darth maul (maul) was a male dathomirian zabrak sith apprentice who served as the first apprentice of darth sidious. he first appeared in "", in which sidious sent him to find the escaped queen amidala and bring her back to naboo to sign a treaty that would legalize the trade federation's invasion there. after tracking the queen's personal starship to tatooine, he briefly attacked qui-gon jinn, the jedi sent to escort amidala to coruscant, near its landing zone until the latter escaped by leaping aboard. later, maul was sent back to naboo to aid the federation in their struggle to fight amidala's counterattack, where he again battled jinn and his padawan obi-wan kenobi in the plasma refinery complex beneath theed palace. although the vicious zabrak was able to kill jinn, he fell to kenobi when the padawan used his master's lightsaber to slice maul in half. twelve years later, during the clone wars, his fellow nightbrother savage opress discovered maul on the junk planet lotho minor, where he had been dumped after surviving the apparently fatal battle with kenobi. maul would use his strength with the dark side of the force and anger against kenobi to heal and rise again with a new pair of robotic legs. years later, he would give up on his sith persona, becoming simply maul, and would go on to found the crime empire crimson dawn. after the crimson dawn's downfall, maul would remain in exile on malachor for years, until meeting young jedi padwan ezra bridger in the second season of "star wars: rebels", whom he attempted to drift to the dark side. although he failed, maul was able to escape aboard a stolen tie fighter, and later returned in the third season of the show, looking to locate the long-absent obi-wan kenobi. after tracking him down to tatooine, maul discovered that kenobi was now looking after a young boy whom he believed to be the chosen one, and then the two of them engaged in a brief final duel, during which the former sith lord was fatally injured. in his last moments, maul showed great respect for his old rival and asked him if he truly believed that the boy he was looking after was the chosen one. after kenobi confirmed this to be the case, maul seemed to have come to terms with his death and claimed that the chosen one will avenge them, before dying. also showing respect for his former rival, kenobi closed maul's eyes and built him a small funeral pyre nearby, marking the end of their three decades-long rivalry.