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Star Wars Legends: Comics #33
Star Wars: Darth Maul
In hiding for generations, the evil Sith have waited for the precise moment to reveal themselves and take vengeance upon the Jedi Order. But in the final days before the Trade Federation blockade of the planet Naboo sets into motion the Sith plan for the overthrow of the Republic, the scheming Sith Lord Darth Sidious becomes concerned about the potential interference by the criminal syndicate Black Sun, a vast and powerful organization feared throughout the galaxy. Sidious cannot allow anything or anyone to hinder his purpose, and so he unleashes his merciless apprentice, the death-dealing destroyer, Darth Maul, to eradicate his adversaries -- as only a master of the dark side can! Star Darth Maul is the first-ever graphic-novel adventure of the ultimate Sith enforcer, an explosive tale of intrigue, mystery, and blistering action. Collecting the action-packed four-issue comic series.
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First published May 2, 2001
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Ron Marz
1,652 books123 followersMarz is well known for his work on Silver Surfer and Green Lantern, as well as the Marvel vs DC crossover and Batman/Aliens. He also worked on the CrossGen Comics series Scion, Mystic, Sojourn, and The Path. At Dark Horse Comics he created Samurai: Heaven and Earth and various Star Wars comics. He has also done work for Devil’s Due Publishing’s Aftermath line, namely Blade of Kumori. In 1995, he had a brief run on XO-Manowar, for Valiant Comics.
Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.
His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse).
Photo by Luigi Novi.
Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.
His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse).
Photo by Luigi Novi.
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April 9, 2020
In a galaxy far, far away from the current SJW Wars there was Star Wars. In this galaxy, the Sith were a truly terrible enemy (not the emo Kylo Ren who mainly destroys random equipment). Set right before the events of the Trade Federation's blockade of Naboo, this tells the tale of how Darth Maul was tasked by Sidious to destroy the Vigos (mob leaders) of the criminal Black Sun organization. It is a really cool story, if you like Sith. I do.
From Maul's interesting training regimen to the sheer havoc he causes to the Black Sun crime group-it's a pleasure to read. I especially enjoyed his fight against the Nightsister bodyguard who was chirping about the power of the Dark Side, until Maul shows her the true meaning of the power of the Dark Side. I also enjoyed the Iktochi fellow who tried to pry into Maul's mind and then promptly becomes a drooling idiot mumbling "It's so dark". A violent tale that shows just how dangerous the real Sith used to be before SJW Wars turned them into safe-space seeking hipsters specializing in microaggressions. There is nothing micro about Maul's tactics. The artwork is also quite good.
From Maul's interesting training regimen to the sheer havoc he causes to the Black Sun crime group-it's a pleasure to read. I especially enjoyed his fight against the Nightsister bodyguard who was chirping about the power of the Dark Side, until Maul shows her the true meaning of the power of the Dark Side. I also enjoyed the Iktochi fellow who tried to pry into Maul's mind and then promptly becomes a drooling idiot mumbling "It's so dark". A violent tale that shows just how dangerous the real Sith used to be before SJW Wars turned them into safe-space seeking hipsters specializing in microaggressions. There is nothing micro about Maul's tactics. The artwork is also quite good.
August 4, 2018
Ever other panel feels like it’s littered with the corpses of the fallen in Star Wars: Darth Maul. And the body count only racks up high and higher as this unconrititantly simplistic yet hardly unenjoyable yarn unfurls across a heap just a few scraps of paper short of the 100 page mark. Most interestingly enough, the very greatest strength of the character of Maul (his opaque shrouds of unexplained mystery) embodies the very flipside of this poorly sautéered character. From the very shrouds of the unknown that seek to cloak Maul not just literally but figuratively – reflect their own flimsy values as a story as equally murky and unrefined in its growth performs its own far from perfect dance of the Yin and the Yang just shortly before the title crawl to I were to have taken place…
Seemingly cut from the same cloth, this offering arrived two years after the movie and with it, a reverberation of echoes that both inform and incestualize the atrocity of the Episode I era. Case in point: all out platonic cookie-cutter manufactories have spewed out our Knights [Qui-Gon/Kenobi], Damsel in… [Amidala], and so on and so forth until we get to the bad guys who while fulfilling their molds well – fogs of literary war merely grant us cheap facsimiles of something that could at least be a tad more complex and slightly better reasoned. Just as Qui-Gon hardly lives up to his “Grey” Jedi status – neither does Darth Maul who ends up representing first and manifesting second the prototypical bad-guy/arch-enemy/black-knight etc… Rehashing well worn and known roads and trails and instinctual pathways of rhythm and metaphor and meaning with little more than an extra dash of Violence – it’s just merely more of the same.
