Darth Maul Maul was a Dathomirian Zabrak male who lived during the waning days of the Galactic Republic and the reign of the Galactic Empire . The son of Mother Talzin of the Nightsisters , he was taken as the Sith apprentice of Darth Sidious , the Dark Lord of the Sith , and given the name Darth Maul . After revealing the existence of the Sith to the Jedi Order , Maul supposedly fell in a lightsaber duel against Obi - Wan Kenobi during the Battle of Naboo . Over a decade later , he returned from exile and formed the criminal army known as the Shadow Collective , intent on reclaiming the power he had lost . His quest for revenge against Kenobi and the Sith continued into the Imperial age , bringing him into conflict with the early rebellion against the Empire . As a Sith Lord , Maul believed it was his destiny to rule the galaxy and bring about the end of the Jedi and the Republic . After the Battle of Naboo , that destiny was taken by Count Dooku , a former Jedi Master who became Sidious ' new apprentice . The Sith ' s war to destroy the Republic began without Maul , as the Clone Wars raged across the galaxy , but Maul returned during the conflict and brought the Shadow Collective together to destroy his enemies and regain what he had lost . He led the takeover of the planet Mandalore with the help of his allies , the Mandalorian splinter group Death Watch , and killed Duchess Satine Kryze as part of his revenge against Kenobi , as she was an old friend and romantic interest of the venerable Jedi Master . Maul was captured and imprisoned by Sidious soon thereafter , who used his former apprentice as part of a plot to eliminate Mother Talzin , whom Sidious considered a threat to his future rule of the galaxy . Sidious succeeded in destroying the Jedi at the end of the war , and he transformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire and proclaimed himself Emperor . During the Empire ' s reign , Maul dwelled on the ancient Sith world of Malachor after his ship crash - landed there in the hopes of unlocking the superweapon at the heart of the Sith temple . It was his hope that he could use the temple to destroy Sidious and his apprentice , Darth Vader — whom Maul viewed as the embodiment of everything he could have been . Maul ' s plan was thwarted by two Jedi , Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger , the latter of whom Maul hoped to corrupt as his own apprentice . Later , Maul kidnapped Kanan and Ezra ' s rebel comrades . He also obtained Ezra ' s Sith holocron and Kanan Jarrus ' holocron through which he learnt that his nemesis Obi - Wan Kenobi was still alive . Maul ' s efforts to recruit Ezra as his apprentice failed when the young man refused to abandon his friends following a skirmish on Dathomir . Seeking to find hope and purpose , Maul sought out Kenobi on the desert planet of Tatooine . Following a lightsaber duel , Maul was ultimately killed by Kenobi ; ending his quest for vengeance , and finding a sense of peace in the knowledge that the end of the Sith was at hand . Biography . Early life . The boy who would become known as Darth Maul was born the son of Mother Talzin on Dathomir . As a Dathomirian Zabrak male , he was a Nightbrother and had two blood brothers , Feral and Savage Opress . Before his first birthday , Talzin gave Maul and his brother Opress their first tattoos . When Maul was a child , Mother Talzin became an ally of Darth Sidious , the Dark Lord of the Sith , and the two exchanged wisdom and power . Sidious eventually abandoned Talzin , despite promising to make her his apprentice , and instead took Maul once he realized the boy ' s potential . Once under Sidious ' tutelage , Maul began training as his Sith apprentice . For years , Maul was trained to become a weapon of the Sith . He became an acrobatic warrior , one trained to be relentless against his enemies , and learned to use a dual - bladed lightsaber . During his training , Sidious took Maul to Malachor to bear witness to a great battle that occurred there between the Jedi and the Sith . 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 . While breathing in this ash , Maul had visions of members of the Sith order being struck down by the Jedi . He felt the slash of saber after saber as he felt the death of his Sith brethren . His Sith training made Maul long for revenge against the Jedi Order , which had defeated the Sith a millennium earlier . With his master , Maul hoped to destroy the Jedi and restore the Sith to galactic power . Serving the Sith . First encounter with a Jedi . Several years into his training as Sidious ' apprentice , Darth Maul began to become impatient . He longed for a confrontation with the Jedi . Maul spent time hunting wild game , such as Rathtar s on Twon Ketee , and stalking the Jedi Khaat Qiyn and her apprentice in the shadows on Coruscant . It was while hunting Rathtars that Maul reflected on their viciousness , ruthlessness , and freedom . The Rathtars he hunted had no master , unlike himself . Sidious warned Maul to avoid the Jedi until his plans were ready to unfold . While he praised Maul for this thirst for vengeance , Sidious did not want Maul revealing himself until the time was right . Sidious threatened Maul with death if he continued to risk detection . In an attempt to satiate Maul ' s bloodlust , Sidious sent him to the Kellux system to dispatch pirate s who were interfering with the Trade Federation . Maul traveled to Kellux and dispatched the pirates who had kidnapped members of the Trade Federation . A pirate , mistaking Maul for a Jedi , begged for his life in exchange for information . The pirate informed Maul that Xev Xrexus of the Xrexus Cartel had captured a Jedi Padawan who was going to be auctioned off to the highest bidder . Maul dispatched the remaining pirates as well as the kidnapped members of the Trade Federation , and began his search for the Padawan . Maul hired a group of bounty hunters ( Cad Bane , Aurra Sing , Vorhdeilo , and Troo - tril - tek ) and traveled to Nar Shaddaa in an attempt to gain information about the location of Xrexus ' s auction . Maul got into a bar brawl after being accused of being a Jedi . He was blinded during the fight , and was about to be killed , when he was rescued by Bane , Sing , and Vorhdeilo . Bane informed Maul that the bounty hunters had gotten ahold of an invitation to Xrexus ' s auction . The bounty hunters had killed the Haddrex Gang and stolen their ship and protocol droid , FE - B3 . Troo - Tril - Tek and Maul tortured FE - B3 until they were able to extract the location of the auction . Maul and the bounty hunters then traveled in the Haddrex Gang ' s ship to a space station in the Drazkel system to attend the auction . Xrexus told those gathered that the Padawan , a Twi ' lek named Eldra Kaitis , had been found on a crashed Republic transport vessel which had been attacked by pirates . While Xrexus greeted her guests , Maul searched the space station and found Kaitis in a holding cell . While searching for Kaitis , Maul was caught sneaking around the station by Xrexus , and Maul provided a fake name Seris Madreth of the Haddrex Consortium to trick Xrexus . Maul then spoke with Bane and the other boutny hunters to come up with a clean way out and a back up plan . Maul then returned to the auction , where he allowed the Moogan , Jee Kra to take Kaitis . Maul and his bounty hunters then confronted Jee Kra and his crew at their ship . There , Maul and his bounty hunters killed Kra and his crew . Maul then told Bane to get the ship into space and confirmed to Kaitis that he was a Sith . However , Xrexus had planted a explosive on the shuttle and it was forced to crash land on the Drazkel ' s moon . On the Moon ' s surface , Maul , Kaitis , and his bounty hunters survived the crash . Maul and his bounty hunters then saw that Xrexus was sending ships after them and split up ; Maul and Kaitis would lead the hunters away while Bane , Sing , and Vorhdeilo would take a ship from them . When they became surrounded by the hunters , Maul gave Kaitis her lightsaber and the two of them fought the hunters together . After defeating the hunters , Maul and Kaitis then prepared to fight each other . Both proved to be a match for each other . At first , Kaitis was able to use her lightsaber to cause a landslide that buried Maul . As she was going in for the kill , Maul rose up and stabbed her through the chest . He then destroyed FE - B3 , after which he was picked up by Bane and the other bounty hunters using a stolen " Flarestar " - class shuttle . Maul then compensated them and they dropped him off at Xev ' s hideout . There , Maul killed Xrexus to ensure the Sith ' s secrecy . He then returned to Lord Sidious on Coruscant . His master knew he had killed the young Padawan , but he pleased his master by telling him that his Jedi lust was not satisfied . Invasion of Naboo . Revealing the Sith to the Jedi . After years of longing for revenge against the Jedi , Maul became part of his master ' s plan to take over the Galactic Republic and destroy the Jedi . Sidious , who was secretly Senator Palpatine of Naboo , conspired with the Trade Federation to invade his planet as retaliation for the taxation of trade routes in outlying Republic star systems . The Federation launched their vessels and formed a blockade against Naboo , and prepared their battle droid army . Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum , who Palpatine aimed to replace through the invasion , dispatched Jedi Knight s Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi to resolve the situation , but the Federation attempted to kill the two Jedi , forcing Jinn and Kenobi to the surface . Once there , and as the invasion began , they rescued Queen Padmé Amidala and escaped from Naboo . Because Amidala was necessary for their plans — the queen needed to sign a treaty that would legitimize the illegal occupation of Naboo — Sidious dispatched Maul to find the queen and the Jedi . Maul traced a distress call from Sio Bibble , the governor of Naboo , which Queen Amidala received on Tatooine . With his master ' s blessing , Maul traveled to Tatooine to locate the queen . He landed in the desert with his personal starship , establishing it as a mobile base for his operation . From his starship he launched a trio of Sith probe droids to seek out the Queen and her Jedi protectors and thanks to one of them , he discovered her ship just before it was preparing to leave . Maul rode across the Tatooine sand dunes on his " Bloodfin " , his personal vehicle of choice , towards the Queen ' s ship . However , he encountered Qui - Gon Jinn , one of the Jedi Knights that was trying to protect the Queen , and a young boy named Anakin Skywalker , whom Maul felt had an unusually powerful connection with the Force . Nevertheless , the Sith Lord attacked Qui - Gon Jinn , and the two engaged in lightsaber combat . The Jedi commanded that Anakin board the ship and tell the pilot to take off . It was a short but intense duel , Maul using his terrifying agility and ferocity to tire Jinn out with his vicious lightsaber technique . Just as Jinn had succumbed to Maul ' s power and fury , and Maul was looking to finish the Jedi off , the Queen ' s ship came to the rescue and Jinn jumped aboard , leaving the Sith Lord fuming with rage on the sand . Although Jinn and the queen were able to escape , the Sith had revealed themselves to the Jedi for the first time in a millennium , and the Jedi Order began wondering how the Sith could have returned after so many centuries . Despite his narrow defeat , Maul embraced what he had achieved and let himself become more consumed with darkness and hatred . What Maul did not know was that Skywalker , the young boy who was destined to be the Chosen One , would one day all but destroy the Jedi and become a Sith Lord himself . Duel on Naboo . After the Jedi and the queen escaped , they made their way to Coruscant where Sidious , as Palpatine , manipulated Amidala into calling for a Vote of No Confidence against Chancellor Valorum , prompting a new election where Palpatine was a favorite to win and take over the Republic . Maul , meanwhile , returned to Naboo , where Amidala and the Jedi also returned to in order to fight the Federation occupation force . The Naboo , along with the Gungan s who lived in Naboo ' s oceans , led the Federation army into battle away from the capital city . Using the battle as a diversion , the queen and the Jedi fought to regain control of the city . The battle for the capital reached the royal palace , where Maul was waiting for Jinn and Kenobi . The Sith Lord fought the Jedi in the palace hangar , before moving into a generator complex . The duel raged on throughout the generator rooms , with Maul dominating the duel ; he did , however , give ground in order to lead the Jedi throughout the complex . Maul managed to separate the Jedi by knocking Kenobi down several levels , and Kenobi was unable to catch up to Maul and Jinn due to laser walls standing in his way . Taking advantage of their separation , Maul fought Jinn in single - combat and eventually stabbed the Jedi Master through the torso , mortally wounding him . When Kenobi finally caught up , the two engaged in a vicious fight , with Kenobi filled with anger and grief over the death of his master and friend . Although Kenobi managed to chop Maul ' s double - bladed lightsaber in half , leaving the Sith Lord with only one blade , Maul was able to disarm Kenobi and Force - push him over the edge of a vast reactor shaft , allowing him to drop his lightsaber , and forcing the young Jedi to cling for dear life on an input nozzle just below the edge . Maul then kicked Kenobi ' s lightsaber into the shaft below him . As Maul attempted to make the young Jedi fall to his death , Kenobi managed to calm himself and used the Force to jump back up and summon Jinn ' s lightsaber into his hand . In an instant , Kenobi sliced the blade through Maul ' s waist , cutting him in half and sending him falling down the shaft . That same day , Sheev Palpatine became Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic . Both he and the Jedi believed that Maul had perished on Naboo . Exile in the Outer Rim . However , through his hate and will to survive , Maul used the Force to grab an air vent as he was tumbling down the reactor shaft . He then managed to make it to a trash container . Maul ' s shattered body was dumped on the junkyard world of Lotho Minor . He lived in the bowels of the planet and had his legs replaced by a six - legged apparatus that allowed him to walk again . During his exile , he made a bargain with a sentient sneaky Anacondan called Morley , who agreed to bring Maul food in return for his leftovers . Over the years , Maul was driven mad with rage and despair , but remained driven by thoughts of revenge against Kenobi . During those years , Anakin Skywalker , while training in lightsaber combat at the Jedi Temple , altered a training droid , giving it Darth Maul ' s appearance . The Clone Wars . Rescued by his brother . Mother Talzin knew that Maul had survived . During the Clone Wars , she told his brother , Savage Opress , that the former Sith Lord could be found in the Outer Rim . Talzin gave Opress a talisman that would help him find Maul , and Opress set out to locate his brother . Opress found Lotho Minor and discovered his crazed brother living there , but Maul did not know who Opress was , and barely had a hold on his own identity . All that remained of the one - time Sith Lord was his lust for revenge against the Jedi . Believing that Morley had severed his brother and driven him crazy , Opress killed the Anacondan and , to restore Maul ' s memories , took him to Dathomir , where Mother Talzin repaired Maul ' s mind and gave him a pair of cybernetic legs through an incantation , using parts of the Separatist droids destroyed during the Battle of Dathomir . Resurfacing in the galaxy . With his mind restored , Maul set out to seek revenge against Kenobi for defeating him on Naboo , and led the now - Jedi High Council member to Raydonia by slaughtering civilians to draw Kenobi out . Maul and Opress captured Kenobi , but the Jedi was rescued by Asajj Ventress , a former acolyte of Darth Tyranus and the Dathomir Witch who once commanded Opress . Kenobi and Maul engaged in a lightsaber duel for the first time in over a decade , and Maul attempted to goad Kenobi into anger by talking about how he killed Qui - Gon Jinn . Kenobi was briefly overwhelmed as a result , so he and Ventress escaped the ship . Although Kenobi had escaped , Maul knew that the Jedi would soon begin pursuing him , which would play into Maul ' s hand in his quest for revenge . The brothers began a rampage across the galaxy , which took them to the Cybloc transfer station in the Cybloc system . After defeating the station ' s guards , the brothers discovered a credit coffer filled to the brim . Maul demonstrated his martial superiority to his brother by disarming him , earning the latter ' s respect . From that point , Maul referred to himself as Opress ' s Master , in the same manner as the traditional Sith Rule of Two dynamic . After stealing the valuables on the space station , the brothers traveled to Florrum , where they bribed a squad of pirates into joining them . Although some joined , others questioned Maul and Opress ' s motives and were killed as a result , as Hondo Ohnaka , the pirate leader , was forced to watch . Eventually , the brothers were faced off against Kenobi and Adi Gallia , a fellow member of the Jedi High Council , who tracked them