Maul: Shadow Lord Is Star Wars‘ Next Animated Series

At Star Wars Celebration successful Tokyo, Japan contiguous during a sheet celebrating 20 years of Lucasfilm Animation history, the workplace confirmed its adjacent large animated section volition beryllium nary different than a Darth Maul series.

Carrying connected a bequest that began with the 3DCG Clone Wars series, earlier carrying connected into the likes of Rebels, Resistance, Bad Batch, and animated anthologies like the Tales series, Maul: Shadow Lord volition travel Maul (played by returning Clone Wars and Rebels prima Sam Witwer), seemingly arsenic helium builds retired the Crimson Dawn transgression syndicate. The trailer shown to gathered fans successful the hallway included assorted Criminal factions similar the Pykes reeling from attacks connected shipments, lone for Maul to uncover himself arsenic the architect. While the show’s look is simply a wide improvement of the creation benignant seen successful Clone Wars and aboriginal the Tales anthologies, determination is besides a caller stylistic flourish in Shadow Lord‘s aesthetic that leans connected unsmooth lines and ragged edges, champion glimpsed successful Maul’s crimson saber blades, which look astir fiery successful appearance.

One of the astir absorbing elements of the full trailer was that Maul finds himself what appears to beryllium a young caller apprentice successful the ways of the Force: a young Twi’lek miss helium liberates from captivity and past begins teaching. Alongside her tutelage, we spot shots of pack wars, aggravated chases done the hustle and bustle of a metropolis satellite (not dissimilar Coruscant, but would Maul truly beryllium playing successful his aged master’s backmost gait similar that? We’ll person to hold and see), and adjacent an brushwood with the Inquisitorius successful the form of Ahsoka‘s Marrok, who expresses his astonishment that Maul has survived adjacent arsenic helium draws sabers with him.

Maul: Shadow Lord volition merchandise successful 2026.

Additional reporting by James Whitbrook.

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