Presence The Presence was a female voice heard by Ezra Bridger on the planet Malachor when he used a Sith holocron to inadvertently activate the superweapon at the top of the planet ' s subterranean Sith temple . Bridger was led by the former Sith Lord once known as Darth Maul to believe that using the holocron would grant him the knowledge he needed to destroy the Sith . Once he activated the temple however , the Presence told him that the knowledge contained within the holocron was the power of the temple ' s battle station and that it had the power to destroy life . Biography . In 3 BBY , Padawan Ezra Bridger and his master , Jedi Knight Kanan Jarrus , traveled with former Jedi Ahsoka Tano to the planet Malachor to find ancient Sith knowledge , which they hoped to use to defeat the Sith Lord Darth Vader and his Inquisitors . On Malachor , Bridger encountered the former Sith Lord once known as Darth Maul , who also sought the secrets of the Sith temple . The two worked together to enter the temple and ultimately retrieved a Sith holocron , which Maul said would unlock the temple ' s secret knowledge . Bridger was sent to the top of the temple alone , where Maul told him to activate the temple . Bridger reached the top of the temple , where the holocron levitated out of his hand and entered an obelisk . Its activation set off currents of electricity , and the female voice of the Presence asked Bridger who he was . Bridger explained that he sought the knowledge of the temple to defeat his enemies , and the Presence told him that knowledge is power . The temple , which in truth was an ancient battle station , activated its superweapon and the Presence told Bridger that the power to destroy life was at his command . Bridger said he did not want that power , so the Presence said the other who had arrived at the temple might — Darth Vader . As Vader fought a lightsaber duel with Tano , Bridger and Jarrus worked together to remove the holocron from the obelisk and deactivate the weapon . With the holocron in hand , the two Jedi were forced to flee Malachor without Tano , as she and Vader were sealed within the temple dueling one another as the temple collapsed . Over the next six months , Bridger would regularly make use of the knowledge within the holocron and speak to the Presence , as she seduced him closer and closer to the dark side of the Force . After undertaking a mission to rescue the pirate Hondo Ohnaka from Imperial custody , Bridger returned to his quarters , expressing frustration at being blamed for failing to acquire all the details of the mission . Bridger opened the holocron once more and spoke with the Presence , who told him that his anger would make him more powerful and more focused . Jarrus , however , soon discovered the holocron in Bridger ' s quarters and took it from him , later giving it to Bendu as a gift after their meeting . Behind the scenes . The Presence appeared as a voice in " Twilight of the Apprentice " , the second season finale of the animated television series " Star Wars Rebels " . She was voiced by Nika Futterman . In an interview with IGN that was posted after the episode aired , series executive producer Dave Filoni provided some insight into what he saw as the backstory of the Presence . In his mind , the voice of the Presence is the voice of the ancient Sith Lord who built the Malachor temple . Filoni said that he liked the idea of an ancient and powerful woman , who had domination that the audience has not yet heard of , who was creating the weapon when it was attacked by the Jedi Order and everyone is turned to stone . Filoni further said that he has a name for the character , but he could not yet reveal it . The episode ' s credits identify her only as " Presence . "