The next Star Wars release will be a break from the traditional genre for Lucasfilm, as Maul - Shadow Lord prepares to defy expectations. The animated Disney+ series continues the journey of the Sith Lord from the prequel trilogy, exploring the character's dealings after The Clone Wars. Maul - Shadow Lord already brings a unique animation style to the table, but it is also expanding into an exciting new genre for the Star Wars franchise.Maul - Shadow Lord is many things. It maintains the futuristic sci-fi atmosphere of previous Star Wars fare, it delves into the criminal underworld of a cyberpunk-style planet, but where it truly breaks new ground is with its "cops-and-robbers" conceit. In an interview with Animation Magazine, Maul - Shadow Lord's animation supervisor, Keith Kellogg, revealed that this genre is something "we've never done." "We’ve kind of never done a full-on, for lack of a better word, cops-and-robbers kind of Star Wars." Read full article on The Direct.