While Maul was later deepened and somewhat humanized by The Clone Wars and Rebels, he remained an evil villain the whole time. Anakin Skywalker was framed as a tragic hero in the prequels.
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.
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.
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.
Eventually, Maul revealed his true motivations. The Temple was, in fact, a battle station, and he would use it for revenge on all his enemies, while making Ezra his new apprentice. Maul took the first opportunity to betray the Jedi, blinding Kanan with a merciless lightsaber strike to the eyes.
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.
He felt the slash of saber after saber as he felt the death of his Sith brethren. His Sith training made Maul long for revenge against the Jedi Order, which had defeated the Sith a millennium earlier. With his master, Darth Maul hoped to destroy the Jedi and restore the Sith to galactic power.
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.
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.
As much as fans would probably want to see Luke win this matchup, it is pretty unlikely. Luke is strong with the force, something Maul struggles with. He is so focused on his hatred that his Force sensitivity evades him. But when it comes to lightsaber combat, Maul is the definite winner.
Anakin Skywalker was one of the strongest Jedi in the films and Darth Vader was one of the best Sith. It only makes sense that they both could have decimated Darth Maul if they faced him. At the peak of Anakin's power, he was able to take on Count Dooku and win, and went toe-to-toe with Obi-Wan on Mustafar.
During the battle, Anakin, who had been known as the Sith Lord Darth Vader, was redeemed by Luke and brought balance to the Force. However, the redemption cost Anakin his life, having been mortally wounded by the Emperor, Darth Sidious, while killing his former Master.
As far as I know, there is no Canon date of birth for Maul, but in Legends, he was born in 54 BBY. In canon, Maul was killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi on Tatooine during the year 2 BBY. If we use the Legends year of birth, then Maul would have been 52 years old when he died.
As the son of Mother Talzin, the Zabrak male was taken from a young age by Sidious to act as his impressionable apprentice. The boy was raised as Darth Maul, a name he carried throughout his life. In Legends, it was insinuated that he was born "Maul" before attaining the honor of the "Darth" title.
Anakin Skywalker's birth mystery is solved - his mother, Shmi Skywalker, reveals that there was no father and she can't explain what happened. Qui-Gon Jinn believed that the Force itself created Anakin in Shmi's womb, making him the Chosen One who would bring balance to the Force.
Darth Vader defeats Darth Maul. The two Sith Lords engaged in a lightsaber duel, going through the volcano and onto a bridge situated over a river of lava, which collapsed, though they both survived and continued their battle.
I think he always knew Palpatine was his true enemy, but knew he couldn't ever take him on. Obi Wan was kind of a deflection for his rage. It doesn't feel like Maul really "hates" Obi, it's more like he's obsessed with Obi.
He told the Death Watch warriors that Ahsoka was his betrothed, a ruse the Padawan reluctantly played along with. In Death Watch's camp, Ahsoka warned him that he was unwise to trust the Mandalorians. Mindful of their cover story, Lux quieted her by grabbing her and kissing her.
The Kyber crystals that she uses in her saber were recovered from a Sith, so she had to realign them with the light side of the force in order to use them, and the result was that the color of her lightsabers became white. It shows the balance of strength and independence that Ahsoka commands.
She was my friend. Ahsoka and Padmé Amidala. Ahsoka and Padmé greatly respected and admired each other. It was Padmé who taught Ahsoka that politics, as well as other things, aren't as black and white as she once thought.
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.
Maul shows signs of Antisocial Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder that were probably caused by a mix of genetics and circumstances.
