Maw ( Dark Jedi ) Maw was a Boltrunian male Jedi who fell to the dark side of the Force and joined Inquisitor Jerec ' s cadre of Dark Jedi , assisting him in his search for the fabled Valley of the Jedi , which Jerec hoped to use to help rebuild the Galactic Empire . In 5 ABY , in an effort to learn about the location of the Valley , Jerec attempted to capture the Jedi Master Qu Rahn on the planet Dorlo . Maw and fellow Dark Jedi Sariss and Yun were assigned to capture Rahn on the surface of the planet , but failed their mission . Although Rahn escaped from the planet aboard a CR90 corvette , the ship was captured in the tractor beam of Jerec ' s personal Super Star Destroyer , the " Vengeance " . Aboard the " Vengeance " , Jerec ripped the information he needed from Rahn ' s mind , but immediately afterward , the Jedi stole Yun ' s lightsaber and attacked Jerec ' s darksider s . Before Rahn was killed by Jerec , Maw ' s legs were severed from his body by the Jedi Master . Maw survived and replaced his legs with a repulsorlift carriage , but eventually mastered the art of Force flight and appropriated the Trispzest form of lightsaber combat . Due to his injury , he also came to be known as the Half - Man . Eventually , Jerec located the Valley of the Jedi on the planet Ruusan , and his forces occupied the planet . However , Jerec was tracked down by an aspiring Jedi , Kyle Katarn , who tried to stop the Dark Jedi . Maw confronted Katarn on a landing pad near the cargo freighter " Sulon Star " and was defeated . Immobilized and defenseless , he taunted Katarn with remarks of his father ' s death , trying to goad him into the dark side . Katarn succumbed to his anger and murdered Maw , but was ultimately able to resist his dark thoughts and remained with the light . Biography . Early life . Maw was a male Boltrunian Jedi Knight born around 65 BBY who served the Galactic Republic during its waning years . A selfish individual , Maw refused to take a Padawan , instead focusing on rooting out any sign of the dark side as a member of the Jedi Shadow s , the Jedi Order ' s investigator corps . After the end of the Clone Wars and the formation of the Galactic Empire , Maw became one of the Jedi fugitives on the run from the Empire ' s agents , and during the early stages of the Great Jedi Purge , he was listed as being at large by the HoloNet News as " Maw the Boltrunian . " Eventually , however , Inquisitor Jerec tracked Maw ' s group of Shadows . Taking advantage of the Boltrunian ' s self - oriented nature , Jerec succeeded in turning Maw to the dark side as well , and they slaughtered the rest of the Shadows together . Taught by Jerec to smell the fear of his prey , Maw became a servant of the Galactic Emperor Palpatine , and one of the earliest members of Jerec ' s cadre of seven Dark Jedi . During his service to the Emperor , Maw traveled to Dromund Kaas , a forgotten world that had once been a looming Sith colony . There , Maw discovered a group of hungry and destitute Tusken Raiders led by a warrior named KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr . The group was worshiping a former Jedi Master – turned – Tusken tribal leader named A ' Sharad Hett , who had been shunned by the majority of Tusken Raiders on their homeworld of Tatooine for being defeated in battle and having his mask removed from his face in a disgrace of Tusken customs . After Hett left Tatooine , KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr and his followers tried to track him across the galaxy , but failed in doing so and ended up on Dromund Kaas . Maw reorganized the group into a swoop gang loyal to the Empire and transported them to the ancient Jedi homeworld of Tython , where they were tasked with robbing graves of valuable Force artifacts . The Boltrunian christened his newly formed squad of enforcers — who honored Hett by exposing their flesh — the " Grave Tuskens . " With Palpatine ' s death in 4 ABY , Maw continued his service to Jerec as one of his seven Dark Jedi , alongside Sariss , Boc Aseca , Gorc , Picaroon C . Boodle , and Yun . Maw and the other darksider s joined the Inquisitor ' s search for the Valley of the Jedi , a Force nexus containing numerous Jedi and Sith souls and the source of great power , which Jerec sought to harness . Search for the Valley . In 1 BBY , Jerec led an assault on the moon Sulon to capture Morgan