#darth maul comics

[eldritch-horror-from-the-void]

I NEED TO RANT ABOUT THESE PANELS BECAUSE OH MY GOD???

Sometimes I forget how Maul trusts women a lot more than men.

LOOK AT THAT SHIT-

That woman is borderline groping him, and he's just allowing it.

And don't come at me with the "he's just acting compliant to complete his mission!" THAT MAN DOES NOTHING TO REMOVE THIS WOMAN FROM TOUCHING HIM EVEN ONCE-

Only once the Twi'lek takes his lightsaber and then willingly MOVES AWAY, does he slaughter everyone in the room.

#darth maul #maul opress #darth maul comics #sub!maul

[dathomirdumpsterfire]

maul can, apparently, move faster than cameras can record, faster than droid photoreceptors can perceive, and faster than double autocanons can fire. i shit thee not. this guy is insane.

Source: Star Wars - Darth Maul #01 (2000)

#darth maul #star wars #sith #nightbrothers #zabrak #maul #star wars legends #darth maul 01 #darth maul sabatour #darth maul comics

[herbalinz-of-yesteryear]

Project Maultifaceted - Relationships

This is a three-part post focusing on three types of relationships Maul has presented in EU and canon contents: (barely) romantic relationship, familial relationship, friendship. I think this character is written in a special case where his familial relationship is tangled up with mentorships, so I will be putting Palpatine’s interactions in with familial.

Links to my other Maul!content collection pjt: "Smile" (x), "Voice" (x).

Part I. Relationships bordering on an ambiguously or metaphorically romantic nature:

Spoilers alert

Kilindi Matako

Maul’s impression of their first encounter. His first impression of Kilindi is of her sparring against two Rodian boys (who decide to pick a bone with Maul for the rest of their short lives), it can be implied that Maul thinks Kilindi as “capable;” or it’s more a omniscient narrator’s commentary.

Then there’s this: the budding desire to establish a positive relationship

As a tween in Orsis Academy, Maul is doing great with training lessons and seems to enjoy being here quite a lot (except for having to suffer the prohibition of using the Force) because 1) he can fight people (def don’t want to be his opponent no sir), 2) he has a mentor who respects him (more later), 3) at least two students show sign of benevolent interest in him. He does not quite play along with others due to either a character trait, if we take it from George Mann’s An Unwilling Apprentice:

Or it’s simply a result of growing up without peers (and having possibly the most dastardly Sith ever plus a droid as caretakers). Maul’s early Sith lessons is seen already taken root, as he distrusts people’s intentions and questions them at every turn. He does not understand why Kilindi seems to be interested in him, and is surprised when she proposes to spend time together. But despite that, and his awful recollection of “swimming” on Myeeto, he makes the decision to go swimming with her.

“Not that he would ever tell her.”

Windham was tasked to write this—who knows why—as a middle-grader book. The language and depth of character exploration fit the demographics. Personally I think we would have a better book if this was written at least as a YA, but for this end-product we got, I say it is nicely done, and I enjoyed little moments like this one and when Maul “suddenly felt irritated” as Kilindi wants to give him some advice on the upcoming hunting (and having her advice written in a way to show she is an observant and capable fighter indeed, also that Maul was not above receiving genuine help; awesome, Windham. I grow to like Kilindi very much).

Young Maul and Kilindi did remind me of my first secret relationship/crush-however you call two kids being affectionate with each other but knew it could never worked and would never say it out loud

IIRC, Maul is arounf thirteen at this chapter. He is brought up to question everyone’s motivation around him (which is just due lesson for a Sith, who are always about to stab each other in the back), to view interpersonal relationships in a utilitarian way, but the brainwashing is not done completely yet. He is unable to simply file away certain feelings, even though he already senses those do not have a place in the destiny he believes he would have.

Then, when Maul is around fifteen: He is not a good teamplayer, a trait unfortunately persisted into adulthood and undermines him eventually, but he collaborates with Kilindi very well. When they are both tested by the Death Watch instructor Meltch Krakko, he is protective of Kilindi

If we take a concept from SW canon, this is when I see shatterpoints of Maul’s destiny have existed that could have pushed him into other directions. If Maul had treated Kilindi aloofly constantly instead of making (the minimum amount of) effort to get to know her; if he was not bullied by the Meltch Krakko, and given in to use the Force not only to save himself but to beat him down; if Krakko did not try to sell him to Mother Talzin; if Krakko did not double-cross Talzin… He might have been brought back to Dathomir as a teen, or grow up having some semblance of a relationship with Kilindi (although I can’t see this end well; Sith and their ideas of “passion” aside, I doubt Palpa wouldn’t teach young Maul a lesson on attachments).

