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Darth Maul
Star Wars character
Maul in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
First appearance	The Phantom Menace (1999)
Created by	George Lucas
Portrayed by	Ray Park
Voiced by	Peter Serafinowicz (The Phantom Menace and Lego Star Wars) Sam Witwer (The Clone Wars, Lego: The Empire Strikes Out, Disney Infinity 3.0, Rebels, Battlefront Two, Solo, and Lego: The Skywalker Saga) Other: Gregg Berger ( The Phantom Menace: The Video Game ) Clint Bajakian (Super Bombad Racing) Jess Harnell (Racer Revenge) Stephen Stanton (Battlefront 2) Lee Tockar (Lego: Droid Tales)
In-universe information
Species	Dathomirian Zabrak
Gender	Male
Occupation	Dark Lord of the Sith Crime lord Ruler of Mandalore
Affiliation	Nightbrother Clan Sith Order Merchandise Federation Death Sentinel Shadow Collective Ruddy Dawn
Family	Barbarous Opress (brother) Feral (brother) Mother Talzin (mother) Legends: Kycina (mother)
Primary	Darth Sidious
Apprentice	Roughshod Opress Dryden Vos (Teräs Käsi) Qi'ra (Teräs Käsi) Ezra Bridger (claimant)
Homeworld	Dathomir[1]

Darth Maul, known simply as Maul before and after his time as a Sith Lord, is a grapheme in the Star Wars franchise. He outset appeared in the 1999 picture show Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (portrayed past Ray Park and voiced by Peter Serafinowicz) as a powerful Sith Lord and Darth Sidious' first apprentice. Though seemingly killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi at the terminate of the motion picture, Maul returned in the 2008 figurer animated boob tube series Star Wars: The Clone Wars (voiced by Sam Witwer). Star Wars creator George Lucas had intended for the revived Maul to serve as the primary adversary of the sequel trilogy, merely these plans were abandoned when Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012. The character nonetheless reappeared in the 2014 animated series Star Wars Rebels and the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story, voiced again past Witwer; Park physically reprised the role in Solo. Since his initial defeat in The Phantom Menace, Maul has become an independent crime lord and endured equally Obi-Wan's archenemy.

Maul is a Zabrak from Dathomir who was abducted past Sidious every bit a child and trained in the ways of the dark side of the Force. He kills Jedi Main Qui-Gon Jinn on Naboo before existence bisected by his apprentice, Obi-Wan, and presumed dead. Surviving thanks to his mastery of the Strength, Maul replaces the lower half of his torso with cybernetics and is driven insane over a decade of isolation until his blood brother, Barbarous Opress, finds him during the Clone Wars. Once his mind and body are restored by the Nightsister Mother Talzin, Maul obsessively seeks revenge against Obi-Wan, culminating in an alliance of diverse criminal offense syndicates, a takeover of Mandalore, and the murder of Obi-Wan's lover, Duchess Satine Kryze. Though he is captured by Sidious for becoming a rival, Maul escapes earlier the Republic is replaced by the Galactic Empire. He renounces his Sith title of "Darth", rebuilds his criminal organization, and meets Ezra Bridger on the Sith world of Malachor years later. Maul uses Ezra to track Obi-Wan to Tatooine, where the 2 old rivals accept a concluding confrontation that ends in Maul's death.

In addition to the films and television serial, Maul has appeared in numerous forms of media in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, including novels, comic books, and video games. Despite his limited presence in The Phantom Menace, Maul has become a widely recognised villain in the franchise and popular civilization for his intimidating appearance and double-bladed lightsaber. The character'south resurgence in The Clone Wars farther heightened his popularity within the Star Wars fandom and earned him a cult following.

Characteristics [edit]

Concept and creation [edit]

After getting frustrated with a drawing by The Phantom Menace production designer Gavin Bocquet, concept artist Iain McCaig started roofing it in tape. Both he and managing director George Lucas liked the issue, described as "a kind of Rorschach pattern". The final drawing had McCaig's ain face, with the skin removed, and some Rorschach experimentation (dropping ink onto paper, folding it in one-half then opening).^[2] Maul's facial tattoos were inspired past the indigenous peoples of Brazil.^[3] Maul is described as a matter of nightmares when his art design is finished.

