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Maul – Shadow Lord finally delivers the long-awaited clash between Darth Maul and Darth Vader, with Vader overpowering Maul and revealing a new Force power—Force concealment—that lets him strike unseen; Maul, crippled by cybernetics, is outmatched, and Vader defeats Maul’s ally Eeko-Daki while Maul scrambles to shepherd Devon away, cementing a brutal mirror-image rivalry and setting up future clashes.
In the eighth episode, 'The Creeping Fear,' Maul’s memory sequence blends new footage with Clone Wars clips and uses a behind-the-scenes practical trick: animated memories are projected over a smoke machine to create flickering, dreamlike visuals that feel more real than pure animation.
Chapters 7–8 are packed with Easter eggs and callbacks: the Eleventh Brother arrives to assist in the hunt, Two-Boots reveals his 2B0T designation and moves through an Andor‑style rebellion arc, and there are nods to Solo’s Crimson Dawn with Dryden Vos. Visuals and dialogue echo The Phantom Menace and The Clone Wars as Maul confronts trauma—from Palpatine’s laugh to Savage Opress’s murder—while foreshadowing a larger plan against the Empire and a possible Palpatine confrontation. The two‑part finale premieres May 4 on Disney+.
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord launches Maul’s new era in the early Empire on Janix, as he plots to rebuild his criminal syndicate with a new crew; Sam Witwer returns to voice Maul alongside Gideon Adlon as Devon Izara and a star cast including Wagner Moura, Richard Ayoade, Dennis Haysbert and more. Created by Dave Filoni and Matt Michnovetz and directed by Brad Rau, the series debuts with a two-episode premiere on Disney+ on April 6, 2026.
Disney+ drops a detailed first look at Maul—Shadow Lord, revealing Maul’s bid to build a crime empire on the new planet Janix, with TK Troopers, a modified dual-blade lightsaber echoing Ventress lineage, a potential young Twi’lek apprentice in Devon Izara, and Palpatine’s Inquisitors, Eleventh Brother and Marrok, closing in ahead of the April 6 premiere.