Who Is Darth Maul? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Darth Maul is a Company-Licensed comic book character, with over 150 comic issue appearances. A Nightbrother from Dathomir, Maul was the first Sith apprentice of Sidious. Maul was sent to fight the Jedi Knights Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan during the Invasion of Naboo. Even though he was defeated by Kenobi and believed dead, the fallen Sith apprentice returned years later during the Clone Wars to seek revenge. Later he founded the crime syndicates Shadow Collective and Crimson Dawn. Darth Maul is also the brother of Savage Opress and son of Mother Talzin.

Who is Darth Maul?

Origin Darth Maul recruited by Darth Sidouis Maul was a Nightbrother of Darthomir, who was taken by the Sith Lord Darth Sidious when he was a baby. The tattoos in his skin were the markings of a warrior amongst the Nightbrother clan. He has two brothers named Savage and Feral, one of which he would later meet in his adulthood. Maul from his early years has trained in the ways of the dark side. He does not have any memories of his home world of Iridonia or of his birth family. He is incapable of normal emotion, only experiencing blood lust and rage. During his training, any show of fear was severely punished by Sidious . Also, if he even hinted at the thought of mercy he would be treated with cruelty.

Key facts

Darth Maul is of alien origin. The character is published by Company-Licensed. With 150 recorded issue appearances, Darth Maul ranks among the most featured characters in comics.