Both he and the Jedi believed that Maul had perished on Naboo. As such, Sidious made Count Dooku, a former Jedi Master whom he had already converted to the dark side, into his new apprentice.
No! darth maul was in a way independent sith lord and planned to create his own sith crime syndicate empire with help of savage opress his apprentice. Why did Darth Sidious teach Count Dooku how to possess Force Lightning and not Darth Maul (Who was Darth Sidious's apprentice longer)?
Even though they were both trained by Palpatine, Dooku and his predecessor, Maul have been enemies every since his mind was restored by Mother Talzin. This is because the two hated each other. Dooku despises Maul for being a threat to him and Maul hated Dooku for being his replacement.
Dooku became a Jedi Knight in his early twenties and took Qui-Gon Jinn as his first Padawan.
An assassin trained in the ways of the dark side by Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress yearned to be considered a true Sith, but such status wasn't allowed under the Sith's Rule of Two. Ventress fought with twin red-bladed lightsabers, and clashed with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker many times.
Yes, Darth Maul had two aprentices, both after he was cut in half. The first apprentice was Savage Opress (pictured above). He was initially the apprentice of Dookus sith assassin Assaj ventress and was trained to help kill dooku after he betrayed Ventress.
A deadly, agile Sith Lord trained by the evil Darth Sidious, Darth Maul was a formidable warrior and scheming mastermind. He wielded an intimidating double-bladed lightsaber and fought with a menacing ferocity.
Yoda held the title of Grand Master of the Jedi Order since the days of the High Republic Era. At some point, Yoda took on a human named Kantam Sy as his Padawan. The two were stationed at the Jedi Temple on the planet Endovar.
In fact, in this same scene, Sidious says he is keeping Maul alive because he has "other uses for you!" If Palpatine thought Maul knew he about his double identity, there's no way he would have let him stay alive.
Dooku voluntarily left the light side behind and became Darth Sidious' dark side disciple, taking the secret name Darth Tyranus and leading the Separatist army.
Sidious broke the Rule of Two at least twice: once by training Darth Maul while still under the tutelage of Darth Plagueis; and secondly, by taking on two apprentices at once, and in the form of two Jedi: Count Dooku, the former Padawan of the legendary Jedi Master Yoda, dubbed Darth Tyranus, and the Fosh Jedi Vergere.
In 2017, Marvel released Star Wars: Darth Maul, a 5-issue prequel series centered on Maul before the events of The Phantom Menace. The comic details upon Maul's training under Darth Sidious, and how he was manipulated into hating the Jedi for leading the Sith to near-extinction.
Billaba became Windu's Padawan and trained under the Jedi Master in the ways of the Force. During her training, Windu allowed her to study Form VII variant known as Vaapad. She eventually became a Jedi Knight, renowned for her skills with a lightsaber and favored Form III when teaching other Jedi.
Darth Vader
Of course, Darth Vader is the most important apprentice of Darth Sidious. Anakin Skywalker was a young boy when Palpatine began building a relationship with him, working behind-the-scenes to ensure the "Chosen One" would join the Dark Side when the time came.
Mission to Mathas. Padawan Windu was trained in the ways of the Force by Jedi Master Cyslin Myr.
Plagueis' apprentice ultimately became the Emperor of the first Galactic Empire. One of the few Jedi to survive was a Padawan named Ferren Barr.
Qui-Gon Jinn's Apprentice was Obi-Wan Kenobi. While Jinn and Kenobi had a great deal of respect and care for one another, their differences in ideology created a tension between them.
In the fictional Star Wars universe, Dooku is a prominent political figure as the Count of his home planet of Serenno, as well as a former Jedi Master, who was trained by Yoda and mentored Obi-Wan Kenobi's master Qui-Gon Jinn.
Fandom. Question: Did Maul know Sidious was Palpatine? In legends he did. In the darth plagueis novel I'm pretty sure there's a part where maul was reflecting on his master's political machinations and how he is publicly known as palpatine.
Son of Dathomir pretty much confirmed that Dooku is far more powerful than Maul.
The battle
Maul was tracked to Zanbar by General Grievous, the leader of the Separatist military, and a Separatist fleet. Dooku ordered Grievous not to kill Maul, simply to defeat and wound his forces enough that Maul would seek out Mother Talzin's help.
Darth Maul became apprenticed to Darth Sidious while still a child. Darth Tyranus and Darth Vader, both former members of the Jedi Order, became Sidious' apprentice, in turn, as adults.
Regarding Darth Maul's replacement, Sidious was determined to ensure that Anakin Skywalker became his apprentice one day.
Darth Maul longed for revenge against the Jedi. He was finally unleashed by his Master, Darth Sidious, in an assassination attempt on Queen Amidala on the outskirts of Tatooine.
In the now-abandoned Legends continuity, his birth name appeared to be Maul, with the title of "Darth" simply added to it when he was taken on as an apprentice by Darth Sidious.