One thing I love about Maul's arc is that he was humanised. Most Sith don't have any empathy, and feel nothing but hate, fear, anger, etc. Yet in Maul's case they decided to make his character more three dimensional, by giving Maul people he did care about: his mother, his brother, his fellow Nightbrothers, etc.
He was naturally gifted in the physical arts of combat, however the Jedi way of detachment of the Jedi would never suit him. He really needed a third option outside of Jedi and Sith
Sith is all about feelings mostly about protecting what you have which Maul did, but you have to end it at some point that said I did like his death. Really the only bland Sith Sidous and Tyranus though I did not real Plagus
It spending time with his brother that started Maul on a better path, as twisted as that path was. Even after he was defeated and his brother killed, when the opportunity presented itself, Maul sincerely sought help from others. Something no Sith Lord would really do.
Maul had an awful life He was giving to the Sith when he was a kid, trained as an assassin, tossed aside after his first big assignment, lost his mind in a garage dump, lost his brother, tortured by sidious, and lived for decades alone in a Sith temple. That being said, I like how he was finally happy in his finals seconds of life, when Obi-Wan told him that the chosen was was coming. Some nice closure for a man who led a miserable life.
@@fightingfalcon777 I think that Anakin and Maul's tragedies are different One could have chose the light path with the right therapy Thr other is trapped in darkness
One the best things that clone wars did with maul is show that aside from other sith users or masters he truly cared about the people around him. He wanted to be apart of something with someone. That's why he was so hurt about being alone after obi wan cut him in half. He cared about his brother, Palpatine, definitely Ezra, and he was trying to get with ahsoka too. He just didn't want to be alone. All other sith masters wanted their apprentice and would move on whenever they felt the next best thing was around.
I think Maul's constant seeking of attachments that he's incapable of forming or maintaining is probably the biggest tragedy in his life. Savage could have been his brother, but his focus on building and maintaining a power based hierarchy between them robbed him of that, and while I haven't seen Rebels, I am sure it's much the same between him and Ezra. As someone who has suffered abuse, the worst part of it is the feeling of isolation. When you're really having one of the bad days where your trauma is there you feel alone, even if you're surrounded by friends and family, you feel alone. Desperately alone in the worst possible ways, and the teachings of the Sith would undermine any attempts to try to process and overcome trauma because your power literally feeds off of those emotions, and incentivizes you to languish in your trauma. So he's constantly reaching out, with Savage, and Ezra, and even with Obi Wan (a negative connection is still a connection) to try to fill in that feeling of isolation, but his teachings as a Sith constantly block him from connecting any further than a teacher/student relationship with the people he DOES have surrounding him, the constant need to prove that he has no equals completely precludes his having any friends, because a friendship is built on equality between two people who enjoy each others company. Its just such a sad piece of his tragic story, with the only bright side being that in the end, when he finally makes the last choice he feels he can, and self destructs, his rival understands him. He finishes the fight quickly and comforts him on his way out, and assures him that his abuser will meet justice, and that he will be avenged so he can rest easy.
It really makes me curious about what George planned to do with Maul in the Sequels, namely, his relationship with Darth Talon, who would've been his apprentice there. I don't know about you, but I would've really liked to see what that was like.
Maul is easily one of my fav characters. I found myself, rooting for him and redemption for his entire arc. Wow, what a powerful alley to Luke Skywalker, Maul would have been. I see a Maul overcome with guilt and a feeling of seeking forgiveness from obiwan, and himself to find a way to forgive obiwan. I could see them becoming brothers. I can see maul mourning savage, I see a Maul whose new purpose is to eternally protect and makeup to the world around him for the wrongs he inflicted upon these people. I could see maul giving his life to protect his new friends, or his new family, if you will. It would have been joyous to witness all this infold.
Him telling the straight up truth to Ahsoka hurt as a Star Wars fan knowing she wouldn't believe it especially when Anakin was mentioned. What makes Sidious an all time entertaining villain is how many times he should've lost/his plans fail but they never do when it seems extremely close to doing so. Maul literally word for word saying what is truly going on/why the clone wars even happened. A few clones becoming aware of order 66 at what was going to happen but nobody believed them. Anakin doing what he did and turning when Mace pretty much had him.
Fun Fact: Before the look of Darth Maul was set, it went through a number of designs. Initially, George Lucas asked concept designer Iain McCaig to draw his worst nightmare. McCaig recalled one where a dead yet alive figure was pressing its face against a window during a thunderstorm, staring at him. He used that as a basis, and the result was a portrait of a black dressed demonic character with light blue skin, dark eyes and with long red strands falling from its head. Lucas found the picture too disturbing and said to McCaig "Okay. Now draw me your second worst nightmare..."
Felt like having him back on screen doing whatever was a villain(only because we don't know his plan), but looking into his background on what made him this way and to realize that he plays a small role in a grand scheme of a lot that's going on. Makes him to be a very conflicted character, could of choose to be good, but didn't. choose to establish power(that I guess in away, is they only thing that made him choose to keep living) and he would consider himself lucky if he had to never deal with the empire or even jedi as long as he lived. It just very interesting to see what keeps driving himself forward on whatever he does its like 50/50 is he being good?, or what is he trying to do?
