History Recap / StarWarsRebelsS3E09VisionsAndVoices

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Subverted. Sabine questions why Ezra would continue to trust Maul despite past betrayals (similar to how he's willing to put his faith in a con-man like Hondo). However, Kanan clarifies that Ezra ''doesn't'' trust Maul anymore, only agreeing to go to get the information he wants and to protect their base from being exposed by Maul.

* NowYouTellMe: Ezra, when Maul warns him not to let the spirits of the Nightsisters touch him.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Maul continues to be thoroughly delusional about Ezra's attachment to his friends, fully expecting Ezra to leave them after they've been possessed and become his apprentice. Ezra calls Maul out on this, stating his refusal to abandon his family.

* NotSoDifferent: Maul tells Ezra to abandon his attachments, which is a Jedi perspective, not a Sith one.

* 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 Tatooine, a place of significance to them both. On the other hand, we know Maul obviously isn't going to succeed in killing Obi-Wan.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Maul continues to be thoroughly delusional about Ezra's attachment to his friends, fully expecting Ezra to leave them after they've been possessed and become his apprentice. Ezra calls Maul out on this.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Subverted. Sabine questions why Ezra would continue to trust Maul despite past betrayals (similar to how he's willing to put his faith in a con-man like Hondo). However, Kanan clarifies that Ezra ''doesn't'' trust Maul anymore, only agreeing to go with him because he believes doing so can give him the information he wants.

* InternalReveal: Kanan, Ezra and Sabine find out that Obi-Wan Kenobi is still alive. Maul finds out where he's hiding.
* TheLostLenore: Maul's subtle FreudianSlip at indirectly referring to Ezra as his brother confirms that Ezra has been his stand in for Savage.
* MentalFusion: Ezra and Maul briefly form one to put together the clues they got from both holocrons.
* MoodSwinger: Maul's SanitySlippage from the holocron fusion is starting to show, especially in his last conversation with Ezra where he snaps back and forth between angry and genuinely pleading, and starts laughing for seemingly no reason at the end of it.

** The Bendu warns that while merging the holocrons carried great danger, breaking the connection before they got their answer has its own consequences.

* 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 [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E05ImperialSupercommandos "Imperial Supercommandos"]]. Of course it's possible she just found some of the same model and repainted them.

* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: With getting possessed being added to the list of bad things that have happened to Kanan when they've teamed up with Maul, Kanan says outright he doesn't care what Maul's holding over their heads, they are not teaming up with him again.
* 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.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Subverted. Sabine questions why Ezra would continue to trust Maul despite past betrayals (similar to how he's willing to put his faith in a con-man like Hondo). However, Kanan clarifies that Ezra ''doesn't'' trust Maul anymore, only agreeing to go with him because he believes he can him to get the information he wants.

* {{Hallucinations}}: Rather than [[FaintingSeer passing out]] or [[DreamingOfThingsToCome having them in his sleep]], Ezra starts seeing and hearing Maul on the base. Justified, since they aren't natural Force visions.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Subverted. Sabine questions why Ezra would continue to trust Maul despite past betrayals (similar to how he's willing to put his faith in a con-man like Hondo), but Kanan clarifies that Ezra only agreed because he believes he can use Maul to get the information he wants.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Maul commanding Ezra to let go of his attachments -- Kanan and Sabine -- all while begging Ezra to essentially be [[ReplacementGoldfish his replacement for his deceased brother]]. Not to mention he also demands Ezra "forget the past", you know, like Maul himself clearly has not, given his obsessive need for revenge against Palpatine for ruining his life.

* MoodSwinger: Maul's SanitySlippage from the holocron fusion is starting to show, especially in his last conversation to Ezra where he snaps back and forth between angry and genuinely pleading, and starts laughing for seemingly no reason at the end of it.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Maul commanding Ezra to let go of his attachments -- Kanan and Sabine -- all while begging Ezra to essentially be his replacement for his deceased brother. Not to mention he also demands Ezra "forget the past", you know, like Maul himself clearly has not, given his obsessive need for revenge against Palpatine for ruining his life.

