The last four episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars are coming soon, detailing the final days of the struggle and the Siege of Mandalore. Ex-Jedi Ahsoka Tano will be called upon to aid her former master Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in wresting countries around the world of Mandalore away from the restrain of Maul, the onetime apprentice to Darth Sidious and now the leader of Crimson Dawn, his own criminal dominion. The final incidents promise to have spate of action-packed instants of galactic ratios. However, there are some questions as to how Darth Maul is on Mandalore in the first place.

When devotees last-place accompany Maul in Clone Wars, his former master has killed his brother and captured Maul himself. So how is he now back on Mandalore, decision his criminal project once again? The Son of Dathomir comic line has the answers and fill in the chinks, changed from unused dialogues of the Clone Wars succession itself, which begs the question: Why wasn’t this comic series arc for Maul in the final season to begin with? It seems as though it would have been a great fit, as opposes it another arc that actually is in Season 7 and perhaps shouldn’t be.

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Son of Dathomir actually details Maul’s rescue and escape from Sidious, thanks to his loyal Mandalorian soldiers. Once having retreated, Maul regains controller of his Shadow Collective of criminals and prepares for Sidious to inevitably strike back. Indeed Sidious does, transmitting Dooku and General Grievous both to end Maul once and for all, as well as the Nightsister matriarch Mother Talzin( who is revealed to be Maul’s actual father as well in this series ). After a big clash accrued ponderous loss on both sides as well as Dooku’s capture, the Republic makes notice, exclusively Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Republic stages an attack on Maul, and Maul reassures Dooku to temporarily attach him in warding off the Republic’s impels. Maul then takes Dooku to his homeworld of Dathomir in order to sacrifice him to grant Mother Talzin a physical body once more. However, Sidious and Grievous both arrive on Dathomir, and an epic battle follows: Maul and Dooku( is in possession of Talzin) take over Sidious and Grievous. In the end, the power of Sidious is no match for Talzin, and she returns her life so that her son might escape. Maul then presumedly retreats to Mandalore, which is where fans will find him in the last episodes of Season 7.

The part narrative of Son of Dathomir is completely epic through and through: secreted truths discovered, dark dissents, awkward partnerships instantly smashed, and an epic clash peculiarity every major rascal during the Clone Wars period. Why wasn’t this incredible story part of the actual series? In truth, they virtually were. Son of Dathomir was based on unused writes when Clone Wars was canceled on Cartoon Network after Disney bought the Star Wars franchise back in 2012. Furthermore, regrettably, it wasn’t a part of the sixth season that aired on Netflix a couple of years later in 2014, despite the miniseries being published just after in the same year. At that instant in time, it was most likely assumed by the creatives in charge, such as supervising director Dave Filoni, that this sixth season was to be Clone Wars’ last and that the best way to tell this Maul arc would be via the comics medium( however that certainly converted with the freeing of Disney+ and the opportunity for one more season .)

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While the decision to not have Son of Dathomir as an arc in the final season most likely came from a desire to not retread narratives that had basically already been told in the comics, this arc for Maul feels pretty critical to his overall development. Without this story, Maul is captured by Sidious in Season 5, and is then next control back in control on Mandalore at Season 7’s aspiration. While there could certainly be some strings of exposition to provide the context the comic renders, that seems like a horrid garbage. This epic story feels is worth the animated sequence, and should have perhaps superseded an arc that did make the cut. A excellent illustration “wouldve been” 4 most pressing episodes prior to the upcoming final four, which feature Ahsoka helping two contending sisters in the underbelly of Coruscant. While these incidents are by no means poverty-stricken in their own dynamics and booking, they do seem like they would have been better suited for the season before this final one, especially in contrast to Son of Dathomir, which has all the thumps one would expect from a climax and final season. In all such cases, hopefully, Son of Dathomir will at least get that contextual description in a mention or citation, and not swept under the rug to be forgotten.

The first chapter of Clone Wars: The Siege of Mandalore breaths Friday, April 17 th.

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