(Windham, Ryder. The Wrath of Darth Maul. 2012)

The Orisis Academy and Maul’s interactions with several students are recurring elements for several writers in his EU content, though each writer has their own take. James Luceno, for example, in his short story “Restraint,” makes it most clear Maul does experience physical attraction towards his two female friends:

As he is dispatched to kill everyone in the academy by Sidious due to the risk of his force-user indentity being leaked, Luceno adds that "Maul decided he would miss Daleen and Kilindi, and Trezza especially. But he accepted that their deaths were essential to Darth Sidious' plan--a Grand Plan, in which Maul was now an accomplice."

He is still capable, and willing to feel emotions other than anger and rage. Which are not forbidden by the Sith philosophy by any means. In fact, we have a prime example of the legendary Darth Malgus, using his grief to enhance his power and connection to the dark side, after killing his lover Eleena Daru. Whether Maul is intended to be a self-aware character at this or not, he holds onto grief and sorrow as much as anger and rage to fuel his connection (likely not; he is one of the least self-aware character I came across. Might be because of Sidious' training on him to focus on the present moment).

(Luceno, James. “Restraint.” Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter. 2011)

Komari Vosa

After the destruction of Orisis and Maul’s positive relationships, we don’t get anything that seem to suggest he’s interested or ever sought out to establish any relationship beside the Master-Apprentice. Until Lockdown.

In this book, Maul is tasked to find a mysterious weapon merchant in the prison colony of Cog Hive Seven, where at the climax, his path crosses with Vosa’s, despite their initial misgiving (which is kinda stupid imo, no reason other than “i want to see them fight”), they fight side by side eventually and Maul completes his mission, with Vosa hinting at a “what if we work together” and of course rejected by Maul.

*An interesting lil something here when Maul is disgusted by certain imaginations regarding a may-or-may-not-be thirsty warden Sadiki Blirr (it is written that “she can’t take her eyes off” Maul as she watches him fight like a beast so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

Then we have him and Komari Vosa, who he grows a sense of respect if not something a bit more after witnessing her defiant act against the giant worm

After Maul saves Vosa, Vosa returns the gesture by turning off the micro-denotators inside his hearts with the Force.

Maul is not reacting to physical touch very well as a Sith Lord should we all have seen Pre Viz getting his we-pals-now-hand smacked away

Another shatterpoint perhaps? Likely not, as Maul is already on the Sith path, going with Vosa would be undermining his pursuit for power, as well as getting them both killed by Sidious. I like how Schreiber gives Maul a moment of near-reflection, near-temptation for something else other than the destiny Sidious promised him. But now he is already getting pretty good at putting away thoughts he can't process without destroying his identity😂

The novel ends with a smudge of a shadow of the barely existent tiny snip (you get the point) of longing:

(Schreiber, Joe. Maul: Lockdown. 2014.)

Sinya, a Twi'lek bodyguard of the Black Sun. This encounter happens in EU, directly after Lockdown, the plots are actually connected.

Need I say more xD

Then there’s the 2017 Star Wars: Darth Maul comics. An excellent collection that fills in some gaps between the new canon Maul timelines.

I enjoyed the artwork as well as the writing. However, as I read, I could not shake off this strange suspicion that Maul’s *first* Jedi kill is framed here in a metaphorical way of losing one’s virginity; the rush before and the disillusionment afterwards (due to his misplaced connection)….. Anyone else see it too?

Aight, the other relationships will have to wait until I assemble more braincells. Feel free to dm me your interpretations and HCs or holler in the comments:3

#maul #darth maul #star wars #my current obsession #sorry for spamming you maul content my witcher friends #the wrath of darth maul #maul lock down #darth maul comics #darth maul books

[nobody-expects-the-inquisitorius]

sometimes i think about how it's been too long since i finished rebels and read all the comics and we probably won't see maul again for a while unless we get a series or a movie and i'm heartbroken

and then i remember that the good thing about being a writer is that you can just create random scenarios for your favourite comfort characters and you can control the story and change the bits that you didn't like and nothing ever really dies while imagination exists and instant serotonin

thank you for coming to my ted talk

#darth maul #darth maul my beloved #no thoughts just zabrak #star wars #we need a darth maul series #darth maul comics

