The story, art and characters therein are the property of lucasfilm, disney and marvel comics. This is a disambiguation pagea navigational aid that lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. There are numerous references to and characters from the series so again while the book is entertaining and features some cool action it will be lost on those who arent familiar with the show. Darth maul teams with clone wars favorites screen rant. Clone wars adventures is a series of digestsized graphic novels published by dark horse, set in the clone wars. Darth maul is a 2017 star wars expanded universe limited comic series written by cullen bunn and illustrated by luke ross. Set around the various episodes of the clone wars that featured maul, the two books detail his and savage opress journey across the galaxy as. Darth maul isnt my favorite star wars character, but this comic was still an entertaining look at. How darth vader fought darth maul in star wars legends. According to the ahsoka novel, the battle sees ahsoka leading the army of the.
The dk star wars series provides a wonderful opportunity for parents and teachers to promote development of young childrens reading skills and motivation to read. Disney debuted some official clone wars twitter emoji to celebrate. Star wars comics have been produced by various comic book publishers since the debut of the 1977 film star wars. The artwork is gorgeous in this series and while the book doesnt delve too deeply into mauls back story or motivations hes angry and his anger has been honed as a weapon against the. Darth maul is a warrior of the nightbrother clan on the planet dathomir. Its not exactly earthshattering, but darth maul volume 1 is a satisfying addition to the star wars comic book canon that is well worth your time. However, the episode is excellent, as you can tell by s 5outof5. Get to know the galaxys deadliest zabrak like never before. The clone wars actor praises ray parks work as darth maul star wars. Darth mauls time as apprentice to darth sidious has long been cloaked in. Side note darth maul is from the clone wars cartoon not the clone of maul that vader fought in the comic. Clone wars sam witwer says the siege of mandalore arc. The clone wars due to the installments sudden cancellation.
Solos big spoiler cameo is a clone wars and rebels. The story focuses on the character of darth maul and is set before the events of star wars. The clone wars finally explains darth maul s role in solo. The siege of mandalore is one of the final battles of the clone wars and will be the final story arc of the series. With maul reappearing in star wars rebels, chances are he will eventually fight darth vader. A guide to star wars books and comics about darth maul. The series, written by cullen bunn with art by luke ross, began on february 1, 2017. Darth maulson of dathomir is a fourissue canon comic book miniseries written by jeremy barlow, with artwork by penciller juan frigeri, inker mauro vargas, colorist wes dzioba, and cover artist chris scalf. A nightbrother from dathomir, maul was the first sith apprentice of sidious.
The clone wars, expressed his appreciation to be a part of one of the last george lucasproduced star wars stories in an interview with gizmodo, witwer explained the significance of finishing the clone wars story for himself, as well as for those involved. Episode i the phantom menace, one of the many important developments that came in clone wars was his return. While clone wars season 7 only contains 12 episodes, this darth maul comic series should have been in it or even replaced existing. Clone wars final season has to shed light on solos darth maul tease. Check out individual issues, and find out how to read them. Clone wars final season should have adapted this darth maul. Darth maul was a cool villain in the phantom of menace. As the clone wars and rebels animated series revealed, darth maul claimed the darksaber when he seized control of mandalore during the clone wars, and weilded it until the empire rose and.
Darth maul is known to people from the movies as squarely a bad guy but the star wars. But this fight actually already happened in a comic book in the legends timeline. Even though most star wars fans thought darth mauls time in the galaxy far, far away ended with star wars. We make no claim of ownership to the source material. Episode i the phantom menace, in which the character made his. The events of the book take place before phantom menace. Since then, the sith lord has returned to infamy, featured on the star wars. The clone wars and rebels animated series, as well as in several spinoff comics of his own and. Darth maul son of dathomir is a fourissue canon comic book miniseries written by jeremy barlow, with artwork by penciller juan frigeri, inker mauro vargas, colorist wes dzioba, and cover artist chris scalf. Each volume is 96 pages, with three to four stories each. There are so many darth maul quotes that can help you when you are tired of being in the same old rut, and all you need is a little push, a little inspiration, a smile on the face, change of mood, bring you out of. The comic is absolutely meant to connect mauls story from the clone wars show with his future appearances in rebels so again this is really a book written for fans of those shows. Maul appearance will also be his first cannon appearance since his death in the.