Maul's caput originally had feathers, based on prayer totems, only the Creature Furnishings crew led past Nick Dudman interpreted those feathers as horns, modifying his features into those common in pop depictions of the devil.^[iv]

His article of clothing was likewise modified, from a tight body accommodate with a muscle design to the Sith robe based on samurai pleats, because the lightsaber battles involved much jumping, spinning, running, and rolling.^[5] Another concept had Maul a masked figure, something that could rival Darth Vader, while the senatorial characters would sport painted and tattooed faces. It was afterward decided to utilise the painted and tattooed faces to Maul rather than the senator.^[5]

Portrayal [edit]

Darth Maul was portrayed by actor and martial artist Ray Park in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Solo: A Star Wars Story.^[6] Peter Serafinowicz provided the graphic symbol's voice in The Phantom Menace. Sam Witwer replaced Serafinowicz when the character returned in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and reprised the office in numerous subsequent projects, most notably in Star Wars Rebels and Solo.^{[seven] [viii]} Gregg Berger, Clint Bajakian, Jess Harnell, Stephen Stanton, and Lee Tockar have also voiced him in other appearances in less prominent capacities.

Lightsaber [edit]

Darth Maul is known for his utilize of a dual-bladed lightsaber, which he wields similar to a bo-staff.^[ix] In Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, the prop for his lightsaber was made of resin, cast over a metal rod to which the dueling blades were attached.^[10]

Appearances [edit]

Films [edit]

The Phantom Menace [edit]

In his starting time appearance, Darth Maul is sent by his primary Darth Sidious (Ian McDiarmid) to capture Queen Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) of Naboo to forcefulness her to sign a treaty that would legitimize the Trade Federation's invasion of the planet. Maul manages to track her starship to Tatooine, where he briefly engages Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson), who has been assigned to protect the Queen. Qui-Gon concludes that Maul is a Sith Lord and informs the Jedi Council on Coruscant of the Sith'south render. In the film's climax, Maul duels Qui-Gon and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). He is able to impale Qui-Gon and knock Obi-Wan down a shaft, but Kenobi propels himself out of the pit and uses Qui-Gon's lightsaber to bisect Maul, sending the two parts of his body falling down the shaft.^[11]

Solo: A Star Wars Story [edit]

At the terminate of the film, Maul is revealed as the mastermind behind the offense syndicate Cherry Dawn.^{[a] [12]} Smuggler Qi'ra (Emilia Clarke) informs Maul that crime lord Dryden Vos (Paul Bettany) was killed by Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) and his accomplices, neglecting to mention Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) and Chewbacca's (Joonas Suotamo) involvement. Maul commands Qi'ra to meet with him on Dathomir and ignites his lightsaber, telling her that they will piece of work more closely from that point forrard.

Scrapped sequel trilogy advent [edit]

In George Lucas' unused outlines for the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Maul was intended to serve as the primary adversary. The cybernetic Maul would accept become "the godfather of crime in the universe" and the chief of Darth Talon.^{[13] [14]}

Animated series [edit]

The Clone Wars [edit]

Secrets Revealed [edit]

Maul's origins are elaborated upon in the tertiary season of the blithe series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which takes place between Assail of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Maul is explained to have been a warrior of the Nightbrother clan on the planet Dathomir inhabited by the dominant Nightsister witchcraft order led by Mother Talzin, who is later established to be Maul's biological mother.^[b] Maul's tattoos are described as the markings of a warrior.^[c] The series introduces Maul's brothers, Brutal and Feral Opress, the former of whom is eventually sent past Talzin to find Maul, revealed to still be live after the events of The Phantom Menace. George Lucas decided to resurrect Maul for the series after developing Savage Opress.^[15] Series co-creator Dave Filoni initially responded to Lucas'due south idea as unrealistic, because, "It'south over. He's cutting in one-half. How does that work?" According to Filoni, Lucas replied, "I don't know. Figure information technology out."^[16]

Battle Lines [edit]

In the quaternary flavour, it is revealed that after he was bisected by Obi-Wan, Maul became stranded on the junkyard planet of Lotho Minor via a dumpster craft. He built himself a six-legged cybernetic apparatus to survive for the next decade. Almost twelve years since Maul was presumed dead, Roughshod arrives on Lotho Small looking for his blood brother, whom he finds is suffering from amnesia and dementia. Savage brings Maul to Dathomir, where Talzin restores his heed and gives him a pair of robotic legs. Maul and Brutal then gear up almost a plan to exact revenge on Obi-Wan.^[17] Maul gain to set on a colonial hamlet to draw Obi-Wan there and make an attempt on his life, but to be thwarted due to Asajj Ventress's unexpected appearance to collect a bounty on Vicious. Maul and Fell overpower Obi-Wan and Ventress, simply Maul lets them go, deciding to await another opportunity.^{[xviii] [nineteen]}

