History Recap / StarWarsRebelsS3E09VisionsAndVoices

* DramaticIrony: Ezra, Kanan, and Sabine take comfort in the fact that Maul has no more information on Obi-Wan's whereabouts than they do, since binary systems are relatively common. Unbeknownst to them, Maul has correctly deduced that the world is Tattooine, a place of significance to them both. On the other hand, we know Maul isn't going to succeed in killing him.

* BinarySuns: When Ezra says they have to look for Obi-Wan on a planet with 'twin suns', Sabine notes that this doesn't exactly narrow it down, showing that binary systems are relatively common in this world-setting [[RealityIsUnrealistic (as indeed they are in real life)]]. This isn't a problem for Maul, who correctly guesses that it's Tattooine due to its shared significance in their pasts.
* BookEnds: Invoked by Maul, who clearly feels his struggles with Obi-Wan will end where he first encountered the Jedi, Tattooine.

* WhereItAllBegan: Maul deduces that the desert planet with two suns is Tattooine, where [[Film/ThePhantomMenace he first ran into Obi-Wan]] (though hardly a formal meeting) and where their final confrontation will soon take place. Maul even lampshades the irony.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Sabine has her blasters back, despite being kicked away and never being retrieved (and likely impossible to return to due to ISC presence) in "Imperial Supercommandos".

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent / RewatchBonus: Watch the background during the scene in Ezra's chamber, specifically the shot with Hera and Kanan discussing Ezra's visions of Maul. The damaged holocrons are visible on the shelf behind them.

* CreepySouvenir / MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual: Maul's collection of various artifacts from previous events in his life hold significance to him, but seems to be nothing more than a pile of junk to Ezra.

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Watch the background during the scene in Ezra's chamber, specifically the shot with Hera and Kanan discussing Ezra's visions of Maul. The damaged holocrons are visible on the shelf behind them.

* RockBeatsLaser: As the spirits are not tangible, blasters and lightsabers do nil to them. The only way to 'defeat' them is to destroy their altar.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Had Kanan not stuck a tracking device on Ezra, Ezra and Maul would have either been possessed or escaped and been off to Tattooine, with the rebels having no clue where to look.

* WhamEpisode: Ezra, Kanan and Sabine find out Obi-Wan Kenobi is still alive and is apparently 'the key to destroying the Sith', while Maul (who already knew Obi-Wan still lived) now learns where he's actually hiding. The heroes are determined to find Obi-Wan before Maul does. Also, Sabine picks up the abandoned darksaber and -- apparently unaware of what it is -- takes it as her own.

** Most of the episode is set on [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Dathomir]]. Maul notes that the Nightsisters which used to inhabit it were wiped out by the Empire. He's probably simplifying that for Ezra's sake, as they were actually wiped out by the Separatists.

* WhereItAllBegan: Maul deduces that the desert planet with two suns is Tattooine, where he first ran into Obi-Wan (though hardly a formal meeting) and where their final confrontation will soon take place. Maul even lampshades the irony.

* DramaticIrony: Ezra, Kanan, and Sabine take comfort in the fact that Maul has no more information on Obi-Wan's whereabouts than they do, since binary systems are relatively common. Unbeknownst to them, Maul has correctly deduced that the world is Tattooine, a place of significance to them both.

* BinarySuns: When Ezra says they have to look for Obi-Wan on a planet with 'twin suns', Sabine notes that this doesn't exactly narrow it down, showing that binary suns are relatively common in this world-setting [[RealityIsUnrealistic (as indeed they are in real life)]]. This isn't a problem for Maul, who correctly guesses that it's Tattooine due to its shared significance in their pasts.

* WhamEpisode: Ezra, Kanan and Sabine find out Obi-Wan Kenobi is still alive, is apparently 'the key to destroying the Sith' and are determined to find him before Maul does. Also, Sabine picks up the abandoned darksaber and -- unaware what it is -- takes it as her own.

* BinarySuns: When Ezra says they have to look for Obi-Wan on a planet with 'twin suns', Sabine notes that this doesn't exactly narrow it down, showing that binary suns are relatively common in this world-setting [[RealityIsUnrealistic (as indeed they are in real life).]]

