This theory would accomplish exactly what Filoni is attempting to do with Ahsoka: tie together his love for Heir to the Empire, the story of Rebels, and the elements of the “Mando-verse” he’s set to conclude in an upcoming movie. Definitely all signs are indicating that there’s a continuation.” Rebels famously went out of its way to redeem Maul, so introducing a new version of him would be a creative way to continue that story despite Maul being long dead. Earlier this week, Star Wars bigshot Dave Filoni was asked by Entertainment Weekly if Ahsoka would serve as Season 5 of Rebels, prompting him to respond, “I suppose that’s one way of looking at it, because of the epilogue that I did in Rebels. It also makes sense when we consider Ahsoka’s place in the timeline. Maul may have died in Rebels, but he (or a mad version of him) could appear in Ahsoka. This theory suggests mental deformities and outright insanity would be a possibility too. The Rise of Skywalker novelization told us that any Force-sensitive clones ended up defective, whether in their Force powers, like Rey’s dad, or with physical deformities, like the Palpatine clone we saw in the movie. Though it was seemingly perfected in the prequels, cloning someone Force-sensitive like Palpatine is canonically very difficult. This theory makes sense given the current canon. He wouldn’t be redeemed at all, just a lunatic. This Maul would be completely separate from the Maul we saw throughout Clone Wars and Rebels. Pershing was attempting to do with Grogu.

Yes, Maul is dead, but in a recent canon comic, Palpatine captured him and could ostensibly use his DNA for cloning, much like Dr. Their theory suggests that instead of cloning a Jedi, Thrawn will instead clone a Sith: Darth Maul.

Joruus C’baoth could be the inspiration for a Maul role in Ahsoka.

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