Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord Trailer Coming January 22. Star Wars and Disney+ just dropped the news that Star Wars fans have been waiting on since Star Wars Celebration 2025, a new trailer for Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord will premiere january 22nd, 2026. The animated Star Wars show will air sometime in 2026.
After the Clone Wars, Maul plots to rebuild his criminal syndicate on a planet untouched by the Empire.
During the 20th anniversary Lucasfilm Animation panel at Star Wars Celebration Japan, surprise guest Sam Witwer took the stage to reveal his return to the galaxy as the star of the next animated series — Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord. Witwer first portrayed Maul in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, later reprising the role in Star Wars Rebels. In a new series set after the events of the final season of The Clone Wars, Maul rises again to lead the underworld factions.
Fans attending the panel in person got an early look at the series’ new animation style with an in-room-only sizzle.
From the Star Wars website: Now, Maul will receive his own dedicated treatment in Lucasfilm Animation’s Shadow Lord, set in the early years of the reign of the Empire. Like other Star Wars stories, including Andor and the prequel trilogy, we have a sense of where things are going, but it’s the question of how we get there that makes it such an enticing tale.
