Maul's droid

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This article is about the probe droid used by Maul's descendant.
You may be looking for the DRK-1 Dark Eye probe droid used by Darth Maul and other Sith.
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A probe droid was used by a descendant or clone of the Sith Lord Darth Maul during the reign of Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire,[3] between 130 ABY and 138 ABY.[4] The droid model was similar in appearance to[1] the DRK-1 Dark Eye probe droids utilized by the original Maul over a century prior.[5] Consisting primarily of black metal, the spherical droid also featured smaller silver accents, several glowing red lights, and an antenna.[1]

Maul's heir and his apprentice, Darth Talon, used the probe droid to aid in combat[2] during their conquest against Darth Krayt and his One Sith ideology.[3] At the behest of its masters, the droid hacked computers, opened doors, mapped out areas, turned off lights, and gathered general information.[2]

Behind the scenes

Maul's droid assists Darth Talon and Maul's descendant in combat.

Maul's droid assists Darth Talon and Maul's descendant in combat.

Maul's droid was created as a central piece of gameplay for Red Fly Studio's canceled video game Battle of the Sith Lords. Concept artist Thomas A. Szakolczay created the design for the probe droid. While Szakolczay refers to the droid as "Maul's droid," no official name for the droid has been confirmed.[1]

Players would have been able to play as the droid in first-person view to complete puzzles and aid the game's two main characters in combat.[2] Concepts for Battle of the Sith Lord's main menu and user interface were built around the probe droid. When accessing the menu, the camera would fly inside the droid and pan around to areas that would contain the various options.[1] Prior to the game's cancelation in 2011,[4] a prototype of gameplay involving the probe droid was completed.[2]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 ArtStation-Logo Thomas A. Szakolczay (@tas) on ArtStation: Project Maul (backup link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 RedditLogo Hi. I'm Dan Borth of Red Fly Studio the creators of the cancelled Darth Maul game Ask Me Anything by Rancor_lover on Reddit (October 24, 2015) (backup link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Premium-Era-real The Story Of The Darth Maul Game That Never Came To Be by Andrew Reiner on Game Informer (May 7, 2014) (original page now obsolete)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Premium-Era-real Art From The Darth Maul Game You'll Never Get To Play by Andrew Reiner on Game Informer (April 9, 2014) (original page now obsolete) — Battle of the Sith Lords would have taken place during the reign of Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire, which was founded in 130 ABY and later dissolved in 138 ABY according to Legacy 1 and Legacy—War 6, respectively.
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace novelization

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