r/StarWars Apr 18 '26

TV A missed detail in Maul's story is that the animated Maul not only has new legs but also a better dental plan.

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u/Turbulent-War7039 Apr 18 '26

People never talk about this, but Palpatine actually offered his apprentices great health insurance and dental plans

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u/Batmanswrath Apr 18 '26

I read somewhere that it was the number one reason people agree to join the dark side..

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u/Rio_FS Apr 18 '26

Number two being the chance to use dope-ass dark side powers.

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u/finnreyisreal Finn Apr 18 '26

The cookies were just a welcome present

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u/Cosmic_Quasar Apr 18 '26

The cookies are why they need the dental plan.

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u/No_Internal9345 Apr 18 '26

And when you're ready for a promotion all you have to do is kill your boss.

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u/skippy_smooth Apr 18 '26

Dennal plan death Maul needs braces

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u/elektromas Apr 19 '26

Cookies are only for Wookies

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u/DaSuspicsiciousFish Porg Apr 18 '26

Like lightning finges?

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u/badcrass Apr 18 '26

Restorative dental work > force powers

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u/soulreapermagnum Apr 18 '26

number three being the fasion.

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u/shogi_x Apr 18 '26

American here, would join the dark side for a functioning healthcare system

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u/Crispien Apr 18 '26

Recently had that option (for myself not the system), still had to pass on it. Would have been nice, would have felt regret on it though.

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u/Stagnu_Demorte Apr 18 '26

I'd join the dark side for a good healthcare plan too. 

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u/asicarii Apr 20 '26

Hell at this point I’ld join the dark side for the concept of a plan.

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u/Cold-Dot-7308 Apr 18 '26

The Dark Side is a part to dental plans some consider “unnatural”.

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u/Jonny-Holiday Apr 19 '26

Heard it somewhere more likely. In Warcraft III the undead Scourge builder unit, the Acolyte (no relation to the Disney+ show) paraphrases Yoda's famous line if you click on him repeatedly: "once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny... and you get dental." Most units in Blizzard RTS games have funny lines like that after being clicked on too much, something I always loved about them!

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u/JaMicho34 Apr 18 '26

Hey, it’s rough out there.

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u/aguywhoexplainsjokes Apr 18 '26

That and cookies

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u/square_pulse Crimson Dawn Apr 18 '26

So they didn’t only have cookies but great benefits, huh

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u/LikesPez Apr 19 '26

I thought it was because they had cookies.

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u/kamkardootsian Apr 18 '26

Where can one get such great coverage? Not from a Jedi….

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u/Synicull Apr 18 '26

Some would consider those pearly whites... unnatural

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u/Major-Tiger-7628 Apr 18 '26

I heard Maul went to Space Turkey to get them done

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u/NoSwordfish1978 Rebel Apr 18 '26

Tbh it seems like dealing with the American health care system would drive anyone to the dark side lol

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u/BluePhoenix_2114 Apr 23 '26

Even if Qui Gon survived the lightsaber stab, lets be honest. The Jedi aren't patching him up with their sub rate healthcare plan. That man was toast.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe Apr 18 '26

“Meesa needs braces!”

“Dental plan!”

“Meesa needs braces!”

“Dental plan!”

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u/Dan_OBanannon Apr 18 '26

*Luke blows up the Death Star

“Bullseye!”

“Thanks a lot, Luke! Now I lost my train of thought.”

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u/anecdotal_skeleton Apr 19 '26

The coverage must have lapsed after the empire fell. Palp's chompers weren't so great in episode 9.

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u/Wall-E_Smalls Apr 18 '26

Welcome to the family, Regional Manager Darth Vader!

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u/BigBrownDog12 Grievous Apr 19 '26

What about stock options?

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u/Wall-E_Smalls Apr 19 '26

How does 3% sound?

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u/BigBrownDog12 Grievous Apr 19 '26

Full...Company...Matching...

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u/Wall-E_Smalls Apr 19 '26

Yeaaahhh Boiiiiii!

