The expansion of Star Wars canon over the years in various movies, TV shows, video games, comic books and novelizations has added countless layers of mythology onto the franchise, often leading to elaborate and complicated backstories for characters that have only been glimpsed fleetingly in live-action.
It’s often used to give more depth to those that quickly become fan favorites but don’t factor heavily into Disney and Lucasfilm’s big screen plans in a major way, and Darth Maul has turned out to be one of the biggest beneficiaries. Maul almost instantly ascended to iconic status following his debut in The Phantom Menace, and despite being killed off by the end of the movie, he hasn’t lost any of his popularity in the two decades since.
As well as playing a featured role in the critically-acclaimed latter seasons of The Clone Wars, the Sith also made a cameo appearance in Solo,...
It’s often used to give more depth to those that quickly become fan favorites but don’t factor heavily into Disney and Lucasfilm’s big screen plans in a major way, and Darth Maul has turned out to be one of the biggest beneficiaries. Maul almost instantly ascended to iconic status following his debut in The Phantom Menace, and despite being killed off by the end of the movie, he hasn’t lost any of his popularity in the two decades since.
As well as playing a featured role in the critically-acclaimed latter seasons of The Clone Wars, the Sith also made a cameo appearance in Solo,...
- 5/30/2020
- by Scott Campbell
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