Star Wars: Clone Wars - Episode 87+88 (4x21+4x22) - Group Reaction

[@Mrsalt7500]

The voice actor for Maul is Sam Witwer. Before this, he was widely known for his work as the voice of Starkiller from the “Force Unleashed” video game series. He also previously voiced The Son, one of the powerful beings from the “Mortis Arc” of Clone Wars that you have seen months before.

[@MrFara0]

He was also Davis (Doomsday) on Smallville and Crashdown on Battlestar Galactica..

[@graystark240]

Also one of the coolest guys to ever live

[@markmorales7958]

The Dark Side is strong with this one…

[@RegularGamer392]

And also the walker in the tank in season one of the walking dead 🧟🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️

[@Ockto_]

He and Dee Bradley Baker are the best voice actors in all of star wars.

[@At0micWaffle]

Maul was cool in The Phantom Menace, but The Clone Wars makes him one of the best villains in all of Star Wars

[@patatebanine4278]

😔The Clone Wars destroyed Grievous's character. He's supposed to be the best vilain in the saga but they reduced to a comic relief of the show.

[@itsjustvin7630]

@@patatebanine4278 that's my one blemish for TCW. That and the clones in 2003 Tartakovsky miniseries felt more competent and military organized

[@K2niarDneK]

@@patatebanine4278 "This thing can't be good because this other, unrelated thing isn't good."

[@JustNando503]

​@@patatebanine4278 Naaah I love grievous the way he is, at the end of the day, he's pretty much a droid 😂

[@Priceluked]

@@patatebanine4278 Grievous in Revenge of the Sith is literally the exact same as from TCW though?

[@Faction.Paradox]

Mans name is Savage Opress, didn't really have many other career paths.

[@Runo1923]

born for it

[@cristiancontreras4001]

😂

[@iswiftyfox8997]

Savage Opress- The Calm and Collected Accountant for retired clones

[@crzvisuals]

Sam Witwer is a legend, what a performance

[@rey-8030]

If you really want to understand Mother Talzin’s motivation in this arc, After Season 5, read Darth Maul: The Son of Dathomir, It’s a 4-part comic based on a 4-ep unproduced arc from Clone Wars before it got cancelled by Disney. You can even do a reading stream of it.

[@watsupdoc]

I think after season 6 would be right time to read Son of Dathomir.

[@alexruebenstahl6342]

This and Dark Disciple for Ventress. I posted a similar comment in a Q and A some time back, so they are aware of the two.

[@brucechmiel7964]

I wouldn’t count on their memory.

[@The2ndQuest]

The fan-made audio drama paired with the visuals from the official comic adaptation that you can find on KZbin is an ideal way to slide it in during Season 7 (it's occurring simultaneous to Episodes 5-8 of Season 7). The voice actors do a pretty decent job and it's basically like watching a bonus 2 episodes since it is only 40 minutes long. But, yeah, it helps wrap up a couple lingering plot threads that they weren't able to fit into Season 7 and sets up a couple threads for the series finale.

[@Agentcproductionss]

They'll never read it. It's like they thrive on being sw ignorant

[@JoeKerr019]

There's a detail people don't really notice. Maul had been using the force to hold his spider form for years. That also helped him to go insane

[@isaac_paech]

Yeah that's literally why his legs fell apart when Mother Talzin put him to sleep. He was obviously not able to wield the force in that state.

[@diegopansini3152]

In Phantom Menace, Maul had like two lines when he was taking to Palpy. They were very soft spoken

[@rey-8030]

You wanted a reason Chris, I got you. George Lucas wanted to do so much more with the Prequels but he could only do so much with a trilogy, so 3 years later after Episode III, he wanted to expand upon the Clone Wars and he saw Animation as the avenue to do it and he himself poored his own money and ideas into some of the best arcs in the Clone Wars, of course he had some wacky ideas for episodes too, like The Zillo Beast 😂.

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

And because Lucas intended for Maul and his criminal empire to be the villains of the sequels.

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

@Daniel the Maniel The new Talon would have been his apprentice.

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

@Daniel the Maniel Especially when Lucas said the Sequels would end with Luke and Leia successfully rebuilding the Republic and Jedi Order.

