Shadow Collective / Legends The Shadow Collective was a criminal organization founded during the Clone Wars around 20 BBY by Sith Lord Darth Maul . Maul rallied the Mandalorian Death Watch to his cause first , then the Pyke Syndicate , a Black Sun faction , and lastly several Hutt enforcers . History . Maul and his brother Savage Opress were found near dead in their escape pod above Florrum . The two were found by Pre Vizsla and Bo - Katan of the Death Watch , and taken to their camp on Zanbar for treatment . After discussing their views and finding a similar enemy in Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi , the brothers allied with Vizsla and the Death Watch . From there , they embarked on a mission to Mustafar where they went to meet with Xomit Grunseit . When the latter and his four other leaders refused to join the new collective , Opress hurled his lightsaber at him which killed him . His underling and Captain of the Guard , Ziton Moj , joined Maul and his allies after he witnessed the manner in which his boss and his four leaders were killed . In addition , Lom Pyke and his allies ventured to visit Maul on Zanbar and he joined when he learned that Maul was forming an army . After that , they immediately set course for Hutt Space . They traveled to Nal Hutta and met with the Hutt Grand Council . The Hutts refused , and they were forced to retreat from several bounty hunters , and Oruba was killed by Savage Opress after revealing that the other Hutts were holed up in Jabba ' s palace on Tatooine . After a brief skirmish at the palace , the Hutt decided to assist the collective and provided several Hutt enforcers . Following the skirmish , Vizsla personally spoke with Bo - Katan and promised that Mandalore would be theirs and the two brothers would be dead , like the Duchess . In the days that followed , Maul ' s collective successfully assisted the Death Watch in the Takeover on Mandalore . Maul ' s plan involved turning the Death Watch from criminals into heroes for the people , without whom it would be impossible to control Mandalore . Maul ' s agents attacked police forces in Sundari to show the weakness of the Duchess ' s government . Duchess Satine Kryze attempted to calm her people outside the palace , but Vizsla and the Death Watch then swooped in and intervened to " stop " the criminals , becoming heroes in the eyes of the Mandalorian people who started calling for change . Kryze would be imprisoned , and eventually killed by Maul as revenge against Obi - Wan Kenobi , Satine ' s former lover and Maul ' s nemesis . Vizlsa deployed squads to stop the criminals and had Ziton Moj , Lom Pyke and Savage Opress arrested . Maul was soon betrayed by Vizsla who had him imprisoned , but the two soon broke out of prison with former Prime Minister Almec and they confronted Vizsla . In a duel , Maul killed Vizsla and proclaimed himself Mandalore and the leader of the Death Watch . Bo - Katan and her Nite Owls refused to join and fled . Maul would then have his soldiers repaint their armor red . Soon after , the Shadow Collective would face the Nite Owls in battle . But the renegades would team up with Obi - Wan Kenobi . The two Sith Lords , meanwhile , dueled with the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious when he came to the palace to deal with the brothers personally . In the duel , Sidious managed to kill Opress when he impaled him on his lightsabers , and he subdued Maul with Force lightning .