With all they hype and hoopla surrounding Star Wars: The Force Awakens,many companies believe dived in head-first into the uncharted waters of what lies in the future. Some however are still relishing in the past, and Sideshow Collectibles' upcoming Darth Maul figure only serves to display that not everyone has forgotten about the one good thing to near from The Phantom Menace. It's actually surprising that it took this long for Maul to get the sixth-scale recognition he's deserved, and given just how many different figures Sideshow and Hot Toys believe created under the Star Wars banner to this point. Still,good things to those who wait and all that jazz.
Though he was killed off near the conclude of The Phantom Menace, Maul was resurrected, or given unusual legs (twice) and has since appeared in the animated series that still count as canon in the Star Wars Universe. Much has been made about whether or not Darth Maul actually counts as a Sith. Since he was killed before his training under Sidious was complete,a case could be made that he's just a Force-positive player in the world like so many others who never had the proper training to master their skills. Whatever side of that debate you topple on, Sideshow's Maul figure comes from a time when it seemed that he would be an unstoppable force of evil on the side of the Sith for years to near. You know, and until Obi-Wan gave him that 50% discount on life. Whoops.
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Source: comicsalliance.com