Darth Maul’s standalone collection premieres on Disney+ on April 6

Darth Maul, the beloved, typically spider-legged former Sith Lord first launched in Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace, is formally getting his personal animated spin-off on April 6, 2026, primarily based on a new teaser trailer revealed by Disney. Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord was originally announced at Star Wars Celebration in 2025, and is about after Maul’s arc in Star Wars: The Clone Wars however earlier than his look in Star Wars: Rebels.

The ten-episode collection covers Maul’s plot to rebuild his prison syndicate “on a planet untouched by the Empire,” according to Lucasfilm. “There, he crosses paths with a disillusioned younger Jedi Padawan who could be the apprentice he’s searching for to help him in his relentless pursuit for revenge.” Shadow Lord will premiere with two episodes on April 6, and can stream two episodes every week on Disney+ by way of Might 6.

Like most of Disney’s widespread animated Star Wars reveals, Maul — Shadow Lord is created by Dave Filoni, a George Lucas supplicant, co-creator of The Clone Wars and newly minted President and Chief Artistic Officer at Luscafilm. Moreover selecting up the story threads he helped set up in his earlier animated work, Maul — Shadow Lord might be consultant of the work that may outline his tenure: tales that play within the pre-existing Star Wars sandbox.

Since finishing their sequel trilogy in 2019 with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Disney and Lucasfilm have struggled to outline what the way forward for their franchise will truly be. New tasks have languished in pre-production, fascinating TV reveals have gotten cancelled and the one issues that appear to come back out with any consistency are spin-offs of The Mandalorian and The Clone Wars. Disney and Lucasfilm will launch The Mandalorian and Grogu on Might 22, 2026, the primary new Star Wars film to hit theaters in seven years. The Shawn Levy-directed Star Wars: Starfighter, the primary movie set chronologically after the occasions of Rise of Skywalker, is slated to premiere on Might 28, 2027.