Originally posted by The MerchantThat.. wouldn't be so bad. I've been saying for ages that I'd rather Maul was taken out of the limelight for once and given actual character development, even if it had to be far away from the main conflict or in a new system.
He's probably gunna be the Boba Fett of the new canon. Show up in several stories, then do his own thing.
Originally posted by quanchi112
Disney is smart enough to realize Maul is a huge Star Wars character so they will bring him along sooner or later. I want it to be in a film not in a rebels episode.
Keep in mind, to the movie-only crowd, his appearance would be a "Whaaaa? But he's dead!". Because the last time they saw him he was cut in half.
Originally posted by Q99
Keep in mind, to the movie-only crowd, his appearance would be a "Whaaaa? But he's dead!". Because the last time they saw him he was cut in half.
Exactly.
Unless they spend a couple of spin off films explaining his resurrection. Like a Darth Maul Prequel to TPM, showing where Sidious got him from, and his connection to Nightsister magic. And then in his next movie have it explained how he was resurrected by the same Nightsisters.
Still that'd be an awful lot of effort and use of too many movies just to explain he's still alive.
Best he just pops up in Rebels, or they do a TFU/SOTE type Multi-Media project involving him, where we get a game, comic and novel.
I don't think you need two films to explain why he's alive. A simple rundown of how he managed to survive bisection (his power in and knowledge of the Dark Side, and his hatred of Kenobi/Sidious) would clear it up in under 30 seconds. Not that I want Maul to be in the new films, but that's how I'd do it.
^ I personally think you need a good section of a film to do his resurrection justice. A 30 second/few minutes explanation might seem a little lame/lazy. Just look back on these boards when Maul was returning in TCW with people continuously saying "BUt That's Stupid, He was Cut IN HALF."
Still agree new films wouldn't be the place for him. Rebels or his own Multi-Media project would be the way to go IMO.