Darth Maleval

"I don't know what frightened me more -- The different ways he found to kill... or the joy they gave him"

- Anson Trask on Darth Maleval

Darth Maleval was a Quarren Sith Lord in Darth Krayt's new Sith Order encountered by Trooper Anson Trask around 137 ABY on the planet Yinchorr. He spoke Basic around his Human counterparts.

Biography
"There will be no truce. There will be no surrender. I don't care how many die. An example will be made of the deserters."

- Darth Maleval during the Battle of Borosk



Lord Maleval was sent by Emperor Krayt to command the 407th Stormtrooper Division, ensuring the Division's loyalty and the complete destruction of the 908th Stormtrooper Division.

After Anson Trask accidentally annoyed the Sith Lord, Sergeant Harkas of Joker Squad saved Trask from being punished by the Sith Lord by excusing the new stormtrooper as a "noob". Maleval made it very clear that should such an occurrence happen again, he would deal with Trask himself.

Maleval fought savagely during the raid on the planet Borosk, an effort to bring the entire Stormtrooper Corps under the rule of Darth Krayt and the Sith, not caring about the lives of the stormtroopers under his command. After Joker Squad took control of the of the base's gun plataforms, Maleval became aware that Lieutenant Gil Cassel of the 407th was the brother of Captain Jared Cassel in the 908th Stormtrooper Division, who had defected to Roan Fel.

After the battle was over, Lord Maleval spared the life of Captain Cassel and took him with him. To test Gil Cassel's loyalty to the Sith Empire, Maleval ordered him to kill his own brother or stand condemned himself. However, Gil Cassel's loyalty to his family was greater than his loyalty to the Empire, and Maleval killed both.



Maleval's murder of the Cassel brothers catalyzed a thoughtless attack on the Sith Lord by the trooper Hondo Karr. Maleval was about to execute Karr with his shock whip, but was shot and killed from behind by Anson Trask.

Behind the scenes

 * On the comic cover, Lord Maleval has five suction-tipped fingers on each hand, while in-comic he has three clawed fingers on each hand instead.
 * A figure of Lord Maleval was created by Entertainment Earth and unveiled at Comic Con International 2008 as part of the Joker Squad action figure 6-pack.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Legacy 4: Noob