Dark Horse Comics Is Giving Star Wars: The Clone Wars A Proper Finale

Star Wars: The Clones Wars will get a chance to end properly, this summer, in a four-part comic book miniseries published by Dark Horse Comics. The animated television series was pulled from Cartoon Network when Disney acquired LucasFilm in 2012, leaving fans frustrated with how the series ended, unable to properly wrap up the story it had been telling over the course of five seasons. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series is being adapted from the original television script for the series finale that was never produced. The series will be called Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir, and will be written by veteran Star Wars comic writer Jerry Barlow. An artist has yet to be announced. Barlow told Newsarama a bit about his plans for the series:

We're making these as new-reader-friendly as possible, understanding that some folks will be coming to this series without prior knowledge of the television show. All you need to know is that Darth Maul has returned, that he's really pissed off, and that his former master Darth Sidious is determined to put him back in the ground, permanently. Beyond that, Maul now serves a Dathomir Witch named Mother Talzin and together they've raised a ragtag army of hired soldiers and criminals, causing all kinds of trouble for Sidious' plans for galactic conquest. There have been victories and losses for both sides, and as we come into Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir, Sidious has captured Maul and stashed him away on a remote prison planet made of obsidian. How cool is that?

Darth Maul was originally believed dead following the events of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, and his return to the Star Wars universe in The Clone Wars was a major event. His character arc was a major dangling plothread following the cancellation of the show in early 2013. It was recently announced that Dark Horse would be losing the Star Wars comics license in 2015, but it seems the company plans on making their last year with the franchise an eventful one. Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir is scheduled to be released in comic shops and through the Dark Horse Digital Comics Shop in May 2014.