Full Series How Should Darth Maul Return?

Outside of the EU, there is next to nothing known about Maul, or his relationship with Sidious. We don't know what Palpatine taught him or not or that he never knew his "brother." Who knows.

I agree with you, though. They shouldn't bring him back. It's dumb.

But, if they do....

really, I'm less concerned with HOW they explain his return as to how they handle his character. I don't care if he stitched himself back together while falling down the shaft and then fairies carried him out of the shaft as long as they keep in tact his coolness. As long as they don't **** him up as a character, I'm happy.

And if they DO do it right, even though I think they shouldn't and it's dumb... awesome. because I love me some Darth Maul.

 

^^^ QFT.

I too don't mind how they bring him back, so long as they don't screw up his character. Hopefully they won't do that though...

 

Too late. Now with the "Nightbrothers," "Dathomiri Zabrak," his Sith tattoos that Sidious once placed on him are now "Nightbrother tattoos," and was apparently given to him before Sidious. I think more.

 

Bah Maul's character is not depending on some tattoos- i find idea of them bring 'sith tattoos' bit stupid anyway since no one else in movies has them- so they apparently are not 'sith tattoos'- now it's confirmed and i'm happy with that explanation- some sith tribes may also have tattoos but they are not part of sithtradition- not every sith should have them and nightbrothers are origin of those tattoos covering entire body- much better than Sidious placing them- still.... Sidious still could've made them if he for example stole Maul as little kid and send him back to infiltrate to nightbrother tribe -we cannot know yet- his full story is not told- but idea of his return is damn stupid i agree on that one- i hope they find another way than "he just survived" holocron, clone,spirit, anything....

 

They could still be Sith tattoos, depending on when Sidious took Maul. If Sidious took him as a baby, he might have yet to have the tattoos put on him and so he would have applied them instead. Plus Maul's tattoos are black, unlike the other Nightbrothers (who appear to primarily have red tattoos on yellow skin.) I would say that it is likely that Maul's tattoos are actually of Sith origin, but that they resemble the Nightbrothers (as theirs are derived from the Sith's.)

 

Savage has black tattoos though- it could be nightbrother-tattoos are inspired by Sithtattoos- we heard about old alliance between nightsisters and sith so perhaps tattoos are mark of that alliance or something- all zabraks usually have tattoos anyway so there is no such a big change- tattoos would have been part of his origin even as iridonian zabrak ..... anyway all nightbrothers (and sisters) have tattoos as well as most zabraks (all except Maris Brood actually) while all sith won't have them so i think this 'sith tattoo' is not very logical definition of his tattoos- but that doesn't contradict with existence of Sith tattoos any way and nothing about Maul's exact tattoos are said either so they can be anything.... they just resemble nightbrothertattoos closely and he once was nightbrother- so it's quite a clear they are nightbrother's tradition rather than sithtradition- but as said maybe they're both and nightbrothers have clear sith-connections so retcon possibility is there.....

 

Actually, it is not quite clear that the the tattoos are a "Nightbrother" tradition which is still an awful name, but I digress. Saying that every Sith doesn't have tattoos isn't really a valid argument and doesn't make sense. Until we know when the Nightsisters first formed and had their servant "Nightbrothers," they can't be the ones to originate the tattoos since there are a lot of examples of Sith bearing them throughout their history. In the New Sith Wars set about 1000 years BBY, there was at least one Zeltron general with Sith Tattoos. There are also the Sith from the Tales of the Jedi comics between 5000 and 4000 years BBY who had tattoos, but not as many as Darth Maul obviously. There is Xoxaan in the Legacy comics who lived during the Hundred-Year Darkness which is about 7000 years BBY. In Legacy which is about 140 years ABY, every Sith has the tattoos and I doubt that Jan and John intended that they were derived from the "Nightbrothers" when they were created. I just think that the tattoo thing is an unnecessary retcon that causes more headaches and problems.

