Sam Witwer Teases Maul’s Descent Into Shadow Lord

Last weekend’s Star Wars Celebration Japan featured the uncover of Maul: Shadow Lord, the adjacent animated Star Wars show. In it, the erstwhile Sith apprentice volition physique up his endeavor into the Crimson Dawn transgression syndicate featured in Solo and Star Wars Outlaws.

During the event, IGN spoke with returning dependable histrion Sam Witwer, who explained the amusement takes spot a twelvemonth aft Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Maul ended that amusement leaving Ahsoka and the Order 66-controlled Clones to die, and according to Witwer, the character’s successful a “challenging place.” By this constituent successful time, his parent Talzin and member Savage person some been killed, and he’s been abandoned oregon betrayed by the allies helium made during the Clone Wars. All that, positive Ahsoka rejecting his offer to termination Anakin and forestall Palpatine’s ascent, has him wondering what to bash successful life.

“Maul comes from a clip of magic… present he’s seeing an Empire helium knew was coming, and the magic and colour is being sucked retired of the universe,” continued Witwer. “How does helium consciousness astir that? this antithetic than what helium expected and however does helium consciousness that affects him? What does helium wanna bash astir it, and tin he? He’s not precise equipped close now. So this is simply a feline who’s trying to fig retired what his destiny is.” That destiny, arsenic teased during the trailer astatine SWCJ, volition impact taking connected different apprentice teased by Witwer arsenic “quite something.”

Tone-wise, Witwer further said Shadow Lord would person nary specified redemption play for its rubric character. “He’s a atrocious feline successful this show,” the histrion affirmed. “Our amusement is atrocious guys versus worse guys, truthful Maul is each spot arsenic atrocious arsenic helium was before—in immoderate ways adjacent worse.”

Maul: Shadow Lord premieres successful 2026.

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