After Luke Skywalker helped his father to defeat Darth Sidious and return to the light
side in Return of the Jedi, he travelled the galaxy to search for ancient Jedi temples
and artifacts.
During his travels, Luke Skywalker discovered a lot of information about the previous history
of the Jedi Order, including some of their biggest enemies
I’m going to break down exactly what Luke Skywalker knew about Darth Maul, the arch
enemy of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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So as usual with this series, I’m going to read to you a page out of the journal of
Luke Skywalker, which he wrote after he began his journey to discover every piece of knowledge
possible about the Jedi Order of the Clone Wars era.
Let me know if you want to see all of the other pages from Luke Skwyalker’s journal,
because it has a lot of very interesting stories about lightsaber designs, sith lords and even
Jedi robes.
The following page in Luke’s journal is a note about Darth Maul’s life, all the
way from the Duel of Naboo with Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon to his eventual death on Tatooine
in the duel with Kenobi.
This note was written by Luke, so that the students of his new Jedi academy could study
the enemies of the Old Jedi order and gain some knowledge on how to deal with opponents
of his new order.
So here’s the page:
“The first apprentice of Darth Sidious, Darth Maul was a Zabrak Nightbrother From
Dathomir who was trained in the ways of the Sith From a young age.
Maul was Fueled by a desire to exact revenge against the Jedi For destroying the Sith Order
ages ago.
After he was cut in half during a battle with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Maul was long thought dead.
But he returned, driven by hatred and an unquenchable desire For revenge on the Jedi and the Sith
alike.
Maul continued to spread chaos beyond the Clone Wars, leading the criminal organizations
known as the Shadow Collective and Crimson Dawn.
He would eventually face Obi-Wan again in another duel on Tatooine.
However, this warrior of the dark side would not survive their encounter.”
So we find out right away that Luke knows about Maul’s upbringing and how he was trained
by Darth Sidious from a very young age.
We already know from the Son of Dathomir comic that Maul was given to Palpatine by Mother
Talzin as a baby, which further backs up the story from the Darth Plagueis book which is
unfortunately now Legends.
Luke also knows about the planet Dathomir and the clans of Nightbrothers that live there,
so it's definitely possible that he visited the planet in his mission to discover ancient
Jedi temples.
Luke fighting Nightbrothers is definitely something I want to see in comics or even
TV shows.
Luke also knows about the fierce battle between Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon and Maul on Naboo, which
resulted in Maul being cut into two pieces.
It’s awesome that Luke was filled on the whole story of that fight, because as Dave
Filloni recently mentioned, this fight determined the fate of the galaxy, and that’s why it
was called the Duel of the Fates.
Luke also realises that this fight is the first moment that put his father, Anakin on
the path to becoming Darth Vader.
It’s possible that Obi-Wan told him about this fight as a force ghost, or maybe even
Qui-Gon himself told Luke about the event, because we know that he was able to appear
as just a voice.
But let me know in the comments how you think Luke managed to discover all of this information
about Darth Maul.
Following this, Luke also realised that Maul’s feud with Obi-Wan was a very long lasting
one that went all the way from the battle on Naboo, through the Clone wars, up until
the battle on Tatooine from Star Wars rebels.
It must have been really mind blowing for Luke to learn that his Master, Obi-Wan fought
his biggest Rival only a short distance away from his house when he was a young boy.
After that, he also discovered Maul’s involvement in the criminal underworld, including the
fact that he led the Shadow collective and Crimson dawn crime syndicates.
The really interesting thing here is that Luke doesn’t seem to know that Maul was
the holder of the Darksaber and even led the planet Mandalore for a short period of time
during the Clone Wars.
Throughout his journal, the Darksaber is not mentioned at all, so it's very possible that
Luke does not know about the weapon and it's very deep history with the Mandalorians.
Alongside the journal entry about Maul, Luke also placed a note which contains a very important
quote from Yoda.
The quote says: “Always two there are, no more no less.
A master and an apprentice “.
This quote isn’t the most relevant to the students of his new Jedi academy, because
the rule of two Sith were wiped out, but it is still important for him to teach his new
Jedi academy about how the Sith of the past worked.
So that is everything Luke Skywalker knew about Darth Maul, all the way from the Phantom
Menace, throughout his time in the Clone Wars, to his life as a criminal leader.
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