Maul is also featured prominently in comic series starting in this period, The Clone Wars: The Sith Hunters and Darth Maul: Death Sentence. "I'm setting you down, now just hold my hand." Status Maul himself acknowledges his shortcomings, such as his limited understanding of politics, even as he tries to become a true Sith. Obi-Wan draws the two brothers away from the pirates, engaging them in a duel. Maul, for his part, is ordered by Sidious to retrieve the holocron and kill Pavan and anyone else who might have the information. With Ahsoka as his mentor, Ezra hopes to be a Jedi one day, just like Kanan. Maul arrived and fought Kenobi only to be finally … 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 with cybernetic legs, similar to those of General Grievous (and his eventual revival in The Clone Wars). 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. She, the clones and the Mandaloriona's under Bo-Katan's command attacked … And you shall have it, – for I have discovered the key.” Ezra: “The key to what?” Maul: “The key to destroying the Sith.” Ezra: “Well, that is the knowledge inside the temple?” Maul: “Yes, that temple holds secrets of the Sith, secrets that have been … While possessed by the Nightsister spirit Sabine uses the weapon against Bridger. 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. After his escape from the Separatists with the Death Watch's help and the downfall of his criminal empire (as depicted in the comic Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir), Maul returns to ruling Mandalore and manages to rebuild the Shadow Collective, albeit not as powerful as before, this time consisting of the Pyke Syndicate, the Black Sun, and the Crimson Dawn, led by Dryden Vos. Ray Park reprised his role as Maul in Solo: A Star Wars Story, with Sam Witwer providing the voice,[11] the latter reprising the role from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. Maul isn't nearly at his peak here and Eldra is knight level. Sidious forced Maul to breathe in the ashes of Sith warriors, slain when an ancient weapon was activated in the Sith temple on the planet. 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. The duo first met each other in the abandoned Sith Temple on Malachor during "Twilight of the Apprentice." Pavan follows Maul to a Republic space station and sneaks up on Maul, stunning him momentarily before he awakens, severes Pavan's right hand, and pursues him through the station's service tubes. In the episode "Twin Suns", Maul is shown lost on Tatooine. Ezra looked down from the cave where he hid from to see if Maul was approaching, though he saw nothing other than the layered rocks of the canyon walls and a few sparse bushes across the ground. Both he and director George Lucas liked the result, described as "a kind of Rorschach pattern". They are taken back to Vizsla's settlement, and Maul's damaged cybernetic legs are replaced with a new prosthetic that resembles a more humanoid form, while Savage is fitted with a mechanical arm. Though seemingly killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi at the end of the film, he returned in the 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated television series, and has since also been featured in the 2014 series Star Wars Rebels and the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story, voiced by Sam Witwer, with Park physically reprising the role in the latter film. Portrayed by The story "Resurrection" from Star Wars Tales #9 depicts a cult creating a duplicate of Maul as a replacement for Darth Vader, only for Vader to kill him. What happens next? During their conversation and way to the Sith Holocron, Ezra learned that Maul was once a force-wielder and accuses him of being a Sith. However, unlike Maul, Ezra has a positive parental figure to look up to who helps push him toward the light side: Kanan. Darth Maul had his own one-shot comic book within the 2018–19 Age of the Republic miniseries, which depicts short stories of various characters during the Galactic Republic era. Ahsoka left to find Ezra in the Temple, while Kanan used his other senses in the Force to throw Maul off the platform. The story is about Darth Maul and takes place roughly a year before The Phantom Menace. Maul escapes in the confusion, uttering, "He lives.". Ezra looked up at Maul and blushes. As Ezra recovered and Obi-Wan explained to Ezra, Maul manipulated Ezra into seeking out Obi-Wan, trying to manipulate and … From there, Maul engineers Vizsla's rise to power: he orders his henchmen to attack Mandalore so the Death Watch can arrest them and appear as heroes to the denizens who have long lived under Duchess Satine Kryze's pacifist rule. However, he was kidnapped by Sidious, who had little interest in him beyond turning him into a living weapon for the Sith. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. This is something that we see to do a Maul in the season 4 Death Watch, and that is also something he does with Ezra in Star Wars Rebels. Filoni goes on to explain more about the Dark Side, which is all about ” the self and do things to satisfy … Del Rey aired a TV commercial for the novel in 1999. In 2017, Marvel released Star Wars: Darth Maul, a 5-issue prequel series centered on Darth Maul before the events of The Phantom Menace. Ezra's parents were known to do secret broadcasting and speaking out publicly against the Empire because they fought for those in need and for his freedom. Maul initially goes on several missions of terror for his master, killing politicians, crime bosses, merchants and warlords. Maul reappears after finding the rebels' secret base. While Ahsoka initially thinks about accepting the offer, she first demands that Maul tell him what plans he had for Anakin Skywalker (having learned from a captured Almec that Maul intended to have him come to Mandalore as well). As Ezra sought a way off-world and was caught in a sandstorm, Maul followed out of sight, knowing Obi-Wan would rescue him. While Maul and Savage are in the process of retreating, Hondo's crew open fire at them and shoot off one of Maul's robotic legs. Since the release of The Phantom Menace, Maul has become a widely recognized figure in popular culture, and is remembered for his intimidating appearance and double-bladed lightsaber. Maul, once known as Darth Maul, was a Force-sensitive Dathomirian Zabrak male and dark side warrior who served as the apprentice of the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Sidious, during the final years of the Galactic Republic, and later reigned as a crime lord of the crime syndicate Crimson Dawn during the rule of the Galactic Empire. Ezra and Maul's first meeting nearly resembles Yoda and Luke's, in which both Maul and Yoda act like feeble old men and tell Luke and Ezra respectively "Away with your weapon. Maul pleads for mercy, but Sidious ignores him and tortures him with blasts of Force lightning. Maul taught Ezra the Sith Code and encouraged him to embrace the dark side. 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