there . After a duel that left Gallia dead , Kenobi lured the brothers into the pirate base , where they continued their duel in an isolated passage . When Opress had his arm cut off , Maul knew they were outmatched and ordered a retreat . He also discovered that Ohnaka ' s forces reconciled with the renegade pirates , and likewise , Maul ' s hired group had turned on him . The brothers promptly escaped , although the escape cost Maul one of his artificial legs . They later barely escaped the doomed ship after one of Ohnaka ' s pirates shot out its engines with a rocket launcher . Because of this , Hondo believed that Maul and Opress were incinerated in the crash , though Kenobi suspected otherwise . Building the Shadow Collective . Maul and Opress managed to escape Florrum , although they eventually passed out from lack of oxygen in their escape pod . As they floated aimlessly in deep space , they were discovered unconscious and half - alive by Death Watch , a Mandalorian splinter group led by former Governor Pre Vizsla . Discovering Maul ' s lightsaber , Vizsla decided not to kill them as his lieutenant , Bo - Katan Kryze , wished to do ; Vizsla believed that if they were enemies of the Jedi , then they were his friends . Vizsla and his men returned to their base on Zanbar , with Maul and Opress in tow . On Zanbar , medical droids healed Maul from his wounds and replaced the legs he had received from Mother Talzin for a pair of Human mechanical legs that returned him to his previous height . Waking after the surgery was completed , Maul was groggy and only tried to react when he saw the still unconscious Opress next to him , as the droids fitted the wounded brother with a mechanic arm . Vizsla and Bo - Katan entered and began to interrogate Maul , threatening to kill Opress if Maul refused to answer . Maul revealed that they were Sith Lords , which immediately led Vizsla to question him as to his links to Count Dooku . Maul angrily stated that he and Opress served no one and that they were brothers , the true Lords of the Sith . Satisfied , Vizsla asked him as to his intentions , and Maul revealed his plans to seek power and influence to gain his revenge over the Jedi . He also informed the Mandalorians that the Jedi responsible for their troubles was Obi - Wan Kenobi . Having faced Kenobi before , and knowing that the Jedi Master was a close friend of Vizsla ' s enemy , the Mandalorian Duchess Satine Kryze , Vizsla ordered the droids to complete the repairs to the brothers . Maul was later taken to Vizsla ' s shelter and revealed himself as a member of Death Watch , who purported to be the descendants of Mandalore ' s true warrior faith which had been rejected by the pacifists who ruled Mandalore . Vizsla also informed Maul of his and his warriors ' exile from Mandalore after failing to overthrow the Mandalorian government and mused against the one responsible for their exile : Kenobi . Realizing that they possessed a common goal and a common enemy , Maul proposed an alliance between the brothers and Death Watch , claiming that it was the will of the Force . Bo - Katan rebuffed him , stating that the last time they had allied with a Sith , they had been betrayed . She also denigrated the Sith as being weaker than they claimed as opposed to the Jedi . Maul used the Force to choke her and , as the Mandalorians aimed their weapons at him , he claimed that , thanks to their alliance , Mandalore would be theirs and they would dispose of all their enemies , as well as gaining their revenge against Kenobi and Dooku . He then released Bo - Katan , and Vizsla sent him to see to Opress while they put the alliance to a vote among the Mandalorians . Opress emerged from his coma and proceeded to destroy the medical droids with his new mechanical arm while Maul watched . As Opress grew agitated , Maul appeared to calm him and informed him of who they had fallen upon . He insisted that the Mandalorians would be more useful to their plans than the pirates ever would have been , because the Mandalorians had honor . While Opress rejected this as a weakness , Maul stated that his plans would be better served by them and , once they had reclaimed Mandalore , they would use its resources to further their own plans , with the Death Watch under their command . Vizsla then arrived and announced that the alliance had been accepted by the Death Watch . Maul convinced Pre Vizsla they needed to recruit Black Sun so they could build an army . The alliance proceeded to go to Mustafar to recruit the Black Sun rulers into their ranks . Upon arrival , their request for Black Sun to join were shot down and mocked by the Black Sun leader , although one of their leaders ended up joining after witnessing Opress single - handedly wiping out all the other ruling council members . Upon returning to their camp on Zanbar , the Pykes also declared their allegiance to the Sith brothers . Next , the alliance traveled to Nal Hutta to convince the Grand Hutt Council to join their group . The brothers and Death Watch were initially met with refusal , and bounty hunters began to attack them , so the alliance retreated outside and began an attack , killing almost everyone . After defeating the bounty hunters and the guards , they met Oruba the Hutt , who was captured by Bo - Katan and her forces . After the Hutt could only tell that they would find the other Hutts at Jabba ' s Palace on Tatooine , they killed Oruba , resulting in Jabba declaring the Hutts ' allegiance to the Sith brothers . Conquest of Mandalore . The coup . Now with an army under his command , Maul and the Shadow Collective planned to overthrow the government of Duchess Satine on Mandalore . Their goal was to make the Duchess look weak by sending the Collective ' s criminal elements to attack the capital city , Sundari , at which time Death Watch would arrive and drive them off . Maul also anticipated and counted on Pre Vizsla and Bo - Katan betraying him , an act that he counted on as part of his own plans . After Death Watch drove the criminals away , Maul ' s suspicions were confirmed when he and Opress were arrested . With Maul imprisoned , Death Watch declared themselves the leaders of Mandalore . Maul suspected that there would be other political prisoners nearby , other than the deposed and imprisoned Satine , who Maul could use for his own ends . The two Sith brothers broke out of their cells and sought to find a new ally , choosing former Prime Minister Almec as a puppet ; Almec had been imprisoned by the Duchess on corruption charges . Having fought his way out of prison , Maul stormed into the Mandalorian throne room and challenged Pre Vizsla to an honorable death match , knowing that the winner would gain the allegiance of Death Watch and become their new leader . After a long and spectacular duel , Maul overpowered Pre Vizsla and beheaded him with his own weapon , the Darksaber that ancient Mandalorians had stolen from the Jedi , which Maul then claimed as his own . However , Maul ' s victory split the Death Watch in two , with Bo - Katan and her forces refusing to pledge loyalty to Darth Maul . The other half submitted to Maul ' s rule , while Almec was reinstated as Prime Minister — albeit with Maul as the true power on Mandalore . Revenge against Kenobi . Shortly after the coup , Maul learned that the Duchess had tried to escape from prison and transmitted a distress call to the Jedi . Having learned of Kenobi ' s old friendship and relationship with Kryze , Maul realized she could serve as bait for his archenemy and the perfect tool for his revenge against the Jedi Master . As Mandalore was technically neutral in the Clone Wars , Maul knew that Kenobi could not receive an official sanction from the Jedi Council for a rescue mission . As such , he predicted that Kenobi would mount his rescue alone . After Kenobi managed to infiltrate the palace and liberate his friend , Maul and the Mandalorian forces chased the two of them all the way to Kenobi ' s ship , " Twilight " . The Mandalorians fired missiles at the ship and crippled it , forcing Kenobi and Kryze to abandon ship before it was destroyed . Although dazed from the crash , Kenobi recognized Maul and Opress and attacked them , but Maul disarmed him and ordered his forces to bring Kenobi and the Duchess to the palace . In the throne room , Maul taunted Kenobi to give in to the dark side , all the while holding Kryze in a Force grip . Kenobi refused , and told Maul he had been to the Sith Lord ' s village on Dathomir ; Kenobi expressed his belief that it had not been Maul ' s decision to join the dark side , but rather the Nightsisters forced it upon him . The comments struck a nerve , angering Maul and causing him to lash out . He reminded Kenobi that it was the Jedi Master who truly made Maul suffer for over ten