* TheLostLenore: Maul's subtle FreudianSlip at indirectly referring to Ezra as his brother confirms that Ezra has been his Savage stand in.

* MentalFusion: Ezra and Maul briefly form one to put together the clues they got from both holocrons.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Maul continues to be thoroughly delusional about Ezra's attachment to his friends, fully expecting Ezra to leave them after they've been possessed and become his apprentice.

* BilingualBonus: The writing on the wall in Maul's hideout says 'KENOBI' in Mandalorian.

** The darksaber returns after last being seen in Maul's hands in ''[[ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir Son of Dathomir]]'' (and presumably the Siege of Mandalore), being found by Ezra in Maul's hideout before falling into Sabine's hands.

** The green glowing eyes that Kanan and Sabine get from being possessed by the Nightsister ghosts - as well as the ghosts' desire to rebuild their clan by possessing others - is reminiscent of [[ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir the time that Mother Talzin possessed Count Dooku to restore her physical form]].

* 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 takes it as her own.

* ArcWords: "Where it all began", "a desert planet with twin suns".

* ArcWords: "Where it all began," "a desert planet with twin suns."

* 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 ([[ShownTheirWork as indeed they are in real life]]). This isn't a problem for Maul, who correctly guesses that it's Tatooine due to its shared significance in their pasts.

** The rebels are in the final planning stages of 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 call backs 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.

* DefacementInsult: Maul has defaced the portrait of the late Satine by crossing out her eyes and drawing a slash over her throat with red color.

* 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 Tatooine, a place of significance to them both. On the other hand, we know Maul obviously isn't going to succeed in killing Obi-Wan.
* DualWielding: Ezra takes his lightsaber and the darksaber to destroy the altar.

** The Nightsister visions tell of a "desert planet" with "twin suns." Anyone with even a passing knowledge of ''Star Wars'' will immediately think of Tatooine. "Where it all began" indeed.

* {{Hallucinations}}: Rather than [[FaintingSeer passing out]] or [[DreamingOfThingsToCome having them in his sleep]], Ezra starts seeing and hearing Maul on the base. Justified since they aren't natural Force visions.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Maul commanding Ezra to let go of his attachments-Kanan and Sabine-all while begging Ezra to essentially be his replacement for his deceased brother. Not to mention he also demands Ezra "forget the past", you know, like Maul himself clearly has not, given his obsessive need for revenge against Palpatine for ruining his life.

* 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 defaced portrait and the darksaber, and "Kenobi" is written in Mandalorian script on the wall with what appears to be blood.

* 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". Of course it's possible she just found some of the same model and repainted them.

* 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 takes it as her own.

** There's also the fact that the episode is based upon Dathomir, where the setup for Darth Maul's return began (specifically, in Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars'').
* VoiceOfTheLegion: While possessed by the Nightsister spirits, their voices echo over Kanan and Sabine's.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Maul commanding Ezra to let go of his attachments-Kanan and Sabine-all while begging Ezra to essentially be his replacement for his deceased brother.

** There's also the fact that episode is based upon Dathomir, where the setup for Darth Maul's return began (specifically, in Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars''.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Ezra attempts this with Kanan and Sabine, but it doesn't work.

** 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 (then again, both armies were commanded by Palpatine).

* NotSoDifferent: Maul urges Ezra to "forget atachments" and focus on his goal, not unlike the old code of a certain order Ezra belongs to.

* 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 Tatooine due to its shared significance in their pasts.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Nightsister visions tell of a "desert planet" with "twin suns." Anyone with even a passing knowledge of ''Star Wars'' will immediately think of Tatooine. "Where it all began" indeed.

** Kanan and Sabine arrive on Dathomir to save Ezra, but are possessed and forced to fight him instead.

* WhereItAllBegan: Maul deduces that the desert planet with two suns is Tatooine, 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.
** The trope is name-dropped at least once in the episode (see ArcWords above).

* VoiceOfTheLegion: Being possessed by a Nightsister spirit will have the Nightsister's voice replace your own.

* 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 Tatooine, a place of significance to them both. On the other hand, we know Maul isn't going to succeed in killing him.