the "rebels" episode "twilight of the apprentice" features a forbidden planet called malachor, home of an ancient sith temple. the temple contains a superweapon, and can only be activated by placing a special sith holocron in an obelisk at the summit of the pyramid inside the temple. thousands of years prior, a battle was waged on malachor that resulted in the deaths of its inhabitants. somewhere between the events of his last appearance in "" and this "rebels" episode, darth maul had become stranded on the planet. when ahsoka tano, kanan jarrus and ezra bridger arrive, ezra is separated from them. he is discovered by maul, and together, they use the force cooperatively to solve a series of tests, and retrieve a sith holocron. with the help of kanan and ahsoka, they fought three inquisitors, all of whom are killed by maul. maul then betrays his allies, blinding kanan, and proceeds to activate the superweapon.