'Boy, We Could Sure Use a Jedi Knight or Two' — Years After Stabbing Qui-Gon in the Gut, Star Wars Voice Actor Says Darth Maul Now Respects His Former Enemies

Darth Maul's caller Disney+ TV bid volition amusement a changed mentation of the infamous Star Wars: The Phantom Menace villain — 1 who has learned that there's "something to respect" astir the Jedi.

That's according to seasoned Darth Maul dependable histrion Sam Witwer, speaking to Star Wars Insider (via The HoloFiles), who has previewed his character's upcoming instrumentality by discussing however things person changed successful the years since helium killed Qui-Gon Jinn, and past was chopped successful 2 by Obi-Wan.

For those who haven't followed what happened adjacent to Darth Maul (who ended Phantom Menace successful 2 pieces), the abbreviated mentation is helium was revived, somehow, and enjoyed a fashionable tally successful the Star Wars: Clone Wars TV show. Now, the horny antagonist is backmost for more, this clip arsenic the prima of Maul: Shadow Lord, a 10-episode animated amusement acceptable to diagnostic much of his exploits.

"We prime up aft The Clone Wars," Witwer said, mounting the scene. "The Empire has taken over, and Maul's reassessing everything. There were plans successful spot that were expected to insulate him from the changes erstwhile the Empire came to power, and a batch of the radical that were expected to beryllium determination for him were not. He's getting backmost connected his feet, the particulate is clearing, and he's looking astir astatine the Empire — the happening helium and his maestro had been moving toward since helium was an apprentice — and thinking, 'Is this what Palpatine had successful mind? How bash I consciousness astir this?'"

As the bid volition seemingly show, Maul does not person a large feeling astir this — what the Empire is up to and however it is simply a authorities that exists for "influence, powerfulness and money." At the aforesaid time, Maul is besides harbouring changed thoughts connected his erstwhile master, pursuing Darth Sidious' execution of Maul's member Savage Opress.

"He was trained to hatred and destruct the Jedi without ever questioning it," Witwer continued. "Now he’s looking astatine the postulation going, 'Boy, we could definite usage a Jedi Knight oregon two.' At slightest with the Jedi you knew wherever they stood. There's thing to respect there. This Empire, helium sees nary values there, conscionable the bare drawback for influence, power, and money. Principles are gone. And helium looks astatine that with a definite level of distaste. He whitethorn not person agreed with the Jedi Knights, but astatine slightest they had principles. You knew who you were dealing with and you could crushed with that. There’s nary reasoning with the Empire."

All of that said, don't expect Maul to abruptly go a cuddly character. "This amusement is atrocious guys versus worse guys," Witwer concluded, "and Maul's connected the bad-guy broadside of that equation."

Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord volition premiere via Disney+ connected April 6, 2026, with 2 episodes being released each week until May 4.

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