This post contains a spoiler pertaining to the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV show (season 3).
Background: At the end of season 3, Star Wars: The Clone Wars had a surprise in store: Darth Maul was not dead. Seemingly killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi in Episode I (sliced clean in half, actually, and dropped down a mysteriously-deep chasm), it turns out that Maul's upper half survived, and he got cybernetic torso/legs implanted that made him even more powerful (as an aside, it probably also made things like going to the bathroom a lot less necessary). It was also revealed in the show that he had a brother- Savage Oppress. Very similar to Maul, but yellow, and given powers by the Nightsisters of Dathomir, Savage and Maul get together and wreak havoc.
Darth Maul: Death Sentence tells a follow-up story to the TV show: the brothers are 'shaking things up' in the Star Wars galaxy, and they kill a few people that makes a powerful energy magnate extremely angry, leading him to put a bounty on their heads. The brothers, not happy about having bounty hunters on their tail, track down the person who put out the reward. All of this gets the attention of the Jedi, and draws them into it as well, making for a pretty standard Star Wars adventure tale. In the end, all the characters end up on a planet whose population is suffering under the magnate, and the Jedi try to both help the populace and bring Maul & Oppress to justice.
The story is okay, as is the art. Star Wars fans will probably enjoy this one; others, not so much. Being familiar with the TV show would be helpful for context.
Rating: C+
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