Why Did Darth Maul Stop Using The Mandalorian Darksaber?

Why Did Darth Maul Stop Using The Mandalorian Darksaber? The darksaber is often considered to be one of the most powerful lightsabers. For almost 20 years, the Darksaber was in the possession of Darth Maul. However, after the Clone Wars Maul stopped using it, instead using a saber made from the scraps of inquisior lightsabers. It could be that he stopped using it as it would draw unwanted attention to him, or perhaps it reminded him of his past failures. However, Dave Filoni claims that Maul stopped using it due to the Mandalorian twist Tor Vizla added to it many years ago. The flat blade and emotional resonance meant that Maul was simply more comfortable using a double bladed lightsaber

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[nickprice]

I'd go with the simple solution: Maul was principally a staff-fighter, so he had little use for the Darksaber once he forged a new saberstaff. He was using it mostly as a badge of office and to fill the gap left by half his saber being lost, and neither usage was as important once he had a proper staff and nominally held Mandalore uncontested.

[tompearce]

Yes, because a red-bladed lightsabre couldn't possibly draw attention.

[landonletterman]

I like to think it was a thing of the lightsaber. The saber itself never considered Maul it's owner, and Maul could tell. He used it as a symbol, but he typically led with his usual red saber. It was unwieldy for him, so he used it more like a tool than a weapon.

[sterlingdennett]

The Darksaber resonated with the light side of the force - remember that it's creator, Tarre Viszla, was a Mandalorian JEDI

[eddy]

I assume for a Force User, their lightsaber is kinda like their own life. Kinda in the same way how most professional basketball player would have their own favorite shoes. Probably why Kenobi himself said "This weapon is your life" in The Attack of The Clones and Darth Vader even mentioned that he dislikes Palpatine's lightsaber. Their lightsaber would be their bread and jam.

[painpega]

I thought it just got taken by Palpatine, which would explain how it got into Imperial hands and eventually into Gidoen’s

[kyleanderson]

It resonates with your emotions. Malls emotions were never in control. It was literally a burden to mall.

[lukepennington]

Wouldn't it be Tarre Vizsla, who built the weapon, since Tor Vizsla is strictly Legends material as the former leader of Death Watch and never wielded the Darksaber.

[jonash]

Aside from the fact that Maul mostly fought with a saber staff, he also didn’t feel like he needed it anymore. The darksaber is what gave him credibility when he ruled over the Mabdalorian clans, but that time has past, and there were no more Mandalorians for him to lead. So now the darksaber is only a saber to him, and he prefers a different kind of weapon.

[keegandaugherty]

Wait… so Darth Vader is the rightful ruler of mandalore. Maul killed Vizla, sidious beat maul, Vader kills sidious

[antoniovergotti]

his double balde wasnt made out of scraps, it was savage oppress’s blade

[androssteague]

He didn't have the blade for 20 years. I can't remember how Sabine got it, but Palpatine captured Maul and no one knows when Maul escaped or if ever got the dark saber back.

[DivineGaming]

“The darksaber doesn’t have power but the story does”

[morsecode]

My headcanon is that after the Son of Dathomir comics (but before the Siege of Mandalore) he started keeping it in his lair on Dathomir for safekeeping/as a trophy. Then after the events of the Siege when he lost his reforged double-bladed saber, he returned to Dathomir after escaping Ahsoka’s Venator and began using the Darksaber as his weapon for a brief time until he was able to kill some Inquisitors and forge their scrapped sabers into the one he uses in Solo and Rebels. Plus him killing a bunch of them would explain why he’s feared and nicknamed “The Shadow” by them.

[TearYouApart]

I think Benduday is Wednesday. It's the middle of the week. The Bendu is the middle of the force. But I also read it was like a Friday.

[saeseetiin]

I always figured Palpatine took it from him.

[ianluk]

I think the chief reason was that emotional resonance. Why would I want a weapon that functions based on emotions as opposed to one that functions consistently?

[insanityamillion]

Theres also the added bonus of getting in sidious way a little bit by taking out some inquistor. Oh and the taking effectively palps stuff an makig it his own

[Darth_planet_the_wise]

Or because he would get heavier with negative energy and a swing