Maul

"At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have revenge."

- Darth Maul, to Darth Sidious

Darth Maul was a male Dathomirian Sith Lord who lived during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. Raised on Dathomir as a Nightbrother, Maul was given to Palpatine, secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, as a gift by the Dathomir Witch Mother Talzin. Sidious raised Maul as his Sith apprentice, during which time Maul learned the art of lightsaber combat and took on a dual-bladed lightsaber.

During the Trade Federation's invasion of Naboo, which Palpatine orchestrated as part of the Sith plot to take over the Republic and destroy the Jedi Order, Maul was dispatched to locate Queen Padmé Amidala, who had escaped Federation custody and whose capture was vital to the invasion plans, and tracked her down on Tatooine. There, he fought Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn, revealing the Sith to the Jedi for the first time in a millennium. After the queen and the Jedi returned to Naboo to fight the invasion, Maul once again faced Jinn, as well as Obi-Wan Kenobi, in combat. The Sith Lord killed Jinn, but Kenobi was able to defeat Maul, slicing him in half and knocking him down a reactor shaft.

The Jedi and Sith both believed that Maul had perished on Naboo, but he survived and went into exile in the Outer Rim. There, he gained a set of spider-like legs, allowing him to walk again, but his exile on a junkyard planet saw him go mad with thoughts of revenge and shame for what had happened on Naboo. During the Clone Wars, he was located by his brother, Savage Opress, and taken to Mother Talzin, who gave him new robotic legs and restored his mind. Maul soon declared himself and his brother the true Lords of the Sith, and set out to seek revenge against Kenobi and overthrow the Sith.

As part of his plot, Maul organized a collection of criminals into an army known as the Shadow Collective. The alliance included Death Watch, a splinter group from the planet Mandalore. Together, Maul and his forces took control of Mandalore. Maul killed the Death Watch leader, Pre Vizsla, becoming their new leader; and killed Duchess Satine Kryze, a close friend of Kenobi's and whose death was part of Maul's quest for revenge. Maul was captured soon after by Darth Sidious, who killed Opress took Maul into custody in the hopes of using him to draw Mother Talzin into the open so the Sith could eliminate her.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul&mdash;Son of Dathomir 1
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul&mdash;Son of Dathomir 2
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul&mdash;Son of Dathomir 3
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul&mdash;Son of Dathomir 4
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul&mdash;Son of Dathomir 1
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul&mdash;Son of Dathomir 2
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul&mdash;Son of Dathomir 3
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul&mdash;Son of Dathomir 4
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul&mdash;Son of Dathomir 1
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul&mdash;Son of Dathomir 2
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul&mdash;Son of Dathomir 3
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul&mdash;Son of Dathomir 4