[@EACru2002]

Also another thing to consider is that Lucas is a huge fan of animation and doesn't view it as a "lesser" art form. So him telling these stories here in his mind wasn't him relegating it to a "lesser medium" or anything like that. In reality too, I think he honestly enjoyed working on the Clone Wars more than making any of the movies themselves. He could just be the ideas guy and have Filoni and his team execute them, see the works in progress, give his notes, etc. In a lot of ways, the Clone Wars is sorta what I think George Lucas always wanted to do. He always said he's an editor at heart, and the only reason he wrote and directed Star Wars was because no one was making the stories he wanted to edit. With Clone Wars, he could assume the role as ultimate editor/show runner and tell all the stories he always wanted to.

[@swagtachiuchiha1501]

I believe there was literally no real reason, George came in one day and went "yo I want to bring Maul back so let's do it" There should be some Clone Wars BHS stuff on youtube where Filoni mentions it

[@acetrainer44]

“This show is getting really sick.” “It’s getting really dark.” Me: “Give it a few minutes…”

[@darnell7871]

A cool detail: You can see bits of metal pieces floating around on Mauls legs and rest of his spider body. Meaning he’s been using the force all this time for years to keep his lower half together. Also that fact that Mauls been eating people just to survive….. lol

[@mendezdiegojosemanuel9265]

I always got that impression that Maul became a cannibal just to survive.

[@firecat4529]

17:34, 19:24 "Son of Dathomir" actually was a 4-episode Clone Wars arc, one of 10 arcs (including "Dark Disciple", a Ventress arc) which all were sadly cancelled by Disney after them taking over Star Wars. That arc was turned into a comic and features more of Maul, Taluin, Dooku, Palpatine, Grievous and so many more. That arc also explains Mother Talzin’s motivation in this arc.

[@brandondodge6040]

So, Sam Witwer, the voice of Starkiller from Force Unleashed, voices Maul here. He also voiced Morley from this Arc and The Son from the Mortis Arc.

[@Warriorten10]

Pretty sure Ben Diskin voiced Morley

[@MaiiOrduna]

Morley was Ben Diskin, he did an interview with James Arnold Taylor on his youtube channel and talked about this episode. He also plays AZ in Clone Wars and The Bad Batch, Venom in Spectacular Spiderman, and One and Two in Kids Next Door. Awesome voice actor as well

[@AkiraNasuki]

Actually no, because you guys seen Solo, you have heard Sam Witwer before. Tne body was Ray but the voice was Sam because Sam voice has been associated with Maul

[@finau.03]

Man hearing Sam Witwers voice giving me chills

[@FireQueenMyra]

“Revenge I must have Revenge” bro Maul’s voice actor killed it whooo

[@watsupdoc]

Mother Talzin is after Sidious. The youtube voice over comic Son of Dathomir after season 6, would be the best time to watch what happens

[@TheGreater-ScopeVillain]

Lol, everything in Star Wars is about Sidious.

[@DovahFett]

@@TheGreater-ScopeVillain The Old Republic era isn't, and that's *arguably* the greatest era of _Star Wars._

[@TheGreater-ScopeVillain]

@@DovahFett Well, everything in Star Wars canon, and a sizeable portion of Legends, is about Darth Sidious. 😂

[@TBoring]

Obi-Wan: If I had a nickel for every time I thought I’d killed a Sith Apprentice by slicing them in half only for them to return rebuilt with robotics, I’d have 2 nickels. It’s not a lot but it’s weird it happened twice.

[@denniskarlsson6173]

He did speak briefly in episode 1 during conversation with Sidious

[@damienthegachadragon9952]

Viewrs: getting frustrated to wait for Maul for a couple of episodes. Meanwhile me: "I 've waited so many years for Maul to show up... i can wait a little longer."

