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THE COMEBACK CLONES

MAUL

Finally, there is Maul. Having
survived being cleaved in two
by Obi-Wan Kenobi’s lightsaber,
during the time of the Clone Wars the
horn-headed warrior was on an
all-consuming quest for revenge
against the Jedi who almost ended
his life. Saved from the scrapyards of
Lotho Minor, where he subsisted on
the brink of insanity with spider-like
legs cobbled from refuse, Maul got a
second chance thanks to his brother
Savage Opress and Mother Talzin, a
purveyor of dark magicks who gave
Maul newer, stronger mechanical legs.
Through many battles with Kenobi,
and senseless bloodshed to lure the
Jedi into the fray, Maul parried with
his sworn enemy. At one of his lowest
moments, a chance encounter with
Mandalore’s Death Watch gave Maul
new limbs and a fresh idea—to secure
a base and rule Mandalore as well as a
powerful galactic criminal syndicate.
A full assault on Black Sun and the attention of Darth Sidious himself,
Hutt Clan strengthened the Shadow ending in a thrilling lightsaber duel. Maul opted to
Collective, but after Mandalorian Savage was killed in the battle, but
warrior Pre Vizsla betrayed Maul, Maul was permitted to live, his former allow Kenobi
they settled their feud with a duel master conceiving a new use for his
to the death. Amid his sweet victory old apprentice. Now, Ahsoka and Maul to live but
and inheritance of the Darksaber, will go toe-to-mechanical-toe once
as well as the loyalty of the Death again, in their ultimate confrontation. killed Satine
Watch behind him, Maul opted to With these character arcs reaching
allow Kenobi to live but killed Satine their apogees, and the long-awaited Kryze in
Kryze in front of the Jedi’s eyes. “Siege of Mandalore” playing a crucial
front of the
Maul’s ultimate act of revenge was part in the epic story Filoni and Lucas
to brutally slay someone else Kenobi conceived nearly a decade ago, these
cared for, and force him to live 12 episodes will fi nally end The Clone Jedi’s eyes.
with his grief. The act attracted the Wars just as the makers intended.

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