History Recap / StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless

* KickTheDog: Maul killed Satine to torment Obi-Wan. Two dogs, one kick.

* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Bo-Katan, now siding with Satine and later helping to rescue Obi-Wan, barely wears her helmet in this episode despite having worn it constantly during combat in her previous appearances.

* BreakTheBadass: Darth Maul murders Duchess Satine just to make Obi-Wan suffer and lose the will to fight.
** Sidious later does this to Maul by brutally killing Savage and defeating him so utterly, Maul is left begging for mercy.

** Maul's line, quoted under OhCrap, where he mentions "a presence [he] hasn't felt since . . .", is something Darth Vader will say regarding Obi-Wan in ''Film/ANewHope''.

** Sidious has a pair of identical red lightsabers [[note]] this retroactively explains how in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' Sidious still has a Lightsaber for his duel with Yoda, despite the lightsaber he used in his earlier duel with Mace Windu being destroyed [[/note]].

** Bo-Katan is pretty saddened when Obi-Wan says, "You're Satine's sister, aren't you? I'm so sorry . . ."

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The relief in front of which Sidious duels the Nightbrothers depicts Mandalorians fighting Jedi. The Jedi (but not the Mandalorians) are drawn in a very cartoonish, caricature style. Some of the Mandalorian helmets depicted also resemble those of the Clone Troopers more than usual, possibly counting as {{Foreshadowing}}.

* OhCrap: Darth Maul gives one of these when he senses his former Master's arrival
-->'''Darth Maul:''' [[CallForward I sense a presence, a presence I haven't felt since]] . . . ''[realizes who's arrived]'' . . . ''[[TheDreaded Master?!]]''

* RevengeByProxy: Maul has decided that rather than just kill Obi-Wan, he'd rather watch his [[ArchEnemy arch-enemy]] suffer. He follows through by fatally stabbing Satine, letting Obi-Wan hold her as she dies, and planning to lock him away to wallow in despair.

--> '''Obi-Wan''': [[LittleNo No...]] it ''can't'' be...
* TookALevelInBadass: Korkie and his friends, who were last seen as meddling students, are now teaming up with Bo-Katan to rescue Satine and gunning down Death Watch commandoes in the process.
* UncomfortableElevatorMoment: When Obi-Wan (disguised as a Maul-factionist Death Watch member) attempts to break Satine out of prison, they run into a Death Watch member at the elevators. The guy is a bit slow, but eventually asks for the authorization code, at which point, Obi-Wan has to knock him out.

* DualWielding: Sidious has two red lightsabers and Maul ends up using his normal lightsaber and the Darksaber.

** Sidious has two lightsabers, just like he will by the time of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''; only in the movie, he will not use both of them at the same time on account of losing one during the duel in his office.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The now-divided Death Watch. Those following Maul are indicated by red and black armour (one of the [[MookLieutenant lieutenants]] has Zabrak-like horns on his helmet, too) while those loyal to Bo-Katan have the same colour scheme they always had.

* DontYouDarePityMe: When Obi-Wan tries to sympathise with Maul, saying that he knows Maul didn't choose to turn to the Dark Side, Maul becomes angry and starts Force-choking Satine as a prelude to killing her.
* DownerEnding: Satine is killed by Maul, Mandalore ends up engulfed in a civil war, Bo-Katan is left in a BolivianArmyEnding, and Savage is killed by Sidious, who brutalises Maul while promising an even worse fate for his former apprentice.

* FanServicePack: Soniee and Lagos, the female cadets that were introduced in the season three episode "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E6TheAcademy The Academy]]", were hit by puberty rather hard over the TimeSkip via the fact that they developed very voluptuous yet athletic bodies and impressive busts.
* {{Foil}}: Obi-Wan and Maul are noticeably compared and contrasted in this episode. Their confrontation in the throne room has them both espouse the power of their chosen side of the Force while referring to the weakness of the other. Obi-Wan remains calm throughout, while Maul gets angry when Obi-Wan tries to sympathise with him. They also both find themselves in similar situations, being at the mercy of an enemy (Obi-Wan at Maul's after the destruction of the ''Twilight'', Maul at Sidious' after being defeated) and losing a loved one whose last words refer to their bond (Satine is murdered by Maul and dies expressing love for Obi-Wan while Savage is killed by Sidious and dies apologizing for being an unworthy apprentice for his brother).

