Maul ' s capture of the Ghost crew In 2 BBY , the former Sith Lord , Maul , captured the crew of the " Ghost " in order to obtain both the Jedi and Sith holocron s that the rebellion had in its possession . Prelude . Following the events on Malachor , Maul embarked on a campaign to obtain the Sith holocron that Ezra Bridger had obtained on Malachor and Kanan Jarrus ' s holocron . Knowing that Ezra and Kanan were part of the Phoenix Cell , Maul engineered a trap . First , he attacked the crew of a " Sphyrna " - class corvette and forced them to send a distress signal to the " Ghost " . Hera Syndulla , captain of the " Ghost " and Phoenix Leader , responded to the corvette ' s distress signal . Using his mastery of the Force , Maul overpowered Hera , Chopper , Garazeb Orrelios , and Sabine Wren . Maul restrained his prisoners in binders and used repurposed Tour guide droid s to guard them . Hostages . Maul then contacted Kanan and Ezra . He demanded that the Jedi hand him both the Sith holocron and Kanan ' s Jedi holocron if they wanted to save their friends ' lives . Kanan and Ezra reluctantly acceded to Maul ' s demands and returned to Atollon to recover the Sith holocron from the Bendu , who was safeguarding the device . Meanwhile , Maul forced Hera to lead him on a tour of the ship in order to find Kanan ' s holocron . Despite holding out , Maul managed to use the Force to extract the information from her mind . Maul found that the holocron was hidden in a drawer in Kanan ' s quarters . Elsewhere on Atollon , Ezra and Kanan managed to recover the Sith holocron after enduring a trial set by the Bendu . The two Jedi had to travel inside a lair inhabited by krykna in order to reclaim the holocron . Through these trials , the two repaired their strained relationship . Back aboard the " Ghost " , Hera staged a rescue attempt . At her signal , Zeb kicked Chopper into two of the tour guide droids . The rebels then knocked out the droids before proceeding down the ladder into the cargo hold . When Maul followed , the four rebels attempted to trap the former Sith by activating the magnetizer . However , Maul used his lightsaber to break free and attacked the crew . Using the Force , Maul knocked Hera , Sabine , and Zeb to the ground . He also pushed Chopper into an adjacent room . Maul then warned his captives that they would only stay alive as long as they were of use to him . Aftermath . Honoring their side of the agreement , Ezra and Kanan traveled in an A - wing starfighter to the Mandalorian asteroid station Vizsla Keep 09 . Maul greeted the Jedi and instructed his tour guide droids to usher Ezra into the command center . He warned the Jedi that he would kill his friends if Ezra disabled his droids or made any escape attempt . Maul then led Kanan into an airlock where he attempted to kill the Jedi Knight by exposing him to space . However , Kanan survived and managed to save Hera , Chopper , Zeb , and Sabine from being executed by Maul ' s tour guide droids . The former Sith had promised to spare Ezra ' s friends , but had secretly planned to kill the Spectres with the exception of Ezra , whom he hoped to recruit as an apprentice . After activating the holocrons , Maul informed Ezra that he wanted to combine their powers in order to find hope . The holocrons bathed the command centre in a pink blaze of light . Maul saw nothing but oblivion . However , Ezra saw twin suns and told Maul . Peering deeper , Maul learned that his old adversary Obi - Wan Kenobi lived . At that point , Kanan and the other rebels arrived and convinced Ezra to end the ritual . Ezra closed his eyes and the vision ended , causing the holocrons to separate with a shockwave that briefly knocked the rebels unconscious . Maul , however , took advantage of the confusion to flee aboard his starfighter " Nightbrother " . Following the adventure , Ezra and Kanan vowed to find out the contents of the vision together . Behind the scenes . Maul ' s capture of the " Ghost " crew first appeared in the " Star Wars Rebels " episode " The Holocrons of Fate " , which first premiered on Disney XD on October 1 , 2016 .