{"id":436246,"date":"2022-04-22T23:03:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T20:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-force-unleashed-sparked-darth-mauls-redemption\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T23:03:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T20:03:55","slug":"the-force-unleashed-sparked-darth-mauls-redemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-force-unleashed-sparked-darth-mauls-redemption\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Force Unleashed&#8217; Sparked Darth Maul&#8217;s Redemption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d56acacfd4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d56acacfd4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-force-unleashed-sparked-darth-mauls-redemption\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Force_Unleashed_Sparked_Darth_Mauls_Redemption%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The Force Unleashed&#8217; Sparked Darth Maul&#8217;s Redemption&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Force_Unleashed_Sparked_Darth_Mauls_Redemption%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Force Unleashed&#8217; Sparked Darth Maul&#8217;s Redemption&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;We look back at the video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> and consider how voice actor Sam Witwer would eventually redeem The Phantom Menace\u2019s coolest looking character.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Star-Wars-Sam-Witwer-Darth-Maul.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Star Wars Sam Witwer Darth Maul\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Star-Wars-Sam-Witwer-Darth-Maul.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Star-Wars-Sam-Witwer-Darth-Maul-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Lucasfilm&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Brad Gullickson\u00a0\u00b7 Published on April 22nd, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Star Wars Explained is our ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> where we delve into the latest Star Wars shows, movies, trailers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> stories to divine the franchise\u2019s future. This entry examines Sam Witwer\u2019s role in resurrecting and revitalizing Darth Maul and why we owe it all to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Television is not the only realm flooded with\u00a0<strong><em>Star Wars<\/em><\/strong> content. While many are obsessing over what\u2019s streaming next on Disney+, just as many, if not way more, are frothing for the next <em>Star Wars<\/em> video game. The recent release of <em>Lego<\/em> <em>Star Wars<\/em>: <em>The Skywalker Saga<\/em> has stirred something in the Force. In its wake, numerous other games are in development.<\/p>\n<p>From Zenga (the <em>Farmville<\/em> folks), there\u2019s the new PvP game <em>Star Wars<\/em>: <em>Hunters<\/em>, due on iOS, Android, and Switch later this year. EA may have lost the exclusive Lucasfilm gaming license, but they\u2019re not slowing down. In collaboration with Respawn, we\u2019ll soon receive an untitled first-person shooter, an untitled strategy game, and a sequel to <em>Star Wars Jedi<\/em>: <em>Fallen Order<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Aspyr has a <em>Knights of the Old Republic<\/em> remake in the works for the PS5. While they\u2019re already working on a long-delayed <em>Avatar<\/em> game, Ubisoft Massive also has an open-world <em>Star Wars<\/em> adventure. The French studio Quantic Dream is developing <em>Star Wars<\/em>: <em>Eclipse<\/em>, an action-oriented multiplayer. And finally, Amy Hennig, who worked with Naughty Dog on the <em>Uncharted<\/em> franchise, is leading the team on the upcoming Skydance <em>Star Wars<\/em> vehicle, hoping to achieve a cinematic action experience.<\/p>\n<p>If you lean toward nostalgia, and you\u2019re a <em>Star Wars<\/em> fan, so, of course, you lean toward nostalgia, you might be most excited about <strong><em>Star Wars<\/em><\/strong>: <strong><em>The Force Unleashed<\/em><\/strong> finally finding its way onto the Nintendo DS more than a decade after its initial release. The video game is significant for several reasons, but chief among them is how it introduced actor <strong>Sam Witwer<\/strong> to our beloved franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Years before voicing Darth Maul and Emperor Palpatine on <em>Star Wars<\/em>: <em>The Clone Wars<\/em>, <em>Star Wars<\/em>: <em>Rebels<\/em>, and beyond (yes, including <em>Lego Star Wars<\/em>: <em>The Skywalker Saga<\/em>), the actor gave voice to <em>The Force Unleashed<\/em>\u2018s central figure.\u00a0Galen Marek, aka Starkiller, aka The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>rentice, lost his father to Darth Vader during the Great Jedi Purge. The Dark Lord of the Sith stole the child and raised him in secret.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Force Unleashed<\/em> allowed us to play through Marek\u2019s twisty morality tale, and Witwer gave the character an emotional depth often missing from the previous franchise games. Post-Disney acquisition, Lucasfilm eventually rendered the story non-canonical. Yet, they folded Witwer into their troop.