Rise to Power [edit]

In the 5th season, Maul takes Brutal as his apprentice, and begins building a criminal empire. Needing followers, they travel to Florrum and manage to persuade Weequay pirate Jiro and his crew to bring together them and beguile their leader Hondo Ohnaka. Maul's pirates attack Hondo'south loyal forces, and Maul once over again duels Obi-Wan while Brutal fights and kills Jedi Chief Adi Gallia. Obi-Wan draws the two brothers abroad from the pirates, and manages to cutting off Savage's arm. While Maul and Roughshod are in the procedure of retreating, Hondo's crew open up fire at them, shooting off ane of Maul's robotic legs, and destroying their ship as it takes off, though the brothers manage to escape in an emergency pod. Afterwards several days, they are found floating in dead space and close to death by the Mandalorian Death Lookout man warriors, led by Pre Vizsla. They are taken dorsum to Vizsla'south settlement, and Maul's damaged cybernetic legs are replaced with a new prosthetic that resembles a more humanoid class, while Savage is fitted with a mechanical arm. Maul offers Vizsla the chance to reclaim Mandalore past recruiting the Black Dominicus, the Pyke Syndicate, and the Hutt Cartel to create the criminal syndicate chosen the Shadow Commonage.

From there, Maul engineers Vizsla's rising to power: he orders his henchmen to attack Mandalore and then the Death Watch can arrest them and announced as heroes to the denizens who have long lived under Duchess Satine Kryze's pacifist rule. However, Vizsla betrays and imprisons Maul and Savage, though they easily intermission costless, and the former challenges Vizsla to a fight for leadership of Mandalore. Maul overpowers Vizsla, beheading him with his own darksaber, and effectively takes over Mandalore, putting disgraced former Prime Minister Almec, whom Satine had imprisoned for corruption, in ability equally a puppet leader. However, a faction of Death Scout, led past Bo-Katan Kryze, refuse to have an outsider as their leader, and escape to plan a insurrection. Maul later masterminds a trap for Obi-Wan, knowing that Satine volition contact the Jedi Master for help because of their romantic past. When Obi-Wan arrives on Mandalore, he is quickly captured and forced to watch equally Maul executes Satine. Obi-Wan is after freed by Bo-Katan's Decease Watch faction.

Meanwhile, Darth Sidious learns of Maul'south survival and the ability he has accumulated, and, fearing that his former apprentice may challenge him, travels to Mandalore to address the matter. Afterward a lightsaber duel against Maul and Savage, Sidious easily kills the latter, enraging Maul, who briefly holds his ain against Sidious, but is ultimately defeated. Sidious gain to torture Maul with Force lightning, but spares his life considering he has other uses for him.

Siege of Mandalore [edit]

Maul returns in the seventh flavour, following the events of the comic book Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir. He even so leads the Shadow Collective, now consisting of the Blackness Sunday, the Pyke Syndicate, and the Carmine Dawn, and rules over Mandalore, until Bo-Katan enlists the Galactic Republic's assist in deposing him. During the Siege of Mandalore story arc (which is set during Revenge of the Sith), Bo-Katan'southward Decease Picket faction and a co-operative of the 501st Clone Legion, led past Ahsoka Tano and Commander Rex, pb an assault on Maul'south Mandalorian forces to draw him out of hiding. Unbeknownst to them, Maul has foreseen the events that are about to unfold, and orders his Shadow Collective lieutenants to become into hiding, warning them of the Galactic Empire that is about to be created. While confronting Ahsoka, Maul shares his visions with her, revealing that Darth Sidious will destroy both the Republic and the Jedi Order, and invites her to join him so that they may stand up a chance to terminate him. However, when Maul reveals that Ahsoka's erstwhile master, Anakin Skywalker, volition be turned to the dark side by Sidious, and that he had hoped to kill Anakin to foreclose this from happening, Ahsoka engages Maul in a lightsaber duel, which ends with the latter'southward capture.^[d]

Maul is afterward imprisoned in a Mandalorian device that renders his Forcefulness powers useless, and is set to exist taken to Coruscant to stand up trial. Still, at this point Sidious executes Order 66, which causes clone troopers from all across the galaxy to betray and try to execute their Jedi generals. Maul is nigh killed himself, but Ahsoka, who survived her clones' attempt on her life, rescues him, then that he may serve as a distraction while she and Rex attempt to escape. Nonetheless, during his rampage, Maul destroys the ship'south hyperdrive, causing it to crash on a nearby moon. He then betrays Ahsoka and steals her shuttle to escape, though Ahsoka and Rex manage to find another way off the transport before it crashes.

