Yes, that was the character formerly known as Darth Maul you saw in hologram form at the end of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Insane and suffering from amnesia, he ended up living in a junkyard and feasting on rats until his brother, a guy called Savage Opress (yes, I swear that is his real name) discovered him. In other words, Maul is here; he’s half-robot; get used to it. Yes, he’s apparently running a crime syndicate at this stage in the Star Wars timeline, and, yes, it would appear he will be working more closely with Emilia Clarke’s Qi’ra in future Solo films.
By leveraging the strength and mystique of the Force against the galaxy’s criminal underworld, he changed the game in Solo and allowed crime lords like Dryden Vos to thrive. And, if youâve been keeping only one eye on all of those developments, you might be confused again. Solo takes place about ten years before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, and Darth Maul canonically dies for good about two years before that in … Yes. To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Those two characters have a lot of intertwined baggage. Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Timelines can get baffling but, no, Solo: A Star Wars Story does, in fact, take place roughly two decades after The Phantom Menace, and around 11 to 14 years before A New Hope. Maul in The Clone Wars, looking suitably unhinged.Source:Supplied.
First, to be totally clear, a hardcore Star Wars fan or a young child will tell you that at this point in Star Wars history, not only is Darth Maul alive, heâs dropped the âDarthâ part of his name entirely, and thatâs because after being cast aside by Darth Sidious, he wasnât really into that part of his life anymore. Despite being killed off in his first (and, before Solo, only) movie appearance, Maul returned to life in the animated series The Clone Wars. In Solo: A Star Wars Story, Maul rules the many cruel branches of the Crimson Dawn cartel. He finds fear useful when it allows him to manipulate others, but he is also driven by fear in turn. So what gives? Shut up and take my cash. After killing her boss Dryden Vos, Han Solo’s lover Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke) contacts the guy who was really in charge all along, and who appears to control much of the galaxy’s criminal underworld. However, the voice of Maul in Solo is provided by Sam Witwer, who has been doing Maulâs voice in the animated series, including Star War Rebels, where Maul appeared much older, and rocking the same lightsaber design we see him bust out in Solo, albeit briefly, and seemingly just for show. In The Clone Wars (2008-15), it was revealed that Maul — the top half of him at least — survived his fall and dismemberment through the strength of his hatred, by which logic my feelings towards the South Sydney Rabbitohs should save me from any injury I suffer. Although striking fear into people takes him a long way, Maul isn’t very good at holding his criminal empire together during Son of Dathomir. I say “the artist formerly known as Darth Maul” because the character is simply listed in the credits as “Maul.” (We’ll go into why in a second.) Styled by Jessica Diehl. He’s still consumed by the need for revenge, a tragic weakness that will eventually lead him back to Obi-Wan Kenobi. In Solo, we see the cruel guards and rough conditions of those mines, including enslaved droids trapped in the very position C-3PO so desperately wanted to avoid. Nationwide News Pty Limited Copyright © 2020. As an underworld boss, Maul could easily interact with Boba Fett. Maul's Solo cameo directly sets up him working closely with Qi'ra - who he instructs to join him on Dathomir - against Tobias Beckett and his crew, which means against Han Solo. This is, however, the first time the movies have leaned quite so heavily on Star Wars non-film content, such as books, comics, and animated shows. Between what appeared to be his death in The Phantom Menace and Maul’s reappearance on the big screen in Solo: A Star Wars Story, the scheming Zabrak has had a long history, including a surprising rebirth in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. TAGS: Comics, Marvel, Solo: A Star Wars Story, star wars: darth maul - son of dathomir, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), TM & © Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Maul ends up marooned in the Sith temple, where he eventually shows up in Rebels. Another one of Maul’s early alliances with the underworld also raised its head in Solo …. Maul knows what it’s like to have nothing, but that doesn’t make him sympathetic to people like Qi’ra.
He’s just simply Maul now, and as was the case in some of his animated and book adventures, he has rebranded himself as a crime lord running something called the Shadow Collective, which includes groups named Pyke Syndicate, Black Sun, Hutt Clan, and, apparently, Qi’ra’s crew: Crimson Dawn. The soon-to-be Emperor Palpatine decided his former apprentice was becoming a rival and showed up at Maul’s hide-out. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. While most people probably think Darth Maul died at the end of Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, he's had a full life in recent non-movie material, making perfect sense of his Solo appearance. Maul’s search for power brings him far from where he once stood as a Sith apprentice on Coruscant.
