He also could have been the hero of the story had anyone gave him a second chance, he was absolutely right about a lot of things Sidious was trying to do but none of the Jedi would listen.
hairypancake I thought he didn’t care if the Jedi were going to be killed but he cared about Anakin and being his apprentice and wanted to kill him to not give sidius his prize
With the latest Clone Wars episodes, I honestly think Maul is asking Obi-Wan if Anakin is the chosen one. Maul learned that Sidious was trying to seduce Anakin because Anakin was the Chosen One, and Maul started the siege of Mandalore to kill Anakin. When Maul asks Obi-Wan “is he the chosen one?” He has no idea about Luke. He’s gotta be asking Obi-Wan if Anakin is still the chosen one, even as Darth Vader. But I could be wrong 🤷🏼♂️
When you put it that way he's literally just another Darth Vader. I feel like there's more to him, he's dark side for sure but he's actually willing to team up with others and even tries to do the right thing on occasion even if it is for selfish reasons. He's not neutral but he's not "saturday morning cartoon-villain" evil like most Sith either...he does what he needs to in order to survivor.
@@hairypancake Not really, Maul's rage/hatred is all external, you can literally feel it one him everytime you take a glance at the guy, while with Vader his is less rage and more pain he essentially keeps all his anger bottled up inside and is almost cold and unfeeling.
@@thefanwithoutaface8105 Hit the nail on the head. Maul's isolation and anger, as well as his bloodlust made him the model sith. But he was hampered by his temperment. He was wild and unfocused. What fueled Anakin was a hatred of all things, including himself. The tragedy of Anakin Skywalker was that Sidious had taken everything he was. His close friend (Obi-wan), his family (Padme), even his honor (killing younglings). Darth Vader was all that was left. The shell of a man who was once a great jedi. Cold and unfeeling, he was fueled by his self-hatred, his failure to save the one he loved most. He was able to channel his power due to immense emotional turmoil. Maul meanwhile was like a wild beast. He wanted to lash out at those that wronged him, but lacked focus. In a sense, he was angry at everything but never had the self reflection that Anakin did to fuel his hatred. A quick fuse you could say.
Dave Filoni literally rescued this character and Ahsoka and killed off Maul with the most complete story so that Disney couldn’t ruin another great character
When Obi Wan put Maul out of his misery and had him in his arms, its one of the series most heart breaking moments. After all Maul put Obi Wan through, he moved on and forgave him.
plus the way he goes out was poetic and probably the most realistic lightsaber fights in star wars. yet each move and every word of that encounter had years of meaning and purpose behind it. it was poetic
Yes, great Star Wars characters like Mermeia, Jar Jar Binks, and Lumpy. I hear there's a re-edit George is woking on in his garage where Walt himself hand draws the laser fire from Greedo's blaster over the original cantina scene, proving definitively that Disney alone ruined Star Wars.... Listen, I'm not the biggest fan of Disney, but let's get real here. People have been ruining Star Wars since 1978--some of those people are George Lucas himself. Some of it is just sand. It gets everywhere. George Lucus killed Maul over 20 years ago, not Disney. He might have reconsidered in the last decade, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen that way on the big screen the first time around. I'm looking at you Han and Greedo cantina scene.
In the end I feel like Maul has good intentions, obviously didn’t do it in the best way, but he was betrayed by both sides it seems, he could have stopped order 66 if people listened to him
Molten Lava I really did grow to like him a lot more, haven’t seen all the clone wars or any of the rebels episodes yet, but I’m tryin to rewatch starting with clone wars, but judging based on the last episodes, he did become more likable, especially since he was trying to kill sidious
Literally everyone could’ve stopped order 66 but failed to, everyone warned obi wan it was too dangerous to teach anakin, he refused to do so, dooku warned the sith were taking over and basically gave him the entire blueprint several times and even offered to partner with him, Fives almost discovered the truth, no one listened to Maul, want me to go on?
Not at all, Maul wanted to rule his own Empire and get revenge on Sidious for what he did to him and Savage. He never really had any good intentions, it just so happened that he and the "good guys" had common enemies, but he would still gladly let the Jedi and Republic die.
He was a wasted character in Episode 1 that Dave Filoni rescued in Clone Wars by building upon his unstable childhood training to become Sidious' assassin. His power and abilities are rooted in his hatred of Sidious and the Sith as well as Obi-Wan and the Jedi, and that's what keeps him going even if it's not right. His death by Obi-Wan in Rebels was beautiful with all the elegance of a real samurai duel, but also the fact that Maul knew he was flawed and corrupted yet still went after Obi-Wan because he knew there was no chance to fix him. Filoni pulled out all the stops with his writing and made him amazing Anti-Hero at the end of the day.
And that's why I love him so much. Sometimes you can actually feel his need for companionship, he expresses it through the patterns he learned from Sidious (Master/Apprentice, Lord/Servant) because he has no idea how a healthy human relationship works, but you can perceive it anyway. Filoni turned him into such a compelling tragic figure, in the same way he brought some needed depth to Anakin's character. Maul is the kind of person I'd desperately want to fix, even knowing no one would ever succeed.
Maul by far the most interesting villian in the whole series. Lucasfilm should give dave feloni a check for like a couple of million or so. him and Favreau are single handedly saving the franchise...
Maul is great because you can really empathize with him for wanting to take revenge on Palpatine. His death scene is just the best. All he cares about is that sidious gets what he deserves.
I really wished they'd have animated the story of how Maul escaped Sidious, captured Dooku and the death of Talzin. That would have been visually insane.