While Maul's survival was an asspull, everything that *resulted* from that plot twist has been the best stories to come out of the Disney canon. It turned what had been a throw-away villain with little more going for him than a badass appearance and fighting style into one of the most compelling characters in Star Wars.
Maul's survival was before that there was 2 comic books about him surviving after Naboo, Resurrection Tales 9 comic book and Visionaries Old Wounds comic book, these 2 comic books was written before Maul surviving in Clone Wars TV show.
Trauma can only bring you down if you let it. Playing the victim does nothing but make you a useless person! Don't blame anyone else for your decisions, they're yours alone. Nothing can hold you back but yourself! Period.
Your microphone has a broken capsule or a bad cable, the distortion is called slew distortion which happens when a capsule on a microphone can't withstand the actual voltage being feed to it. If is a condenser microphone its the capsule if its a dynamic its the cable. Dynamic mics can have the same distortion but it would most likely be from a cable that is shorting out. 9:33 when you say "most" and "troupe" 9:39 both sound to my ears like a condenser mic with a bad capsule, but I would change my cable first just to be sure. Cheers!!
In the end, Maul, like pretty much everyone else both during and right before the Clone Wars, was a victim of Palpatine. Be they Jedi, Clone, Droid, lesser Sith like Maul, Savage, and Ventress, Separatist, Republic, neutral parties, all of them suffered in some way, shape, or form because of Palpatine. Because unlike Maul, who does have some capacity for caring as seen with how he did genuinely care for Savage and Mother Talzin, Palpatine cares for nothing but himself, and thus everyone else is just a tool to be used and thrown away with. Even Dooku and Vader aren't exempt from this, just like Maul, Palpatine only sees them as useful tools, and when a tool breaks he'll just replace it, sometimes even preparing the replacement or replacements even before the old tool breaks. But at least Maul died in peace, knowing that Luke would avenge him, Savage, Mother Talzin, his people, Obi-Wan, and pretty much everyone else Palpatine had wronged. It's kind of funny or great character growth, as Maul told Ahsoka justice didn't really exist, yet he dies believing he and everyone else will get the justice they deserve because Palpatine will get what's coming to him. All this context makes Luke turning Anakin back to the Light so he can kill Palpatine even more powerful, because in that moment the pair of Skywalkers avenged and helped so many people, whether they were still living or dead, everyone could now finally rest in peace and be happy knowing justice was finally served to Palpatine. Maul, Savage, Talzin, Ventress, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Ahsoka, Windu, Kanen, Ezra, Cal all the Jedi, Rex, Fives, Cody, Echo, Hunter, all the Clones, Dooku, Grevious, Trench, all the CIS, Bo-Katan, Sabine, Padme, Bail, Mon Mothma, Leia, Han, Lando, Chewbacca, Tarrful, Ackbar, Hera, Zeb, Chopper, R2, C-3PO, all the other Droids, pretty much everyone in the galaxy was avenged and given justice in that moment. Then the Sequels happen and spit in the face of all that, but let's just pretend that doesn't happen for a minute and enjoy the moment.
As much as I love Maul (and this video), I'd hesitate to call him an "Anti-Hero". Shadow the Hedgehog is an Anti-Hero. Vegeta is an Anti-Hero. Spawn is an Anti-Hero. The Punisher is an Anti-Hero. Even Batman could qualify as an Anti-Hero. But Darth Maul? Complex, Tragic, Sympathetic...but I wouldn't go as far as to say "Anti-Hero":/
He went from the first apprentice of darth sidious to shadow ruler of mandalore to serect leader of crimson dawn maul will always be my favorite sith assassin however my favorite sith lord will always be darth vader
I think there is one point that should have been touched on about the rivalry with Obiwan. I think Maul took him as a rival on the thinking that if he could beat Obiwan, it would teach himt hat he could become strong enough to beat Sidious one day. Think of it like a measuring stick for his own power.
Maul is a great character somewhat misguided by papls the ultimate villain . Got to say obi-wan is the most pure goodie in movies, up there with superman and William Wallace
I remember people talking about how cool Maul was, his dialogue and backstory and the stuff he did, and I thought, "That guy from the first prequel with the double-bladed lightsaber? When did he say anything, the heck are they talking about? Him surviving getting sliced in half and falling into a bottomless hole, that's crazy enough, but then he develops into an actual character?!"
I always wondered how a fight between Darth Maul and Jango Fett would go, both fought Obi Wan, but Jango Fett managed to not lose to him, and both villains "died" in their first film appearances.
Indeed! Perfectly articulated and superbly surmised. Tragedy as well as success cuts and shapes the paths taken throughout our lives in some of the strangest ways.
Once again gonna complain like an asshole but it seems it’s always the super interesting/long videos that are covered by this second voice actor with all the microphone issues.
I remember pretending to be maul before I was old enough to know his name. 1999, the SECOND we walk out of the theatre I’m doing my damndest to do the flips “Red Guy” did. I Love Maul
very great and emotional video. Do one about Arcann as well and his villainy, victimhood and redemption right up until "old wounds" from legacy of the sith. Arcann is also a tragic character that has been manipulated by an emperor. I ´d love to hear an analysis about him.