And that sameness (for better and for (hella) worse) that reverberated from Episode I and it’s decaying influence of mediocrity – so too does an equally boring tale in the SW universe recall, reclaim, and then rebind itself to the internal-timestream. Case in point: when the plot boils down to an assassination on the capos of the ever burgeoning Black Sun criminal enterprise (ltd?) in the pre-fall-of-the-Republic era – another loop of written intertextuality becomes closed. With SOTE tied into its chronologically preceding story, loops are tethered into the meaning of the text which have not had a moment to unfurl and lose any connections that could have had (before functionaly damning themselves to the aberrations that are closed loops of nihilism).
So even with some level of connection to bind this standaloneytale* gossamer threads as thin as their length see fit, at the hands of authors and illustrators alike, to merely focus upon it’s own story. And thus constrained to it’s own hamster wheel level production, a puerile inversion of a goo’ ol’ fashioned Good Vs. Evil tale is shockingly replicated the internal values reversed… Just as Luke and Co. effortlessly plow through hundreds of the Empire’s seasoned guards with high power(ed) weaponry, effective armor, and the best train training the galaxy can grant – I wasn’t the least bit surprised to see the same alacrity in application as well as appropriation to hustle and bustle this story through its second, third, and Final Act.
For in our Post-Modern Era (all over again) it is just as crucial to dot our I’s and cross our t’s that we firmly not just cast out floating kites of ideas thoughtlessly but, that we must firmly plant it’s meaning into something else lest it find itself astray ready for appropriation and bastardization. With firm roots in the known- a quilt work of conscious and unconiously known-known’s can bind themselves into something coherent, seeking-truth, and reflecting the values and prejudices of the culture(s) that birthed them first, and then sustained themselves upon once the first loops were lain down.
With everything mind-stretching you’ve heard today, it might surprise you to find out that while hardly the apple of the eye’s delight, neither does this rouge-tinged tale deserve to be merely relegated to the annals of published history. No burnings or dustbins are required- merely an eye our for pleasure and an eye with a scintilla of critical-thinking. In a rare case of mixing uppers and downers – I heartily exhort you to dose yourself with an extra dose of *suspension of disbelief setzer (now in a disposable tablet! - $9.95!). Then curl up the left of your upper lip to read this with a smug knowingness that the unabashed hyper-commercialism of the Prequel’s Era exposed evil Jorge to be the Emperor of his Era who actually never did wear any clothes (Despite what any of his fans wouls say otherwise)
So, there you have it. Dudes get thwacked with D. Maul’s lightsaber, bodies drop, and (in an unusual occurrence) Bad Guys win and other (seemingly) mutually nasty Others lose. Sure, it’s odd to cheer for the bad guy but, maybe we’re never meant to cheer for anybody? Commercialist production sure but, there’s a reasonably decent product here within and without it’s ex/internalized muck(s).
Seemingly cut from the same cloth, this offering arrived two years after the movie and with it, a reverberation of echoes that both inform and incestualize the atrocity of the Episode I era. Case in point: all out platonic cookie-cutter manufactories have spewed out our Knights [Qui-Gon/Kenobi], Damsel in… [Amidala], and so on and so forth until we get to the bad guys who while fulfilling their molds well – fogs of literary war merely grant us cheap facsimiles of something that could at least be a tad more complex and slightly better reasoned. Just as Qui-Gon hardly lives up to his “Grey” Jedi status – neither does Darth Maul who ends up representing first and manifesting second the prototypical bad-guy/arch-enemy/black-knight etc… Rehashing well worn and known roads and trails and instinctual pathways of rhythm and metaphor and meaning with little more than an extra dash of Violence – it’s just merely more of the same.
