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To paraphrase Sam Witwer , “Maul sees a weak old man but in that final strike realizes that he’s face to face with a fully fledged Jedi master on active duty at the most important guard post in the galaxy.”

To quote past Eric “I’m such a nerd f***ing little kid running in the desert made me cry!” Best episode of Rebels

Such a powerful moment to see Kenobi hold the man who murdered his father figure and the love of his life and even tries to console him as Maul dies. Goes to show how far Kenobi has moved forward while Maul became defined by his past.

The shortness of the duel works so well in my opinion. There’s no need to rehash an epic flashy duel that’s already happened between them before. And Maul’s death scene solidified him as one of the best characters in Star Wars imo

What's so tragic about this end for Maul is that he'd spent so many years desperately hunting Obi-Wan so he could have his revenge and when he finally finds him, Obi-Wan is now so far ahead of Maul that Maul never stood a chance. It so aptly displays the futility of revenge. Maul got a second chance at life and he wasted it all on something he could never achieve.

Best episode of Rebels ever. Maul's "Kenobi!" scream, Ben Kenobi's appearance, the Kurosawa-esque duel at the end, The Binary Sunset theme at the end with Aunt Beru calling for Luke always chokes me up. This episode is excellent in every way possible.

This is the episode I was waiting for, not only for Rick and Calvin's reactions but also the deep discussion this episode follows.

I love that Obi-Wan catches Maul when he falls, and holds his dying enemy in his hands. Such an intimate moment, and a powerful expression of compassion.

When this aired initially, people were critical of the shortness of the duel. After completing CW(season 7) the impact of this episode is SO much more. Maul's life(like Anakin) is tragic, despite choosing his path(again like Anakin). And seeing it all(from birth to death) just makes his death impactful

It wasn't mentioned, but I like how Chopper was shown to care about Ezra. He knew something was up from the start, followed Ezra to the ship and snuck in. He went to look after a member of his family.

Someone once commented that both Qui-Gon and Maul died in Obi-Wan's arms. Qui-Gon beleived the chosen to bring balance to the force, staying true to his Jedi beleifs. While Maul beleived the chosen one to avenge them, staying true to his sith origins. The light and the dark side interpertation of the prophecy. It's poetry. It ryhms. I love how tender and consoling Obi-Wan was with Maul, the man who took so much from him. It speaks volumes of his mastery and wisdom.

The idea that Kenobi sees something of Anakin in Maul is such a good insight, I hadn't thought of that.

It's an "End of a Era" for Maul as his story (Chronologically and in Rebels) finally ends by being killed by his nemesis, Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi on Tatooine and dies in Ben's hand. Although Maul did terrible things and was just fixated on his thoughts of Revenge toward Obi-Wan and those he opposed (e.g. Dooku, Sidious) I also pity Maul when he asks Ben Kenobi if the young kid that Ben was protecting (Luke Skywalker) was "The Chosen One" and his final words _"He Will Avenge Us"_ really tugged my heartstrings and I applaud Sam Witwer and Stephen Stanton (who also does a phenomenal impression of Alec Guinness' Old Ben Kenobi) performances as Maul and Ben in this episode. Maul's quote _"He Will Avenge Us!"_ really brings up a new meaning because The Sith (particularly Darth Sidious) have robbed both Obi-Wan and Maul of their pasts and taken everything away from them. Maul was abducted as a child by Sidious after the Dark Lord manipulated Maul's mother, Talzin, and it was Sidious who oversaw the destruction of the Jedi Order, which Obi-Wan was, of course, apart of. This is something that they both have in common. The Chosen One is said to be the one that will destroy the Sith, so if the prophecy comes true (which it does, as we know from ROTJ), then they will be avenged. Maul may have also meant the other fallen victims of the Sith, like his brother Savage Opress. I also applaud the writer's and the people who made this Rebels episode because before this episode came out or started production there was question if Ben Kenobi will make an appearance in the show and how would they handle his character when Ezra meets him because they didn't want Ben to have him leave Tatooine cause he's on the planet to watch and observe Luke Skywalker and having him leave Tatooine would risk him being noticed by the Empire so it was smart to have Ezra and Chopper visit Ben on Tatooine for help with the latter deciding he made his choice to protect Luke and at the same time telling Ezra on Maul using the holocrons to manipulate Ezra's emotions.

Maul's entire existence, except a moment before his death, was abut revenge. Only in the moment just before dying does he realize there is something beyond the revenge he chased and he dies in the arms of the one being who knew Maul better than he knew his own self. In the end, Maul and Obi Wan were Brothers In Arms, forged by the betrayals from Sidious.

“Luke! Luuuuke……” Every eye at that table twinkled. I love you guys

I love that Eric has seen this, he knows what's coming, and he gets teary-eyed again anyway!