Darth Maul was a Darth. Like many of the Bane Line Sith, Sidious went against the Rule of 2 when it suited him. Plagueis’s Bith Master did as well. In Legends, Sidious trained Maul as his apprentice. He told his own master that Maul was an assassin, but when Plagueis has 41D spy on a pre-mission conversation between Sidious and Maul, he hears Sidious call Maul Darth and speak of the Sith and their plans. He was not supposed to do either when Plagueis agreed to allow Maul’s training. Around the time of Maul’s Death Sidious found out about Anakin as well, and his plans changed. This is in the Plagueis Novel. In Canon it is hinted that Sidious created Anakin, however Sidious himself states in the 2015 Darth Vader comics that Darth Maul was a great loss as an apprentice, where as Darth Tyrannus was a place holder. When Maul returned, Sidious had altered his plans. Maul was then thrown away. I believe that had Maul lived, Anakin would at the very least been developed still, and when the time was right… Anakin would have been put against Maul, the stronger being the Apprentice. This was done by Darth Tenebrous with Darth Venamis.
Everyone deals with trauma. What separates a hero, a victim, and a villan is how you act when faced with such. The darkside notes that pain can bring power. The jedi failed to understand that power can be used for good.
Because this is a video based on canonical sources, like TCW and Rebels? Kinda hard to mix those with the legends books, as there are several contradictions.
Of course Palpatine always planned on switching his apprentice to a more powerful one, but before he knew the existence of Anakin, Palpatine truly believed that Maul might be the one for longer use. But that all changed thanks to both Obi Wan and Anakin.
@@AncestorEmpire1 that's just a personal interpretion, really. Really, whether Maul is a villain, anti-villain, or anti-hero depends on how you look at it.
Fun fact. Sidious did care for Maul. Not in the way of feeling sad, more so his weapon is gone. Anakin was only picked after he realized Maul had been killed. Just so happens Anakin had more potential.
But what would maul even DO with power once he had it? I don’t think he had a mind for nation building like Sidious did or nearly as deep an insight into the force.
I feel like Plagueis did an amazing job with Maul considering that he was barely in it. It really showed that he was the victim of the sith without even knowing it.
What's truly odd is while some recognize they was doing villainish things.. IS once they realize it they KEEP doing those things BUT think that somehow made them "the hero" or LESS Villainish. Instead of becoming a good guy. Which happens quite a bit Not to mention that voice of his... Like... Maul sounds ALOT now think of it like a pompous classic British Aristocrat or rich dude in the country side somewhere.. Not to mention ANOTHER thing where Obi Wan coulda again helped changed History. When Kenobi didn't try to question, much it seems, WHY Maul had such a throbbing lightsaber for HIM. an WHAT Maul knew about the Sith being one himself for the longest. Kenobi an the others coulda brought Maul to their side if they'd really tried I bet.
@grimlord3181 perhaps, woulda depended on Maul honestly, buy similar characters like Ventress was just as bad an was basically gonna wind up a Starkiller type or a brand new Jedi again had she made it to the live movies or shows. Even in EU we saw life long Sith on the rare occasion defect to the opposite side. At least he coulda been like a SW Riddick or something similar is one my thoughts an scenarios on it
Part oversimplification, part inaccurate. Palpatine's own words about Maul prove wrong this notion he was ever planning on "throwing him aside". It was in fact Dooku he regarded as the placeholder, "he was a proton torpedo. He served his purpose and was gone." Maul however was "a loss" to him. Maul's motivations go far beyond revenge and power and they even long outlive him once Qi'ra takes control of Crimson Dawn and his endgame to eradicate the Sith. Though she ultimately was unable to succeed, she very nearly did and did put the Empire in complete disarray. Even in death, Maul struck a critical blow at Palpatine and paved the way for his ultimate destruction. These and many other details can be experienced in The Clone Wars alone, but you should also read the Darth Vader and Crimson Reign Comics for more context. Maul did come very close to killing Palpatine in single combat even if he did ultimately lose, like Yoda he evoked rage from him during their fight which Mace couldn't even do.
Excuse me sir. You have failed to mention one important moment in Darth Maul's life. That being the year or two in which Maul tried to suck the soul out of a 10 year old comatose child, and possess the remaining shell of said child.
These days, people don't know what an anti-hero is. An anti-hero is someone who wants and does ultimately goods things through questionable methods. Maul is NOT an anti-hero. He had no desire to save ANYONE. All he cared about was hurting Sidious and Kenobi. When he tried to get Ahsoka to join him, he made it clear that to him, the jedi and the Republic have already fallen. His reason to kill Anakin wasn't to stop him from committing the atrocities he would commit as Vader, but to simply rob Sidious of his prize. Maul was clmore complexed, but he was still a villain through and through.
We have to bring Maul back!? What!? Why!? He could make us more money and people love his character! But he got cut in half for killing Qui-Gon he's dead We brought back palpatine via a clone! Yea and spit on the lore Screw the lore money is more important, figure out a way to bring him back Now!
