 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Relevant discussion may be found on thetalk page. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Darth Maul" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(July 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Darth Maul | |
|---|---|
| Star Wars character | |
 Ray Park as Maul[a] | |
| First appearance | The Phantom Menace (1999) |
| Created by | George Lucas |
| Portrayed by | Ray Park[b] |
| Voiced by | |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | DathomirianZabrak |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | |
| Affiliation |
Sub-groups:
|
| Weapon | Double-bladedlightsaber |
| Family |
|
| Master | Darth Sidious |
| Apprentices |
|
| Homeworld | Dathomir[1] |
Darth Maul, also known simply asMaul, is a character in theStar Wars franchise created byGeorge Lucas. He first appeared in theprequel filmStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). Maul returned in the animated television seriesStar Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2014; 2020) andStar Wars Rebels (2014–2018), as well as the standalone filmSolo: A Star Wars Story (2018), and is set to appear in the upcoming seriesStar Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord. Lucas had intended for Maul to feature in thesequel film trilogy, but these plans were discarded whenDisney acquiredLucasfilm in 2012.
Maul is introduced as aZabrak fromDathomir and a powerfulSith Lord, having been trained in the ways of the dark side ofthe Force asDarth Sidious' first apprentice.[2] He mortally woundsJedi MasterQui-Gon Jinn during the Battle ofNaboo before being bisected by Qui-Gon's Padawan,Obi-Wan Kenobi. Fueled by his hatred, Maul survives and is driven insane until his brother,Savage Opress, finds him over a decade later during theClone Wars. Once his mind and body are restored withmagick andcybernetics by the NightsisterMother Talzin, Maul becomes an independent criminal mastermind and endures as Obi-Wan'sarchenemy.[2] In his obsessive quest for revenge against Obi-Wan, Maul unites various crime syndicates under his leadership, orchestrates a takeover ofMandalore, and murders Obi-Wan's lover, DuchessSatine Kryze. Despite being captured by Sidious for becoming a rival, Maul escapes before the rise of theGalactic Empire. He renounces his Sith title of "Darth", rebuilds his criminal organization, and manipulatesEzra Bridger into helping him find Obi-Wan onTatooine, where the two old rivals have a final confrontation that ends in Maul’s death.
The character was portrayed byRay Park and voiced byPeter Serafinowicz for his initial appearance inThe Phantom Menace. Park reprised the role inSolo, where he wasdubbed bySam Witwer, who provided Maul's voice for his animated appearances. Maul has also appeared in various forms of media in theStar Wars Expanded Universe, includingnovels,comic books, andvideo games. Despite his limited screen time inThe Phantom Menace as well as the film's mixed reception, Maul has become a fan favorite in the franchise and a widely recognised villain in popular culture for his intimidating appearance and double-bladedlightsaber. His resurgence and expanded characterization inThe Clone Wars further heightened his popularity within theStar Wars fandom and earned him acult following.
Maul was characterized byThe Phantom Menace directorGeorge Lucas as a thing of nightmares. An early concept had Maul a masked figure, something that could rivalDarth Vader. Later, concept artistIain McCaig started masking an illustration of production designer Gavin Bocquet in tape. Both McCaig and Lucas liked the result, described as "a kind ofRorschach pattern". The final drawing had McCaig's own face, with the skin removed, and some Rorschach experimentation (dropping ink onto paper, folding it in half then opening).[3] McCaig stated the tattoo design was inspired by facial musculature stating "If you were to strip the flesh off your face right now...the muscles would form a Darth Maulish pattern."[4]
Maul's head originally had feathers, based on prayertotems, but the Creature Effects crew led by Nick Dudman interpreted those feathers as horns, modifying his features into those common in popular depictions of thedevil.[5]
His clothing was also modified, from a tight body suit with a muscle pattern to the Sith robe based onsamurai pleats, because thelightsaber battles involved much jumping, spinning, running, and rolling.[6]
George Lucas decided to resurrect Darth Maul forThe Clone Wars after developing the character of Savage Opress.[7] Series co-creatorDave Filoni initially responded to Lucas's idea as unrealistic, because, "It's over. He's cut in half. How does that work?" According to Filoni, Lucas replied, "I don't know. Figure it out."[8]
Darth Maul was portrayed by actor andmartial artistRay Park inStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace andSolo: A Star Wars Story.[9][10]Peter Serafinowicz provided the character's voice inThe Phantom Menace.Sam Witwer replaced Serafinowicz when the character returned inStar Wars: The Clone Wars, and reprised the role in numerous subsequent projects, most notably inStar Wars Rebels andSolo.[11][12]Gregg Berger,Clint Bajakian,Jess Harnell,Stephen Stanton, andLee Tockar have also voiced him in other appearances in less prominent capacities.
