Star Wars Re-Watch Podcast Andor Maul Shadow Lord The Dark Revenge and Sinister Schemes

Maul: Shadow Lord – The Dark Revenge and Sinister SchemesHowdy, spacefarers. I am glad I decided to write this and record an episode when we did. What initially started out as unbridled joy became intense pain.Darth Maul is not a character. He is a character design. That’s all.It took me a week to realize this after watching both episodes of Disney’s latest series, Maul: Shadow Lord.Think back to even before the theatrical release of The Phantom Menace. You had magazine covers with Maul’s face. He looked cool, evil, alien, etc. Then, about one-third of the way through the movie, we are introduced to Darth Maul via Sidious. Zero dialogue. Just menacing looks.That’s not a character.Yes, we understand Sidious is ultimately manipulating everything behind the scenes, but how does Maul fit in?He does not.So what did George Lucas do with this interesting design? Well, he retconned him, of course—which was completely unnecessary. You could have told the story of Maul’s training by Sidious, and it would have been just as good of a series. You did not need to go back and give him a brother in Savage Opress or a mother in Talzin.It could have just been about when Sidious found him and trained him, and all of their plans, which would eventually culminate in what we saw in The Phantom Menace. No longer could they hide their machinations from both the Galactic Senate and the Trade Federation. Thus, Sidious orders his apprentice out of the shadows to eliminate the prying eyes of the Jedi or any other interlopers.When Darth Bane and Darth Zannah went about their plans to dominate the galaxy, the Rule of Two was instituted to limit the number of rivals to ultimate power. In addition, all actions would be concealed several times over through the use of intermediaries, criminal organizations, etc.All the while, those in power have no idea who is actually pulling the strings.Anyway, I am still looking forward to the show. I definitely need to review Maul’s story arc in The Clone Wars and Rebels.Thanks for listening.Visit the ⁠blog⁠ ⁠⁠https://starwarsrewatchpodcast.wordpr...⁠⁠Join us on ⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ / discord ⁠⁠Tweet us ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/SWRewatchPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe on ⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠ / @star_warsre-watchpodcast ⁠⁠Subscribe on ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...⁠⁠Subscribe on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠ ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/01A7kKh...#DarthMaul #ShadowLord #StarWars #StarWarsTheory #SithLore #RuleOfTwo #DarthSidious #PhantomMenace #CloneWars #StarWarsRebels #StarWarsReview #Maul #GeorgeLucas #Lucasfilm #DisneyPlus #StarWarsDiscussion #GeekCulture #SciFi #FilmAnalysis #LoreBreakdown