I've heard they aren't completely done with the clone wars. They might do some story arcs that they couldn't fit into season seven. Not sure how accurate it is but I'm hopeful itll happen.
The "Son of Dathomir" comics are adapted from screenplays that were originally going to be produced for Clone Wars season 6. Those comics are the original planned story that just never got the chance to be produced when Clone Wars got canceled.
Darth Maul is unironically my favorite Star Wars character. His life is tragedy after tragedy and he reacts with hatred and anger because that is all he was ever taught, all he was ever given the chance to learn. And his last words are the only hint we ever get that he seems to know this and feel any sadness or regret for it. Darth Maul is one of the best villains ever written.
grievous' story is way more tragic, he literally lost the person he loved in battle and couldn't find her body, he had all of his people starve and be enslaved for years, his people got slaughtered and they saw him as a God yet he couldn't save them, and then he had his body destroyed and literally wanted to kill himself because he didn't want to be a cyborg. now the only thing he wants is to get revenge and kill all the jedi and republic since they're the reason his people and planet was basically destroyed
William Rose this story is legends. In the new canon Grievous wanted that “upgrade”. So, i think that Grievous’s story should be told in a series or movie, but for now Vader and Maul have the most tragic stories
Meeeh, Im sorrry but after finally finishing Clone Wars, the most tragic story goes to the clones. Bred specifically for War, knowing nothing but war, only to be tricked and used to slay the people theyve come to love and respect. I defnitly cried at the end during Ahsokas memorial to them. Mauls story helps, but its the clones story that makes me the most angry at the injustice Sideous and the Empire created.
Darth Maul was and will always my favourite character *!* He was so fascinating, brutal, intelligent and badass. And his demonic appearance was very impressive.
Maul is without a doubt, the greatest character in The Clone Wars and Rebels. He's also just one of my favorite Star Wars characters in general. I definitely wouldn't mind if we got a TV show about him and how he ran Crimson Dawn.
No need Obi wan and Maul are very old even though they can still fight they are long pass prime although Solid snake vs Ocelot/liquid fight was very badass lol
@@TheJadedJames we might end up seeing him on Mandalorian but I doubt it. It's just rumors. I mean ahsoka is in the Mandalorian for season 2, maybe flashbacks if she's telling the tale of the dark saber. or I mean Maul just won't die.
Man. He really never gives up. Sliced in half? Nah. Betrayed? Nah. Captured? Nah. Unarmed? Nah. Alone? Nah. Killed? Well. If he had the chance, he would still lived to fight.
George Lucas told Filoni to "figure out" how to bring back Maul from his death in Ep. 1. Filoni also created Ashoka Tano from scratch. So two of the best character arcs in SW in the past decade or so were due to Filoni. Nice work.
@@calebj9079 I agree that it was good, but it felt incomplete, ya know? I mean, I know they did that on purpose hoping for a sequel, but it bit them in the ass...
@@luhguren yeah definitely, hopefully they do fill it with something like a comic, ideally a movie haha but overall i still think it's does alright on its own
It's cool you want to believe that. But Rebels, Clone Wars Season 7, Mandalorian, and Rogue One all happened under her watch. Let go of your hate. Or don't. I don't give a shit.
he will die believing that if he had won that fight he would be number two and sitting high on the empire totem pole and not cast aside again the second someone better came along
Awesome video, Maul is one of my top 5 villains ever! Rex, Anakin, Maul, Ahsoka, Kenobi, etc = Greatest modern mythology arcs. Still so much backstory and adventures yet told. Thank u Lucas & Filoni :)
"The man he finds is so consumed with rage and so damaged by isolation that he's practically an animal. Worst still, vast swaths of his memory are totally missing." Relatable.
I know its weird to imagine, but Maul would have been more powerful as a Jedi Knight. Palpatine never cared for the rule of two, he didn't want to raise an apprentice, he didn't even care for Anakin, the one conceived by the force itself. I think Obi Wan would have been stronger too, imagine the friendly rivalry he would have had with Maul?
I'd disagree. For one, Dathomir is a planet strong with the Dark Side, which gives Maul an edge. The use of Mauls anger and hatred is what made him so strong, and his deceptive personality only adds more to that. It's true Palpatine would not be followed up by Maul, but he did care for the rule of 2. Anakin's conception was Palpatines doing by influencing the midichlorians. Anakin was supposed to become twice as strong as Palpatine and his successor, but then he lost to Obi-Wan. This gave Palpatine the time he needed to find a way to keep living like we see in Ep 9. If Vader was at full power he would've overthrown Palpatine way before that, thus following the rule of 2.
There is still one hole in his story line. How he lost control of the Crimson Dawn / Underworld, becoming a crazed hermit only trying to locate and find Obi-wan (which would be found out in Rebels) leading to their fated duel.
Maul is probably my favorite villain in Star Wars. His story is very well written and is one of the most interesting ones in the Star Wars universe that we have been told.
In Jedi Fallen Order when you visit Dathomir the night sisters are livid because you have a lightsaber, they think you’re about to pull a general grevious. Really crazy how they made everything tie into each other
I loved that his final duel with Obi Wan wasn't flashy and over the top, it showed Kenobi's mastery of the art, all he needed was one opening, one strike to end it.
@@illinoissasquatchhunter5995 lol i see would be nice though if they made a clone of him i guess... In legends for the comics they did and that Maul clone pretty much beat Vader fair and square but Vader sort of cheated by impaling himself to kill Maul ...
@@feerow Doesn't change the fact Maul's movements in Ep 1 & the Maul vs Ahsoka duel are ALL Ray Park's performance. The sheer quality and depth of Maul's dueling style vs Ahsoka is something you should be able to realize wasn't done through CGI visuals and only thru mocap via Ray Park. Of course don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with Sam too, as he does excellent voice work for Maul. Both embody Maul, just different aspects. They complimented each other well.
@@zaneyates5704 There are years between between Solo and rebels. When he was last seen in Solo he was the leader of an entire criminal empire, but by the next time he is seen on Malachor (in Rebels) he has seemingly lost everything and is stranded.
@@rorymead4579 I just came to say exactly this. I'm unfollowing this channel precisely because this is the biggest gap that needs to be addressed, and this misleading video just ignores it
Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure Vader caught wind of his empire and killed most of the people involved forcing them to disband. I think that’s why maul was already aware that he stood no chance against Vader alone and asked Ashoka to team up with him on malacore. (It would’ve been a good fight if they did tho lol)
Mauls comeback was one of the most amazing things ever to happen.. the way he fought his way off the ship through order 66 only using the dark side of the force totally redeemed the phantom menace incident. Maul is my favorite character now easily
Ahsoka technically didn't defeat him. He wasn't trying to kill her, he wanted to recruit her. he had the upper hand for 70% of the fight. he disarmed her twice and had the opportunity to land a killing blow but he hesitated and got distracted. if anything the fight ended in a stalemate. if it was a fight to the death Maul easily would've won
I only watched the main episode films at first then i saw Solo and seeing Maul on the big screen again was BIGGEST MOMENT for me it was after that i decided to take a deep dive into the tv shows, comics and books. Never looked back :)
It's so great to me that maul came from a movie where he actually did very little, but everyone kind of knew that he was a super dope character despite how little screen time he actually got. it really seems like writers after this saw that everyone thought maul was the coolest and went " ya know what? He is awesome, let's give him one of the coolest villain stories in the franchise"
He won against his own brother, he also defeated Pre Visla...In the very beginning of the video it says he killed a Jedi Padawan. In other comics he’s killed many Jedi in order to hide his identity...He also won against Qui Gon...He also defeated Dooku and grievous.. he also defeated some of the inquisitors… Even the inquisitors called him “the shadow“ with fear in their voices… Which goes to show that they probably lost some inquisitors to him in the past……So yeah… He’s won plenty of fights....Just none of the most important ones...
They actually got the real Maul actor ,whose name I forget, to come into the studio and put the animation suit on and create a duel with the actress for Ashoka. That's the last two episodes of the last season of The Clone Wars if anyone's interested.
And we don’t know what happened to the Shadow Collective as Solo takes place after the Clone Wars and Maul makes an appearance as the leader of the collective at the end of Solo. It is possible Sidious could have sent Vader and Stormtroopers to shut it down and maul went into hiding again, because in rebels when talking of Vader maul says “I cannot defeat him alone” in a sad tone, is it possible we could see a Vader vs Maul fight in the future?
Liked his more minimalistic appearance in phantom way more than the fist clenching, speech making, talking to the camera appearance in the animated episodes. Less is more and the silent portrayal really worked for his character, came across a lot tougher and a lot more of a badass. And still enjoyed his storyline but my god if it isn’t filled with ‘maul loses but flees’ time and time again.
I'm just a movie watcher, not a hardcore fan, but I found this guy really interesting and wish he had lasted longer in the series. I enjoyed this backstory a lot.
@@gorgeh3819 No he's not. Filoni even revealed in the Rebels season 3 dvd extras that Obi Wan was mistaken in believing that Luke was the chosen one. Anakin was still the chosen one, Luke was just the catalyst to his redemption. Both Obi Wan and Yoda were blinded by their beliefs, that that couldn't understand that a person could still come back from the darkside, as Anakin does. Even Disney in recently released material have outright stated Anakin as the chosen one. It initially looked like they were going to give that title to Rey, but Disney confirms Anakin fulfills the prophecy when he tosses Sidious on the second Death Star. Sidious does die there, and his Clone in episode 9 was never a legitimate threat to actually bringing the Sith back to the galaxy, which is why Rey was so easily able to kill him. Anakin essentially took the true strength of the darkside away forever with his redemption. Both the light and dark still exist, but neither side will ever reach the imbalance that they were both at during the prequel era.
The early death of maul just shows how perfect 1-3 are. He lasted only one part had an absolute grandious finale and everyone was flashed about his presence.
Just FYI read the book for Darth Plaguis. Maul was given to Palpatine by his mother to save him from Talzin. Also Talzin was never considered for apprentice (Unless that is in some new canon Im unaware of.)
Whoever came up with the decision to put ahsoka over maul is almost as big an idiot as who wrote the last jedi......if maul took on 2 Jedi, why in the heck would he have a hard time with ahsoka????? Plot induced stupidity
Palpatine didn’t kidnap Maul. Maul was given to Palpatine by his mother in fear of being killed by the Nightsister. Also, Palpatine did not name him Maul, that name was already given to him by his mother. It’s all in the book of Darth Plagueis.
Being a person who has only watched the movies, I'd say the comics and tv shows did a phenominal job at making his story last after his apparent death in Ep.1
Honestly got to be one of the best villian story... He never gives up
Not once - he was only stopped once obi wan delivered a fatal blow. His body definitely broke far before his spirit would have
He also could have been the hero of the story had anyone gave him a second chance, he was absolutely right about a lot of things Sidious was trying to do but none of the Jedi would listen.
hairypancake I thought he didn’t care if the Jedi were going to be killed but he cared about Anakin and being his apprentice and wanted to kill him to not give sidius his prize
Facts. In a twisted sort of way Maul is motivation to keep going no matter how many setbacks you encounter
Even villains have good character traits that we can try to embody
"Tell me is it the chosen one?"
