Star Wars: Rebels Footage With Darth Maul Teases Dark Times on the Horizon!
As many already know from watching the mid-season trailer that was released several weeks ago, the latter episodes of Rebels season 2 will feature the return of fan-favorite character Darth Maul. A recent video on the web reveals an interesting glimpse at things to come surrounding his appearance on the show.
Warning: Spoilers Ahead
As of right now, there doesn’t seem to be any other postings of this clip on the web. There has certainly not been an official release of the clip, so this may actually be something Disney did not intend for us to see just yet. It looks like it may even be a TV spot for the season finale on March 30th. We apologize for the quality, but it appears to have been recorded off of a TV in someone’s living room. But for now it will have to do. If you want to remain unspoiled regarding the rest of Rebels Season 2, stop here. Otherwise, proceed at your own risk.
So here's a recording of that amazing teaser that sent me into full geeking out mode. #StarWarsRebels #DarthMaul pic.twitter.com/kVbRA393wq
— Gerardo Yanez (@GerardoYanez08) March 3, 2016
Many have speculated a dark ending for our beloved crew of the Ghost by the conclusion of the series, and from the looks of things, that dark ending may come sooner rather than later for a few of the show’s main characters. Of course, even though it’s obvious that Ezra has been teetering on the edge of darkness for some time now (and it appears that this slide will continue in future episodes), it could all turn out to be misdirection in the end on behalf of Filoni and his crew of writers.
To add even more intrigue to the possible direction of Ezra’s character in the season finale, German website Wundschliste recently posted the German titles for the Rebels Season 2 episodes (click here for the episode listing). While some of the titles translate to their English equivalents, there are some notable variations among them. Perhaps the most interesting is the title for the season finale.
The title “Ezras Versuchung” translates to “Ezra’s Temptation”, which adds more fuel to the fire concerning the speculations around his character arc. We know that Ahsoka and Vader will have a confrontation at some point in the remainder of the season, and many have speculated that the finale’s title “Twilight of the Apprentice” refers to Ahsoka’s impending demise. But what if the apprentice the title speaks of is not Anakin’s former apprentice, but Kanan’s?
Ezra’s inevitable fall from grace has been teased for a while now on the show, and only the question remains: Will they actually go there?
Well, it certainly seems so, but time will tell. So, what do you think? Will Ezra turn to the Dark Side? If so, will he be redeemed from that darkness or will it forever dominate his destiny? Share your comments below.
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I’m thinking the apprentice they’re referring to is Maul, and his demise.
Interesting point. It could be referring to Ahsoka, Ezra, Maul, or a combination of the three.
AGREE – If Vader & Maul fight to the death, there’s only 1 way it can end
This is Vader in his prime. It wouldn’t be a fight.
He’d just Force slam him into the ground over and over again until Maul was a red and black puddle of goo.
And we all know how Anakin felt about DM. As Vader, he is twisted, so I wouldn’t expect any hesitation to utterly destroy Maul.
Evidence most strongly supports Maul being the red shirt out of he, Ahsoka or Ezra. Maul’s been (precariously) living on borrowed time since:
1) Return from the dead / being chopped in half
2) Surviving confrontation w/ Sidious that cost him his brother, Savage Oppress
3) There’s no way they can credibly carry this already-dangling plot thread any further…
WHAT IF Maul has been the one training Inquisitors? Hence their double blade proficiency.. Remember in TCW Palps after defeating Maul said he has another use for him. Vader doesn’t seem to have a strong relationship with inquisitors, he treats them like he does any other Imperial officers, which makes me believe that they might not be his apprentices but Maul’s.
Think they already made the double-blade association because the Grand Inquisitor was a JEDI TEMPLE GUARD. They use…
(wait for it)
(drum-roll)
DOUBLE-BLADED LIGHTSABERS
*double-bladed lightsaber PIKES*
Get it right, ugh.
I think it does refer to Maul, especially the twilight part since he’s old, and essentially in his “twilight” age. The title could also relate to both Ezra and Ahsoka in a way. Great suggestive title!
Maul is snoke…
Uh….NO
Snoke got legs……….Ezra is Snoke 🙂
Metal legs….under the robes, Maul!
Where are the horns in TFA?