[@CaesiusX]

Though not the voice in _The Clone Wars,_ *Peter Serafinowicz* did speak a few lines as *Maul* in _Episode I._ Amongst his many credits, you may know him as Pete, the roommate in _Shaun of the Dead._ The one that complained about leaving the front door open, etc. *Othe roles you might recognize him from:* • Lord Edgar Covington in _Parks and Recreation_ • Saal from _Guardians of he Galaxy_ (Rocket yells his name as he dies). • The Tick in the most recent live action reboot of _The Tick._

[@TheBenperri]

Maul's storyline is one of the best in all of star wars... from the Clone Wars to Son of Dathomir the book... to Rebels. It's incredible how much they fleshed out from a fifteen-minute appearance in one film.

[@supremefankai5480]

"You cannot imagine the depths I would go to to stay alive, FUELED by my singular Hatred, for /You/. That one sentence tells you everything about how Maul survived in such an intense way.

[@hdns4]

I love the fact that Obi-Wan gets captured and beaten up so many times in this show, that they straight up created a new rig for his hair so that it could flop around and be all messy when he's getting tossed around.

[@ejr87r]

Sam Witwar is the voice actor. This show explains him in Solo. Wait till season 5, good Lord.

[@Meatrose]

Maul totally has lines in Episode 1, though. They're not many, however, so you are definitely not alone in having forgotten them. He had a raging revenge-boner already then. ;) Maul: *Tatooine is sparsely populated. If the homing trace is correct, I will find them quickly, Master.* Sidious: *Move against the Jedi first. You will then have no difficulty in taking the Queen back to Naboo to sign the treaty.* Maul: *At last, we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last, we will have revenge.* Sidious: *You have been well trained my young apprentice. They will be no match for you.* I loved Maul back in Episode 1. He was the coolest villain ever to me as a kid, but like you said, that was visually and thematically. Clone Wars fleshes him out in such a fantastic way, though, that he's now unironically one of my top five favorite Star Wars characters of all time.

[@firecat4529]

40:57 Ironically George's original plans for the sequel triology were to make Maul the main antagonist with the red female Twi'lek Sith named Darth Talon as his apprentice.

[@SergioTupacUzurin]

we need live action Darth Talon

[@ethancoltrane5754]

Didn't Darth Talon get reused as Darth Krayt's servant in the Legacy comics?

[@wizofauzz]

Savage Oppress really had no other choices in life with that name.

[@taheahshahdaiah6422]

Clone wars made maul one of the best characters in star wars.

[@moviescatsmargs]

The BTS of Sam Witwer doing the voice of Maul is a must watch!

[@lesliecooley6862]

Ray Park as Darth Maul in TPM does speak briefly to Darth Sidious. His voice is very soft spoken and calm.

[@DovahFett]

Yeah, he has two or three lines in the film, and is voiced by Peter Serafinowicz.

[@Commander_Shepard.]

Nope, Maul in TPM was voiced by Peter Serafinowicz.

[@Eskimo615]

The crazy thing? This isn't even close to the best parts of Darth Maul in this show.

[@ItsAVolcano]

I feel I should point out in Legends the Nightsisters were only one of the tribes that made up the Witches of Dathomir, although noted for being the largest and most powerful (and the only ones who used the dark side). No idea if Disney is planning it but Clone Wars did leave an opening for the Witches to come back.

[@thobat14]

Well i mean you get your answers in Rebels and in Jedi:Fallen Order for that I think

[@DovahFett]

@@Fordo007 Are you being sarcastic? I genuinely can't tell because everyone I've ever talked to about the quality of Legend's material has always pointed to that book as being one of the worst things to ever come out of it.

[@mathies3598]

I mean, in Fallen order Nightsister Merrin really gave the impression that she was the last one left.

[@joramsim]

Besides being one of the coolest people and best voice actors out their, Sam Witwer is also extremely fun to follow on Twitter, a little like Mark Hamill but with more Artsy stuff and less cute animal picture stuff :D

[@astromenuisix7346]

Just saying, because they don't say it expressly in this show, Maul is Mother Talzin's actual son.

[@LadiesmanB007]

It’s not made super clear but Maul was holding his spider legs together/moving them using the force. When Mother knocked him out the legs immediately started losing their integrity and falling off because he was no longer able to hold them together.

[@ladylothwen]

Sam Witwer as Maul is a phenomenal performance.