And that sameness (for better and for (hella) worse) that reverberated from Episode I and it’s decaying influence of mediocrity – so too does an equally boring tale in the SW universe recall, reclaim, and then rebind itself to the internal-timestream. Case in point: when the plot boils down to an assassination on the capos of the ever burgeoning Black Sun criminal enterprise (ltd?) in the pre-fall-of-the-Republic era – another loop of written intertextuality becomes closed. With SOTE tied into its chronologically preceding story, loops are tethered into the meaning of the text which have not had a moment to unfurl and lose any connections that could have had (before functionaly damning themselves to the aberrations that are closed loops of nihilism).
So even with some level of connection to bind this standaloneytale* gossamer threads as thin as their length see fit, at the hands of authors and illustrators alike, to merely focus upon it’s own story. And thus constrained to it’s own hamster wheel level production, a puerile inversion of a goo’ ol’ fashioned Good Vs. Evil tale is shockingly replicated the internal values reversed… Just as Luke and Co. effortlessly plow through hundreds of the Empire’s seasoned guards with high power(ed) weaponry, effective armor, and the best train training the galaxy can grant – I wasn’t the least bit surprised to see the same alacrity in application as well as appropriation to hustle and bustle this story through its second, third, and Final Act.
For in our Post-Modern Era (all over again) it is just as crucial to dot our I’s and cross our t’s that we firmly not just cast out floating kites of ideas thoughtlessly but, that we must firmly plant it’s meaning into something else lest it find itself astray ready for appropriation and bastardization. With firm roots in the known- a quilt work of conscious and unconiously known-known’s can bind themselves into something coherent, seeking-truth, and reflecting the values and prejudices of the culture(s) that birthed them first, and then sustained themselves upon once the first loops were lain down.
With everything mind-stretching you’ve heard today, it might surprise you to find out that while hardly the apple of the eye’s delight, neither does this rouge-tinged tale deserve to be merely relegated to the annals of published history. No burnings or dustbins are required- merely an eye our for pleasure and an eye with a scintilla of critical-thinking. In a rare case of mixing uppers and downers – I heartily exhort you to dose yourself with an extra dose of *suspension of disbelief setzer (now in a disposable tablet! - $9.95!). Then curl up the left of your upper lip to read this with a smug knowingness that the unabashed hyper-commercialism of the Prequel’s Era exposed evil Jorge to be the Emperor of his Era who actually never did wear any clothes (Despite what any of his fans wouls say otherwise)
So, there you have it. Dudes get thwacked with D. Maul’s lightsaber, bodies drop, and (in an unusual occurrence) Bad Guys win and other (seemingly) mutually nasty Others lose. Sure, it’s odd to cheer for the bad guy but, maybe we’re never meant to cheer for anybody? Commercialist production sure but, there’s a reasonably decent product here within and without it’s ex/internalized muck(s).
November 6, 2014
First thing’s first, truly gorgeous art work. Jan Duursema, for me, has never failed to deliver on the visuals. As someone who’s dabbled in art but never really had the skill to pull off decent likenesses, I have to say I’ve always been in awe of and envy of Duursema’s skill. So. Darth Maul. One of the few cool things to come out of Episode I. Every fibre of this guy is a killing machine, and yet he contains it beneath an exterior of ice cold control and efficiency. Plus the Sith have always been some of fiction’s most intriguing and mysterious villains. Well, we don’t learn much more about the Sith here, but we do get to see more of Maul in action. And that’s pretty much what this collection is; Maul in action. The plot is simple. Sidious orders Maul to keep criminal organisation Black Sun out of their business by causing chaos and eliminating their leaders. Everything else is just how this unfolds, as it’s inevitable. I first read this years ago, but re-reading it doesn’t change my opinion of it. Great art work, simple plot, on the whole too short as a story. Also it’s obvious to the reader that the writers just pulled the “bad guys versus bad guys” angle in order to make Maul work as a protagonist. But hey, they didn’t have that many pages to work with, and let’s face it, setting Maul up as a sympathetic anti-hero just can’t be done. A successful anti-hero needs an empathetic back story for us to take their side and back them through all the gleefully dark actions they thereby undertake. Maul’s just a killing machine. A cool killing machine. It’s a simplistic solution to set bad guy against bad guy but probably the best one given that there’s no time for back story here. Given Sidious’ comments at the end of the story, I would place this just before the EU novel Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter by Michael Reaves in the overall chronology. Enjoyable for what it is, but that’s all it is. Recommended for Maul and action fans. Probably missable though if you’re not that bothered.
