Darth Maul/Relationships

The relationships of Darth Maul from the "Star Wars" saga.

Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious
Palpatine took Maul as an infant from his mother, the Nightsister Mother Talzin. While still apprenticed to his own master Darth Plagieus, Palpatine trained the Nightbrother in the ways of the Sith. Maul was originally loyal to Palpatine, obeying his every command without question. Maul and Palpatine's bond as master and apprentice originally was strong enough that Maul knew about the plan to instigate the Clone Wars, as he expressed disappointment upon finding it had begun without him. When Obi-Wan Kenobi defeated him on Naboo, Palpatine replaced Maul with Count Dooku, who became Darth Tyranus. The fact that he had failed and was replaced drove Maul into madness for more than a decade. Palpatine's betrayal caused Maul to discard his loyalty the Dark Lord of the Sith, vowing to eventually overthrow him.

Maul met Palpatine once again years later on Mandalore. However, despite his new-found hatred for his former mentor, Maul still greatly feared Palpatine, referring to him as "the most powerful being in the galaxy". Upon sensing his presence on Mandalore, Maul's initial reaction was fear, then feigned respect and devotion to try and win back Palpatine's favor. Palpatine saw through the ruse, branding the two Zabraks a rival splinter faction of the Sith Order and taking him captive after killing Maul's brother, Savage Opress and defeating Maul in a duel. After he escaped and witnessed the death of his mother at the hands of Palpatine's minion General Grievous, the Zabrak fled, no longer considered a threat or a Sith Lord. Sometime later, Maul learned of Darth Plagueis and came to realize he was never considered an actual Sith Lord by his former mentor, only an assassin; a tool of Palpatine's will.

Maul eventually came to Malachor after years of evading the Galactic Empire in order to retrieve the Sith Holocron hidden there so that he could use it to exact revenge on Palpatine and Darth Vader (whom he had learned of during his years of running and hiding from the Galactic Empire and its Inquisitors). This plan was thwarted when Ezra Bridger and Kanan Jarrus claimed the Holocron and escaped.

Savage Oppress
Maul and Savage were born to the same Nightsister, Mother Talzin herself, along with a third, younger brother, named Feral (later killed by a brainwashed Savage on Asajj Ventress's orders). Maul was taken from his family by Palpatine and trained to be a Sith Assassin. Maul would be reunited with his brother when Savage arrived on the junk planet Lotho Minor, where Maul had hidden after his defeat in the Battle of Naboo. After Savage found him, the Nightbrother was taken back to Dathomir and had his legs, memory, and sanity restored by Mother Talzin. 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. Together, using this bond and Maul's training from Palpatine, the two Zabraks set out to create their own Sith Empire. Unfortunately, this drew the attention of Palpatine, who branded them rivals. When Palpatine killed Savage, Maul was devastated and tried to avenge him, but Palpatine was too powerful. With his last breath, Savage decreed himself an unworthy apprentice, saying that he wasn't like Maul and never would be, further adding to Maul's grief.

The memory of Savage's death was painful enough that sixteen years later, Maul mentioned it to Ezra Bridger as one of the reasons he wanted the Galactic Empire to fall.

Obi-Wan Kenobi
Maul and Obi-Wan have been enemies since the Battle of Naboo. When Maul killed Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan fell on him with a relentless barrage, eventually defeating him by somewhat brutally cutting him in half. Maul kept himself alive with his rage and the Force at the cost of his sanity. After his sanity was restored by Mother Talzin, Maul became determined to get his revenge on Obi-Wan. With help from the Mandalorian Death Watch, Maul took over Mandalore and killed his lover Duchess Satine Kryze to cause him pain.

Ahsoka Tano
It is revealed in the season two finale of Star Wars Rebels that Maul and Ahsoka met before, during the Siege of Mandalore sometime. However, it is shown that he does not think much of her as shown by his calling her "A Part-timer" and "Lady Tano".

Pre Vizla
When he learned that the Death Watch considered Obi-Wan Kenobi an enemy, Maul allied with Pre and together they created the Shadow Collective. When the Collective was formed, Maul had the gangsters it was composed of to attack key places on Mandalore to turn the people against Duchess Satine Kryze and then sent the Death Watch to stop the thugs to win the people over. After Satine was overthrown, Pre betrayed Maul and the Collective to assume leadership of Mandalore. Fortunately thanks to Savage, Maul anticipated this and challenged Pre to a duel according to the rules of Mandalorian Code for leadership of Death Watch during which he killed Pre, beheading him, and assumed leadership of both Death Watch and Mandalore.