Revival (episode)

"Strength in character can defeat strength in numbers."

- Moral

"Revival" is the premiere episode of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series' fifth season. It was released on August 24, 2012 at a special screening at Celebration VI, prior to its premiere on September 29, 2012 on Cartoon Network.

Official summary
"Fueled by vengeance and rage, the newly reunited brothers Savage Opress and Maul spread terror and violence across the galaxy. As the Sith brothers forcibly recruit Hondo Ohnaka and his pirates, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Adi Gallia chase them down, leading to a deadly confrontation."

Synopsis
Having pillaged countless galactic regions, Maul and Opress infiltrate a space station in orbit over Cybloc, overpower its droid guards and open a safe full of money, but it is evident that there is a power struggle festering between them: Maul is thinking himself superior to his brother, being the more experienced and powerful of them in the ways of the Sith. Opress takes offense to this, but Maul quickly overpowers him in a brief lightsaber duel, clarifying their standing for the time being and earning Opress' respect. Afterwards, the two brothers travel to Florrum, where they lure a group of Hondo Ohnaka's Weequay pirates aboard their ship and bribe them into their service. Two of Ohnaka's captains readily join; a third is executed before Ohnaka's eyes when he expresses doubts about this affair, and the brothers prepare to attack Ohnaka's base to claim it as their own.

But in the meantime, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Adi Gallia arrive at the station and are briefed by a cargo shipper about the raid, who also states that the perpetrators are travelling on his ship to the Sertar sector, where Florrum is located. They proceed to the planet, and finding Maul and Oppress' ship in company with the renegade Weequay captains, they contact Ohnaka, with whom they end up forming an uneasy alliance: while Ohnaka tries to handle his own renegade men, Kenobi and Gallia are left to contend with the Sith brothers.

Soon Maul, Opress and their newly hired help land on Florrum and conduct their assault on Ohnaka's base, but when the Jedi arrive as well, the brothers are forced to face them. A fierce duel ensues, but while Kenobi manages to hold his own against Maul, Gallia is quickly overpowered and apparently slain by Opress, who gores her with his horns before running her through. With their side's numbers growing thin, Kenobi and Ohnaka are forced into the pirate base. While Ohnaka's loyal men prepare an ambush, Kenobi draws away the brothers from his pirate allies, facing them in an isolated passageway armed with Gallia's and his own lightsabers. After a fierce battle, Kenobi manages to cut off Opress's arm, prompting Maul to break off the fight and retreat with Opress back to their stolen ship. However, once outside, they encounter Ohnaka, who has managed to reconcile with his renegade men and is on his way to plunder the brothers' cargo vessel. The pirates open fire at the brothers, forcing them into full retreat, and, on his way, Maul loses one of his cybernetic legs, but the brothers manage to delay the pirates by using the Jedi's shuttle as a barrier against their pursuers. One of the pirates manages to disable the ship's engines with a rocket launcher as it takes off, and the brothers barely manage to escape the doomed vessel aboard an escape craft before it plunges back to the planet's surface.

Kenobi and Ohnaka join up to search the wreck for their respective quarries, but while Ohnaka and his men obtain what they desire, no trace of the brothers is found, leaving Ohnaka to conclude that they were incinerated in the ship crash. Kenobi nevertheless remains unsure, given Maul's tendency to resurface as a threat. On Coruscant, Kenobi and the Jedi convene a meeting with Palpatine, but the Chancellor dismisses Kenobi's fears about the Sith brothers still roaming the galaxy and the threat they pose with their plans as unimportant in the face of the greater crisis. Although uneasy about this idea, Yoda agrees with the Chancellor, seeing that this is becoming too personal for Kenobi. However, he states that if the Sith brothers reappear, the Jedi will be awaiting them. The Jedi leave the office, left unaware of the onlooking Palpatine's sinister smile as he watches them depart...

Cast

 * James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Pirate #2
 * Sam Witwer as Darth Maul
 * Jim Cummings as Hondo Ohnaka and Zutton
 * Matt Lanter as Jiro and Lead Deputy
 * Clancy Brown as Savage Opress
 * Angelique Perrin as Adi Gallia
 * Tom Kane as Sabo, Narrator and Yoda
 * Terrence Carson as Large Pirate and Pirate #1
 * Ian Abercrombie as Chancellor Palpatine

Continuity
"A War on Two Fronts" was originally scheduled to be the premiere episode of Season Five, but the premiere was changed to "Revival" as announced at San Diego Comic Con in July 2012. "Revival" was released at Celebration VI on August 24, 2012, at a special screening prior to its premiere on Cartoon Network.