Maul: Shadow Lord
The announcement ofMaul : Shadow Lordproves above all else that his death inStar Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menacewas a mistake , commemorate the fourth resurrection for the character . Star Wars’newMaul : Shadow Lordshowwas announced in April 2025 and is presently set to be released on Disney+ at an unspecified point in 2026 . This annunciation came at one ofStar warfare Celebration 2025 ’s many panelswhich celebrated 20 years of Lucasfilm Animation , reanimate Maul once again in the enfranchisement .
Interestingly , evenGeorge Lucas have it away he made a misapprehension with Maul . Since the release ofStar warfare : Episode I - The Phantom Menacein 1999 , Lucas has been straight-from-the-shoulder about his ruefulness over deciding to kill Maul , leading theStar Warscreator to toy with the idea of bestow him back inStar Wars : Episode III - Revenge of the Sith . Lucas’Star Warssequel plansthen staggeringly included Maul , yet Disney ’s trilogy went in another guidance . Overall , it is readable Maul ’s original end was a mistake , proven beyond all doubt by the character ’s fourStar Warsresurrections .
Darth Maul’s Clone Wars Resurrection Explained
The First Of Many
The first of four Maul resurrections inStar Warscame inThe Clone Wars . The show was craft by Lucas alongside Dave Filoni , with the former insisting that Maul be brought back from the dead over a decade afterStar Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menace . In 2011 , the season 4episode ofStar Wars : The Clone Warstitled " Witches of the Mist " first discover that Maul was still alive after being bisected by Obi - Wan Kenobi on Naboo . Maul ’s long - lose brother , Savage Opress , was introduced in this arc ofThe Clone Wars’timeline .
All seven non - chronological season of The Clone Wars take position within a three - year menses , but where does one class end and the next begin ?
The loss leader of the Nightsisters , Mother Talzin , instructed Savage to find Maul and be trained in the ways of the dark side . Maul was found by Savage Opress in the Outer Rim , driven all insanewith fiddling oddment of identity or memory . The only thing Maul remembered was a lust for retaliation against the Jedi . This need for revenge - and the anger , pain , and have it bring Maul - was bring out to have kept him alive sinceThe Phantom Menace , with Maul finding cybernetic leg enhancements on the planet of Lotho Minor .
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Opress then took Maul back to Dathomir , allowing Mother Talzin to utilize her magik to touch on the latter ’s thinker . After Maul ’s memories , mind , and sense of identity were reincarnate , he go down out across the galaxy with the sole intention of getting revenge against Kenobi . This led to severalObi - Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul duelsacross the Clone Wars era ofStar Wars . In the final present moment ofStar war : The Clone Wars , Maul was shown scarper Order 66 .
Darth Maul Returned In Star Wars Rebels
Several Years After His Clone Wars Resurrection
The 2d " resurrection " of Maul inStar Warscame inStar Wars Rebels , the spiritual sequel toStar Wars : The Clone Wars . After Maul ’s termination in the latter show - which , at the clip ofRebels ' premiere in 2014 , was more ambiguous as season 7 had not yet been released - many were incertain what the hereafter held for the reference . That was until 2016 with the release ofStar Wars Rebels ' time of year 2 finale , " Twilight of the Apprentice . " This installment visualise the Jedi of theStar Wars Rebelscrew , Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger , jaunt to the Sith planet of Malachor .
The troglodyte is revealed as Maul , who wished to recover a Sith holocron to take down Darth Sidious / Emperor Palpatine , whom he realized was the source of his decennium - long pain …
Alongside Ahsoka Tano , the duo seek a way to kill the Empire and the manyInquisitors ofStar war . During this instalment , Ezra was part from his friends , encountering a hooded hermit who insisted they search the same thing : a way to vote down their foe . Eventually , the hermit is revealed as Maul , who wished to find a Sith holocron to take down Darth Sidious / Emperor Palpatine , whom he realize was the source of his ten - long pain and suffering .
