Meet the Cast of Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord

Lucasfilm has unveiled the full voice cast for Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord, now streaming on Disney+. Sam Witwer anchors the series alongside Gideon Adlon, Wagner Moura, Richard Ayoade, Dennis Haysbert, and a deep bench of animation veterans.

Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord is finally streaming on Disney+, and with it comes a voice cast that mixes animation veterans, live-action heavyweights, and a couple of surprise Star Wars superfans. The two-episode premiere officially launches the former Sith Lord's first starring role, set a few years into the Imperial era created by his old master Darth Sidious.

Created by Lucasfilm President and Chief Creative Officer Dave Filoni and developed alongside Head Writer Matthew Michnovetz, with Supervising Director Brad Rau at the helm, Shadow Lord leans into Maul's relatability as much as his menace. "He makes mistakes. He's not perfect," Filoni says. "He just doesn't deal with it well. He keeps going until he's on the ground and completely dismembered."

Sam Witwer Anchors the Series as Maul

Fan-favorite Sam Witwer brings more than a decade of Maul experience to the role, and Rau calls him a dream lead who "keeps the character authentic." Michnovetz adds that despite playing a former Sith, Witwer is "our Jedi Master" on set — the guy who knows Star Wars inside and out. Witwer uses Gollum and Sméagol as a touchstone for Maul's fractured psyche in this era, a man still reeling from the loss of his brother Savage Opress and his mother Talzin as the Empire tightens its grip on the galaxy.

Gideon Adlon as Devon Izara

Gideon Adlon voices Devon Izara, a young Twi'lek Jedi Padawan hiding on Janix with her Master Eeko-Dio Daki after Order 66. Adlon describes Devon as "a Jedi in a post-Order 66 world and she is filled with angst," a teenage girl trying to decipher right from wrong in a galaxy that no longer has room for her. Rau calls Adlon a rising star, and Michnovetz teases that Maul and Devon's relationship is one of the most important in the series.

Wagner Moura as Brander Lawson

Recent Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee Wagner Moura — best known to Star Wars fans for his upcoming role on Andor adjacent territory — makes his animated Star Wars debut as Janix police captain Brander Lawson. The Brazilian actor says being cast felt unthinkable until he saw Diego Luna do Rogue One. Showrunners were so taken with Moura's performance that they gave Lawson more dialogue than originally planned, digging deeper into his life as a single father to his son Rylee.

Richard Ayoade as Two-Boots

Richard Ayoade returns to the galaxy after voicing the mercenary droid Q9-0 in The Mandalorian Season 1. This time he plays Two-Boots, Lawson's by-the-book police droid partner with an inexplicable love of footwear and a strict devotion to the rulebook. Rau says Ayoade was encouraged to "just be Richard" in the booth, and the results are as sneaky and funny as you'd expect.

Dennis Haysbert as Master Eeko-Dio Daki

Dennis Haysbert voices Master Eeko-Dio Daki, Devon's mentor and a Jedi still clinging to the teachings of an Order that no longer exists. Michnovetz previously worked with Haysbert on 24 and was thrilled to discover the actor is a genuine Star Wars fan who knows The Clone Wars, Rebels, and The Bad Batch by heart.

Chris Diamantopoulos as Looti Vario

Chris Diamantopoulos voices Looti Vario, an Aleena crime boss who pilots a mech suit into battle. Diamantopoulos describes him as "an intergalactic shyster" and "a space cockroach" who plays every side of the field. Animators picked up on the actor's beard-stroking habit in the recording booth and translated it into a character tic — Vario strokes his gill-like facial features in the show.

David W. Collins as Spybot

Skywalker Sound's David W. Collins voices Spybot, Maul's sinister new robotic pet. Rau describes a moment in the first episode where Maul pets Spybot and the droid literally purrs. Collins took inspiration from classic Star Wars droids like Chopper, BB-8, and R2-D2, but ultimately landed on a voice that pays homage to Peter Lorre and classic film noir — a fitting match for Shadow Lord's pulpy tone.

Returning Voices and Familiar Faces

Vanessa Marshall reprises Rook Kast from The Clone Wars, the loyal Mandalorian warrior fans remember well — Marshall is of course also beloved as Hera Syndulla on Star Wars Rebels. Voice actor Steve Blum returns as Icarus, a hulking Zabrak Nightbrother loyal to Maul and his brother Scorn, armed with a heavy rotary blaster. Blum is a Star Wars Rebels veteran himself, best known as Lasat warrior Zeb.

Rounding out the dark side, A.J. LoCascio returns as First Brother Inquisitor Marrok, a character who previously appeared in Ahsoka and Star Wars: Tales of the Empire. LoCascio has also lent his voice to multiple brick incarnations of Han Solo in the LEGO Star Wars games.

What This Means for Star Wars Fans

With one of the deepest voice casts in recent Lucasfilm Animation memory, Shadow Lord positions Maul as the anchor of a new era of Star Wars animated storytelling. The season builds toward a May the 4th finale, giving fans a full month of new episodes — and a legitimate argument that Maul has finally earned a spotlight that does justice to everything Witwer and Filoni have built over the last decade.