Darth Maul is known for his use of a red double-bladed lightsaber, which he wields similar to a Bō, or staff.[13][2] InStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, the prop for his lightsaber was made of resin, cast over a metal rod to which the two blades were attached.[14]
Darth Maul pilots a modified FC-20 speeder bike calledBloodfin[15] and his personal starship, a heavily modified Star Courier calledScimitar (also known as the Sith Infiltrator).[16][17] After his defeat during the Battle of Naboo, his former master reclaims the ship.[16]
In his first appearance, Darth Maul is sent by his masterDarth Sidious (Ian McDiarmid) to capture QueenPadmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) ofNaboo to force her to sign a treaty that would legitimize the Trade Federation's invasion of the planet. Maul manages to track her starship toTatooine, where he briefly engages Jedi MasterQui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson), who has been assigned to protect the Queen. After escaping Tatooine, Qui-Gon concludes that Maul is a Sith Lord and informs the Jedi Council onCoruscant of the Sith's return. In the film's climax, Maul duels Qui-Gon and his apprenticeObi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). He is able to kill 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.[18]
At the end ofSolo, Maul (Ray Park) is revealed as the mastermind behind the crime syndicate Crimson Dawn.[j][19] After killing Dryden Vos (Paul Bettany), whom Maul had appointed as hisfigurehead, smugglerQi'ra (Emilia Clarke) tells Maul that Vos was betrayed and murdered byTobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) and his accomplices, neglecting to mentionHan Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) andChewbacca's (Joonas Suotamo) involvement. Seeming to believe her, Maul commands Qi'ra to meet with him onDathomir and ignites his lightsaber, telling her that they will work more closely from that point forward.
In George Lucas's unused outlines for theStar Wars sequel trilogy, Maul was intended to serve as the main antagonist. The cybernetic Maul would have become "the godfather of crime in the universe" and the master ofDarth Talon.[20][21]
Prior to Maul's proper return inThe Clone Wars animated series, Lucas considered revealing thatRevenge of the Sith villainGeneral Grievous was actually Maul in disguise.[22]
Inseason three of the series, Maul is revealed to have once been a member of the Nightbrothers clan from the planet Dathomir. Mother Talzin, the leader of the Nightsisterwitches and Maul's biological mother, sends her other son Savage Opress to find Maul, who has been living in the outer rim since he was bisected and presumably killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi over a decade prior.[23][k]
Inseason four, Maul is found by Savage on the junkyard planet ofLotho Minor. Having been stranded there and driven insane, Maul uses the Force to construct a spider-like apparatus to replace his severed legs.[24] Savage brings Maul back to Dathomir, where Talzin uses Nightsister magick to restore his mind and outfit him with a pair of cybernetic legs. Seeking revenge against Obi-Wan, Maul goes on a killing spree to bait and capture the Jedi with Savage's help, butAsajj Ventress comes to Obi-Wan's aid and helps him escape.[25][26][27]
Inseason five, Maul takes Savage as his apprentice and begins building his own criminal empire. The two travel toFlorrum in a bid to seize the territory ofWeequay pirates led byHondo Ohnaka. The Jedi track them down and Maul duels Obi-Wan while Savage fights and killsAdi Gallia. Obi-Wan and Hondo's crew work together to force the brothers to flee in an escape pod. Days later, Maul and Savage are found floating in dead space by the Mandalorian terrorist group Death Watch. Maul joins forces with their leader,Pre Vizsla, to take control of Mandalore and exact revenge against their common enemy, Obi-Wan. They