The mysterious villain from 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace never received much of a story line. Until now.
Fans of Darth Maul have released a short film which gives a closer look at the bad-ass duel-lightsabered character.
Taking place before the events of The Phantom Menace, the short film, titled Darth Maul: Apprentice - A Star Wars Film, was created by T7 Productions and features amazing lightsaber battles and special effects that live up to the scale of the official Star Wars films.
![Star Wars fans have made a short film filled with epic lightsaber fights.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/A5HICR56NQWYLC6TAYJQOD6P2U.jpg?auth=857f6bc6b5612151f72890e071c77eb429164b06154bd52c9f0ceb7952f5c963&width=16&height=7&quality=70&smart=true)
The fan-made film was uploaded to YouTube and has already received 413,000 views after being online for only two days.