Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord Release Date and Teaser Trailer Revealed, Complete With Double-Bladed Lightsaber Action and Inquisitors

Alongside the uncover that Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord volition officially debut with a two-episode premiere connected Disney+ connected April 6, 2026, the series' authoritative teaser trailer was besides released, showcasing Maul and his terrifying double-bladed lightsaber arsenic helium works to rebuild his transgression syndicate connected a satellite untouched by the Empire.

As elaborate by StarWars.com, this bid picks up pursuing the events of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and finds Maul connected the satellite of Janix adjacent the opening of Emperor Palpatine's reign. While there, helium volition brushwood a "disillusioned young Jedi Padawan who whitethorn conscionable beryllium the apprentice helium is seeking to assistance him successful his relentless pursuit for revenge."

The padawan successful question is simply a Twi'lek named Devon Izara, and she is connected the tally from the Empire aft her life, and that of that postulation far, acold away, was flipped upside down pursuing the events of Order 66. Janix volition beryllium an absorbing spot for these events to unfold, and enforcement shaper Matt Michnovetz shared why.

“It's 1 portion Gotham, 1 portion Metropolis and a 100 percent Star Wars with each these antithetic levels and layers,” Michnovetz said. “It's a metropolis fundamentally built into a crater connected this satellite that is untouched by the Empire. It's got a functioning ideology and instrumentality enforcement doing a bully occupation of policing their ain community. It's a affluent situation for transgression and gangsters, but truthful acold there's been a precise peaceful accord betwixt each of them successful the involvement of business.”

We besides spot a acquainted look successful the trailer arsenic the First Brother Inquisitor Marrok, who archetypal appeared successful Star Wars: Ahsoka, shows up to origin occupation for Maul. It's an inspired prime arsenic helium besides wields a double-bladed lightsaber, though his has a circular hilt. It was besides teased that helium won't beryllium the lone subordinate of Palpatine's Inquisitorious that Maul volition encounter.

“The Empire is consolidating the postulation from the halfway worlds out, and the Inquisitorius is stronger than ever,” Michnovetz says. “They're hunting Jedi and different Force users, doing each kinds of nasty work. The postulation astatine ample is benignant of dealing with this dilatory emergence of the Empire and antithetic groups person antithetic understandings of what the Empire is. The aforesaid happening goes for the inquisitors. They’re concealed mercenaries that amusement up retired of the darkness.”

Sam Witwer, who voiced Maul successful Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, and more, volition instrumentality to dependable the villain this clip around, and helium volition beryllium joined by Gideon Adlon arsenic Devon Izara, Wagner Moura arsenic Brander Lawson, Richard Ayoade arsenic Two-Boots, Dennis Haysbert arsenic Master Eeko-Dio-Daki, Chris Diamantopoulos arsenic Looti Vario, Charlie Bushnell arsenic Rylee Lawson, Vanessa Marshall arsenic Rook Kast, David C. Collins arsenic Spybot, A.J. LoCascio arsenic Marrok, and Steve Blum arsenic Icarus.

If April is excessively agelong of a hold for Maul, Brander Lawson and Two-Boots volition prima successful a Marvel Comics prequel bid acceptable connected Janix this March.

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord, which was created by caller co-president of Lucasfilm Dave Filoni, volition debut 2 episodes each week starring ot the finale connected May 4, and it volition diagnostic "stylized animation emblematic of the gritty caller cityscape locale of Janix combined with old-school filmmaking methods to seizure painterly brushstrokes connected solid and different carnal elements."

For more, cheque retired what other to expect from Star Wars successful 2026.

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