No one’s ever really gone in the Star Wars galaxy, as the saying goes — but characters like Maul (formerly Darth Maul) are less gone than most. Even when you think he’s breathed his last, the vengeful villain rebrands and returns. Though he was cut clean in half in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, he somehow survived (with the help of cybernetic spider legs) and came back to wreak havoc in The Clone Wars. He’s thrived in Star Wars’ animated shows ever since, but even when he finally, definitively perished in Rebels, he briefly reared his head again in the live-action prequel Solo: A Star Wars Story.
As Lucasfilm hopskotches up and down the Star Wars timeline to fill in various canon blind spots, Maul’s own timeline gets trickier to follow. But the former Sith Lord has the power to flesh out certain eras that need more attention, like when the Empire was at its height. Though shows like The Bad Batch and Andor have done their part to clear up that murky part of history, we’ll soon dive into the period through Maul’s eyes.
