Battle of Sundari In the wake of the Shadow Collective ' s coup against the New Mandalorians , a battle was fought in the city of Sundari , the capital of the New Mandalorian faction on the planet Mandalore . Early fighting broke out as members of the Death Watch who had turned against Darth Maul — leader of the Shadow Collective — attempted to free the deposed former leader of the New Mandalorians , Duchess Satine Kryze from her captivity . Kryze was able to make it outside of the domed city and send a request for aid to her one time lover , Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi , before being recaptured and returned to prison . With word of the recent events on Mandalore , Kenobi journeyed to Mandalore to assist Kryze , leading to further fighting as he attempted to evacuate the jailed duchess from Sundari . The Jedi ' s starship was destroyed over Sundari ' s docks , and he was captured alongside Kryze by Darth Maul and a cadre of his loyal Mandalorian super commandos . Kryze was subsequently murdered by Maul as part of his vengeance against Kenobi for the Jedi nearly killing him ten years prior , and Kenobi was delivered to Sundari ' s prison in order to live with the emotional pain from his former lover ' s death . Before he could ever reach the cell intended for him , Kenobi was rescued by Bo - Katan Kryze , Satine Kryze ' s estranged sister and the leader of the faction of Death Watch that refused to serve Darth Maul . Kenobi and Bo - Katan moved to flee from Sundari , battling Maul ' s pursuing super commandos all the way out of the city , before navigating the chaos of a larger conflict that had taken shape at Sundari ' s docks . Bo - Katan ' s loyal soldiers clashed with Maul ' s troops in a heated battle , holding back the Sith ' s forces in order to allow Kenobi to hurry aboard a " Kom ' rk " - class transport and get off planet . At the same time Kenobi was attempting to get off of Mandalore , the Dark Lord of the Sith , Darth Sidious had arrived on the planet , seeking to confront his former apprentice Darth Maul . Sidious came face to face with Maul in the throne room of the Sundari Royal Palace , engaging Maul and his brother Savage Opress in a lightsaber duel that ended with Opress dead at the hands of Sidious , while Maul was subdued by his former master but spared for Darth Sidious ' future purposes . Prelude . In the year 20 BBY , New Mandalorian territory throughout the deserts of Mandalore , in which the pacifistic people made their home , was overrun by the criminal assembly known as the Shadow Collective . Across the New Mandalorians ' capital city , Sundari , gangsters from Black Sun , the spice - dealing Pyke Syndicate , and the Hutt Cartel s gunned down police officers and civilians alike in order to cause panic . At the height of the people ' s desperation , the renegade Mandalorian group known as the Death Watch came forward to defend the New Mandalorians against the offworld crime lords ; unknown to the public , Death Watch was secretly in league with the criminals besieging Sundari , having forged an alliance with their leader , the Sith Lord Darth Maul , in order to topple the New Mandalorian government . Throughout the city , Death Watch systematically defeated and arrested the aggressors , winning the favor of the New Mandalorian populous . With the will of the people on their side , Death Watch marched into the Sundari Royal Palace and there , the group ' s leader Pre Vizsla deposed the ruler of the New Mandalorians , Duchess Satine Kryze . Kryze , Prime Minister Armatan , and the other New Mandalorian leaders were imprisoned , while Vizsla replaced the former duchess as " Mand ' alor " , the traditional ruler of the Mandalorians . Vizsla ' s reign proved short , however . With his own goals met , Death Watch ' s commander turned upon his Sith ally , and had both Darth Maul and his Sith apprentice Savage Opress jailed . Maul had foreseen Vizsla ' s betrayal , and planned for it : easily freeing themselves from their cell , within the prison ' s walls the two Sith came across the former New Mandalorian Prime Minister , Almec , who had been arrested on charges of corruption . Selecting Almec as a suitable replacement for Vizsla in his schemes , Maul broke free of the prison and stormed the Royal Palace , where he challenged Vizsla to a duel for the right to lead . Honor - bound by the ancient codes Death Watch and Vizsla venerated , the Mandalorian leader engaged the Sith Lord in a furious battle throughout the throne room , though he ultimately could not match Darth Maul ' s prowess . Vizsla was slain , and Maul proclaimed himself to be the " Mand ' alor " and leader of Death