Again in April throughout Star Wars Celebration Japan, Lucasfilm introduced {that a} new animated collection primarily based on the post-Clone Wars, pre-Star Wars Rebels adventures of Darth Maul was within the works for Disney+.
The synopsis for Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord that was launched on the time reads: “After the Clone Wars, Maul plots to rebuild his felony syndicate on a planet untouched by the Empire. In a brand new collection set after the occasions of the ultimate season of The Clone Wars, Maul rises once more to guide the underworld factions.”
The present is believed to be set roughly one 12 months after the occasions of The Clone Wars, round 19 BBY.
Now, voice actor Sam Witwer has shared some extra particulars, and he clarifies that Maul won’t be sanitized or redeemed as some followers feared – though it sounds just like the character’s humanity will likely be explored to some extent.
“It is about unhealthy guys vs worse guys,” the BSG alum mentioned throughout a current look on Katee Sackhoff’s podcast. “This isn’t going to be a present the place you discover out Maul is an actual teddy bear, man … We’re not doing that. However is he as unhealthy as Sidious or Vader? Truly no. From the Sith perspective, this man has flaws … [there’s] humanity that seeps in at varied factors due to issues which have occurred to him.
“Maul will query whether or not creating the Empire was a good suggestion,” he went on. “[Maul’s] like, ‘Is that what [Sidious] had in thoughts? This can be a little scary. Maul comes from a time of swords, sorcery, magic and knights, and now all of that coloration of the universe is being sucked out of this mechanized Empire. And Maul’s like, ‘Is that this proper? Is that this the universe we had been attempting to construct?’”
It solely is smart that the protagonist of your story would not be depicted as being fairly as evil because the enemies he’ll face, so we won’t see too many followers taking problem with this.
Maul was launched as the long run Emperor Palpatine’s apprentice in The Phantom Menace, and was (or appeared to be) fairly definitively killed off by Obi-Wan Kenobi in the direction of the tip of the film. The character’s recognition led to him being introduced again with steel legs for The Clone Wars animated collection, however he would later meet his precise finish on the lightsaber of his outdated nemesis, Obi-Wan, in Star Wars Rebels.
The character made a return to dwell-motion (as soon as once more performed by Ray Park and voiced by Witwer) in Solo: A Star Wars Story because the chief of the Crimson Daybreak cartel, however the film underperformed on the field workplace, seemingly placing the brakes on a continuation of Maul’s story on this specific timeline.
A Lando Calrissian spin-off specializing in Donald Glover’s youthful tackle Solo’s outdated buddy was nonetheless in growth up till pretty not too long ago, however we’ve not had any official updates shortly.
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