recruit the Black Sun, Pyke Syndicate and Hutt Clan to form a criminal syndicate called the Shadow Collective. Maul engineers Vizsla's rise to power by ordering the crime families to attack Mandalore, allowing the Death Watch to capture them and gain the public's support. However, Vizsla betrays and imprisons Maul and Savage, though they easily break free, and the former challenges Vizsla to a fight for leadership of Mandalore. Maul overpowers Vizsla, beheading him with his owndarksaber, and effectively takes over Mandalore, putting disgraced former Prime Minister Almec, whom Satine had imprisoned for corruption, in power as a puppet leader. However, a faction of Death Watch, led byBo-Katan Kryze, refuse to accept an outsider as their leader, and escape to plan acoup. Maul later masterminds a trap for Obi-Wan, knowing that Satine will 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 as Maul executes Satine. Obi-Wan is later freed by Bo-Katan's Death Watch faction.
Meanwhile, Darth Sidious learns of Maul's survival and the power he has accumulated, and, fearing that his former apprentice may challenge him, travels to Mandalore to address the matter. After a lightsaber duel against Maul and Savage, Sidious easily kills the latter, enraging Maul, who briefly holds his own against Sidious, but is ultimately defeated. Sidious proceeds to torture Maul with Force lightning, but spares his life because he has other uses for him.
In theseventh and final season, following the events of the comic bookDarth Maul: Son of Dathomir, Maul still leads the Shadow Collective, now consisting of the Black Sun, the Pyke Syndicate, and Crimson Dawn, and rules over Mandalore, until Bo-Katan enlists theGalactic Republic's help in deposing him. During theSiege of Mandalore story arc (which is set duringRevenge of the Sith), Bo-Katan's Death Watch faction and a branch of the 501st Clone Legion, led byAhsoka Tano andCommander Rex, lead an assault on Maul's 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 go into hiding, warning them of theGalactic 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 a chance to stop him. However, when Maul reveals that Ahsoka's former master,Anakin Skywalker, will be turned to the dark side by Sidious, and that he had hoped to kill Anakin to prevent this from happening, Ahsoka engages Maul in a lightsaber duel, which ends with the latter's capture.[l]
Maul is subsequently imprisoned in a Mandalorian device that renders his Force powers useless, and is set to be taken toCoruscant to stand trial. However, at this point Sidious executesOrder 66, which causesclone troopers from all across the galaxy to betray and attempt to execute their Jedi generals. Maul is almost killed himself, but Ahsoka, who survived her clones' attempt on her life, rescues him, so that he may serve as a distraction while she and Rex try to escape. However, during his rampage, Maul destroys the ship's 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 ship before it crashes.
An older Maul appears in theseason two finale ofStar Wars Rebels,[29] which takes place betweenSolo andA New Hope. Tracked by an Imperial Inquisitor called the Eighth Brother, Maul is stranded on the ancient Sith world ofMalachor, where he is discovered among the ruins by series protagonistEzra Bridger. Introducing himself as an "old master" and seeking revenge against Sidious, Maul wins Ezra's trust by denouncing the Sith. He encourages the boy to use the dark side, and leads him into an ancient Sith temple, where they discover a holocron that Maul claims can give them the knowledge needed to defeat the Sith. After recovering it, the two find Ezra's masterKanan Jarrus and Ahsoka Tano locked in battle with the Eighth Brother, as well as the Fifth Brother and the Seventh Sister. Maul—having cast aside the title of Darth—reveals a new lightsaber disguised as a walking stick and joins the Jedi in battling the Inquisitors.
