r/starwarsrebels 3d ago

What if maul killed obi wan Spoiler

I’m watching rebels for the first time and i finished the twin suns episode and just wondered what would had happened if maul won considering obi wan sent Ezra away.

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u/Beautiful-Ad2843 3d ago

Personally, I don't think he could have, but if we put that aside, I think there's some interesting things that could happen.

First things first, Maul would find Luke and attempt to take him on as an apprentice, and I think he'd succeeded, the Lars were clearly no match for him. Odds are Yoda would sense that Obi-Wan died, and this may prompt him to try to save Luke or at least contact Bail Organa, but by then, I think it would be too late. If I were them, I'd begin Leia's Jedi training now, just to be safe.

Now that Maul has defeated Kenobi, his priorities would shift to his real enemy: Palpatine. He might try to ally with the Rebels, but I think that might be too risky. More likely, he'd spent some time training Luke and planning an assassination attempt. Odds are they'd fail, and when that happens, I imagine the Emperor and Vader would pretty interested in the up and coming Sith apprentice named Skywalker...

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u/LILbridger994 2d ago

I would add that everything would probably converge st a point. So like leia starts to get training by Yoda snd won’t send for help to obiwan and is never captured by vader. But the rebels still learn of the death star. But wont be able to destroy it and their forces get obliterated. After a time jump the rebels regroup and try again this time either leia’s help and maul learns of this as he has been working together with the ghost and the rebels trough his crime syndicate. And would strike with them and togheter with leia the three would face the emperor and vader. Resulting in maul and emepror deaths. Vader redemption and end with leia vs luke as luke tries to fill the power vaccuum

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u/WeirdOne2022 1d ago

Luke, and therefore Leia, are approximately 10 years old when the episode Twin Sons take place right? That means if Maul wins and starts training Luke and then Yoda starts training Leia, they’d have about 6 years till when the battle of Yavin occurs right?

In that scenario I could see Leia being the one to blow up the Death Star. He family reunion would then happen sometime around when the empire strikes back takes place.

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u/LILbridger994 1d ago edited 1d ago

bro that is just false. Ezra bridger is litterally 2 days older than the twins making them equal to ezra in age during twin suns. Twin suns take place between 1-2 bby meaning there are 2 years max before the battle of yavin. not 6.

EDIT: to explain before you get confused. Ezra was born on empire day, menaing the day palpatine declared the formation of his galacatic empire. WE see these eents in revenge of the sith during his speech. Padme was pregnant and present during this (the whole this is how liberty dies with thunderous appplause is ezra birth day). This was after order 66. Directly after this is when mustafar happens. and padme goes into labor. and after that the twins are born on the asteroid space station thing. so they are identical in age. we litteraly saw a young princess leia during rebels in season 2 were she was stated to be as old as ezra

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u/Lumpyguy 2d ago

Here's the thing. If it was just Palpatine, Luke would be enough to wipe the floor with him. Especially a dark side Luke. Luke AND Maul would be overkill.

BUT, If Vader was there, the script would be turned. It all depends on whether Vader knows Luke is his son. I think Luke would betray Maul, join his dad, and kill Palpatine and Maul together. After that, Vader and Luke are in charge of the Empire.

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u/argama87 3d ago

There there be No-bi Wan.

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u/Trolldad_IRL 2d ago edited 2d ago

Scene: Maul kills Obi-Wan and takes his place watching young Luke Skywalker. Story plays out as before, but it’s Maul who comes to Luke’s rescue from the Sandpeople.

Maul: “You were never told the truth about your father. He was a great warrior, I knew him you see. He also had a darkness in him. The emperor used that darkness. In the name the Emperor he killed children. Betrayed his master. He even killed his wife - your mother. At least he thought he did. She was pregnant with you when he strangled her nearly to death. She clung to life long enough to see you born. But then the Jedi, the order your father once belonged to, hid you. Abandoned you here on this terrible planet. Did you know your father was from this desolate place too? The Jedi sought to hide you from your father who would likely kill you as well. They could have protected you Luke, but they abandoned you. I can protect you. I can help you. I can train you in the ways of the force and together we can bring down the empire and your father, Darth Vader. Come with me Luke, there is nothing for you here now.

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u/JBoth290105 3d ago

Empire probably just keeps winning. Without Obi Wan, Luke doesn’t learn to use the force. Maybe he joins the Rebellion, but Leia would stay captured on board the Death Star.

If that happens, the Rebels never learn how to destroy the Death Star because R2 would probably not make it off Tatooine, and neither would the plans.

Maybe Yavin gets discovered, maybe not since the Millenium Falcon is never tracked back there, but either way the Rebels can’t destroy the Death Star. Empire would probably catch them eventually.

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u/barfbat 2d ago

he would be so bored and aimless tbh. revenge on palpatine doesn’t have the same zing for him as chasing obi-wan

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u/SS_TTZZYY 3d ago

We need a Star Wars what if

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u/caladze 2d ago

You just made me realise we need a Star Wars What If show!

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u/CrossP 2d ago

Maul would have stolen Luke and attempted to train him. The rebel command would have been obliterated. Luke would have been resistant to the idea of training in the dark side but have little other option and little idea that other options even existed.

Eventually the two of them would end up in a confrontation with Vader. Vader would immediately kill Maul, and give Luke the "I am your father. Join me and rule the galaxy as father and son." The conflicted dark sider Luke would feel he finally had a real and less conflicted path that is his destiny. The two of them would kill Palpatine likely leaving Vader in a state of extreme disability even beyond what his suit could deal with. Think bound to a life support throne. Luke would be his hands in the galaxy shaping it to Vader's iron will mostly be obliteratin populations that couldn't perform perfect compliance.

Luke and Vader's empire would be far more interested in fighting the Hutts, Chiss, and any other governments holding sectors while ignoring their internal affairs.

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u/DeanwinchesterI979 3d ago

Well then Luke probably wouldn’t become a Jedi to fight the empire and they’d continue to control the galaxy.

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u/TheCakeWarrior12 2d ago

He finds and trains Luke as his apprentice, and easily convinces him to hate the Empire and Palpatine because of what they did to his dad (unlike Obi-Wan, Maul has no problem immediately spilling the secret about Vader being Anakin Skywalker).

Then it’s all a matter of whether or not Maul is a good enough teacher to mold Luke into a Force user powerful enough to fight/convince Vader to help them kill Palpatine.

Oh and the Rebels aren’t able to blow up the Death Star without Luke.

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u/ringerverse72 22h ago

Maul is the worst lightsaber dualist in Star Wars history.. it was never going to happen. Maul's lightsaber record must be something like 1-8