Where to Watch Powered by Darth Maul's duel with Darth Vader was originally planned for the Star Wars Rebels season 2 finale but was cut for being unwieldy and lacking emotional material. A duel between Vader and Maul would have diluted the impact of the main confrontation between Ahsoka and Vader, which was the emotional core of the episode. Maul's story in Rebels was made stronger by focusing on his nemesis, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and his role as a source of temptation for Ezra, rather than a flashy fight with Vader.

Darth Maul originally dueled Darth Vader in the Star Wars Rebels season 2 finale, but it was appropriately cut from the final iteration. When Ahsoka Tano, Kanan Jarrus, and Ezra Bridger traveled to the Sith world Malachor, Maul was naturally thrown into the mix. An agent of chaos, the former Sith Lord's true intentions remained ambiguous as he forged an...