Rebels [edit]

Twilight of the Amateur [edit]

An older Maul appears in the season two finale of Star Wars Rebels,^[21] which takes place between Solo and A New Hope. Tracked past an Imperial Inquisitor called the Eighth Brother, Maul is stranded on the ancient Sith world of Malachor, where he is discovered amidst the ruins by series protagonist Ezra Bridger. Introducing himself as an "old master" and seeking revenge against Sidious, Maul wins Ezra'due south trust by denouncing the Sith. He encourages the boy to apply the nighttime side, and leads him into an ancient Sith temple, where they find a holocron that Maul claims tin requite them the noesis needed to defeat the Sith. After recovering information technology, the two discover Ezra'due south primary Kanan Jarrus and Ahsoka Tano locked in boxing with the Eighth Blood brother, as well every bit the Fifth Brother and the Seventh Sister. Maul—having cast aside the championship of Darth—reveals a new lightsaber disguised as a walking stick and joins the Jedi in contesting the Inquisitors.

After the Inquisitors retreat, Maul suggests to the Jedi that they team up, telling them that he cannot defeat Darth Vader on his own. Although Kanan and Ahsoka do not trust him, they only cooperate upon the insistence of Ezra. One time all three Inquisitors are killed, Maul turns on the Jedi, revealing his intention to take Ezra as his apprentice and that he tricked him into activating the temple. Later on blinding Kanan with his lightsaber, Maul briefly duels Ahsoka and then the now-blind Kanan, who knocks him off the temple'due south border. However, he survives the fall and escapes Malachor in the 8th Brother's TIE fighter.

Twin Suns [edit]

In the 3rd flavor, Maul takes the Ghost 'southward crew hostage and threatens to impale them unless Kanan and Ezra bring both the Sith and Jedi holocrons to him. Maul takes the crew to a remote base in the Outer Rim where he awaits Kanan and Ezra's arrival. He lures Kanan away from Ezra, and makes an attempt on his life. Afterwards, Maul and Ezra hazardously unite the holocrons, allowing them to see visions of their desires: Ezra sees images of a way to destroy the Sith, images including "twin suns", while Maul sees a vision of his ain. Kanan begs Ezra to look away before he sees too much of the dark side, while Maul tells him to ignore Kanan and proceed looking. Ezra heeds his master's words and breaks off the connectedness, which causes a great explosion. Maul escapes in the confusion, uttering, "He lives."

Maul returns afterward finding the rebels' hole-and-corner base. He tells Ezra that because the connexion was severed, they got bits and pieces of each other'due south visions. Afterward the holocrons were destroyed, Maul discovered some other mode to get the data he needed. He travels to Dathomir with Ezra, and recreates a Nightsister spell to temporarily meld his and Ezra's minds, which leads them to realize that they are both looking for Obi-Wan Kenobi. However, in return for the provided answers, the Nightsister spirits need a cede, and possess Kanan and Sabine Wren when they make it to rescue Ezra. Later on escaping from them, Maul makes Ezra one final offer to become his apprentice, and leaves him behind to endeavour and rescue his friends afterward he refuses.

Somewhen, in the "Twin Suns" episode, Maul tracks down Obi-Wan to Tatooine, merely gets lost in the desert, and decides to utilise Ezra to lure his old nemesis out of hiding. His plan is ultimately successful as he tracks Ezra's movement, who came to discover and warn Obi-Wan of Maul, until he is rescued past the Jedi Master. Every bit Ezra is ushered away by Obi-Wan, Maul threatens his former enemy, and quickly deduces that he is non only hiding, but is protecting someone. Realizing that he cannot allow Maul to escape with this information, Obi-Wan ignites his lightsaber and prepares to duel Maul, who is swiftly defeated in a few strikes. As he lies dying in Obi-Wan's arms, Maul asks if the person he is protecting is the "Chosen One", and Obi-Wan replies that he is. Maul declares that this "Called One" will avenge them, and and then he dies.

Comics [edit]

Darth Maul [edit]

In 2017, Marvel released Star Wars: Darth Maul, a 5-result prequel series centered on Maul earlier the events of The Phantom Menace.^[22] The comic details upon Maul's training nether Darth Sidious, and how he was manipulated into hating the Jedi for leading the Sith to nearly-extinction. The main plot follows Maul'southward quest to kill his first Jedi, allying himself with several compensation hunters and facing a criminal offense lord along the way.

