Opress was initially sent to execute a mission against the Galactic Republic on the planet Devaron to prove himself. At the Temple of Eedit, Opress slaughtered a group of clone troopers and slew his first Jedi, Master Halsey and his Padawan Knox, overpowering them with his brute strength, endurance and hand to hand combat skills. Some of Vizsla's supporters did not accept Maul's rule and left, but the remaining warriors pledged themselves to Maul.[14]. Species [13], Maul planned to lure out Kenobi by committing a massacre on the planet Raydonia. Witches of the Mist. During the early stages of the creation of Attack of the Clones, Asajj Ventress was created by the art department and considered for the role of the film's Sith antagonist.As Star Wars fans know, this role ended up being filled by Count Dooku. Last Updated: July 15, 2020 Solo: A Star Wars Story is a surprising movie for a lot of reasons, but it's the unexpected cameo appearance of Darth Maul that has people talking most.And for good reason, seeing as the last time most movie-goers saw Darth Maul he was cut in half and sent plummeting down a reactor shaft, leaving audiences to assume he died (he didn't). Maul told him that he would continue to hone Savage's skills properly, as his master. Talzin told him to track down his lost brother and train under him. Bo-Katan and the others hold them off, but finally the speeder is shot down, and the Duchess is taken by the commandos, but not before sending a hologram message to the Jedi asking for help from Obi-Wan Kenobipersonally. In contrast to Kryze, Opress nearly actually made it to design phase before Dave Filoni thought it better, feeling that in an already lengthy episode, there was no time to explain Savage's origins as they couldn't risk alienating new Star Wars fans who would be confused with Opress's sudden appearance.[20]. Opress returned to Serenno where he continued his training. He then ran down to the hangar, where he fought passed Kenobi, Skywalker and dozens of droids. Pre Vizsla then had him imprisoned with his brother Darth Maul when he turned on them. The Bad Batch's next mission begins May 4, Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Sith Hunters, https://clonewars.fandom.com/wiki/Savage_Opress?oldid=89463. His muscles and physique reverted back[3] to their form from before the Nightsister ritual,[4] and Opress died[3] as the man he had been before becoming Ventress's pawn. Talzin has Asajj secretly select a warrior from the distant Nightbrother village: Savage Opress. Savage Opress He brought his brother back to Talzin, who restored both his mind and his legs. Over the course of these episodes we’ve seen former Sith-wannabe Asajj Ventress select and train a male Zabrak, a Nightbrother of Dathomir if you will, Savage Opress… [9], However, Kenobi continued his pursuit of Opress and Maul off Florrum, destroying their ship and forcing them to eject in the escape pod. Savage continued his search until he fell into a trap and met his brother, Maul, who had gone mad and had six legs made out of garbage. As his final test of loyalty to them, Ventress brought in Feral and Savage was ordered to kill Feral, which he did. [4] The suit of armor was incredibly durable, capable of withstanding blaster fire[8] and the acid rain of Lotho Minor. [11] After his transformation, Savage was a head taller, had a much broader chest and even stronger arms, and a full crown of sharp and elongated horns, as well as experiencing dramatic increases to his already considerable strength, durability, agility, and stamina.[4]. Darth Maul has also been in many books set in the time period just before the Clone Wars. Opress fought hard alongside Maul and even threw Sidious off the balcony with a headbutt, proving to be a great foe for the Dark Lord. Masters Returning to Talzin, he learned of his kinship to the former Sith apprentice Maul. Hurling his double-bladed lightsaber, he beheaded the entire council, leaving Moj in control. After a scuffle, Opress began to break free of the spell, with Ventress discovering that neither her or Dooku could contain Opress's impulsive nature and rage. After a battle at Jabba's Palace, Jabba and Gorga Desilijic Aarrpo decided to join Maul. Nightbrothers[4]Sith[4]Confederacy of Independent Systems[4]Shadow Collective[7] First Appearance: Star Wars: The Clone Wars; While similar to Darth Maul's saber-staff in form, the look of Savage's saber took