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Credit: LucasfilmThe first official trailer for Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord has arrived, giving fans a proper look at the former Sith Lord’s new animated adventure.
The teaser sets a dark, pulpy tone for the Disney+ series, which premieres April 6, 2026, with two episodes releasing weekly through May 4 (Star Wars Day). Watch the trailer below:
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Per StarWars.com, Maul – Shadow Lord is “set after the events of The Clone Wars” and finds Maul plotting “to rebuild his criminal syndicate on a planet untouched by the Empire.”
“There, he crosses paths with a disillusioned young Jedi Padawan, who could be the apprentice he is seeking, that will aid him in his relentless pursuit for revenge,” it adds.
At the center of it all is Sam Witwer, returning to voice Maul just as he did in The Clone Wars and Rebels. His decades-long association with the character gives Shadow Lord a bridge to past animated Star Wars while charting new territory for the Dathomirian ex-Sith.
Here are all the confirmed actors in Maul – Shadow Lord, some of whom have previously played different characters in Star Wars but have now been recast as new ones altogether.
Maul – Shadow Lord Cast
Returning Star Wars Actors (but as Different Characters)
Richard Ayoade
Best known for the hit UK series The IT Crowd, Richard Ayoade returns to the Star Wars universe as Two-Boots, a droid partner to Janix police captain Brander Lawson (Wagner Moura), after having previously voiced the droid Q9-0 in The Mandalorian Season 1.
Vanessa Marshall
Vanessa Marshall is also back, this time as the Mandalorian warrior Rook Kast. While Marshall is best known for voicing Twi-lek Ghost Crew pilot Hera Syndulla in Rebels, she previously played Kast in The Clone Wars Season 7 and several episodes of The Bad Batch.
Chris Diamantopoulos
Chris Diamantopoulos voices a new and mysterious character named Looti Vario. He previously played the droid MXNK-6 (AKA Monk) in the hit game Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.
A.J. LoCascio
A.J. LoCascio takes on Marrok, an Inquisitor who appeared in Ahsoka Season 1 (in which he was physically portrayed by Paul Darnell). He previously voiced Han Solo in titles such as Star Wars Forces of Destiny and The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, and a young version of the bounty hunter Cad Bane in Tales of the Underworld.
David W. Collins
David W. Collins will play a new character named Spybot in Maul – Shadow Lord. Collins voiced the holodroid PROXY in the game The Force Unleashed, which also stars Witwer as Galen Marek/Starkiller.
Steve Blum
Steve Blum joins as Icarus, having previously voiced Zeb in Star Wars Rebels. and played him in live action (briefly) in The Mandalorian Season 3.
The Rest of the Confirmed Cast for Maul
Gideon Adlon voices Devon Izara, a Twi’lek Jedi survivor whose fate becomes intertwined with Maul’s own. Wagner Moura plays Brander Lawson, a detective navigating the lawless world where Maul operates.
Dennis Haysbert and Charlie Bushnell play Master Eeko-Dio-Daki and Rylee Lawson, respectively. And, of course, Sam Witwer returns as Maul.
The series, developed by Dave Filoni and Matt Michnovetz and executive-produced by Filoni, Athena Yvette Portillo, Brad Rau, Carrie Beck, Josh Rimes, and others, pushes Maul’s narrative into a post-Clone Wars underworld that’s as dangerous as it is compelling.
The 2-episode premiere event arrives on April 6 on Disney+.
Fans can deepen their experience further with Star Wars: Shadow of Maul, a five-issue prequel comic book series from Marvel Comics releasing in March 2026.
Written by Benjamin Percy with art by Madibek Musabekov, the comic introduces Janix and characters like Brander Lawson and Two-Boots just before the new Disney+ series begins.
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