As Dooku had tried before the Clone Wars, Maul attempted to lure Kenobi to the dark side. Maul installed a corrupt politician as a puppet monarch and engaged in another battle with Kenobi, who came to the planet in hopes of rescuing the Duchess. This split the Death Watch in half with one faction fleeing as the other swore allegiance to Maul. Maul prevailed, taking the group's ceremonial weapon in the process, a refashioned Jedi lightsaber called the Darksaber, traditionally wielded by the planet's true leader. They escaped, with Maul charging into the Mandalorian throne room where he challenged Death Watch's leader to a duel for the group's leadership, in accordance with their customs. While the Clone Wars raged, Maul forgot nearly everything about his former life, save for his singular focus on revenge against the Jedi who sliced him in half.Дeath Watch takes over Mandalore and as Maul predicted, betrayed the Nightbrothers, tossing them into prison. Like so much refuse, he was dumped on the junkyard world of Lotho Minor, surviving deep within the hellish garbage dump, with spider like mechanical legs. He grabbed a hold of an air vent as he fell, pulling himself into a trash container. What we didn't see was that Maul used his master's training, the powers of the Dark Side, his anger and hatred (and perhaps even a bit of Mother Talzin's magic, if you ask us), to keep himself alive. We all know what happened once Maul revealed himself to the Jedi, first on Tatooine and later on Naboo, where he killed Obi-Wan's master and was severed in half, seemingly falling to his death. Prior to the blockade of Naboo, Maul's Sith style impatience caused him to disobey his master's orders to remain hidden, risking exposure on his own Jedi hunting missions, which at one point involved the bounty hunters Cad Bane and Aurra Sing. This fueled Maul's anger and hatred of the Jedi, enslaving him to his master's quest for revenge. Maul breathed in the ashes of the fallen Sith warriors, which gave him Force powered visions allowing him to feel the deaths of each of them as they fell to Jedi blades. BioWare have significant contributions to the lore of Star Wars, and this should be respected.Malachor was the site of a huge showdown between the Jedi and Sith. It would be wise to declare works of BioWare as the ALTERNATE UNIVERSE of Star Wars which shall be allowed to expand in any direction.

Part of the lore now classified as LEGENDS could be declared ALTERNATE UNIVERSE of Star Wars but they shat on this line-of-work as well. Expansion of the lore under Disney have low appeal to me because they shat on the Skywalkers and made Darth Vader's sacrifice worthless, although their are memorable works in the mix. My interest in Star Wars have diminished as of late. Your knowledge of the lore is impressive and your raw debating talent is apparent beneath. If the controlling body is struggling, the shadow groups beneath will take this as a sign of weakness and some will openly find your views well-constructed and thoughtful on average. Outside interference from forces beyond one's control is another issue altogether. The shadow groups have vested interests of their own and their alliances do not last long with numerous individuals vying for greater power and control than before in the mix. The Solo VD mentions that the Empire tended to turn a blind eye toward smaller-scale criminal activity:ДЇurthermore maintaining control over crime syndicates across the Galaxy for indefinite period is not practical for a lone individual. I think at this point Maul is fine with controlling a single, powerful crime syndicate, because it's less likely that the Empire would interfere with it. I would imagine that Maul could have certainly reasserted control over all the crime syndicates by force if he wanted to, but that would have likely put him on Palpatine's radar as a potential threat/rival again. We still don't know what happens that makes Maul walk away from Crimson Dawn - all we know is that by the time of Rebels S02, Crimson Dawn was evidently no longer a thing, and Maul had been stuck on Malachor for some time. He'll maintain control of Mandalore until the upcoming Siege of Mandalore, and will keep his fragile alliance with the Pykes until sometime after Solo, but obviously well before ANH.

After the events of SoD, Maul lost direct control over the Hutts, Pykes, and Black Sun, and the Shadow Collective was officially disbanded.Д«ut as we recently saw, Maul has already formed Crimson Dawn as of TCW S07, still has a loose control over the Pykes, and obviously still controls the primary faction of Mandalorians.

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