Worldbuilding in Maul - Shadow Lord

Worldbuilding in Maul - Shadow Lord

From Hyperspace Theories by Hyperspace Theories

May 3, 2026 · 1h 38m · Season 2026 · Episode 51

About this episode

The episode discusses the worldbuilding in the series Maul – Shadow Lord and its character arcs.

On the new episode of Hyperspace Theories, Tricia Barr and B.J. Priester begin our discussion of the latest series from Lucasfilm Animation, Maul – Shadow Lord . The ten-episode first season has been releasing on Disney+ with paired episodes each Monday in April 2026, culminating in the season finale on May the Fourth. The creative team already has confirmed a second season of the series is in production, ensuring the character arcs of the principal figures in the story will have much more to come. For this podcast episode, we focus on the world-building developed for Maul – Shadow Lord and how the series reveals it across the first six episodes. The first episode, titled "The Dark Revenge" rather ominously, naturally does a lot of the heavy lifting, but additional layers and implications to the world-building continue to unfold in further episodes. Interestingly, the season (through eight episodes) is set entirely on the planet of Janix, which has many recognizable location types from previous Star Wars storytelling as well as elements familiar from its other inspirational source material, such as gangster films and police procedurals. More importantly, however, Maul – Shadow…

People in this episode

Host: Tricia Barr

Guest: B.J. Priester

Topics covered

  • worldbuilding
  • Maul – Shadow Lord
  • character arcs
  • Lucasfilm Animation
  • Star Wars

Keywords

  • worldbuilding
  • Maul – Shadow Lord
  • Lucasfilm Animation
  • Star Wars
  • character arcs
  • Disney+

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lucasfilm Animation

Books & works: Maul – Shadow Lord

Places: Janix

More episodes of Hyperspace Theories

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Hyperspace Theories podcast page.