"He is"
"He will avenge us"
Anakin was also the chosen one and that ended really well
@@calmgoodfire4662 At the end of day he still killed the emperor
@@8thCadia1 it just took a roundabout way for him to do it
With the latest Clone Wars episodes, I honestly think Maul is asking Obi-Wan if Anakin is the chosen one. Maul learned that Sidious was trying to seduce Anakin because Anakin was the Chosen One, and Maul started the siege of Mandalore to kill Anakin. When Maul asks Obi-Wan “is he the chosen one?” He has no idea about Luke. He’s gotta be asking Obi-Wan if Anakin is still the chosen one, even as Darth Vader. But I could be wrong 🤷🏼♂️
@@DrewPeercy obi wan is talking about Luke. Dave Filoni explain that in the commentary.
I'm just impressed with his characterization, basically being a being literally kept alive by his anger and hatred. It's pretty engaging.
When you put it that way he's literally just another Darth Vader. I feel like there's more to him, he's dark side for sure but he's actually willing to team up with others and even tries to do the right thing on occasion even if it is for selfish reasons. He's not neutral but he's not "saturday morning cartoon-villain" evil like most Sith either...he does what he needs to in order to survivor.
@@hairypancake Not really, Maul's rage/hatred is all external, you can literally feel it one him everytime you take a glance at the guy, while with Vader his is less rage and more pain he essentially keeps all his anger bottled up inside and is almost cold and unfeeling.
*MAN LITERALLY TOO ANGRY TO DIE*
@@hairypancake Soo.....chaotic neutral?
@@thefanwithoutaface8105 Hit the nail on the head. Maul's isolation and anger, as well as his bloodlust made him the model sith. But he was hampered by his temperment. He was wild and unfocused. What fueled Anakin was a hatred of all things, including himself. The tragedy of Anakin Skywalker was that Sidious had taken everything he was. His close friend (Obi-wan), his family (Padme), even his honor (killing younglings). Darth Vader was all that was left. The shell of a man who was once a great jedi.
Cold and unfeeling, he was fueled by his self-hatred, his failure to save the one he loved most. He was able to channel his power due to immense emotional turmoil. Maul meanwhile was like a wild beast. He wanted to lash out at those that wronged him, but lacked focus. In a sense, he was angry at everything but never had the self reflection that Anakin did to fuel his hatred. A quick fuse you could say.
Dave Filoni literally rescued this character and Ahsoka and killed off Maul with the most complete story so that Disney couldn’t ruin another great character
When Obi Wan put Maul out of his misery and had him in his arms, its one of the series most heart breaking moments. After all Maul put Obi Wan through, he moved on and forgave him.
plus the way he goes out was poetic and probably the most realistic lightsaber fights in star wars. yet each move and every word of that encounter had years of meaning and purpose behind it. it was poetic
Yes, great Star Wars characters like Mermeia, Jar Jar Binks, and Lumpy. I hear there's a re-edit George is woking on in his garage where Walt himself hand draws the laser fire from Greedo's blaster over the original cantina scene, proving definitively that Disney alone ruined Star Wars....
Listen, I'm not the biggest fan of Disney, but let's get real here. People have been ruining Star Wars since 1978--some of those people are George Lucas himself. Some of it is just sand. It gets everywhere. George Lucus killed Maul over 20 years ago, not Disney. He might have reconsidered in the last decade, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen that way on the big screen the first time around.
I'm looking at you Han and Greedo cantina scene.
@@Nathan-27 Could be answers in the Obi Wan series (if it takes place after Solo) or in the rumored Maul series.
B C With all due respect I did say Filoni rescued the character, quite literally from being killed off.
In the end I feel like Maul has good intentions, obviously didn’t do it in the best way, but he was betrayed by both sides it seems, he could have stopped order 66 if people listened to him
King Giga he saw that Sideous was a bigger problem than the republic
King Giga ya ikr, when Maul was all like “Stop! You do not know what your doing” “WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!” He was right
Molten Lava I really did grow to like him a lot more, haven’t seen all the clone wars or any of the rebels episodes yet, but I’m tryin to rewatch starting with clone wars, but judging based on the last episodes, he did become more likable, especially since he was trying to kill sidious
Literally everyone could’ve stopped order 66 but failed to, everyone warned obi wan it was too dangerous to teach anakin, he refused to do so, dooku warned the sith were taking over and basically gave him the entire blueprint several times and even offered to partner with him, Fives almost discovered the truth, no one listened to Maul, want me to go on?
Not at all, Maul wanted to rule his own Empire and get revenge on Sidious for what he did to him and Savage. He never really had any good intentions, it just so happened that he and the "good guys" had common enemies, but he would still gladly let the Jedi and Republic die.
Normal people : "Good"
Darth Sidious : "Goooooood"
Germans: Gut gemacht
Shit.... I can hear that
@@TheKZTuber That would be "well done" in english. In German it's just "Gut, Guuuut"
You forgot the laughing
@@Gesundheit2000 r/woosh
One of the best characters in the whole story.
I remember him getting sliced up in episode 1 and thinking damn that’s it?
Same. Seeing him come back in the clone wars was a shock. And seeing his final duel was just pure fan service.
I hope we have more
Same here
I agree. Hope he gets his own show
@@zjuraeventide8949 eh I'd say adding him into the Solo movie was fan service
True fans know how to say "Savage" name.
