Old Wounds Old Wounds is a 13 - page non - canon comic featured in " " , written and drawn by Aaron McBride . It is set in 16 BBY . Plot summary . Darth Maul , with replacement bionic legs attached to his upper torso , seeks out the Lars homestead to find and avenge himself upon Obi - Wan Kenobi . Upon his arrival he is met by Owen Lars , whom he swiftly disarms . Maul claims to have been tracking Kenobi for years , just missing him on his missions to Kamino , Geonosis , and Mustafar and to have killed many witnesses on Polis Massa before finally gaining crucial information in Mos Espa from an aged Toydarian junk dealer , whom he then murdered . The dark creature declares that he knows threatening Luke Skywalker will bring his adversary out into the open . Obi - Wan , not wanting Luke to come to any harm , surprises his hunter by leaping from underneath the sand . Former Jedi and former Sith fight it out , and during the fight Maul loses an arm , and after that the duel continues until Kenobi catches Maul off guard , his deactivated lightsaber positioned beside his defenseless opponent ' s head . Kenobi is then assailed by the memories of losses he has suffered in the past to servants of the the dark side : Qui - Gon Jinn ' s murder by Maul on Naboo ; Mace Windu falling from Palpatine ' s office on Coruscant ; Padmé Amidala dying on the medical table on Polis Massa ; and Anakin ' s horrific maiming at Kenobi ' s own hands on Mustafar . Seized with sudden hatred and a desire for vengeance , Kenobi is tempted to to ignite his weapon kill the defenseless Zabrak instantly . Before he can act upon ( or perhaps even make ) a fateful choice , Lars shoots Maul in the head with his recovered blaster rifle . Kenobi says he will take the corpse and burn it in the Dune Sea . Owen , thinking of the safety of his ward , young Luke Skywalker , tells Kenobi never again to return to the Lars homestead , fearing his presence might attract further unwanted attention . But as he leaves , Obi - Wan telepathically tells the infant Luke that , though they might not see him , he will never be far away . Behind the scenes . When questioned about the timeline for the stories of " " , Leland Chee stated that this story was non - canon . However , " " by Abel G . Peña has a sentence which implies " Old Wounds " may just be canon : " The " Soulless One " was eventually tracked down by a cyborg acquaintance of Obi - Wan ' s , an old enemy who anonymously reported the ship to the local Imperial authorities . " Additionally , although Watto is shown to be still alive in 1 ABY in " Star Wars Galaxies " , the Toydarian in this story is never explicitly identified as Watto . Darth Maul ' s appearance in " " , starting in the episode " Revenge , " was based on his design from " Old Wounds " . The " Star Wars Rebels " episode " Twin Suns " roughly adapts the events of " Old Wounds " , with Obi - Wan even referencing the comic ' s name when he calls Maul an " old wound , " though there are several differences , such as taking place in 2 BBY instead of 16 BBY , the presence of Ezra Bridger , and Obi - Wan being the one to kill Maul instead of Owen Lars , but it is still a threat on Luke ' s life that leads to Maul ' s death .