Star Wars news: Darth Vader KILLED Darth Maul in original Rebels plot
STAR WARS fans who have only ever seen the movies will know that Obi-Wan Kenobi appeared to kill Darth Maul by cutting him in half and nudging him down a hole in The Phantom Menace.
Viewers of the animated shows, however, will know that he managed to survive.
In The Clone Wars, it was revealed that he managed to use his pain and rage to wrap himself in dark side energy and live on.
Now, he’s expected to clash once again with Kenobi in the upcoming Star Wars: Rebels episode Twin Suns - but he was originally supposed to have perished for good long ago.
Rebels producer Dave Filoni has revealed that he was intended to perish in the season two finale - at the hands of Darth Vader.
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Originally in that episode you were gonna get Vader fighting Maul
“Originally Maul perished in the season two finale where he returned,” he explained to io9.
“It was a one-off appearance… So originally in that episode you were gonna get Vader fighting Maul, Vader would have killed Maul, and then fought Ahsoka.
“It just became unwieldy… There were too many storylines, and there isn’t enough emotional material between Vader and Maul.”
He reasoned: “It’s more of a fan fiction fun thought that they fought.
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“The emotional drama was really between Vader and Ahsoka. So we decided to let Maul live.”
Twin Suns takes the third season of Rebels towards its conclusion, with Zero Hour: Part 1 and Part 2 set to air on March 25.
Meanwhile The Last Jedi, the next film in the main series, is due out on December 15.
