The Clone Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Conspiracy

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Conspiracy is a young reader's book based on the fifth season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series, adapting the episodes "Revival," "Eminence," "Shades of Reason," and "The Lawless." It was released on January 1, 2013.

Publisher's summary
For the first time ever, Scholastic is publishing Star Wars Clone Wars&hellip; based off the hit Cartoon Network TV show, viewed by over 2.4 million every week!

''Waiting on details from LucasFilms regarding Season 5, but the novel will feature the highly anticipated return of Darth Maul, the villain of Episode I's Phantom Menace, whose popularity rivals that of Boba Fett. When Darth Maul reunites with his brother, Savage Opress, can even Obi-Wan Kenobi stop him before he rallies the criminal underworld to his cause?'' - The rallied criminal underworld will consist of - Death watch, The hut clan, Sepertists ( Maybe ).

Revival
The chapter focuses solely on the season premiere of The Clone Wars: Season Five. Each event as seen in the episode is included.

Eminence
Darth Maul and Savage Opress recieve treatment for the loss of their leg and arm respectivly. In addition, Maul dons black garments. The two Sith Lords seek out the Mandalorian Death Watch and form an alliance with them and their leader, Pre Vizsla.

The pair then travel to the volcanic world of Mustafar where they hope to form an alliance with a Black Sun faction led by Xomit Grunseit. At this time, Maul is formulating plans to form a criminal organization which he has dubbed the Shadow Collective. Upon their landing, they are greeted by Captain of the Guard Ziton Moj, who takes them to speak with Grunseit. Maul attempts to rally the Falleen, but he refuses. Opress hurls his lightsaber at the Falleen, killing him. Moj witnesses this and decides to join Maul.

From there, they travel to Nal Hutta to secure a partnership with the Hutt Grand Council. However, the confrontation becomes a skirmish in which Jabba Desilijic Tiure sets several bounty hunters upon Maul, Opress and Vizsla. Oruba the Hutt is killed in the skirmish, and several enforcers decide to join. On Zanbar, Lom Pyke joins Maul's collective.

Shades of Reason
Maul continues his plans for galactic domination, and he assists the Death Watch in the takeover of Mandalore. After Duchess Satine Kryze and her New Mandalorians are overthrown, Vizsla betrays Maul and Opress. The two Sith escape, and Maul kills Vizsla in a duel.

Maul then makes himself the Mandalore and leader of the Death Watch, absorbing it into his collective. Bo-Katan refuses to recognize an outsider as the leader, so she and the Night Owls escape. Maul then oustes the Prime Minister and reinstates Almec.

The Lawless
Darth Maul continues his rampage by waging war against the renegades that splintered from Death Watch. Meanwhile, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi ventures to the planet, where he allies himself with Bo-Katan and her forces. Kenobi briefly leaves to find the imprisoned Kryze and frees her; the two proceed to flee the area. However, Maul anticipates this and corners Kenobi. Restrained, Obi-Wan can only watch as Maul kills Satine in cold-hearted revenge.

Kenobi soon flees from Maul's grip and continues to fight alongside Bo-Katan. Meanwhile, a starship lands at the docks as two Shadow Collective troops approach to check out the scene. It is then that Darth Sidious exits the vessel and uses the Force to strangle the two to death. He proceeds to a speeder, which takes him directly to the Sundari Royal Palace.

At the palace, Sidious confronts Maul and Opress. He briefly exchanges words with Maul and states that there can only be two Sith, and reminds Maul that he is no longer his apprentice. Activating two identical lightsabers, the intense duel begins. Sidious is strained only once in the battle, gaining the upper hand when he impales Opress, killing Maul's brute brother. He later subdues Maul and sadistically subjects him to Force Lightning.

Continuity
According to page 182 of Amazon.com's preview of the book, Palpatine's presence in the book will have a plot twist that will affect the rest of the book.