After the Inquisitors retreat, Maul suggests to the Jedi that they team up, telling them that he cannot defeatDarth Vader on his own. Although Kanan and Ahsoka do not trust him, they only cooperate upon the insistence of Ezra. Once 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. After blinding Kanan with his lightsaber, Maul briefly duels Ahsoka and then the now-blind Kanan, who knocks him off the temple's edge. However, he survives the fall and escapes Malachor in the Eighth Brother'sTIE fighter.
In thethird season, Maul takes theGhost's crew hostage and threatens to kill 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 own. Kanan begs Ezra to look away before he sees too much of the dark side, while Maul tells him to ignore Kanan and keep looking. Ezra heeds his master's words and breaks off the connection, which causes a great explosion. Maul escapes in the confusion, uttering, "He lives."
Maul returns after finding the rebels' secret base. He tells Ezra that because the connection was severed, they got bits and pieces of each other's visions. After the holocrons were destroyed, Maul discovered another way to get the information 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 demand a sacrifice, and possess Kanan andSabine Wren when they arrive to rescue Ezra. After escaping from them, Maul makes Ezra one final offer to become his apprentice, and leaves him behind to try and rescue his friends after he refuses.
Eventually, in the "Twin Suns" episode, Maul tracks down Obi-Wan to Tatooine, but gets lost in the desert, and decides to use Ezra to lure his old nemesis out of hiding. His plan is ultimately successful as he tracks Ezra's movement, who came to find and warn Obi-Wan of Maul, until he is rescued by the Jedi Master. As Ezra is ushered away by Obi-Wan, Maul threatens his old enemy, and quickly deduces that he is not only hiding, but is protectingsomeone. 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 "Chosen One" will avenge them, and passes away.
InTales of the Jedi, while he never appears, he is mentioned by Count Dooku and Darth Sidious in the episode "The Sith Lord".
Maul will serve as the titular character in the upcoming animated seriesMaul – Shadow Lord. Set during the period following the Clone Wars, the former Sith Lord attempts to rebuild his criminal syndicate on a planet unknown to the Empire,[30] while teaching a new apprentice.[31]
In 2017,Marvel releasedStar Wars: Darth Maul, a 5-issue prequel series centered on Maul before the events ofThe Phantom Menace.[32] The comic details upon Maul's training under Darth Sidious, and how he was manipulated into hating the Jedi for leading the Sith to near-extinction. The main plot follows Maul's quest to kill his first Jedi, allying himself with severalbounty hunters and facing a crime lord along the way.
Maul had his own one-shot comic book within the 2018–19Age of the Republic miniseries, which depicts short stories of various characters during the Galactic Republic era. In his story, Maul poses as a member of a criminal cartel to kill a Force-sensitive thief for Darth Sidious, and experiences a vision of an alternate life as a peace-keeping Jedi, which he denies, much to Sidious' content. The story takes place shortly beforeThe Phantom Menace.
Dark Horse Comics producedDarth Maul: Son of Dathomir based on the scripts and storyboards of an unproduced four-episode story arc intended forthe seventh season ofThe Clone Wars. The events of the comic are set some time after Maul's defeat at Darth Sidious' hands in the fifth season of the television series, and before his eventual return in the seventh season.
After defeating Maul and killing his brother Savage Opress, Sidious takes him to a Separatist prison, whereCount Dooku tortures him for information about the Shadow Collective. Prime Minister Almec arranges Maul's escape and the latter then heads back to Zanbar to command the Death Watch army. However, he is followed by General Grievous and his droids, who battle 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. Afterwards, Maul confers with Mother Talzin and plots to draw out Sidious by capturing Dooku and Grievous. The scheme works, and Talzin is able to restore herself to her physical form, 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 Sun have all abandoned Maul.
