This concludes that Maul was not entirely the monster that most saw him as, but truly a tragic character who had lost everything he cared about due to Darth Sidious' actions (much like his successor Darth Vader), but showed that he could not let go of his hate until his final moments.
While Näkhäsh, Vitiate and Palpatine are the most evil villains within both Canon and Legends of the franchise, that doesn't mean they are the only Star Wars Pure Evils, with several other evil-doers standing out as irredeemably heinous in their own right among the hundreds of villains in the series as well.
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.
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.
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Who was Darth Maul afraid of?
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.
Though seemingly killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi at the end of the film, Darth Maul returned in the 2008 animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars (voiced by Sam Witwer).
Training in the ways of the Force under the mentorship of Kanan Jarrus, Ezra became a Jedi Padawan and a part of the emerging rebellion. He also grew close to Hera Syndulla, Zeb, Chopper, and Sabine Wren, who was like a sister in his new found family.
The duel. 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.
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.
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.
While Darth Sidious mastered the Dark Side and ruled over an Empire for two decades, Vitiate (or Valkorion) went even further, rebuilding the Sith Empire and ruling over it for a hundred years while he embodied the Dark Side to be perhaps the most powerful and evil being in the galaxy's history.
However, the film itself doesn't imply this at all, so Palpatine still counts as Pure Evil, especially because his own actor stated to summarize why he is doing many of his actions; Ian McDiarmid said that everything he does is out of pure hypocrisy.
There was only one Sith we ever see that was never evil: Darth Vectivus. Lumiya: “Darth Vectivus.” Jacen Solo: "Never heard of him." Lumiya: "That's because he did no evil.
Maul was a Force-sensitive Dathomirian Zabrak male who established himself as a crime lord during the reign of the Galactic Empire. He was known as Darth Maul as the apprentice of Darth Sidious.
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.
It soon became clear that Maul was indeed using Ezra and sought to have him as his apprentice, but was thwarted by Ezra's master, Kanan. Despite using him, Maul seemed to have a slight fondness for Ezra, expressing confidence in the boy's abilities and even saving his life twice.
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.
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.
Ahsoka didn't join Maul because he didn't provide more valuable information about Sidious. She thought it was absurd that Sidious could have been grooming Anakin as his next apprentice, but if Maul had revealed that Palpatine was the Sith Lord, then the idea would have had merit.
He had killed his master, Qui-Gon Jinn, for which Obi-Wan got his revenge by slicing the Sith in half. But after Maul took yet another person away from him, Obi-Wan absolutely hated Maul. The Jedi Master almost let his rage and anger get the best of him, growing close to the dark side before he rejected it.
Thought dead, Darth Maul survived his injuries by focusing on his hatred of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Jedi who cut him in half. His shattered body was dumped amid the refuse of the junk planet Lotho Minor, where the once deadly warrior fell into madness, staying alive on a diet of vermin.
However, another explanation for how Obi-Wan managed to beat Maul is that he actually tapped into the dark side during his fight. After his master dies in front of his eyes, Obi-Wan's face becomes noticeably angry, and his strikes are heavier and fast-paced.
