I can't help but be charmed by Maul and his dogged refusal to get the hell out of the 'Star Wars' story.

Darth Maul’s return has once again stirred excitement and confusion among Star Wars fans. Long believed dead after his brutal duel with Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Sith Lord is back in with Maul: Shadow Lord.

The 10-episode series covers Maul's plot to rebuild his criminal syndicate "on a planet untouched by the Empire," according to Lucasfilm. "There, he crosses paths with a disillusioned young Jedi Padawan who may just be the apprentice he is seeking to aid him in his relentless pursuit for revenge.

You can’t keep a good Sith down. Even a really bad one. He might have died more than 25 years ago in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (uh, spoilers), but Darth Maul has returned over and over again in a string of cartoons and live-action movies.

Luke, Leia, and Han will be closer to shops and the Millennium Falcon, while Darth Vader and the Imperial Stormtroopers will take over the former First Order area. R2-D2, The Mandalorian with Grogu, and Ahsoka Tano will also be roaming.

In the years preceding the release of the sequel trilogy, a quite infamous and entertaining Star Wars fan theory began circulating online. The idea was simple: Jar Jar is Evil. The delightfully wacky Gungan was never meant to be comic relief,