THE CLONE WARS Featured A Surprising Nod To SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY This Week

THE CLONE WARS Featured A Surprising Nod To SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY This Week

The Clone Wars is nearing its end on Disney+, but footage from today's episode reveals an unexpected tie to Solo: A Star Wars Story which fills in some of the gaps in Maul's history. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Apr 24, 2020 12:04 PM EST
Filed Under: The Clone Wars

This week's episode of The Clone Wars ran parallel to the events of Revenge of the Sith, and with the Siege of Mandalore unfolding around Ahsoka Tano, we catch up with the villainous Maul. Preparing for a major battle against the Republic forces after failing to draw Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the planet, Maul reaches out to the leaders of the crime syndicate.

Urging them to go into hiding as Darth Sidious prepares to take control of the Galaxy following the death of Count Dooku, we see that one of the leaders is Solo: A Star Wars Story's Dryden Vos. 

Played by Paul Bettany in that spinoff movie, the likeness is unmistakable, and this ties Maul's story in The Clone Wars to Solo in an effective way. With only a couple of episodes left in this final season, this Easter Egg is probably the only one we'll get, and there's a lot of gaps to fill in between here and the moment Qi'ra reported to Maul during Solo's surprising final few minutes. 

What did you guys think of this surprise appearance from Vos in today's episode of The Clone Wars? Check out the video below, and let us know your thoughts in the comments section! 
 

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LameLuka
LameLuka - 4/24/2020, 12:37 PM
6 of these episodes bave been great so far. The one with those 2 idiot sisters were by far the worst episodes of the show. But with that out of the way this is how you do Star Wars Disney. Respect the fans and the stuff that came before. Don't try to remake them with your personal agendas
Nebula
Nebula - 4/24/2020, 12:51 PM
Holy [frick]ing shit. Just watched the episode. Oh my god. Haven't been this giddy since Endgame.
Nebula
Nebula - 4/24/2020, 12:52 PM
Maul just being right the whole time. It's all so clever. The fight. Oh my god, man.
Nebula
Nebula - 4/24/2020, 1:13 PM
@RageCipher -
Toonstrack
Toonstrack - 4/24/2020, 1:19 PM
@Nebula - It was so good, one of the best of the series
Nebula
Nebula - 4/24/2020, 1:24 PM
@Toonstrack -
SensitivityII
SensitivityII - 4/24/2020, 1:59 PM
@Nebula - I got chills when he said “we’re all going to burn!”
Nebula
Nebula - 4/24/2020, 2:13 PM
@SensitivityII - Absolutely. Him saying Darth Sidious and being scared, begging Ahsoka to let him die. I cannot get over it. He was basically the hero. I'm gonna rewatch it now. Ashley Eckstein was right, this is now definitively a part of the saga.







Vigor
Vigor - 4/24/2020, 2:54 PM
@Nebula - I may be wrong. But I feel like they rendered the fight in a higher frame per second. It seemed so smooth
TheMandalorian
TheMandalorian - 4/24/2020, 1:13 PM
Are we not going to talk about the possible re-Cananonize Prince Xizor on the left?!? That was not the same contact maul had with Black Sun previously...
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 4/24/2020, 1:32 PM
@TheMandalorian - I was gonna say that! Far more interesting than that Solo bullshit. And Darth Maul. Maybe setting up for a post Return of the Jedi animated series?
patgreyc
patgreyc - 4/24/2020, 8:01 PM
@TheMandalorian - I saw that too and geeked out.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 4/24/2020, 8:36 PM
@TheMandalorian - I was wondering if someone else wpuld mention it down here! Quite the surprise.



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Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 4/24/2020, 1:19 PM
These last 2 episode were pretty damn good, not gonna lie.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 4/24/2020, 2:47 PM
Dryden Vos was pretty cool antagonist in that movie, at least I digged his name.
Philvis
Philvis - 4/24/2020, 2:50 PM
I dread the next two episodes just like I dreaded Revenge of the Sith. Going to miss this show. Filoni has made the missed opportunity, one and done Maul into one of the most compelling characters in the Star Wars universe.
Biggittyb76
Biggittyb76 - 4/24/2020, 6:26 PM
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed Prince Xizor. Also, I was thinking this season would end where Episode 3 began so it’s interesting that they are now coexisting and happening simultaneously
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