Historic period of the Republic [edit]

Maul had his own ane-shot comic book within the 2018–xix Age of the Republic miniseries, which depicts brusk stories of various characters during the Galactic Republic era. In his story, Maul poses equally a member of a criminal cartel to impale a Force-sensitive thief for Darth Sidious, and experiences a vision of an alternate life every bit a peace-keeping Jedi, which he denies, much to Sidious' content. The story takes identify shortly before The Phantom Menace.

Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir [edit]

Dark Horse Comics produced Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir based on the scripts and storyboards of an unproduced 4-episode story arc intended for the seventh season of The Clone Wars. The events of the comic are set some time after Maul's defeat at Darth Sidious' hands in the fifth flavour of the television series, and earlier his eventual render in the seventh flavour.

Later on defeating Maul and killing his brother Savage Opress, Sidious takes him to a Separatist prison, where Count Dooku tortures him for information about the Shadow Collective. Prime Minister Almec arranges Maul'south escape and the latter then heads back to Zanbar to command the Death Watch army. Still, he is followed by Full general Grievous and his droids, who boxing with Maul and the Mandalorians. While they put up a fierce fight, Maul and his minions are ultimately overwhelmed by the droids. During the battle, Maul tears through the droid ranks and attacks Grievous, but is overpowered and forced to retreat. Afterward, Maul confers with Female parent Talzin and plots to depict out Sidious by capturing Dooku and Grievous. The scheme works, and Talzin is able to restore herself to her physical class, but she sacrifices herself to save Maul. Although Maul escapes with a company of loyal Mandalorians, the Shadow Collective has disintegrated due to the conflict with Sidious, as the Hutts, Pykes, and Black Dominicus have all abandoned Maul.

Novels [edit]

Ahsoka [edit]

In flashbacks during the novel Star Wars: Ahsoka, it is revealed that during the final days of the Clone Wars, Maul and his forces were besieged on Mandalore by an army of clone troopers led past Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex.^[eastward] During the siege, Maul confronts and duels Ahsoka, and though he proves to exist the stronger fighter, the former Jedi outwits him and traps him in a ray shield. However, before Maul can be taken into official custody, Society 66 is enacted and the clone troopers post-obit Ahsoka turn on her, with the exception of Rex. With Rex'southward life in peril, Ahsoka abandons the take chances of killing Maul, allowing the former Sith to escape once again.

The events of this boxing were afterwards adapted and contradistinct past the final episodes of the 7th flavour of The Clone Wars,^[23] as described earlier.

Video games [edit]

Maul has been featured in a number of Star Wars games, as a dominate or a playable character.

• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
• Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles (2000)
• Star Wars: Demolition (2000)
• Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing (2001)
• Star Wars: Obi-Wan (2001)
• Star Wars: Galactic Battegrounds (2001)
• Tony Militarist's Pro Skater 3 (2001) - Maul appears equally a invitee character via a licensing deal.
• Star Wars: Racer Revenge (2002)
• Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (2005)
• Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005)
• Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (2006) - Maul can exist unlocked as a playable character just if the player has a relieve game of the first Lego Star Wars game on their retentivity card.
• Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007)
• Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (2007)
• Star Wars: The Forcefulness Unleashed (2008) - the shape-shifting droid PROXY takes on the course of Maul while fighting Starkiller; Maul is likewise available as an in-game "peel" for Starkiller via downloadable content.
• Star Wars Battlefront: Aristocracy Squadron (2009)
• Clone Wars Adventures (2010)
• Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (2011)
• Disney Infinity 3.0 (2015)
• Milky way of Heroes (2015)
• Force Loonshit (2017)
• Star Wars Battlefront II (2017)
• Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (2022)

Maul would have been the primary character of Boxing of the Sith Lords, an action-risk title set before The Phantom Menace that was cancelled in 2011.^[24]

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With the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm past The Walt Disney Visitor, about of the licensed Star Wars novels and comics produced since the originating 1977 film Star Wars were rebranded as Star Wars Legends and alleged non-canon to the franchise in April 2014.^{[25] [27]}

Comics [edit]

Darth Maul is a 4-event comics series published by Dark Equus caballus Comics featuring Maul. The series is set in the shortly before the Battle of Naboo in Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The story follows Maul in his mission to destroy the leadership of the well-feared crime syndicate Black Dominicus. Maul spends his time serving under Darth Sidious, killing countlessly. His main target in the series is the leader of Black Lord's day, some time earlier Prince Xizor takes command of information technology.