[thatscribblingrat]

this is like my most hit tweet of all time

#tiktok fanart?!? #star wars #palpatine #darth maul #memes #stupid shit #comic #sorta

[soularsss]

Some Maul doodles because it was only a matter of time before the obsession resurfaced

#star wars #star wars fanart #digital art #darth maul #darth maul fanart #maul #maul star wars #maul fanart #he’s just a little guy #i have a really short two panel comic idea for him and my oc and i WILL do it soon #my art <3

[gffa]

#COMIC COVERS + VARIANTS FOR MAY 2024 #DANG PREQUELS FANS ARE GETTING FED THIS MONTH!!!!

#lumi.txt #star wars #obi wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #padme amidala #ahsoka tano #mace windu #darth maul #qui gon jinn #jango fett #jar jar binks #comics #news

[dailymaul]

Star Wars #41 negative space variant by John Tyler Christopher

#darth maul #star wars #swedit #mauledit #comicedit #swcomicedit #comics #star wars comics

[horatio-fig]

Keep thinking about how Ahsoka defeated the holder of the Darksaber in The Clone Wars S7…

#I have theories of what happend to it… #darth maul #Ahsoka Tano #clone wars season 7 #the darksaber #dumb Star Wars comic

[panthermouthh]

The only reason Maul and Cad Bane were not in Kenobi was because if Obi-wan saw them he would have immeadiately shoved them both on to a ship, shot it in to space and blew it up

#star wars #kenobi #darth maul #cad bane #obi wan #tcw #-comes back after almost two months w a deeply stupid comic- #my art #hello i like cad bane now #its a problem

[vaders-georg]

please god can we talk more about our pal friendpatine finding out maul survived. can we please. idk what i’ll do if i have to go the rest of my days without anyone else knowing that he was literally drinking his morning caf and admiring the fruits of his evil evil labor when anakin came running up behind him with what must’ve been his personal version of “somehow palpatine returned”. that is the face of a man having a genuinely unique experience

#darth maul #sheev palpatine #darth sidious #star wars the clone wars: the sith hunters #star wars comics #chatter

[eldritch-horror-from-the-void]

In the Star Wars: Darth Maul (2000) issue, Maul is given his signature speeder and ship.

I know he was very cold, and neutral on the outside, but we ALL know he was squealing with excitement deep down over his new toys LMAO.

#darth maul #maul opress #darth maul comics

[dathomirdumpsterfire]

(comic photomanip)

can you imagine obi-wan helping maul wreck himself, only to wake up the next morning to 'well he's the same pain in the ass but blue now' maul looming over him?

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force ghost maul: kenobi, there are jawa stealing your vaporater.

obi-wan: *stare* .... what.

force ghost maul: jawa. stealing. your water machine.

obi-wan: .... what.

force ghost maul: do you have sunstroke? get up and save your kriffing water supply, jedi.

#yooooo i hope this crappy comic edit inspires some fiction #star wars #darth maul #sith #sw comics #photomanip #zabrak #maul opress #Tatooine #return of the jedi #luke skywalker #Obi-Wan kenobi #qui gon jinn #Jedi #force ghost Darth Maul #dumpsterfire content

[herbalinz-of-yesteryear]

Part 2 of Maul (2017) study

Part 1 here

#maul #darth maul #darth maul comics

[nobody-expects-the-inquisitorius]

if anyone knows any good darth maul comics/novels then PLEASE send the names my way i need more zabrak content i'm begging you 😭 or literally just any good star wars comics (not with characters from the sequels please), i'm running low on stuff to read

so far i have son of dathomir, darth maul (2017), the wrath of darth maul, star wars tales and darth plagueis

#darth maul #darth maul comics #comic recommendations #book recommendations #star wars recommendations #star wars comics #star wars novels #star wars comic recommendations

[starwarsbookclub]

Happy Valentines Day from the Star Wars Book Club 🌸💖 (part 2)

#star wars #swedits #star wars valentines #swedit #anakin skywalker #obi-wan kenobi #darth vader #darth maul #luke skywalker #padmé amidala #padme amidala #valentines #obi wan kenobi #star wars edits #star wars comics #star wars books #Star Wars Book Club #SWBC #edits #memes #ours #darthban