Fun fact: Luke in this epsiode is actually just Ezra's model

If I remember correctly, the creators of Clone Wars said that they specifically made Maul always call him Kenobi, so if they needed them to meet later on, the "I haven't heard that name" line would be true.

Obi-Wan just feels so episode 4 in this. While I do really like the earlier holocron Obi-Wan model (that looks surprisingly much like Alec Guinness even if it's more Ewan), this is just so clearly the step right before ANH. The subtle hint of ginger in his beard & eyebrows just help sell that slow Ewan-Alec transition. And the voice too, James Arnold Taylor can do a good old Obi-Wan, but this just sounds so exactly like him it doesn't feel like someone doing an impression of Alec. It sounds very... natural? I guess? I do feel like JAT sometimes struggles with that in TCW for the more stilted Lucas-y dialogue unlike Ewan did in the PT & old Obi-Wan is very much about making that sort of thing sound good. The gravitas & the rythm & the tone of voice has to come together right or it just feels off.

Obi-Wan baiting Maul onto the killing blow by taking up Qui-Gon's stance is just... such a brilliant fucking moment. What a fantastic way to respect and pay homage to the material that came before.

The way Obi-Wan kills Maul is really subtle. He begins with his signature Soresu stance, but switches to Ataru stance in order to trick Maul into using the same move he used to kill Qui-Gon. Then when he attacks, he immediately switches back to Soresu, catching Maul off-guard.

“At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have revenge.” “He will avenge us.”

In my opinion this is Filoni's magnum opus, the writing is unbelievable and its got so much style.

Over the decades Maul's combat style has remained as aggressive and acrobatic as when he were younger, but you're not going to get stronger that way not as you get slower and weaker with age. Whereas Obi Wan has learned how to fight intelligently in his older age, use mind-games and ultimately adopt a style where his age and physical ability is less important to the outcome of a fight. A brief moment of rage or inspiration might have been enough to defeat Maul in a head-to-head contest back when Obi Wan was young and headstrong, but certainly not as they both got older (we keep seeing Maul kick his ass through the clone wars). So this play by old Obi Wan was not just the perfect way to finish the fight but the perfect time too. Maul had stagnated, and Obi Wan had new tricks.

My favorite part of this scene is the conversation that Kenobi and Maul have before their duel, which is essentially a duel of ideologies. Over the course of the last eighteen years in exile, Kenobi has become incredibly wise and is in many ways a quintessential jedi. Maul may not be a sith in name anymore, but he certainly still holds to their ideology. Maul is still caught in an obsession with revenge, possession, and selfishness. Obi-wan has achieved a sort of enlightenment, moving beyond all of those things. All of that conveyed in their conversation: "Look what has become of you." "Look what I have risen above." "I have come to kill you, but perhaps it is worse to leave you here, festering in your squalor." "If you define yourself by you ability to take life, to dominate, to possess, you have nothing." "And what do you have?!" And you can tell to some degree that Obi-wan pities Maul. Even to his last breathe, he is obsessed with revenge, and Obi-wan sees a hurt child that never learned the lessons he did because the chance was taken away from him.

My all-time favourite episode of Rebels. I won't list the obvious Qui Gon resemblances, instead I will focus on what Obi-Wan truly is - a true knight of the Jedi Order. He and Maul had at times shared a similar fate, both having their loved ones and life stolen by the same person, Palpatine, yet Ben never faltered. He rose above the challenge. And I think in those final moments Maul finally understood the truth...Obi-wan was never his enemy, he was more of a alternate reflection, a mirror image if you will, of himself. So alike and yet so different. I am so happy they both found peace at the end of their long rivalry.

One of my favorite jokes from this episode that I see people comment every now and then: Maul: AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE?! Kenobi: My legs.

My favorite part is When Obi Wan does the different stance. First young Obi Wan, then Old Obi Wan, the same stance that Qui Gon did in EP 1.

It's funny how close to comprehensive Chopper is. In fact, way back in the mid 00's my youngest sister was basically talking like that at age 2, and it was weird how my sister & I were able to understand her. Because of my personal experiences with that, I've never once questioned how characters could understand the "bleep-bloop" droids

The way he screams kanobi is just wow, amazing voice acting

Obi-wan using Quigon's stance to bait out the move Maul used to kill him was pure art

Maul: "Look how far you've fallen." Obi: "Look at what I've risen above." Old Ben got the first hit in without even drawing his blade.

"...and in time, a new hope will emerge!"

It's always nice to remember that Obi Wan recorded that message asking all the Jedi to step away from Jedi Temple BECAUSE Caleb Dume/Kanan GAVE HIM THE IDEA TO DO THAT, and this together the way they interconnected Obi Wan, Maul and Ezra's (Kanan's Padawan) arcs on this episode, episode that starts with the MESSAGE and in the end finish the arc of these guys together.