6 out of 10
January 22, 2018
This book was a lovely albeit frustrating reminder that Darth Maul was arguably the best thing to come out of the Prequel Star Wars films, and the guy got fridge to shit after one movie. This graphic novel was a blast to read, and I loved every page of it. My only complaint is that while this book is a reminder of Darth Maul's badassery, the book suffers from it's four issue limit. This book could have given the reader more of Darth Maul himself, his motivations, his history, his personal eccentricities, but all we get is one badass lightsaber slaughter after another.
Though, I suppose, this in itself might be all the real characterization the reader really needs to understand a man covered from head to two in tattoos and who's only response when put to the task of disrupting an intergalactic crime syndicate is "Sure, why not?"
Though, I suppose, this in itself might be all the real characterization the reader really needs to understand a man covered from head to two in tattoos and who's only response when put to the task of disrupting an intergalactic crime syndicate is "Sure, why not?"
July 31, 2023
5/10:
This is a neat little story centered on Darth Maul and his actions to cripple Black Sun. I really like that it serves as a prequel to Michael Reeve’s Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter novel and even introduced the world to Hath Monchar. The art is truly gorgeous, but this lacks any depth in characterization. Sure, we watch Maul slaughter those he was told to, but that’s it. As much as I adore Maul, this story is rather lackluster
This is a neat little story centered on Darth Maul and his actions to cripple Black Sun. I really like that it serves as a prequel to Michael Reeve’s Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter novel and even introduced the world to Hath Monchar. The art is truly gorgeous, but this lacks any depth in characterization. Sure, we watch Maul slaughter those he was told to, but that’s it. As much as I adore Maul, this story is rather lackluster
August 1, 2021
There's a moment near the end of this comic where a character reveals his species can read minds so he reads Maul's mind, moments before he's slain, and simply describes what he sees as "so dark." I've heard the character of Darth Maul is played with in interesting ways in the Clone Wars series, and the Darth Plagueis book made him work as a minor supporting character, but here, he seems like the absolute worst of what I know Star Wars fans eat up. These four issues exist only to show what a badass Maul is, never facing any threat or challenge he can't run or slice through in moments, never over his head, never confronted with any interesting ideas, and why would he be? He's just here to look cool. He's covered in tattoos and horns and he kills people, what more do you want? This story exists only as an extended obstacle course to show off Maul's competency as a warrior to make his brief appearance before swift death in Episode I supposedly more interesting, but actually just more comical. Curious about the whole night sisters thing. Force witches is a concept that seems interesting and was also mentioned in Plagueis.
April 24, 2016
The most interesting part of the prequel trilogy, Darth Maul,
is off destroying the Black Sun on Darth Sidious's order.
This is light of story, but high on action. The general story is Darth Sidious being commanded to destroy the Black Sun and him stoically following orders.
I really like seeing Darth Maul intimidate and annihilate his adversaries so this was really fun for me.
3.5 out of 5 stars
is off destroying the Black Sun on Darth Sidious's order.
This is light of story, but high on action. The general story is Darth Sidious being commanded to destroy the Black Sun and him stoically following orders.
I really like seeing Darth Maul intimidate and annihilate his adversaries so this was really fun for me.
3.5 out of 5 stars
November 13, 2016
Great adolescent entertainment! This has a simple story line, and doesn't go into much depth on Darth Maul's background, but it's action-packed and fun to read. The illustrations are well done. I think it would be an enjoyable read for those into the graphic novel genre.
