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How did the Jedi Order find out Darth Maul's name?

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  • Obi-Wan knew it in season 4 of the Clone Wars, and the Jedi say it in various novels.
    – user35971
    Commented Nov 25, 2014 at 13:30
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    Jedi spy network...
    – Doctor Doom
    Commented Nov 25, 2014 at 13:33
  • Facial recognition. They ran a photo of him on Google Image search and it brought up his Facebook.
    – Hack-R
    Commented Jul 10, 2016 at 6:38

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There's no canon confirmation, but don't forget that The Republic took Separatist leader Nute Gunray (and his extensive entourage) into custody following the Trade Federation’s defeat on Naboo.

DARTH SIDIOUS : (Cont'd) ...Viceroy, this is my apprentice, Lord Maul. He will find your lost ship.

NUTE : Yes, My Lord.

The hologram fades off.

NUTE : (Cont'd) This is getting out of hand... now there are two of them. - The Phantom Menace

Nute and his men knew Maul's name, and after having had to face four (inconclusive) trials, there's no reason to assume that one of them didn't share this not-especially secret information with their captors.

According to the Lucasfilm Licenced RPG "The Dark Side Sourcebook", Maul also left his ship on Naboo near the palace where it was ultimately...

"Recovered by the Republic authorities on Naboo after his death".

It's certainly possible that a search of his ship gave them his name, perhaps on a rental agreement or a parking badge.

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    +1, but Sith park wherever they want. If there was a rental agreement, I can imagine a dispute between the rental company and the Republic authorities who wanted to impound Maul's ship as evidence. :-)
    – Royal Canadian Bandit
    Commented Nov 25, 2014 at 14:07
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    Nice answer, but come on, "rental agreement or a parking badge"? Like he would sign it "Darth Maul" instead of something like "Totally Inconspicuous Dude With A Lightsaber" or any other mundane name. No, the ship is dead end for sure. Nute and his crew (or some evidence like security recordings or logs) are much more likely.
    – Darth Hunterix
    Commented Nov 25, 2014 at 17:00
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    I bet he had vanity plates. Should have gone with 1I1-III11 instead of STHRLZ.
    – BrianH
    Commented Nov 25, 2014 at 17:18
  • Why are we assuming that he was trying to keep it a secret in the first place? The Sith love glory and all that. That's part of being on the dark side, I guess.
    – user15742
    Commented Nov 25, 2014 at 18:30
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    He signed the rental agreement as "Garth Paul" to throw them off his trail. That's canon.
    – Liesmith
    Commented Nov 25, 2014 at 22:01

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