Star Wars is gonna Star Wars. And there’s gonna be more cartoons! Specifically, there’s going to be Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord. I think it’s gonna take place…I have no idea. but Darth Maul is gonna be a dude operating from the shadows doing crime and fighting Stormtroopers. Sounds good to me!

And it looks good to me, too. Looks like Darth Maul doing cool, shadowy things, possibly against the Empire. Does it impact things that we already know his future and how he dies? Nah. I’ll just enjoy watching Darth Maul do cool stuff.

Hopefully they’ve drawn some inspiration from Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, a 2001 novel I devoured as a young lad after The Phantom Menace came out. It’s a prequel about Darth maul doing evil, cool things from the shadows, and features some awesome side characters. And this cartoon features some potentially awesome side characters!

Might one of these supporting character Jedi be named Darsha Assant? Man, I hope so.

Anyway, Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord will come to Disney+ on April 6.

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