October 25, 2017
The pacing of the story is a bit too fast to truly be enjoyable, but Maul's effectiveness in combat makes up for it. His skill makes you wonder why he was killed so easily in that epic fail of an Episode I.
Darth Maul is given a mission by his master, Darth Sidious, to unbalance Black Sun, a galaxy-wide organization that has the power to affect Sidious's plans. He must kill the nine vigos, or lieutenants, and the leader of Black Sun.
Darth Maul is given a mission by his master, Darth Sidious, to unbalance Black Sun, a galaxy-wide organization that has the power to affect Sidious's plans. He must kill the nine vigos, or lieutenants, and the leader of Black Sun.
July 31, 2020
3.5 stars
A lot of action and the art style is gorgeous!
A lot of action and the art style is gorgeous!
January 14, 2022
I immensely enjoyed this comic art-wise, the fight scenes were dynamic and a great experience. Plot-wise it was simply okay, I wish we had some insight into Maul's thoughts.
August 31, 2014
"I want you to strike at the heart of the Black Sun"
Darth Maul. A Sith Apprentice with barely 5 lines of speech in The Phantom Menace, but his very name is enough to make you stop and wonder.
Just before the Blockade of Naboo by the Trade Federation, Darth Sidious approaches his apprentice with a task: destroy Black Sun. Maul unwaveringly agrees. He penetrates their compound and his bloody rampages again.
The art is magnificent. Darth Maul is displayed in all his radiant (and little seen in the movie at least) glory. He is beautifully rendered in each page. Other characters are likewise beautifully rendered--Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan as one. The actions sequences are well drawn and easy to follow. And new characters appear on each page. No confusion over who is who and what is what. However, I will say that the Nightsister was a little odd...almost reminded me of the drawing Ian McCaig did of the first Sith Apprentice (go to [..:] to get an idea of what I mean). Not bad, but definitely unexpected.
There is a high body count in this novel, but not much gory factor. Also, this is not a highly complicated novel. Most of it is just following Maul as he kills people. I was able to stop halfway through and pick up almost a month later having no troubles. If you don't mind a threadbare plot and lots of action, this is your best bet.
So, I highly recommend to Darth Maul lovers with want to see him do what he does best: kill people.
Darth Maul. A Sith Apprentice with barely 5 lines of speech in The Phantom Menace, but his very name is enough to make you stop and wonder.
Just before the Blockade of Naboo by the Trade Federation, Darth Sidious approaches his apprentice with a task: destroy Black Sun. Maul unwaveringly agrees. He penetrates their compound and his bloody rampages again.
The art is magnificent. Darth Maul is displayed in all his radiant (and little seen in the movie at least) glory. He is beautifully rendered in each page. Other characters are likewise beautifully rendered--Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan as one. The actions sequences are well drawn and easy to follow. And new characters appear on each page. No confusion over who is who and what is what. However, I will say that the Nightsister was a little odd...almost reminded me of the drawing Ian McCaig did of the first Sith Apprentice (go to [..:] to get an idea of what I mean). Not bad, but definitely unexpected.
There is a high body count in this novel, but not much gory factor. Also, this is not a highly complicated novel. Most of it is just following Maul as he kills people. I was able to stop halfway through and pick up almost a month later having no troubles. If you don't mind a threadbare plot and lots of action, this is your best bet.
So, I highly recommend to Darth Maul lovers with want to see him do what he does best: kill people.
March 24, 2018
If you want to read how you shouldn’t write Darth Maul as a lead character, read this. Not to be confused with Cullen Brunn’s 2017 miniseries of the same name, in Ron Marz’s miniseries, Maul is written to be just a character who kills a bunch of enemies on a mission and barely bothers talking or thinking. Such a bland portrayal that even a reader in the Letters to the Editor section picked up on but it was dismissed as “he’s a character of few words.” Bullsh*t. In Cullen’s run he spoke just as much but we got to read his thoughts. Understand motive. In this one it’s just played off as action. The art was alright but very uninventive and seemingly repetitive action. Reading this was a bit of a bore and I was honestly excited to finish it. If you want to read a good prequel Maul comic, read Brunn’s.