[@AlanSizzlerKistler]

Darth Maul did speak with Palpatine in PHANTOM MENACE and in character-focused commercials for PHANTOM MENACE where you heard him explain how he feels empowered by the Dark Side. This actor Sam Witwer (who was also Doomsday in SMALLVILLE and Starkiller in a couple of Star Wars video games) also voiced Maul in SOLO.

[@ednamodee]

you just gotta love the obi and ventress combo

[@AllieKitaguchi]

The funniest thing about the Obi-Wan/Ventress relationship is that in the books/comics, Ventress eventually falls in love with Obi-Wan's friend (and fellow Jedi), Quinlan Vos, and she ends up dying to protect him

[@atleastdecent3810]

"Chains are the easy part it's what goes on up here that is the hard part." that is a reference to the Mortis arc said by the brother who is also voiced by sam witwer.

[@brianalambert1192]

Clone Wars proved you could bring a character back from the dead and it isn't just a gimmick. Rise of Skywalker proved that you need talent and effort in order to do it well

[@scythewielder6086]

Sam Witwer is the best voice actor in this show. Every line he speaks, you can hear the malice and rage bubbling underneath. Chills 🤗🤗🤗

[@darknessunknown4384]

5:42 Funny you should mention that. In the mid 90's there was an Energizer Battery commercial, where Darth Vader was sent after the Energizer Bunny. And just when he had the rabbit cornered, the batteries in his light-saber ran out; he even screamed in frustration in a similar way to Savage.

[@Fantom1080-u6o]

You guys should watch Sam Witwer in the recording booth voicing this scene, its incredible.

[@sang1342]

I was once apprentice to the most powerful being in the galaxy. I was....destined....to be so much more. But I was robbed of that destiny by the Jedi. By ObI-WaN kEnObI

[@legionkahn]

The animated shows did so much for Maul. They made him one of my favorite characters in Star Wars.

[@JT-295]

Clone Wars really made the coolest Star Wars character the *coolest* Star Wars character

[@NICKatronMC]

One of THE BEST storylines in Star Wars, we have reached

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

"The dark side is a pathway to many abilities...some consider to be unnatural..."Of course he would find a way to survive ! However the dark side always come with a price. I always felt it was such a wasted of a great character design for a character that had four lines and a arghh in Episode 1...Thank god they brought Darth Maul back to life and gave him a great voice actor ! Now the Clone Wars is going to the next level !! The embodiement of pure hatred as arrived !! Also I always wonder...how much of Darth Sidious plan did Maul really knew ? All of it...the basic ? He was at least aware of the Clone Wars, but the rest ?

[@TheGreater-ScopeVillain]

That question is answered later on in the series. Maul openly admits that his Master did not tell him the details of his plan at all. Maul had no idea about the events surrounding Order 66 or anything like that. Darth Sidious made sure to keep him in the dark.

[@SWProductions100]

@@TheGreater-ScopeVillain Did Maul have like the general idea? Because he seemed to at least know about plans for the Clone Wars, if his small (but fascinating) comment is anything to go by.

[@TheGreater-ScopeVillain]

@@SWProductions100 Maul knew that his Master planned to take over the galaxy by orchestrating and manipulating a war on a galactic scale (Sidious told him that much), but he didn’t know what the true nature of that war would be, such as how important the Clones would be in it as part of Sidious’s plans.

[@Amadeus_A]

Love watching the slow burn of Maul's return. The show is just amazing. And so much more is still coming.

[@larryhinson947]

Sam Witwer also played in Smallville as Doomsday. He has a Twitch channel where he plays games.

[@brianmurray7821]

Morley's voice actor is 🔥 🤣 "I get the leftovers!!!!! Yahahahahahaha!!!!!!!"

[@darnell7871]

In the deleted scene pack for the show, Savage held a woman hostage to make Obi Wan surrender during the fight. Then after Obi Wan did he put a lightsaber through the womens head…. Talk about brutal lol

[@chaost4544]

25:30 Suraj has hype overload.

[@CaptainJ62]

Congratulations on getting to this point, Normies. I hope you’re not afraid of heights, because the show keeps going up from here.