Watch , yet he was not met with unanimous approval : Vizsla ' s lieutenant , Bo - Katan Kryze , refused to follow a non - Mandalorian , and she fled the palace with a squad of other like - minded soldiers amidst a hail of blasterfire . Almec was instituted as the new Prime Minister , a puppet ruler to who would publicly lead in the place of Darth Maul , while the Sith Lord remained in the shadows , unknown to the populous . The battle . Early skirmishes . Weeks after Darth Maul ' s rise to power , Bo - Katan was able to infiltrate the prison where Satine — her estranged sister — was being held . Together with her nephew Korkie Kryze and a group of his close friends , Bo - Katan freed Satine and rushed her to a waiting " Buirk ' alor " - class airspeeder , intending to flee the city escorted by a cadre of Death Watch soldiers still loyal to Bo - Katan . Not far from the prison complex , however , the airspeeder was spotted by one of the Mandalorian super commandos loyal to Maul and quickly came under attack . A brief shootout ensued between the two groups of Mandalorian warriors , with Bo - Katan staying behind to stave off the attackers while Korkie continued onward toward Sundari ' s outer docks . Despite the efforts of Death Watch to stall the Maul loyalists , the speeder shuttling the former Duchess Kryze was struck and damaged by blasterfire , necessitating a crash landing at the docks . In the midst of a firefight between her nephew ' s friends and the super commandos that had pursued her to the docks , Kryze transmitted a request for aid to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant in the hope that it might reach her friend and one - time lover , Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi . Kryze was shortly surrounded and recaptured , taken back to her cell at the prison , though her message would indeed find its way to the intended recipient . With word of the criminal takeover on Mandalore , Obi - Wan Kenobi set out for Mandalore ; alone and acting without support from the Galactic Republic due to Mandalore ' s status as a neutral system , Kenobi arrived at Sundari aboard an old freighter borrowed from his former Padawan , Anakin Skywalker . Stealing a suit of Mandalorian armor from one of Maul ' s soldiers , Kenobi sneaked into the city and infiltrated the prison where Satine Kryze was being held , freeing the deposed leader from her cell and stealing a " Balutar " - class swoop bike on which the two then made their escape . Pursued by a Maul - loyalist commandos , as Kenobi and Kryze reached the docks they hastily boarded Kenobi ' s waiting starship , and made use of its onboard laser cannons to defend against the Mandalorian attackers as they lifted off . Once in the air , however , the ship was struck by a pair of missiles fired by the enemy soldiers , causing it to crash and both Kryze and Kenobi to be violently ejected onto the docks while attempting to jump clear of the wreckage . Subdued by the arrival of Darth Maul at the docks , Kenobi and Kryze were taken back into custody and delivered to the Royal Palace . There , intent to make Kenobi suffer for the wounds he had sustained at the Jedi ' s hands nearly a decade prior , Maul murdered Kenobi ' s former lover before his eyes and left the Jedi Master to mourn Kryze ' s death on his way to prison , preferring to let Kenobi live with his pain than kill him outright . Conflict escalates . As Obi - Wan Kenobi was being transported to Sundari ' s prison , his team of guards came under attack by Bo - Katan Kryze and a unit of the faction of Death Watch that refused to surrender to Darth Maul ' s authority . One by one , the Sith loyalists were killed in a brief skirmish , and Kryze freed Kenobi , offering him a jetpack to make use of in order to escape Sundari . Shortly after taking off from the prison , Kenobi ' s escort were assaulted by a pursuing unit of Maul ' s soldiers ; Kryze ' s troops formed a rear guard , firing backward onto the attackers as the in - flight battle reached an egress to Sundari ' s outer docks . There , Kenobi , Kryze , and her soldiers elected to make a stand , landing and opening fire on the super commandos from solid ground . Several members of Kryze ' s Nite Owls — a unit of soldiers handpicked by the Death Watch lieutenant — primed gauntlet - mounted portable energy shields to defend themselves , while another struck at their foes with a jetpack - launched missile . Suffering losses as quickly as they were inflicting them , Maul ' s warriors moved to close the gap between themselves and Kryze ' s troops , and the fight quickly turned to a close - quarters melee from which Kryze ' s soldiers emerged victorious . Pushing out of the city and onto Sundari ' s docks , Kryze and Kenobi found themselves in the midst of a larger battle between the portion of the Death Watch that had sided with Bo - Katan , and the others who had pledged their service to Darth Maul . Across the docks , Mandalorians clashed with blaster rifles and fists in equal measure , as " Kom ' rk " - class fighters battled in the skies over Sundari . One of the " Kom ' rk " fighters slowed to a halt over the docks , decanting Death Watch soldiers equipped with jetpacks from the ship ' s ventral drop bay to aid Kryze ' s ground forces , only for the vessel to be shot out of the air moments later by their former comrades . While Mandalorians on both sides flew overhead , trading blaster shots and striking their enemies with their armored bodies , Kryze rushed Obi - Wan Kenobi to the docks edge and a waiting " Kom ' rk " fighter prepared to take the Jedi Master offworld . In their final moments together , Kenobi deduced Bo - Katan ' s familial relationship with his deceased former lover and offered his condolences . Kryze , in turn , advised Kenobi to inform the Republic of Maul ' s presence on Mandalore , preferring the prospects of a Republic invasion over allowing a Sith Lord to rule the New Mandalorians . With those last words , and his condolences for her sister ' s death , Kenobi boarded the transport and was taken from Sundari , leaving Kryze behind to continue the fight . Showdown in the palace . At the same time Obi - Wan Kenobi was being freed from his captors by the Death Watch troops loyal to Bo - Katan Kryze , an " Eta " - class shuttle belonging to the Dark Lord of the Sith , Darth Sidious , emerged from hyperspace over Mandalore and made its approach toward Sundari . The Dark Lord had sensed his one time apprentice and tracked his whereabouts to Mandalore , intent to confront the rogue Sith , having deemed Maul ' s growing power to be too dangerous . Setting down at the docks , Sidious was confronted by two super commandos whom he immediately caught in a telekinetic choke - hold before taking a speeder to the Palace . In the throne room , Darth Maul sensed a familiar presence and was realized that it was Sidious . At that moment , the commandos flanking the door were suddenly lifted into the air and strangled as Sidious strode in . Maul knelt before him , proclaiming to have conquered the New Mandalorians in an effort to prove himself worthy to rejoin his former Sith Master . However , with an apprentice of his own in his brother Savage Opress , and a budding criminal empire in the form of the Shadow Collective , Maul was now a rival , so Sidious pushed Maul and Opress into the vaulted windows with the Force initiating a two - against - one lightsaber duel . Sidious broke the saber lock by first attacking Maul , then Savage . The younger brother jumped back while Savage slipped trying to defend himself . After a brief pause , Maul initiated an offensive on Sidious , but the more experienced Dark Lord of the Sith merely blocked his powerful strikes and attempted a sweeping slash , but Maul jumped back to his brother . Sidious strode through the throne room quietly ; as Maul and Savage attempted to attack him , Sidious telekinetically threw the brothers back to the opposite wall , then unleashed a fierce barrage of Force lightning at them . Both Maul and Savage were able to hold back the lightning blast , but Maul broke the stalemate and retaliated telekinetically , forcing Sidious to drop his weapons . With Sidious pinned down against the wall , Maul slowly advancing , Sidious cackled and used the Force to drop the chandelier Maul was walking underneath . He barely rolled out of the way in time before it collapsed on him . Savage recovered , jumped and attempted the killing blow on Sidious , but Maul dropping his telekinesis allowed Sidious to drop in time . While Savage slid along the wall with his lightsaber , Sidious recovered his weapons and retreated , with Maul in close pursuit . The duel progressed out onto the Palace balcony , where , as Sidious and Maul crossed blades , Opress charged into the former , sending him flying . However , as Sidious fell , he Force pulled the brothers from the balcony , and together they fell to the plaza below . As they landed , Opress ignited one end of his double - bladed weapon , stabbing it into the ground in a failed strike at Sidious . Sidious re - ignited his own blades , and counter - struck , but Opress ignited his lightsaber ' s second blade , blocking the blow . Both brothers tried to outmaneuver Sidious by attacking from his front and flank , but Sidious merely kicked Opress away when the brothers attacked . With Savage momentarily down , Maul attempted to finish the duel with an overhead power blow , but Sidious used the Force to push Maul into a stone wall , which he struck with enough force to cause him to temporarily lose consciousness . Sidious was now free to focus on defeating the hulking Opress . Opress charged with his lightsaber , but Sidious , with lightsabers disengaged , merely toyed with the Zabrak as he dodged a few clumsy strikes . As Sidious activated his blades and locked with Savage , he struck at full velocity . As Maul awoke , Sidious paralyzed the Zabrak ' s arms with well - placed kicks before impaling him with both lightsabers , while sneering and cackling at a horrified Maul . After mortally wounding Opress , Sidious threw him off the courtyard into the street below using the Force . He then allowed Maul to run past him to the fallen Opress . As the wounded Zabrak died , the enhancements provided by Mother Talzin dissipated in a green mist that swirled around the brothers . With his last breath , he communicated his regret that he was never worthy to be an apprentice to Maul , due to their differing personalities . As Maul knelt over the body of his fallen brother , Sidious spoke , reminding him of Darth Bane ' s millennium - old Rule of Two : there could only ever be two Sith Lords at a time . He revealed that Maul had been replaced after his defeat , before he jumped down to continue the duel . Enraged , Maul ignited the darksaber and engaged Sidious once again . His use of Jar ' Kai at firt were able to rival the elder Sith until the two entered a bladelock . Sidious overpowered Maul and forced his blades down towards the hilts of Maul ' s sabers , before forcing them apart and away . He finished the duel by telekinetically flinging Maul against a stone mural before depositing the broken Maul at his feet . Despite Maul ' s pleas for mercy , he stated that among the Sith there was no mercy , then started to torture Maul with Force lightning . As Maul screamed in pain , Sidious told him that he would not be killed , as the Sith Lord had other plans for his former apprentice , while sporting a triumphant smile . Aftermath . Kenobi survived his transit off - world and continued to faithfully serve the Republic throughout the remainder of the conflict , only to go into hiding following the transformation of the Republic into the Galactic Empire and the start of the Imperials ' subsequent Jedi purge . With the subjugation of Darth Maul at the hands of Darth Sidious , the Sith ' s Rule of Two was upheld , though its usage among the Sith would later wane in favor of Sidious ' Rule of One , espousing the merits of his own singular power over the Sith Order , and eventually the philosophy of Darth Krayt ' s One Sith Order . The New Mandalorian government was broken , destroyed by the Mandalorian revanchists of the Death Watch . The pacifist faction ' s power faded as the Mandalorian warrior clans and their traditional culture returned to dominate Mandalorian society , while Sundari ' s place as an important hub of business on Mandalore declined , with most off - worlders preferring to do their business on Mandalore ' s moon of Concordia , or favoring the planet ' s traditional capital of Keldabe . Into the power gap that the Collective ' s dissolution left , stepped the forces of the Black Sun vigo Xizor . The criminal syndicate established a presence on Mandalore as well as its moon , Concordia ; these operations were overseen by Black Sun lieutenant Tyno Fabris , who worked out of an office at the " Oyu ' baat " cantina , in Keldabe . The removal of Maul from Mandalorian politics also allowed Death Watch to make use of Almec as their own puppet in his role of Prime Minister of the New Mandalorians , though the New Mandalorians ' power as a faction was in decline as the Mandalorian warrior clans returned to their former prominence under the rule of Mandalore the Resurrector and Death Watch ' s own presence grew . Behind the scenes . The battle of Sundari first appeared in " Star Wars " canon in " " , a young - reader novel author ed by Jason Fry and published by Scholastic on January 1 , 2013 . The novel adapts the events of four episodes from the of the television series " " , including " Revival , " " Eminence , " " Shades of Reason , " and " The Lawless . " The episode " The Lawless " depicts the events of the Sundari battle on screen , though its ending is notably different from the one presented in the " Shadow Conspiracy " novel in one significant aspect : while the novel suggests Darth Sidious kills the defeated Darth Maul , the episode clearly indicates Maul is to be spared for Sidious ' unknown purposes .