June 15, 2012
Is Darth Maul really a character that Star Wars fans care for? Well, you'd have to be quite obsessed with him to get anything out of this story of Darth Maul killing a few people. That's the entirety of the content of these 4 issues. Darth Maul kills a few people. One can't help feeling that this series was nothing more than an excuse to show off Jan Duursema's striking artwork, someone saying "hey, she'd draw a really cool Darth Maul". And she does. Ron Marz writes a dull story to go with it though.
February 6, 2025
Enjoyable enough both as a kid and an adult looking back on it. Definitely fun watching Maul slicing and dicing his way through the criminal underworld of Star Wars. That's really the only appeal, the story itself is serviceable but Maul lacks the more nuanced personality and portrayal that came about once George Lucas and Dave Filoni revived him for The Clone Wars and actually gave him a personality.
December 6, 2020
Darth Maul sempre rende e rendeu boas histórias dentro do Universo de Star Wars. Este encadernado não traz apenas uma história principal, mas três delas enfocando o lorde sith da primeira trilogia de Star Wars (cronologicamente). A primeira e maior delas, é uma minissérie dos anos 1990 escrita por Ron Marz e desenhada por jan Duursema em que Darth Maul precisa debelar as forças da organização Sol Negro em benefício aos sith e seu mestre. Esta minissérie não é lá muito surpreendente e segue o riscado de histórias de supers. A segunda história encontramos Darth Vader se encontrando com um trio de desconhecidos que se põem a ressuscitar Darth Maul. O que se segue é um conflito para ver quem é o melhor discípulo de Darth Sidious, o imperador. Esta, sem dúvida é a melhor história em quadrinhos do encadernado. Por último temos uma historinha curta de Darth Maul que mostra ele enfrentando alienígenas, mas é meio sem pé nem cabeça, não dá pra entender muito facilmente. Dito isso, o encadernado é bastante mediano e é ruim se comparado às demais histórias de Darth Maul que são muito boas.
June 11, 2020
I will say, if you are not a star wars fan and wanted something with depth and weight, then why would you pick up a graphic novel like this?
Three stars is in no-way bad. I read this in one go, it was fine. Fun enough. But really it's an excuse to have Darth Maul go on a rampage and take on the 'Black sun' Which I think was 'Shadows of the Empires' creation an old favourite of mine. I may be wrong.
This contradicts the new time line having Maul face off against one of the Night Sisters who had no idea who he was (I think in Clone Wars it's revelead he was raised by them)
It's clear they used Inspiration from A New Hope's bar scene. Every creature and how they posed is in this. Nice to see though.
Enough of the nerdy stuff, I honestly can't think of much to write with this, it really doesn't have much of a plot.
Darth Maul is a fantastic creation
Three stars is in no-way bad. I read this in one go, it was fine. Fun enough. But really it's an excuse to have Darth Maul go on a rampage and take on the 'Black sun' Which I think was 'Shadows of the Empires' creation an old favourite of mine. I may be wrong.
This contradicts the new time line having Maul face off against one of the Night Sisters who had no idea who he was (I think in Clone Wars it's revelead he was raised by them)
It's clear they used Inspiration from A New Hope's bar scene. Every creature and how they posed is in this. Nice to see though.
Enough of the nerdy stuff, I honestly can't think of much to write with this, it really doesn't have much of a plot.
Darth Maul is a fantastic creation
November 30, 2017
A prequel to a prequel! Set before the events of Episode 1, this story tells of Darth Sidious' enforcers first mission. To create discord amongst the powerful Black Sun squad, Darth Maul is asked to infiltrate this organization. To say more is to give the story away, but suffice to say high action and dual light saber battles abound.
I really enjoyed this - simple storyline with lots of action. Side characters from the Star Wars Universe get woven into the story as well. Perhaps keeping with the nature of the Sith, the drawings are intense, brooding and menacing. The writing is sparse at times, capturing Darth Maul's laconic style.
