Mission to Malachor In 3 BBY , Kanan Jarrus , Ezra Bridger , Ahsoka Tano , and the astromech droid Chopper went on a extremely dangerous mission to the planet Malachor to seek knowledge that would help them defeat the Sith and their Inquisitors . During the course of their mission , the rebels came into conflict with the Inquisitors but were aided by an unlikely ally : the former Sith Lord Maul . Joining forces , Maul and the rebels worked together to obtain a Sith holocron and to plant it in the Malachor Sith temple ' s obelisk . However , Maul then turned on his allies and blinded Kanan . The rebels ' problems were further complicated by the arrival of the Sith Lord Darth Vader , who had come to take the secrets of the temple for the Emperor . Together , Kanan and Ezra managed to remove the holocron from the temple ' s obelisk , which triggered an implosion that damaged much of the temple . While the two Jedi managed to escape on the " Phantom " with Chopper , Ahsoka stayed behind to hold back Vader . While Ahsoka was believed to have died , she and Vader had in fact survived the implosion . Prelude . Before the mission occurred , the Jedi rebels Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger had been hunted by the Seventh Sister and the Fifth Brother ; making it nearly impossible for them to help Phoenix Cell to establish a base . Looking for answers , Kanan and Ezra sought guidance from former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano . She advised they travel to the Jedi Temple on Lothal to speak with Master Yoda . While Yoda counseled Ezra against fighting the Galactic Empire , Ezra was determined to continue helping the rebellion . Yoda then advised Ezra to travel to the planet Malachor . Millennia earlier , the planet had been the site of a great battle between the Jedi and the Sith which had ended in both sides being destroyed . After helping the Phoenix Squadron to establish Chopper Base on the planet Atollon , Kanan , Ezra , Tano , and Chopper traveled on the " Phantom " to Malachor . Despite Rex ' s offer to assist them , Ahsoka insisted that this mission was for them alone . She affirmed that the planet contained " forbidden knowledge " that would help them to defeat the Sith and their Inquisitors . The mission . Getting separated . As the " Phantom " descended into Malachor ' s atmosphere , Chopper picked up an unidentified second ship . The Jedi and Tano quickly realized that they were not alone on Malachor . This second visitor turned out to be an Inquisitor known as the Eighth Brother , who was pursuing a " shadow " which later turned out to be the former Sith apprentice Maul . While Chopper tracked the second ship , the Jedi and Tano inspected a ring of monoliths that were inscribed in an unfamiliar " ancient tongue " . After Ezra accidentally touched one of the monoliths , the ground beneath the three collapsed . The Jedi and Tano quickly found themselves in an underground tunnel and sighted a large pyramidal Sith temple ahead . While passing through an ancient battlefield littered with ossified bodies and lightsaber s , they were ambushed by the Eighth Brother . During the ensuing skirmish , the Inquisitor used his double - bladed spinning lightsaber to fire at Ezra , causing the ground beneath him to collapse , separating him from Ahsoka and his master . While Ahsoka and Kanan pursued the Eighth Brother , Ezra tried to find his way out of the tunnel . Shortly thereafter , he encountered Maul who introduced himself as " Old Master " . While Bridger was initially distrustful of the stranger and rightfully suspected that he was a Sith , Maul managed to convince him by telling him that he was also seeking the same knowledge , in order to avenge the crimes that the Sith had perpetrated against his late mother and brother . Ezra was able to sympathize with Maul ' s plight due to his own grievances against the Empire for taking away his home and parent s . Together , the two Force - wielders managed to make their way through the Sith temple . After a challenging trial involving the use of Force , Ezra and Maul managed to obtain the Sith holocron . Meanwhile , Kanan and Ahsoka managed to captured the Eighth Brother with the help of Chopper , who used the Inquisitor ' s own TIE Advanced v1 starfighter against him . Together , Kanan and Ahsoka led their captive to the Sith temple , but were soon ambushed by the Eighth Brother ' s comrades : the Fifth Brother and the Seventh Sister . They soon engaged the Inquisitors in a lightsaber duel . A temporary alliance . At this point , Maul and Ezra stumbled upon the two opposing parties . Using his lightsaber , Maul helped Kanan and Ahsoka to drive the Inquisitors away . While Kanan and Ahsoka distrusted Maul due to his past record , Ezra argued that Maul could be trusted and recounted how they had worked together to obtain the Sith holocron . Following a tense meeting , Maul managed to convince Kanan and Ahsoka to work together by pointing out that the Inquisitors would have alerted Darth Vader to their presence . Maul then convinced his allies into helping him carry out his plan to plant the holocron in the temple ' s obelisk ; claiming that it would give them the knowledge to destroy the Sith . With Maul intending to destroy the Sith , the Jedi and Ahsoka agreed to assist him on his mission . While Ezra was convinced by Maul , Kanan still harbored his suspicions of the former Sith . As the four travelers climbed the obelisk , Kanan took the opportunity to pull Ezra aside and warn him that Maul could not be trusted . Ezra in turn accused Kanan of holding him back and responded that Maul knew his potential . On the way up , the two Jedi were ambushed by the Eighth Brother , who knocked back Kanan and attempted to steal the Sith holocron . Before the Inquisitor could harm Ezra , Maul arrived at an opportune moment and drove off the Inquisitor . With the Inquisitors after them , Maul convinced the Jedi and Tano to split up . Despite Kanan ' s objections , Ezra decided to