Several familiar voices from the faraway galaxy are returning in Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord—but not as the characters fans remember them playing.
The newly released official trailer for the upcoming animated Disney+ series recently premiered. According to StarWars.com, Shadow Lord is set after the events of The Clone Wars and follows Maul as he attempts to rebuild his criminal syndicate on a planet named Janix, which is untouched by the Empire, where he encounters a disillusioned Jedi Padawan who may become his apprentice.
While Sam Witwer is reprising his role as Maul after his work in The Clone Wars and Rebels, the lineup is packed with franchise veterans taking on entirely new roles.
Watch the trailer for the new series below:
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Richard Ayoade, previously heard voicing the droid Q9-0 in The Mandalorian Season 1, is back as Two-Boots, a droid working alongside Janix police captain Brander Lawson.
Vanessa Marshall also returns, reprising her role as Mandalorian warrior Rook Kast after voicing Hera Syndulla in the animated series Star Wars Rebels.
Chris Diamantopoulos joins the series as Looti Vario, following his earlier Star Wars appearance as the droid MXNK-6 in the hit video game Jedi: Survivor.
A.J. LoCascio takes on the role of Marrok, an Inquisitor who appeared physically in Ahsoka Season 1, after previously voicing Han Solo in projects including Forces of Destiny and The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special.
David W. Collins, who voiced PROXY in the game The Force Unleashed (which stars Sam Witwer as Starkiller), plays a new character named Spybot, while Steve Blum—best known as Zeb from Rebels—voices a character named Icarus.
Newcomers include Gideon Adlon as Twi’lek Jedi survivor Devon Izara and Wagner Moura as Brander Lawson, a detective navigating the same criminal world Maul is trying to control. Dennis Haysbert and Charlie Bushnell round out the cast as Master Eeko-Dio-Daki and Rylee Lawson, respectively. And at the center of the series is Witwer, returning once again as the fallen Sith, Maul.
Developed by Dave Filoni and Matt Michnovetz, the series expands Maul’s story into the post-Clone Wars underworld. Maul – Shadow Lord premieres with a two-episode event on April 6, 2026, with episodes releasing weekly through May 4 on Disney+.
A five-issue Marvel Comics prequel, Star Wars: Shadow of Maul, arrives in March 2026.
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