With its story beginning fourteen years after Revenge of the Sith and five years before A New Hope, Rebels takes place during an era when the Galactic Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy. Star Wars Rebels airs Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on Disney XD, and follows the adventures of Hera (Vanessa Marshall), Sabine (Tiya Sircar), Zeb (Steve Blum), and the Jedi Kanan (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) and Ezra (Taylor Gray), a small crew that's finding their way in the nascent Rebel Alliance a few years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Shorts: LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles (Mini Movies), Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: Squadrons - Hunted. During the Clone Wars, the syndicate was very influential throughout the galaxy and run by a group of Falleen noblemen from a fortress on Mustafar. When things are going well for these gentlemen, everything is hilarious. 1. "Twin Suns" is the twentieth episode of the animated television series Star Wars Rebels' third season. Copyright 2020 ComicBook.com. Among its members was Ziro the Hutt. Voice acting is a lot more like live acting than it gets credit for; to simply be recognizable isn't enough. Maul's voice now is different than the younger Maul. Darth Maul Voice. TV Show: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Franchise: Star Wars. Everyone gets their start somewhere, and in Sam Witwer's case, it was a brilliant start. … Interviews // MARCH 22, 2017 “It Was Our Responsibility to Make a Character with Intellect and a Heart”: Sam Witwer on the Rise and Fall of Darth Maul The voice of Maul reflects on playing the fan-favorite villain, and their journey together, from Star Wars: The Clone Wars to Star Wars Rebels. Haunted by visions of Maul, Ezra journeys across the galaxy to participate in a strange ritual which will sever his connection to the old master. It is the fifty-seventh episode of the series overall. Incarnations View all 21 versions of Darth Maul on BTVA. Voice actor Sam Witwer recently explained the creative process behind some subtle voice changes he's made to Darth Maul over the years. While he's not the original actor who played Maul in The Phantom Menace (for that film Peter Serafinowicz did the voice and the body was stuntman/actor Ray Park), Witwer has been the voice behind the increasingly popular Maul of the animated Star Wars franchise. He was twice selected for the department's professionally-produced "Capstone Pictures," writing the screenplay both times, but has since graduation turned his attention to writing news articles for ScreenRant because student films don't pay the bills. Because that's his dad, really, so he would have learned a lot of things from Palpatine. Despite a deep personal love for animation and comics, Lucas makes it his mission to know at least a little about all things pop culture, because you never truly know who you'll have to make small talk with at a party. "With Maul's voice, it changes. Sam Witwer is the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. TV Show: Star Wars Rebels Franchise: Star Wars. Only when things are going well.". During a livestream of Return of the Jedi hosted by IGN, Witwer was asked by a fan about his tenure voicing Maul. Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise, created by George Lucas and centered around a film series that began with the eponymous 1977 movie. Kanan Jarrus (voiced by Freddie Prinze, Jr.), call sign Spectre 1, is one of the last surviving Jedi of the fallen Republic whose real name is Caleb Dume.The episode "Legacy" reveals that Kanan entered the Jedi Order before getting to know his parents. Like father, like son. With Taylor Gray, Dave Filoni, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr.. A brave and clever ragtag starship crew stands up against the evil Empire as it tightens its grip on the galaxy and hunts down the last of the Jedi Knights. Attractions: Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, Star Tours. Voicing Darth Maul: Sam Witwer Sam Witwer, voice of both Starkiller from The Force Unleashed and the "Son" from The Clone Wars Mortis trilogy, discusses bringing the iconic Sith Lord from The Phantom Menace to The Clone Wars TV Shows. Darth Maul VOICE. Darth Maul, later simply Maul, is a fictional character and a major antagonist in the Star Wars franchise. Sam Witwer. Star Wars: How Sam Witwer Perfected Darth Maul's Voice. Maul's voice does grow more erratic and unstable over time, culminating, at least chronologically, with his obsessive hunting of and final showdown with his rival Obi-Wan. Warning: spoilers for Star Wars Rebels season 3, episode 20, ‘Twin Suns’.-The age old rivalry between Darth Maul and Obi-Wan Kenobi has finally been laid to rest. Lucas Bermudez is a recent Miami University graduate with a degree in media and English and a lot of free time to watch TV. 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His unique and powerful delivery has since given a rich character arc and a much bigger fanbase to a character who famously had only three lines in his debut. Star Wars Rebels Voice Actors. He’s lethal, a caged animal full of barely-contained fury. Star Wars: The Clone Wars brought a new depth to the Prequel Trilogy during its run, especially where Darth Maul was concerned. Menu. When The Phantom Menace released in 1999, Star Wars fans naturally assumed that Darth Maul was dead and there was no rivalry, but it turns out Maul was very much alive and would reappear in The Clone Wars animated series a … The Clone Wars revealed Maul had survived his initial encounter with Obi-Wan, and Maul has continued to appear throughout the connected universe with Witwer behind the microphone. Between the Serafinowicz voice that was established in The Phantom Menace, I took a lot from Palpatine. And who knows where he may turn up next? When he appeared in The Phantom Menace, Maul was immediately iconic thanks to his terrifying design and the top-tier lightsaber duel he had against Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn.