Darth Maul ' s lightsaber The Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Maul wielded a red double - bladed lightsaber . After it was cut in half in 32 BBY , it became a single - bladed lightsaber . When it was double - bladed , Maul used the saberstaff on countless missions for his master , Darth Sidious . With it he embarked on missions to kill Jedi and to eliminate enemies . Maul used the saberstaff to eliminate Jedi Anoon Bondara , Siolo Ur Manka , Qui - Gon Jinn and Darsha Assant . He used the lightsaber in his mission to cripple the Black Sun criminal syndicate . After his return to the galaxy , Maul used the weapon to slaughter a village of people on Raydonia and used it to kill Jedi Bruu Jun - Fan , Ko Solok , Grohto and Finn Ertay . Maul used the lightsaber in a battle on Moorjhone and in a duel with Obi - Wan Kenobi on Florrum . In addition to this , he used it on missions to Nal Hutta and Jabba Desilijic Tiure ' s palace . On Mandalore , Maul used it to defeat Death Watch leader Pre Vizsla . He used it in a duel with Darth Sidious . Origins and specifications . Darth Maul fabricated his double - bladed lightsaber out of necessity . Sent to the Jentares system to assassinate the reclusive Jedi Master , Siolo ' urmanka , Maul found himself unable to physically compete with the warrior . Their initial bout ended with Maul being batted across the face with his enemy ' s Force - imbued staff and then disarmed . Knowing that he couldn ' t beat his opponent through martial prowess , Maul fell back on his strategic know - how , resolving to surprise his opponent . Returning to his ship , Maul drew on Sith schematics he had at his disposal , fabricating two separate lightsabers . Welding the weapons together , Maul created his new lightsaber . As Maul ' s lightsaber was composed of two weapons with connected pommels , they both possessed identical designs . Directly below the beam emitter and projection plate of both weapons was the modulation circuitry and the activator . Next to the activator was a control lock and a small , ridged handgrip . The next control was for blade modulation , with a second set of control locks directly below it . The center of the weapon was the joint between the two lightsabers . Maul took considerable pride in the fashioning of the crystals for his weapon . Creating a set of four synthetic lightsaber crystal s in a compression furnace , he went into deep meditation for four days , using the Force to control and monitor the formation of the crystals . History . Unveiling . Returning to the jungle world , Maul again approached Manka , who stood ready . Lamenting Maul ' s lack of honor or artistry in favor of pure skill , Manka took up a combat stance and offered Maul one last chance to flee . Maul ignited one of the blades of his weapon . Manka attacked first , charging with his staff . Maul barely managed to sidestep before countering . Seeing no point in waiting , Maul used exactly the same maneuver he used previously , allowing himself to be disarmed . As Maul caught the weapon in his left hand , Manka rushed inside the Sith Lord ' s guard , with Maul ' s extended arm and the “ pommel ” of his lightsaber pinned against the Jedi ' s own back while he held his staff to Maul ' s throat . Declaring Maul beaten , as he could crush Maul ' s throat long before the Sith Lord could bring his lightsaber around to attack , Manka was caught utterly off - guard when Maul triggered the second blade of his weapon , igniting it through the Jedi ' s chest . As he died in Maul ' s arms , Manka asked if the Sith Lord had used some sort of trick . Maul replied that he simply achieved victory . Darth Sidious was genuinely impressed by Maul ' s ingenuity , and advised Maul to name the weapon , foreseeing that it would " tell great tales " . Maul decided against this , feeling that the weapon was little more than what he was , an instrument of murder . Silus . At some point in 33 BBY , Sidious pitted Maul against the Force - sensitive Drovian Silus , sending Maul to an unknown planet in the Outer Rim . Silus was a hulking , savage brute using the Force for financial gain by pitting himself against other lesser opponents in a dueling ring . Sidious offered to take Silus on as his new apprentice should he be able to kill Maul . He found the Drovian , and after showing him a holo - message of his master containing Sidious ' proposal of replacing Maul with Silus the two began to fight . A nullifier field surrounding the dueling ring prevented use of energy weapons , rendering Maul ' s lightsaber useless and forcing the