When The Bad Batch ended in 2024, two spinoff animated shows seemed likely — a Ventress spin-off and an Omega-led show — but neither came to fruition. Instead, Disney and Lucasfilm surprised fans in 2025 with the announcement of Darth Maul's own series. Less than a year later, Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord has arrived, and its first season highlights how far Star Wars animation has come.
The fallen Sith Lord's journey has been a fascinating one. He "returned" from the dead in the beloved Clone Wars show, and cameo'd at the end of Solo: A Star Wars Story — a movie set between the Clone Wars and Rebels timelines — before finally meeting his true end in Star Wars Rebels' 'Twin Suns' episode (2017). Despite his death, he cropped up again in the final season of the show, with flashbacks showing what happened to Maul when the galaxy was shaken by Order 66 and the creation of the Galactic Empire.
