Maul's Criminal Empire is a four-part arc that composes the first, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth episodes of season five. In order to return as a major power in the galaxy and have his revenge on Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Maul and his brother Savage Opress wreak havoc across the galaxy by combining their forces with those of the pirates of Florrum and the Death Watch of Mandalore to form the crime syndicate, the Shadow Collective.