pair into fighting using only the Force and unarmed combat tactics . Sidious ' proposal of replacing Maul with Silus alarmed and unnerved his apprentice , causing a near - fatal lack of focus that allowed Silus to gain the upper hand . Calling upon his rage , Maul prevailed in the end , using the Force to overload the field and using his lightsaber to end Silus ' life . Darth Sidious then revealed to Maul that the ordeal had only been a test . Ultimate test . Maul wielded the lightsaber during his ultimate test at the conclusion of his training . Abandoned on an isolated world in the Outer Rim , he was forced to survive alone while being hunted by hordes of assassin droids . After a month ' s time , Sidious returned and challenged his apprentice to a lightsaber duel . The weak and famished Maul quickly lost . Sidious then tossed Maul ' s lightsaber aside and told Maul that he had failed , and revealed that he had been secretly training another apprentice to replace Maul the entire time . Rage and hatred overwhelmed Maul and , in one final act of defiance , he lunged forward and sunk his teeth into his master ' s hand . As he spat the blood back into his master ' s face in contempt , Maul realized he was no match for the Dark Lord of the Sith , and when Maul ' s emotions were finally spent , he prepared himself for death . Sidious struck his lightsaber down on Maul , but without killing him since it had only been a training lightsaber . Sidious then laughed . By " wanting " to kill his own master , Maul had in fact passed the final test . There had been no other apprentice . Sidious proclaimed him to be Darth Maul , a Dark Lord of the Sith and took him to a new home on Coruscant . Black Sun . After a brief training bout with several of his Duelist Elite droids , Maul was dispatched by Darth Sidious to destroy the leadership of the crime syndicate , Black Sun , as the organizations influence was enough to give Sidious pause . Maul carved his way through the nine Vigos and confronted and killed the bodyguard Sinya and the Dathomiri Nightsister Mighella . Sinya , he beheaded , despite her skilled usage of her twin Guard shoto s . Mighella wielded a Darksword against him , and was ultimately disarmed . Maul resisted her subsequent blast of Force lightning and cut her in two . Longing for victory over Jedi , Maul finally got his wish when he pursued the Neimoidian Hath Monchar . While he successfully killed Monchar , the Neimiodian managed to sell sensitive information regarding the existence of Darth Sidious to information broker Lorn Pavan . Pursuing Pavan , Maul accidentally brought a pair of Jedi upon him , the disturbance in the Force his actions caused alerting them . Things erupted into a speeder chase , Maul chasing the Jedi and Pavan on the Bloodfin . One of the Jedi , Anoon Bondara , sought to turn the tables , leaping off their speeder at Maul . The two crashed on a nearby platform , beginning a fast paced duel . Bondara ultimately ended the contest by ramming his lightsaber into the power core of Maul ' s bike , destroying it . Maul survived , and continued pursuing Pavan . Before he could capture him , however , Bondara ' s Padawan , Darsha Assant , attacked him . Unable to defeat the Sith Lord , she ended the contest as her master did , and detonated several explosive barrels . While Maul did catch up with Pavan , slicing off his hand , Pavan escaped . However , while he did reach his goal , he only brought his information back to the original mastermind ; Darth Sidious . Naboo Crisis usage . During the Naboo Crisis , Darth Maul was sent to Tatooine to retrieve the escaped Queen Amidala . Arriving planetside , he dispatched his probe droids to ascertain their location before attacking . As Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn returned to their ship from Mos Espa with Anakin Skywalker in tow , Maul attacked . Charging Jinn with his speederbike , Maul leapt off and quickly attacked . Igniting only a single blade of his weapon , Maul quickly pressed the attack , rapidly gaining ground on Jinn . He likely would have defeated the Jedi master then and there had his apprentice , Obi - Wan Kenobi , not resolved to rescue him . Kenobi had the Queen ' s pilot guide the ship over towards the duel , allowing Jinn to leap aboard and escape . Maul was left fuming on the desert floor . While Queen Amidala pleaded her case before the Senate , Palpatine ' s manipulations ensured that the Senate took no action . Believing that she had no other option , she returned to Naboo to lead an insurgency against the Trade Federation occupation . Maul was dispatched to Naboo to combat the Jedi . As the Battle of Naboo raged , and the insurgency stormed the palace , aided by the Jedi , Maul revealed himself . Blocking the rebels path to the throne room from the hangar , he brandished his lightsaber . Holding it before himself as though offering it for inspection , Maul ignited both ends . Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi ignited their blades and attacked . While the insurgents took an alternate route , Maul ' s duel with the Jedi tore through the hangar . Holding off his dual adversaries , Maul guided the fight towards one of the hangar exits , entering the adjacent Theed Generator Complex . As the battle raged on the narrow catwalks above the reactor floor hundreds of meters below , Maul came to realize that he could not overcome his opponents while they were together . Resolving to separate them , Maul leapt onto one of the overhead catwalks . Engaging the Jedi above , Maul kicked Kenobi aside . Kenobi was knocked off the catwalk and fell two levels down , landing on one of the lower platforms . Jinn retaliated with a backhand swipe that in turn knocked Maul off the catwalk to a lower level . Leaping after Maul , Jinn brought his blade to the prone Sith Lord ' s throat , hoping to end the contest quickly . Maul kicked Jinn in the thigh and quickly regained his feet . Jinn was quick to take the initiative , driving Maul back with a resolute offense . Maul was forced to give ground , retreating into the laser gate d security hall leading to one of the cooling pits as Jinn pressed the attack , with Kenobi in staunch pursuit . Their battle was brought to a brief end when the laser gates cycled on , trapping each combatant in a separate cell . Maul tested the walls with his lightsaber blade , and finding them impenetrable , extinguished the weapon . Kenobi began patching his wounds with strips of cloth torn from his robe ; Jinn knelt down in meditation ; and Maul paced his cell like a caged animal . When the walls cycled open again , Jinn surged to his feet and again pressed the attack , driving Maul back to the rim of the cooling pit . However , Jinn ' s momentum finally played out , leaving him vulnerable , and Kenobi was still separated by the last laser gate . In the confined space of the narrow pit rim , Jinn was unable to adequately counter - attack , so Maul drove him back with a focused offense . Kenobi was forced to watch as Maul bucked Jinn in the face with his saberstaff hilt , before whirling and shoving his lightsaber into Jinn ' s gut . Maul ' s defeat . Maul turned to Kenobi , waiting for the wall to cycle open . The two reignited their lightsabers seconds before it opened , and then Kenobi charged out in a fury . Falling on Maul in a rage - fueled frenzy , Kenobi actually caught the experienced Sith Lord off guard , rapidly gaining ground . Using an elaborate feint to trick Maul into bringing his lightsaber into a horizontal position , Kenobi slashed the weapon in half with a swift undercut , knocking the nonfunctional , lesser half of the weapon into the pit . Knocked to the ground by Kenobi ' s follow - up kick , Maul held his grip on the functioning half of the weapon . Regaining his feet , Maul retreated with a series of leaping twirls , putting distance between the two to regain his composure . Wielding his single blade , Maul turned and countered with a sequence of swift strikes , following up with a kick to Kenobi ' s face . Deflecting Kenobi ' s counter and leaping over a strike at his legs , Maul again pressed the attack . After another brief series of chops and blocks , Kenobi performed a rapid overhand , locking blades with Maul . Maul broke the lock , shoving aside Kenobi ' s blade before blasting him in the face with a Force push . Kenobi was thrown off his feet and fell into the pit , grabbing hold of an inactive input nozzle . Darth Maul loomed above , triumphant . Kicking the Padawan ' s lightsaber into the pit , and hacking at the rim with his single blade to shower Kenobi with sparks in an attempt to dislodge him . However , Maul lowered his guard , believing he had won , and giving Kenobi an opening . Kenobi threw himself up and out of the pit , summoning Qui - Gon ' s fallen lightsaber . Flipping above and over Maul , Kenobi cut the Sith Lord in half at the waist , eliciting a shocked and pained flinch from Darth Maul . Extinguishing his lightsaber , Maul fell back , tumbling down the pit with a muted yell . Maul ' s return . Despite the severity of his injury , the functioning half of the lightsaber remained with