Maul

**Maul**, given the Sith moniker **Darth Maul**, was a male Dathomirian Zabrak and Nightbrother who was given over to Darth Sidious at a young age by his mother Talzin, and trained as a Sith assassin and apprentice, until his defeat on Naboo at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi, after killing Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn. Maul clung to life and vowed revenge on both Kenobi and Sidious, ultimately causing him to kill Satine Kryze of Mandalore and organize a hostile takeover of the planet in order to lure out Kryze's close friend Kenobi.

Ultimately, he would lose control of Mandalore during the Second Battle of Sundari, when Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, as well as Bo-Katan and Korkie Kryze retook Sundari and forced him off-world.

## Biography

### Early life

"*He is strong with the Force. Stronger than the rest of the Dathomirians… and not with your magicks. He shall make a fine apprentice.*"
―Sidious, before taking Maul[src]
Maul, a male Dathomirian Zabrak, was born on Dathomir in 35 BEF as the son of Mother Talzin, an influential and powerful leader of a clan of Nightsisters. As he was male, he was technically a Nightbrother, though he remained by his mother's side in the Fortress of Talzin early in his life.

When Maul was four in 31 BEF his mother was visited by Darth Sidious, the Sith apprentice of Darth Plagueis, who was seeking an assassin of his own as well as to repay a life debt dating back to the Battle of Vinsoth, where a Clan Mother killed a Sith. As a result of that debt, Sidious claimed Maul as his apprentice, taking him from Talzin. Maul being taken influenced Talzin to force one of her own sisters of the clan to give up her daughter Asajj, who was powerful with the Force, as Maul was.

### Invasion of Naboo

Maul served as an assassin and apprentice outside of the Rule of Two, as the Banite line's doctrine did not permit multiple apprentices or an apprentice to have their own apprentice. Despite this, he was seen as useful to his master's master. Maul revealed the Sith to the galaxy at large during the Invasion of Naboo, when he was dispatched to oversee the Trade Federation's invasion, as well as fight the two Jedi sent there: Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi. In the ensuing battles, Maul killed Jinn but was himself bested in battle by Kenobi. Falling down a reactor shaft beneath Naboo's capital Theed, Maul was presumed dead.

## Powers and abilities

Maul was a Force-sensitive, powerful with the Force but not with magick despite his Dathomirian heritage. He was a capable duelist, able to defeat a Jedi Master in combat.

## Appearances

* "Tribute"
* "Conception" (Indirect mention only)
* *The Queen of Rattatak* (Indirect mention only)
* "The Torch Passes" (Mentioned only)
* *Celestial Blood* (Indirect mention only)
* *The Rite of the Crystal* (Indirect mention only)
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter I — *Trial and Sacrifice* (Mentioned only)
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter V — *Sith* (Mentioned only)
* "Ghost in the Mountain" (Mentioned only)
* "A Journey Begins" (Mentioned only)
* *Soul Searching* Obi-Wan I — *Rebellion's Beginnings* (Mentioned only)
* *Soul Searching* Obi-Wan II — *Dawn*
* *Soul Searching* Ahsoka I — *Voices* (Mentioned only)
* "Steel and Star" (Mentioned only)
* *Burning Galaxies* II — *Family Matters* (Mentioned only)

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 *Soul Searching* Obi-Wan II — *Dawn*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Tribute"
4. ↑ Maul's birth year is given as 35 BEF by *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*, and in "Tribute" it is said he was four years old, placing the events of that story in 31 BEF.
5. ↑ *The Queen of Rattatak*
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The Torch Passes"