Darth Maul was AWESOME! But let's face facts. Maul was never a "Sith Lord". As part of Darth Bane's Grand Plan he wasn't even a true Sith Apprentice. Darth Maul was a true Sith, but just as a Sith Assassin. The genius of The Rule of Two was that there were never any more than 2 TRUE Sith, which led let dark side practicioners hide in plain sight, eventually leading to Darth Studious, under Darth Plagueis, literally ruling the Galaxy. That was the entire point of the Grand Plan, which worked perfectly. It only took a thousand years to get a true Sith Lord sitting atop the throne of the universe. For anybody and everybody that will scream that I'm wrong....instead of only watching TV shows, try reading a few books. I've read over 200 Star Wars novels and 4 of the best are "Darth Plagueis" by James Luceno and the absolutely brilliant Darth Bane trilogy by Drew Karpyshin. They explain and lay out the entire Grand Plan, with the Sith'ari eventually ruling everything
Darth maul was not introduced to rebels until the end of season 2 so he wasn't in four seasons.. .. One more thing in phantom menace I believe George Lucas was still in control it was Darth maul was his name introduced by palpatine or sidious as his apprentice he was a Darth it even states this in rebels was Darth now only Maul ... Way to put your own spin on it
My only thoughts are, Disney Wars is shit and as far as I'm concerned Lucas turned to the dark side the moment he made that deal with Disney. I just ignore it. Even though Rouge One was a good movie. I'd gladly throw away what little good just to get rid of the trash as well.
I disagree. Bringing Maul back at all was a mistake. He's not made more complex, his motivation is literally the same thing as it was before, revenge. He's 'evil' just because he was raised to be. He doesn't really have his own organic motivations, a 'plan' for ruling or any actual 'vision' for the galaxy like Sidious, Tyranus and Vader did. He couldn't effect the wider universe or narrative in any meaningful way because everything had already been laid out. He was a glorified filler arc that quickly became tiresome when they absolutely refused to stop beating that dead horse and just let him stay dead. I actually think Maul yelling in TCW Season Seven, "LET ME GO! LET ME DIE!" is the character breaking the fourth wall begging creators to stop bringing him back needlessly. His entire life can basically be summed up in peaking in TPM killing Qui Gon, then getting killed by Kenobi and forgotten by the rest of the galaxy. What they should have done is taken the time wasted on Maul and his dollar store copy Savage Oppress(They really went all out subtle on THAT name) and used it to flesh out Grievous, Dooku and the Separatists who are far more complex than Maul ever could hope to be. He looked neat and people like the rule of cool, that's it. Maul's about as deep as a puddle on the sidewalk.
Darth maul was a dunce, at the end of the day. He didn’t make a difference and sucked at being a sith. Can we move on now? Like yea he looks cool and has cool moves but George Lucas didn’t do anything major with him so move on already
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One thing I love about Maul's arc is that he was humanised.
Most Sith don't have any empathy, and feel nothing but hate, fear, anger, etc. Yet in Maul's case they decided to make his character more three dimensional, by giving Maul people he did care about: his mother, his brother, his fellow Nightbrothers, etc.
It makes his role as a metaphor for Vader’s violence and emotions much stronger.
He was naturally gifted in the physical arts of combat, however the Jedi way of detachment of the Jedi would never suit him. He really needed a third option outside of Jedi and Sith
Sith is all about feelings mostly about protecting what you have which Maul did, but you have to end it at some point that said I did like his death. Really the only bland Sith Sidous and Tyranus though I did not real Plagus
And he was capable of forming attachments to varying degrees, like he did with Ezra, and, to a lesser extent, Ashoka
It spending time with his brother that started Maul on a better path, as twisted as that path was. Even after he was defeated and his brother killed, when the opportunity presented itself, Maul sincerely sought help from others. Something no Sith Lord would really do.
Maul is one of those villains that you can feel sorry for, and I love him for that. He deserved better.
Maul had an awful life
He was giving to the Sith when he was a kid, trained as an assassin, tossed aside after his first big assignment, lost his mind in a garage dump, lost his brother, tortured by sidious, and lived for decades alone in a Sith temple.
That being said, I like how he was finally happy in his finals seconds of life, when Obi-Wan told him that the chosen was was coming.
Some nice closure for a man who led a miserable life.
He will avenge us...
Agreed. Unlike Anakin, who had every chance to pick the light and still chose the dark, Maul was raised in a way where the dark was all he had
@@fightingfalcon777 I think that Anakin and Maul's tragedies are different
One could have chose the light path with the right therapy
Thr other is trapped in darkness
He was controlling Crimson Dawn after Clone Wars so he wasn't there in Sith Temple for decades.
@@MaryAnneRosatohe did
I absolutely started to love Maul at season 7 of clone wars - he was very cool before as well, but truely emotionally his character evolved later
One the best things that clone wars did with maul is show that aside from other sith users or masters he truly cared about the people around him. He wanted to be apart of something with someone. That's why he was so hurt about being alone after obi wan cut him in half. He cared about his brother, Palpatine, definitely Ezra, and he was trying to get with ahsoka too. He just didn't want to be alone. All other sith masters wanted their apprentice and would move on whenever they felt the next best thing was around.
I love Darth Maul so much. I have had a lot of trauma and death in my life, and have found much solace in Maul and Anakin/Vader’s storylines.