The comic feels and reads like clone wars lost episodes that were never made. The darth maul, clone warsbased comic book comes to an end, with a giant battle between some very powerful dark sidepowered characters. Son of dathomir comic to better understand his arc. Blackthorne publishing released a threeissue run of 3d comics from 1987 to 1988. Thats why i like comparing darth maul to the comic book supervillain penguin dc comics, a wily and creepy nemesis of batman who resembles a penguin and possesses inhuman instincts geared. This comic book miniseries is set before of the events of star wars. You follow darth maul whos become a leader of a criminal syndicate. That makes for a fastpaced five book arc which includes some guest appearances by darth sidious and cad bane, among others. Joined by cad bane and aurra sing from the star wars clone wars television series, maul infiltrates the pirates and comes face to face with his first jedi.
Maul and his mauldalorians dont appear in the premiere episode of the clone wars final season, the bad batch. Darth maul son of dathomir picks up where the clone wars left off. Maul is caught in a power play between sidious, mother talzin, count dooku, and the death watch of the mandalorians. These darth maul quotes are from the star wars movie.
However, before it can get there a few story points need addressing. Witwer voiced darth maul in the clone wars, the sequel series star wars. Darth maul debuted to incredible hype in star wars. Count dooku is as of the phantom menace and is equipped wit. The story, art and characters therein are the property of lucasfilm, disney, and marvel comics.
Son of dathomir is a fourissue limited comic book series based on an unused story arc in star wars. They have an art style, pacing, and highly overthetop storylines similar to the star wars. The first question most people who only watch star wars movies will have is how is darth maul even alive in the prerebellion days in which solo takes place. Solo held a huge tease for darth maul, and its up to the clone wars final season to. This is the only canon comic series from dark horse. Son of dathomir, a story based on unproduced scripts from the animated series. Star wars brings back darth maul to set up the mandalorian. Maul was sent to fight the jedi knights quigon and obiwan during the.
The clone wars season 7, fans should read the darth maul. One that went under the radar at first celebrates a connection between the clone wars, darth maul, and mandalorians. Between what appeared to be his death in the phantom menace and mauls reappearance on the big screen in solo. Maul is also featured prominently in comic series starting in this period, the clone wars. This is on the highend of the new canon for star wars comics, but its not. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. A lot has happened to darth maul since his final appearance in star wars. Maul is set to make his debut appearance in the clone wars in the 4part series finale hell be voiced by sam witwer. The clone wars season 5, which will be important as he returns in season 7. Darth maul does appear in the animated series star wars.
Originally released as separate issues, it was later reprinted as a full graphic novel. After so many years, i still remember his death scene in the movie. The miniseries was published by dark horse comics beginning on may 21, 2014, and concluded with the fourth and final issue on august 20, 2014. The clone wars sets the stage for ahsokas conflict with darth vader even the creative team behind the arc does not agree on mauls intentions. Clone wars final season has to shed light on solos darth. The siege of mandalore takes place in the upcoming episodes of the clone wars and features the return of witwer as darth maul, who during this time rules mandalore. Because maul had been cut in half in the phantom menace, he required a new set of cybernetic legs for the clone wars. An eponymous series by marvel comics began in 1977 with a sixissue comic adaptation of the film and ran for 107 issues until 1986. To be able to finish georges story is tremendously meaningful to. Black mask reportedly returning for the batman sequels. The clone wars cartoon and this series looks to be putting him in a new light. You learn more about his origin in the third season of clone wars. Dark horse published the limited series dark empire in 1991, and. The final season of the clone wars is tying up all loose ends, and will ultimately overlap with star wars episode iii revenge of the sith, which comes closer and closer.
It was published very close to the legendscanon cutoff in 2014 and is an adaptation from unreleased episodes of the clone wars. Episode i the phantom menace but had his life cut drastically short after a seemingly fatal encounter with obiwan kenobi. Darth maul is as of the clone wars and is equipped with standard gear and bloodlustrage. A star wars story, the scheming zabrak has had a long history, including a surprising rebirth in star wars. Then the clone wars brought this character back, and this graphic novel continues darth mauls story after his capture in the tv show. Sam witwer, the prolific actor who portrays darth maul in star wars.
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