 

thing is that it's all eu and only sith using those tattoos in G-canon is Maul- but as said they could be anything- facts are that all seen nightbrothers seem to have tattoos, nightsisters seem to have tattoos, all zabraks have tattoos (except Maris)and some sith have tattoos in EU.... Maul is sith, zabrak and ex-nightbrother.....kinda natural he has tattoos..... but we don't know why he uses tattoos and i'm not even so interested- but apparently sith don't have to use tattoos while it seems to be dathomiri/zabrak-tradition- Maul's tattoos resemble both nightbrother and eu-sith tattoos.... he was nightbrother... so easy to say that would be origin of the tattoos- but then again we don't know origin of nightbrother tradition either and no further confirmation about origin of the tattoos is given- so this debate is pretty pointless....

 

Apparently, some bounty hunter lost his head and replaced it with a cannon.

If they could do that, I don't see how bringing Maul back to life is a problem.

 

ummmm... what exactly are you talking about?

 

I'm not sure they should bring him back at all, yes it would be cool to see him with his robotic legs,and maybe a second face off against Obi-wan, but it just doesn't sit right with me for some reason. He wouldn't be my first choice to bring back, Id prefer someone like Anakin Solo.

 

Cannon-face

 

There are no pictures of that dude? At all? That's hard to believe... And I really want to see one.

 

So you're saying you have no problems with them turning Maul into a character as stupid as cannon-face?!

 

My point is that no-one made a big hoopla over cannon-face, but are jumping all over Maul.

 

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That might be attributed to the fact that only 1% of Star Wars fans are aware of Mr Cannon-Face, and of those, only a tenth actually care about him (figures are not exact). Besides, I believe Mr Cannon-Face was already introduced sans-head, with backstory to explain his cyborging. He wasn't an intact prominent character who got his head shot off in one story, only to return all turreted-out in the next.

Meaning, if Dooku, Jango or even Gree returns with a cannon for a head, you can bet there will be a big hoopla. Just like there will be if Maul returns with a jet engine for his lower-body.

 

Because no one knows who cannon face is. The guy appeared in two young reader novels and two novels in the Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy.

Maul is in The Phantom Menace, which grossed like $900 million worldwide.

 

I was torn between "No. Just no." and "Talzin is lying" as I do not want Maul back. To know as much as they did post-PM about Maul like name, Sith, etc, I feel they would have examined the body or what was left if the body and the clothing, etc after the fall to the bottom of the pit. Also, Maul had to get to Naboo somehow, probably on a ship, and that would turn up and be investigated I would think. So, in my mind, I picture the Jedi knowing a bit about Maul.

I ended up going with Talzin lying because, well, it seems like something she would do. It would not work to have Savage PO'd at the Nightsisters so this scheme was created to send him way far away on a wild goose chase so they wouldn't have to deal with him. After a significant fall like the one Maul too AFTER being cut in half, there should be little or nothing left. If Maul is part robot, I think he would have his head with a robot body at the most and that is a stretch I think. We did only see his face though so who knows.

-JR

 

I think the idea of just a Darth Maul head on an entirely robot body [one that I envision to be very skinny- like a battle droid or IG model] is hilarious and awesome. Or a really huge body.

This is forcing me to draw parallels between Maul and Nixon on Futurama. Maul's head in a fishbowl on top of a giant killer death robot running for president.

yes.

 

Only 23% of voters want Maul still alive and kicking.

 

And if I recall correctly many who voted for robot-legs said that they'd rather him not come back at all but if he did that's how they should do it, so taking that into account it's probably even less. A shocking development, to be sure.

 

haha- that's reason why i hate "coherent EU-continuity" now i can just discard that character as "just EU" but he is not in TCW so it's not same thing- EU can do anything but TCW has it's limits....

 

This was covered in the EU, IIRC. Maul got to Naboo in the same ship he used to get to Tatooine, and the Jedi got dark side vibes/emanations when they inspected the ship.

 

That's more or less how I view things right now.