Several sources depict Maul returning from the dead in several dissimilar forms. The story "Resurrection" from Star Wars Tales #9 depicts a cult creating a duplicate of Maul every bit a replacement for Darth Vader, only for Vader to impale him. The story Phantom Menaces in Star Wars Tales #17 (set later Return of the Jedi) depicts Luke Skywalker visiting Maul's dwelling house planet of Iridonia in an ambassadorial capacity, where he faces a "solid state hologram" of Maul projected from Maul's salvaged brain as part of a scientist's attempt to recreate Maul as Iridonia's "champion". Luke recognizes the disruption that Maul'due south existence is causing in the Force, and shuts downward the life-back up systems keeping the brain alive.

In 2005, Dark Horse Comics published Star Wars: Visionaries, a compilation of non-canonical brusk comics made past the creators of Revenge of the Sith. One story, "Old Wounds", depicts Maul with longer horns on his head, having survived his bisection at Obi-Wan'due south hands, with his missing bottom one-half replaced with cybernetic legs, like to those of Full general Grievous (and his eventual revival in The Clone Wars). He follows Obi-Wan throughout the galaxy, finally tracking him downwardly on Tatooine a few years later the events of Revenge of the Sith. Maul taunts Obi-Wan, proverb that later he kills him, he will accept a toddler-aged Luke Skywalker to his master, Emperor Palpatine. Maul plans to impale Vader and resume his rightful place at Palpatine's side. He ignites his new double-bladed lightsaber and engages Obi-Wan in a duel, but Obi-Wan again bests him in combat, cutting off his opponent's horns. Maul is killed by a blaster commodities to the head from Owen Lars. Obi-Wan cheers Owen, and says he volition take Maul's torso into the desert and burn down it.

Novels [edit]

In early 2012, a immature adult novel entitled Star Wars: The Wrath of Darth Maul was released past Scholastic. Maul is also featured prominently in comic series starting in this period, The Clone Wars: The Sith Hunters and Darth Maul: Death sentence. Set around the various episodes of The Clone Wars that featured Maul, the 2 books detail his and Savage Opress' journeying across the galaxy equally they seek vengeance on the Jedi.

In the 2012 novel Darth Plagueis, the titular Sith lord sends his amateur, Darth Sidious, to the Force-rich globe of Dathomir. A Dathomiri witch, or Nightsister, senses Sidious' power in the Strength and approaches him. Bold he is a Jedi, she begs him to have her Zabrak babe son. She realizes that Sidious is not a Jedi, and explains how she is trying to salve her son from a Nightsister named Talzin, who killed Maul's begetter. It is implied that Maul has a twin blood brother and that Talzin is only enlightened of one child. Sidious realizes the infant is strong in the Force, and would become a threat if found by the Jedi. Concealing the beingness of his own principal, Sidious raises Maul to believe that he is a Sith apprentice, but he actually intends him to exist an expendable minion rather than an heir. Maul himself acknowledges his shortcomings, such as his express understanding of politics, even every bit he tries to get a truthful Sith.

Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter [edit]

Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter is a novel by Michael Reaves released on February 1, 2001. It is a prequel novel occurring virtually six months before the events of The Phantom Menace. The embrace fine art was past David Stevenson. Del Rey aired a Television commercial for the novel in 1999.^{[ citation needed ]} As portrayed in the novel, Maul was raised by Sidious for as long as he can remember. Sidious and so trains Maul every bit a Sith, mark his body with Sith tattoos. Maul initially goes on several missions of terror for his master, killing politicians, crime bosses, merchants and warlords.

Sidious meets secretly with his Neimoidian contacts in the Trade Federation to finalize details in the program to blockade Naboo. One member of the delegation is missing; suspecting betrayal, Sidious orders Maul to chase down the traitor. Maul completes this job, but learns that the traitor had recorded proof of the Sith'south manipulation of the Naboo blockade on a holocron to sell for turn a profit. A suicidal assail by a Trade Federation-hired compensation hunter interferes with Maul's plan and the holocron is purchased by a Corellian con man named Lorn Pavan. Pavan realizes the nature of the information and seeks to accept it to the Jedi Temple. Maul, for his part, is ordered by Sidious to retrieve the holocron and kill Pavan and anyone else who might have the information. Meanwhile, a Jedi Padawan named Darsha Assant is faced with the Jedi trials to become a full-fledged Jedi Knight, and tries to salvage a member of Black Sun (which Maul had bedridden in Saboteur).