-->'''Darth Maul:''' [[CallForward I sense a presence, a presence I haven't felt since]] . . . ''[realises who's arrived]'' . . . ''[[TheDreaded Master?!]]''

* NoEnding: The episode abruptly ends with Darth Sidious torturing Darth Maul with Force Lightning, while saying that he may have some use for Maul. It was in fact meant to lead into a four-part follow-up arc for Maul in season six, but ''The Clone Wars'' was cancelled. It was eventually released as the canonical comic book storyline ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir''.

Maul has taken control of Death Watch, and lures Obi-Wan to Mandalore using Satine. Meanwhile, Darth Sidious does not like what he is hearing about Mandalore.

* FanServicePack: Soniee and Lagos, the female cadets that were introduced in the season three episode "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E6TheAcademy "The Academy]]", were hit by puberty rather hard over the TimeSkip via the fact that they developed very voluptuous yet athletic bodies and impressive busts.

** Obi-Wan infiltrates Sundari using his Rako Hardeen disguise from season four.

** Sidious has two lightsabers, just like he will in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''; only in the movie, he will not use both of them at the same time on account of losing one during the duel in his office.

* DualWielding: Sidious has two red lightsabers, and Maul ends up using his normal saber and the Darksaber.

* EnemyMine: Bo-Katan helping Satine and Obi-Wan out. Even lampshaded by the classic line, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

* {{Foil}}: Obi-Wan and Maul are noticeably compared and contrasted in this episode. Their confrontation in the throne room has them both espouse the power of their chosen side of the Force while referring to the weakness of the other. Obi-Wan remains calm throughout, while Maul gets angry when Obi-Wan tries to sympathise with him. They also both find themselves in similar situations, being at the mercy of an enemy (Obi-Wan at Maul's after the destruction of the ''Twilight'', Maul at Sidious' after being defeated) and losing a loved one whose last words refer to their bond (Satine is murdered by Maul and dies expressing love for Obi-Wan while Savage is killed by Sidious and dies apologising for being an unworthy apprentice for his brother).
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The relief in front of which Sidious duels the Nightbrothers depicts Mandalorians fighting Jedi. The Jedi (but not the Mandalorians) are drawn in a very cartoonish, caricature style. Some of the Mandalorian helmets depicted also resemble those of the Clones more than usual, possibly counting as {{Foreshadowing}}.

* NoEnding: The episode abruptly ends with Darth Sidious torturing Darth Maul with Force Lightning, while saying that he may have some use for Maul. It was in fact meant to lead into a four-part follow-up arc for Maul in season six, but ''The Clone Wars'' was cancelled. It was eventually released as the comic storyline ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir''.

** Maul loses his brother to Sidious and has a parting moment with him much like Obi-Wan did with Qui-Gon when Maul killed him. For bonus points, this is just after Maul has taken away another of Obi-Wan's loved ones.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The Death Watch troopers express their new loyalty to Maul by repainting their armour to mirror his red and black skin.

** Bo-Katan is pretty saddened when Obi-Wan says, "You're [Satine's] sister, aren't you? I'm so sorry . . ."

* BolivianArmyEnding: For Bo-Katan, who is last seen fighting Maul's group of Death Watch while Obi-Wan escapes Mandalore. She would have eventually returned in the planned series finale about the Siege of Mandalore. She makes her actual reappearance in the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.

** The final duel is quite reminiscent of the climactic duel of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.

** Maul's line, quoted under OhCrap, where he mentions "a presence [he] hasn't felt since . . .", is something Darth Vader says regarding Obi-Wan in ''Film/ANewHope''.
** Sidious has two lightsabers, like he does in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''; only in the movie he doesn't use both of them at the same time on account of losing one during the duel in his office.

