Star Wars has revealed Darth Maul's critical role in keeping his master's greatest secret. Sheev Palpatine had long maintained a double life as an influential politician and a Dark Lord of the Sith.

One of Palpatine’s earliest apprentices, Maul knew enough of his master’s plan to predict the Republic’s fall and Darth Vader’s ascension well before Order 66. If the Jedi Order had paid ...