Darth Maul

Infobox character | name = | image = MaulStarWars.jpg | caption = Ray Park as Maul in Solo (2018) | image_size = | series = Star Wars | first = The Phantom Menace (1999) | last = | creator = George Lucas | portrayer = Ray Park | voice = | full_name = | species = Dathomirian Zabrak | gender = Male | occupation = | affiliation = | family = Plainlist| Savage Opress (brother) Feral (brother) Mother Talzin (mother) Legends: Kycina (mother) Savage Opress (half-brother) Feral (half-brother) | lbl21 = Master | data21 = Darth Sidious | lbl22 = Apprentice | data22 = | lbl23 = Homeworld | data23 = Dathomir | franchise = Star Wars Darth Maul, also known simply as Maul, is a character in the Star Wars franchise. He first appeared in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (portrayed by Ray Park and voiced by Peter Serafinowicz) as a powerful Sith Lord and Darth Sidious' first apprentice. Though seemingly killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi at the end of the film, Darth Maul returned in the 2008 computer animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars (voiced by Sam Witwer). Star Wars creator George Lucas had intended for the resurrected Maul to serve as the main antagonist of the sequel film trilogy, but these plans were abandoned when Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012. The character nonetheless reappeared in the 2014 animated series Star Wars Rebels and the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story, voiced again by Witwer; Park physically reprised the role in Solo. Since his initial defeat in The Phantom Menace, Maul has become an independent criminal mastermind and endured as Obi-Wan's archenemy. Darth Maul is a Zabrak from Dathomir who is abducted by Sidious as a child and trained in the ways of the dark side of the Force. He kills Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn during the Battle of Naboo before being bisected by Qui-Gon's apprentice, Obi-Wan. Fueled by his hatred, Maul survives and is driven insane over a decade of isolation until his brother, Savage Opress, finds him during the Clone Wars.