DarthXenon 03 sevauge opress
So true
Savige opris obviously what else could it be
Av RBLX Thavage Opreth
His real name is Jer ke Ma Kak
He was a wasted character in Episode 1 that Dave Filoni rescued in Clone Wars by building upon his unstable childhood training to become Sidious' assassin. His power and abilities are rooted in his hatred of Sidious and the Sith as well as Obi-Wan and the Jedi, and that's what keeps him going even if it's not right. His death by Obi-Wan in Rebels was beautiful with all the elegance of a real samurai duel, but also the fact that Maul knew he was flawed and corrupted yet still went after Obi-Wan because he knew there was no chance to fix him. Filoni pulled out all the stops with his writing and made him amazing Anti-Hero at the end of the day.
And that's why I love him so much. Sometimes you can actually feel his need for companionship, he expresses it through the patterns he learned from Sidious (Master/Apprentice, Lord/Servant) because he has no idea how a healthy human relationship works, but you can perceive it anyway. Filoni turned him into such a compelling tragic figure, in the same way he brought some needed depth to Anakin's character. Maul is the kind of person I'd desperately want to fix, even knowing no one would ever succeed.
Maul by far the most interesting villian in the whole series. Lucasfilm should give dave feloni a check for like a couple of million or so. him and Favreau are single handedly saving the franchise...
facts
facts
Jeffrey Cummings he has definitely been paid lol
He is like Frieza from DBZ
Big facts
We're still need the story of how he lost his Criminal Empire, ended up on Malachor and how he defeated an Inquisitor to build his last lightsaber
If Ashoka can defeat an inquisitor with her bear hands so. can maul
Yeah but I want to see it.
@@DarthArachnious His Inquisitor fight happened before Solo plus he still had the darksaber.
@@saljpal3 that was more of an afterthought than sequential order. I still want to see it.
JasCotton that would be awesome to see! Filoni make it happen
Maul is great because you can really empathize with him for wanting to take revenge on Palpatine. His death scene is just the best. All he cares about is that sidious gets what he deserves.
I really wished they'd have animated the story of how Maul escaped Sidious, captured Dooku and the death of Talzin. That would have been visually insane.
Son of Dathomir comics ??? I want a videogame about that
I've heard they aren't completely done with the clone wars. They might do some story arcs that they couldn't fit into season seven. Not sure how accurate it is but I'm hopeful itll happen.
I think they did, it just didn’t make the cut for season 7
Could be released as "Lost Missions" part 2 along with Dark Disciple and Bounty Hunter arc (Boba vs. Bane).
The "Son of Dathomir" comics are adapted from screenplays that were originally going to be produced for Clone Wars season 6.
Those comics are the original planned story that just never got the chance to be produced when Clone Wars got canceled.
Darth Maul is unironically my favorite Star Wars character. His life is tragedy after tragedy and he reacts with hatred and anger because that is all he was ever taught, all he was ever given the chance to learn. And his last words are the only hint we ever get that he seems to know this and feel any sadness or regret for it. Darth Maul is one of the best villains ever written.
Maul is one of my favourite characters in star wars. He has the most tragic story in star wars but he never gave up.
grievous' story is way more tragic, he literally lost the person he loved in battle and couldn't find her body, he had all of his people starve and be enslaved for years, his people got slaughtered and they saw him as a God yet he couldn't save them, and then he had his body destroyed and literally wanted to kill himself because he didn't want to be a cyborg. now the only thing he wants is to get revenge and kill all the jedi and republic since they're the reason his people and planet was basically destroyed
William Rose this story is legends. In the new canon Grievous wanted that “upgrade”. So, i think that Grievous’s story should be told in a series or movie, but for now Vader and Maul have the most tragic stories
Meeeh, Im sorrry but after finally finishing Clone Wars, the most tragic story goes to the clones. Bred specifically for War, knowing nothing but war, only to be tricked and used to slay the people theyve come to love and respect. I defnitly cried at the end during Ahsokas memorial to them.
Mauls story helps, but its the clones story that makes me the most angry at the injustice Sideous and the Empire created.
Darth Maul was and will always my favourite character *!*
He was so fascinating, brutal, intelligent and badass. And his demonic appearance was very impressive.
Thank you
You are strong in the dark side
Maul is without a doubt, the greatest character in The Clone Wars and Rebels. He's also just one of my favorite Star Wars characters in general. I definitely wouldn't mind if we got a TV show about him and how he ran Crimson Dawn.
"YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BURN! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!"
Nobuddy believes a Sith.
"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!"
Chilling how right he was about that. Almost all, anyway.
The 4 last episodes of the clone wars season 7 is so damn good.
rizso sad a short tv series is better than a high budget Star Wars sequel
@@AndrewDelgado-og6es its 9.9 on imdb tells the story indeed.
The episodes with the sisters were so poor I had serious doubts, but the last four were awesome
It wasn't just good it was awesome!
I wish they had saved Maul’s final duel with Obiwan for the upcoming Kenobi series
No need Obi wan and Maul are very old even though they can still fight they are long pass prime although Solid snake vs Ocelot/liquid fight was very badass lol
There is no reason it couldn’t still happen on the Kenobi show too. Just do Twin Sons from Kenobi’s perspective
@@TheJadedJames we might end up seeing him on Mandalorian but I doubt it. It's just rumors. I mean ahsoka is in the Mandalorian for season 2, maybe flashbacks if she's telling the tale of the dark saber. or I mean Maul just won't die.
@@DCFCfanatic It would be pretty cheap to bring Maul back to life again. But a flashback would be cool.
Jokester30 nope! If Filoni didn't execute the duel, I didn't want it.
