"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."
"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."
"Shadow Lord's first official trailer, which follows Maul as he rises from the ashes of Order 66, gives us a bit more context. Not only will the series show us how he came to lead Crimson Dawn and unite a fractured galactic underworld, but it also sees him take on a new apprentice. The Twi'lek he teams up with bears a startling resemblance to Darth Talon, a Sith from non-canon comic books."
Darth Maul survived being cut in half in The Phantom Menace, using cybernetic spider legs to return and continue his vendetta through The Clone Wars and other appearances. Maul later led the Crimson Dawn criminal syndicate as seen in Solo. Lucasfilm is filling canon blind spots across the timeline and is developing Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord, set between The Clone Wars and Solo. The series follows Maul rising from the ashes of Order 66, charting his unification of a fractured underworld and his recruitment of a Twi'lek apprentice resembling non-canon Sith Darth Talon.
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