Darth Maul during his escape to Lotho Minor via a garbage - disposal ship on Naboo . Once on Lotho Minor , Maul used the lightsaber to cut his way out of the garbage tube he had been sealed into , and used it to destroy a Fire - breather , saving the life of Morley . The lightsaber later went into storage while he was attempting to recover parts for replacements for his lost limbs . Over the course of the next twelve years however , Maul fell into a state of insanity due to long term isolation and the overwhelming humiliation of his defeat . During the Clone Wars , Savage Opress , Maul ' s long lost brother , was sent on a quest in 21 BBY by Talzin of the Nightsisters to find Maul for training in the dark side . After a vicious brawl between the siblings , Opress was able to convince his brother that he was an ally and to come to Dathomir with him , retrieving Maul ' s lightsaber from the Sith Lord ' s scrap - cave before departing with him . Skirmish above Raydonia . After Maul was brought to and mended by Talzin on Dathomir , Opress returned the lightsaber to him . Maul then plotted a trap to bring Obi - Wan Kenobi to them by means of Maul killing innocents on Raydonia in the Outer Rim . Kenobi ventured to Raydonia where he was met by Maul and soon ambushed by both brothers . Obi - Wan was soon rendered unconscious by Opress , captured by the two and brought aboard their stolen vessel . Obi - Wan awoke and was soon tortured by the brothers until he was discovered by Asajj Ventress and freed . The two were then engaged by the brothers in lightsaber combat , soon realizing they were outmatched . Under Obi - Wan ' s leadership , they escaped , with Maul advising Savage to have patience . Outer Rim massacres . Sometime later in 20 BBY , the weapon would see use against the Jedi Masters Grohto , Ko Solok and Bruu Jun - Fan on Pleem ' s Nexus , Paklan and Yellowblade ' s Landing . It also saw use against several bounty hunters . Afterwards , Maul and Opress wreaked havoc across the galaxy , engaging Jedi Masters Salmara , Judd and Padawan Dray on Moorjhone . Maul used the saber to cut off Dray ' s hands . Maul used the lightsaber to kill Finn Ertay at an unidentified Outer Rim spaceport . Cybloc Transfer Station and Florrum . Sometime later , Maul used the lightsaber when he and Opress raided the Cybloc Transfer Station , using it to destroy several security droids . In a brief power struggle for the status of teacher and student , Maul used it in a brief duel against his brother . Above Florrum , Maul sought to recruit pirates and when the pirates led by Jiro believed them to be Jedi , Maul used the blade to swat aside the blaster fire to quickly end the skirmish and form an alliance . Shortly afterwards , he used it in a duel with Obi - Wan Kenobi on Florrum . Rise to power . Later , Pre Vizsla and Bo - Katan found Maul and Opress near dead in their escape pod above Florrum . Vizsla had the two taken to their camp on Zanbar for treatment , and he kept the weapon for a short time before returning it to Maul after they formed an alliance . Maul wielded the lightsaber alongside Opress and Vizsla on Nal Hutta against several bounty hunters set on them by Jabba Desilijic Tiure . Later , Maul used it during the takeover of the New Mandalorian capital city of Sundari , and then in a duel with Pre Vizsla . The weapon was knocked out of his hand towards the end of the duel , but Maul would use the darksaber to decapitate his fallen opponent . Sometime later , he would wield it against his former master Darth Sidious during the battle . Behind the scenes . Hasbro has released a Force FX lightsaber based on Darth Maul ' s damaged lightsaber . Included with the lightsaber is an adapter so that the collector may combine a second battle damaged lightsaber to create the full weapon . The lightsaber is programmed with digitally recorded sounds from the movie including the power - up , idle hum , clash , and power - down . It also features power - up and power - down light effects . The art piece entitled " Rancor , " painted by artist Arantzazu Martinez for the book " " , depicts a regally - dressed woman reaching for a lightsaber inside of a rancor pit . The woman ' s lightsaber , which is half - buried in the sand in the piece , appears visually identical to Darth Maul ' s lightsaber . On the cover of " " , Darth Zannah ' s lightsaber is identical to Darth Maul ' s . Non - canon appearances . In the , if the player chooses the dark side ending , Starkiller can be seen with half of Darth Maul ' s lightsaber included on his belt at the end of the game .