** Most of the episode is set on [[WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars Dathomir]].

** It seems the rebels are finally beginning their assault on Lothal's factories, as discussed in "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsStepsIntoShadow Steps into Shadow]]", "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E04TheLastBattle The Last Battle]]", and "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E08AnInsideMan An Inside Man]]".
** Among other relics acquired in his past such as [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E15ShadesOfReason the darksaber]], [[Literature/StarWarsAhsoka Mandalorian supercommando helmets]] and [[ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir dismantled B1 battle droid parts]], Maul is apparently still in possession of [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless Duchess Satine's portrait]] (seen as a section of her leitmotif plays, no less), serving as callbacks to his takeover of Mandalore and leadership of the Shadow Collective during the Clone Wars. Likewise, Maul now maintains a hideout in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre abandoned]] [[Literature/DarkDisciple temples]] of the Nightsisters, and appears to utilize his mother's crystal ball.
* DeadManSwitch: Maul ensures that if he's harmed Chopper Base will be exposed to the Empire, which keeps the Jedi from killing him outright.

* DemonicPossession: Sabine and Kanan get possessed by Magick spirits.

* PowerAtAPrice: Using Nightsister magic will free their spirits, who will take compensation by possessing whoever used the magic.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: Not too obvious at first, but Maul's hideout is covered in unintelligible drawings loosely linked together, he seems to have damaged most of his stuff, he's made some sort of pseudo shrine with Satine's portrait and the darksaber, and "Kenobi" is written in Mandalorian script on the wall with what appears to be blood.
* SoLastSeason: Kanan clarifies to Sabine that no, Ezra didn't agree to Maul's terms because he trusts Maul, but because, in Ezra's own mind, he's extracting information from Maul and cashing in on Maul's need for Ezra.

* TakeMeInstead: Ezra to the Nightsister spirit, so that his friends won't be possessed anymore.
* TrackingDevice: Kanan has grown wary enough to have Sabine put one on Ezra's wrist com with him knowing.

* WhereItAllBegan: It appears that Maul's final confrontation with Obi-Wan will be on Tatooine, where they first met (for a given value of 'met', anyway). Maul even lampshades the irony, even though he can only tell that it's a desert planet with two suns.

* WhereItAllBegan: It appears that Maul's final confrontation with Obi-Wan will be on Tatooine, where they first met. Maul even lampshades the irony, even though he can only tell that it's a desert planet with two suns.

* PowerAtAPrice: Using Nightsister magic will free their spirits, who will take compensation by possessing whoever used the magic. Of course, they don't seem too picky about who they possess.

* RoomFullOfCrazy: Not too obvious at first, but Maul's hideout is covered in unintelligible drawings loosely linked together, he seems to have damaged most of his stuff, he's made some sort of pseudo shrine with Satine's portrait and the darksaber, and "Kenobi" is written in Mandalorian script on the wall with what appears to be blood.
* SoulJar: The altar contains the spirits of dead Nightsisters, who allow Maul to use their power in exchange for physical bodies. Ezra ends up destroying it to stop them.

* DeadMansSwitch: Maul ensures that if he's killed Chopper Base will be exposed to the Empire, which keeps the Jedi from killing him outright.

** It seems that the episode is set on [[WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars Dathomir]].

* DemonicPossession: Ezra, Sabine, Kanan, and Maul all get possessed by a Magick spirit.

* TheLostLenore: Maul subtle FreudianSlip at indirectly referring to Ezra as brothers confirms that Ezra has been his Savage stand in.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Kanan and Sabine arrive on Dathomir to save Ezra, but are possessed and forced to fight him instead.

* WeWillMeetAgain: Although Ezra flatly rejects Maul's demand that he'll join him in his vengeance against Kenobi, Maul doesn't even kill Ezra and simply scolds Ezra for disappointing him while slinking off to his ship in a manner that suggests that he will somehow have Ezra come around to him.
* WillingChanneler: Maul allows the spirit to possess him, and Ezra is persuaded to do the same.

* TheBusCameBack: The Bendu returns after his last appearance, [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E01TheHolocronsOfFate eight episodes ago]], to help the Jedi deal with Maul who's also resurfaced.

* TakeMeInstead: Ezra to the Magick spirit, so that his friends won't be possessed anymore.