On the current Star Wars Celebration panel in Tokyo, Lucasfilm introduced the official title and launch date window for its upcoming Darth Maul animated present for Disney+. The mission will characteristic the voice of Star Wars vet Sam Witwer as he reprises his position as Darth Maul from Dave Filoni’s fashionable The Clone Wars and Rebels exhibits.
Now titled as Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, the collection is anticipated to happen “a few yr” after the occasions of The Clone Wars. The primary particulars concerning the mission have been introduced by Filoni and Lucasfilm VP of animation Athena Portillo on the panel, together with Witwer.
“Sadly I can’t inform you an excessive amount of, however what I can say is Sam Witwer’s involvement within the present has been pristine,” Portillo mentioned (by way of Selection). “I’m very enthusiastic about him with the ability to overview the scripts and supply enter in all of that as nicely. Dave Filoni and Sam created the character for animation, and so it’s essential to listen to his ideas as nicely for the character depth.”
When is the discharge date window for the Darth Maul animated present?
In the meanwhile, Lucasfilm is at the moment focusing on a 2026 Disney+ launch date for Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord. In response to Witwer, the present guarantees to discover new sides of the titular villain. The character was initially portrayed by Ray Park and Peter Serafinowicz in 1999’s The Phantom Menace.
“We study some various things about this character,” Witwer shared. “He’s acquired some completely different traits that you simply wouldn’t essentially suppose he has that make excellent sense from what he’s been by way of.”
Moreover the Darth Maul collection, the studio can be at the moment engaged on two extra animated exhibits, together with the an all-new anthology collection of animated shorts, Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld. It’ll drop on Could 4, 2025. As well as, Lucasfilm has confirmed that Star Wars: Younger Jedi Adventures Season 3 shall be coming quickly this yr.