Darth Maul

Few villains in the history of Star Wars instilled as much fear as the Sith apprentice, Darth Maul, did. His red-black body, tattooed with old Sith designs, his double-bladed lightsabre, his abilities in combat and his few words made the character very attractive to fans, who enjoyed his appearance in Episode I with morbid pleasure.

Click here to download Darth Maul art (pdf)

Darth Maul is a great character, a great fighter and a symbol for the second Star Wars trilogy. Perhaps it was a waste to let the character appear and die in a single film. According to his Sith master, Darth Sidious, Maul's date of birth is unknown. He was found on the planet Iridonia when he was just a baby.

Here's a rule of every great story: no villain, no epic; no evil, no hero. And in Star Wars, the role of evil villain is on Lord Sidious. But to create an imbalance in the force, Sidious needed a soldier able to overcome the Jedi order. That soldier was Darth Maul.

At first the republic noticed the presence of a mysterious soldier, the threat of a possible Sith that was not in their plans. The Jedi Order had thought that the Sith were extinct, but the skills of such a great warrior made them decide to investigate.

Maul finally met his destiny with a battle facing him with two Jedis. His opponents were Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn. After a ferocious attack, Maul kills Qui-Gon and nearly does the same to Obi-Wan. In a twist of fate, Maul is felled by his own double-bladed lightsabre.

The Expanded Universe narrates that the race of Darth Maul was Zabrak and that he was trained with extremely abusive techniques. In addition, the tattoos on his body were an example of the agony that he was able to endure in order to become a Sith.

DARTH MAUL

• Homeworld: Iridonia
• Species: Zabrak
• Gender: Male
• Height: 1.75 metres
• Weapon: Double-bladed Sith lightsabre
• Vehicle: Sith Infiltrator, Sith speeder
• Affiliation: Sith
• Associations: Darth Sidious