Fans have been fascinated by Darth Maul ever since he first appeared in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. After being brought back in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and making appearances throughout the Star Wars universe, the intriguing Sith Lord is now the focus of his own animated series on Disney+: Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord. The show will explore Maul’s struggle to survive after the fall of the Galactic Empire, showing how he navigates this new and dangerous world as a lone agent.
Lucasfilm Animation’s new animated series, Maul – Shadow Lord, picks up after Star Wars: The Bad Batch ended in 2024. This series starts a big year for Star Wars content in 2026, with The Mandalorian & Grogu coming in May, followed by Season 2 of Star Wars: Ahsoka and a spin-off from Star Wars: Visions called Star Wars: The Ninth Jedi. After 27 years, Darth Maul is finally getting his own dedicated story. Here’s everything you need to know about Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord.
Confirmation and Release Date
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The animated series Maul – Shadow Lord was revealed in April 2025 during the Star Wars Celebration, marking Lucasfilm Animation’s 20th anniversary. Dave Filoni and Matt Michnovetz developed the series, with Michnovetz also leading the writing team. Brad Rau is the supervising director, and the first trailer was released on January 22nd.
The new series, Maul — Shadow Lord, will debut on Disney+ on Monday, April 6th, with the first two episodes available right away. The first season will have 10 episodes total, released two at a time each week. The season will conclude with a two-episode finale on May 4th – known to Star Wars fans as May the Fourth (or Star Wars Day). Here’s a complete schedule of when each episode will be released.
- April 6 — Episode 1 & 2
- April 13 — Episode 3 & 4
- April 20 — Episode 5 & 6
- April 27 — Episode 7 & 8
- May 4 — Episode 9 & 10
Cast
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I’m thrilled to hear Sam Witwer is returning as the voice of Darth Maul! He absolutely nailed the character in both Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, and even brought that same energy to Maul’s brief but memorable live-action appearance in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Of course, many of us first met Maul back in The Phantom Menace, where Ray Park physically portrayed him, but Peter Seranfinowicz originally provided the voice. It’s fantastic to see Witwer continuing the legacy.
Gideon Adlon, known for her roles in movies like Blockers and The Craft: Legacy, will be the voice of Devon Izara, a young Twi’lek padawan who becomes Darth Maul’s new apprentice. Wagner Moura, an Academy Award nominee for his work in The Secret Agent, will voice Captain Brander Lawson, a well-respected police officer on the planet Janix. Richard Ayoade will voice 2B0T, also known as “Two-Boots,” Lawson’s droid partner. Ayoade previously provided the voice for Q9-0 in The Mandalorian.
Vanessa Marshall returns as Rook Kast, a Mandalorian who fought alongside Maul during the Clone Wars. She previously voiced Hera Syndulla in Rebels. A.J. LoCascio, known as the voice of Gambit in X-Men ’97, will play Marrok, a Sith Inquisitor who hunts Jedi and appeared in Ahsoka. The trailer for Maul: Shadow Lord also included the Eleventh Brother, another Sith Inquisitor from Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, but it’s unclear if Clancy Brown will return to voice him.
Dennis Haysbert, known for his roles in 24 and Send Help, will voice the character Master Eeko-Dio-Daki. Chris Diamantopoulos (Silicon Valley) will play Looti Vario, and Charlie Bushnell (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) will voice Rylee Lawson. David W. Collins, a veteran sound designer from Star Wars, will voice Spybot. Steve Blum, famous for voicing Wolverine in many Marvel animations, will play Icarus. He previously voiced Garazeb “Zeb” Orrelios in Star Wars Rebels.
Story
Lucasfilm’s official logline for Maul — Shadow Lord says:
In this action-packed story, Maul is trying to restore his criminal organization on a remote planet the Empire hasn’t reached. He meets a discouraged young Jedi student who might be the perfect helper in his ongoing quest for revenge.
As a huge Star Wars fan, I’m really excited about the setting for the new Maul: Shadow Lord series! Most of the action will unfold on Janix, a planet created specifically for this story. It’s described as being on the edge of the established galaxy – not quite in the wild Outer Rim, but outside the heavily controlled core worlds. What’s fascinating is that Janix is self-governed and has a functioning democracy, but it’s also riddled with crime. Basically, it’s a fragile peace maintained by the gangs themselves, as everyone benefits from the status quo. It sounds like Maul is going to throw a wrench into all of that, building his own criminal empire – and we know where this leads! This series will show how his organization eventually becomes Crimson Dawn, the group we first saw in Solo: A Star Wars Story, and which has been fleshed out in comics like Crimson Reign and the upcoming Star Wars: Outlaws game. It’s a really clever way to connect everything and show the origins of a major Star Wars underworld power.
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The comic series Maul – Shadow Lord takes place immediately after the end of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and runs at the same time as The Bad Batch, during the Empire’s early years. The story is set roughly 19 years before the original Star Wars movie, and about nine years before Maul’s appearance in Solo: A Star Wars Story, which occurred 10 years before the Battle of Yavin.
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