[@WTFareSporks]

I love how they keep some of the feline qualities that inspired Maul...his lion jump is an awesome nod to his Panther prowl he did in Phantom Menace when he was waiting for the laser door to open

[@BredBillO]

The 2 episodes per video was a good call. It was a ton of fun to watch with you guys. Keep it up

[@OneRandomVictory]

They're gonna love season 5

[@Personneinternet]

This is where the fun begins

[@General_Arcturus506]

Darth Maul spoke in the Phantom Menace

[@blakemonway]

The whole "Rage keeps me going" shtick Maul has works! It doesn't work for Reva and the Grand Inquisitor in Kenobi because the performance and pacing doesn't sell it. But here, we see EXACTLY what that means, where Maul is all like "My singular hate for YOU kept me going all these years", there's a seething, heaving LOATHING in every syllable. And that right there, shows exactly how intensely the Dark Side can burn, to keep Maul alive so long, maddeningly insane.

[@ZaneEX]

Maul did speak in The Phantom Menace. He had like two lines when speaking to Palpatine.

[@danielscott5673]

12:06, 16:13, 33:37 actually, there's one scene in phantom menace where darth maul spoke. Darth Maul: "Tatooine is sparsely populated. If the trace was correct, I will find them quickly, Master." Palpatine/Sidious: "Move against the Jedi first. You will then have no difficulty in taking the Queen to Naboo to sign the treaty." Darth Maul: "At last, we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last, we will have revenge." Palpatine/Sidious: "You have been well trained, my young apprentice. They will be no match for you." in the movie, while Ray Park does darth maul's fight style and his own stunts, darth maul's voice is dubbed by Peter Serafinowicz, the actor who played Saal from 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy, lord edgar covington from Parks & Rec, and Blind Ivan from Gravity Falls. in this series and so forth, darth maul is still voiced by Sam Witwer, who had played Starkiller (and his clone) from The Force Unleashed 1 & 2 and The Son from the Mortis trilogy episode story arc.

[@joshuawells835]

Sam Witwer has become the voice of Maul. Ray Park, who plated him in Phantom Menace and still does his fight choreography, had a few lines in the film, but Sam has taken Maul and run with it.

[@razezillian]

Mother Talzin cares more about Maul and Savage over Ventress since Maul, Savage and Feral (the Zabrak Savage killed after he got swole) are her biological sons. That why she more involved with them going out her way to give Savage the necklace to find Maul. (Guess Feral got the short straw)

[@dragonicus2614]

If you pay attention to what he's saying Maul is saying the Sith code Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me. When Maul says chains are the easy part He's such a badass character

[@thephantompenance]

Formerly Darth, now just Maul

[@SWTobito0702]

I love how Maul's first clear thought after many years of mental turmoil and insanity is "Revenge. I must have revenge." It doesn't get much cooler than that.

[@dariensampson7913]

Maul is actually the perfect character to survive getting cut in half. His race the Zabrak have two hearts and are notoriously hard to kill with a ridiculous tolerance for pain. Little known fact night sisters and Dathomirians like Ventress are human-zabrak hybrid subspecies. It's why the women don't have horns.

[@43186choco]

39:33 LMAO Micky...that gave me a good laugh

[@PedroHenrique-mz3we]

Sam Witwer is fantastic, probably my favorite voice in the show.

[@MegaDrain]

A cool little comparison when Maul is "reborn" and immediately grabs Savage is that is the exact same thing that happened with Savage and Feral when he got his power up. The difference being when Savage got his upgrade he was completely entranced in the magic and killed Feral when told to do so. However, Maul after he grabs Savage, you see him calmly regain control and lets go of him.. They even have the same eye opening sequence.

[@Ray565.]

I’ve watched this series a million times, but seeing y’all geek out made me geek out like it was my first time watching!

[@joshwilliams2400]

It was 1999. I was 10. And words cannot describe the amazement in the theater when that second saber appeared. Potentially unpopular top 3 movie moment for me personally just cuz I love Star Wars

[@beansthebeans]

as someone who watched this show when they were like 10, i cant help but laugh whenever they say its not a kid show. maybe not to you, but to me? was my favourite show as a kid.

[@poofylove2]

I love that he’s mumbling the with creed as well.

