Now what can I say, season 1 of Maul Shadow Lord was absolutely phenomenal. I knew it was gunna be good but every expectation I had was completely blown out of the water.
Star Wars animation continues to be the foundation of the franchise and I hope they invest more in animated stories in the future. It’s not lesser than live action material and it has the ability to take the franchise so far. With every new show the animation gets better and better, I can’t even imagine how good it’s going to look in 5-10 years.
Sorry is also in order! I wanted to post every week and have this out by May 4th but alas, life’s been very hectic and I’ve been applying for a new job (which I got YAY! 🎉)
❤️🖤Maul🖤❤️
The man of the hour, Darth Maul himself. And what can I say, an absolutely phenomenal job with his character. Although very cool he’s mostly there to aurafarm, duel, and then die in The Phantom Menace. And, admittedly, I was kinda confused when they showed that he was still alive but everything they’ve done with him from Clone Wars-Rebels-Solo (and now Shadow Lord) has been incredible.
Maul really is the Star Wars equivalent of sisyphus. He has all the makings sith with all the chances to move past it. With Savage, with Talzin, with the shadow collective, and yet every time he chooses to throw it all away for the sake of revenge. Despite failing each time he believes that he can have it all.
And Sidious ruined his life. Took away his childhood, autonomy, brother, mother, and his power and he knows he doesn’t have the ability to fight against him 1 v 1. AND, on a bigger note- he’s craving a family so bad. He tries it with both Ahsoka & Ezra (eventually Q’ira) and now he’s trying to again with Devon. He has Devon now but…..he lost his most loyal followers/friends. And we know he ends alone on Malachor, so I’m excited to see where the show takes him in S2.
🌸Devan Izara🌸
Oh how our cherry blossom Jedi has fallen. Alone, lost her entire culture, and the teachings she grew up on can’t be eaten, can’t be a warm blanket at night. And she tries, and that’s the tragic part she tries so hard to follow the right path. Bit after her master dies, her father figure and lifeline to her old way of living is suddenly ripped from her.
Maul’s teachings start to make more and more sense but there’s a part of her that sees the true him. She empathizes with him while refusing to trust him. And she doesn’t know that maul helped push her master towards death.
I hope she continues to grow in power, eventually becoming more conniving and powerful than Maul. Abandoning him to forge her own path in the galaxy. As a padawan she did exceptionally well and I know she has so much more to show!
Jedi Master Eecko-Dio Dacki- You know shoutout to this man because from the very first trailer leak I thought he’d be a one-off Jedi that would die pretty early on. Similar to the Jedi in TOTE. But each week he surprised me. And old and wise Jedi that’s seen tyranny rise and fall (the High Republic & Nihil 👀) and so he believes the empire is the same. He tries so hard to hold onto his beliefs, has broken ribs for most of the show, and his fighting on but it’s a loosing fight. I really feel for him and his plight. I hope he appears in some high republic stories moving forward.
Rook Kast- She was soooo cool and I’m happy as hell that she didn’t need up becoming the armorer. The no bullshit right hand we respected Maul’s vision and he equally had respect for her. Wish we got to see her interact with Bo-Katan before she died but oh well. Her death Sean was gnarly and I’m happy her actress got to pitch the idea of getting her lungs ripped out. So gross but might as well go all out if you get the chance. Gone but not forgotten, I’ll miss you queen!
Spybot- MY SHAYLA! I miss our evil little cat bot, he actively made me laugh out loud multiple times and I’m so sad he’s gone. Maul was rightfully pissed when he died.
Icurus & Scorn- Maul really respected these two and viewed them as a stand in for his brother, although he’ll never admit it out loud. I figured they’d both die tragically, and of course I was right. They have such cool designs and they went out protecting their nightbrother leader. Pour one out for these guys.
Lawson & Rylee- I fully belive that Lawson is still alive. We saw (or heard 😭) all the other deaths so I figure he might be back to tell Devon the truth. Although, if this is his end I think it’s poetic and a fitting way to go out. And poor Rylee is left with just 2Boots, his mom who works for the empire, and some darkside criminals. This guys entire life just got ruined and I’m excited to see where they take him in season 2.
AHHHHHHH THEY DID THE INQUISITORS SO GOOD AS A LIFELONG INQUSITOR FAN I AM ON CLOUD 9! TRULY COULD’NT BE HAPPIER!!! 💯 🔥 🖤❤️🖤❤️
Marrok (1st Brother)- Marrok was this unspeaking, hunting, force in this show. He successfully duels Maul, Devon, and Dacki multiple times. He’s an incredible duelist and his scene with Lawson was so haunting:terrifying. He even dueled Ahsoka multiple times as well and has the best feats from an on-screen Inqusitor so far tbh. He’s this corrupted dark medieval knight stalking his prey. The way they’re let Marrok’s fighting style so perfectly consistent with Ashoka! He doesn’t jump to hang two blades right away, he’s not a talker, and he’s able to quickly defend himself from incoming blows. His environmental awareness is crazy and he falls back on the spinning blades as a finally measure. Being able to not instantly die to Ahsoka, getting some good hits in on Maul, dueling Daki/Devon & Maul/Devon at the same time as incredibly impressive tbh. So cool to see this storytelling be consistent between both shows. Oh and he had Psychometry, how cool!
The Crow (11th Brother)- The scavenger also creeping around and he a more blunt way of fighting, looking for chinks in the armor while Marrok is fighting. His screech was so terrifying and the way him & Marrok move is so unnatural in the best way. And Marrok has the better force sense and you see that in their interactions. Marrok likes to scare the stormtroopers while crow has clearly seen him do this 100 times. Unnatural Spectors that serve as an actual threat to Maul and his team.
WE NEED MORE INQUISITOR STORIES LIKE THIS (PLS GIVE ISKAT THIS TREATMENT LUCASFILM AND MY LIFE IS YOURS)
Overall an incredible show that delivers on all fronts and I’m so happy that S2 was already greenlit and that we’ll be getting it sooner rather than later. 10/10 highly recommend.
It even brought my partner, who isn’t the biggest SW fan into the franchise. Any project can be ✨that moment✨ for anyone, adults, kids, elderly, that pulls this into this amazing universe.
I definitely wanna do a S2 predictions post and ofc some rambles on the Mandalorian & Grogu when it eventually releases! 💚