Man. He really never gives up. Sliced in half? Nah. Betrayed? Nah. Captured? Nah. Unarmed? Nah. Alone? Nah. Killed? Well. If he had the chance, he would still lived to fight.
Brother killed in front of him? Nah
George Lucas told Filoni to "figure out" how to bring back Maul from his death in Ep. 1. Filoni also created Ashoka Tano from scratch. So two of the best character arcs in SW in the past decade or so were due to Filoni. Nice work.
I wonder when Disney will tell us what Maul has been up to between Solo and Rebels?
I hope they never do.
He was just being a mafioso like Scarface during that period
@@carboy101 Agreed
I hope disney never tells us, I hope Filoni does
Dr0pkidd damn u really hate disney that much?
Everything between the final Clone Wars episode and solo is still a mystery
Well solo likely had a tussle against maul in the sequel... that will never be made due to how poor it performed
@@poketdoom such a shame, it was actually a really good film
@@calebj9079 I agree that it was good, but it felt incomplete, ya know? I mean, I know they did that on purpose hoping for a sequel, but it bit them in the ass...
@@luhguren yeah definitely, hopefully they do fill it with something like a comic, ideally a movie haha but overall i still think it's does alright on its own
And between Solo and Rebels, How he ended up on Malachor and what happened to crimson dawn
Man, as long as Kathleen doesn't touch it, this star wars ain't bad
Chris Plowman this is pre disney other than solo and renrls
@@shazsworld128 Thanks tips, Ive been fan for a long ass time, Star Wars Legends is my Star Wars, but this aint bad, that is all.
“I have altered the deal, pray I don’t alter it further”
It's cool you want to believe that. But Rebels, Clone Wars Season 7, Mandalorian, and Rogue One all happened under her watch. Let go of your hate. Or don't. I don't give a shit.
Scott I mean , clearly you do
Maul has honestly been GOATED
His true enemy was Darth Sidious, not Kenobi.
he will die believing that if he had won that fight he would be number two and sitting high on the empire totem pole and not cast aside again the second someone better came along
Awesome video, Maul is one of my top 5 villains ever! Rex, Anakin, Maul, Ahsoka, Kenobi, etc = Greatest modern mythology arcs. Still so much backstory and adventures yet told. Thank u Lucas & Filoni :)
We still don’t know what he has to do with Q’ira
Rainy Days a good story, for another time
Rainy Days Exactly been almost 2 years
I thought that was just when he was running his syndicate? maybe im wrong but I thought that's what it was
I'm pretty sure that it's implied he is the head of the organization(s) that Q'ira is employed by.
JTHEVISIONARY it was but we still don’t know the significance of what Q’ira relationship with Maul other than she’s part of the syndicate.
I wanted a Darth maul movie. Instead I saw all of Luke's hard work go to waste. Thanks Disney
Maul actually looks like he became an anti-hero as opposed to a straight up villain...oth the mandalorian and clone wars S7 made disney+ worth it...
What are you talking about, Disney+ was always worth it!!
I love Maul. I somehow hope that we will still get more Maul in Star Wars down the road.
"The man he finds is so consumed with rage and so damaged by isolation that he's practically an animal. Worst still, vast swaths of his memory are totally missing."
Relatable.
More interesting than the mediocre 7-9 films.
Dasboot Fax bro, fax 🤧
Becker but he isn’t wrong
The seventh was good..everything else....dreadful....
The Mastema true, Force Awakens was decent🙃
@@enayatullahk20 Ehhh opinions I find it pretty good overall.
He's always been my favorite, thank you for this video
I know its weird to imagine, but Maul would have been more powerful as a Jedi Knight. Palpatine never cared for the rule of two, he didn't want to raise an apprentice, he didn't even care for Anakin, the one conceived by the force itself. I think Obi Wan would have been stronger too, imagine the friendly rivalry he would have had with Maul?
I'd disagree. For one, Dathomir is a planet strong with the Dark Side, which gives Maul an edge. The use of Mauls anger and hatred is what made him so strong, and his deceptive personality only adds more to that. It's true Palpatine would not be followed up by Maul, but he did care for the rule of 2. Anakin's conception was Palpatines doing by influencing the midichlorians. Anakin was supposed to become twice as strong as Palpatine and his successor, but then he lost to Obi-Wan. This gave Palpatine the time he needed to find a way to keep living like we see in Ep 9. If Vader was at full power he would've overthrown Palpatine way before that, thus following the rule of 2.
@@Ro17productions Palpatine ignored the rule of two when he was still under the tutelage of Plagueis, he had Maul at that time.
Well, I mean Maul was and is already stronger than a Jedi knight
Without TCW maul had no meaning, it turned him into one of the greatest star wars characters
Thank you
Except for the piece between Solo and Rebels where he went from a crime lord to a scavenger on a dead planet.
"It's just Maul"
*when Vader appears*
“It’s him..”
Are you really a true fan if you don't know how to pronounce the name of Savage Opress correctly?
He pronounces it right and then says it wrong like 10 seconds later
How tf are u supposed to pronounce that then???!!! 😠😠😠😠
@@lisatrappedmeinygsbasement848 Sah-varsh not Savage
@@lisatrappedmeinygsbasement848 bruh theres no reason to get pissed off. its Suh-Vah-j
There is still one hole in his story line. How he lost control of the Crimson Dawn / Underworld, becoming a crazed hermit only trying to locate and find Obi-wan (which would be found out in Rebels) leading to their fated duel.
I love when Old Ben and Mual fight one last time and Ben holds him like an old friend rather than a Foe.
Probably the best rundown of this character's story I have ever heard. Bravo!