[@brianalambert1192]

One of the coolest details; pieces of the metal spider body are floating and shaking midair. So Maul is holding that thing together by sheer will of the Force. But if he's doing that, begs the question why he chose spider legs, to which the obvious answer given his decayed mental state, that's how he sees himself. A hideous monster

[@KrafterAnonymous]

Mickey: Why keep him alive? Yes, "why" indeed. 🤭

[@DrWatson4]

What a return for Maul gets reborn then commits several child murders then sends a message to Kenobi where he beheads the grieving parents of the dead children execution style DAMN

[@mafukas1432]

Please react to Sam Witwer voice acting Dark Maul for this episode it's on youtube and it's fire

[@nielsfalk1920]

You have just met Sam Witwer the best VA on this show. Fun fact he is the shore trooper that arrests Acadian Andor in episode 7!!

[@Macintosh1001]

Sam Witwer with a top tier performance

[@DarthPrime52]

Colin Trevorrow’s script for Episode IX Duel of Fates did work in some Clone Wars/EU stuff like one of the Knights of Ren having the Darksaber and Rey and Kylo’s final confrontation happening on Mortis, though it doesn’t look like it would have involved the Father, Daughter, and Son, it was just going to be a cool backdrop. I don’t want to put the Duel of Fates up on a pedestal, like it would have fixed the whole Sequel Trilogy, that it wouldn’t have had its own problems, but it at least seemed like it was making an attempt at working in EU stuff, and most importantly actually doing some world building, something the other two movies in that trilogy were sorely lacking in. Which makes one wonder what the "creative deferences" were that forced Trevorrow off the project and gave it back over to JJ. And yes, I will acknowledge the unfortunate passing of Carrie Fisher as major contributor to Episode IX’s problems, and that was outside anyone’s hands, there’s no one to blame for that tragic happenstance.

[@thejoabear]

It's been said before, but the fact that Maul's first clear thought in years is that he "must have revenge" is so cool and will never not be cool.

[@davidnobre5660]

33:40 "Tatooine is vastly populated, if the trace was correct, I will find them quickly master" "At last we will reveal ourselves to the jedi, at last we will have revenge"

[@SpiderWalker3427]

Sam Witwer is the best there could be to voice Maul. They couldnt go wrong with him in any way 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@honooryu5374]

40:35 there is literally smth called sith sorcery and in conjuction to ol Palps master, this could explain a lot. But we only get a glimpse of said sorcery once and so about Palps master. Missed potential.

[@shermanpeaslee658]

Sam witwer is a badass. He streams on twitch sometimes

[@theokras1632]

Sam Witwer is basically the gocie of darth maul imo. Hes a fucking star wars treasure being starkiller and the voice of maul and putting so much passion into the role

[@Josh_Lee_Henderson]

Maul was a really cool character in the Phantom Menace, but it was his reintroduction here in Clone Wars and the rest of his story that made him my second favorite Star Wars character, right after Ahsoka. An ability of the dark side is to survive what would otherwise be serious/fatal wounds by feeding off of pure hate and revenge. We've seen this with Maul, Reva, the Grand Inquisitor, and even Anakin/Vader on Mustafar. Technically Maul had like two lines in the Phantom Menace, just fyi, but they were practically whispers and easy to forget. Believe it or not, the best of Clone Wars is still yet to come.

[@tylerbrown5526]

Kevin Kiner's music for this show is so damn good

[@THEUN1VRSE]

Love the two episode format!!!!

[@millieboon]

No Im pretty sure in the movies maul said like 2 words

[@LadiesmanB007]

Few things are more consistent in Star Wars than Obi-Wan being captured and abused.

[@shadowknife333]

Maul's crazy laugh sent chills down my spine

[@AnthonyB96]

I have been waiting literally foooooorever for you guys to finally see the return if Maul. Prepare for a continuously darker series now. 😈

[@jeffreydegraw4070]

Maul coming back is so good! Witwer is perfect as his voice. Can’t wait to see the rest of the arcs!

[@ajn_rules_5074]

Maul is the definition of too angry to die and that's why he's my favorite character

[@lucky247365]

This is where the show finally becomes good to watch

[@Somersault44]

This right here is peak Star Wars.