{"id":14946,"date":"2011-10-13T15:31:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T22:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=14946"},"modified":"2011-10-13T19:20:43","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T02:20:43","slug":"darth-maul-returns-to-the-star-wars-saga-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=14946","title":{"rendered":"Darth Maul Returns to the &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; Saga This Spring!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from <a href=\"http:\/\/starwars.com\/\">StarWars.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Darth Maul, the sinister Sith Lord who amped up the dark side in 1999&#8217;s <em>Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace<\/em>, returns to the Saga this spring in <em>Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>Revered by fans for his striking red and black tattooed-face, graceful but lethal fighting style, and signature double-bladed lightsaber, Maul was believed killed by Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi at the end of Episode I. In the <em>Star Wars<\/em> universe, however, one must never underestimate the power of the dark side!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The decision to continue Darth Maul&#8217;s story was something that came directly from George,&#8221; says Dave Filoni, Supervising Director of <em>Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/em>. &#8220;We all agreed that his return needed to be unique, unexpected and revenge filled. We don&#8217;t know what his outcome will be, and as a fan &#8211; that&#8217;s exciting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While fans await Darth Maul&#8217;s return to <em>The Clone Wars<\/em>, they&#8217;ll soon be able to experience the excitement of his original introduction to the <em>Star Wars<\/em> Saga when <em>Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace<\/em> is released in theaters on February 10, 2012 in spectacular 3D!<\/p>\n<p>The trailer for <em>Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace<\/em> in 3D will be attached to <em>The Three Musketeers<\/em> on October 21st and on select films throughout the holidays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from StarWars.com: Darth Maul, the sinister Sith Lord who amped up the dark side in 1999&#8217;s Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, returns to the Saga this spring in Star Wars: The Clone Wars! Revered by fans for his striking red and black tattooed-face, graceful but lethal fighting style, and signature double-bladed lightsaber, Maul &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=14946\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Darth Maul Returns to the &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; Saga This Spring!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-films","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}