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admonition : SPOILERS for Star Wars : Hidden Empire # 1
InStar Warslore , Emperor Palpatine took multiple apprentices beforeDarth Vader , andDarth Maulwas among his most famous recruits . Maul , a fan - favorite character , advance a massive pursuit after The Phantom Menace was released in theatre of operations , but unlike his many fans , Palpatine disdain Maul for many reasons . Star Wars : Hidden Empire # 1reveals why the Emperor hate Maul after failing him … and also why he did n’t plainly drink down the " spare " apprentice when Skywalker came into the picture .
In both the canon established by the Modern Disney trilogy andStar Wars Legends , Palpatine picked Darth Maul and valued his furious scrap style . But after his licking on Naboo at the hand of Obi - Wan Kenobi , Palpatine immediately start to prepare others : he saw Count Dooku and General Grevious as pawns in his game , but the actual dirty money was Anakin Skywalker . Obi - Wan vote down Anakin as well , and Palpatine believe Skywalker was a essentially " crushed " apprentice . Luke was his next fair game ; turning him to the Dark Side would take into account him to throw out of Darth Vader while simultaneously develop a Modern apprentice .
ButMaul survived his first battle with Obi - Wan- theClone WarsTV serial depicts his struggle to stay awake and his eventual acquirement of prosthetic legs - and inStar war : Hidden Empire # 1 , written by Charles Soule with artistic creation by Steven Cummings , Palpatine reveals just what he remember of his former prentice . During a conversation with Qi’ra , the Emperor admits that"Maul ’s life history was defined by one essential calibre … he was not quite good enough . Once my gaze turned from Maul , I lost all interest in him . “This is what Palpatine cerebrate of his underlings who disappoint him : he does n’t even consider thempeople , butpawns .
Darth Maul ’s iconic lightsaber may be famous among Star Wars fans , but it go straight against Emperor Palpatine ’s teachings .
Palpatine Never Thought Highly Of Darth Maul as an Apprentice
To clarify , Palpatine still considered Maul to be a piece on the galactic board and used him consequently , namely to bait Mother Talzin into battle and to manipulate him into disposing of other underlings . But Palpatine also believed thatall who used the Dark Side of the Forcewould also fee straight into his own major power - and Maul was nothing if not power by virgin ira ( he was practically raise by birthing to detest the Jedi Order ) . Palpatine also never considered Maul a direct threat to his life-time ( a one - sided battle between him and Maul in theClone Warsseries shows just how strong the Emperor is compared to his once - apprentice ) , and just lost pursuit in him as meter passed - proving how piffling Palpatine cared for anyone other than himself .
Darth Maul died during a net fight with Obi - Wan in theRebelsTV serial , and Palpatine could n’t have cared less . For him , find and toss off Maul for his failure merely was n’t deserving the effort . In the final stage , Palpatinewas right on , but his carelessness and disregard for attachment proved to be his undoing whenDarth Vader ’s trammel with his son Lukewas strong than the Emperor could ever possibly imagine .
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