Red Fly originally had the idea of telling the story of Maul's origins and ending with his ' death' at the end of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. Red Fly did not have any story direction from LucasArts other than the title Battle of the Sith Lords. LucasArts contracted Red Fly Studio to begin working on ideas, demos, and mechanics for a Star Wars Wii or Wii U video game featuring Darth Maul, with prototyping for the game beginning on October 9, 2010.