Kenobi and Maul's duel was very much a Samurai duel of old like in the old b&w Samurai films.. swift, calculated and quick and it was brilliantly done

Kenobi has now essentially sliced Maul in half both ways.

20:40 The second stance wasn't Obi-Wan's stance from when he was padawan, it's the stance he has versus Vader in A New Hope, referencing that he's no longer the general and "soldier" that he was during the Clone Wars, but a wise, experienced master.

Maul is easily my favorite star wars character. Such a perfect ending to his character arc

I love this episode...watching Aaron's teary eyed gaze at the end (even rewatching it) was everything, hahaha.

Shortest but by a HUGE margin my favourite lightsaber battle in all of Star Wars. So much subtle undertone. It's amazing when it's broken down and analysed.

This is one of my favorite episodes, I know some people have problems with the Maul vs Kenobi fight being too short but I think it's the perfect ending to this Rivalry, and they beautifully packed in so much into their standoff from both taking their stances to then have Kenobi take Quigon's stance and then Maul trying to kill him the same way he killed his master, but unlike Maul Kenobi has moved on and Learned from his past and didn't fall for it, to then have Maul in his final moments in the arms of the man he hated for so long Begging for Hope it's beautiful 🥲

Aunt Beru’s voice is so strange in the way that it enacts an immediate hit of nostalgia…

Rebels got so good as it went along. I'm glad Filoni had this oportunity.

This episode ranks among the best in Rebels AND Clone Wars!

also something that i think is overlooked is his kneeling stance holding the dying person, Same with Qui gon, same with Satine, same with maul

"It silences the nerds who are like 'Actually a sword fight is over in a couple moves'" Damn, Calvin, you gotta call me out like that?

11:15 I noticed and MAN was I proud of Eric not mentioning Qui Gon's stance. Thank you man, made me emotional again too haha

I love this Episode so,so so much 💕 My favorite Rebels Episode of all time 💕 Holding his greatest Enemy in his hands and to watch him dying is heartbreaking… He will avenge ..Us 💕

Eric’s big smile on his face the whole way through is me when I watch this episode

That fight with Maul was perfect, the perfect length, the perfect style, everything about it. It would make sense while Maul was filled with rage all those years with just trying to kill Kenobi. Kenobi on the other hand analyzed the fight against Qui Gon over and over again while both learning how to default Maul if he were to use the same tactic again, and mourning his master.

Best. Lightsaber duel. Ever. And I love the implication that Obi-Wan has become so fucking powerful in the intervening years. It makes the fight with Vader (even with the terrible coreography) even more weighty.

that “he will avenge us” was so sad bro bc if you really watched the prequels and clone wars you would know why he said that

The battle was over before it began you can see Obi-Wan using Qui-Gon's stance he new what maul was going to do before he did it

Obi wan be like, " sorry maul im going to raise him a Jedi and vengeance will not be his way, sorry not sorry"

Ever since they have started to watch Rebels, this is the episode that I was waiting for Rick and Calvin to react to

Such a brilliant fight scene. The stance changes. Both watching each other carefully before the first strike. Kenobi already knowing how to counter. They say "Technique is the armor of the fighter." Very true.

Oh my word… I just now realized something I’m sure everyone knew forever. Ezra’s last name is a pun! He’s the bridge between episode 3 and 4. Edit: to be fair, I wrote this comment a minute before the end of the video, so I know it sounds really stupid now.

It’s so crazy. When this episode first came out I remember fans being enrage at how short the battle between Obi and Maul were. Like they were all hyping up for this show down to be this grand spectacle like how Ahsoka’s and Anakin’s was. And when it are I remember there being so many post made (even an article if I recall correctly) about how disappointing the fight was. And even when Filoni explained why the fight was so short fans still chalked it up to bad story telling on Filoni’s part. Maul fans were especially bitter at how fast he went out, again expecting this grand and outstanding fight scene, thinking Maul would somehow win and raging when it was the exact opposite. But now? Now so many people praise this episode and literally even now make posts describing the fight scene with Obi and Maul to be of a masterpiece. Whereas years ago it was disregarded for being too short. It’s just insane to see the passage of time and opinions change. Also side note: in the original script for this episode actually had Kanan accompanied Ezra to Tattooine but because Freddie Prince Jr was having health problems at the time, they had to completely rewrite his parts and replace Kanan with Chopper instead. Something I find disappointed, it would have been cool to have Kanan meet Obi against, since the last time Kanan saw Obi Wan was when he was a youngling back before Order 66 where as young Caleb Dume gave Obi the idea to use the beacon call the Jedi home to Coruscant and instead use it to send out a message to all Jedi telling them to stay away. So that message Obi beamed out that so iconic? Is thanks to Kanan.