I think Maul's constant seeking of attachments that he's incapable of forming or maintaining is probably the biggest tragedy in his life. Savage could have been his brother, but his focus on building and maintaining a power based hierarchy between them robbed him of that, and while I haven't seen Rebels, I am sure it's much the same between him and Ezra. As someone who has suffered abuse, the worst part of it is the feeling of isolation. When you're really having one of the bad days where your trauma is there you feel alone, even if you're surrounded by friends and family, you feel alone. Desperately alone in the worst possible ways, and the teachings of the Sith would undermine any attempts to try to process and overcome trauma because your power literally feeds off of those emotions, and incentivizes you to languish in your trauma. So he's constantly reaching out, with Savage, and Ezra, and even with Obi Wan (a negative connection is still a connection) to try to fill in that feeling of isolation, but his teachings as a Sith constantly block him from connecting any further than a teacher/student relationship with the people he DOES have surrounding him, the constant need to prove that he has no equals completely precludes his having any friends, because a friendship is built on equality between two people who enjoy each others company. Its just such a sad piece of his tragic story, with the only bright side being that in the end, when he finally makes the last choice he feels he can, and self destructs, his rival understands him. He finishes the fight quickly and comforts him on his way out, and assures him that his abuser will meet justice, and that he will be avenged so he can rest easy.
It really makes me curious about what George planned to do with Maul in the Sequels, namely, his relationship with Darth Talon, who would've been his apprentice there. I don't know about you, but I would've really liked to see what that was like.
Maul is easily one of my fav characters. I found myself, rooting for him and redemption for his entire arc. Wow, what a powerful alley to Luke Skywalker, Maul would have been. I see a Maul overcome with guilt and a feeling of seeking forgiveness from obiwan, and himself to find a way to forgive obiwan. I could see them becoming brothers. I can see maul mourning savage, I see a Maul whose new purpose is to eternally protect and makeup to the world around him for the wrongs he inflicted upon these people. I could see maul giving his life to protect his new friends, or his new family, if you will. It would have been joyous to witness all this infold.
You actually made me weep for Darth Maul. Well done, Sir. That is some effective storytelling right there.
Him telling the straight up truth to Ahsoka hurt as a Star Wars fan knowing she wouldn't believe it especially when Anakin was mentioned. What makes Sidious an all time entertaining villain is how many times he should've lost/his plans fail but they never do when it seems extremely close to doing so. Maul literally word for word saying what is truly going on/why the clone wars even happened. A few clones becoming aware of order 66 at what was going to happen but nobody believed them. Anakin doing what he did and turning when Mace pretty much had him.
Fun Fact: Before the look of Darth Maul was set, it went through a number of designs. Initially, George Lucas asked concept designer Iain McCaig to draw his worst nightmare. McCaig recalled one where a dead yet alive figure was pressing its face against a window during a thunderstorm, staring at him. He used that as a basis, and the result was a portrait of a black dressed demonic character with light blue skin, dark eyes and with long red strands falling from its head. Lucas found the picture too disturbing and said to McCaig "Okay. Now draw me your second worst nightmare..."
I’ve seen the concept art in the bonus content in the DVDs, it truly was hellish.
That design is metal af
How many more nightmares do you need man?
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Sounds pretty spooky. I've worn out the Episode I VHS though.
starts with explanation of Maul, middle part suddenly a Life lesson for if you are having bad times, back to Maul lol
I wouldn't call Maul an Anti-hero considering he still wanted to kill Kenobi, I find him to be more Anti-Villain.
It seems he & Kira got close during his Crimson Dawn days, she even saw herself as some what of an apprentice who really cared about him.
Felt like having him back on screen doing whatever was a villain(only because we don't know his plan), but looking into his background on what made him this way and to realize that he plays a small role in a grand scheme of a lot that's going on. Makes him to be a very conflicted character, could of choose to be good, but didn't. choose to establish power(that I guess in away, is they only thing that made him choose to keep living) and he would consider himself lucky if he had to never deal with the empire or even jedi as long as he lived. It just very interesting to see what keeps driving himself forward on whatever he does its like 50/50 is he being good?, or what is he trying to do?
While Maul's survival was an asspull, everything that *resulted* from that plot twist has been the best stories to come out of the Disney canon. It turned what had been a throw-away villain with little more going for him than a badass appearance and fighting style into one of the most compelling characters in Star Wars.
Maul's survival was before that there was 2 comic books about him surviving after Naboo, Resurrection Tales 9 comic book and Visionaries Old Wounds comic book, these 2 comic books was written before Maul surviving in Clone Wars TV show.
“Once Darth, now just Maul.”
Full of great quotes.
"Revenge. We shall start with revenge"
Apparently during Season 2 of Rebels, there's a deleted scene where Ahsoka asks Maul who Vader is, and he responds with "Who I should have been."
Trauma can only bring you down if you let it. Playing the victim does nothing but make you a useless person! Don't blame anyone else for your decisions, they're yours alone. Nothing can hold you back but yourself! Period.
Your microphone has a broken capsule or a bad cable, the distortion is called slew distortion which happens when a capsule on a microphone can't withstand the actual voltage being feed to it. If is a condenser microphone its the capsule if its a dynamic its the cable. Dynamic mics can have the same distortion but it would most likely be from a cable that is shorting out. 9:33 when you say "most" and "troupe" 9:39 both sound to my ears like a condenser mic with a bad capsule, but I would change my cable first just to be sure. Cheers!!
Yeah, it's been a bit distracting
Brilliant job
This is Canon for me! Please do videos like this for Dooku and Grievous!
