Maul's family

The family of the Sith Lord Darth Maul was made up of Dathomirians from the Outer Rim Territories planet Dathomir. Born to the Nightsister Mother Talzin and a nightbrother, Maul was raised in the culture of the Nightbrothers, along with his brothers Savage Opress and Feral Opress. Talzin also had a daughter, who's birth nearly caused Talzin her life. Taken in by a Dark Lord of the Sith, Palpatine, as a child, Maul would not be reunited with his family until the Clone Wars, in which he and Opress cut a path of destruction across the galaxy.

History

"A brother? But all of my kin were killed!"
"Not all of them. He lives in the Outer Rim, in exile."

―Savage Opress learns of his long-lost brother, Darth Maul, from Mother Talzin^[11]

At some point, the Nightsister Talzin became pregnant with a daughter. The birth of her daughter nearly caused her death, but she survived, an blessing which she attributed to the Spirits.^[12] Sometime before 54 BBY,^[13] Talzin gave birth to a son, who was named Savage Opress.^[14] In 54 BBY,^[13] Talzin and a Nightbrother had a son named Maul.^[3] She also had another son named Feral.^[14] According to Talzin, during his visit to Dathomir, Sith Lord Palpatine had become associated with Talzin and planned to make her his apprentice, but took Maul instead and fleed the planet.^[3] Sidious himself, however, had actually encountered a Nightsister named Kycina, who had claimed herself to be Maul's mother and begged him to take her infant away from Dathomir and out of Talzin's clutches.^[2]

In 21 BBY,^[15] Feral was killed by his own brother Savage after he was transformed into a assassin by Talzin with the intent to get revenge on Count Dooku.^[5] In 20 BBY,^[16] Talzin's first son Savage Opress was killed by Darth Sidious.^[17] Talzin's last surviving son, Maul, was resurrected by Prophets of the Dark Side.^[18]^[19] During a duel with Darth Vader, Maul was killed again.^[18] Then later during the reign of the New Republic, a scientist named Drell Kahmf retrieved Maul's brain and spinal cord, put them in a specialized bacta tank, and hooked the bacta tank up to a hologram. Later, the hologram was destroyed by Luke Skywalker.^[20]

Family tree

Talzin^[3] ♀

Maul's father^[2] ♂

Maul^[2] ♂

Talzin's firstborn daughter^[12] ♀

Feral Opress ♂

Savage Opress^[14] ♂

Behind the scenes

In the novel Darth Plagueis and short story "Restraint,"^[21] Kycina is stated to be the mother of Darth Maul.^[2] However, the third issue of Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir states that the mother of Maul is Mother Talzin.^[3] As Son of Dathomir is the most recent source, this article assumes the comic holds precedence.

A possible descendant or clone of Maul was considered for the cancelled Star Wars video game Battle of the Sith Lords by Red Fly Studio. The idea of the original Maul cloning himself or continuing his bloodline came as a solution for George Lucas' request to include Darth Talon in the plot despite her belonging to the Star Wars: Legacy era set more than one hundred years after Maul's life, with Lucas suggesting that through this way, Maul could still get to interact with Talon.^[22]

As part of the GameStop exclusive preorder of the 2010 video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, an exclusive avatar of a non-canon character named Maulkiller was given to players of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. Maulkiller was created by Darth Vader using the genetic material of the Jedi Galen Marek and Darth Maul.^[23]