Can Darth Maul be redeemed?

Words are snakey.

I suspect that many would feel that Maul *cannot* be "redeemed".

...but can he "reform" himself? Maybe that difference in phrasal would make a difference in opinion.

My view of Maul is that he craves power and always will– and that he'll always lean more toward self-interest and ruthlessness, –but that maybe we'll see him with a more "neutral" than "nasty" overall perspective.

He's certainly an interesting character.

 

I think that he's already reformed himself in a sense...not to be a good person but to be more of a rogue one ( )

 

That's definitely true.

I think he may still be in the reforming process– he may go out in a Vader-ish style, I suppose. (Maybe opposing Vader himself. ...Though I realize that concept isn't a new one.)

(And smooth one, btw.)

 

I would like that happen to him but he killed alot of species in the galaxy, he is still mentality unstable even though Talzin gives his mind a upgrade, he could only be redeemed through act of sacrifice, that's always been the ticket to the light side as we have seen in the past.

 

Wel he is getting up tehre in his age so it would be easier to kill him .

 

Redeemed?

No, I betrayed your friends.

 

The last time we saw him, he seemed very angry after he had learned that Obi-Wan was still alive. It did not appear to me that he is looking for redemption.

 

He is looking for closure more than redemption .

 

Yeah, the real question is "does he want to be?"

 

Reformed?Yes.Redeemed?Definitely not.It's just not possible as he is like the epitome of evil at least in my books.

 

Hard to find redemption when your soul's only motivation is revenge.

 

Probably too late for him

 

Agreed, he needs to let go, easier said than done.

 

well you know my answer to this question, probably.

can he? of course, absolutely.
does he want to be? not at the moment ~ he's off to kill Obi-Wan last we saw him.

it seems unlikely that the storygroup will motivate him toward redemption. but so long as there's breath, there's hope.

 

The thing that makes me think that Maul can't be redeemed is that there has never been anything good to begin with. In Vader's case we saw that Anakin had been a (sort of) good man with many great qualities. He was once good and when he fell to evil there was still something good deep inside to work with. Darth Maul was raised as a baby to be an instrument of evil and nothing more. He was molded by the Dark Side and no matter what we have seen him so, his path is always evil even though he now hates the Sith. Maul kills without remorse and his only interest is always himself. I love his character and what they have done with him but I just can't picture him turning to the light and being all goody goody.

 

Let's not try and redeem all the bad guys - at least the Emperor died evil. Let's keep Maul a bitter, angry and evil fool who doesn't have a character changing and undeserved turn - it just wouldn't be Maul

 

while i will always hold the position that anyone can be redeemed, i do agree that Star Wars needs bad guys who aren't going to change their stripes. The Emperor, Snoke, Maul, Thrawn, Tarkin, Hux ~ these guys aren't interested in another point of view and don't likely see any flaw in their thinking (nor will they).

i think it's interesting that the world of TFA has engendered so much desire to see the FO flip--i don't know if it's just because the bad guys are so cool aesthetically or what, but there's a lot of support out there for the Resistance to turn out to be the real enemy. i don't think that's going to happen. had it not been for the Hosnian thing, i mighta considered the possibility of a surprise flip, but blowing up an entire system kinda moots any chance that you could ever be perceived as a legitimate contender for rule.

Maul has been consistently evil since the start. maybe could have had a moment of sympathy for him when Savage first brought him back to the world, but he's been a broken record of revenge ever since. someone like Agent Kallus has a better chance of flipping than Maul.

 

yeah pretty much this.

Maul seems to know who he is and what he wants. i see no deviation in his character other than the fact that he seems to be somewhat fond of Ezra.

everyone is capable of doing good, and everyone is capable of doing evil.. so i'll always have the opinion that anyone can be saved.
don't think Maul is retrievable though unfortunately, and like @The Hud says.. we do need bad guys.

just to add to that... the dude is like one of the coolest bad guys we've ever had on screen.

 

No, nor do I think there's any reason to do so. We've seen evil characters be redeemed, so I don't see how that would be a new story element. And if that's what they wanted to do, I don't think Maul is the right character to do it with. He was literally created to be something out of a nightmare, turning him good or even neutral would be senseless in my mind.