* FanServicePack: Soniee and Lagos, the female cadets from the season three episode "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E6TheAcademy "The Academy]]", were hit by puberty rather hard over the TimeSkip.
* {{Foil}}: Obi-Wan and Maul are noticeably compared and contrasted in this episode. Their confrontation in the throne room has them both espouse the power of their chosen side of the Force while referring to the weakness of the other. Obi-Wan remains calm throughout, while Maul gets angry when Obi-Wan tries to sympathise with him. They also both find themselves in similar situations, being at the mercy of an enemy (Obi-Wan at Maul's after the destruction of the ''Twilight'', Maul at Sidious' after being defeated) and losing a loved one whose last words refer to their bond (Satine is murdered by Maul and dies expressing love for Obi-Wan, while Savage is killed by Sidious and dies apologising for being an unworthy apprentice for his brother).

* TookALevelInBadass: Korkie and his friends, last seen as meddling students, are now teaming up with Bo-Katan to rescue Satine and gunning down Death Watch commandoes in the process.

** Obi-Wan infiltrates Sundari using his Rako Hardeen disguise from Season 4.

** Sidious has two lightsabers, like he does in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''; only in the movie he doesn't use both of them at the same time, on account of losing one during the duel in his office.

* FanServicePack: Soniee and Lagos, the female cadets from the Season 3 episode [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E6TheAcademy "The Academy"]], were hit by puberty rather hard over the TimeSkip.
* {{Foil}}: Maul and Obi-Wan are noticeably compared and contrasted in this episode. Their confrontation in the throne room has them both espouse the power of their chosen side of the Force while referring to the weakness of the other. Obi-Wan remains calm throughout, while Maul gets angry when Obi-Wan tries to sympathise with him. They also both find themselves in similar situations, being at the mercy of an enemy (Obi-Wan at Maul's after the destruction of the ''Twilight'', Maul at Sidious' after being defeated) and losing a loved one whose last words refer to their bond (Satine is murdered by Maul and dies expressing love for Obi-Wan, while Savage is killed by Sidious and dies apologising for being an unworthy apprentice for his brother).

* HeroicSecondWind: After Sidious kills Savage, and mocks Maul about being replaced as the Sith apprentice, Maul goes toe-to-toe with his former Master in the remainder of their lightsaber duel, [[SubvertedTrope but is ultimately defeated]].

* NoEnding: The episode abruptly ends with Darth Sidious torturing Darth Maul with Force Lightning, while saying that he may have some use for Maul. It was in fact meant to lead into a four-part follow-up arc for Maul in Season Six, before the show was cancelled; this was eventually released as the comic storyline ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir''.

* RedOniBlueOni: Bo-Katan is the red oni to Satine's blue oni. Helped by the fact the two are actually sisters.

* TookALevelInBadass: Korkie and his friends, last seen as meddling students, are now teaming up with Bo-Katan to rescue Satine, gunning down Death Watch commandoes in the process.

* BadassGrandpa: Darth Sidious in spades, at last.

* BolivianArmyEnding: For Bo-Katan, who is last seen fighting Maul's group of Death Watch while Obi-Wan escapes Mandalore. She would have eventually returned in the planned series finale about the Siege of Mandalore.

* RevengeByProxy: Maul has decided that rather than just kill Obi-Wan, he'd rather watch his [[Archenemy arch-enemy]] suffer. He follows through by fatally stabbing Satine, letting Obi-Wan hold her as she dies, and planning to lock him away to wallow in despair.

* EnemyMine: Bo-Katan helping Satine and Obi-Wan out. Even lampshaded by the classic line, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."*

* NoEnding: The episode abruptly ends with Darth Sidious torturing Darth Maul with Force Lightning, while saying that he may have some use for Maul. It was in fact meant to lead into a four-part finale for Maul in Season Six, before the show was cancelled; this was eventually released as the comic storyline ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir''.

* WouldHitAGirl: Darth Maul stabs Duchess Satine just so that he can make Obi-Wan suffer.

* EnemyMine: Bo-Katan helping Satine and Obi-Wan out. Even lampshaded by the classic line, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:

* BackForTheDead: The ''Twilight'' returns after having been last seen in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E3ChildrenOfTheForce "Children of the Force"]], only to be destroyed.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:

* EnemyMine: Bo-Katan helping Satine and Obi-Wan out. Even lampshaded by the classic line, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

!! This episode provide examples of:

* BolivianArmyEnding: For Bo-Katan, who is last seen fighting Maul's group of Death Watch while Obi-Wan escapes Mandalore. But she will probably return.