Pavan attempts to exercise business with a Hutt crime lord in one of the lower levels in Coruscant, but Maul arrives and kills the Hutt. Pavan escapes into the caverns where they come across Darsha and her chief. The Jedi brainstorm escorting Pavan and his droid to the temple but Maul presently attacks them. Darsha'due south chief is slain while attempting to buy time for the others. Pavan and Darsha escape various dangers of Coruscant's subterranean levels before finding themselves in another battle. Darsha, realizing that she cannot defeat Maul, draws out their duel long enough for Pavan'due south droid to repair a carbonite-freezing unit and seal Pavan and the droid inside it. Darsha plunges her lightsaber into a pile of volatile gas canisters, killing her and causing an explosion that Maul barely escapes. Upon surveying the scene, Maul feels no trace of Pavan in the Force, not realizing that the carbonite hibernation has made his lifeforce undetectable.

An automatic timer frees Pavan from hibernation and he goes after Maul on his own. Pavan follows Maul to a Republic infinite station and sneaks up on Maul, stunning him momentarily before he awakens, severes Pavan'southward correct paw, and pursues him through the station's service tubes. Pavan barely makes it into a public expanse where Maul cannot follow, and unwittingly gives the holocron to Senator Palpatine of Naboo, not realizing that Palpatine is Maul's Sith Master. After recovering, Pavan starts to leave his quarters, merely to be confronted by Maul, who kills him as a worthy opponent.

Darth Maul: Saboteur [edit]

Darth Maul: Saboteur is a short story by James Luceno. It was released in ebook form, with a length equivalent to about 55 printed pages, on February i, 2001. It was too published in the back of the paperback edition of Michael Reaves' Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter.

The story is about Maul and takes place roughly a year earlier The Phantom Menace. It recounts Maul's first solo mission equally "Darth Maul" and try to destroy ii mining companies so the Trade Federation can have them over.

Maul: Lockdown [edit]

Maul: Lockdown is a Star Wars novel written by Joe Schreiber, released by Del Rey Books on January 28, 2014.^[28] Information technology was the last novel to be released in the Star Wars Legends line of the franchise.^[27] Earlier the events of The Phantom Menace, Sith lords Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious send their disciple Maul to a galactic prison house to recover a powerful weapon. In that location, an insidious gambling empire pits the milky way's virtually terrible criminals against each other in gladiatorial gainsay, and Maul must face up Jabba the Hutt and various other horrifying obstacles to consummate his mission.

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Mentorship tree [edit]

Principal commodity: Sith

In popular culture [edit]

Since the release of The Phantom Menace, Maul has proven to be a popular character. Whilst the movie received a mixed reaction from fans and critics akin, the character was i of the most highly praised parts of the film. IGN named Maul the 16th greatest Star Wars graphic symbol, noting, "Of the countless characters to walk in and out of the Star Wars saga, none looks or acts more badass than Maul."^[30]

Maul-related merchandise was popular among Hasbro Star Wars toy lines, with plastic recreations of his double bladed lightsaber and diverse activity figures in his likeness developed. Maul was the focal point of the toy marketing entrada surrounding the 2012 re-release of The Phantom Menace, being featured on the packaging for the toy line.^[31]

Darth Maul fan film [edit]

A Maul fan film titled Darth Maul: Amateur was released on YouTube on March 5, 2016.

"Darth Maul kids" viral videos [edit]

At least 2 videos of people trying to imitate Darth Maul have gone viral: the 2003 Star Wars Child, which spawned an internet meme, and some other which went viral in December 2017 of an 8-year-old Ontario boy pretending to be Darth Maul and displaying his martial arts skills.^[32]

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Co-ordinate to writer Jon Kasdan, the name was a reference to Maul's red appearance.
2. ^ Earlier sources identified Maul'due south female parent as a Nightsister named Kycina.
3. ^ Earlier sources identified his trunk art as Sith markings given by Darth Sidious.
4. ^ Ray Park returned to physically portray Maul through motion-capture for the duel scene.^[xx]
5. ^ Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi were dispatched to Mandalore with Ahsoka, but were immediately called back to Coruscant to rescue Chancellor Palpatine, thus leading into the opening sequence of Revenge of the Sith.