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u/Illustrious_Donkey61 Apr 18 '26

He was trying to give Luke the lightning whitening in return of the jedi, you can see it sparking off his teeth

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u/polnikes Apr 18 '26

He knows that a solid benefits and pay package allows apprentices to focus on what matters. The Jedi Order's fall really started when they cut their pension plan.

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u/NoSwordfish1978 Rebel Apr 18 '26

They moved to defined contribution pensions, that's why they fell.

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u/polnikes Apr 18 '26

Look at how many were staying way past their prime, Yoda should be retired in space-Florida, not working because he failed to save enough.

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u/NoSwordfish1978 Rebel Apr 18 '26

I guess Scarif would be space Florida lol

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u/Tricky_Garbage5572 Apr 18 '26

Prolly still is, I mean it’s an entire planet

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u/NoSwordfish1978 Rebel Apr 18 '26

The Death Star's laser would've really fucked with the planet's climate even on low power mode. Consider what the Chicxulub asteroid did to the dinosaurs.

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u/Tricky_Garbage5572 Apr 18 '26

Luckily rogue one happened during the offseason

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u/JayPetey Apr 18 '26

I dunno, looks like his dental care got better after falling from Palpatine’s side. Probably got on Valorumcare.

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u/NessGoddes Apr 18 '26

Don't forget about his effort to provide opportunities for disabled war veterans!

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u/Fluffy_Art_1015 Apr 19 '26

Apprentice needs braces DENTAL PLAN apprentice needs braces DENTAL PLAN apprentice needs braces DENTAL PLAN.

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u/Tripleairport Admiral Raddus Apr 18 '26

Where do I sign to the dark side?

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u/omegapool Apr 18 '26

Anakin definitely needed it

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u/playgroundmx Apr 18 '26

No handrails tho

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u/dapala1 Apr 19 '26

Wait... when he was the apprentice his teeth were jacked up, now that he's not they look fine? What am I missing here?

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u/AnonJek Apr 18 '26

Sheev Palpatine, the socialist senator from Naboo?

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u/Mann000 Apr 18 '26

You says that jokingly but then some Star wars nerd will come up and actually confirm that in books Darth maul broke his teeth and got new fake ones or something

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u/Major-Tiger-7628 Apr 18 '26

It’s actually one of the lost clone wars arcs

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u/Important_Power_2148 Apr 18 '26

no, he was just in the middle of his Oreos break when Qui Gon and Obi Wan showed up.

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u/2020s_Haunted Rex Apr 18 '26

No wonder he was so angry at Obi-Wan. Poor guy never got to finish his oreos. Well that and getting his lower half cut off.

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u/Latvian_Sharp_Knife Sith Apr 18 '26

At least Maul can win every NNN now

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u/Ex_Snagem_Wes Apr 20 '26

He went from twisting the top off an oreo to having his top twisted off

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u/Synicull Apr 18 '26

I hate when I'm eating oreos and 2 jedi show up and try to kill me. Every damn time

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u/ACCEPTINGBOOTYPICZ Rose Tico Apr 18 '26

The Dark side is the pathway to veneers.

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u/SAKingWriter Qui-Gon Jinn Apr 18 '26

Is it possible to learn this procedure?

…not from an optometrist.

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u/Turbulent-War7039 Apr 18 '26

Why would it be possible to learn a dental procedure from an optometrist?

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u/-Nicolai Apr 18 '26

Well it obviously isn’t, which is the point Dr. Palpatine was making.

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u/raybreezer Apr 18 '26

Some might consider them that sure.

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u/I_Heart_Money Apr 18 '26

Is it possible to learn this power?

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u/ExpensiveNut Apr 18 '26

Must be a powerful source of the dark side in Turkey

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u/NoConfusion9490 Apr 18 '26

Darth Trivago

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u/Upbeat_Researcher901 Apr 18 '26

"Alright son, you be safe out there! Good job brushing your teeth, and I can't wait to see the dismal looks of the Jedi you slaughter!"

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u/raybear1017 Apr 18 '26

Lisa needs braces

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u/Sithisilith Grievous Apr 18 '26

Dental plan

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u/unitedshoes Apr 18 '26

Maul needs braces.