A thrilling read for anyone with fanboys and fangirls enjoying it more. #Recommended
I really enjoyed this - simple storyline with lots of action. Side characters from the Star Wars Universe get woven into the story as well. Perhaps keeping with the nature of the Sith, the drawings are intense, brooding and menacing. The writing is sparse at times, capturing Darth Maul's laconic style.
A thrilling read for anyone with fanboys and fangirls enjoying it more. #Recommended
February 1, 2021
This is probably one of my favorite Darth Maul centered comics. The 2017 title of the same name is a nice pre Phantom Menace story, but out of the two pre PM comics we got, this one is my favorite. The art is really good and I like the idea of Maul infiltrating's Black Sun to get rid of them. We also got a character, who's Nightsister roots would be expanded on later in Clone Wars and you have a solid quick read.
February 23, 2026
Great book with some nice visuals & interesting characterisation of Maul. The comic is such an unintended time capsule, it’s mental to think that it preceded the release of Attack of the Clones.
This is one of the first piece of Legends I’ve read, after I’ve pretty much read all canon comics & now looking for extra stories.
If this is a good litmus test for quality in the EU, then I’m excited to see more.
This is one of the first piece of Legends I’ve read, after I’ve pretty much read all canon comics & now looking for extra stories.
If this is a good litmus test for quality in the EU, then I’m excited to see more.
December 22, 2020
Not much talking but a lot of action, just what I expected from Darth Maul. If you are wanting deep emotional moments in this, then it isn't the series for you. I did love all the nodes to the Star Wars law like the nightsisters and the jedi rules.
It was nice for Maul to take a lead for once, usually he just pops up in various media but is rarely the focus. Sidious brief moment was good as well, love the fact he referred to Maul as his tool and said it straight to his face.
It was nice for Maul to take a lead for once, usually he just pops up in various media but is rarely the focus. Sidious brief moment was good as well, love the fact he referred to Maul as his tool and said it straight to his face.
August 28, 2022
fun fact empecé a leer este comic antes de llegar al capítulo de TCW en donde nombran a la organización Black Sun y entendí muchísimo más del tema gracias a eso APARTE la tensión que te genera a cada momento y como juegan con el hecho de que es el paso previo al Episodio I me parece tremendo, btw darth maul mi aprendiz sith favorito siempre
March 23, 2024
“-What of the wound you suffered ? -There is no pain where strength lies”
Maul has always been my favourite Star Wars character so I’m always very happy to read comics about him, especially since we don’t get a lot of content about him. I had already read this comic last year and it was as good as when I first read it.
Maul has always been my favourite Star Wars character so I’m always very happy to read comics about him, especially since we don’t get a lot of content about him. I had already read this comic last year and it was as good as when I first read it.
May 26, 2019
Absolutely nothing surprising here story-wise (Maul kills some dudes for 4 issues), but I still quite liked it for the brisk pace and well depicted action. Action is the whole comic, and it works surprisingly well for me.
December 23, 2020
A glimpse into the past of Darth Maul just before the start of "The Phantom Menace." We don't learn much more than what was in the movie but we see where he got his gadgets from and confirm through some brilliantly illustrated fight scenes that Darth Maul is an utter bad-ass and a foe to be feared.
May 10, 2021
Fun action centric star wars story, that shows maul being badass and killing a bunch of people. This comic is not the next watchmen nor does it need to be, because it is the one thing most important for these kinds of stories: FUN
May 10, 2023
Set in 32BBY
It was fun. Maul goes on a mission with lots of action and lots of hating towards the Jedi. Trying not to get caught seeing or reveal himself as a Sith Lord. Great artwork!
I remind you, apprentice.. I do not tolerate failure. - Darth Sidious
It was fun. Maul goes on a mission with lots of action and lots of hating towards the Jedi. Trying not to get caught seeing or reveal himself as a Sith Lord. Great artwork!
I remind you, apprentice.. I do not tolerate failure. - Darth Sidious
October 23, 2020
There was about one memorable character in Star Wars prequels and about him Marz bundled up this very fast paced action thing.
Not bad, not good but slightly entertaining.
Not bad, not good but slightly entertaining.
April 6, 2021
Middle of the road entertainment
October 23, 2022
Maul literally just kills people, slayy
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