References [edit]

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4. ^ Moyers, Bill (1999-04-26). "Of Myth And Men". Fourth dimension. Archived from the original on August 23, 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-20 .
5. ^ ^{a b} Designing a Sith Lord Archived June xi, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ Wetmore, Kevin J., Jr. (x August 2017). The Empire Triumphant: Race, Religion and Rebellion in the Star Wars Films. McFarland & Company. p. 127. ISBN9781476611716.
7. ^ Simpson, George (24 May 2018). "Solo 2: How two MAJOR Star Wars villains are set up for the inevitable sequel". Daily Express . Retrieved 24 May 2018.
8. ^ "The Solo: A Star Wars Story Ending Explained". GamesRadar. May 17, 2018. Retrieved May xix, 2018.
9. ^ Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - Trailer , retrieved 2022-04-11
10. ^ Sherwood, Seth (July 1, 2018). "The Lightsaber Prop Guidebook" (PDF). {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-condition (link)
11. ^ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
12. ^ Sowa, Alexander (fifteen April 2020). "The Clone Wars' Reference to Maul's Solo Cameo Isn't Enough". CBR . Retrieved 22 April 2020.
13. ^ Brigden, Charlie (2020-11-10). "Darth Maul'southward sequel role and 9 other Star Wars tidbits from Taschen's new prequel book". Polygon . Retrieved 2020-11-xi .
14. ^ Eclarinal, Aeron Mer (2020-eleven-x). "Star Wars: George Lucas Had Big Plans For Darth Maul & Others in Sequel Movies". TheDirect.com . Retrieved 2020-xi-12 .
15. ^ Blauvelt, Christian (October 12, 2011). "Darth Maul Lives! 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' shows his life after vivisection". EW.com . Retrieved 6 May 2020.
16. ^ Greenberg, Glenn (2019). Star Wars: Age of Commonwealth – Villains. New York: Marvel Comics. p. 26. ISBN978-1-302-91729-half-dozen. OCLC 1090442735.
17. ^ Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)
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19. ^ Valby, Karen. "Entertainment Weekly – Darth Maul Lives!". Insidetv.ew.com. Retrieved 2012-06-13 .
20. ^ Lussier, Germain (April xv, 2019). "How Ray Park and The Mandalorian Are Upping the Activity in Star Wars: The Clone Wars". io9 . Retrieved April 15, 2019.
21. ^ "'Star Wars: Rebels' resurrects a familiar old foe". Ew.com . Retrieved x November 2017.
22. ^ Juba, Joe (2016-11-14). "Darth Maul To Star In New Star Wars Comic Book - News". www.GameInformer.com. Retrieved 2016-12-19 .
23. ^ Hurley, Laura (4 May 2020). "Star Wars: The Clone Wars Ending Explained: What Happens To Ahsoka And More Subsequently Series Finale". CINEMABLEND . Retrieved 14 April 2022.
24. ^ Pursey, Jack (Jan fourteen, 2021). "10 Incredibly Ambitious Video Games That Were Cancelled". Game Rant . Retrieved January 17, 2021.
25. ^ Hood, Bryan (Dec xv, 2015). "Why Disney Blew Up More than Than 30 Years of Star Wars Canon". Bloomberg . Retrieved November 29, 2016.
26. ^ ^{a b} "Disney and Random Business firm announce relaunch of Star Wars Adult Fiction line". StarWars.com. April 25, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
27. ^ Anders, Charlie Jane (Jan 24, 2013). "The guy who put zombies in the Star Wars universe is sending Darth Maul backside bars". io9. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
28. ^ "Darth Maul- #xvi". Ign.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2012-06-xiii .
29. ^ "Star Wars Crafts and Creativity - StarWars.com". StarWars.com . Retrieved 10 November 2017.
30. ^ "Eight year old karate child goes viral with Darth Maul skills". CTV News. vii December 2017. Retrieved viii July 2018.

Further reading [edit]

• Ward, Jason (January 28, 2014). "MakingStarWars.cyberspace Interviews Joe Schreiber, Writer of Star Wars: Maul: Lockdown". MakingStarWars.cyberspace. Archived from the original on January 30, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
• "Transcript: Del Rey's Facebook Conversation With Maul: Lockdown Writer Joe Schreiber". TheForce.Net. Feb 12, 2014. Retrieved July xv, 2016.

External links [edit]

Wikimedia Eatables has media related to Darth Maul.

• Maul in the StarWars.com Databank
• Maul on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki
• Maul on IMDb

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth_Maul

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