Solo The Darth Maul Cameo

His legs really look basic and clunky. They were meant to be created though his mechu deru abilities and almost organic like, not so mechanical. He'd be a lumbering thing with legs like that.

 

Ray Park made a rebuttable against the trolls:

*Seems they must have gave him a backstory for the aged look:

https://www.express.co.uk/entertain...or-Ray-Park-response-trolls-Instagram-fitness

 

Is SOLO:ASWS supposed to take place 20 years after events of TPM?

 

It's set in 10 BBY (apart from the prologue in 13 BBY), whilst TPM is 32 BBY. So Maul's appearance is actually 22 years later, 3 years longer than the real time between the movies.

The year of the prologue actually matches to the 19 year gap between 1999 and 2018.

 

Not sure Maul needs an excuse for looking older. It is around 20 years later after all and the actor playing him has also aged 18 years older.

 

I love the camera move/colour change/musical swelling when Qi'Ra dials up Maul. And for the time period in the galaxy, is this the most colour that a hologram would have? (it's not all blue single colour monochrome) It's not Snoke's full colour fancy hologram 40 years later but I don't remember many holograms in the Imperial era that would show off that much red. Maybe Vos just had a fancy one to communicate with his boss.

 

When Maul was brought back in TCW I was dead set against the idea, but now that hes back I've embraced it and I really hope he gets the chance to feature again in something else. IMO he was criminally under used in the PT and should have featured in more than just TPM. Maybe having Anakin kill him later. One of the downsides of the low box office for Solo is that I think the actors and characters were good, it would be a pity for them not to return in another film along the line or be recast even.

 

We know he ends up on Malachor by the time of Rebels. Maybe there's a fall from grace, caused by Qi'ra and the Hutts? Or maybe the Inquisitors start actively hunting him shortly after Solo.

 

Well both Park and Maul should be in their 40's, thats not old by any means.

They gave him different make-up effects than he had in TPM, different artists am sure, but mostly to show scarring and burning whether from the fall into the generator of Theed or from the Clone war, or both is uncertain at the moment. Park's Solo make up also extends down to part of his chest for the camera, even in the movie. But there is a latex texture on the face this time around, some of the tattoos markings on the face looked more ingrained than painted. Also the way they did the horns is different.



Hologram color probably more depends on lighting and maybe distance. Maul's hologram kinda always contained a certain brightness though.

 

It depends on what the hologram is in.
Holograms in the prequel trilogy were all very blue monochromatic with only the slightest hint of the red of Maul's face.


The holograms in the OT had much more realistic reds, which the tv animations and ASWStories have followed.


And the rebels in RotJ had the advanced colour hologram.

 

I had to double-check that, and you're right, the "base" of the horns is larger. Normal Zabrak aging?

 

No need to explain it in universe. Its just different cosmetics.

 

I would say that the horns look a lil more realish, more intricate , make up wise, the way they're coming out've the head, rather than the simpler glued attachments of TPM.

 

I think we just got used to animation Maul, with his baby-smooth skin even when he's past 40 years old. Also his teeth got better between TCW and Rebels .

 

Its not old, but visually in contrast to phantom menace where he was only 22 you would likely notice abit of a change in his face... it just comes with being 20 years older.

 

Those horns in both versions make me think they are a rite of passage - they are grafted onto the young skull at 12 or so. The red markings could also be full body tattoo during rite of passage.

 

Crime lords do get a much better dental plan than Sith lords.

 

His teeth looked clean in Solo as well, which more aligns with his appearance in Rebels than either TCW or TPM, intentionally or not.

 

^ Maybe he had work done?

 

Dentures. There's no way the teeth he had in TPM lasted another couple of decades, especially not when he was living in an actual garbage dump off of actual garbage for over ten years. He's wearing high tech, intergalactic dentures. I for one can't wait for the Marvel Comics one-shot that details how he get his dentures, and who installed them (spoiler: Dr. Evazan).

 

The installed evil dentures, I'm assuming. Like his evil toes.

 

This conforms perfectly to the final edit of the A New Hope, where Lucas altered Dr. Evazan's line to read:

"I have dentist offices on twelve systems."

 

Had one in Jedha, also.

 

He should have paid extra and had them made from black and red onyx.