How Maul Survived Obi-Wan Cutting Him In Half (& Escaping Naboo)
Darth Maul was retconned to have survived Obi-Wan Kenobi cutting him in half in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Maul’s survival also resulted in him escaping Naboo. Maul was believed to have died at the end of his duel in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, but his Clone Wars resurrection allowed him to menace Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Republic as a dangerous third party during the Clone Wars. Maul’s tenacity and dark side powers allowed him to survive what would have been a fatal lightsaber strike and enter a manic exile on Lotho Minor.
The Clone Wars and the post-2014 canon Star Wars timeline present a significantly different iteration of Darth Maul than what was shown in The Phantom Menace and Legends-era material. Originally, Darth Maul was a Zabrak from Iridonia trained by Darth Sidious during Darth Plagueis’ lifetime, and died on Naboo when Obi-Wan Kenobi cut him in half. Canon reimagines Maul as a Dathomirian, a Zabrak-like species who come from canon’s version of Dathomir.
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According to the canon sourcebook, The Star Wars Book, Maul endured his near-fatal injury thanks to the unnatural powers of the dark side, which Sith used to cling on to life at all costs. The Clone Wars tie-in comic The Clone Wars: The Sith Hunters shows Maul’s dismembered form falling into some sort of container that was transported by ship to the junk world of Lotho Minor. From there, Maul continued to sustain himself with the dark side, driving him mad until his brother, Savage Oppress, found him and brought him back to Dathomir, where he was revived by Mother Talzin.
The decision to revive Maul was an odd one, considering that Savage Oppress was created to
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