Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord
This 10-episode animated crime thriller follows Maul rebuilding a criminal empire in the early Imperial Era, with a neon-noir tone that runs significantly darker than other Star Wars animated series. Violence is frequent and personal, the villain is genuinely frightening, and moral ambiguity replaces the usual clear hero-and-villain structure throughout the season.
Confident Star Wars fans around 10 and up, especially those already familiar with The Clone Wars.
Episodes to know about
The Shadow Collective blasts through criminal rivals and police in the opening; Maul personally cuts down officers with his lightsaber, shown from a bystander's point of view, and kills a crime boss before the episode ends.
Maul slowly drags his lit lightsaber blade along a wall toward a cowering prisoner in a prolonged intimidation sequence.
Maul deliberately collapses a bridge carrying civilians to ensure his escape from a pursuing Jedi Master.