Battle of Moorjhone In the year 20 BBY , the planet Moorjhone was the site of a conflict between two Nightbrothers and the Galactic Republic . After killing an agent of the Rim Mining Company in a random act of violence , the recently resurfaced former Sith apprentice Darth Maul and his brother , Savage Opress , found themselves on the run from bounty hunters acting under the interest of Ja ' Boag , the leader of the Mining Company who placed a large bounty on their heads . Darth Maul opted to tackle the issue directly by killing Ja ' Boag , who operated out of the mining facilities on the desert planet Moorjhone . After infiltrating the main facility and attempting to assassinate the Gossam , Maul and Savage were intercepted by a Jedi strike team consisting of Salmara , Judd , and Dray , who froze Savage in carbonite and wounded Maul , who managed to limp away into the surrounding desert . Savage was stowed away as an ornament in Ja ' Boag ' s office , while Maul eventually found himself in the company of natives who had recently found themselves ousted from their caves upon the arrival of the Mining Company . As the Day of Three Suns approached its next cycle , during which all life on the planet ' s surface would burn under the intensity of three suns , the natives found themselves desperate to reclaim their home in the caves . Darth Maul rallied the natives , who revered him as the " Demon in the Light " , into conflict with the army of the Mining Company in an attempt to save his captured brother . Eventually , the 212th Attack Battalion of the Grand Army of the Republic led by General Obi - Wan Kenobi arrived and outnumbered the frail native forces , who were armed with primitive weaponry . Maul provoked the clone trooper forces into opening fire on the surrendering native forces ( against the wishes of General Kenobi ) , providing a distraction for him to slip into the Mining Company base during the chaos . Prelude . For millennia , the Moorjhoni clans had dwelled in the caves of their home planet , Moorjhone , which was part of a trinary star system ( containing three stars ) . Every ten years , all three stars would rise in unison on the same side of the planet , destroying all life on the surface . The caves were a natural retreat from the harsh environment ; however , the arrival of the Rim Mining Company under the leadership of the Gossam Ja ' Boag prior to the Clone Wars forced the Moorjhoni to abandon their caves , which were reconfigured to the company ' s use . The Moorjhoni sought the strength to take back their caves to escape destruction from the next " Day of Three Suns " ; the shaman of the clan foretold of an individual who would spare the Moorjhoni of that fate , one who walked in the light but had the " face of a demon " . Darth Maul , a former Sith apprentice who fell during the Battle of Naboo a decade prior , resurfaced on Lotho Minor in 20 BBY , being discovered by his long lost brother , Savage Opress of the Nightbrother clan . Maul quickly reacquainted himself with galactic society , cutting a bloody swath with his brother across the galaxy . During one of their acts of violence , a reporter for the Rim Mining Company was slain . Devastated , Ja ' Boag placed a live bounty on their heads , leading to several skirmishes with bounty hunters , including one on the planet Paklan . Maul learned of Ja ' Boag ' s identity during an interrogation session with a captured human bounty hunter , and sought to invalidate the bounty by traveling to Moorjhone and killing the man to prove a point . Around the same time , the Jedi Council organized an investigation of Maul ' s resurfacing and the Rim Mining Company ' s involvement ; Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi was tasked with tracing the brothers ' location while Masters Salmara and Judd , along with Padawan Dray , were deployed to Moorjhone to question Ja ' Boag as to his knowledge of Maul ' s existence . The battle . Assassination attempt . Maul and Savage landed on Moorjhone prior to the arrival of the Jedi task force , and found themselves separated from the mining facility by a sizeable security force brought by Ja ' Boag for his visit . Upon being approached by a soldier , Maul influenced the man into carrying a live thermal detonator into the rest of the forces , wiping out a majority of the perimeter defenses . The two killed some of the survivors with their lightsabers before moving into the facility itself , where they were met by Ja ' Boag and a sizeable wing guard . Despite the wishes of his captain , Ja ' Boag opted to confront the two directly . After mocking them for being foolish to dive headlong into enemy territory , Ja ' Boag was flung into a nearby smelting pit , but was saved at the last second by Salmara , who recently arrived with the Jedi task force . Salmara offered the Nightbrothers a nonviolent surrender , to which Savage refused . Savage and Maul used a combined Force push to wipe out much of the security force before being attacked by Judd , wielding a saberstaff . During the scuffle , Salmara flung a container of the substance carbonite at Savage ; ignorant to its contents , Savage swiped at the container with his lightsaber , which released its cargo on him , effectively freezing him in the substance . Enraged at his brother ' s defeat ( and Judd ' s subsequent mocking of his metallic legs ) , Maul broke Judd ' s arm with one of his feet . Dray used this time to creep up on Maul and stab him through the pelvis with his lightsaber . This proved ineffective due to the robotic nature of Maul ' s lower half , and Maul countered by severing both of the child ' s hands with one swipe of his lightsaber . Maul then proceeded to flee , bringing down the escape tunnel entrance using the Force and fleeing to the outlying desert . Rallying the Moorjhoni . The Demon in the Light . After Maul penetrated the depths of the mining facility during the slaughter of the Moorjhoni people , he was confronted by Master Judd . Maul offered Judd an ultimatum : either stop Maul right there and then , which would perpetuate the massacre that was taking place outside before their final destruction in the Day of Three Suns , or save the clashing armies outside at the cost of letting him free his brother and escape . Judd chose the latter , vowing that the Jedi Order would inevitably track down and bring an end to Maul ' s bloody reign over the Outer Rim regardless of the events on Moorjhone . Judd threw himself into the center of fire outside , calling off the clone attack on the Moorjhoni forces . Meanwhile , Maul arrived in J ' baog ' s control room , where he was confronted by Salmara and Dray , who were attempting to apprehend the Rim Mining Company president . Maul used the force to unfreeze Savage from his carbonite prison , who managed to take Salmara off guard and kill her in one swift move . Maul also started the lockdown process on the facility , with the intent of preventing any survivors of the massacre from finding refuge from the approaching inferno . It was at this time that the Moorjhoni saw Judd as the true " Demon in the Light " ; as the beams of the three suns came down upon them , the Jedi Master , in the process of burning alive , used his remaining strength to telekinetically propel General Kenobi and several Moorjhoni through the closing blast doors , sacrificing his own life to save the Moorjhoni from complete destruction . Aftermath . Upon being taken away from the planet , Ja ' boag was forced by his Nightbrother captives into nullifying the bounty on their heads and transferring a large amount of credits into their account . After finding no further use in their hostage , Opress ejected Ja ' boag from the ship ' s airlock , killing him . Behind the scenes . The battle on Moorjhone made its appearance in the Dark Horse Comics series " " in 2012 , part of the multimedia campaign surrounding the resurrection of the character Darth Maul .