I’m sure we’ll find out….he looks to have been seriously injured and don’t forget his connection with the witches.
lolno
Based off of everything going on it seems Twilight of the Apprentice is a reference to all three (Ahsoka, Maul, Ezra). It makes sense just from the definition of twilight being a period between the light and the dark or a state of ambiguity/obscurity. Going into the end of the season we have ideas or inferences on what may happen, but its still really up in the air for whether Ahsoka will die, if Ezra will turn, and just wtf has Maul been up to on Malachor.
Aside from Ahsoka and Anakin’s duel, I’d really like to see Maul and Vader speak to one another just to know that moment occurs. And even duel if possible, though Maul would be donezo if he got into a fight with him.
Ezra will not be turning to the darkside. He will be tempted sure but he will not turn. He is the character that kids identify with and he serves as their perspective on this entire story. The people writing the show won’t compromise that. It will be cool to see him dabble but I honestly don’t believe it will go beyond that.
He’s Supreme Leader Snoke…….. 🙂
thats dumb. take your parent hat off and think about what disney thinks will make money
I am not a parent and I was thinking about what will make Disney money. Do you think that kids will want buy stuff from a character that is evil? Sure Vader and Kylo Ren are cool, but having the main selling point of a kids show being one of the main characters (a kid non the less) turning evil isn’t exactly the smartest marketing decision.
He’s going to turn back to the Light, but he’s definitely going dark for a bit. That TV spot alone confirms it.
He is definitely going to dabble, but I don’t think we are going to see a couple episode stretch where he is evil.
A few episodes? Yeah, probably not. Probably 1-2 episodes.
Actually, my seven-year-old is buying into the Ezra going dark theory more and more. He is his favorite character and will be sad to see him turn. On the same token, he said – “I guess I’ll have to get a dark-side Ezra figure when it comes out!”
Could also be referring to Kanan
while showing numerous images of Ezra doing dark things? I doubt it
Kanan is now a Jedi Knight he is no longer considered an apprentice.
He earned it.
neither is ahsoka or maul and technically Kanan was never promoted to jedi knight
Actually Yoda just did. Yoda was controlling the Jedi Temple visions. Yoda through the temple Guards promoted him.
they’ve all been apprentices at some point, so it could be any or all. In any case, it’s just one episode, but probably a climactic or revealing one in some way.
interesting… it might just be a temptation, but remember that they teased that season two will be like esb for the original trilogy, so with a dark ending. Let’s hope that’s true here.
Love the Force choke, vader would be proud
With three possible characters who could die that could be referred to as “apprentice” (Ahsoka, Ezra, and Maul)*, and with the vagueness of the title, who knows what will happen.
*Kanan is officially a Jedi Knight thanks to the Force vision of the Inquistor and we all know Vader won’t die.
Holy shit. I’m so excited for seeing Maul return!
Maybe…Vader kills Ahsoka, Kannan kills an old and weakened Maul, but Ezra goes dark because of it all. Obi-Wan has to come out of obscurity to kill Ezra in an Anthology.
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All the dark side stuff with Ezra could be nothing but force visions on Malachor. Isn’t that what happened at the end of Clone Wars with Yoda and Palpatine fighting?
This is possible. But…
“the return of fan-favorite character Darth Maul”
Sometimes this things could play against the work done.
SW Rebels has its tempo, its story, its simplicity, its characters.
It was a cool character in TPM, but his many returns are unnecessary.
I’m a bit tired of Maul.
He was Captain Phasma in Episode I.
I for one am glad he got a story. And since they were unable to complete his arc in TCW, welcome the chance to see the completion of his story even if it’s animated and on a small screen.
Don’t worry, they’re probably just setting up Maul’s Episode 8 appearance…
I came.
Please let it be Ezra. He’s a little brat.
Ezra becomes Snoke. Called it.
Maul you sun of a gun
“Look Ezra, the one who killed your parents is right there…the Seventh Sister. You must have your revenge.”
https://youtu.be/FQRW0RM4V0k
Anyone ever think that twilight of the apprentice, could mean vader finally cutting off the tie/connection with ahoska that could be one of his last remaining weakness’s?
Yes! Dark Side! Finally!
The full clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=54&v=qzOzI91Rmtg