years , and that it was time for Kenobi to share in his agony . At that moment , Maul activated the darksaber and stabbed it through the Duchess ' chest . Kryze died in Kenobi ' s arms , before Maul ordered that Kenobi be taken to the prison to contemplate his loss . Kenobi later escaped with the help of Bo - Katan , who revealed herself to be the Duchess ' sister . Duel with Darth Sidious . As Bo - Katan and her Nite Owls fought Maul ' s Mandalorian super commando s , bringing a civil war to Mandalore , Darth Sidious arrived at the royal palace , having sensed that Maul was growing stronger and had become a rival ; as Palpatine , Sidious had learned from Kenobi and Skywalker that Maul was alive . When Sidious arrived , Maul sensed his old master ' s presence and prepared to face him . Maul claimed that he had taken Mandalore and built an army in the hopes of becoming Sidious ' apprentice once more , but the Dark Lord saw through Maul ' s deception and attacked the brothers , demonstrating his superior power through Force attacks . After Sidious released the duo from his Force grip , all three drew their weapons and began to duel . At first , the duel was well matched , but Sidious ' s overwhelming prowess ultimately proved too much for them and after a fight , managed to stun Maul by force - pushing him to a wall before taking Opress on alone . Maul regained consciousness just in time to see Opress be fatally impaled by Sidious ' blades and rushed to his brother ' s side . In his final moments , Opress expressed his regret that he had failed his brother as an apprentice . Sidious was amused and reminded Maul that there can only be two Sith , and that he had been replaced . Enraged , Maul lit both his own lightsaber and the darksaber , and attacked his former master . Maul held his own better than Opress but he was ultimately outclassed by the more experienced and skilled Dark Lord of the Sith and disarmed . Sidious telekinetically assaulted Maul multiple times , severely weakening him . Maul pleaded for mercy , but Sidious ignored him and sadistically tortured him with blasts of Force Lightning . The Sith Lord revealed he had no intention of killing his former apprentice and still had uses for Maul ; he wanted to use Maul to draw Mother Talzin into the open so she could be defeated , though he did not reveal his plan to Maul . Capture and escape . After the duel on Mandalore , Sidious took Maul as his prisoner and brought him to the remote world of Stygeon Prime , where the Confederacy of Independent Systems operated the Spire , a prison fortress in the mountains . On Almec ' s orders , Sidious ' vessel was pursued by Maul ' s Death Watch forces , with the intention of rescuing their captive leader . Once he was imprisoned , Maul was subjected to torture at the hands of the Sith , as Sidious reminded Maul that he still had plans for his former apprentice . The two were interrupted by Count Dooku , whose arrival angered Maul . Dooku returned to Maul after conferring with Sidious , with orders from the Dark Lord to learn more about the Shadow Collective and the names of Maul ' s associates . Dooku interrogated his predecessor , electrocuting him in an attempt to find the information he was seeking . Maul resisted the torture and refused to give up any information . After Dooku left , Rook Kast and Gar Saxon of Death Watch attacked the prison and rescued their captive leader . The Mandalorians blew a hole in the walls of Maul ' s cell , and together they rappelled down the mountain and escaped aboard a Death Watch ship . Unknown to Maul and the Death Watch , the Sith intended for Maul to escape so he could lead them to Mother Talzin . Maul and Death Watch regrouped with more of their forces on Zanbar . After his arrival , Maul spoke to Prime Minister Almec via hologram , and the Prime Minister told Maul that the prison break was repayment for when Maul released Almec from imprisonment . Once again in command of his forces , Maul reclaimed his darksaber and promised the Mandalorians that the war they had longed for was at hand . Soon thereafter , Separatist forces under the command of General Grievous reached Zanbar . Grievous launched all of his forces against Death Watch , with both sides suffering heavy losses . During the battle , Maul destroyed four of Grievous ' MagnaGuard droids and then attacked Grievous himself . Despite Maul ' s obvious power , he quickly realized that he could not win and backed down after Grievous kicked him hard in the chest . With most of his forces in ruins , Maul ordered his warriors to retreat . Grievous allowed Maul to escape , hoping that Maul would seek out Mother Talzin for help . Capturing Dooku and Grievous . As Grievous predicted , Maul contacted Mother Talzin after leaving Zanbar , calling out to her through the Force for guidance . She appeared to him from afar in a cloud of smoke and he informed her of his escape from prison and defeat on Zanbar . Talzin anticipated that Sidious hoped to lure her into a trap , so she ordered Maul to go to Ord Mantell , where the Black Sun had a base of operations . Once there , Talzin wanted him to gather his forces for another battle against the Separatists , this time to lure Dooku and Grievous into a trap and capture them — which Talzin believed that Sidious would not expect . Talzin herself would not go to Ord Mantell , as she knew she was a target of the Sith Lords . Maul arrived on Ord Mantell and conferred with his Shadow Collective allies , including Ziton Moj of Black Sun and Fife of the Pyke Syndicate . He informed them that a battle would take place against the Separatists , who were being lured to Ord Mantell thinking they could capture Maul . Despite some reservations from his allies , Maul was confident that his plan would succeed and they could trap the two Separatist leaders . Maul and his allies quickly began planning their attack against the Separatists , which including luring the droid army into a specific point in the Black Sun - controlled territory so the Shadow Collective forces could attack them . As the Collective prepared for battle , a team of Nightbrother warriors , led by Brother Viscus , arrived after having been sent from Dathomir by Mother Talzin to reinforce Maul ' s army . While Maul greeted his fellow Nightbrothers , the Separatists arrived in orbit and began their attack , using their fleet to bombard the surface of Ord Mantell . Maul immediately ordered his forces to begin carrying out their assault , while the Nightbrothers were to wait in the command center for instructions . Maul , meanwhile , made his way to Mandalorian warships , which he and Death Watch forces would use to assault the Separatist fleet in orbit . Maul arrived in orbit while the Separatists began landing their troops — as well as Count Dooku — on the planet , quickly overwhelming the Shadow Collective army . Maul ' s ships attacked General Grievous ' command vessel , before attaching itself to the hull of the Separatist ship so Maul and his forces could board and make their way to the bridge . Once there , Maul and Death Watch eliminated the battle droids defending the cyborg general , and Maul then subdued Grievous and gave him a choice : disable the signal powering the droids on the surface , or die . Grievous begrudgingly disabled the signal and was taken into custody . Dooku , who engaged and killed the Nightbrothers in battle , was captured by Shadow Collective forces on the surface , while the disabled battle droids were eliminated . Alliance with Dooku . After the battle , Maul contacted Mother Talzin once again to inform her of what had happened on Ord Mantell . Talzin promised Maul that , with Dooku and Grievous in custody , they would capture Sidious as well — and gain their revenge against him . Maul and his forces cleared off of Ord Mantell , leaving little trace they were there , and made their way to Vizsla Keep 09 , a Mandalorian supply outpost . From the outpost , Maul contacted Darth Sidious , informing him of the capture of Dooku and Grievous . Claiming that he had no further use for the two , Sidious told Maul to kill them , but the former Sith Lord had other plans . Grievous was locked in the brig , while Maul tempted Dooku to join him . They were both betrayed by Sidious , so Maul suggested that he and Dooku could be natural allies . Dooku did not believe that Sidious could be challenged , and claimed he did not think he should ally with Maul and Mother Talzin , the latter of whom once tried to kill Dooku . Talzin herself appeared using Nightsister magic and told the story of how she was once an ally of Sidious , how she too was betrayed when Sidious took Maul from her , and how Sidious was already seeking to replace the Count . Neither Talzin nor Maul believed Dooku would sincerely ally with them , and simply wanted to ensure he could be taken to Dathomir . As they spoke , a Jedi - led Republic assault team attacked the supply outpost . The Jedi , including Kenobi and Mace Windu , had tracked the Shadow Collective from Ord Mantell . With both of their lives at stake , Dooku feigned an alliance with Maul , while Grievous escaped in the chaos using an escape pod . Maul and Dooku engaged the Jedi in a lightsaber duel , which lasted until Kast shot a small explosive towards the Jedi , incapacitating the Jedi and allowing the two Sith Lords to escape . Fall of the Shadow Collective . Having fled the outpost , Maul and his followers made their way towards Dathomir . While en route , Maul was contacted by Moj and the Pykes , who grew concerned that Maul ' s vendetta was causing the Shadow Collective ' s plans to fail . Maul assured them that they would be paid and that Sidious would die , allowing the galaxy to be controlled by the Shadow Collective . To ensure loyalty , Maul ordered Saxon to keep the Pykes and Black Sun in line . He also revealed to Dooku that he knew the Sith Lord was not an ally , and that Sidious had ordered his apprentice to feign allegiance with Maul . Once on Dathomir , Maul was greeted by Brother Viscus , who survived his fight with Dooku on Ord Mantell . The Nightbrother told Maul that they were ready for the next step of their plan , so Dooku was taken before Mother Talzin , who appeared before them in a cloud of smoke . She unleashed her magic upon the Sith Lord , using it to draw Dooku ' s life force so she could physically manifest herself again ; Talzin ' s physical return required a sacrifice , and they had chosen Dooku for that purpose . They were interrupted , by an explosion ripping through the area , and the arrival of Grievous and Sidious . Sidious reminded his former apprentice that there was only one plan that mattered : Sidious ' . The arrival of the Dark Lord and Grievous led to a lightsaber duel , one which Talzin joined after she took control of Count Dooku ' s body . Talzin fought Sidious while Maul fought the cyborg general , and Sidious quickly gained the advantage over the Dathomir witch . Sidious bombarded Talzin with Force lightning , and the witch released Dooku and appeared in physical form once more . Maul , meanwhile , Force - pushed Grievous out of the opening that the explosion created . Once Sidious attacked her with a barrage of lightning , Maul pleaded with his mother to use his own life force to grow more powerful , but Talzin demanded that he retreat as she held off the Dark Lord ' s attacks . The witch used her powers to toss Maul from the fray and he was dragged away by Kast and another Death Watch warrior . As they fled , Maul watched as Grievous returned to fatally stab Talzin with his lightsabers . Maul fled from Dathomir , which was being attacked by the Separatists . The Shadow Collective , meanwhile , had also been defeated by Separatist forces . In Sidious ' eye s , despite Maul ' s escape , the former Sith Lord had been eliminated as a rival to the future Sith rule of the galaxy . Losing Mandalore . After his time with the Shadow Collective , Maul and his loyal forces returned to Mandalore , where they remained in hiding for some time . During the final days of the Clone Wars , they found themselves under siege by a battalion of clone troopers led by Captain Rex and former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano . During the siege , Maul briefly crossed lightsabers with Tano , mocking her as they fought , but was lured into a plaza , where the former Jedi ' s comrades trapped Maul in a ray shield . Though Tano was given the opportunity to kill Maul , she instead chose to save Rex . As a result , Maul escaped once again . Age of the Empire . Escaping Malachor . Sometime after the Siege of Mandalore , Maul traveled to Malachor in search of an ancient weapon located within the planet ' s Sith temple . However his ship crashed , leaving him trapped there for years without contact from the wider galaxy . At some point in the next fifteen years , he came in contact with an Inquisitor , who he killed , and then took possession of their lightsaber . Three years before the Battle of Yavin , another Inquisitor named the Eighth Brother tracked him down to Malachor . It was also at this time that Maul came in contact with The Rebellion and Jedi apprentice Ezra Bridger , who he manipulated into helping him retrieve the Sith holocron . During their very brief time alone together , Maul also taught Ezra the ways of the dark side by preying upon the boy ' s passionate and aggressive tendencies . After retrieving the holocron , Maul and Ezra used it as a key to reach the front of the temple , where they came across Kanan Jarrus and Ahsoka Tano , who were in combat with the Inquisitors . While Tano and Jarrus were reluctant to trust Maul , with his help the three of them forced the Inquisitors to retreat . Still unwilling to trust Maul , they only cooperated with him at the behest of Ezra , who remained adamant that Maul was on their side . With Maul ' s guidance , the rebels scaled the temple in an attempt to reach the top , where Maul claimed they could find the knowledge they sought to defeat the Sith . Along the way , Maul and Ezra engaged the Seventh Sister , with Maul able to subdue her in a Force choke . It was then that Maul implored Ezra to strike down the woman . Ezra hesitated , forcing Maul to finish off the Inquisitor himself . Maul scolded Ezra for his hesitation , warning him that it could cost him his life or the life of his friends in the future . Maul and Ezra continued on and met up with their other two companions , who were engaging the Fifth Brother and Eighth Brother in a lightsaber duel . It was then that Maul sensed the presence of Darth Vader , who was also approaching Malachor . He however dismissed his feeling to Ezra when the young Jedi asked him what was wrong . Maul then engaged the Inquisitors while Ezra continued on alone . Maul , with Ahsoka ' s assistance , slew the Fifth Brother , with Jarrus also managing to damage the Eight Brother ' s lightsaber . As the Eighth Brother attempted to escape using his weapon , it malfunctioned , and the Inquisitor fell to his death below . Betraying the Jedi . With all the Inquisitors dead and Ezra nearing the top , Maul then betrayed the Jedi , striking at Kanan and blinding him . With Kanan subdued , Maul engaged Tano and the two dueled briefly . It was then he revealed that the holocron was intended to power an ancient superweapon and that Maul intended to make the young boy his apprentice . Tano left to confront Darth Vader as Kanan regained himself , with Tano claiming to the former Sith Lord he would have to face Kanan to get to her . Underestimating Kanan , Maul declared that he would finish off the Jedi quickly . However , using his other senses , amplified by the Force , Kanan easily caught Maul ' s arms and tripped him , where the Nightbrother fell from the Temple to the ground below . Maul survived the fall , and using one of the fallen Inquisitor ' s TIE Advanced v1 finally fled the planet with his plans in ruins . Despite this , his influence had a profound effect on Ezra , who drifted closer to the dark side . Quest to find Kenobi . Capturing the " Ghost " crew . Months later in 2 BBY , Maul resurfaced . Managing to board a " Sphyrna " - class corvettee , Maul interrogated one of the rebels onboard , forcing him to reveal the location of the rebel freighter , and Ezra Bridger ' s home , the " Ghost " . Shortly after , Bridger and Kanan Jarrus arrived at the transport and learned of the attack . Believing it to be the work of an Inquisitor , the pair contacted Hera Syndulla , the " Ghost " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s pilot , and found out that Maul had taken her and the rest of the crew hostage . In exchange for their friends lives , Maul demanded the Jedi give him both the Sith holocron and the Jedi holocron , to which they agreed . While Jarrus and Bridger returned to the planet Atollon to retrieve the Sith holocron , Maul softly demanded Syndulla give him a " tour " around the " Ghost " , prompting Sabine Wren to implore her not to , to which Maul replied she should trust him , for he did once rule her people . Surveying each living quarter , Maul identified Jarrus ' as the dull and dour one , befitting of a Jedi . Instructing Syndulla to reveal the location of the Jedi holocron , the Twi ' lek told Maul that she didn ' t know anything about Jarrus . Knowing this to be a lie , Maul probed her mind with the Force , and learned that it was Syndulla ' s idea to recruit Bridger , and that the boy once stole the holocron , which was being held in a compartment below Jarrus ' bed . While Maul struggled to open the holocron , the " Ghost " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s crew took the opportunity to escape . Managing to use their restraints to destroy the reprogrammed tour guide droid s guarding them , the rebels quietly moved down to the cargo hold , planning to magnet ize it in order to immobilize Maul ' s robotic legs . Discovering their absence , Maul went searching for the rebels and eventually made his way to the cargo hold . Second s later , the rebel crew ' s astromech droid , C1 - 10P , activated the magnets , causing Maul ' s legs to adhere to the vessel ' s ceiling . The rest of the rebels promptly rushed into the cargo hold and started firing at him , however Maul managed to deflect one of the bolts into the control interface , deactivating the magnets . Knocking the crew down with the Force , Maul became angry , threatening the rebels with death once their usefulness was over . Having already informed the Jedi of their rendezvous point , the Mandalorian asteroid outpost , Maul landed the " Ghost " in one of its hangar s and kept the rebel prisoners under the watch of his reprogrammed droids . When the Jedi arrived , they met with Maul in the hangar , where the Dathomirian instructed Bridger to follow his droids to the command center , while Jarrus came with Maul . Looking to succeed where he failed on Malachor , Maul led the Jedi to an airlock and pushed him in , proceeding to eject him into space . Believing Jarrus to be dead , Maul went to meet Bridger , quietly instructing one of his droids to execute the rebel crew . Swapping holocrons , Maul and Bridger sat down on the floor and opened the devices , seeking to combine them and have their questions answered . After combining the holocrons , Bridger , who wanted to know the key to destroying the Sith , saw locations both familiar and unfamiliar , while Maul saw nothing . Shortly after , the " Ghost " crew , who had been freed by Jarrus after he managed to make his way back into the hangar , arrived at the command center , but were dazzled by the light coming from the holocrons . Bridger exclaimed that he saw " twin suns " , and Jarrus implored his apprentice to look away , while Maul incited the Jedi to focus . Heeding his master ' s warning , Bridger closed his eyes , causing the energy from the holocrons to explode and giving Maul a chance to escape . As Maul proceeded back to his ship , he realized what he had seen in the holocrons , repeating the phrase , " He lives . " Return to Dathomir . Due to the ritual involving the two holocrons , Maul and Ezra became mentally linked . As a result , Maul was able to find Chopper Base on the planet Atollon . Using his mastery of the dark side , Maul tormented Ezra by causing the young Jedi to see and hear visions of him . On one occasion , Ezra even attacked and almost killed a rebel trooper whom he mistook for Maul . Later , he approached Ezra and Kanan in the wilderness while they were talking to a mysterious Force wielder called Bendu , who served as a bridge between the light and dark sides of the Force . Despite Bendu ' s warnings not to turn around , Kanan and Ezra did so and found Maul watching them from the top of a dune . After complimenting the two Jedi for their safe hiding place , Maul assured them that he had come in peace to talk with his " apprentice " Ezra . When Ezra demanded to know how Maul tracked him down , the Dark Sider replied that Ezra ' s abrupt severance of their connection to the holocrons caused them to see fragments of each other ' s visions and knowledge . Maul then added that he needed Ezra to come with him in order to retrieve the remaining fragments of the vision from his mind . When Kanan refused to negotiate with Maul , the Dark Sider threatened to activate a homing beacon that would alert the Empire to their presence in the event of his death . Maul then offered to show Ezra the knowledge on how to destroy the Sith . With Kanan ' s reluctant approval , Ezra complied with Maul ' s ultimatum and departed with Maul on the " Nightbrother " . Maul then took his unwilling apprentice to his homeworld of Dathomir . Unknown to them , Kanan and Sabine had placed a tracker on Ezra ' s wrist comm and followed them there . Maul then took Ezra to the ruins of the Nightsister lair and explained that he was the last survivor of the Nightsisters . As Maul led Ezra into his cave dwelling , he explained that the only way to retrieve the information was to merge their minds again in a ritual . Maul had the cave filled with relics from his past including the Darksaber , a Mandalorian symbol of power . For the ritual , Maul and Ezra drank glasses of magick water which caused their eyes to turn green and shoot bright rays . As a result , Maul and Ezra discovered that his nemesis Obi - Wan Kenobi was hiding on a planet with twin suns and that Kenobi held the key to destroying the Sith . After completing the ritual , the two were confronted by Nightsister spirits that demanded that Maul and Ezra sacrifice their flesh and blood in return for the answers . At that point , Kanan and Sabine entered the cave and opened fire on the spirits . However , the spirits overwhelmed and possessed them . The possessed Kanan and Sabine then attacked Maul and Ezra . Maul was forced to parry with the possessed Kanan while Ezra was forced to dodge the possessed Sabine ' s blasts . Following a struggle , Maul and Ezra managed to reach the entrance of the cave . The Nightsister spirits were unable to leave because the altar was the source of their power . Having accomplished his objective , Maul then offered Ezra a place as his apprentice and claimed that their destiny was linked with the planet with the twin suns . However , Ezra refused to abandon his friends . Exasperated by the sympathy and compassion of the young man towards his friends , Maul told Ezra that he had disappointed him before leaving to find his old enemy , Obi - Wan Kenobi . Final showdown . Maul eventually made his way towards Tatooine , using knowledge from the two holocrons months earlier in search of his old nemesis Obi - Wan Kenobi . Whilst searching for him in the desert wastes , Maul soon realized that he was lost . Exhausted from his search and contemplating the thought of dying in the desert , he collapsed into the sand and started screaming Kenobi ' s name in desperation . However , he soon found a renewed sense of determination and resumed his search for Kenobi . Knowing that he was unable to find his old enemy on his own , he planned to draw him out , using the matrix he had taken from the Sith holocron to reach out to his " apprentice " , Ezra Bridger . Bridger , inspired by the vision sent by Maul , travelled to Tatooine to prevent the former Sith Lord from killing Kenobi . The Jedi apprentice also hoped to recruit the old Jedi Master to join the growing rebellion . Landing in a canyon at night , he discovered the fragment of the Sith holocron that Maul had planted as bait to lure him in . Deducing that it was a trap , he and his droid were suddenly ambushed by a band of Tusken Raider s , who attempted to kill Bridger . While the Tuskens failed to kill him , they did succeed in destroying the ship he arrived in . Shortly after Bridger was knocked unconscious by the explosion , Maul arrived and cut down all of the Tuskens before seemingly leaving Bridger alone . Seeking a way offworld , Bridger and Chopper , who had stowed away on Bridger ' s ship , debated whether to follow the natural ridge lines of the canyons in the hope of finding a nearby settlement or crossing the vast desert in front of them . Maul appeared in an apparition and convinced Ezra to travel into the desert . Ezra and Chopper traveled into the desert but the two collapsed due to a sandstorm . A short while later , Bridger and Chopper were discovered by Kenobi , who was riding a dewback . Constructing a small campfire , Kenobi recharged Chopper with power from a portable light and tended to Bridger ' s wounds . After Ezra awoke , Kenobi told the boy that Maul had manipulated Ezra into leading the former Sith Lord to Kenobi . At that moment , Maul arrived to settle the score with his old archenemy . Having led Maul to Kenobi , Bridger insisted on fighting the former Sith himself , but Kenobi commanded Ezra to return to his friends . After Ezra and Chopper left , Maul bid farewell to his " apprentice " and remarked on Kenobi ' s lackluster living conditions . He taunted his old rival by wondering aloud whether or not death would in fact be a mercy compared to Kenobi ' s lifestyle . But Kenobi was unperturbed , and responded by matter - of - factly stating that because Maul defined himself by his empty desires to dominate , kill , and possess , that he had nothing at all . Maul , stung by the verbal barb , ignited his lightsaber and struck the ground in front of