Unaired Finale To Darth Maul TCW Storyline Will Be Told In Comic Form
Newsarama has exclusively revealed Lucasfilm's plan to tell the story that would have been the end of Darth Maul's storyline in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The plan is for Dark Horse Comics, which has one year left with the Star Wars license, to adapt the episodes into a four-part mini-series called Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir that begins in May. Here's an excerpt from Newsarama's story:
In this last year of Lucasfilm’s epic decades-long partnership with Dark Horse Comics, the Oregon-based publisher will be releasing a four-part limited series titled Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir that will adapt the screenplays for what would have been the series finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series. Written by seasoned Star Wars comics scribe (and former editor) Jeremy Barlow with an artist to be announced, Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir sees the full-scale return of Darth Maul to the Star Wars universe and into a head-to-head battle with his former master Darth Sidious – aka, the Emperor. Barlow promises to fully delve into the world of Dathomir, as well as some of its inhabitants like Nightbrothers and even a new character called Brother Viscus. Barlow spoke exclusively to Newsarama in our “Galaxy Far Away” Star Wars column.Head over to Newsarama for their interview with writer Jeremy Barlow, where he describes his approach to writing this series ("as new-reader-friendly as possible, understanding that some folks will be coming to this series without prior knowledge of the television show") and much more.
@missingwords @Sompeetalay @ericgeller @12MG12 @amy_geek @JustinL81 Yep. & they came well after what was already produced. (ie. Not S6)
— Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata) January 8, 2014
The Maul comic is very cool, but it *wasn't* the series finale. It was a 4-part arc that fell beyond what was already in production.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata) January 8, 2014
If there's still confusion: the new Dark Horse miniseries only deals with a Darth Maul arc from near end of the series. Not a series finale!
— Jennifer Heddle (@jenheddle) January 8, 2014
@infinata
Really wished we coulda done this story. Remember discussing it with Dave.
— Sam Witwer (@SamWitwer) January 8, 2014
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