Maul Shadow Lord

One of the prequel trilogy’s biggest problems was that, however compelling the depiction of Anakin Skywalker’s traumatic life story was, viewers could never really root for him to stay on the right path, because we knew he didn’t. In Maul – Shadow Lord, on the other hand, we met a Jedi who faced similar anxieties…

Star Wars television has a habit of uneven storytelling, and the seventh and eighth episodes of Maul – Shadow Lord are a good example of that. Some characters benefitted from solid writing that left me excited to see what happens to them next. Other characters — well, really just one very important one — got…

As Maul – Shadow Lord’s first season passes its halfway mark, the show is firing on all cylinders. Episodes 5 and 6 do a fantastic job of showing the desperation of Jedi on the run, the difficult choices facing civilians living under tyranny, and the ruin that the Empire brings everywhere it goes. With stellar…

With exciting showdowns and rich moral dilemmas, Maul – Shadow Lord episodes 3 and 4 took a strong premise and carried it forward in satisfying ways. I really like how this show is dealing with the wrenching tradeoffs that people face in difficult times. I’m invested enough in the characters to cheer when one of…

Lucasfilm has an interesting habit of producing Star Wars TV shows whose main characters are far less interesting than the worlds they inhabit and the people they encounter. We saw this with The Mandalorian, we saw it with The Bad Batch, and now we’re seeing it with Maul – Shadow Lord. Once again, the title…