SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY MAJOR SPOILERS - Here's Who Plays THAT Character In The Spinoff

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY MAJOR SPOILERS - Here's Who Plays THAT Character In The Spinoff

Solo: A Star Wars Story features a lot of big surprises but if you're wondering who played THAT character (you know the one we're talking about), you can find all the spoilery details after the jump...

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By JoshWilding - May 25, 2018 03:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Near the end of Solo: A Star Wars Story, we learn that the leader of Crimson Dawn is, in fact, Darth Maul! Those of you who are even remotely familiar with The Clone Wars and Rebels will be well aware that the villain actually survived the events of The Phantom Menace and has since got himself a pair of robotic legs and spent years plotting revenge against Obi-Wan Kenobi for what he did to him.

What exactly this scene means for the future is hard to say. Is Maul being positioned as the big bad of a Solo trilogy would definitely be interesting but it seems far more likely that we'll see him appear in that planned Obi-Wan Kenobi movie instead.  However, it's also just as likely this was thrown in for fans! 

Either way, we can now tell you who took on the role of the older looking Darth Maul. After playing him in The Phantom Menace way back in 1999, that was indeed Ray Park who returned here but the villain's voice wasn't provided by Peter Serafinowicz. Instead, it was Sam Witwer - who's played Maul in everything from animated TV shows to video games in recent years - and last voiced him in Rebels.

Needless to say, that's pretty damn cool and this cameo was a really shocking moment. What did you guys think? Do you think they made the right casting choice? Share your thoughts down below. 
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hartley07
hartley07 - 5/25/2018, 3:15 AM
pointless. as rebels already shot the wad, we already know how he dies,we already know kenobi kills him, and we already know why hes still alive. The cameo should have been obiwan or boba fett. this cameo was exciting for about 4 seconds until you realize there is nowhere for this character to go.
csims1885
csims1885 - 5/25/2018, 3:39 AM
@hartley07 - most people haven't watched Rebels.
Humperdink
Humperdink - 5/25/2018, 3:49 AM
@hartley07 -

pointless. as rebels already shot the wad, we already know how he dies,we already know kenobi kills him, and we already know why hes still alive.


Is that canon?
Are the writers of the films restricted by what happened on that show or can they simply ignore it?

I ask because a lot of wackiness went on with Clone Wars that I didn't think was ironclad.
I thought they could either use it or ignore it all together.

P.S. I didn't care for Rebels or the characters but Maul's death scene was a thing of beauty.
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 5/25/2018, 4:08 AM
@Humperdink - Rebels is canon, as is The Clone Wars.
harley2011
harley2011 - 5/25/2018, 4:15 AM
@Humperdink - Maul’s death scene was a joke. Maul took Kenobi twice in the clone wars, and then was defeated by him in 3 moves on Rebels.
pchaparin
pchaparin - 5/25/2018, 3:29 AM
As soon as I saw it: "OMG that was so cool, I loved it! Maul rules!"
Ah then 5 seconds later "That... doesn't make any sense."
Humperdink
Humperdink - 5/25/2018, 3:53 AM
@imalantern -

Bet anyone who didn't watch the animated show thought the same thing.

Although they brought him back in those shows and he was a much more complex, tortured, and interesting character, after being cut in alf he should have stayed dead.

Don't be surprised if he pops up in the Kenobi movie.
They did something really interesting with that storyline on the animated show.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 5/25/2018, 3:57 AM
I don't get why so many people find this such a big deal. Okay, even if you don't watch the animated Star Wars shows, maybe just assume he survived The Phantom Menace and got himself some robotic legs?

RedHood92
RedHood92 - 5/25/2018, 4:43 AM
i was surprised he was there and a little snippet of Duel of the Fates playing on the background got me excited
Hope. he's coming im future Star Wars movies
RedHood92
RedHood92 - 5/25/2018, 4:43 AM
@Redhood92 - in*
IronMandarin
IronMandarin - 5/25/2018, 5:23 AM


It was a cool surprise to see him again but what did it ultimately mean?

Maul canonically died in Rebels. I can't see how they're going to follow up this cameo or show what his partnership with Q'ra wil be. Are they going to put him in Kenobi and recreate the scene from the show?
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 5/25/2018, 5:26 AM
@IronMandarin - that would be really cool if they recreate mauls story, but it wouldn’t really be special. I’d much rather see an inquisitor in Kenobi
IronMandarin
IronMandarin - 5/25/2018, 5:32 AM
@MalseMarcel - I see 3 possible reasons as to why they decided to include him.

a.) They're saving him for Kenobi
b) They're saving him for that Fett movie they just announced.
c.) They just included him for the purposes of having an iconic character make a cameo like Vader in Rogue One.
TerryTerrapin
TerryTerrapin - 5/25/2018, 8:30 AM
@IronMandarin - No matter what reason they have, it's still a weird and random choice. Cool, but strange. But it's probably the third one.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 5/25/2018, 5:39 PM
@IronMandarin - That lightsaber was just like Kylo's, or did I see wrong? It was unstable.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 5/25/2018, 5:41 AM
Me: I’m sure this is Greedo or Boba or Jabba or Vader

*clicks article without seeing film*

Me: HOLY [frick]ING SHIT
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 5/25/2018, 5:43 AM
Thanks to Clone Wars, Darth Maul is up there with Vader & Kylo among the best villains of this series. HIs rivalry with Kenobi is the stuff of Shakespearean
gordonh7
gordonh7 - 5/25/2018, 7:14 AM
SPOILER ALERT


I have an idea it might be a planned trilogy. Think about this. We now know Han Solo's Story, but there were 2 story arcs left open at the end. One was Darth Maul Possibly being the Villain in the Obi Wan Kenobi film. But at the same time could we be getting a Qi'Ra film. Think about it their is a huge possible story arc there. What happens to her. Why did she join this group after Han had to leave her on their home world. I believe we are looking at a trilogy
DukeSimian
DukeSimian - 5/25/2018, 8:08 AM
@gordonh7 - if it follows Qi'ra and the Crimson Dawn could this be where Snoke comes from?
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 5/25/2018, 7:58 AM
I thought for a moment that it could've been his brother Savage Opress but after going to research found out it was him. I really liked the cameo.
BackwardGalaxy
BackwardGalaxy - 5/25/2018, 8:26 AM
First off, anyone who thinks the film division cares that Maul's story was already told in a children's cartoon is nuts. I'm not saying they will disregard the cartoon, but they might very well just adapt it again. It's not like we knew what Maul was up to every second. The only scenario they would be obliged to depict a second time is his death scene.

Second, people dismissing Maul just because we know how he dies are also crazy. We know how Han dies for cripes sake. What's the difference? They can't tell an interesting story with a character just because we know how he dies?

And why do people feel like it needs to be explained to movie audiences how he survived TPM? Movie audiences accepted the original Star Wars starting at Part IV.

You critics are insane. How about we just ask ourselves if Maul showing up makes sense in the context of the film you're watching? Well, let's see, he's a big bad that one of the most vicious gangsters in the known universe is terrified of. Outside of Vader and Palpatine, who could possibly be that threatening? A disgraced Sith? Yep. That works. His cameo works. Done.

Star Wars fanboys have got to be the worst in the world. They're never happy. Ever.
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