Homeworld: Dathomir Darth Maul was a Dathomirian Zabrak Sith Lord. The Separatists attack! Penciller(s) They engage in a lightsaber duel, which is joined by Windu and Secura. See the request on the listing or on this article's talk page. Once, Maul said “Fear is my ally.” But fear, like a lightsaber, has infinite edges. After killing and wounding several of the chosen Nightbrothers, Ventress chose Savage Opress to be her replacement. Rotation period [24] A trade paperback was released on October 1, 2014. He and his ships attack the Separatist command vessel, while Grievous realizes the Separatists have been lured into a trap. [5], Cover art for Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir, Part Three, A team of Jedi arrives on Ord Mantell to investigate the aftermath of the battle, and recognizes the connection between Darth Maul and the Mandalorians once they recover a Death Watch helmet. [6] She was once an ally of Darth Sidious before he turned against her, and the Dark Lord now deems Talzin to be a threat to the eventual Sith rule of the galaxy. Star Wars: Darth Maul - Son Of Dathomir (2014) | Comic Series | Marvel. Adapted from unproduced screenplays for Season 6 of The Clone Wars television show, this is the final chapter planned for Darth Maul' saga. Supposedly overcoming a trial of some description, Eno made it inside the Tomb. Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir was a four-part comic series by Jeremy Barlow and Juan Frigeri. As Maul explains, Talzin's physical return requires a great sacrifice, and they had chosen Dooku to make that sacrifice. Darth Maul vs Raiden. Getting cut in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi and being rejected by his former Sith Master Darth Sidious isn't going to defeat Darth Maul. None[6] He finds fear useful when it allows him to manipulate others, but he is also driven by fear in turn. As the Republic approaches, Maul offers Dooku a choice: become an ally or die. Chris Scalf[1] Dark Horse Comics (2014)[1]Marvel Comics (2017)[2] Asajj Ventress, a Nightsister trained by Count Dooku, returned to Mother Talzin after her master betrayed her. 491 days[7] Maul played an … Ventress traveled to the Nightbrother village, where she chose several to participate in tests in their arena. Societal information [5] Maul offers Dooku a chance to ally with him, and Dooku feigns loyalty to his predecessor. He comes face to face with Maul again on the asteroid base, but Maul and his forces are able to escape, leaving Kenobi and his team behind. Darth Sidious holds Darth Maul in a secret prison on Stygeon Prime following the latter's capture in the duel at Sundari. Maul contacts Mother Talzin to tell her what has happened, and she promises that, with Dooku and Grievous in custody, Sidious will soon be captured and they will fulfill their quest for vengeance against the Dark Lord. Windu hopes to use this information to capture Maul and Dooku, and to use their captures to end the Clone Wars. 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Astrographical information Schedule The Shadow Collective allies demand to know where Maul is, but Kast says that he is not their concern and that they are to fight the Separatists. Learn where to read it, and check out the comic's cover art, variants, writers, & more! However, Sidious and Grievous arrive and overwhelm Maul and Talzin, and she sacrifices herself to allow her son to escape. Despite the Son of Dathomir story arc being adapted into a comic book, Witwer stated that he wished they could have produced the arc into television episodes, though Dave Filoni and George Lucas assured him that the events of Son of Dathomir did happen.[36]. End date [5], The droid army advances on the Shadow Collective and takes Maul's forces into custody, while the renegade Sith Lord himself continues his space assault. Talzin uses her magic to telekinetically throw Maul from the fray, and he is pulled away by Kast and another Mandalorian warrior—but watches as Grievous returns and uses two lightsabers to fatally stab Talzin through the chest. Characters of Star Wars: The High Republic, How Wookieepedia treats Canon and Legends, Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir TPB. Maul's army is left badly damaged, but Maul orders his fighters to bomb the area, taking out many Separatist forces as well. Jedi Master Mace Windu contacts Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, who is secretly Darth Sidious, to inform him that Maul was behind the battle. Publication information Maul carried out this task perfectly, dealing the group a grievous blow. Canyons[10]Caves[3]Cliffs[3]Forests[11]Hills[10]Jungles[12]Mountains[13]Rivers[10]Swamps[14]Waterfalls[10]Valleys[15] The Shadow Collective begins carrying out their defense, while the Separatists deploy their droid forces on the surface. [5] Dooku feigned[7] an allegiance with Maul while escaping a Republic and Jedi assault on a Mandalorian asteroid base, but Maul saw through the lie. Sidious also reveals that he has a history with Talzin, from whom he received Maul when Maul was a child. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [4], The Separatists arrive on the moon and launch all of their forces against Maul. Cal was confronted by an unknown Nightsister, later revealed to be Merrin, one of the last of her kind. Meanwhile, a Sith Infiltrator arrives in orbit, carrying both General Grievous and Darth Sidious, after tracking Dooku's location to Dathomir. [25] One of Talzin's fellow Nightsisters also had a child, Asajj Ventress, and was forced by Talzin to give her up to the criminal Hal'Sted in order to protect their coven. Weapons: Double sided Lightsaber, Darksaber, The Force. At San Diego Comic-Con 2014, Lucasfilm announced a new novel, Dark Disciple, featuring Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos,[33] based on unproduced scripts from what would have been the show's seventh season. "Star Wars: Darth Maul -- Son of Dathomir" #1 serves as a nice primer for things to come as well as a solid encapsulation of who the forces of evil are during the Clone Wars. Once there, they are met in battle by the limited but powerful number of Shadow Collective troops—Mandalorian, Pyke, and Black Sun alike. Climate [6], Meanwhile, on the Mandalorian outpost, Maul contacts Darth Sidious and informs the Dark Lord that Dooku and Grievous have been captured. Maul continues his fight against Grievous, pushing him out of and away from the battle. Darth Maul began life as one of the Nightbrothers on Dathomir. There, Talzin told him that his last surviving brother, Maul, was in exile somewhere in the Outer Rim. In his suprise cameo scene, Darth Maul summons Qi’ra via hologram, and during their conversation he mentions that he’s on Dathomir, which is presumably where she heads to after getting into her starship. Wookieepedia is a FANDOM Movies Community. Talzin refused his offer but agreed to supply him with a Nightbrother similar to Maul. Malicos offered to teach Cal how to handle the dark power of Dathomir against Merrin's wishes. With Separatist forces in pursuit, Maul and the Mandalorians reach Zanbar. [28], Son of Dathomir makes extensive references to numerous different episodes of The Clone Wars, most of which involved Darth Maul. Grid coordinates [15], According to Star Wars Insider 149, a creature called the shatterax was set to appear in Son of Dathomir. Flora [29] Although the planet had appeared in Star Wars Legends stories, it had not yet appeared in an official canon story. Fauna [5] In the Legends video game Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, in which Black Sun made its first ever appearance and figures prominently in the story, Ord Mantell is the location of a fight between Dash Rendar and IG-88D. Maul and the Nightbrothers do not see the ship coming and continue with their plan, as Talzin uses her magic to draw the life force from Dooku so she can use it to physically manifest herself again. [13] As a story from the official Star Wars canon, Son of Dathomir has the distinction of being the first appearance of the planet Ord Mantell, which was first referenced in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. Once again in command of his army, Maul reclaims his Darksaber, the weapon that belonged to the previous Death Watch leader, Pre Vizsla, and tells the Mandalorians that war is at hand. The disabling of the droids allows the Shadow Collective forces to regroup and capture Count Dooku. As he does so, the Jedi begin their approach towards the outpost, and Tiplee fears that Kenobi will be unable to keep his emotions under control; Maul killed Satine Kryze, the Duchess of Mandalore and a close personal friend of Kenobi's. Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir #1. 