He’s Not Re-Encountered Darth Maul… Yet
One question that has repeatedly surfaced in the run-up to Obi-Wan Kenobi, to the point that it had to be flatly refuted, was whether or not the show would see Ben face off with his mortal nemesis Darth Maul again, who is still very much alive at this point after the events of Clone Wars. But, as we’ve been told by series director Deborah Chow, Maul was never going to be in the series, mostly because the end of his tale with Obi-Wan has already been told in Star Wars canon—and it occurs well after the events of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Obi-Wan and Maul reunite on Tatooine in the events of the Star Wars Rebels episode “Twin Suns,” which takes place chronologically speaking about seven years after the events of Obi-Wan Kenobi—and two before A New Hope. It’s implied there, at least, that Maul and Kenobi haven’t seen each other since Mandalore at the end of the Clone Wars, so it would undercut some of the pathos of “Twin Suns” if Maul had shown up on the upcoming live-action show. Due to its timing it doesn’t really matter to Obi-Wan Kenobi, but you should watch “Twin Suns” if you haven’t anyway—it’s a pretty incredible little piece of Star Wars storytelling.
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