Darth Maul's Past Will Be Explored in Comic Form
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Marvel's new Star Wars comics have mainly stayed away from exploring the prequel era, with just two series touching on that time period. That's all about to change though, as a new miniseries is on it's way that will explore Maul's past before The Phantom Menace took place.
Written by Cullen Bunn and with art by Luke Ross, Darth Maul, revealed by USA Today this morning, will follow the young Sith acolyte skulking in the shadows of the galactic underworld. Denied the chance to strike at the Jedi Order by his master, Maul goes off on a trek to ease his rage – only to find the opportunity to test himself against a Jedi that he could potentially corrupt to the dark side.
The series will be a five-part story that will apparently attempt to reconcile both sides of the character - the silent brute that fans loved in The Phantom Menace and the cunning trickster Maul that evolved during his appearances in the Clone Wars and Rebels animated series.
The time before the events of Phantom Menace is still relatively unexplored within Disney's Star Wars canon, so hopefully Maul will deliver some interesting tidbits about that time period – while giving us some Sith goodness to fill the Darth Vader-shaped hole in our hearts. Darth Maul is set to begin in February 2017.
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