In the end, Maul, like pretty much everyone else both during and right before the Clone Wars, was a victim of Palpatine. Be they Jedi, Clone, Droid, lesser Sith like Maul, Savage, and Ventress, Separatist, Republic, neutral parties, all of them suffered in some way, shape, or form because of Palpatine. Because unlike Maul, who does have some capacity for caring as seen with how he did genuinely care for Savage and Mother Talzin, Palpatine cares for nothing but himself, and thus everyone else is just a tool to be used and thrown away with. Even Dooku and Vader aren't exempt from this, just like Maul, Palpatine only sees them as useful tools, and when a tool breaks he'll just replace it, sometimes even preparing the replacement or replacements even before the old tool breaks.
But at least Maul died in peace, knowing that Luke would avenge him, Savage, Mother Talzin, his people, Obi-Wan, and pretty much everyone else Palpatine had wronged. It's kind of funny or great character growth, as Maul told Ahsoka justice didn't really exist, yet he dies believing he and everyone else will get the justice they deserve because Palpatine will get what's coming to him. All this context makes Luke turning Anakin back to the Light so he can kill Palpatine even more powerful, because in that moment the pair of Skywalkers avenged and helped so many people, whether they were still living or dead, everyone could now finally rest in peace and be happy knowing justice was finally served to Palpatine. Maul, Savage, Talzin, Ventress, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Ahsoka, Windu, Kanen, Ezra, Cal all the Jedi, Rex, Fives, Cody, Echo, Hunter, all the Clones, Dooku, Grevious, Trench, all the CIS, Bo-Katan, Sabine, Padme, Bail, Mon Mothma, Leia, Han, Lando, Chewbacca, Tarrful, Ackbar, Hera, Zeb, Chopper, R2, C-3PO, all the other Droids, pretty much everyone in the galaxy was avenged and given justice in that moment. Then the Sequels happen and spit in the face of all that, but let's just pretend that doesn't happen for a minute and enjoy the moment.
Palpatine was the victim of Plagueis as well or Sith Order as well by using this logic, thats how Sith train each other.
15:48 Maul v Aliens?!
Omg, two of my fave franchises, smooshed together. I love it! 😊
I love these character breakdown videos!!! Looking forward to more in the future!!!
As much as I love Maul (and this video), I'd hesitate to call him an "Anti-Hero".
Shadow the Hedgehog is an Anti-Hero. Vegeta is an Anti-Hero. Spawn is an Anti-Hero. The Punisher is an Anti-Hero. Even Batman could qualify as an Anti-Hero.
But Darth Maul? Complex, Tragic, Sympathetic...but I wouldn't go as far as to say "Anti-Hero":/
Honestly, I wouldn’t mind having Darth Maul as my Sith master
He had a more Darth Bane way of teaching. I really hated Sid and Dooku's approach of creating pain to force someone to rise above it
Probably the best pick if you're gonna become a sith tbh
He went from the first apprentice of darth sidious to shadow ruler of mandalore to serect leader of crimson dawn maul will always be my favorite sith assassin however my favorite sith lord will always be darth vader
Me: ( hearing about Mauls emotional and psychological trauma)
Emotional damage!!!
I think there is one point that should have been touched on about the rivalry with Obiwan. I think Maul took him as a rival on the thinking that if he could beat Obiwan, it would teach himt hat he could become strong enough to beat Sidious one day. Think of it like a measuring stick for his own power.
Maul had a crazy uncle dynamic going on with his interactions with Ahsoka and Ezra.
Maul really had it rough.
How he went from just a character to a Lord Vader lifter
According to Tales of the Jedi, Count Dooku already was Sidious's apprentice even before the events of The Phantom Menace
Youve heard of Darth Plagueis the Wise, but have you heard of Darth Maul the Tragic?
I like how you link this as a story we can apply as a lesson to real life. You are an erudite person!
Maul is a great character somewhat misguided by papls the ultimate villain . Got to say obi-wan is the most pure goodie in movies, up there with superman and William Wallace
I remember people talking about how cool Maul was, his dialogue and backstory and the stuff he did, and I thought, "That guy from the first prequel with the double-bladed lightsaber? When did he say anything, the heck are they talking about? Him surviving getting sliced in half and falling into a bottomless hole, that's crazy enough, but then he develops into an actual character?!"
Fun fact: Apparently after Kenobi killed Maul, he gave him a Jedi funeral
I like that
I always wondered how a fight between Darth Maul and Jango Fett would go, both fought Obi Wan, but Jango Fett managed to not lose to him, and both villains "died" in their first film appearances.
I wouldn't call Maul an anti-hero
He wasn't, the best you could say is he could be more like the hutts willing to work with the Jedi but wants his own space
Indeed! Perfectly articulated and superbly surmised. Tragedy as well as success cuts and shapes the paths taken throughout our lives in some of the strangest ways.
Once again gonna complain like an asshole but it seems it’s always the super interesting/long videos that are covered by this second voice actor with all the microphone issues.
My. Favorite character
1:02 Maul was in more than one movie.
😅this is one of your best ! Thank you 😢
I remember pretending to be maul before I was old enough to know his name. 1999, the SECOND we walk out of the theatre I’m doing my damndest to do the flips “Red Guy” did.
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Now all is left is Count Dooku.
very great and emotional video. Do one about Arcann as well and his villainy, victimhood and redemption right up until "old wounds" from legacy of the sith. Arcann is also a tragic character that has been manipulated by an emperor. I ´d love to hear an analysis about him.