Kenobi ' s small campfire , showering it with sand and snuffing it out . The former Sith Lord then began to speculate on what could have brought Kenobi to Tatooine , and deduced that he was there to protect something ; or someone . He could see what was in Kenobi ' s thoughts : a boy . Stirred to action by Maul ' s threat to his charge , Kenobi activated his lightsaber and assumed the Soresu ready stance . Maul in turn activated the second blade of his weapon and the two enemies locked gazes . Kenobi then switched his stance from Soresu to Ataru , and Maul recognized Kenobi ' s new stance as having belonged to Kenobi ' s old master Qui - Gon Jinn . He then charged Kenobi , and the adversaries exchanged two rapid strikes before Maul brought the hilt of his blade up to strike Kenobi ' s face ; the same attack which had allowed him to kill Jinn decades earlier . However , Kenobi had been prepared for Maul ' s strategy and he brought his lightsaber down in an overhand strike as Maul initiated his attack . Kenobi ' s attack passed straight through the hilt of Maul ' s weapon , bisecting it and carving a lethal laceration into Maul ' s chest . A shocked Maul collapsed to one knee , but Kenobi caught him before he could fall to the ground and held him . With his last breath , Maul asked Kenobi whether or not the boy that he was guarding was the Chosen One . Kenobi confirmed that this was the case . Maul seemed to come to terms with his death , stating that the boy would avenge them . With that , Maul passed away , and as a final gesture of respect , Kenobi closed his eyes and laid him to rest . Kenobi would also honor his old adversary by building him a funeral pyre , something he recalled shortly after becoming one with the Force . Legacy . Maul ' s ship , the " Nightbrother " , was then taken by Ezra and Chopper back to Chopper Base as a new rebel vehicle for the Alliance . It was key in the Battle of Atollon , in which Ezra and Sabine used it to transport members of Clan Wren to take down an Imperial Interdictor and allow the Rebels to escape Grand Admiral Thrawn ' s blockade . Twenty - three years after the end of the Clone Wars , Palpatine ' s Galactic Empire was overthrown by the Alliance to Restore the Republic and the last Jedi Knight in the galaxy : Luke Skywalker , the son of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala . Luke ' s twin sister , Prince ss Leia Organa , traveled to Naboo shortly before , which forced her , the queen , and her escort Shara Bey to reopen the Theed Royal Palace hangar — where Maul dueled Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi over three decades earlier — in order to access starfighters . When she entered , Organa felt , through the Force , remnants of Maul ' s dark power , feeling physically cold because of it . Personality and traits . Darth Maul ' s life and motivations were based around revenge . As a Sith apprentice , Maul sought revenge against the Jedi for their triumph over the Sith , and wanted to return the Sith to power over the galaxy . After his exile and the restoration of his mind , Maul turned his thoughts of revenge towards the galaxy , declaring himself and his brother the true Sith Lords ; and especially towards Obi - Wan Kenobi , after the Jedi defeated him and forced him into exile after their duel on Naboo . He felt the vacuum from losing power , having known about the Clone Wars and intending to be part of it , only to learn that the Sith plans moved on without him . Maul was therefore willing to go to great lengths to achieve his vengeance , including slaughtering civilians and thrusting Mandalore into civil war to gain power and draw Kenobi out into the open . During his exile , Maul ' s mind was shattered . He became obsessed with revenge , fueled and kept alive only by his hatred for Kenobi , despite losing his mind and many memories . His aggression and fear increased in his crazed condition , as Maul attacked Opress when he first encountered his brother on Lotho Minor . It required magic from Mother Talzin to restore his mind , bringing him clarity again while still preserving his desire to seek revenge against those who had wronged him . Maul ' s power made him crave dominance over the Sith and the galaxy , though he recognized that he was still not close to rivaling the power and skill his old mentor , Darth Sidious , who rules the Sith , possessed and even though he grew to hate Sidious , Maul still greatly feared his old master , as evidenced when Sidious arrived on Mandalore , rather than confidently attacking Sidious outright , Maul somewhat cowardly attempted to make Sidious accept him as his apperantice once more and begged for mercy after Sidious bested him in a lightsaber duel , as he knew that Sidious would most likely torture him due to his sadism . After the electrocution that Sidious subjected him to on Mandalore , he later told Death Watch that he had become indifferent to pain . However , despite his ruthless and vindictive nature , Maul was not completely heartless . He showed genuine care for his brother , Savage Opress , and their mother , the Dathomir Witch Mother Talzin . Though Maul didn ' t always get along with Opress , they did genuinely care about each other ; when Opress was killed by Sidious , Maul was grief - stricken and briefly mourned him before flying into a rage and attempting to avenge him . Maul was extremely loyal to his mother and reciprocated her loving and protective affection for him . Even when cornered by Sidious and his minions , he refused to leave her behind and was devastated by her death . Even after many years , Maul still held an extremely bitter grudge against Sidious and all those who served him for taking everything he cared about from him . He also developed a slight fondness for Ezra Bridger , seeing great potential in the boy ' s abilities , desiring him as an apprentice , and even saving his life twice . However , he sought entirely to manipulate Bridger and use him to further his own agenda , and attempted to kill Kanan Jarrus on two occasions in order to be free of the Jedi ' s influence in attempting to do so . While still practicing their beliefs , Maul disassociated himself from the Sith , mainly due to the Order ' s association with Sidious . Cunning and deceptive , Maul was perfectly willing to feign weakness to accomplish his purposes , or even side with the Jedi if necessary . He was not above taunting such " allies , " as evidenced by his calling Ahsoka " Lady Tano " and " a part - timer " in mockery of her departure from the Jedi Order as well as referring to Jarrus as " Master Jedi . " Desiring hope , Maul kidnapped Bridger and Jarrus ' rebel companions in a successful effort to force them to surrender the Sith holocron from Malachor and Kanan ' s Jedi holocron . He wanted to merge the holocrons in order to create clarity of vision . Maul also hoped to take Ezra as his apprentice . Despite his promise to Bridger that he would not harm his friends , Maul secretly made an attempt on Jarrus ' s life and ordered his droids to execute the other Spectres in an attempt to claim Bridger as his apprentice . Despite Jarrus convincing Bridger to close his eyes and stop the vision , Maul nonetheless learned that his old enemy Obi - Wan Kenobi was still alive . Maul ' s still burning desire for vengeance against Kenobi led him to use his mastery of the Dark Side to torment Bridger in an effort to gain his attention . While Maul was aware of the high price of Nightsister magick , his desire to learn Kenobi ' s location led him to risk the wrath of these spirits . Due to their revelations , Maul came to believe that his destiny was linked to finding and killing Kenobi on Tatooine . Maul regarded Bridger as an excellent candidate to be his apprentice . However , Bridger ' s attachment and loyalty to his friends angered Maul , who chastised his desired apprentice as a " disappointment " for refusing to break the chains of the past . Later , Maul ' s vendetta towards Kenobi led him use his mastery of the Force to lure Bridger to Tatooine . Maul was willing to manipulate Bridger to serve his own aims and goals . Despite his hatred for Kenobi , he was able to reconcile with his adversary in his last moments . Maul passed away with the belief that Kenobi was protecting the Chosen One who would restore balance to the Force by destroying the Sith . Powers and abilities . As the apprentice of Darth Sidious , Maul was trained to be a weapon of the Sith , one intended to help Sidious bring about the destruction of the Jedi and take over the galaxy . He became an acrobatic and extremely skillful warrior , one who could relentlessly pursue his enemies while utilizing his double - bladed lightsaber . During his duel on Naboo against Jinn and Kenobi , he demonstrated the ability