The intellect as to why this reveal inStar Wars Rebelscan be classed as a resurrection of the character is the sheer lack of storytelling take him at the time . This episode ofStar state of war Rebelsaired in 2016 , marking the first appearing of Maul sinceStar Wars : The Clone Warsseason 5 , episode 16 , " The Lawless . " The latter ended with Maul ’s crime crime syndicate operation being destroyed by Darth Sidious , leading the blue side master to remand his former learner after a prolonged duel .
Palpatine ’s brutal duel with Darth Maul during the Clone Wars revealed the succeeding Emperor ’s on-key top executive as a Sith Lord more than any of the movies .
After the cancellation ofStar state of war : The Clone Wars , only the comic book titledSon of Dathomirrevealed what became of Maul after that , but even this story leave - off before the Clone Wars close . As such , there was an over 15 - yr gap in - universe of discourse for Maul ’s story , with these event shrouded in mystery . No one suspected the quality would be seen again , meaningMaul ’s appearance inStar Wars Rebels ' season 2 finale was nothing brusque of a second heaven-sent resurrectionfor the fan - best-loved former Sith . This provided Maul with a new storyline until his actual death in a climactic final affaire d’honneur with Obi - Wan Kenobi .
Star Wars Brought Maul Back Again In Solo: A Star Wars Story
This Time In Live-Action
After Maul ’s real death in one ofStar warfare Rebels ' best instalment , many once more assumed that his storyline was finished wholly . However , Star Warsdecided to throw another curveball with the release ofSolo : A Star Wars Storyin 2018 . A twisting - off movie detail the origins of Han Solo and Chewbacca was perhaps the least likely place to possibly find the character of Maul , yet there he was in one of the story ’s final scene . Appearing for the first sentence in live - action since his " decease " in 1999,Solomarked a third resurrectionof sorts for the character .
Maul ’s appearing inSoloblended his two preceding forms : Ray Park provided the eubstance as he did inThe Phantom Menace , with Sam Witwer providing the voice as he did inThe Clone WarsandRebels .
Maul ’s appearance inSolointended to bridge over the gap betweenStar Wars : The Clone WarsandStar Wars Rebels , detailing the quality ’s time as the leader of a crime mob . Unfortunately , Solohas the unwanted record of being the lowest - rankedStar Warsmovie at the box office . Solo ’s box authority bomb meant that any plans for a subsequence were stall , rendering any teases of Maul ’s future involvement null and null . Some mirthful books have fleshed out what Maul ’s part would have been in this storyline , but , on the whole , his third Resurrection of Christ was unhappily a huge missed opportunity .
Star Wars' Maul Spinoff Has Made The Character Lucas Killed A Star
Maul Finally Gets A Lead Focus
lastly , the fourth - and most recent - resurrection Maul has receive inStar Warsis perhaps the bighearted , as it has made him a principal at last . Star Wars Celeberation 2025 saw Dave Filoni bring out the next installment in Lucasfilm Animation ’s repertoire -Maul : Shadow Lord . The series is set to take place one year after Maul was seen escapingStar Wars’Order 66duringThe Clone Wars . free-base on the reveals of the dawdler shown to those in attendance at SWCJ 2025,Maul : Shadow Lordwill act as a predecessor toSolo .
TheStar WarsTV showwill explore Maul reaffirming his station as a crime lord in the wandflower ’s Scheol . Moreover , Maul will train an learner , seemingly ground on Darth Talon , a eccentric fromStar WarsLegends whom George Lucas wished to make Maul ’s trainee in his subsequence . All of this means that , over 26 years after Maul ’s first " death " at the hands of George Lucas , Star Warsis making the character a leading name in his own task . If anything , this makes Maul ’s fourthStar Warsresurrection his most important , in full solidify his “ death ” as one of the franchise ’s biggest mistakes .
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