Darth Maul was a Darth. Like many of the Bane Line Sith, Sidious went against the Rule of 2 when it suited him. Plagueis’s Bith Master did as well. In Legends, Sidious trained Maul as his apprentice. He told his own master that Maul was an assassin, but when Plagueis has 41D spy on a pre-mission conversation between Sidious and Maul, he hears Sidious call Maul Darth and speak of the Sith and their plans. He was not supposed to do either when Plagueis agreed to allow Maul’s training. Around the time of Maul’s Death Sidious found out about Anakin as well, and his plans changed. This is in the Plagueis Novel. In Canon it is hinted that Sidious created Anakin, however Sidious himself states in the 2015 Darth Vader comics that Darth Maul was a great loss as an apprentice, where as Darth Tyrannus was a place holder. When Maul returned, Sidious had altered his plans. Maul was then thrown away. I believe that had Maul lived, Anakin would at the very least been developed still, and when the time was right… Anakin would have been put against Maul, the stronger being the Apprentice. This was done by Darth Tenebrous with Darth Venamis.
Everyone deals with trauma. What separates a hero, a victim, and a villan is how you act when faced with such. The darkside notes that pain can bring power. The jedi failed to understand that power can be used for good.
It is a cyclical relationship. Pretty awesome
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I wouldn't call him an antihero but an anti-villain. Like he's still a villain but a lot of the times is a villain's villain
I still remember when people hated him an tought he was an edgy overkill villan with a single note that he didn't play that well.
Maybe I'm a weakling but I cried idk why
I really wish they’d make a shadowhunter show or movie, same with Lockdown, I’d love to see maul dominate a yuuzhan vong
Didn’t bother with legends books on him? Those are some of the best depictions and all around very cool books. Sad how far this channel has fallen.
Because this is a video based on canonical sources, like TCW and Rebels? Kinda hard to mix those with the legends books, as there are several contradictions.
Of course Palpatine always planned on switching his apprentice to a more powerful one, but before he knew the existence of Anakin, Palpatine truly believed that Maul might be the one for longer use. But that all changed thanks to both Obi Wan and Anakin.
More longer videos like this
Maul took on one major trait from sidious the ability to manipulate.
bruh that first shot of all the characters and the first thing I see is dexter
Under the context of the good, the bad, & the ugly, Maul was more ugly than bad, but bad nevertheless…
Making Maul an anti hero was a mistake.
He was better as a villain.
He's still a villain, though.
@@Sartricis then why label him as an “anti hero”?
Because those are not the same.
@@AncestorEmpire1 that's just a personal interpretion, really.
Really, whether Maul is a villain, anti-villain, or anti-hero depends on how you look at it.
@@Sartricis just like this video.
Maul is best utilized as a villain.
Making him an anti hero is similar to a battered wife saying “I can change him”
Fun fact. Sidious did care for Maul. Not in the way of feeling sad, more so his weapon is gone. Anakin was only picked after he realized Maul had been killed. Just so happens Anakin had more potential.
Villains I kind of agree with or side with: Maul, Savathun, Thanos, Richmond Valentine, and there's a few others that aren't coming to mind right now
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Spike from Buffy The Vampire Slayer had a very similar character arc
2 movie's, phantom menace and Solo both played by ray parks
But what would maul even DO with power once he had it? I don’t think he had a mind for nation building like Sidious did or nearly as deep an insight into the force.
I feel like Plagueis did an amazing job with Maul considering that he was barely in it. It really showed that he was the victim of the sith without even knowing it.
What's truly odd is while some recognize they was doing villainish things.. IS once they realize it they KEEP doing those things BUT think that somehow made them "the hero" or LESS Villainish. Instead of becoming a good guy. Which happens quite a bit
Not to mention that voice of his... Like... Maul sounds ALOT now think of it like a pompous classic British Aristocrat or rich dude in the country side somewhere..
Not to mention ANOTHER thing where Obi Wan coulda again helped changed History. When Kenobi didn't try to question, much it seems, WHY Maul had such a throbbing lightsaber for HIM. an WHAT Maul knew about the Sith being one himself for the longest. Kenobi an the others coulda brought Maul to their side if they'd really tried I bet.
Nah, I don't think so. I believe Maul was too set in his ways.
@grimlord3181 perhaps, woulda depended on Maul honestly, buy similar characters like Ventress was just as bad an was basically gonna wind up a Starkiller type or a brand new Jedi again had she made it to the live movies or shows. Even in EU we saw life long Sith on the rare occasion defect to the opposite side. At least he coulda been like a SW Riddick or something similar is one my thoughts an scenarios on it
Part oversimplification, part inaccurate. Palpatine's own words about Maul prove wrong this notion he was ever planning on "throwing him aside". It was in fact Dooku he regarded as the placeholder, "he was a proton torpedo. He served his purpose and was gone." Maul however was "a loss" to him.
Maul's motivations go far beyond revenge and power and they even long outlive him once Qi'ra takes control of Crimson Dawn and his endgame to eradicate the Sith. Though she ultimately was unable to succeed, she very nearly did and did put the Empire in complete disarray. Even in death, Maul struck a critical blow at Palpatine and paved the way for his ultimate destruction.
These and many other details can be experienced in The Clone Wars alone, but you should also read the Darth Vader and Crimson Reign Comics for more context. Maul did come very close to killing Palpatine in single combat even if he did ultimately lose, like Yoda he evoked rage from him during their fight which Mace couldn't even do.
