Star Wars

Maul – Whispers in the Unknown / Pride and Vengeance

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  • Title: Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord – Chapter 3: Whispers in the Unknown | Chapter 4: Pride and Vengeance
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While still including the ill-fated police investigation into finding Maul (Sam Witwer) which I’m already tiring of, “Whispers in the Unknown” and “Pride and Vengeance” give us Maul’s attempts to pull the Jedi Padawan Devon Izara (Gideon Adlon) towards the Dark Side (likely reminding viewers of his similar attempts to win over Ezra Bridger) and get revenge by taking down the Pykes and bending another syndicate to his will.

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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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Shadow of Maul #1

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Set prior to the events of the upcoming Disney+ series Star Wars: Shadow of Maul, the first issue of the five-issue mini-series is a Maul comic in name only (as the character only appears on the final page). The man protagonist of Shadow of Maul #1 is bounty hunter turned police officer Captain Brander Lawson struggling to bring justice to the corrupt planet of Janix (with the help of a robot sidekick).

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Star Wars #9

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On the planet Nagi, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Rynn Zenat, and Beilert Valance search for the Dark Azanti witch Reyna Oskure who has been secretly pulling the strings causing the conflict among the New Republic, the Pirrosi, and the Nagai. Oskure is an interesting enemy, hiding behind-the-scenes, although we finally do get a face-to-face meeting at the end of the comic.

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Boba Fett – Black, White & Red #4

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The four-issue mini-series concludes with a single adventure of Boba Fett drawn in black, white, and red. Boba Fett – Black, White & Red #4 features the death of Grand Moff Tarkin‘s niece by an assassin targeting the overprivileged families of Eriadu City. With Tarkin and the Empire too busy with other matters, the girl’s parents hire Boba Fett to bring in the assassin.

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