Lightsaber inconsistencies aside, what kept Darth Maul alive initially was his hatred of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Revenge is a powerful motivator. Revenge plus a mastery over the dark side of the Force is enough to keep half a Sith alive long enough to rebuild themself.
Solo: A Star Wars Story concluded with Maul appearing via hologram to Qi'ra, a former love of Han Solo who ended up working for Crimson Dawn. After the death of the syndicate's more public face, Dryden Vos, Maul asked Qi'ra to join him on Dathomir and claimed they would be working together more closely.
In Clone Wars, it's said that Maul refused to die thanks to his hate for Kenobi and for Sidious and that the Dark Side helped to keep him alive. In order to better explain Darth Maul's Clone Wars return, a fan theory (via Reddit) claims that he was either possessed by or had his soul combined with the Son of Mortis.
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.
How is Darth Maul in Solo if he died in episode 1?
It was revealed in Star Wars: The Clone Wars that after being split in two, falling down a giant hole, and being dumped in a landfill, Darth Maul survived "by focusing on his hatred of Obi-Wan Kenobi." According to StarWars.com, the Sith apprentice was so traumatized by the experience that for a long time, he forgot ...
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Why did Sidious let Maul live?
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.
Why is Darth Maul red and not yellow? Darth Maul was originally born a black-skinned Nightbrother, but was later stripped of his markings and given red-skinned Sith tattoos by Darth Sidious. His eyes were also turned yellow with red rims, either due to his touch of the dark side or the eyes he was born with.
In a non-canon story from the pages of Star Wars Tales #9, Darth Maul was resurrected to fight Darth Vader to the death. Ultimately, Darth Vader was named the victor for a pitch-black reason: He hates himself more. In the main Star Wars canon, Darth Vader and Darth Maul never met, let alone fought.
Summary. The Darth Jar Jar theory suggests Jar Jar Binks is secretly a Sith Lord, due to subtle hints throughout the Star Wars prequel trilogy. The Star Wars Ring Theory draws parallels between Jar Jar and Yoda, in which Jar Jar may be a dark master.
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.
In Legends Maul died at Naboo when Kenobi cut him in half, and there was a “what if” sort of story arc where Maul had been tracking Kenobi throughout the remainder of the prequels until he eventually found him on Tatooine, where Kenobi duels him to a stalemate and he's shot dead by Owen Lars with a long-range ...
Chastened by his former Master on the principle of the Rule of Two, Maul abandoned his claim to the mantle of the Sith, focusing instead on building an empire of his own—the Crimson Dawn—by controlling the criminal underworld.
Darth Maul had yellow eyes, but Star Wars: Darth Maul - Son of Dathomir by Jeremy Barlow and Juan Frigeri shows that this was his natural eye color, like many other Nightbrothers. Being a Sith may have intensified the color of Maul's eyes over time, but his natural color makes it hard to know.
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.
Maul actually was his Sith name. In the Rebels tv series, Maul says to another character that he once had a real name, but he has long since forgotten it. Palpatine took Maul from his mother and gave him his Sith name as an infant. His real name is lost to time.
Even though Kylo Ren uses a red lightsaber, harnesses the dark side of the Force, and wears a cape, he is not a Sith. Because of that, he can never hold the title of Darth. Instead, he was just a chaotic mess of the dark side (until he eventually found his way back to the light).
Maul most likely knew Sidious' double role as Palpatine and Sidious when he served as Palpatine's apprentice. He definitely knew about Palpatine's goal of creating a galactic empire ruled by the Sith. Maul knows that Sidious is the Emperor.
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.
At the end of Solo, Qi'ra (Emilia Clarke) contacts her ex-boss Dryden Vos' employer, the head of the dangerous Crimson Dawn crime syndicate. The figure on the holo call pulls of his cloak and reveals himself to be a familiar face to everyone that lived through the Phantom Menace merchandising blitz of 1999: Darth Maul.
Maul's lightsaber was a double-bladed lightsaber wielded by the kingpin and former Sith Lord Maul during the reign of the Galactic Empire. The lightsaber produced two crimson-red blades, and the upper grip-guard resembled that of the Inquisitors' lightsabers, albeit broken and bent outward.
Maul's Solo cameo directly sets up him working closely with Qi'ra - who he instructs to join him on Dathomir - against Tobias Beckett and his crew, which means against Han Solo.