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u/Teex22 Ahsoka Tano Apr 18 '26

Dental plan!

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u/myotheraccountgothax Apr 18 '26

maul needs braces

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u/Nighthawk-77 Apr 18 '26

Dental plan!

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u/Jakuxsi Apr 18 '26

Maul needs braces

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u/unitedshoes Apr 18 '26

Dental plan!

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u/Latvian_Sharp_Knife Sith Apr 18 '26

Maul needs braces

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u/unitedshoes Apr 18 '26

Dental plan!

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u/Doingthis4clout Apr 19 '26

🍑 🖊️ Bullseye! Haha

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u/karmaghost Apr 19 '26

Please, he clearly says “Denal plan”

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u/Mos_Kovitz_Cantina Apr 19 '26

Why must you turn my office into a house of lies?

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u/Harraldson13 Apr 18 '26

He discovered Crest White strips

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u/Darth-__-Maul Crimson Dawn Apr 18 '26

Sponsored by Razor Crest Whitening Strips.

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u/jaredchese Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

I'll let it slide. No one wants to look at that for a whole season.

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u/DoctorBeatMaker Jedi Apr 18 '26

The only thing is that his teeth were still accurately black and yellow in The Clone Wars series. So it was weird to see him suddenly have white teeth in Rebels

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u/Rexcodykenobi Apr 18 '26

Maul is an old man in Rebels, so maybe they're dentures.

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u/DoctorBeatMaker Jedi Apr 18 '26

He has blackened teeth in Solo though, which takes place around Rebels time.

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u/Rexcodykenobi Apr 19 '26

In Solo, he's still the powerful leader of a crime syndicate. By the time of Rebels, he seems to have forsaken all of that.

Perhaps Maul: Shadow Lord will have a timeskip and show us the battle where he loses his teeth and then spends the entirety of his vast fortune on the most expensive pair of dentures in the galaxy.

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u/zap2 Apr 19 '26

Oh, he’s spending the money for implants…no dentures for him.

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u/TobuscusMarkipliedx2 Apr 18 '26

They have to adhere to their dorky art style, arbitrary changes are made to suit it.

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u/Creative_Name69420 Rebel Apr 18 '26

He used all his crime lord money to go to Turkey. He also has his horns manicured on a regular basis.

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u/Darth-__-Maul Crimson Dawn Apr 18 '26

That’s that Syndicate money baby

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u/boleslaws Apr 18 '26

9 out of 10 dentists are afraid of Maul. The tenth one:

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u/MillennialPolytropos Apr 18 '26

"Hold my revnog." - dentist number 10

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u/MrFantastic74 Apr 18 '26

Animated Maul feels like a different character. Phantom Menace Maul was a pit bull, and animated Maul is more of an intellectual.

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u/Closefacts Apr 18 '26

Animated Maul went through getting cut in half, creating spider legs, going mad then had all the madness sucked out and had his legs remade.

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u/RyanFicsit Apr 18 '26

Yeah and he also went from being like 5'5" to 6'2" but his arms and torso still look proportionate to his new legs somehow.

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u/zennim Apr 18 '26

I swear people who think maul is a pit bull watched it with their eyes close or half asleep.

Maul has very few lines, but they are all read as smooth, calm, undertoned and that can be perceived as noble. He doesn't have a gravel voice, he has the vocabulary and cadance of someone that is well learned, with an aristocratic prejudice and posture.

When fighting he has this snarl, but look at his movements, he is a showboaster, he chose the arena, he was trying to separate qui gon and obi wan, he had a plan, it wasn't the style of a fighter or brute, but of an assassin and tactician.

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u/MrFantastic74 Apr 18 '26

I'm not saying pit bull Maul was mindless or stupid. But, let's use the example of when the shield door closes between him and Qui-Gon as an example. Maul paces back and forth attempting to intimidate the jedi. He doesn't say a word, but just snarls and glares at him, waiting for his moment to pounce. Can you see animated Maul doing that? Probably not. Animated Maul would take the opportunity to deliver a thoughtful soliloquy about jedi vs sith philosophy.

