QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED AS MAUL BRINGS EZRA TO DATHOMIR.
What do you do when you have more thoughts about Star Wars Rebels than you know what to do with? Make a list of your favorite moments — in no particular order, because that might fry your circuits. Welcome to Ranking Rebels.
In “Visions and Voices,” Ezra finds himself hearing and seeing Darth Maul at random, which leads them both to Dathomir and beyond. Here are my 10 favorite moments from the episode!
STARWARS.COM EXAMINES THE RISE AND FALL OF MASTER AND PADAWAN.
Every Jedi needs a teacher — and every Sith apprentice aspires to be a Sith Lord. Always Two follows the stories of teachers and students throughout the Star Wars saga, exploring their role in the story and what they learned from one another.
From learning about the harshness of war together in The Clone Wars to leading others on opposite sides of the fight in Star Wars Rebels, Ahsoka Tano and her master, Anakin Skywalker, followed an unconventional path into Jedi history.
Both their similarities and differences are key to their relationships. At first, Ahsoka was as impulsive toward Anakin as Anakin was to Obi-Wan. Although she had been assigned to Anakin specifically to calm him and to try to teach him not to be so rigid about his attachments, the two sometimes worked precisely because they took risks together. This was particularly noticeable in the starship battle over Cato Neimoidia near the end of the war, in which Ahsoka rescues Anakin after his starship malfunctions.
Anakin and Ahsoka’s bond was built on mutual rebellion from the start. Ahsoka tends to rush ahead to confront things, and Anakin’s tendency to do the same thing meant that they could confide in one another. The two of them have very different backgrounds — she was raised by the Jedi Order, while he was not — but they have similar attitudes in that they often jump right into conflict and try to solve it on the fly. In the Ahsoka novel, Ahsoka notes that Anakin would make trouble for himself, while Obi-Wan tried his hardest to avoid trouble and ended up in it anyway. And Ahsoka? She makes trouble when she feels that it’s morally justified.
The two act similar on the surface, but often have different motivations for tackling the same problem, with Ahsoka being more idealistic and Anakin more angry. When their motives align, they align well. When they clash, an an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.
Ahsoka also helps Anakin to be a better teacher. He isn’t always sure that he can be a good teacher, especially compared to calmer Jedi. However, it is exactly Anakin’s empathy that draws him and Ahsoka together. Unlike the other Jedi of their time, Anakin and Ahsoka eschew non-attachment for teamwork. While Jedi Master Luminara Unduli is willing to let her Padawan Barriss Offee die in a collapsed building on Geonosis, Anakin goes to rescue Ahsoka.
A new video from Disney XD and Lucasfilm Animation is teasing Darth Maul’s imminent return to Star Wars Rebels. The video shows close-ups of the lightsabers of Kanan, Ezra (his second, after his first was destroyed by Darth Vader), and finally, Maul’s double-bladed saber. Maul’s laugh, as voiced by Sam Witwer, can be heard in the closing seconds of the teaser.
The character made a splash when he made his first appearance on the series last season, revealing that he had survived the Clone Wars, the Force user purge, and the majority of the “Dark Times” of Imperial rule over the galaxy (Rebels started about 4 years before Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, and about 15 years after the end of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith). Hiding out at an ancient Sith Temple, Maul started the seduction of Ezra to the dark side of the Force, something the young Padawan struggles with still.
In season 3, Maul returned almost immediately, seeking to combine the Sith Holocron with the Jedi Holocron, opening a direct vision path to the living Force itself, and allowing him the knowledge he needed to fulfill his mission. Interestingly, Maul was looking for “hope” when he opted to stare into the Force, while Ezra looked for “the means to destroy the Sith.” They both saw what they were looking for, even if they didn’t quite know it, when Ezra saw Twin Suns – indicating he was looking right at Tatooine; where both a new hope and the means to destroying the Sith was growing up, probably about 15 or 16 at this point (we’re talking about Luke Skywalker here, people). Of course, if Maul also saw Tatooine, he may have seen Obi-Wan Kenobi hiding out there. He did, after all, say “He Lives,” and has a bit of history with Obi-Wan.
Of course, fans paying attention have already discovered when Maul will return, thanks to the release of the next few episode titles and descriptions. The last episode of the first half of season 3, “Visions and Voices” will not only deal with Maul’s return, but has the potential for other returns, as well.
Haunted by visions of Maul, Ezra has to journey across the galaxy. Upon arriving at his destination, he has to participate in a strange ritual to sever his connection to Maul.
Indeed, the description, coupled with the earlier season trailers, means this is probably where we’ll see the return of Maul, the return of Force magic as introduced to the world of Star Wars by the Nightsisters and Mother Talzin on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and finally, the return of the Darksaber, an ancient black-bladed lightsaber that has historicaly belonged to the Mandalorian House Viszla, of which Sabine Wren is a member. That should all add up to one heck of a mythology-laced episode of Rebels, but fans shouldn’t expect that to be the end of Maul’s arc, either.
Star Wars Rebels returns to Disney XD Saturday November 5 at 8:30 p.m.
In this clip from the Star Wars Rebels episode “Imperial Supercommandos,” Sabine and Ezra encounter Mandalorians who’ve aligned with the Empire. They’re outnumbered, outgunned, and have to make a difficult choice…
Watch “Imperial Supercommandos” Saturday, November 5 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on Disney XD.
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