Skirmish on Dathomir In 2 BBY , a skirmish took place on the planet Dathomir between the Jedi rebel Ezra Bridger , the former Sith Maul , and the spirits of the Nightsisters who took possession of the rebels Kanan Jarrus and Sabine Wren . After a brief skirmish , Maul and Ezra escaped the cave but parted company shortly thereafter . Having completed a magick ritual , Maul wanted to hunt down and kill his old enemy Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi . However , Ezra wanted to save his friends . Returning to the cave , he freed Sabine and then convinced the spirits to release Kanan in return for surrendering himself . However , Ezra then destroyed the Magick altar , destroying the power of the spirits . Prelude . In 20 BBY , during the Clone Wars , the Separatist leader and Sith Lord Count Dooku sent a droid army led by General Grievous to wipe out the Nightsisters . Despite putting up a fierce fight , the Nightsisters with the exception of Mother Talzin and Asajj Ventress were wiped out . By 2 BBY , all that remained of the Nightsister lair were ruins and the remains of the fallen . The former Sith apprentice Darth Maul was another survivor . Following the Clone Wars , he resurfaced on Malachor in 3 BBY where he sought to obtain a Sith holocron which contained the secret to destroying the Sith . There , he encountered the young rebel and Jedi apprentice Ezra Bridger , whom he encouraged to take an interest in the Dark side of the Force . Maul and Ezra were separated but Ezra took an interest in the Sith holocron . A year later , Maul sought to combine the powers of the Sith holocron and Ezra ' s Jedi master Kanan Jarrus ' s holocron in order to find " hope . " He kidnapped the crew of the " Ghost " and forced Ezra and Kanan to bring him the two holocrons in exchange for the safe return of their friends . Seeking to recruit Ezra as his apprentice , Maul convinced the boy to help him combine the two holocrons . While Maul saw glimpses of an old enemy and Ezra witnessed a world with twin suns , Maul ' s vision was incomplete because Kanan convinced Ezra to close his eyes . Stalking Ezra . Despite his escape , Maul was unable to access the knowledge in the holocrons since they had been destroyed by an explosion . Due to the incomplete holocron connection , Maul and Ezra gained access to each others ' knowledge and secrets . Discovering the location of the Phoenix Cell ' s Chopper Base on the planet Atollon , Maul used his Dark Side powers and knowledge of Nighsister Magick to torment Ezra . He succeeded in terrorizing and unsettling the young Jedi apprentice . In the meantime , Maul gathered various artifacts from his past in a cave near the ruined Nightsister lair including the Darksaber to aid with a Magick ritual that would combine his and Ezra ' s minds . After sufficiently unhinging Ezra ' s mind and confidence , Maul traveled to Atollon where he stalked the young Jedi . Ezra and Kanan communed with an ancient Force wielder known as the Bendu . Bendu identified Ezra ' s visions of Maul from a connection that had been created when the two combined the Jedi and Sith holocrons . Despite the Bendu ' s warnings not to turn , Kanan and Ezra turned to find Maul standing on top of a hill behind them . Following a tense exchange , Maul managed to convince Ezra to come with him and complete the ritual by threatening to activate a homing beacon that would alert the Empire to the rebel base on Atollon . Kanan allowed Ezra to leave but attached a tracker to his wrist comm which allowed him and the Mandalorian weapons expert Sabine Wren to track down Maul and Ezra to the Nightsister lair on Dathomir . Dark ritual . In order to join their minds , Maul and Ezra drank a potion brewed from Magick water . This caused their eyes to turn green and shoot beams of light which formed a cloud . Unknown to Ezra , this ritual involved summoning the spirits of fallen Nightsisters and Maul had sealed a secret pact to trade their flesh and blood . As a result of the ritual , Maul and Ezra learnt that the Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi was hiding on a planet with twin suns and that he held the key to destroying the Sith . After the ritual , the cave turned dark and the altar began to radiate with the spirits of two Nightsisters , who demanded their flesh and blood as payment . Before Ezra and Maul could leave , Kanan and Sabine arrived . Despite Ezra ' s warnings for them to stay back , the two opened fire on the apparitions . The Nightsister spirits took possession of Kanan and Sabine ' s bodies and used them to attack Maul and Ezra . Following a brief skirmish with lightsabers and blasters , Maul and Ezra managed to escape the cave . Since the Magick water was the source of their power , the spirits were unable to leave the cave . Maul tried to convince Ezra to come with him and become his apprentice . He also intended to seek out Kenobi . However , Ezra refused to abandon his friends to the Nightsisters . Maul regarded Ezra as a " disappointment " but did not harm him and left on his ship " Nightbrother " . Ezra returned to the cave and confronted the spirit possessed Sabine . Following a struggle , he managed to push her out of the cave and exorcise the spirit from her . Ezra then returned and convinced the spirit possessing Kanan to leave his friend ' s body in return for offering up his own . The spirit accepted Ezra ' s offer on the condition that he defeat Kanan ' s body in a fight . Ezra accepted the spirit ' s offer and fought with the possessed Kanan . After besting Kanan , the spirit left Kanan ' s body and attempted to enter Ezra ' s body . However , Ezra used his green lightsaber and the Darksaber to destroy the altar . This destroyed the Nightsister spirits ' source of power . Aftermath . After defeating the Nightsister spirits , Ezra briefed Kanan and Sabine about the information he and Maul had learned . He revealed that Master Kenobi held the key to destroying the Sith and that Maul was after Kenobi . Ezra , Kanan , and Sabine vowed to find Kenobi before Maul did in order to stop him from taking away their chance to destroy the Sith . In addition , Sabine took possession of the Darksaber , an ancient Mandalorian weapon and symbol of leadership . Behind the scenes . The skirmish on Dathomir serves as the climax of the " Star Wars Rebels " episode " Visions and Voices " , which premiered on Disney XD on December 10 , 2016 . It recycled elements from the animated television series " " including the Nightsisters , Nightsister lair , and Magick .