\u00a0When it came time to resurrect another mad apprentice, one who took a mutilated tumble during <em>The Phantom Menace<\/em>\u2018s climax, they asked Witwer to lend his voice once again. The decision helped mend a great failing from the <em>Star Wars<\/em> prequel trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>Darth Maul looks rad. And <strong>Ray Park<\/strong>, in live-action, undoubtedly injected the character with skill and a menacing swagger. However, besides his design and badass fighting abilities, director <strong>George Lucas<\/strong> delivered very little with Maul. He was a bad guy sidekick deemed disposable with one slash from Obi-Wan Kenobi\u2019s lightsaber.<\/p>\n<p>I remember leaving the theater in 1999 thinking, \u201cIs that it? We\u2019re not going to get any more from the coolest looking dude in the whole film?\u201d I couldn\u2019t appreciate it at the time, but Lucas\u2019 casual Maul dismissal would kickstart one of the franchise\u2019s most tragic and deliciously pathetic storylines. Maul would go from Palpatine\u2019s Dark Sidekick to a deadly Shakespearan weasel. The transformation was completed by Sam Witwer.<\/p>\n<p>Maul reappeared in <em>The Clone Wars<\/em> episode, \u201cBrothers.\u201d We learned that after his body was scooped and discarded on the junkyard planet Lotho Minor, Maul went mad amongst the scraps. He constructed a spider body below his torso, and when his brother Savage Opress finally discovered him, Maul was a scrambling psychotic. The creature had nothing left but a blood-boiling drive for revenge against the Emperor who discarded him and the Jedi who cut him in two.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Witwer drilled into Maul\u2019s hurt. The quivering rage he gave Maul\u2019s voice would mellow somewhat as the series progressed, and as the character continued his hateful quest into <em>Star Wars<\/em>: <em>Rebels<\/em>, but he never totally relinquished Maul\u2019s trembling insanity. Witwer delivers Maul\u2019s venomous whispering lilt with a roar rumbling beneath.<\/p>\n<p>Every word spoken shimmers with rage and jealousy. As villainous and awful as Maul behaves, Witwer pulls us into the killer\u2019s painful plight. Witwer is the reason we often find ourselves rooting for the superpowered gangster, aching for him to overcome Palpatine miraculously. And maybe, just maybe, even get the better of Obi-Wan Kenobi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrothers\u201d was the penultimate episode of <em>The Clone Wars<\/em>\u00a0season three. While Maul\u2019s narrative was not the main one for the show\u2019s remaining lifespan, it did develop into a catastrophic tale that touched nearly every character going forward. His actions in <em>The Clone Wars<\/em> and <em>Rebels<\/em> are felt in <em>The Mandalorian<\/em> and <em>The Book of Boba Fett<\/em>. And if director Bryce Dallas Howard is to be believed regarding the cartoon universe\u2019s impact on the upcoming Ahsoka Tano series, we can assume Maul\u2019s sad saga will continue to reverberate there.<\/p>\n<p>Maul would eventually get his showdown with both the Emperor and Obi-Wan Kenobi. In both cases, he failed. The second confrontation led to his demise in the <em>Rebels<\/em> masterpiece \u201cTwin Suns.\u201d We don\u2019t expect the former Sith to appear in the <em>Obi<\/em>\u2013<em>Wan<\/em> <em>Kenobi<\/em> Disney+ series since Anakin Skywalker\u2019s return is that show\u2019s big promise. However, we should prepare for how Maul\u2019s animated machinations continue to reveal troubling consequences in the live-action world.<\/p>\n<p>Maul returned to <em>Star Wars<\/em> four years after <em>Star Wars<\/em>: <em>The Force Unleashed<\/em>. Fandom\u2019s fascination with him guaranteed his resurrection, but the Sam Witwer within propelled Maul\u2019s story into an essential mythos ingredient. Witwer got us to care for the character, who was basically a glorified action figure before \u201cBrothers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Too often, we zero our focus on the <em>Star Wars<\/em> movies and television shows. We should pay more attention to the expanded universe. Black Krssantan began in the comics. Cad Bane and Ahsoka Tano came from the cartoons. And while Maul achieved his look in the movies, he found his heart in <em>The Clone Wars<\/em>, served up on a cracked, silver platter by Sam Witwer.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><em>Star Wars<\/em>: <em>The Clone Wars<\/em> is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/series\/star-wars-the-clone-wars\/1wYXzjabXGVZ\">now streaming<\/a> on Disney+.<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Star Wars, Star Wars Explained\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/brad.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Brad Gullickson is a Weekly Columnist for Film School Rejects and Senior Curator for One Perfect Shot. 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