Maul is probably my favorite villain in Star Wars. His story is very well written and is one of the most interesting ones in the Star Wars universe that we have been told.
I wish that maul didn't die he's such a great character with so much more potential
In Jedi Fallen Order when you visit Dathomir the night sisters are livid because you have a lightsaber, they think you’re about to pull a general grevious. Really crazy how they made everything tie into each other
I loved that his final duel with Obi Wan wasn't flashy and over the top, it showed Kenobi's mastery of the art, all he needed was one opening, one strike to end it.
He could have been one of the most powerful sith of all time its a pity he never got a real chance
Not yet. We still don’t know what happened to him after Solo. All we know is that a defective clone of him was killed by Obi-Wan
Commander thribs really bro ? So the one that old Obi wan killed is a clone of maul ?
@@illinoissasquatchhunter5995 rebels maul was wasted in the entirety of season 3
@@illinoissasquatchhunter5995 lol i see would be nice though if they made a clone of him i guess... In legends for the comics they did and that Maul clone pretty much beat Vader fair and square but Vader sort of cheated by impaling himself to kill Maul ...
It's good that you added all Maul's chapters in life
I was luck to meet ray park aka Darth Maul !
In a dark alley while he had a boner and lube?
Then no.
I think it was a book signing or Phantom Menace just came out
Ray park is also snake eyes in the GI joe movies
Excuse me, you seem to have spelt "Sam Witwer" incorrectly.
@@feerow Doesn't change the fact Maul's movements in Ep 1 & the Maul vs Ahsoka duel are ALL Ray Park's performance. The sheer quality and depth of Maul's dueling style vs Ahsoka is something you should be able to realize wasn't done through CGI visuals and only thru mocap via Ray Park.
Of course don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with Sam too, as he does excellent voice work for Maul. Both embody Maul, just different aspects. They complimented each other well.
No 'we' don't. There's explicitly a huge gap in his time line that hasn't been written yet
Where in the timeline?
@@zaneyates5704 There are years between between Solo and rebels. When he was last seen in Solo he was the leader of an entire criminal empire, but by the next time he is seen on Malachor (in Rebels) he has seemingly lost everything and is stranded.
@@rorymead4579 I just came to say exactly this. I'm unfollowing this channel precisely because this is the biggest gap that needs to be addressed, and this misleading video just ignores it
Rory Mead oh yeah, true
Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure Vader caught wind of his empire and killed most of the people involved forcing them to disband. I think that’s why maul was already aware that he stood no chance against Vader alone and asked Ashoka to team up with him on malacore. (It would’ve been a good fight if they did tho lol)
You forgot about the time when Maul and Kenobi struggled on that planet with the intense sun. That one Jedi was burned alive holding the door open.
The comic yea where savage gets turned to stone 😭😂
Maul was not beat by Ashoka he won and gave her his hand to team up Again but she did not take it and then the gunships arrived
i was looking for this comment lol
Mauls comeback was one of the most amazing things ever to happen.. the way he fought his way off the ship through order 66 only using the dark side of the force totally redeemed the phantom menace incident. Maul is my favorite character now easily
3:55 ah yes a knew I would find some sort off timeline error. My work here is done
Ahsoka technically didn't defeat him. He wasn't trying to kill her, he wanted to recruit her. he had the upper hand for 70% of the fight. he disarmed her twice and had the opportunity to land a killing blow but he hesitated and got distracted. if anything the fight ended in a stalemate. if it was a fight to the death Maul easily would've won
Mark Godinho if you wanna use that logic then I guess Maul won against Kenobi in the phantom menace.
Darth Maul deserves his own movie or at least a series.
I only watched the main episode films at first then i saw Solo and seeing Maul on the big screen again was BIGGEST MOMENT for me it was after that i decided to take a deep dive into the tv shows, comics and books. Never looked back :)
For everyone who says why did I won against maul if he had the high ground well...
*I AM THE HIGH GROUND*
I mean.. you did a pro gamer move and air assassinated him = Ultimate high ground
But I lived
Your amazing 😂😂😂
Are you sure master
The clone wars did justice to Maul, a great character under developed in the trilogy
It's so great to me that maul came from a movie where he actually did very little, but everyone kind of knew that he was a super dope character despite how little screen time he actually got. it really seems like writers after this saw that everyone thought maul was the coolest and went " ya know what? He is awesome, let's give him one of the coolest villain stories in the franchise"
Star Wars is great again thank you !!! Clone wars had me crying I’m 21 hahaha
We still don’t know how the hell he ended up in that planet where he met ezra
So maul never won a fight even though he is probably one of the most skilled lightsaber users in the Star Wars galaxy
He kept fighting the best of the best and got cocky
He won against his own brother, he also defeated Pre Visla...In the very beginning of the video it says he killed a Jedi Padawan. In other comics he’s killed many Jedi in order to hide his identity...He also won against Qui Gon...He also defeated Dooku and grievous.. he also defeated some of the inquisitors… Even the inquisitors called him “the shadow“ with fear in their voices… Which goes to show that they probably lost some inquisitors to him in the past……So yeah… He’s won plenty of fights....Just none of the most important ones...
The most Shakespearean character in Star Wars. Doomed to repeat the same cycle over and over, never attaining his goal
They actually got the real Maul actor ,whose name I forget, to come into the studio and put the animation suit on and create a duel with the actress for Ashoka. That's the last two episodes of the last season of The Clone Wars if anyone's interested.
We still don’t know how maul got to malachore, we need to know that sometime through a comic or a new animated series, maybe even a movie.