Katarn , a member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic . After failing to extract information regarding other Rebels from the captured Katarn , Jerec decapitated him , and Maw personally thrust the man ' s head on a spike in the city of Barons Hed for display . In 5 ABY , Jerec discovered that a Jedi Master named Qu Rahn had some clues to the location of the Valley and tracked him to the planet Dorlo , where Rahn was on a mission on behalf of the New Republic . Blockading the planet with his Super Star Destroyer , the " Vengeance " , Jerec dispatched Maw , Sariss , and Yun to the surface to capture Rahn . The assault team consisted of two skimmer s , one carrying the Dark Jedi and a helmsman , and the other some Imperial troops . Using his ability to smell his prey , Maw navigated the skimmers , following Rahn ' s trail . The skimmer with the troops was soon destroyed by one of the members from Rahn ' s group , buying the rest of Rahn ' s team time to reach their CR90 corvette . As they departed the planet , Rahn ' s team flew very low , and Maw ' s skimmer was caught in the corvette ' s slipstream ; the helmsman could not handle the controls and rammed the skimmer into a wall . Everyone aboard survived the impact , but , angered because of the mission ' s failure , Maw beheaded the helmsman . Rahn , however , was not able to leave the planet , as the corvette was caught in the " Vengeance " tractor beam . Rahn and his companions were escorted to the ship ' s bridge , where Jerec , accompanied by his Dark Jedi , started interrogating Rahn . The Jedi Master refused to answer , even after the rest of his team were executed one by one , and Jerec was forced to rip information from Rahn ' s mind . Maw then bore witness as the Jedi Master Force - pulled Yun ' s lightsaber from his belt and attacked the seven Dark Jedi . Maw lunged at Rahn , but the Jedi Master performed a " Sai tok " maneuver and severed Maw ' s legs from his torso . Moments later , Rahn was killed by Jerec . Drawing from his hate , Maw survived his injury . He replaced his lower body with a repulsorlift carriage to preserve mobility , but he soon learned to rely only on the dark side by mastering the art of Force flight . Flying became Maw ' s second nature , enabling him to become one of the few persons who appropriated the Trispzest style of lightsaber combat initially developed by the airborne S ' kytri Majestrix Kharys ; in this method , he used a devastating spinning lightsaber attack . From that time on , Maw also became known as " the Half - Man . " In the meantime , having read Rahn ' s thoughts , Jerec learned that the man he had executed years ago , Morgan Katarn , had known the coordinates of the Valley and had hidden the information leading to it somewhere on his farm on Sulon . Eventually , Jerec located the Valley on the planet Ruusan and moved his forces there , establishing an excavation operation on the planet ' s surface . Final duel . Soon , however , the Jedi Kyle Katarn — the son of Morgan Katarn — infiltrated Ruusan in an effort to stop Jerec . Having sensed his presence in the Force , Maw awaited Katarn at the docking platform occupied by Jerec ' s personal cargo freighter , the " Sulon Star " . As soon as Katarn emerged from the turbolift that took him to the platform , Maw attacked him from behind , knocking him onto the walkway , goading him into a duel . Katarn , however , taunted Maw with remarks about how Rahn had cut him in half ; enraged , Maw charged at Katarn with great speed , but the Jedi evaded the attack and injured Maw severely with a counterattack . Maw fell onto the walkway and taunted the man with detailed remarks about his father ' s death , trying to force Katarn to kill an unarmed opponent and give in to the dark side . He partially succeeded in this , as Katarn acquiesced to his anger and killed the injured , immobilized , and unarmed Maw . However , when Jerec arrived immediately afterward , offering Katarn a chance to join his cadre by killing Katarn ' s partner Jan Ors , who had been captured by Imperial forces , the young Jedi refused to do so and stayed true to the light side . Ultimately , Katarn was able to defeat the remaining Dark Jedi and killed Jerec , preventing him from possessing the power of the Valley . Personality and traits . Maw was a very selfish , animalistic , and brutish individual — traits that , combined with his unwillingness to take a Padawan , contributed to the fact that he never became a Jedi Master . During his days as a Jedi , he was determined to root out any sign of the dark side . Already a relentless tracker , his skills were improved by Jerec , and he took pleasure in sensing the fear of his prey , leading Yun to compare him to a Nek battle dog . Even in the moments before his death , Maw enjoyed the strong feeling of loathing that Katarn emanated . Maw fed on anger and hatred to the point that they allowed him to survive his dismemberment . He took the loss of his legs in stride , quickly adapting to use the Force to fly . Maw was also short - tempered and could not stand Katarn taunting him , responding by attacking him in anger . The Boltrunian had brown eyes . Powers and abilities . Maw ' s most well - developed ability was the variation of Force sense that allowed him to smell the fear and panic of his foes like a trained bloodsniffer . Jerec himself held this ability in great esteem , although he believed that it lacked subtlety . Maw used his skill on Dorlo to follow the trail of Rahn . When he witnessed Rahn ' s corvette blasting off the planet , his senses told him that his enemies ' fear was great and that they would try to escape . On Ruusan , he also sensed Kyle Katarn in the Force , considering his taste to be " putrid . " The other power that Maw mastered was Force flight , which , initially employed to preserve his mobility , soon became his second nature ; the Boltrunian found many advantages in it and performed it easily . When he utilized Force flight , his usage of the Force extended to small objects in the vicinity , and various bolts , pebbles , and wires orbited his body like planets orbiting a star . To balance his flying skills , he also learned the art of Trispzest , the flying combat that combined the ferocity of the seventh lightsaber form Juyo with traditional S ' kytri flying combat techniques . Although Maw ' s talent laid in battle , his fighting skills were deficient , as he was easily defeated by Rahn and performed a sluggish attack that was easily evaded and counteracted by the inexperienced Katarn . He had some skill in Force healing , Drain Energy , and telekinesis . In addition to these powers , Maw was proficient in the use of some simple weapons and blaster pistols . He could write and speak Basic . Behind the scenes . The character of Maw first appeared in the 1997 LucasArts video game " " , in which he served as one of the antagonists . As the game featured full - motion video cutscenes , Maw was portrayed by actor Morgan Hunter . The character also appeared in the two novelizations of the game , " " and " " , written by William C . Dietz . Additionally , Maw was featured in the audio dramatizations of both " " and " " , in which he was voiced by Martin Ruben . The article " " from " Star Wars Insider 31 " was the first source to delve into Maw ' s background . According to it , Maw was a tortured soul who grew in the streets and started his speeder gang , before becoming a Dark Jedi and eventually joining Jerec . . Maw ' s backstory was rewritten in the fourth installment of " The Dark Forces Saga " , a series of web scenarios written by Abel G . Peña and Jason Fry and published on Wizards . com , which contained completely different and contradictory information regarding Maw ' s early life such as that he was a former Jedi . Maw is mistakenly depicted without legs in " Dark Forces : Rebel Agent " in scenes that occur before his clash with Rahn aboard the " Vengeance " . Additionally , in the audio dramatization of " Rebel Agent " , it is Sariss who executes the skimmer ' s pilot instead of Maw . The audio dramatization also omits the scene of Rahn attacking the Dark Jedi aboard the " Vengeance " . Instead , Rahn accepts his fate and is killed immediately after being robbed of his memories . This way , Maw never loses his legs in the audio drama . In a post left by Lucasfilm Ltd . Holocron continuity database keeper Leland Chee on October 13 of 2011 , Chee provided Maw as an example of an individual who survived being cut in half . This way , he hinted at the potential reappearance of the Sith Lord Darth Maul in the , after the latter was sliced in half by Jedi Obi - Wan Kenobi in a similar manner to Maw in the 1999 film and was presumed dead since then .