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George Lucas was the mastermind behindDarth Maul ’s Resurrection of Christ inStar war : The Clone Wars- a decision that surprised even his fellow creatives . Palpatine ’s first apprentice inStar war : Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Darth Maul was apparently kill by Obi - Wan Kenobi at the end of the movie . Surprisingly , though , he would return year later as a major villain inStar war : The Clone Wars . Darth Maul had survived his " dying " on Naboo , one of the most staggering retcons inStar Warshistory , and it was all George Lucas ' estimation .
Even Lucas ' creative squad were take aback . Lucas ' protégé Dave Filoni retrieve his astonishment in an interview write inStar war Insider#134 : " When I saw Phantom Menace , and I saw Darth Maul get reduce in half , I retrieve , ' Oh yeah , George unquestionably does n’t want that hombre coming back . ' And then many years after , I ’m in a elbow room with him at Skywalker Ranch , and he tell , ' This Savage Opress affair is going really well … we’re buy the farm to bring Darth Maul back now . ' " The introduction of theNightsisters of Dathomirmade this shocking twist possible .
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George Lucas Knew Killing Darth Maul Was A Mistake
There ’s abundant evidenceGeorge Lucas always knew he made a mistake wipe out MaulinThe Phantom Menace . The Sith Lord ’s direful smiler made him a monolithic draw for the movie , and Darth Maul appeared prominently in trailers and promotional material , but his fate had already been sealed . Lucas considered bringing Maul back as the true personal identity of General Grievous , but he abandoned that program - even if he did repurpose the cybernetics idea when he would eventually resurrect Maul inStar Wars : The Clone Wars .
Lucas ' sequel trilogy plans would have have Darth Maul as the principal baddie
Incredibly , Lucas ' continuation trilogy planswould have featured Darth Maul as the primary villain - now a crime lord , master of a character named Darth Talon who had been pulled out of Legends . These plans were nixed , of class , but they rise just how much Lucas total to hump Darth Maul . Star Wars : The Clone Warssimply became the right place for him to return .
Oddly enough , Lucasfilm did ultimately find a means to honor Lucas ' plans for Maul . Solo : A Star Wars Story ’s endingrevealedDarth Maulwas the beginner of the crime pool know as Crimson Dawn , a status quo very similar to the one in Lucas ' subsequence trilogy . It had been shifted around in the timeline somewhat , taking place in the Dark Times of the Empire ’s reign , but the idea was pretty much the same . woefully , it has yet to be developed in further details afterSolo ’s disastrous box spot performance , but hopefully that will change with sentence .
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