You would be messed up too if you were adopted as an infant and raised by sidious,poor bugger completely broke him
Darth Maul died on Naboo.
Really
He died on Tatooine, in the hands of his old rival Obi-Wan.
The maul sidious molded yes, also love the name.
Excuse me sir. You have failed to mention one important moment in Darth Maul's life. That being the year or two in which Maul tried to suck the soul out of a 10 year old comatose child, and possess the remaining shell of said child.
The audio of that monologue is...Very, very low. Inaudible almost.
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Who knew he was so awesome at first...but of course he is, thats a condition of being a Zabrak
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How did he go to the bathroom after he got chopped in half?
I miss the other guys voice
Neither Sith nor Jedi. A dark side user who was just a dark side user belonging to no force group. You could almost say he was the force set free.
These days, people don't know what an anti-hero is. An anti-hero is someone who wants and does ultimately goods things through questionable methods.
Maul is NOT an anti-hero. He had no desire to save ANYONE. All he cared about was hurting Sidious and Kenobi. When he tried to get Ahsoka to join him, he made it clear that to him, the jedi and the Republic have already fallen. His reason to kill Anakin wasn't to stop him from committing the atrocities he would commit as Vader, but to simply rob Sidious of his prize.
Maul was clmore complexed, but he was still a villain through and through.
We have to bring Maul back!?
What!? Why!?
He could make us more money and people love his character!
But he got cut in half for killing Qui-Gon he's dead
We brought back palpatine via a clone!
Yea and spit on the lore
Screw the lore money is more important, figure out a way to bring him back Now!
WTF? Maul was NEVER an anti hero. He lived as a villain and died as a villain. The fact he was complex doesn't make him any less villainous.
Always felt bad for Mail. And his wasted potential.
Antivillain*
Darth Maul was AWESOME! But let's face facts. Maul was never a "Sith Lord". As part of Darth Bane's Grand Plan he wasn't even a true Sith Apprentice. Darth Maul was a true Sith, but just as a Sith Assassin. The genius of The Rule of Two was that there were never any more than 2 TRUE Sith, which led let dark side practicioners hide in plain sight, eventually leading to Darth Studious, under Darth Plagueis, literally ruling the Galaxy. That was the entire point of the Grand Plan, which worked perfectly. It only took a thousand years to get a true Sith Lord sitting atop the throne of the universe. For anybody and everybody that will scream that I'm wrong....instead of only watching TV shows, try reading a few books. I've read over 200 Star Wars novels and 4 of the best are "Darth Plagueis" by James Luceno and the absolutely brilliant Darth Bane trilogy by Drew Karpyshin. They explain and lay out the entire Grand Plan, with the Sith'ari eventually ruling everything
Darth maul was not introduced to rebels until the end of season 2 so he wasn't in four seasons.. .. One more thing in phantom menace I believe George Lucas was still in control it was Darth maul was his name introduced by palpatine or sidious as his apprentice he was a Darth it even states this in rebels was Darth now only Maul ... Way to put your own spin on it
I laughed so hard when you said sidious took him under his wing LOLOLOLOL
I would love to hear how you describe other kidnappings, please go on.
Revenge is the purest form of justice it’s not about fear but punishing those who deserve it lol
My only thoughts are, Disney Wars is shit and as far as I'm concerned Lucas turned to the dark side the moment he made that deal with Disney. I just ignore it. Even though Rouge One was a good movie. I'd gladly throw away what little good just to get rid of the trash as well.
Maul is not an anti-hero; he's just the lesser of two evils.
I disagree.
Bringing Maul back at all was a mistake. He's not made more complex, his motivation is literally the same thing as it was before, revenge. He's 'evil' just because he was raised to be. He doesn't really have his own organic motivations, a 'plan' for ruling or any actual 'vision' for the galaxy like Sidious, Tyranus and Vader did. He couldn't effect the wider universe or narrative in any meaningful way because everything had already been laid out. He was a glorified filler arc that quickly became tiresome when they absolutely refused to stop beating that dead horse and just let him stay dead. I actually think Maul yelling in TCW Season Seven, "LET ME GO! LET ME DIE!" is the character breaking the fourth wall begging creators to stop bringing him back needlessly. His entire life can basically be summed up in peaking in TPM killing Qui Gon, then getting killed by Kenobi and forgotten by the rest of the galaxy.
What they should have done is taken the time wasted on Maul and his dollar store copy Savage Oppress(They really went all out subtle on THAT name) and used it to flesh out Grievous, Dooku and the Separatists who are far more complex than Maul ever could hope to be. He looked neat and people like the rule of cool, that's it. Maul's about as deep as a puddle on the sidewalk.
"Complex anti-hero" uuuuh, no he isn't. He got added to the Filoniverse for the sake of fanservise. Nothing complex about it.
Dave Filoni should not have brought Darth Maul back from the dead!
It was such a stupid fan-fiction idea.
Darth maul was a dunce, at the end of the day. He didn’t make a difference and sucked at being a sith. Can we move on now? Like yea he looks cool and has cool moves but George Lucas didn’t do anything major with him so move on already
maul was nothing but a villain his entire life
Uh.... i wouldnt call him an anti hero. Dude is definitely a villain. Do u watch star wars?