‘Star Wars' Darth Maul Animated Series Ordered By Disney+; Sam Witwer Returns To Voice Villain
Star Wars' iconic villain Darth Maul is returning to the screen with a new animated series at Disney+. Maul: Shadow Lord was announced Friday during Lucasfilm Animation's panel at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo with Sam Witwer, who has voiced the character in several iterations, returning to reprise the role.
Witwer himself took the stage to announce his return in the series, which is currently in production and set for premiere on Disney+ in 2026. He previously voiced the character in in animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels and in the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story.
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The new series is set after the events of the final season of The Clone Wars, with Maul rising again to lead the underworld factions, according to starwars.com
Attendees at the Star Wars Celebration panel got a glimpse of the new series in a clip which reportedly reveals Maul training a Twi'lek apprentice that appears to be the future Darth.
The Darth Maul character first appeared in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
Witwer has worked on numerous projects in the Star Wars universe, first voicing Starkiller in the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game series. His other credits include the role of Crashdown in Battlestar Galactica, Davis Bloome in Smallville, Aidan Waite in Being Human, Mr. Hyde in Once Upon a Time, Ben Lockwood in Supergirl, and Rupert Chipping in Riverdale.
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