Coming to Disney+ in 2026
During Star Wars Celebration, which is taking place in Tokyo, Japan, Lucasfilm treated fans to a teaser of their next animated project, titled Maul – Shadow Lord. His story is most likely going to continue to explore the seedy underside of this other universe. CCO Dave Filoni, VP of Animation Athena Portillo and voice actor Sam Witwer were present as the news and teaser dropped.
As far as I can recall, after a rough alliance with Ashoka in the former series, this villain could live out his life much like how Garmadon left after the fight with the Oni in LEGO Ninjago. Not much is known about what has happened since, and I have chosen not to read the comic books and novels which followed.
The production remains secret aside from the news. From ComicBookMovie.com, what’s revealed is that the animation style will not match the previous series and that has me hesitant to endorse. Despite making this visual change, I will watch it. At least, the story is going in the right direction. This website wrote:
“After the Clone Wars, Maul plots to rebuild his criminal syndicate on a planet untouched by the Empire,” reads a brief synopsis. “In a new series set after the events of the final season of The Clone Wars, Maul rises again to lead the underworld factions.
According to Variety’s report, Portillo said fans can expect to learn “a lot,” about Maul in the series. “Unfortunately, I can’t tell you too much, but what I can say is Sam Witwer’s involvement in the show has been pristine,” she said. “I’m very excited about him being able to review the scripts and provide input in all of that as well. Dave Filoni and Sam created the character for animation, and so it’s very important to hear his thoughts as well for the character depth.”
Until the series airs, fans might want to get caught up by watching this list of films and episodes to get up to speed:
Star Wars, Episode 1 “The Phantom Menace”
Season 4, Episode 21 “Brothers” and 22 “Revenge”
Season 5, episode 1 “Revival,” 14 “Eminence,” “Shades of Reason,” and “The Lawless”
Season 7, Episode 8 “Together Again,” 9 “Old Friends not Forgotten,” 10 “The Phantom Apprentice,” 11 “Shattered,” and 12 “Victory and Death.”
As for written material:
The Wrath of Darth Maul (2012)
Lockdown: Star Wars Legends (2015)
Shadow Hunter: Star Wars Legends (2022)
In the graphic novel front, there’s
(Dark Horse Comics) Darth Maul, Death Sentence
(Dark Horse Comics/ reprinted by Marvel Comics) Star Wars: Darth Maul
(Dark Horse Comics/ reprinted by Marvel Comics) Son Of Dathomir
(Marvel Comics) Black, White and Red
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