While there are nonetheless frustrations about Disney’s Star Wars continuity purge in 2012 and turning so many Expanded Universe tales into non-canon Legends, it did find yourself correcting a serious mistake with Darth Maul’s origins and standing as a Sith Lord. The Phantom Menace debuted Darth Maul because the Sith apprentice to Darth Sidious aka Palpatine. However, one Star Wars Legends novel featured a serious twist that very a lot mitigated Maul’s position amongst those that additionally wielded the darkish facet of the Force.

One of the final books printed earlier than the continuity purge, James Luceno’s Darth Plagueis revealed the historical past of Palaptine’s Sith grasp and the origins of Darth Sidious himself. However, Darth Maul can be featured within the novel, having been given to Palpatine as a child to flee the grip of the Nightsisters’ Mother Talzin. That stated, new twists relating to the occasions of the Skywalker saga’s very first episode arguably made a fairly large mistake relating to Maul and his official position in the dead of night facet, one which’s since been mounted with Darth Plagueis turning into a non-canon Legend.

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Star Wars Legends Implied Maul Was Just An Acolyte In TPM

Serving Sidious While Palpatine Himself Was Still Plagueis’ Apprentice

In the Darth Palgueis novel, it is revealed that Palpatine did not really kill Darth Plagueis till after he was elected because the Republic’s new Supreme Chancellor, one thing that happens effectively into the occasions of The Phantom Menace. To that finish, it is revealed that Plaguies was nonetheless fairly energetic and in cost, having secretly orchestrated the creation of the longer term clone military with Palpatine’s assist, and in addition securing the Trade Federation as allies of their darkish schemes unfolding within the shadows. As a consequence, Palpatine was nonetheless the Sith apprentice, following the desire of his grasp earlier than ultimately killing him.

It’s additionally revealed that Palgueis was additionally the one who ordered the deaths of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan Kenobi, having sensed Anakin Skywalker’s energy within the Force and his distinctive conception, a direct response from the Force because of Plagueis and Palpatine’s darkish midi-chlorian manipulations. Naturally, Palpatine’s “assassin” was ordered to seek out the Jedi, the implication being that Maul was as a substitute serving Palpatine as an acolyte, somewhat than being the official Sith apprentice per the Rule of Two, as Plagueis was nonetheless alive. However, the novel does verify that Palpatine gave Maul his “Darth” title behind his grasp’s again.

Star Wars Canon Has Corrected This Mistake

Maul Deserves His Full Sith Apprentice (Whom Palpatine Rejects)

In Legends, Darth Maul was defeated by Obi-Wan Kenobi earlier than Plagueis was murdered. This signifies that Maul was by no means a authentic Sith apprentice to Palpatine, even in his survival and return throughout the Clone Wars, having turn into a rival to Sidious who rejected his former pupil. As such, the novel turning into non-canon fixes this error.

Darth Maul merely being an acolyte and by no means being a real Sith apprentice appears like an important disservice to his character. While the likelihood that extra of Darth Plagueis’ story comes again to the canon following his look in The Acolyte, here is hoping this ingredient of his legacy is left in Legends (for Maul’s sake). He deserves to have his official “Darth” title as Sidious’ Sith apprentice, a minimum of earlier than it is all taken away, and he is in the end rejected within the aftermath of The Phantom Menace.

Darth Maul

Palpatine’s apprentice, Darth Maul was nothing greater than a software to winnow down the ranks of the Jedi forward of Darth Sidious’ true plans. Discarded after he was defeated by Obi-Wan Kenobi on Naboo, Darth Maul swore revenge towards all these he blamed for his previous struggles – Jedi and Sith alike. Maul tended to function inside the shadows, operating varied syndicates, and even established himself as a real rival for Palpatine on a minimum of one event. He was ultimately killed by Obi-Wan in a duel on Tatooine.

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