accompany Maul to the top of the obelisk . During the journey , Maul took the opportunity to sow discord between the Padawan and his master . Shortly after , they were attacked by the Seventh Sister and her ID9 seeker droid s . Fighting together , the Jedi and former Sith managed to dispatch the seeker droids and overpower the Inquisitor . While Maul held the Seventh Sister suspended in mid - air , he encouraged Ezra to kill her . When Ezra refused , Maul killed the Inquisitor himself and chided the boy for his hesitation . Maul then told Ezra to continue alone to the top of the obelisk while he went to the aid of Kanan and Ahsoka . Arriving at the scene , Maul joined the assault on the Fifth and Eighth Brother . Ahsoka managed to slash the Fifth Brother ' s lightsaber , causing him to drop it and allowing Maul to kill the Inquisitor with a slash through the torso . Meanwhile , Kanan managed to damage the Eighth Brother ' s lightsaber . The surviving Brother then attempted to flee using his spinning lightsaber to fly , but the weapon malfunctioned and the Inquisitor plummeted to his death below . Having eliminated the Inquisitors , Maul then turned on his allies . Showdown with Darth Vader . When Kanan demanded to know where Ezra was , Maul took the opportunity to blind the Jedi Knight with his lightsaber . Before Maul could finish off Kanan , Ahsoka attacked him with her white lightsabers . During the duel , Maul revealed that the temple was actually a powerful battle - station capable of destroying all life and that he planned to use it to exact his revenge on " all " his enemies . Despite being blinded , Kanan managed to muster enough energy to don a Jedi Temple Guard ' s helmet and rejoined the battle . Seeing him , Tano proceeds to taunt Maul , telling him that he would have to defeat Kanan before he could challenge her . After telling Tano to find Ezra , Kanan managed to throw Maul off the edge of the temple . He then contacted Chopper and told the astromech droid to bring the " Phantom " to pick them up . Meanwhile , Ezra managed to plant the holocron in the temple ' s obelisk . He was immediately greeted by a female entity known as " Presence " , who revealed the temple ' s true function . When Ezra expressed revulsion , Presence told the young Jedi that she would instead share the power with someone else more worthy . At that moment , Darth Vader himself arrived on his TIE Advanced x1 starfighter . The Sith Lord then attacked Bridger and quickly bested him in combat ; destroying Ezra ' s lightsaber in the process . Before Vader could finish off Ezra , Ahsoka arrived and confronted the man who had once been her Jedi mentor . Following a hostile reunion , Tano vowed to avenge Anakin Skywalker by killing Vader , who claimed to have " destroyed " him . While Ahsoka and Vader dueled , Kanan and Chopper arrived on the " Phantom " . Working together , Ezra and Kanan managed to remove the Sith holocron from the temple ' s obelisk , causing the battlestation to abort its firing mechanism . Unfortunately , this action de - stabilized the battlestation ' s power systems , and the temple began to collapse . Meanwhile Vader had , after a short duel , managed to force - push Ahsoka off of a precipice . Turning his attention back to retrieving the holocron , he quickly returned to the temple obelisk . As the temple continued to collapse , Ezra and Kanan attempted to make their way back to the " Phantom " . However , Vader caught up with them before they could board the ship , and began pulling both the holocron and the two Jedi towards him with the Force . Fortunately for the two Jedi , Ahsoka had recovered from her fall and ambushed Vader . Her attack caught Vader off guard , and she managed to slice away a significant portion of his mask . This damage also affected Vader ' s voice modifier , and the revealed portion of his face , combined with the distorted but recognizable voice of Anakin Skywalker , confirmed for Ahsoka that Vader was in fact her former master . Unable to leave the man who had once been Anakin , Ahsoka chose to stay behind with Vader . Despite a brief moment of hesitation , Vader reaffirmed his position and attacked her once more . Meanwhile , the Jedi and Chopper managed to escape and headed back to Atollon . The Sith temple imploded behind them and Tano became lost to the shadows and rubble of the Sith temple . Aftermath . The two distraught Jedi and Chopper returned to Chopper Base where they informed the other Spectres and Rex about the loss of Ahsoka . Kanan was compelled to cope with his new blinded state . Meanwhile , Ezra ' s encounter with Maul on Malachor and the apparent loss of Ahsoka triggered the young Jedi ' s interest in the dark side of the Force . While in his room , Bridger took the opportunity to open the Sith holocron ; a feat that could only be accomplished by someone who had tapped into the dark side . Unknown to the Spectres and Rex , Darth Vader and Ahsoka had in fact survived the destruction of the Sith temple : a wounded and exhausted Vader exited the the ruins of the temple , believing his former apprentice had been killed , when Ahsoka was in fact saved by Ezra , who pulled her into a " world between worlds " with him before Vader could deliver the finishing blow . After an attack from Darth Sidious , Ahsoka became separated from Ezra and escaped back to Malachor , where she would descend into the ruins of the Sith Temple . Behind the scenes . The Mission to Malachor first appeared in " Twilight of the Apprentice " , a one - hour season finale that combined the 19th and 20th episodes of the second season of the Disney XD television series " Star Wars Rebels " . This mission marked the debut of two new characters : the Eighth Brother ( who was voiced by Robbie Daymond ) and Presence ( who was voiced by Nika Futterman ; who also served as Asajj Ventress ' voice actor in " " TV series ) . In addition , guest actors Sam Witwer and Matt Lanter reprised their roles as Darth Maul and Anakin Skywalker respectively .