Kycina Kycina was a female Human Nightsister who lived on the planet Dathomir and was the mother of the Sith Lord Darth Maul , as well as his brothers Savage Opress and Feral . She was affiliated with the Witches of Dathomir , a cult of Force - sensitive beings led by Mother Talzin . Shortly after Maul ' s birth , Kycina persuaded Darth Sidious to take her son away from Dathomir , thus sparing him from a life of slavery as a Nightbrother . Biography . By the year 54 BBY , the Nightsister Kycina was the mother of two Dathomirian Zabrak infants , one of whom was named Maul . By tradition on the planet Dathomir , the father was killed shortly after Maul ' s conception . Kycina believed that Mother Talzin , the leader of the Witches of Dathomir , only knew of one of the two brothers . Thus she kept Maul ' s existence a secret while waiting for a chance to spirit him away from Dathomir . By doing so , she hoped to save Maul from becoming one of the Nightbrothers , a clan of Zabraks trained to serve the Nightsisters as warrior s and slaves . Kycina ' s opportunity came less than a year after young Maul ' s birth . Darth Sidious , the Sith persona of Naboo Ambassador Palpatine , visited Dathomir out of interest in its relation to Sith history . While exploring Blue Desert City , Sidious was approached by Maul ' s mother . Kycina implored the Sith Lord to take her son from her and raise him away from Dathomir , far from Talzin ' s reach . Though initially reluctant to accept her offer , Sidious was ultimately persuaded by Maul ' s strong sensitivity to the Force . Unsure of what to do with his new charge , Sidious approached his Master , Darth Plagueis , with an offer : to train Maul in the ways of the dark side of the Force . Although such an action technically violated the Rule of Two , which allowed for only two Sith Lords to exist at any given time , Plagueis granted his apprentice permission to proceed with Maul ' s indoctrination . However , the Dark Lord was also clear that the Zabrak was to be an assassin rather than a fully trained Sith Lord . Under Sidious ' tutelage — and Plagueis ' observation — Kycina ' s son grew up to become Darth Maul , a Sith warrior deeply immersed in the dark side . In 39 BBY , Mother Talzin learned of Kycina ' s betrayal , and in turn had her locked away and later punished . During the Clone Wars in 21 BBY , her other son Savage Opress became secretly apprenticed to the Nightsister Asajj Ventress , who sought to use the powerful Dathomirian pawn to exact revenge on her former master and betrayer , Darth Tyranus . As a sign of his immersion in the dark side of the Force at the behest of Ventress , Opress committed fratricide by murdering his brother Feral . After reuniting with Darth Maul in 20 BBY , the two surviving sons of Kycina quickly established themselves as a threat to the Jedi Order . By 20 BBY , her son Savage Opress would die on Mandalore at the hands of Darth Sidious , the very man who she gave Maul to . Personality and traits . The Nightsister who gave birth to Darth Maul deeply cared for her son . While Kycina ' s other offspring was fated to serve Mother Talzin as a Nightbrother , she desperately wanted to give Maul a chance to live a different life ; a life of freedom from an entire clan that was bred and raised for slavery to the Witches of Dathomir . Hence , she was willing to be forever parted from her son , so long as it meant that he would be taken away from Dathomir . Behind the scenes . Kycina was first introduced as the mother of Darth Maul in the Legends novel " Darth Plagueis " . She was first identified as " Kycina " in the short story " Restraint " , which also confirms her status as the mother of Savage Opress and Feral . The 2014 comic " Darth Maul — Son of Dathomir , Part Three " , part of the official " Star Wars " canon and based on unproduced scripts from " " , revealed that Mother Talzin is Maul ' s mother .