In flashbacks during the novelStar 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 by Ahsoka Tano andCaptain Rex.[m] During the siege, Maul confronts and duels Ahsoka. Though he proves to be the stronger fighter, the former Jedi outwits him and traps him in a ray shield. However, before Maul can be taken into official custody,Order 66 is enacted and the clone troopers following Ahsoka turn on her, with the exception of Rex. With Rex's life in peril, Ahsoka abandons the chance of killing Maul, allowing the former Sith to escape once again.
The events of this battle were later adapted and altered by the final episodes of the seventh season ofThe Clone Wars,[33] as described earlier.
Maul has been featured in a number ofStar Wars games, as aboss or a playable character.
Maul would have been the main character ofBattle of the Sith Lords, anaction-adventure title set beforeThe Phantom Menace that was canceled in 2011.[34][35]
With the 2012 acquisition ofLucasfilm byThe Walt Disney Company, most of the licensedStar Wars novels and comics produced since the original 1977 filmStar Wars were rebranded asStar Wars Legends and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014.[36][37][38]
| This sectiondoes notcite anysources. Please helpimprove this section byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged andremoved.(February 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Darth Maul is a 4-issue comics series published byDark Horse Comics featuring Maul. The series is set in the shortly before the Battle of Naboo inEpisode I – The Phantom Menace. The story follows Maul in his mission to destroy the leadership of the well-feared crime syndicate Black Sun. Maul spends his time serving under Darth Sidious, killing countlessly. His main target in the series is the leader of Black Sun, some time beforePrince Xizor takes command of it.
Several sources depict Maul returning from the dead in several different forms. The story "Resurrection" fromStar Wars Tales #9 depicts a cult creating a duplicate of Maul as a replacement for Darth Vader, only for Vader to kill him. The storyPhantom Menaces inStar Wars Tales #17 (set afterReturn of the Jedi) depicts Luke Skywalker visiting Maul's home planet ofIridonia 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's existence is causing in the Force, and shuts down the life-support systems keeping the brain alive.
In 2005, Dark Horse Comics publishedStar Wars: Visionaries, a compilation of non-canonical short comics made by the creators ofRevenge of the Sith. One story, "Old Wounds", depicts Maul with longer horns on his head, having survived his bisection at Obi-Wan's hands, with his missing bottom half replaced withcybernetic legs, similar to those of General Grievous (and his eventual revival inThe Clone Wars). He follows Obi-Wan throughout the galaxy, finally tracking him down on Tatooine a few years after the events ofRevenge of the Sith. Maul taunts Obi-Wan, saying that after he kills him, he will take a toddler-aged Luke Skywalker to his master, Emperor Palpatine. Maul plans to kill 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 bolt to the head fromOwen Lars. Obi-Wan thanks Owen, and says he will take Maul's body into the desert and burn it.
In early 2012, ayoung adult novel entitledStar Wars: The Wrath of Darth Maul was released byScholastic. Maul is also featured prominently in comic series starting in this period,The Clone Wars: The Sith Hunters andDarth Maul: Death Sentence. Set around the various episodes ofThe Clone Wars that featured Maul, the two books detail his and Savage Opress' journey across the galaxy as they seek vengeance on the Jedi.
In the 2012 novelDarth Plagueis, the titular Sith lord sends his apprentice, Darth Sidious, to the Force-rich world of Dathomir. A Dathomiri witch, or Nightsister, senses Sidious' power in the Force and approaches him. Assuming he is a Jedi, she begs him to take herZabrak infant son. She realizes that Sidious is not a Jedi, and explains how she is trying to save her son from a Nightsister named Talzin, who killed Maul's father. It is implied that Maul has a twin brother and that Talzin is only aware of one child. Sidious realizes the infant is strong in the Force, and would become a threat if found by the Jedi. Concealing the existence of his own master, Sidious raises Maul to believe that he is a Sith apprentice, but he actually intends him to be an expendable minion rather than an heir. Maul himself acknowledges his shortcomings, such as his limited understanding of politics, even as he tries to become a true Sith.
Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter is a novel byMichael Reaves released on February 1, 2001. It is a prequel novel occurring about six months before the events ofThe Phantom Menace. The cover art was by David Stevenson.Del Rey aired a TV 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 then trains Maul as a Sith, marking his body with Sith tattoos. Maul initially goes on several missions ofterror for his master, killing politicians, crime bosses, merchants and warlords.
Sidious meets secretly with hisNeimoidian contacts in the Trade Federation to finalize details in the plan to blockade Naboo. One member of the delegation is missing; suspecting betrayal, Sidious orders Maul to hunt down the traitor. Maul completes this task, but learns that the traitor had recorded proof of the Sith's manipulation of the Naboo blockade on a holocron to sell for profit. Asuicidal attack by a Trade Federation-hiredbounty hunter interferes with Maul's plan and the holocron is purchased by aCorellian con man named Lorn Pavan. Pavan realizes the nature of the information and seeks to take it to theJedi 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 save a member of Black Sun (which Maul had crippled inSaboteur).
Pavan attempts to do 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 meet Darsha and her master. The Jedi begin escorting Pavan and his droid to the temple but Maul soon attacks them. Darsha's master 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's 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 thecarbonitehibernation 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 space station and sneaks up on Maul, stunning him momentarily before he awakens, severs Pavan's right hand, and pursues him through the station's service tubes.Pavan barely makes it into a public area 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, only to be confronted by Maul, who kills him as a worthy opponent.
Darth Maul: Saboteur is a novella byJames Luceno. It was released inebook form, with a length equivalent to about 55 printed pages, on February 1, 2001. It was also 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 beforeThe Phantom Menace. It recounts Maul's first solo mission as "Darth Maul" and attempt to destroy two mining companies so the Trade Federation can take them over.
Maul: Lockdown is aStar Wars novel written byJoe Schreiber, released by Del Rey Books on January 28, 2014.[39] It was the last novel to be released in theStar Wars Legends line of the franchise.[37][40][38] Before the events ofThe Phantom Menace, Sith lordsDarth Plagueis and Darth Sidious send their disciple Maul to a galactic prison to recover a powerful weapon. There, an insidious gambling empire pits the galaxy's most terrible criminals against each other in gladiatorial combat, and Maul must face Jabba the Hutt and various other horrifying obstacles to complete his mission.
Since the release ofThe Phantom Menace, Maul has proven to be a popular character. Whilst the movie received a mixed reaction from fans and critics alike, the character was one of the most highly praised parts of the film, despite his limited screen time.IGN named Maul the 16th greatestStar Wars character, noting, "Of the countless characters to walk in and out of theStar Wars saga, none looks or acts more badass than Maul."[41] C-3PO actorAnthony Daniels said in his memoirs that Darth Maul is still one of his favourite character in the saga - despite his brief appearance inThe Phantom Menace.[42]
Maul-related merchandise was popular amongHasbroStar Wars toy lines, with plastic recreations of his double bladed lightsaber and various action figures in his likeness developed. Maul was the focal point of the marketing campaign surrounding the2012 re-release ofThe Phantom Menace, being featured on the packaging for the toy line.[43]
Darth Maul appears as a skater inTony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 being earned for completing all 54 goals and gaining all gold medals as Tony Hawk.[44]
A Maul fan film titledDarth Maul: Apprentice was released onYouTube on March 5, 2016. Darth Maul is played by Ben Shammas.[45]
At least two videos of people trying to imitate Darth Maul have gone viral: the 2003Star Wars Kid, which spawned aninternet meme, and another which wentviral in December 2017 of an 8-year-oldOntario boy pretending to be Darth Maul and displaying his martial arts skills.[46]
A fittingly fearsome vessel for its deadly pilot, the Sith Infiltrator is the personal starship of Darth Maul, Dark Lord of the Sith.
Darth Maul continues to be one of my favourite characters in the Saga - brief but favourite.
| Media |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episodes | |||||
| Characters |
| ||||
| Related |
| ||||
| Episodes | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novels |
| ||||||||||
| Characters |
| ||||||||||
| Related | |||||||||||
