However....there are other meansPart 1 summary:
Part I - Ezra, Kanan, Chopper and Ahsoka arrive on Malachor - a Sith world long forbidden to the Jedi - in search of knowledge with which to combat Vader the Inquisitors, though Chopper warns them they are not alone as another ship is on the planet. Landing within a massive crater, Ezra accidentally causes the Jedi to fall into an underground cavern - containing a Sith Temple and the site of an immense, ancient battlefield between Sith and Jedi. They soon after find the other ship's owner - an Inquisitor known as the Eighth Brother, who's attack seperates Ezra from Kanan and Ahsoka. With help from Chopper, Kanan and Ahsoka capture the Eighth Brother and his ship - though he manages to signal help - and learn he was on Malachor searching for "a shadow." Meanwhile, Ezra encounters an old hermit calling himself the "Old Master", who offers to help him get into the Temple as it requires two Force-users to open and later reveals himself to be the Eighth Brother's target and a former Sith. Upon reaching the Temple, "Old Master" coerces Ezra to tap his anger and passions to enter it and helps him recover a Sith holocron, during which he reveals himself to be Darth Maul. Ahsoka and Kanan arrive at the Temple entrance but are ambushed by the Seventh Sister and Fifth Brother, who free the Eighth Brother and duel the pair until Ezra and Maul arrive to drive them off.
Now, the teasers beforehand gave a few spoilers away; the "old hermit" had a line when asked by Ezra if he was a Sith, responded "The Sith...The Sith took EVERYTHING from me. Tore me from my mother's arms. Killed my Brother. Used me as a weapon and then cast me aside! Abandoned me! Once, I had power....now, I have nothing...NOTHING.." Yeah. If you didn't get that THAT is Darth Maul, you have been taking Kylo Ren level stupid pills
And Ezra opening the Sith Holocron is NOT good. Only a force-sensitive using emotions, anger, RAGE can access their holocrons. It gets worse...
Part II - On Ezra's instance, Kanan and Ahsoka begrudgingly allow Maul to help them after he reveals the Sith Holocron can unlock the temple's deepest secrets, with Maul pointing out that the Inquisitors will inform Darth Vader of their presence. Unwilling to let Vader claim the temple's power and knowing none of them can match Vader alone, they work together to scale the temple and finally kill the three Inquisitors, though Ezra's trust in Maul unsettles Kanan as the former Sith tries to tempt Ezra toward embracing the Dark Side, eventually sending Ezra ahead with the Holocron to access the temple core. However, Maul betrays the group and blinds Kanan with his lightsaber, revealing his true intentions of making Ezra his Sith apprentice, while Ezra is shocked to learn the temple is actually a massive weapon Maul tricked him into activating for use in his revenge. Despite the loss of his eyes, Kanan manages to knock Maul off the temple while Ahsoka runs to stop the it's activation - only to find that Darth Vader has arrived, having cornered Ezra by destroying his lightsaber. Ahsoka then duels Vader alone while Kanan and Chopper help Ezra remove the Sith Holocron, causing the temple to start collapsing. Vader overpowers Ahsoka and attempts to take the Holocron, but Ahsoka blindsides Vader and cuts open his helmet, heartbroken upon recognizing his face as that of her master; Anakin Skywalker. Ahsoka ultimately stays within the crumbling temple to stall Vader while Ezra, Kanan and Chopper flee the planet and reunite with the Ghost crew. Vader, injured in the collapse, limps away from the ruins while an image of Ahsoka fades into the darkness of the temple's remains, leaving her fate unknown. Meanwhile, Darth Maul manages to escape Malachor by stealing one of the dead Inquisitor's ships. As the Ghost crew tries to cope with their losses, Ezra continues to meditate on the Sith Holocron, finally succeeding in opening it - and potentially the path to the Dark Side.
Vader does love an entrance
And the ease he smacks Ezra around with and destroys that ridiculous gun/toy/lightsaber of his was delicious indeed. If Ahsoka had not intervened, he would be a deader or maimed and in the hands of the Emperor. They did wuss out in my opinion though; leaving her fate uncertain was a "aw come on!" moment. Kanan geting a lightsaber to the face and not missing half his face is lucky only being blinded. Be interesting to see what they do. Cybernetic eyes are one option; Bacta therapy too, although thats a in-'verse thing as to how well it heals thing. But Ezra accessing a Sith Holocron can not end well. Somewhere, Palpatine is giving that horrible laugh of his.... Ezra Bridger: "I don't fear you!"
Darth Vader: "Then, you will die braver than most..."