queues from Darth Tyranus's lightsaber, most notably the emitter guards on both ends. Dooku began training Savage Opress, who quickly mastered the double-bladed lightsaber like his brother before him, a tricky weapon because it could be much more dangerous to its wielder than an enemy. [8], Opress's search for his brother took him to the Outer Rim. When they refused to join without being paid a large sum of credits, the Shadow Collective was attacked by a force of bounty hunters. In accordance with their plot against Dooku, Mother Talzin and her Nightsister witches employed their dark magic to grant Opress fearsome abilities, such as a strong, raw connection to the Force and domineering physical power, while also placing him under their control. Opress battled with the bounty hunter Embo and his anooba Marrok, and eventually the bounty hunters were defeated. NightbrothersNightsisters (formerly)Sith OrderSeparatists (formerly)Shadow Collective, Sith OrderSeparatists (formerly)Shadow Collective. As part of the Nightsister Asajj Ventress's plot for revenge on her former Master, the Sith Lord Count Dooku, she traveled to the Nightbrother village to select a warrior to serve Dooku but secretly be controlled by the Nightsisters so they could exact their revenge. [8] Opress was quickly able to fight on par with skilled opponents, including several simultaneously, as seen when Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi confronted him on Toydaria and Dooku's ship. Opress watched as Maul seized control of Mandalore after defeating Vizsla in lightsaber combat and beheading him. [4], At some point after the Devaron massacre, Savage began using a crimson double-bladed lightsaber in favor of the enchanted spear given to him by Talzin. During the mission of searching for Darth Maul on the planet Florrum, she was killed by Maul's apprentice Savage Opress. [12], During his apprenticeship under Darth Tyranus, Opress piloted a Punworcca 116-class interstellar sloop similar to his master's. After being insulted and pushed by both Ventress and Dooku, Savage snapped and choked them both. [18][11] His combat style was based on his immense strength to hammer and swiftly repel his opponents with raw kinetic power. Upon his transformation, Mother Talzin gifted Savage with a specially designed suit of armor and a spear. The appearance of another Dathomiri zabrak on the battlefields of the Clone Wars makes that considerably harder. Originally a tribal leader on Dathomir, Opress was handpicked by the Nightsister Asajj Ventress to become her "mate" and servant following her grueling tests of Selection, as part of her bid for revenge on her former Master, the Sith Lord Count Dooku. The brothers were taken to the Death Watch base on Zanbar were Savage was given a new robotic arm. TV-PG | 23min | Animation, Action, Adventure | Episode aired 21 January 2011. This pair of episodes is an excellent lesson in All Things Mandalorian and offers some fascinating details that help explain things you may be wondering about from The Mandalorian. She then left the pair together as Maul became reconnected with the changed world around him. Though Opress was skilled, Sidious ultimately bested the Zabrak warrior in combat, and impaled Opress with his twin lightsabers, before flinging him from the building with the force. [12] He also used the Turtle Tanker to travel to Dathomir and later Raydonia. As did some 200 other Jedi who have gone mostly unnamed since the film was released. [3] Savage used the spear during the Devaron massacre, killing a handful of clone troopers and two members of the Jedi Order with the enchanted weapon. Opress then began his service to his experienced brother, becoming involved with Maul's pursuit of vengeance on Kenobi, who had cut him in half over a decade ago in the Theed Royal Palace on Naboo. Vizsla and his second in command Bo-Katan Kryze then entered the tent and informed them that they had agreed to the proposed alliance. When Maul delivered his ultimatum, but Grunseit once again refused, at which point Maul stepped back to allow Opress to finish the job. Opress wielded a double-bladed lightsaber. This list of characters from the Star Wars franchise contains only those which are considered part of the official Star Wars canon, as of the changes made by Lucasfilm in April 2014. He even became skilled and powerful enough to slay Adi Gallia in a duel on Florrum. What he is known for: Big bad in Episode 7, renewing the power of the Dark Side in the galaxy, leadership of the Knights of Ren. Wookieepedia is a FANDOM Movies Community. Talzin then brought Opress to his new Master Count Dooku on Serenno. Dathomir[1] After pillaging the Cybloc transfer station, Maul asserted his dominance over his brother, acknowledging his brother as a Sith Lord but forcing him to become his apprentice. Opress was taken aback by the change in power and challenged his brother to combat, but was quickly and ruthlessly defeated and forced to submit to his renegade Sith brother in accordance with the Sith Rule of Two. Darth Sidious later arrived on Mandalore and dueled Savage and Maul. With the support of the civilians, Death Watch was able to take control of Mandalore. He was also able to use a powerful Force wave to take down battle droids and push Kenobi and Skywalker simultaneously. While torturing Obi-Wan, Opress started up their ship, not knowing that Asajj Ventress had just boarded. There, with the help of the Anacondan Morley, he navigated through the tunnels of junk, slaying numerous Junkers, and evading acid rain, but was then attacked by a spider-like creature upon entering a tunnel, which Opress soon realized was his deranged brother with cybernetic legs. Darth Maul was played by Ray Park in the movie. Opress dragged the Toydarian's carcass to Dooku on a Separatist Dreadnought who punished him for killing the Toydarian king who he'd been instructed to capture, alive. Brainwashed as a child, he was extremely loyal to his master, following his every order due to Maul's attachment with Sidious. After Ohnaka was able to assert control over the treasonous pirates, he rallied his forces and attacked the brothers. As Count Dooku trains Savage Opress in the ways of the Dark Side, Obi-Wan and Anakin travel to Dathomir to learn more about this Zabrak Jedi killer. Yellow and brown[4] With Clancy Brown, Ben Diskin, Sam Witwer, James Arnold Taylor. Eventually, Maul's little brother, Savage Opress, rescued him from Lotho Minor and brought him back home. However, Ventress soon arrived and enacted her plans for revenge, revealing Opress's hidden allegiance to her and attacking her former master. However, when separated from his brother, his immense strength and brutality proved to be no match for Sidious' flawless swordsmanship.[3]. The last time we see Bo-Katan before her appearance in The Mandalorian Season 2. Being the biological brother of Darth Maul, he was found by Asajj Ventress to be used as a pawn in her plot to extract revenge on her former master, Dooku. Previous. They then contacted their leader, Hondo Ohnaka and informed him that if he did not join them that they would forcibly take his base. Savage let Ventress take him, only if she'd let his younger brother go. When Maul and Vizsla agreed to work together they headed to the Mustafar system to recruit the Black Sun crime syndicate where after Maul asked them to join them of their own free will Savage threw his lightsaber beheading the leaders of the group. [Source]. Dark Side Acolyte (self proclaimed) The members of Death Watch would then stage a rescue where they would defeat the invaders (with Opress being one of them) thus becoming heroes of the public. "[4] Savage Opress's introduction in the series was instrumental, along with George Lucas' recommendations, to bring back Maul into the series following his apparent death in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. 3:04. The two brothers were taken to the Death Watch encampment on Zanbar, where Vizsla aided them by giving Maul new cybernetic legs and Opress a cybernetic arm. Skin color [4], While Opress was subjected to brutal Sith training under Dooku's charge, Ventress prepared to pit the monstrous Nightbrother against Dooku. In Season 5, Episode 1, Darth Maul got his first attempt at revenge. Season 4: Episodes 1, 2 This is it. Mace Windu. Cybernetics He ... didn’t win that fight either, plus Savage Opress lost an … Maul, known as Darth Maul during his time as a Sith, is a fictional character and a major antagonist in the Star Wars franchise. He then took a newly transformed Darth Maul to Raydonia where he they took hostages and warned Obi-Wan Kenobi that if he did not come that they would kill the prisoners. Personality. They returned to find Oruba the Hutt still inside, who Opress killed before they planned to travel to Tatooine to find Jabba the Hutt.