Revival ( episode ) " Revival " is the premiere episode of the . It was released on August 24 , 2012 at a special screening at Celebration VI , prior to its premiere on September 29 , 2012 on Cartoon Network . Official description . " " Fueled by vengeance and rage , the newly reunited brothers Savage Opress and Maul spread terror and violence across the galaxy . As the Sith brothers forcibly recruit Hondo Ohnaka and his pirates , Obi - Wan Kenobi and Adi Gallia chase them down , leading to a deadly confrontation . " " Plot summary . Having pillaged various Outer Rim worlds , Maul and Opress infiltrate a space station in orbit over Cybloc . They overpower its droid guards and discover a safe filled with money . Whilst Opress is absorbed by their new wealth , Maul reminds him that it is only a means to an end in their cause of destroying Obi - Wan Kenobi . He also asserts his authority as master over Opress by citing the Rule of Two . Opress had hoped that as brothers the two would abandon the traditional Sith hierarchy and angrily challenges Maul to combat . Maul easily overcomes him ; the two then travel to Florrum where they lure a group of Hondo Ohnaka ' s Weequay pirates aboard their ship and bribe them into their service . Two of Ohnaka ' s captains readily join ; a hesitant third is executed before Ohnaka via hologram when he expresses doubts about the betrayal . The brothers prepare to attack Ohnaka ' s base to claim it as their own . Meanwhile , Obi - Wan Kenobi and Adi Gallia arrive at the station and are briefed by a Snivvian about the raid , who also states that the perpetrators are traveling on his ship to the Sertar sector . Gallia wonders what would draw the Sith there , to which Kenobi replies that it is where Florrum and Ohnaka are located . They proceed to the planet and contact Ohnaka with whom they form a temporary alliance against his treacherous men and the Sith brothers . Maul and Opress begin their assault on Ohnaka ' s base but are diverted from the attack when the Jedi land and engage them . A fierce duel ensues , but while Kenobi manages to hold his own against Maul , Gallia is overpowered and slain by Opress , who charges her with his horns before running her through with his lightsaber . Kenobi lets out an angry cry and knocks Opress to the ground . Maul blocks an attempt to kill him . With their side ' s numbers growing thin , Kenobi and Ohnaka are forced to retreat into the pirate base , but not before Kenobi retrieves Gallia ' s lightsaber . While Ohnaka ' s loyal men prepare an ambush , Kenobi draws the brothers away from the pirates ; instructing them to collapse a section of the tunnel with explosives to separate himself and the Sith from them . Ohnaka readily agrees and Kenobi proceeds to face the pair with both lightsabers . After a fierce battle , Kenobi is able to knock Opress off - balance before severing his arm . Maul then breaks off the fight to retreat with his injured brother . Outside , they encounter their pirate allies and attempt to rally them for a renewed assault . Ohnaka , however , has reconciled with his men after ambushing them , demonstrating that the Sith have no loyalty to them . They now intend to plunder Maul and Opress ' s ship and open fire ; forcing the brothers into a full retreat . Maul loses one of his cybernetic legs in the escape and is then carried by Opress . Despite this , the brothers manage to reach their ship and take off when Maul delays their pursuers by toppling the Jedi ' s shuttle from a plateau to cut them off . One of the pirates manages to fire on one of the ship ' s engines and , suffering from his injuries , Opress instructs Maul to leave him behind . Both brothers , however , are able to escape the doomed vessel aboard an escape craft before it plunges back to the planet ' s surface . Kenobi and Ohnaka proceed to search the wreckage - Ohnaka for salvageable wealth and Kenobi for evidence of Maul and Opress ' s deaths . Ohnaka and his men recover the safe previously obtained by the Sith but no trace of the brothers is found . Ohnaka concludes that they must have been vaporised in the crash but Kenobi remains unconvinced , noting Maul ' s return despite the severity of his injuries on Naboo . Back on Coruscant , Kenobi and the Jedi convene a meeting with Palpatine in which the Chancellor dismisses Kenobi ' s fears about Maul ; reasoning that the Separatists pose a far greater threat . Yoda agrees with the Chancellor ; cautioning Kenobi that his fixation on Maul is a personal matter . He reassures him , however , that if the Sith brothers reappear , the Jedi will be ready to oppose them . As they leave the office , Palpatine smirks whilst seated at his desk behind them . Continuity . Airing . " A War on Two Fronts " was originally scheduled to be the premiere episode of Season Five , but the premiere was changed to " Revival " as announced at San Diego Comic Con in July 2012 . " Revival " was released at Celebration VI on August 24 , 2012 , at a special screening prior to its premiere on Cartoon Network . Supervising Director Dave Filoni stated that he felt , as did Series Producer George Lucas , that " Revival " should be the season premiere , which was why it was moved to the beginning of the season despite some continuity problems , including Adi Gallia ' s death ( despite her appearance in the later - airing " A War on Two Fronts " ) and the previous destruction of Hondo Ohnaka ' s pirate base ( an event depicted in the later - airing " A Necessary Bond " ) . Filoni has stated that had his crew had the time , they would have modified the episodes to better fit chronologically with the airing order . Development . Both Palpatine and Yoda received redesigns for this episode , in order to increase performance on facial modeling for animation purposes . Palpatine also received a new outfit , which the trivia gallery for the episode confirmed is the same outfit that he wore in the beginning of . The name of the Twi ' lek Jedi killed by Darth Maul and Savage Opress in the prologue wasn ' t named in the episode itself , but the official trivia gallery for the episode confirmed that she was Finn Ertay . The warehouse supervisor was intended to simply have a slight build with a frontier twang , but was developed as a Snaggletooth alien in the final version . His outfit was similar to a vintage 1970s Kenner action figure included in a Sears - exclusive Cantina set . Hondo ' s claim about General Grievous raiding Florrum and destroying his stronghold , and consequentially his criminal empire was a reference to the episode " A Necessary Bond " that hadn ' t aired yet at the time of the episode ' s release , although the clip in question was shown at Celebration VI . In addition , the sign in the background of Hondo ' s camp was translated from Aurebesh as " Hondo ' s Salvage - Prices Slashed . " When Maul and Opress infiltrate the warehouse , the supervisor and the pirates initially mistook them for Jedi . This was meant to imply either that the Sith were not that well known throughout the galaxy , or that most haven ' t met a Jedi before . In addition , the warehouse ' s design was redesigned from the Siddiq ' s office in " Corruption . " The trivia gallery for the episode , as well as the unfinished line by the lead deputy droid to Maul in the episode itself , implied that the station and / or the offices onboard belonged to the InterGalactic Banking Clan . In addition , the station itself was modified and reused from the Quartzite station in the episode " Bounty " . Though Ian Abercrombie ' s final episodes of of were " Revival " and " The Lawless " , Tim Curry voiced the brief line in this episode in which Palpatine said " They ' re just petty crooks . " Behind the scenes . On the and Blu - ray release , " Revival " was moved and was placed in its rightful place between " Point of No Return " and " Eminence " , making the first episode " A War on Two Fronts " . In the episode , Hondo Ohnaka ' s line " Insolence ? We ' re pirates ! We don ' t even know what that means ! " is a subtle nod to Captain Hector Barbossa ' s line " A lot of long words there , Miss . We ' re not but humble pirates ! " in " Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl " . It ' s one of several references to Disney ' s " Pirates of the Caribbean " franchise throughout the series .