The Sith Lord character of Darth Maul was seemingly a uncommon component of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace that had been scrutinized by audiences. In truth, followers of Star Wars wished the character had extra time to shine and clamored for extra from him. Fortunately, Lucasfilm introduced him again for The Clone Wars sequence, in addition to Star Wars Rebels. The character even made a shock cameo look within the spin-off Solo: A Star Wars Story. Now that Star Wars Celebration is underway, in response to The Hollywood Reporter, this morning noticed the announcement of a brand new Darth Maul chapter.
A brand new animated sequence that might be centered round Darth Maul was revealed to be heading for Disney+. The present is alleged to be titled Maul: Shadow Lord. Lucasfilm CCO Dave Filoni made the announcement with the VP of the animation division, Athena Portillo, throughout a panel that celebrated the twentieth anniversary of Lucasfilm Animation. Filoni and Portillo would mirror on the animation division’s previous tasks, and as they moved on to the upcoming tasks, they revealed a trailer for the present on the viewers with out preamble. The response within the room grew to become uproarious.
Per THR, “The show, which will tell the story of Maul teaching an apprentice, will debut in 2026.” Whereas martial arts actor Ray Park introduced Maul’s unbelievable combating capability to life in The Phantom Menace, the distinct voice of English actor and comic Peter Serafinowicz was offered for the character within the dialogue scenes. Since then, voice actor Sam Witwer has offered the dialogue for Maul within the majority of different appearances, which incorporates The Clone Wars, Rebels and a number of other video video games. Witwer might be reprising the function as Darth Maul for the brand new animated sequence.
It was additionally lately introduced that Shawn Levy’s film within the galaxy far, distant might be titled Star Wars: Starfighter and might be lead by Ryan Gosling. In a press release, Disney mentioned, “Star Wars: Starfighter, which will be directed by Shawn Levy and star Ryan Gosling, is a standalone adventure taking place approximately five years after the events of 2019’s Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker. The film, which will begin production this Fall, is an entirely new adventure featuring all-new characters set in a period of time that has not been explored on screen yet.”