* BlatantLies: Maul claims all he has done has been to prove himself worthy of returning to Sidious's side. Unfortunately, his former Master sees through it in an eye-blink.

* CallBack: Obi Wan infiltrates Sundari using his Rako Hardeen disguise from Season 4.

** Sidious has two lightsabers, like he does in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''; only in the movie he doesn't use both of them at the same time, on account of losing one during the duel in his office.

** Bo-Katan is pretty saddened when Obi-Wan says, "You're Satine's sister, aren't you? I'm so sorry . . ."

** The ending of the episode features Darth Sidious triumphant, having just killed Savage Oppress and in the midst of torturing Darth Maul. [[SoundtrackDissonance Cue the upbeat credits theme!]]

-->'''Darth Maul:''' [[ShoutOut I sense a presence, a presence I haven't felt since]] . . . ''[realises who's arrived]'' . . . ''[[TheDreaded Master?!]]''

-->''Morality separates heroes from villains.''

Maul has taken control Death Watch, and lures Obi-Wan to Mandalore using Satine. Meanwhile, Darth Sidious does not like what he is hearing about Mandalore.

* ActorAllusion: Yet another character named [[Film/MoulinRouge Satine]], in love with a character who was portrayed by Creator/EwanMcGregor, doomed to die in his arms thanks to a blood-filled lung.

* BlatantLies: Maul claims all he has done has been to prove himself worthy of returning to Sidious' side. Unfortunately, his former Master sees through it in an eye-blink.

* BreakTheBadass[=/=]KickTheDog: Darth Maul murders Duchess Satine just to make Obi-Wan suffer and lose the will to fight.

* CurbstompBattle: Depending on your point of view, the epic Sith fight is one of these: on the one hand, the brothers manage to land a blow each on Sidious (who, at one point, seems fatigued); on the other hand, Sidious is laughing maniacally the entire time and ragdolls the brothers more than once with the Force, and every blow they did land, Sidious ended up taking advantage of.

** Bo-Katan was pretty saddened when Obi-Wan says, " You're Satine's sister, aren't you? I'm so sorry . . ."
** Darth Maul was pretty upset when Savage Opress was killed by Darth Sidious.

* FanServicePack: [[http://imageshack.us/a/img521/1213/spacecadetsopt.jpg Soniee and Lagos the female cadets]] from the Season 3 episode [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E6TheAcademy "The Academy"]] were hit by puberty rather hard over the TimeSkip.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The relief in front of which Sidious duels the Nightbrothers depicts Mandalorians fighting Jedi. The Jedi (but not the Mandalorians) are drawn in a very cartoonish, caricature style. Some of the Mandalorian helmets depicted also resemble those of the Clones more than usual, possibly counting as foreshadowing.

* HeroicSecondWind: After Sidious killed Savage, and mocked him, about being replaced as the Sith apprentice, Maul went toe-to-toe with his former Master in the remainder of their ligthsaber duel, [[SubvertedTrope but was ultimately defeated]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Twice in this episode, with Duchess Satine (courtesy of Darth Maul) and Savage Opress (courtesy of Darth Sidious)
* InMemoriam: This episode was dedicated to Ian Abercrombie, the voice actor for Palpatine/Darth Sidious who had passed away one year prior to this episode's airing. His lines in this episode were some of the last he ever recorded.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: The episode ends gloriously with one of these for Darth Maul at the hands of Darth Sidious. Of course, Sidious's actions are ''excessive'', so it may be subverted.

