Afterwards, Maul took Savage as his apprentice, and began teaching him the ways of the Sith. Despite the hierarchy Maul had created between them, the brothers did care deeply about one another, allowing them to work together as an efficient team.
Maul may have developed a slight fondness for Ezra and still used Ezra to achieve his own goals, it did appear that Maul genuinely wanted Ezra as his apprentice. However, it is made clear by Sam Witwer that Maul does want Ezra as a replacement for his dead brother.
His loyalty, however, remained to Talzin. The Nightsisters leader gave Savage a new quest: to find his brother, Darth Maul, who had somehow survived his apparent death and was living in exile in the Outer Rim.
Regardless, based on the season 7 of The Clone Wars, and the fact that Darth Maul was aware of Anakin Skywalker's future and his role as the Chosen One, it is very likely that Darth Maul indeed feared Darth Vader to some extent, and preferred to avoid a direct confrontation with him, at least, on his own.
Darth Maul's Thoughts When Sidious Killed Savage Opress - Explain Star Wars
Was Darth Maul a good guy?
Despite his limited presence in The Phantom Menace, Darth Maul has become a fan favorite in the franchise and a widely recognised villain in popular culture for his intimidating appearance and double-bladed lightsaber.
With his master, Darth Maul hoped to destroy the Jedi and restore the Sith to galactic power. However, Maul's hatred of the Jedi was more personal. He was filled with anger when he realized that as a child, the Jedi had not come for him.
Afterwards, Maul took Savage as his apprentice, and began teaching him the ways of the Sith. Despite the hierarchy Maul had created between them, the brothers did care deeply about one another, allowing them to work together as an efficient team.
Sidious dueled Maul and Opress, and ultimately slew Opress in battle. As the Nightsister magic left Opress' body, he apologized to his brother and admitted that he was never like him, transforming back to his initial form before dying in Maul's arms.
Feral tried to appeal to Savage's love for him, but his brother's mind had become twisted by the Nightsister magic. Savage, disgusted by Feral's weakness, ignored the pleas.
Maul's skills, on the other hand, became stagnant as he spent the last few decades of his life keeping himself alive and plotting schemes. Given this, it makes sense Obi-Wan quickly defeated Maul in their final duel in Star Wars Rebels.
So Maul vs Kylo. In terms of physical ability Maul is far physically superior being able to handle the strength of Savage Opress and overpower the strong style of Qui Gon Jinn. His durability involves being able to be cut in half and a pain tolerance so high he can flinch of weaker force lightening like nothing .
By the time of Episode 3; Anakin is in his prime, and already one of the Jedi Order's most powerful “masters” (although technically still a knight), just behind Obi-Wan, Windu, and Yoda. Maul wouldn't stand a chance.
Ahsoka hesitated to team up with him, but reluctantly agreed. Maul later attacked Ahsoka, but the former was left to fight Kanan. Maul was shown to think little of Ahsoka, as he called her things such as "part-timer" and "Lady Tano" in mockery of her departure from the Jedi Order.
Ezra Bridger is a Force prodigy, learning the ways of the Force quickly and displaying immense power at a young age. Ezra possesses unique Force talents, including a strong connection to animals and the ability to fight effectively without a lightsaber.
Respect. While this may come as a surprise, the two actually respected one another. This is shown immensely during their final duel on Tattooine in Star Wars Rebels. Maul always wanted to get his complete revenge on Obi-Wan in an honorable way.
In the now-abandoned Legends continuity, his birth name appeared to be Maul, with the title of "Darth" simply added to it when he was taken on as an apprentice by Darth Sidious.
Sidious revealed to Maul that he did not intend to kill his former apprentice, as he still had use for Maul; it was Sidious' hope that Maul would lead the Sith to Mother Talzin, Maul's mother and the leader of the Nightsisters, so she could be eliminated as a potential threat to the eventual Sith rule of the galaxy.
It's already been shown in the source material… more than once… that Darth Maul is not on Darth Sidious's level. Every time he dueled Sidious as his apprentice (in Legends) he got easily defeated.
A Force-sensitive Dathomirian Zabrak male, Savage Opress was born to Kycina, a Nightsister of the planet Dathomir, prior to the year 54 BBY. Opress eventually became the elder to two brothers, Maul and Feral.
He seemed to want him as his apprentice, he even referred to him as such. Much of his plans required another Force user, Ezra could already use the Sith Holocroms but Maul couldn't use the Jedi Holocroms, so Maul couldn't work with the Sith and there were few Jedi left, even fewer he could hope to make a ally.
Maul shows signs of Antisocial Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder that were probably caused by a mix of genetics and circumstances.
He was after Obi-Wan for a long time but realizes that Palpatine was the cause of his problems. Maul was blinded by his hate for Kenobi to realize Palpatine was his biggest threat all along. The true answer is himself.
Like his master, Darth Sidious, better known as Sheev Palpatine, Maul's main weakness was his overconfidence. In Luke Skywalker's confrontation with Palpatine during The Return of the Jedi, he tells the Emperor that his overconfidence is his weakness.
Darth Maul, later known as just Maul, is a major antagonist in the Star Wars franchise. A Dathomirian Zabrak Nightbrother male from Dathomir, he was a Sith lord and the first apprentice of Darth Sidious prior to the Battle of Naboo and his abandonment by his former master.
