{"id":1034,"date":"2026-01-23T06:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T22:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/darth-mauls-standalone-series-premieres-on-disney-on-april-6\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T06:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T22:40:36","slug":"darth-mauls-standalone-series-premieres-on-disney-on-april-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/darth-mauls-standalone-series-premieres-on-disney-on-april-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Darth Maul’s standalone series premieres on Disney+ on April 6"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Darth Maul, the beloved, sometimes spider-legged former Sith Lord first introduced in Star Wars: Episode 1 \u2014 The Phantom Menace<\/em>, is officially getting his own animated spin-off on April 6, 2026, based on a new teaser trailer<\/a> published by Disney. Star Wars: Maul \u2014 Shadow Lord<\/em> was originally announced<\/a> at Star Wars Celebration in 2025, and is set after Maul’s arc in Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/em> but before his appearance in Star Wars: Rebels<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The 10-episode series covers Maul’s plot to rebuild his criminal syndicate “on a planet untouched by the Empire,” according to Lucasfilm<\/a>. “There, he crosses paths with a disillusioned young Jedi Padawan who may just be the apprentice he is seeking to aid him in his relentless pursuit for revenge.” Shadow Lord<\/em> will premiere with two episodes on April 6, and will stream two episodes a week on Disney+ through May 6.<\/p>\n

Like most of Disney’s popular animated Star Wars shows, Maul \u2014 Shadow Lord<\/em> is created by Dave Filoni, a George Lucas supplicant, co-creator of The Clone Wars<\/em> and newly minted<\/a> President and Chief Creative Officer at Luscafilm. Besides picking up the story threads he helped establish in his previous animated work, Maul \u2014 Shadow Lord<\/em> could be representative of the work that will define his tenure: stories that play in the pre-existing Star Wars sandbox.<\/p>\n

Since completing their sequel trilogy in 2019 with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker<\/em>, Disney and Lucasfilm have struggled to define what the future of their franchise will actually be. New projects have languished in pre-production<\/a>, interesting TV shows have gotten cancelled<\/a> and the only things that seem to come out with any consistency are spin-offs of The Mandalorian <\/em>and The Clone Wars<\/em>. Disney and Lucasfilm will release The Mandalorian and Grogu<\/em><\/a> on May 22, 2026, the first new Star Wars movie to hit theaters in seven years. The Shawn Levy-directed Star Wars: Starfighter<\/em><\/a>, the first film set chronologically after the events of Rise of Skywalker<\/em>, is slated to premiere on May 28, 2027.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/entertainment\/streaming\/darth-mauls-standalone-series-premieres-on-disney-on-april-6-224036720.html?src=rss<\/p>

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Darth Maul, the beloved, sometimes spider-legged former Sith Lord first introduced in Star Wars: Episode 1 \u2014 The Phantom Menace, is officially getting his own animated spin-off on April 6, 2026, based on a new teaser trailer published by Disney. Star Wars: Maul \u2014 Shadow Lord was originally announced at Star Wars Celebration in 2025, and is set after Maul’s arc in Star Wars: The Clone Wars but before his appearance in Star Wars: Rebels. The 10-episode series covers Maul’s plot to rebuild his criminal syndicate “on a planet untouched by the Empire,” according to Lucasfilm. “There, he crosses paths with a disillusioned young Jedi Padawan who may just be the apprentice he is seeking to aid him in his relentless pursuit for revenge.” Shadow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}