Animation looks great!, duels are awesome, the story outline is pretty generic for star wars, (post order 66 Jedi on the run is getting really overused) but they do it great so it is forgivable, every character has great development, and is overall a great show to watch.

Maul – Shadow Lord season 1 is not perfect, but it's also not too far from it. The characters are well-written, especially our favourite anti-hero protagonist, Maul. Formerly Darth, now just Maul. I always loved him as a villain, but I never expected to shed tears for him, which I did in episode 8. The hierarchy of the quality of the new characters is not what I expected. Jedi are usually written to be dogmatic and boring, while citizens are usually who I find more interesting. Here it was the other way around. I adore both Devon and Master Daki. Spybot and Vario were the ones whose lines were hit or miss. The Lawsons are a stereotypical dad-son duo, but their dynamic worked for me, especially in the last couple of episodes. Speaking of those, after episode 8, it was peak Star Wars animation. Like up there with Jedi Knight, The Phantom Apprentice or Victory and Death. The animation is just out of this world, the brush strokes on the already amazing animation style is something I didn't know I needed but worked perfectly. The sound design is as good as it gets on TV. The scene where Devon is looking for Maul in the dark is just one example of why this deserved to be mastered in Dolby Atmos. The cast is more famous than most Star Wars animation productions, but there were voices missed. The voice acting is phenomenal; I will rave about Sam Witwer's Maul whenever I can. Maul – Shadow Lord season 1 is peak Star Wars animation.