Filoni didn't even bother having JAT test for this or even tell him about it. JAT was upset that they didn't even bother telling him what they were doing. The poor guy was almost in tears in an old video about it.

Favorite episode of rebels, hands down

I think Chopper said to Ezra in the A-Wing “I was built!”

I love that in such a short scene we see obi wan go from himself in the clone wars to him in a new hope. I also love that obi wan also does the qui gon stance to see if it would trick Darth Mual into trying the same trick he used to unalive qui gon and obi wans trick worked.

This is the episode I turn to when people say Rebels is for kids. Works every time! So excited for Rick and Calvin's reactions

I'm such a fucking nerd.

Rick's nervous laugh was all over that ending lol

Did they notice the saber form Obi-wan switches to right before they strike. Taken straight from Phantom Menace? Anything?

One of the best Rebels episodes. That fight was so good! Also, love Rick's shirt. X-wings are a personal favorite

MAUL IS THE STAR WARS VERSION OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY’S SISYPHUS. THE GUY WHO ROLLS THE BALL UP THE HILL TO HAVE IT COME BACK DOWN ON HIM WHEN NEARING THE TOP

Ahhh one of my favorites, never fails to give me the chills.

One of the best episodes from the series. I hated seeing my favorite character Maul die, but it was definitely a good story. I could watch this episode over and over again.

I love how even after everything, after all these years, all the shit Maul put him through, Obi Wan still showed him respect in the end. Even built him a funeral pyre if I remember right, according to one of the books.

I really like how short the duel is. It's kind of like real-world sword combat, which apparently only usually lasts a few moves before concluding ☺

Not sure if someone mentioned this before but the fact that Maul brushed the sand away with his saber instead of turning it into glass gives me the impression that lightsabers give off a kinetic impact alongside the heat.

Was looking forward to seeing this being reacted to. What a great episode glad Rick and Calvin liked it what a nice prospective to have to since they have gotten to see Maul journey all in order thus far.

Ive waited sooo long to see this reaction lol great talk. Now on to the next episodes i look forward to :)

It's always fascinated me how Obi-Wan used his experience in the first duel with Maul in Episode I to achieve victory twice in later battles. In Episode III, he knew Anakin was going to use the same move Obi-Wan himself used to defeat Maul and then years later he tricked Maul into attempting the same attack that killed Qui-Gon. Both times he knew exactly what was coming and how to end the fight with deadly efficiency

Been waiting for this reaction with rick and Calvin

i feel like this ep hits harder after i have seen the final season of clone wars

Great Christmas present. Perfect timing for this episode.

I've been waiting so long for this reaction.

Obi-wan's master died in his arms. The Woman he loved died in his Arms. The Man who killed them both and worse enemy died in his arms.

Just hearing aunt bearu yell out Luke's name brings back alot of memories that scene brings a tear to my eye.

I was waiting for reaction of this episode since you guys started with re-reaction of Rebels

One of my favorite duels in the series.

This is where the fun begins!

if you look at the events of Maul's life, it's one of the saddest stories man

I love how Ben changes his stance from his Obi-Wan stance to Qui-Gons stance.

This fight is so poetic

The episode we have been waiting for!!

I've been waiting for this for a long time...so good to see...

Never clicked so fast for a Rebels reaction

Maul tried to use the same move he used on Qui-Gon, and paid the price.

Obi-Wan started with his trademark stance, then baited Maul into attacking him in his old way by adopting Qui-Gon's stance. So, instead of parrying and getting stabbed as his old master did, Kenobi quickly ended the fight once and for all.

Eric's face veins trying not to explode, when he's forcing sounding casual before the episode HNNNNNGGGHHH

This is the episode that shows heart to true Star Wars fans. If you've been here since Episode 4, and all of Clone Wars till now (not mentioning the sequel trilogy but still)

Hands down. THE best episode of this entire series. Absolutely LOVE the entire Maul/Kenobi/Ahsoka/Ezra story arc in this show and Clone Wars. Biggest mistake ever is we didn’t see any of this in live action. That voice, the way Maul was portrayed and the details of his backstory we never saw in live action - Sam Witwer knocked it out of the park. LOVE iT. And the Kenobi/Maul death scene was just about as perfect as I would have ever asked for. Such respect. Feloni did a masterful job in these series with this story.30:00- dead on right about the music. It’s literally almost too good to hear.

Definitely the best episode of season 3. Loved the lightsaber duel. Yes, it's only a few moves, but it's a great transition from the prequels to the original trilogy in terms of the lightsaber battles. Nice way to bring closure to Maul.

i've said this before but not only does obi have the physical high ground he also has the mental high ground

Chopper is so funny, it is the most funny robot I have ever seen in Star Wars!