How Did Darth Maul Survive? & 9 Other Questions About The Sith ...

The Saberstaff-wielding Sith Assassin, Darth Maul, is one of the most confusing and contradicting characters in the Star Wars Universe. Many instances of his story are altered or retconned, and seemingly brought back into canon between the comics, TV shows, and movies. For the short time that he was on screen, Maul became a fan favorite of the series and his backstory was explored for a time before his reappearance.

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However, for fans who only watched the movies, there are many questions revolving around his motivation and survival. The life of Darth Maul is an interesting one and it's about time more people knew about this mysterious and bloodthirsty character.

10 How Did Darth Maul Survive? By Crawling Into A Container To A Junkyard

After he was plunged into the reactor pit, split in two by Obi-Wan, Maul began to lose his memory. He managed to carry himself into a container that was on a transport to Lotho Minor. His survival came from eating large insects and destroying a large machine that a nearby Anacondan was cowering away from.

Defeating it and saving the Anacondan named Morley, Maul was carried to a cave where he eventually awoke and used an arachnid-like cybernetic apparatus to replace his lower half. He'd survive this way for twelve years, with Moley being a lackey of sorts.

9 How Did Maul Get His Legs Back? Maul Regained His Lost Memories & New Legs From His Mother

Maul's mother, the leader of the Nightsisters, sent Maul's brother, Savage Opress, to find him. Mother Talzin knew of his whereabouts for some time and gave Opress a talisman to help find his brother. Upon finding him and nearly fighting him, Maul regained some of his memories and traveled back to see his mother.

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He was given new legs from destroyed super battle droids and his memories were restored with the help of the Sister's magic. Upon learning of the start of the Clone Wars, Maul vowed revenge with Opress and this started the chain of events to try to lure Obi-Wan out.

8 Why Did Sidious Kill Opress? Dooku & Palpatine Wanted To Capture Maul In An Attempt To Find The Nightsisters

During his path of revenge, Maul and Opress found and killed Obi-Wan's former partner, Duchess Satine Kryze. It was after this that Sidious caught on to his survival and concocted a plan with Dooku. The two captured Maul, killing Opress, and waited for Maul to escape. This game of cat and mouse ended up with Maul using his forces to seize General Grievous and Count Dooku.

Maul gave Dooku to Mother Talzin in order for her to regain her full power, but Dooku's real plan had already been put in motion. Grievous escaped with the knowledge of her location and went straight back to Sidious. Taizin would die, and Maul supposedly died sometime after.

7 Why Was Maul Brought Back To Life? The Prophets Of The Dark Side Believed He Would Be A Better Sith Than Darth Vader

Years after his offscreen Legends' death, Maul was brought back to life by the Prophets of the Dark Side. Darth Vader was believed to not be a good fit for a Sith Lord because of his Jedi training, making Maul the ideal candidate to become the second Sith Lord.

In an attempt to intercept the stolen Death Star plans, Vader found Maul and the two had a duel to the death. Although Vader would ultimately come out on top, it wasn't easy to do so. This version of Maul may have been an illusion caused by Sith magic, but it's unconfirmed whether he was really resurrected or not.

6 Did Maul Really Fight Luke? A Hologram Of Maul Was Made, Disturbing The Balance Of The Force

After the start of the New Republic, a scientist by the name of Drell Kahmf ended up creating a hologram of a hate-filled Maul. This was done after finding Maul's brain and spinal cord and placing them in a bacta tank. Luke would encounter this hologram, unable to actually fight it, but would find a way to destroy it nonetheless.

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After scaring Kahmf away, noting that keeping Maul alive in this way was disturbing the Force, he shut down the machine creating the hologram. This was one of the many ends of the once-powerful Sith Lord.

5 How Did Maul Get & Lose The Darksaber? He won & lost It After A Duel

The Darksaber is a specially crafted saber that was created by the first Mandalorian ever inducted in the Jedi Order. It would eventually find its way to Pre Vizsla, leader of Death Watch, of which Maul would lead. During Maul's reign, Vizsla would eventually attempt to betray him, only to die by his hands in a duel, losing the Darksaber.

Maul kept this weapon until his duel and capture by Darth Sidious, only to get it back sometime later from the Death Watch who recovered it after the fight. He would use it for several battles, but how he lost it isn't clear. What is known about the Darksaber is that it resided on Dathomir and eventually recovered during the age of the New Republic, years after Maul's death.

4 How Did Maul Become A Sith? He Was Given To Sidious By His Own Mother

Palpatine had a close relationship with the Nightsisters and even promised Maul's own mother to take her as an apprentice. Threatening to go back on this promise when Maul was of age, she gave her son to Sidious. Years of abuse and careful crafting fueled Maul's hatred for everyone, especially his mother.

Sidious had Maul watched after by Nightbrothers that would leave him nothing but scraps. A contest was held to become the new warrior during the Selection and Maul broke out from his room to win it. He Force-choked his caretaker and his "brothers" and Sidious took Maul as his apprentice despite what he promised Mother Talzin.

3 How Did Darth Maul Kill Qui-Gon Jinn? He Was Trained For Years Purely To Kill Jedi Knights

Sidious's entire plan concerning Maul was to raise a hate-fueled assassin in secret while working on other contingency plans. Already moving along with plans involving Darth Tyrannus, Sidious forced Maul to hide for years. Though he had encounters with Jedi, as well as raising some ruckus in other parts of the galaxy, it wasn't until the battle on Tatooine, and later Naboo, that he was able to reveal himself.

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His years of training finally coming to fruition, Maul killed Qui-Gon Jinn, but it was his overconfidence that proved to be his demise against Obi-Wan. He would survive this encounter, but he wouldn't reappear for nearly a decade after being cut in half.

2 Is Darth Maul Still A Sith? He Relinquished His Heritage & Training, Swearing Revenge On Both The Sith & The Jedi

Raising a number of forces of his own both during the Clone Wars and again during the reign of the Empire, Maul's hate grew for everyone that betrayed him. Sidious abandoned him, the Jedi never came for him as a child and Obi-Wan nearly killed him. After establishing Crimson Dawn, he cooperated with the Jedi, only to betray them at every turn.

After many close duels with many Jedi, including Ahsoka, Maul went into hiding, only to resurface in search of Obi-Wan. Maul and Ezra Bridger became closely linked and it was during a ritual that they discovered where Obi-Wan was while promising to give Ezra knowledge to defeat the Sith.

1 How Did Darth Maul Die? Following Visions Of The Holocron & Nightsister Magic, He Learned Where Obi-Wan Was Hiding

The last act of revenge by Maul wouldn't be completed as Obi-Wan finally put him to rest after their duel. Followed by Bridger, a string of events would lead Obi-Wan to tend to Bridger's wounds while Maul trailed behind. Being ordered to leave, Ezra left the two to settle their score at last.

Despite losing to the Jedi Knight, Maul took solace in the fact that the Sith would be undone by the child of the prophecy. Obi-Wan held a funeral for the Dathomirian Zabrak man, honoring the peaceful end to his life.

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