to fight both the Jedi Master and his apprentice simultaneously on equal grounds as well as overpower Kenobi after he killed Jinn . However , overconfidence in his abilities allowed Kenobi to defeat him , leading to the loss of the lower - half of his body and over a decade of crazed - exile in the Outer Rim . He was trained in Juyo , Niman , and Jar ' Kai . Maul was also extremely skilled in hand - to - hand combat , which he often integrated into his fighting style . This was most notable when he easily defeated an armed Pre Vizla . Maul later defeated Kenobi in a number of encounters after emerging from exile , including on Mandalore , though their duel on Florrum ended in stalemate . Maul also fought the Mandalorian Death Watch leader Pre Viszla and although the Mandalorian put up a fight , he proved to be no match for Maul ' s combination of martial prowess and Force potency . Maul also displayed considerable skill in dual - blade combat , enough to overpower both Jinn and Kenobi during their duel on Naboo . He also made use of dual blades during his encounter with Darth Sidious on Mandalore , although Sidious ultimately proved to be Maul ' s superior both in terms of lightsaber combat and especially Force capabilities . Maul was also able to temporarily hold his own against Mace Windu and Aayla Secura on a Mandalorian supply outpost , and successfully overpowered the infamous Jedi hunter General Grievous ; though he fought to a stalemate with the cyborg in their first duel , he was able to overwhelm him in their second and third encounters . Over a decade later , Maul told the young Jedi apprentice Ezra Bridger that his advanced age had diminished his abilities . However , this was later revealed to have been a deception meant to gain Ezra ' s sympathy . On Malachor , he managed to engage three Inquisitors in a lightsaber duel but was eventually pressured by their combined assault and was only saved by the timely intervention of Ahsoka and Kanan . After he had betrayed the group , he also briefly dueled Ahsoka Tano again , 15 years after their first battle on Mandalore . She easily pushed him back in their duel but eventually had to leave to confront Darth Vader . However , she had enough faith in Kanan to defeat him , not considering Maul a worthy opponent and mocking his inability to defeat her in the process . She was ultimately right as Maul underestimated Kanan ' s ability to fight him while blind , which led to the Jedi Knight throwing him off a cliff edge . During the duels , Maul demonstrated his Force abilities by choking the Seventh Sister and pushing the Eighth Brother . However , he still had a tendency to underestimate his enemies , as shown when Kanan was able to force him off the edge of the temple despite being blind . In spite of this tendency , his experiences prior to meeting the rebels on Malachor appeared to have humbled him somewhat , as he openly admitted to Ahsoka , Ezra and Kanan that he could not defeat Darth Vader alone . In addition to his exceptional skills with a lightsaber , Maul proved to be very strong with the Force , able to destroy numerous enemies including Banking Clan droid guards , and subduing Mandalorians such as Bo - Katan . During a skirmish on Florrum , he used the Force to drag an " Eta " - class shuttle from a plateau to cut his and his brother ' s pursuers off . During his time on Mandalore , he was able to Force choke Obi - Wan Kenobi after the latter had exited from a ship crash and was off guard . However , his Force powers were still vastly outclassed by those of Sidious , as Sidious was able to telekinetically pin both him and Opress to a wall with no visible effort . However , Maul ' s Force abilities appeared to be significantly more developed than those of the Inquisitors as he was able to Force choke the Seventh Sister mid - air with apparent ease . Maul was a capable manipulator and a skilled military and political strategist as demonstrated by , amongst other achievements , managing to form the Shadow Collective in a very short amount of time and use it to conquer Mandalore . Maul was also skilled in mind probing , as shown when he used the power on Hera to find the location of Kanan Jarrus ' Jedi holocron and his true name Caleb Dume ; he had even succeeded in using the technique on Obi - Wan Kenobi prior to their final duel , discovering the existence of Luke Skywalker . He was also familiar with the magick practices of the Nightsisters , including a scrying spell which involved two people sharing a potion of spirit ichor . He was able to manipulate the Force - bond he gained with Ezra Bridger as a result of holocron fusion to cause the young Jedi to hallucinate . He also used the fragment of a Sith holocron to activate Kanan ' s Jedi holocron and the Malachor Sith holocron as part of a plot to trick Ezra into luring Kenobi out of hiding . Behind the scenes . Darth Maul first appeared in , where he was played by actor and martial artist Ray Park . The character was a presence throughout the film , but only spoke three lines in total — all of which were voiced by actor Peter Serafinowicz . For the character ' s appearances in the animated television series " " and " Star Wars Rebels " , he was voiced by actor Sam Witwer . For " The Phantom Menace " , the character was designed by concept designer Iain McCaig , who felt that designing a new " Star Wars " villain was a daunting task . He recalled George Lucas describing Maul as " a figure from your worst nightmare , " so McCaig thought about his worst nightmares and then used those to design an initial look for the character . McCaig described his worst nightmare as a lifeless face pressed against a window in a thunderstorm , a dead yet alive figure who stares at him through the rain . McCaig used that as the first design , adding metal teeth and blood - red ribbons falling on it rather than rain . Lucas apparently felt it was too intense , saying " Okay . Now draw me your second worst nightmare . . . " McCaig spent much of the three - year pre - production time drawing masks , attempting to design something similar to Ralph McQuarrie ' s original design for Darth Vader from . Eventually , however , he felt he was on the wrong track . He ended up finding his stride when he drew members of the Episode I Art Department as Sith Lords , using their personalities and faces to design characters . At one point , McCaig used a circuit board as a face , a design that intrigued Lucas . Lucas also liked a concept based on production photographer Greg Gawlowski . Darth Maul ' s design went through a number of other variations until McCaig created a series of Rorschach designs by creating splattered ink patterns , which led to the tattooed look of Darth Maul . McCaig wanted to soften the look of the character , at one point adding feathers the top of Darth Maul ' s head . McCaig saw these feathers are being part of the Sith Lord ' s personality ; " every morning I imagined Darth Maul would get up and bind his head with this piano wire , and that the feathers had to end up at the right points — it was just a part of the focusing of the Sith . " These feathers were interpreted as horns , however , which became part of the final design . With the face of the character completed , McCaig also designed Maul ' s costume . Originally , Maul wore a large muscle suit , " making him larger than life , " with Batman - like spikes on his neck . That costume made it through most of the storyboarding process , until McCaig changed the costume and made it smaller after Lucas talked about an acrobatic lightsaber duel . The costume was therefore made smaller , resulting in the Sith robes Maul wore in " The Phantom Menace " . For his return in " The Clone Wars " , actor Sam Witwer knew that Maul was a popular character and felt a responsibility to get it right and respect the character ' s iconic status . He described Maul as broken , and attempted to convey a shattered mind through his acting . One way of doing so was to quote the Code of the Sith from the Expanded Universe , part of which made it into the episode . The character ' s design on the show was very similar to his look in " The Phantom Menace " , and the animators used the designing of the character as an opportunity to improve animation on the series . Because the character ' s appearances required him to show emotion such as anger and hatred using only facial expressions , the animators spent time improving the modelling process so they were able to achieve better expressions . Because Maul had been cut in half in " The Phantom Menace " , he required a new set of cybernetic legs for " The Clone Wars " . The cyborg form of Darth Maul had previously been created by Industrial Light & Magic concept artist Aaron McBride for the Infinities graphic novel " " .