The Lawless " The Lawless " is the sixteenth episode of the . It aired on February 2 , 2013 . Official description . " " Using Duchess Satine as bait , Darth Maul lures Obi - Wan into a trap . " " Plot summary . Duchess Satine sits in her cell on Mandalore when she is rescued by her nephew Korkie , his friends , and a group of Death Watch dissidents led by Bo - Katan . As they flee in speeders , they are chased by several Mandalorian super commando s . Bo - Katan and the others hold them off , but finally the speeder is shot down , and the Duchess is taken by the commandos , but not before sending a hologram message to the Jedi asking for help from Obi - Wan Kenobi personally . In the Jedi Temple ' s communication room Obi - Wan , Yoda and Ki - Adi - Mundi receive Satine ' s message . Yoda reminds Obi - Wan of the neutrality of the planet , telling him that the Jedi cannot send help until the Senate agrees on it . Obi - Wan refuses to wait , so he heads to Mandalore in Anakin ' s ship , the " Twilight " . Meanwhile , Maul is informed by Almec that Satine attempted to escape , and managed to inform the Jedi . Obi - Wan arrives and is met by a super commando , who asks if he has a landing permit on the planet . Obi - Wan guides him into the ship , where he knocks out the commando and gains his armor . Unbeknownst to Obi - Wan , Bo - Katan watches him from above . He then finds Satine in her cell and try to escape , but they are exposed when a commando asks for the authorization code for a prisoner transfer . They are chased until they reach the " Twilight " and Satine says that they must reach her sister . Maul then arrives at the docks , and orders his commandos to open fire on the " Twilight " . Obi - Wan and Satine jump off the ship moments before it explodes . They fall to the feet of Maul , who orders his men to take the two inside . In the throne room , Maul chokes Satine while encouraging Obi - Wan to give in to his anger . After Obi - Wan refuses and berates Maul as weak for choosing the dark side , Maul draws and ignites the Darksaber while pulling Satine towards the weapon , impaling the Duchess . Satine falls into the arms of Obi - Wan , and tells him that she has always loved him and always will . As the Duchess dies in Obi - Wan ' s arms , Maul orders his men not to kill him , but rather imprison him below so he may rot in his misery . Obi - Wan is transported to his cell when the group of Death Watch dissidents rescue him . They lead Obi - Wan to the docks in the middle of a battle with Maul ' s commandos . Bo - Katan tells Obi - Wan to tell the Republic about the takeover . When he says that the Republic will likely invade the planet , Bo - Katan replies that Maul will die , while Mandalore will survive because they always do . Obi - Wan then realizes that Bo - Katan is the sister of Satine , and gives his condolences before he leaves . Meanwhile on Coruscant , Chancellor Palpatine feels a disturbance in the Force and orders Mas Amedda to prepare his ship . He travels to Mandalore and makes his way to the palace where Maul and his brother reside . A shocked Maul feels the presence of his old master as he enters the throne room . Maul immediately drops down onto his knees , expressing his loyalty to his former Master . However , Sidious sees that he is being deceived , and tells Maul he has become a rival . They all draw their lightsaber s and begin to fight . Sidious proves himself to be too strong for the brothers even combined and he manages to keep Maul out of the fight long enough to impale Savage . He tells Maul that he was an unworthy apprentice and as he dies , the Nightsister magic used to alter him bleeds out of his body , and he returns to his original form . Sidious reminds Maul of the Rule of Two , and tells him that he has been replaced . Maul , filled with anger and grief , draws the Darksaber and his lightsaber , and starts another vicious duel against Sidious . Maul put up a better fight than Opress did but he soon found himself outmatched by Sidious ' s superior combat skill and experience and his immense power in the Force and is ultimately disarmed and overpowered . As Maul begs for mercy , Sidious reminds him that the Sith do not show mercy and then tortures him with Force lightning . Sidious assures Maul that he is not going to kill him , as Maul may be useful for his future plans , and the torture continues . . . Continuity . Footage from " The Lawless " was first previewed at Celebration VI in August 2012 . It was adapted in the young reader ' s book " " . The episode was originally reported by " Star Wars Insider " 137 as the fifteenth episode of Season Five , but the reported order was revised following the magazine ' s publication . This episode was dedicated to Ian Abercrombie , the voice of Palpatine / Darth Sidious , who passed away a year prior to its airdate . The episode also featured some of the last of his recordings as Palpatine . The episode also marks Darth Sidious ' s first appearance in the flesh within the context of " The Clone Wars " , having previously only appeared as a hologram . However , Sidious ' s final lines in this episode was actually recorded by Tim Curry . The Trivia gallery for the episode on Starwars . com stated that Palpatine being capable of using two lightsabers simultaneously was hinted at earlier in " " , and stated that he was unable to use two lightsabers against Yoda in their skirmish in that film because Mace Windu knocked it out of the window during their duel . The same source also confirmed that Bo - Katan ' s last name was indeed Kryze , something that was only hinted at in the episode itself with Satine Kryze being revealed to be her sister . Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s outfit when arriving at Mandalore was his Rako Hardeen disguise that he had earlier used in during the bounty hunter four - part story arc . The " Twilight " in this episode sported a decal that depicted a cartoonish version of Anakin Skywalker in his podracer during the Boonta Eve Classic with the Aurebesh word for " Wizard ! ! ! " The Moogan traders briefly seen offloading supplies were previously seen in the episode " Corruption " . Their presence was meant to imply that , since being reinstated into power , Almec is recalling all of his old allies . According to Jason Fry , in the initial script , as well as " " , it was originally intended that Bo - Katan ' s familial relationship with Satine Kryze was to be alluded to indirectly . However , it was changed to being overtly stated in the aired version of the episode . Behind the scenes . During the development of the show , a 4 - episode story arc entitled " " was planned by the show ' s writers to tell Maul ' s adventures following this episode . The episodes would have been titled " The Enemy Of My Enemy " , " A Tale Of Two Apprentices " , " Proxy War " and " Showdown On Dathomir " . However , the show was cancelled before any of these episodes could be completed .