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Maul – Strange Allies / The Dark Lord

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  • Title: Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord – Chapter 9: Strange Allies / Chapter 10: The Dark Lord
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The First Season of Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord closes out with a pair of episodes that pay off on the promise of the series with a series of lightsaber battles and shoot-outs against the Empire. Most of the show’s core cast won’t make it through the end of the season, although the choices on who falls will set up the major storylines for Season Two.

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Maul – Night of the Hunted

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  • Title: Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord – Chapter 6: Night of the Hunted
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The arrival of the Empire on Janix and an Inquisitor (A.J. LoCascio) ripping through the life of Captain Brander Lawson (Wagner Moura) which uncovers both the truth of Maul‘s (Sam Witwer) survival and the reveals the existence of two Jedi fugitives on the planet creates some strange allies. With Lawson, his son, and the two Jedi on the run, the episode culminates in Maul and Devon Izara (Gideon Adlon) fighting the Inquisitor together providing time for an escape. However, now that both Jedi and a former Sith have been confirmed at large on Janix, what new trouble might the Empire bring to bear on the planet?

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Maul – The Dark Revenge

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  • Title: Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord – Chapter 1: The Dark Revenge
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Stuck with one of Star Wars‘ unnecessarily complicated naming conventions, Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord – Chapter 1: The Dark Revenge reintroduces the character of Maul setting events of the series prior to those in Star Wars: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story or Solo: A Star Wars Story. As the series opens, Maul (Sam Witwer) is working from the shadows on the planet Janix pitting various underground mobsters against each other while attempting to regain his lost power. By the end of “The Dark Revenge,” one mobster will be dead with another in Maul’s clutches, a police station will be decimated by Maul and his crew (in the highlight action sequence), and the former Sith Lord will come across the unexpected.

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The Acolyte – Episode 1

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  • Title: The Acolyte – Lost/Found
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The Acolyte - Episode 1

Set during the High Republic Era 100 years before the rise of the Empire, The Acolyte offers a look at a galaxy filled with Jedi. Our opening action sequence involves one of those Jedi, Master Indara (Carrie-Anne Moss), who is confronted by an assassin (Amandla Stenberg) on Ueda. It’s a strong opening sequence that tells us a few things about our assassin who uses the Force, along with throwing daggers, but unlike a Jedi or Sith does not carry a lightsaber. The outcome of the battle leads to the Jedi scouring the galaxy for the assassin which is where things get a little muddy until the show is ready to reveal the first of its many secrets.

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