Darth Maul

Darth Maul is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Trained as Darth Sidious's first apprentice, he serves as a Sith Lord and a master of wielding a double-bladed lightsaber. He first appears in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (portrayed by Ray Park and voiced by Peter Serafinowicz). Despite his apparent demise in that film at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi, he would later return in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated television series, and would go on to make further appearances in the Star Wars Rebels series and the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story, all voiced by Sam Witwer. The Clone Wars reveals that Maul was once a member of a group of Zabrak warriors on Dathomir, and was abducted as a child by Sidious. Following his defeat at Kenobi's hands, Maul is driven to insanity and becomes a cyborg, but is rescued by his brother Savage Opress twelve years later, during the Clone Wars. After being provided with a pair of new robotic legs by the Nightsisters, led by Maul's mother, Talzin, he seeks revenge against Kenobi. In the process, he recruits several crime syndicates to his cause, forming the Shadow Collective. He takes over Mandalore, only to be defeated and captured by Sidious. Maul later escapes and manages to rebuild his criminal empire; near the end of the war, he engineers a conflict on Mandalore to lure out and kill Anakin Skywalker. Ahsoka Tano is sent to deal with him instead, and he is captured, only to be freed by Tano when Sidious executes Order 66, causing the clone troopers to turn on their Jedi generals. During the Galactic Empire era, Maul, having abandoned his Sith persona, leads the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate, until being stranded on the Sith world of Malachor for years. He escapes after meeting Jedi Padawan Ezra Bridger, whom he attempts to turn to the dark side, and later forces to assist in locating Kenobi. Upon tracking him down to Tatooine, he confronts Kenobi and fights him one final time. Maul is fatally injured and dies in Kenobi's arms, realizing that the latter is looking after the boy he believes to be the Chosen One. Since the release of The Phantom Menace, Maul has become a widely recognized character in popular culture, mostly because of his unique facial tattoos and horns, and his double-bladed lightsaber. Aside from the films and television series, he has appeared in various canon and non-canon Star Wars media over the years, such as books, comics, and video games. =Championships=