Behind The Geeks | STAR WARS: Maul – Shadow Lord Interviews with Cast & Creators

About this episode

This episode features exclusive interviews with the cast and creators of Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, exploring character depth and creative inspirations.

In this special Behind The Geeks episode, we bring you our exclusive interviews with the cast and creators of Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord. We sit down with Sam Witwer (Maul) and Gideon Adlon (Devon Izara) to explore the emotional depth of their characters and Maul’s mindset in this post–Clone Wars story. Then, we go behind the scenes with executive producer Athena Yvette Portillo, writer/executive producer Matt Michnovetz, and supervising director Brad Rau to discuss the series’ bold visual style, darker tone, and creative inspirations.

People in this episode

Guests: Sam Witwer, Gideon Adlon

Topics covered

• Star Wars
• interviews
• character development
• behind the scenes
• animation
• creative process

Keywords

• Star Wars
• Maul
• interviews
• animation
• behind the scenes
• character mindset
• executive producer
• visual style

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord

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