Via Starwars.com:

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.

Spoiler warning: This article contains detailed discussion of the Star Wars Rebels episode, “Twin Suns.”

Sam Witwer is in a conference room at Lucasfilm in San Francisco, signing Star Wars Rebels posters. He wonders aloud if he should leave space for others to add a signature. Then he has an idea.

“Maybe I should sign ‘Dave Filoni,’” he says jokingly, referencing his friend and the executive producer of the show.

“Draw him,” StarWars.com says. “With no cowboy hat.” Witwer laughs.

“He’d kill me. I’d never be hired again.”

Even if that were true, Witwer’s Star Wars legacy is secure. But it’s also a somewhat ironic statement. He came to Lucasfilm for a special screening of “Twin Suns” the day before it airs. “Twin Suns” is an emotionally heavy, instant-classic Star Wars Rebels episode in which Maul (formerly Darth), the massively popular villain Witwer has voiced since Star Wars: The Clone Wars, dies in a final confrontation with Obi-Wan Kenobi.

“Or… Wait a second, that guy did kill me!” Witwer realizes. “Not cool.”

It’s the end of a long road for the devil-faced villain and for Witwer, one which began when George Lucas and Filoni decided to bring Maul — who had been sliced in half by Obi-Wan in The Phantom Menace — back in The Clone Wars. Not in a resurrection, but rather, a revelation that he actually didn’t die from his injuries.

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