"Twin Suns" is the twentieth episode of the third season of the American 3D animated science fiction television series Star Wars Rebels.

The episode was written and directed by series creator Dave Filoni, with co-executive producer Henry Gilroy serving as co-writer.

After receiving a holocron message, Ezra Bridger tells the Ghost crew that they must go to Tatooine to save Obi-Wan Kenobi from Maul.

"Twin Suns" was written and directed by Star Wars Rebels (2014-2018) creator Dave Filoni, and co-written by series co-executive producer Henry Gilroy.

[a] The Rebels production team consulted the Lucasfilm Story Group, which did not have any plans for Maul to appear in future Star Wars media.

[6] Maul would be later considered to appear in the Disney+ miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), but director Deborah Chow chose to not use him under the rationale that Filoni did a "beautiful job" telling that story in "Twin Suns".

[8] The writers knew the decision would be controversial but decided to go against the expectation of a protracted duel in favor of emphasizing the tension behind it, which they believed would better convey the characters' growth.

Co-writer Henry Gilroy described the prolonged tension as the two characters "playing [the duel] out in their head" by drawing from their previous encounters.

[10] Specifically, Filoni likened Kenobi to the Seven Samurai character Kyuzo, who avoids fighting, knowing the resulting battle would be swift.

[2] In the final scene of the episode, the silhouette of a young Luke Skywalker is seen running around the Lars farm while Kenobi watches from a distance.

[16] According to Filoni, the scene was partly based on his philosophy of "[looking] at every episode of Rebels as if you've never seen Star Wars before";[2] it would give new viewers some needed context as to who Kenobi was protecting while satisfying existing fans with a returning character to end off the story.

[2] The scene also features the voice of Aunt Beru, played by Shelagh Fraser in A New Hope, from the film's archival footage.

[2] The original cut of "Twin Suns" was 35 minutes; many scenes were subsequently removed to keep the story focused and to fit the show's 21-minute runtime.

However, even as Opress made it to the design phase, Filoni ultimately decided against the appearances, as they could confuse and alienate new Star Wars fans in an already lengthy episode.

[17] Prior to the conception of "Twin Suns", the showrunners had expressed interest in having Ewan McGregor, who portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, reprise his role on Rebels in a voice performance, as had been done with Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian, James Earl Jones as Darth Vader, and Frank Oz as Yoda.

[13] Witwer was accepting of Maul's death, having been prepared for it ever since he was called back for Rebels; he stated in an interview that his character "had more than his fair share at trying to make his mark on the Star Wars universe".

[1][15] Both Stanton's performance and the episode's writing were credited for showing Kenobi's transition leading up to the original trilogy and enriching its story.

[28] In a review for Den of Geek, Megan Crouse gave the episode a 4 out of 5 star rating, finding "so much to unpack that I hardly mourn the loss of a fight scene".

Club gave an "A−" rating, focusing on Ezra's characterization in the episode; he described the final battle as "hilarious, bold, and humbly ironic" in upending the audience's expectations, believing it fittingly downplayed Maul's importance in the overall Star Wars story.