** This episode is a somewhat light-hearted rescue mission up until the ''Twilight'' gets destroyed. This was discussed in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QwMMpqsPYTk The Clone Wars Google Hangout.]]
** The ending of the episode features Darth Sidious triumphant, having just killed Savage Oppress and putting Darth Maul through torture. [[SoundtrackDissonance Cue the upbeat credits theme!]]
* NoEnding: The episode abruptly ends with Darth Sidious torturing Darth Maul with Force Lightning, while saying that he may have some use for Maul. It was in fact meant to lead into a four-part finale for Maul in Season Six, before the show was cancelled; and eventually got released as the comic storyline ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir''.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Sidious deals a ferocious one to Maul with the Force after disarming him in the wake of Savage's death

-->'''Darth Maul:''' [[ShoutOut I sense a presence, a presence I haven't felt since]] . . .''[realises who's arrived]'' . . . ''[[TheDreaded Master?!]]''

* UncomfortableElevatorMoment: When Obi-Wan (disguised as a Maul-factionist DW member) attempted to break Satine out of prison, they ran into a Death Watch member at the elevators. They guy was a bit slow, but eventually asked for the authorization code, at which point, Obi-Wan had to knock him out.

Maul has conquered the Death Watch, and lures Obi-Wan to Mandalore using Satine. Meanwhile, Darth Sidious does not like what he is hearing about Mandalore.

* ActorAllusion: Yet another character named [[Film/MoulinRouge Satine]], in love with a character who was portrayed by Creator/EwanMcGregor , doomed to die in his arms thanks to a blood-filled lung.

* BadassGrandpa: Darth Sidious in spades, at last
* BlatantLies: Maul claims all he has done has been to prove himself worthy of returning to Sidious's side. Unfortunately, his former Master sees through it in an eye-blink.
* BolivianArmyEnding: For Bo-Katan, who is last seen fighting Maul's group of Death Watch while Obi-Wan escapes Mandalore. But she probably will return.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The now-divided Death Watch. Those following Maul are indicated by red and black armor (one of the [[MookLieutenant lieutenants]] has Zabrak-like horns on his helmet, too) while those loyal to Bo-Katan have the same color scheme they always had.
* CurbstompBattle: Depending on your point of view, the epic Sith fight is one of these: on the one hand, the Zabraks manage to land a blow each on Sidious (who, at one point, seems fatigued); on the other hand, Sidious is pretty much laughing the entire time and ragdolls the brothers more than once with the Force, and every blow the Zabraks did land, Sidious ended up taking advantage of.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Duchess Satine dies in Obi-Wan's arms after being stabbed by Darth Maul

** Bo-Katan was pretty saddened when Obi-Wan says, " You're Satine's sister, aren't you? I'm so sorry..."

* EvilVersusEvil: The Nightbrothers vs Sideous. Fans have waited years for Palpatine to show why he is the Master of the Sith, and boy, does he not disappoint. DualWielding two red sabers against Maul and Savage, he is able to go toe to toe with both of them, and he is having a whale of a time doing it.
* FanServicePack: [[http://imageshack.us/a/img521/1213/spacecadetsopt.jpg Soniee and Lagos the female cadets]] from the Season 3 episode "The Academy" were hit by puberty rather hard over the TimeSkip.

* HeroicSecondWind: After Sidious killed Savage, and mocked him, about being replaced as the Sith apprenice, Maul went toe-to-toe with his former Master in the remainder of their ligthsaber duel, [[SubvertedTrope but was ultimately defeated]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Twice in this episode with Duchess Satine (courtesy of Darth Maul) and Savage Opress (Courtesy of Darth Sidious)

* KilledOffForReal: Satine and Savage Oppress.

** This episode is a somewhat light-hearted rescue mission up until the Twilight gets destroyed. This was discussed in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QwMMpqsPYTk The Clone Wars Google Hangout.]]

* NoEnding: The episode abruptly ends with Darth Sidious torturing Darth Maul with Force Lightning, while saying that he may have some use for Maul. It was in fact meant to lead into a four-part finale for Maul in Season Six, before the show was cancelled; and eventually got released as the comic storyline ''Son Of Dathomir''.

* OhCrap: Darth Maul gives one of these when he senses his Master's arrival
-->'''Darth Maul''': [[ShoutOut I sense a presence, a presence I haven't felt since]]...''[realises who's arrived]''...''[[TheDreaded Master?!]]''
* RedOniBlueOni: Bo-Katan being the red oni, to Satine's blue oni. Helped by the fact the two are actually sisters.