She had a lot of questions and so he did his best to answer. "He's the most powerful Sith Lord in a thousand generations," Maul said. "I don't doubt his spirit could survive things that would have killed anyone else. I didn't even know he possessed such an ability until recently." Just another secret of the Sith he'd kept from his apprentice.
"I don't know if his 'son' was a pure clone of himself. Or if he mixed his DNA with a man or woman who was Force-sensitive for a better chance of survival and making sure the offspring would also be able to access the Force." The latter would have been more of an actual child as opposed to purely a clone but Maul didn't know enough of the details to be aware of what the situation had been. "While the Force is often passed down through a bloodline if one's family is strong with it, it is entirely possible for it to skip an individual or an entire generation." Perhaps the Force had rebelled at Sidious' attempt to make himself bodies that would last him for eternity, an attempt to keep the Sith Lord in check. The Force didn't like one side becoming too powerful for too long and unbalancing the galaxy that way.
He smiled gently at her, a genuine one. She was taking this alright for having learned revelations which shook up what she had known her entire life to be up to this point. "More like uncle and niece. Distasteful as it is to admit, Palpatine was the closest thing I ever had to a father."
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"I don't know if his 'son' was a pure clone of himself. Or if he mixed his DNA with a man or woman who was Force-sensitive for a better chance of survival and making sure the offspring would also be able to access the Force." The latter would have been more of an actual child as opposed to purely a clone but Maul didn't know enough of the details to be aware of what the situation had been. "While the Force is often passed down through a bloodline if one's family is strong with it, it is entirely possible for it to skip an individual or an entire generation." Perhaps the Force had rebelled at Sidious' attempt to make himself bodies that would last him for eternity, an attempt to keep the Sith Lord in check. The Force didn't like one side becoming too powerful for too long and unbalancing the galaxy that way.
He smiled gently at her, a genuine one. She was taking this alright for having learned revelations which shook up what she had known her entire life to be up to this point. "More like uncle and niece. Distasteful as it is to admit, Palpatine was the closest thing I ever had to a father."