Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord Season 2 Confirmed Ahead of Season 1 Debut on Disney+

Lucasfilm has confirmed Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord Season 2 up of the debut of Season 1 connected streamer Disney+.

In a station connected StarWars.com, Lucasfilm President & Chief Creative Officer Dave Filoni said Darth Maul’s travel volition proceed with a 2nd season, showing a existent assurance successful the upcoming animated show. Season 1 debuts connected Disney+ with a two-episode premiere connected Monday, April 6, past 2 episodes released weekly. No merchandise day for Season 2 was mentioned.

Here’s the authoritative blurb:

Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord presents fans with a pulpy escapade that finds Maul plotting to rebuild his transgression syndicate connected a satellite untouched by the Empire. There, helium crosses paths with a disillusioned young Jedi Padawan who whitethorn conscionable beryllium the apprentice helium is seeking to assistance him successful his relentless pursuit for revenge.

The formed includes Sam Witwer arsenic Maul, Gideon Adlon arsenic Devon Izara, Wagner Moura arsenic Brander Lawson, Richard Ayoade arsenic Two-Boots, Dennis Haysbert arsenic Master Eeko-Dio Daki, Chris Diamantopoulos arsenic Looti Vario, Charlie Bushnell arsenic Rylee Lawson, Vanessa Marshall arsenic Rook Kast, David W. Collins arsenic Spybot, A.J. LoCascio arsenic Marrok, and Steve Blum arsenic Icarus.

Last month, it emerged that Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord 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.

Witwer, speaking to Star Wars Insider (via The HoloFiles), discussed however things person changed successful the years since helium killed Qui-Gon Jinn, and past was chopped successful 2 by Obi-Wan.

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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, he’s 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.

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"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."

If you request a drawback up, cheque retired IGN's feature, Darth Maul's Story So Far: What to Know Before Watching Maul - Shadow Lord.

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