Maul: Shadow Lord • Episodes 1 & 2
April 8, 2026
Maul is back, broken and dangerous — Matthew and Erin react to Maul: Shadow Lord episodes 1–2.
Erin grew up on the prequels and Clone Wars and has a LOT to say about all things Star Wars! She also cosplays as her all-time favorite character, Ahsoka.
Learning to build a cosplay has brought so much joy to her life, and she does all she can to share it with others.
Erin is co-host of Star Wars Generations on TruStory FM.
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Maul is back, broken and dangerous — Matthew and Erin react to Maul: Shadow Lord episodes 1–2.
Maul called it, nobody listened, and now the galaxy belongs to Sidious — so what does a man defined by revenge do when the war is already lost?
Ahsoka buys the ticket, Asajj loses everything, and a 12-year-old Boba Fett runs a bounty hunter crew — Clone Wars S4 ramps up the moral complexity and Matthew & Erin are here for it.
Alex and Erin go deep on Maul’s Clone Wars takeover of Mandalore — the scheming, the heartbreak, and the moment Palpatine reminded everyone who actually runs the galaxy.
Erin’s Season 4 picks put Anakin one step from the dark side, and we debate every choice that gets him there, from a death he could have prevented to the slaves the Jedi never went back for.
We explore Obi-Wan’s fake death mission and how the Council’s deception shatters Anakin’s trust—another step toward Vader and a tragic rehearsal for what’s coming in Revenge of the Sith.
Ahsoka faces separatist politics, mob betrayal, and a brutal hunt for survival. Erin’s favorite Season 3 episodes push Clone Wars into its darkest territory yet.
Maul is back. We break down the new Maul: Shadow Lord trailer and revisit the shocking Clone Wars episodes that revealed his survival—and his rise into the criminal underworld.
We explore why this training episode hits differently when you know where these characters end up, and how Dee Bradley Baker manages to voice an entire squad talking to themselves.
We pull back the curtain on our popular book club series, explaining what makes the written word such a powerful medium for galaxy far, far away storytelling.