Lockdown was one of the last novels written before Disney took over Lucasfilm, and as a result, it is one of the last Legends novels. The story is set about a year before the events of The Phantom Menace. Sidious dispatches Maul to a space prison to pose as an inmate to make contact with a weapons dealer imprisoned there. The plan is to acquire a nuclear weapon that the weapons dealer has been building in the prison and sell it to a dark-side coven called Bando Gora. The novel is kind of a mix of Star Wars and Death Race, because inmates of the prison are forced to partake in gladiator-style combat, and they have explosives in their chests to keep them in line.
Overall, the book is good, but not great. The plot is a bit silly, but there is a lot of action and the story gives more depth to the character of Darth Maul than he had before in the material that is now Legends. Of course, that changed after Disney took over, but up to this point, Maul was not really developed much beyond what we saw of him in Episode I. I would not say that the novel is a must-read, especially since it is not canon, but if you are a fan of the character of Maul, then it is still worth checking out.
Overall, the book is good, but not great. The plot is a bit silly, but there is a lot of action and the story gives more depth to the character of Darth Maul than he had before in the material that is now Legends. Of course, that changed after Disney took over, but up to this point, Maul was not really developed much beyond what we saw of him in Episode I. I would not say that the novel is a must-read, especially since it is not canon, but if you are a fan of the character of Maul, then it is still worth checking out.
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