Why Palpatine Decided Not To Make Darth Maul GRAND INQUISITOR - Star Wars Explained

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Composer: Whitesand (Martynas Lau)
Year: 2017
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[vincentmarcellino]

Because the Inqusitors were meant to hunt Younglings and Padawans that had managed to slip the cracks of Order 66. The Grand Inquisitor was on par with a low-mid level Knight. Any Masters who had survived were handled by Vader. Maul was far stronger than any Inquisitor could be. He was on par with a Jedi Master. If he and Vader worked together, they could've potentially killed Palpatine.

[BlakPanthaa]

Darth Mual is not Inquisitor Material, he is more powerful and skilled, he is a Sith that derives to be a sith lord

[jimokane]

I think at the time of the Phantom Menace Darth Sidious did consider Maul as his true apprentice and probable successor. If anything Maul was Sidious's truest apprentice. Trained only as a Sith from childhood he was never exposed to Jedi teachings as Dooku and Vader had been.

[SarastistheSerpent]

Darth Maul was a Banite Sith Lord, and he viewed himself as Darth Sidious’ heir (which he was initially, before being defeated and replaced). He would never be satisfied being demoted and serving beneath his replacement. Remember that Maul referred to Dooku as nothing more than a Sith pretender, and insisted that he was the true reigning dark lord of the Sith. Even after Sidious defeated him and stripped him of his title, Maul still desired to overthrow Sidious and take his place as the reigning Banite Sith. Maul would never have served as a mere inquisitor, and because he was so powerful, Sidious would always have to keep a close watch on him.

[ambiguumspectatoremespecta]

Most likely because like Savage Oppress after him Darth Maul was trained to become as a Sith Assassin and their by had in depth knowledge on how to manipulate the Darkside in a way which could lead him to pose a potential threat to Darth Sidious. The Inquisitors on the other hand while trained in the ways of the Darkside where to a large degree stunted in said training to keep them weak enough not to pose a threat to Darth Sidious.

[michaelpowell-ngatchou]

I used to think Maul returning in Clone Wars was evidence that George Lucas didn't quite have things thought out, but when you see him with mechanical legs and then Vader - don't mess with Obi Wan Kenobi.

[darthjimmy]

My guess because he feared Vader and maul teaming up against him.

[Hei_Darkfire]

I always thought Palpatine was going to use Maul against Anakin. My theory originally was that Maul was going to be used by Palpatine to train Anakin where Palpatine would basically tell Anakin "Hey, remember that guy that killed your true master? Well... Time for you to get your revenge." Imagine Palpatine sending Anakin on a mission of revenge to build Anakin's use of the dark side. And then Anakin overcomes and kills Maul which builds up his hatred, maybe even showing us a glimpse of the power Anakin could have by having him temporarily use the dark side to beat Maul.

I do enjoy what we got, and I like the revenge story against Obiwan, but I always felt like leaving Anakin out of the Maul story just felt like a missed opportunity. Especially considering Maul has Savage, and honestly it should have been Obi and Anakin vs Maul and Savage.

[skypred]

So summarizing: Maul was simply too powerful and arrogant to settle for anything less than Sith Apprentice. To serve one step under Vader would be a demotion in his eyes

[DK]

I’m don’t have the source but I thought Sidious did always intend for maul to replace him. The only reason he took dooku and later anikin was because he “died”. He was actually super proud of him and how deadly he made him.

[DfiftyMusic]

I’d stand a fair chance against inquisitors because I’m not an old republic type Jedi and I will use dark side moves and force attacks when things start to get hot 👌🏼

But I’m not fighting Maul, I’d rather go 3 rounds unarmed against a full grown rancour 😂

[trafalgardchris]

Damn he would have been the perfect Grand Inquisitor! He is powerful and ambitious enough! He would have been a great ally to the Empire!🔥

[Elemento]

Because Maul made more ambition than being lower than a Sith lord, he hated Sidious for killing his brother and making his life hell, and he would've tried killing Vader.

[daywalker]

2:53 that's not true, or at least not until Sidious realized what he could do with Anakin. In one canon comic book Sidious says Maul was a loss when talking to Vader, but says Tyrannus (Dooku) acted like a proton torpedo by serving his purpose then being disposed of.

[karlrovey]

Maul's purpose after he was captured by Sidious was to lure out Mother Talzin, who Sidious viewed as a threat. That plan mostly worked, though Maul escaped after Talzin's death.

[zerochill]

As always my friend….love it. Thank you again for the incredible content

[davidprice]

If only Mall would have elected to have the Mandalorian strain hit me before he made his presence known

[fmthebaron]

Maul would've never followed Sidious orders. If Obi-Wan never killed Maul in Rebels, Maul would've rose in power once again whether it be with Death Watch/Mandalorians or his Criminal Gangs (Pyke Syndicate, Black Sun, Crimson Dawn) connections.

[starkilr]

We need the Son of Dathomir comic put to animation

[BrennySpain]

I think another reason is the rivalry dooku and maul had as seen in the son of dathomir comic also.