Something leads to a direct confrontation between Maul and Kenobi. But he is still played by actor-stunt performer Ray Park, who originated the role in The Phantom Menace. In Solo, the Crimson Dawn criminal syndicate is publicly led by kingpin Dryden Vos, but it’s later revealed that he answers to Maul. Yes, that was the character formerly known as Darth Maul you saw in hologram form at the end of Solo: A Star Wars Story. The Phantom Menace baddie returns in this climactic scene from the Han Solo prequel. Maul is single-minded in his pursuits and tends to put his clashes with the heavy-hitters of the galaxy first, as he did when trying to defend Mother Talzin from General Grievous. Suffice it to say that for people who are deeply absorbed in the non-film side of what Lucasfilm has to offer, Maul has been a big and ongoing presence. Money motivates them. It didn’t end well. Receiving much greater attention there than he did in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, over the years Maul became one of the character's great, somewhat tragic figures. So how could Maul possibly be alive in Solo, and what is he doing bossing around a bunch of criminals?
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In a solo interview with screenwriters Jonathan and Lawrence Kasdan, our own Steve Weintraub got the inside track on just how Darth Maul wound up becoming part of Solo… Next: How Maul Gets From Clone Wars to Solo & Rebels, All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. So, by the time of Solo, it looks like Maul is still doing some crime syndicate managing, either full time or on the side. 2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story featured an unexpected cameo from Darth Maul, which teased sequels, spin-offs, and bigger things to come for the iconic Star Wars villain. That eventually led to Solo: A Star Wars Story: when Qi'ra betrays the supposed boss of Crimson Dawn, it's revealed that Maul is the real figurehead in the background, pulling the strings of one of the galaxy's most infamous groups. If so, that would make both Qi’ra and Han somehow older than Anakin Skywalker.
In Solo, Qi’ra is trapped by that cycle. By the end of The Clone Wars, Darth Maulâs robot legs look basically human, and youâd never know he was cut in half and left for dead. Now that Maul's back, how will the Star Wars movies use him? You remember; it went something like this: Perhaps you don’t remember. "It's just a flesh wound."Source:Supplied. On top of that, Alden Ehrenreich is supposedly signed on to reprise his role as young Han Solo in a couple more films. Unable to achieve the goal Sidious manipulated him into desiring, Maul seeks to inflict the fear he feels on everyone else.
Naturally, in-universe references and larger franchise connections abound in the film—but there was one moment that, at least at the Hollywood premiere, drew the biggest gasps from the crowd. All times AEDT (GMT +11). From the awards race to the box office, with everything in between: get the entertainment industry's must-read newsletter.
Unfortunately for Maul, Solo bombed at the box office, making such setup moot, though there is the chance he’ll appear in the Obi-Wan Disney+ series or elsewhere in the future. Maul is far too popular and interesting a character to be wasted on a 90-second cameo. Photograph by Craig McDean.
Can Darth Maul help? Maul’s search for power brings him far from where he once stood as a Sith apprentice on Coruscant. Use a Facebook account to add a comment, subject to Facebook's, Megan Crouse’s work has appeared in Den of Geek, FangirlBlog, and, Why Clone Trooper Fives is an Unsung Hero, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa: Lessons of Light from Twin Beacons of Hope, 5 Reasons Doctor Aphra Is Dominating Marvel’s. “Wait, what? Solo hits Digital HD and 4K Ultra HD and on Movies Anywhere on Sept. 14, and on Blu-ray 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On-Demand on Sept. 25.Solo: A Star Wars Story Easter Eggs, References and Cameoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPYvqiuJyb0----------------------------------Follow IGN for more!----------------------------------YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/ignentertainment?sub_confirmation=1IGN OFFICIAL APP: http://www.ign.com/mobileFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ignTWITTER: https://twitter.com/ignINSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/igndotcom/?hl=enWEBSITE: http://www.ign.com/GOOGLE+: https://plus.google.com/+IGN#ign #solo Spoiler warning: This story contains details and plot points from the Solo: A Star Wars Story film. Maul’s shock re-emergence might be just what Disney needed. Instead, it forges links in a chain of co-dependence that connects Qi’ra to Vos. Characters + Histories // SEPTEMBER 6, 2018. Meanwhile, the uncultured swine among you are wondering who the hell I’m talking about.
With his last words, Maul claimed Luke Skywalker would “avenge us,” presumably referring to Kenobi as well as himself. Vos knows the value of giving the appearance of wealth and of spending his credits wisely. Here’s a look at him voiced, as he is in Solo, by Samuel Witwer: We don’t need to go too far into Maul’s survival story; just know that it involves a diet of rats, some robotic spider legs, and finally these more practical cybernetic limbs.
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