10,460 kilometers[7] [4] Barlow, who was hired for the miniseries by Star Wars editor Randy Stradley, set out to make the comic reader-friendly, knowing that not all readers would be aware of Maul's story from The Clone Wars. Cover art for Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir #1, In the aftermath of the events of "The Lawless," Darth Maul has been captured by Darth Sidious, his former master, and imprisoned in the Spire, a Separatist prison on Stygeon Prime. Ventress was then healed and accepted the Nightsisters' help in assassinating Dooku. [17], Several foreign-language editions of Son of Dathomir have been published with the Star Wars Legends banner, indicating that the comic series applies to the Legends continuity in addition to the official Star Wars canon. [26][27] Lucasfilm Story Group member Matt Martin has endorsed Son of Dathomir's Legends application. Meanwhile, Count Dooku arrives with a number of droid guards, while Maul leaves the surface and makes his way to the Separatist fleet. Despite Ventress's failure, Talzin was able to reach out to Dooku and offer him a new assassin to replace Ventress. [14] Dooku is present on Stygeon Prime when Sidious brings Darth Maul to the Spire as a prisoner, and, on Sidious' orders, Dooku interrogates his predecessor for information about the Shadow Collective. [15][16][18], The nightbrother village was the home of the Nightbrothers until its destruction in 19 BBY[32] during the Second Battle of Dathomir. Darth Maul used the force jump move and punched Deathstroke the Terminator at the stomach, however Deathstroke threw the Promethium Sword at Darth Maul. Sidious and Grievous arrive to carry out Talzin's execution and a battle ensues, with Talzin giving her life to save Maul. [22] Sometime later in 2 BBY,[30] Maul would again return to Dathomir, this time accompanied by Ezra Bridger. The rogue Sith Lord, who was revealed to have survived the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace in the Clone Wars episode "Witches of the Mist," has been captured by his former master, Darth Sidious, following the events of another Clone Wars episode titled "The Lawless." Maul's future as a Sith rival has been destroyed, while the Sith have taken another step in securing their own future. After Opress demonstrated his loyalty by killing his brother, he was given to Dooku. Issues Sidious reminds his former apprentice that there is only one plan that matters: the plan of Darth Sidious to rule the galaxy. This drew Dooku's attention to Dathomir, resulting in the slaughter of the Nightsisters. Built into the side of a mountain, the Nightsisters lived in the many stone structures inside. The pools in the lair contain water vital to the Nightsisters magicks.The Hidden Cave inside the structure was the home of Daka. Sidious bombards Dooku's body with Force lightning before Talzin releases Dooku and appears in physical form once again. Sidious is not concerned, however, as everything transpired as he had intended. Getting cut in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi and being rejected by his former Sith Master Darth Sidious isn't going to defeat Darth Maul. The Nightsisters, also known as the Dathomir witches, made their home in the swamps, and wielded magicks fueled by Dathomir's own power. With his Shadow Collective in tatters, Maul and Death Watch flee from Dathomir. Once on Ord Mantell, Maul confers with his allies and informs them of the impending battle. Format Despite being raised on Mustafar, Darth Maul was actually born on Dathomir, home world of the Dathomirians, dathomir is the home planet of both darth maul and asajj ventress a nightsister sith assasin, the other inhabitants of this planet are the nightsister's and nightbrother tribes. Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir #4. Designed for sacrifice and death, Kujet would cast his enemies into the pits below his Throne Room.[3]. Merrin helped Cal defeat Malicos by using her magick to bury him alive, and afterward she decided to join the Mantis crew.[3]. Getting cut in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi and being rejected by his former Sith Master Darth Sidious isn't going to defeat Darth Maul. 1[3] 19 BBY[3] [3], Sometime prior to 14 BBY,[29] the Jedi Master Eno Cordova explored the planet for relics of the Zeffo civilization and discovered the Tomb of Kujet. The Nightsisters summon their Army of the Dead to defend against the Separatists. Wes Dzioba[1] The story is part of The Clone Wars Legacy line. Sidious and Dooku leave to confer with one another, as Sidious explains that he imprisoned Maul to draw out Mother Talzin, leader of the Nightsisters, so she can be destroyed as a potential threat to the eventual Sith rule of the galaxy.