewhere, a scene of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi battling B1 battle droids is replaced by one of B1 battle droids watching a holochess game. As the cloaked figure says that worlds will change, the salt on the planet Crait is replaced by pepper.

As the cloaked figure says that people will change, Yoda and Palpatine are transformed into aliens including a Kowakian monkey-lizard in a meeting. As the cloaked figure adds "in ways we cannot possibly imagine," Luke Skywalker is transferred from the Death Star trench run during the Battle of Yavin to becoming an airspeeder delivery driver. As the cloaked figure laments that what has come before us is gone, the Ewoks are transferred to a barren desert world while the Jedi during the Battle of Geonosis are transformed into Geonosians. Rey is replaced by an alien. A bright blue light engulfs the galaxy.

An altered galaxy

Sig and Servo emerge to find themselves on a barren desert landscape covered in ruins. While searching for Dev, they encounter several Mon Calamari in Clone trooper armor, who exclaim "It's a trap" repeatedly. One of the Mon Calamari Clone troopers asks Sig and Servo what they are doing on Fenessa, which belongs to the Galactic Empire. Sig believes the Empire is gone and addresses the Mon Calamari as the late Admiral Ackbar. The Mon Calamari clones surround Sig, intending to take him to the Sith Lord. However, Yesi comes to the rescue and takes out the stormtroopers with her gaffi stick and fighting moves.

Yesi doesn't recognize Sig. When Sig asks why she saved him, she replies that anyone who is an enemy of a clone trooper is a friend to the Rebellion. When she asks how he knows her, Sig struggles to explain, prompting Yesi to believe that the Rebellion sent him. Sig explains that he is not a rebel but that he lives on Fenessa with his brother. When Sig tells her that they work for her dad, Yesi doesn't know what he is talking about and tells him that her father was killed by the Empire. She says that she is only here to scout Fenessa for the Rebellion. Sig says that it doesn't make sense but Yesi thinks that he is all mixed up. When a Mon Calamari clone trooper emerges, Sig uses the Force to knock him out with a brick.

When Yesi asks if he is a Jedi, Sig says he is not a Jedi. Yesi does not believe him and and thinks that he is a Jedi who could help the Rebellion. As they enter a town, they walk past two arguing Clone troopers. The town is full of Clone troopers. The two humans and Servo take shelter behind crates at a spaceport. Sig is surprised to see X-fighters flying. Yesi hides Sig as several Clone troopers walk past. When Yesi remarks that the Clone troopers are dumber than rancors, Sig starts to explain that rancors are intelligent but Sig tells them to follow here.

Darth Devastator

While hiding behind more crates, Sig sees his brother Dev in dark robes walking with several Clone troopers. Believing that Dev has been taken prisoner by the Empire, Sig runs up to him despite Yesi's warnings. Darth Dev does not recognize Sig, who tries to explain that they are brothers. Dev senses that Sig is strong with the Force. Sig tells Dev that they found an ancient Jedi Temple, which alarms Yesi. Dev reveals that he has been searching for the temple for years and that he is now called "Darth Dev." Sig thinks his brother is joking until Dev reveals that his full name is "Darth Devastator" and unleashes Force lightning. Sig tries to flee but Dev levitates him and Yesi.

Darth Dev orders his Clone troopers to take Sig and Yesi to his castle. After the Clone troopers bind them with magnetic binders, Yesi tells Sig that Dev is the Sith Lord who ruled the galaxy. Meanwhile, Servo bumps into the mysterious cloaked man, who tells him to calm down while he activates a green lightsaber. He tells Servo that we are going to save them. The episode ends on a cliffhanger.

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Sources

• Get Ready for Darth Jar Jar, TIE-Wings, and More in LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy on StarWars.com (backup link)
• A Giant Chewbacca Joins the Fight in New LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past Trailer on StarWars.com (backup link)
• The Cast and Creators of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy Reunite for Pieces of the Past on StarWars.com (backup link)

Notes and references

External links

• LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy Part One | Full Episode on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)

Rebuild the Galaxy 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 Pieces of the Past 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 Others "The Dark Falcon"
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