Maul, formerly Darth Maul, is a major antagonist in the Star Wars universe. He is the secondary antagonist of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. He returns in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and later in Star Wars Rebels as a major antagonist. He also makes a cameo appearance in Solo, under the alias "Crimson Dawn". In the film, Maul serves as the first apprentice of Sheev Palpatine, secretly known as Darth Sidious, a mysterious Sith Master who is manipulating galactic events from behind the scenes. Wielding a double-bladed lightsaber, and trained as a master of lightsaber combat, Maul serves as a personal assassin for Palpatine, having been sent to eliminate Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn, two of the film's protagonists. He succeeds in slaying Qui-Gon, but he is then sliced in half by Obi-Wan. While they presumed him dead, he was shown to have survived in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series, because of his hatred for Obi-Wan. After his mind and legs were restored by Talzin, he was reunited with his brother, Savage Opress, and he continued his goal to get revenge on Obi-Wan and to rejoin and eventually overthrow his former master. In Star Wars Rebels, Maul was still alive, and sought revenge on his former mentor, Palpatine, and his former apprentice, Darth Vader. After learning that his archenemy Obi-Wan was still alive, Maul began looking for him in order to get his revenge, eventually tracking him down on Tatooine, where he was finally killed by Obi-Wan, this time for good.
