He is featured as the main protagonist of the animated series Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018) and appears in related works.

In Rebels, Ezra is introduced as a 14-year old orphaned street urchin and con artist who joins the crew of the Ghost in freeing his home planet of Lothal from the tyranny of the Galactic Empire and is taken under the wing of Kanan Jarrus, who trains him in the Jedi arts, and later former Sith Maul, who trains him in how to wield the dark side of the Force.

[7] In "Path of the Jedi", Yoda's voice leads Ezra to a kyber crystal, which he uses to build his first lightsaber, which, after being constructed, is blue and features in the hilt a built-in stun blaster patterned after his street urchin trademark weapon, an energy slingshot.

In the same episode, Ezra is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander of the Phoenix Squadron and also assumes field leadership of the Ghost crew, due to Kanan's blindness preventing him from continuing the role.

The episodes "Shroud of Darkness", "The Holocrons of Fate" and "Twin Suns" reveal Ezra's main motivation of the third season, to "find the key to destroying the Sith", who he interprets as the exiled Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi.

But after eventually finding and talking to Kenobi, Ezra realizes that his true mission is to be with the other rebels and help them fight against the Empire.

His connection to the Force-sensitive creatures of Lothal increases and in the penultimate episode "A Fool's Hope", and the one-hour series finale "Family Reunion – and Farewell" (both of which aired March 5, 2018) Ezra summons both the Loth-Wolves and the Purrgil to defeat Thrawn, Pryce and the Imperial forces on Lothal.

[10] The Black Series produced a 6-inch figure of Ezra Bridger as a part of a Star Wars and The Mandalorian line.

Screen Rant ranked him seventh on a list of the best characters from Star Wars Rebels, saying "his arc across the four seasons is fantastic, and he truly grows and matures into a great character"[12] as well as praising his "beautifully completed [series] personal arc" following the conclusion of the fourth season.