okay so I've been writing this jedi!Maul au for my gf but I've seen great art so you guys inspired me and gave me enough confidence to share some headcanons for you!
Instead of giving baby Maul to Sidious, Maul's mother Kycina (Legends canon oop!) encounters a pirate ship stuck on Dathomir and she pleads them to take him out of the planet so he can avoid a life as a slave
Pirates are evil but not as evil as Sidious of course They try to sell this baby red zabrak but it scares the shit out of posible clients so he ends up in the pirate ship for almost three years
He learns how to play sabbac and use a vibroblade
A jedi shadow finds him and takes him to the Jedi Temple
Now imagine this tiny zabrak really really strong that scares everyone cause he is red and FERAL and knows how to win at sabbac and bites people
Of course he bites Obi-wan at least twice during his first month at the Jedi Temple
But actually Maul is pretty discipline and he really wants to be a jedi (once he learns what is a jedi)
Although he is a couple of year younger, he ends up in Obi-wan's class cause this👏kid👏 was👏 born👏 to👏 be👏 a👏 jedi
He definitely beats the shit out of Obi-wan and even Quinlan a couple of times during training
The three of them fight over a sandwich once
Maul is the first youngling of his class to become a padawan.
Pong Krell chooses him as his padawan and teaches him to use two lightsabers although Maul ends up picking a saberstaff
He is a great padawan, okay?
Some of his most relevant missions? Rescuing a force sensitive child, Eldra Kaitis, from the Xrexus Cartel, and going undercover into Cog Hive Seven to secure nuclear bombs.
The mission to Cog Hive 7 is his Trial of Courage
When he becomes Jedi Knight, he chooses Eldra Kaitis as his padawan