And we don’t know what happened to the Shadow Collective as Solo takes place after the Clone Wars and Maul makes an appearance as the leader of the collective at the end of Solo. It is possible Sidious could have sent Vader and Stormtroopers to shut it down and maul went into hiding again, because in rebels when talking of Vader maul says “I cannot defeat him alone” in a sad tone, is it possible we could see a Vader vs Maul fight in the future?
Tnmt Beegneeg perhaps, that would be a cool idea to see maul and Vader fight!
@@kb-tm2hm a Vader animated series (between eps 3-4) in the style of clone wars would be amazing
If by any chance Obi Wan is your Doctor then I hope you wouldn't need all your body parts...
Jeez, I would have watched the hell out of THIS story if they put it on the big screen! He has an actual character and interesting motivations here!
I wish we could see more of mother talzin
Agreed, the concept of the Night Brothers/Sisters was very interesting to me. I wanna know more about their culture and strong ties to the force.
And no Maul didn’t lose to Asoka bad writing just constantly has to keep the best villain down!
Maul:Kills Qui Gon Jinn
This Enraged Obi Wan, Who Punished Him Severely
Darth Maul is the most interesting and fascinating character in the Extended Star Wars Universe... Change my mind!
“He will avenge us”
Kathleen Kennedy: well yes but actually no, SHE will avenge you though
Seriously though, she ruins it
Did they really have to type the entire script in the description?
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Liked his more minimalistic appearance in phantom way more than the fist clenching, speech making, talking to the camera appearance in the animated episodes. Less is more and the silent portrayal really worked for his character, came across a lot tougher and a lot more of a badass. And still enjoyed his storyline but my god if it isn’t filled with ‘maul loses but flees’ time and time again.
I'm just a movie watcher, not a hardcore fan, but I found this guy really interesting and wish he had lasted longer in the series. I enjoyed this backstory a lot.
Plot Twist:
Kenobi was not protecting Luke, he was protecting Rey's parents.
Life of Max Luke is still the one
you mean palpatine's clone who he calls son?
I wouldn't doubt this...
@@gorgeh3819 No he's not. Filoni even revealed in the Rebels season 3 dvd extras that Obi Wan was mistaken in believing that Luke was the chosen one. Anakin was still the chosen one, Luke was just the catalyst to his redemption. Both Obi Wan and Yoda were blinded by their beliefs, that that couldn't understand that a person could still come back from the darkside, as Anakin does. Even Disney in recently released material have outright stated Anakin as the chosen one. It initially looked like they were going to give that title to Rey, but Disney confirms Anakin fulfills the prophecy when he tosses Sidious on the second Death Star. Sidious does die there, and his Clone in episode 9 was never a legitimate threat to actually bringing the Sith back to the galaxy, which is why Rey was so easily able to kill him. Anakin essentially took the true strength of the darkside away forever with his redemption. Both the light and dark still exist, but neither side will ever reach the imbalance that they were both at during the prequel era.
@@gorgeh3819 Anakin is the chosen one not Luke.
The butchering of pronunciation is killing me
Its nice to see a character that isnt really good or evil but a mix between and so you never really know what hes up to
The early death of maul just shows how perfect 1-3 are. He lasted only one part had an absolute grandious finale and everyone was flashed about his presence.
You could just see in the directors eyes maul is coming back in the sequel for star wars rebels.
theres no way. Hes dead
@@TheGameFreak326 thats exactly what they wanted you to think in the phantom menace
HayHay Hay yeah thats true 😂
So Maul is the real hero and the Jedi's are dumb to not believe him leading to their demise
I could listen to this narration 100x than watch Disney's starwars
this video is really helpful if all the knowledge I have from Darth Maul is watching Episode 1 and Solo and generally being confused
Has anyone "finally" found a way to block certain channels on your feed? Cause I blocked these fools and they're still popping up.
You can tell he didn’t actually watch the clone wars
honestly there's probably going to be more about him in the Kenobi show though you can hear him doing voice-over lines in the trailer
What if also learned is whenever u come across a sith lord or formers in a narrow hallway, you should probaly start running in the opposite direction.
Here’s the story, he got millions of people into theaters to see episode 1, then got chopped in half after 2% of jar dee jar jar’s screen time
That’s why you gotta watch the clone wars it did him more justice
@@rebornedv8963 And Rebels. IMO Witmer is known now for Maul more so than he is Starkiller. ESPECIALLY in the finale.
Imagine being so uncreative you name a villain "Savage Oppress" 🙄
3:53 And the pykes! Don’t forget ab the pykes. Just saying, this video is amazing so far. Loving it
Just FYI read the book for Darth Plaguis. Maul was given to Palpatine by his mother to save him from Talzin. Also Talzin was never considered for apprentice (Unless that is in some new canon Im unaware of.)
Whoever came up with the decision to put ahsoka over maul is almost as big an idiot as who wrote the last jedi......if maul took on 2 Jedi, why in the heck would he have a hard time with ahsoka????? Plot induced stupidity
Cry
Always so cool how maul flips off the speederbike
Maul definitely has one of the best stories in the franchise hands down my favorite character as well
Palpatine didn’t kidnap Maul. Maul was given to Palpatine by his mother in fear of being killed by the Nightsister. Also, Palpatine did not name him Maul, that name was already given to him by his mother. It’s all in the book of Darth Plagueis.
Thank you. I was just getting ready to say this.
Being a person who has only watched the movies, I'd say the comics and tv shows did a phenominal job at making his story last after his apparent death in Ep.1
Despite being a massive retcon, Maul's story is both slightly random but compelling as f***! It just slaps!