Darth Maul does not want power as much as he wants connection. He just has no idea how to create it.

With Ahsoka, Ezra, and now Devon in Maul: Shadow Lord, Maul keeps reaching for the same thing. An apprentice. A partner. Someone who understands him. But every relationship he builds is poisoned by manipulation, control, and fear because Maul was never taught trust or emotional vulnerability.

That is what makes him tragic.
Underneath the rage and hatred is someone desperately trying to escape isolation, but only knowing the language of domination.

It is why Maul keeps failing. Not because he is weak, but because he cannot separate connection from control.

Do you think Maul ever truly cared for his apprentices, or were they always just tools to him?

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