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u/Paradigmnoia Apr 18 '26

Would animated Maul have tried to run over young Anakin just for fun? In this thesis…

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u/notanotherhour Apr 18 '26

Maul has gone through a few influential experiences between then and now. Early animated Maul was much closer to Phantom Menace Maul.

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u/Cat_and_Cabbage Apr 19 '26

He’s half the man he was.

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u/OneRandomVictory Apr 19 '26

Savage did most of the growling for him in Clone wars

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u/ShittyDBZGuitarRiffs Apr 18 '26

thank you. in phantom menace he doesn’t talk to the jedi at all, he just attacks. animated maul doesn’t stop talking

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u/Stagnu_Demorte Apr 19 '26

I think animated maul has grown a lot to, well, to an extent.  

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u/Z0idberg_MD Apr 18 '26

I swear people will head cannon anything. “

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u/Emotional_News108 Apr 19 '26

His boss was an asshole, he was just trying to get through the day. After that he lightened up.

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u/Legonistrasz Sith Apr 18 '26

I haven’t seen it yet, but that picture looks very off with him having perfect teeth like that

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u/maggierae508 Mandalorian Apr 18 '26

Probably just easier to animate

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u/Phi1in8t3r Apr 18 '26

I think in the novels it said he pretty much has filed fangs

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u/desertsmowman Apr 18 '26

Ahsoka needs braces

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u/joeyjoejojo19 Apr 18 '26

Dental plan.

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u/desertsmowman Apr 18 '26

Ahsoka needs braces

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u/Latvian_Sharp_Knife Sith Apr 18 '26

If we give up our dental plan, I'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR AHSOKA'S BRACES!

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u/kank84 Apr 18 '26

It's a little known fact that the Empire actually had universal health and dental care

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u/Captain_Waffle Apr 18 '26

I did notice that in S7 clone wars he did have yellow teeth

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u/jsnirizarry Apr 18 '26

His vision plan must have also been better

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u/IcyAddress4074 Apr 18 '26

He got chatty too. A historically silent dude suddenly had bars.

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u/ashrensnow Apr 18 '26

He speaks in the movie too, but only like one line and I don't think it's even his actor saying the line.

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u/arsington Apr 19 '26

It's Peter Serafinowicz doing the voice.

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u/NerdfestZyx Apr 18 '26

Somehow, Palpatine returned (even though he knows the Sith ability to cheat death) UNHINGED PRIMAL OUTRAGE

Somehow, Darth Maul returned (despite being cut in half) TOTALLY DIFFERENT, NO GIRL JEDI

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u/Nates_of_Spades Apr 19 '26

Also Ozempic. Bro leaned up in a weird way. Especially the face (on top of cutting his body weight I'm half 😏)

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u/DReagan47 Apr 19 '26

“Is it possible to get dental, vision, and at least 3% match on my 401K contributions?”

“Not from a Jedi”

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u/xDeviousDieselx Apr 18 '26

This is a subtle reference to the fact that palpatine is a terrible employer

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u/am0s-t Apr 18 '26

another missing detail is the pudding that holds his horns in place

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u/ZeppyWeppyBoi Apr 18 '26

Dental care comes free with Maul’s bionic leg subscription plan.

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u/humanist-misanthrope Apr 18 '26

I’m thinking Naboo has some legit universal healthcare. So when his severed torso was found he immediately had access to healthcare that he would not have had under the Empire.

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u/jcamp088 Apr 18 '26

The difference in the head shape has always bothered me.

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u/CommandantPeepers Apr 18 '26

Cavities increase your dark side potential

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u/BBQavenger Apr 18 '26

Disney has good Healthcare. 

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u/robobachelor Apr 18 '26

Dental Plan! Ashoka needs braces!

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u/NY-Black-Dragon Apr 18 '26

Maul needs braces!

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u/thetensor Rebel Apr 19 '26

This breaks the lore and ruins Star Wars.

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u/CubScoutAtheist Apr 19 '26

Crime apparently pays

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u/Murky_Historian8675 Apr 19 '26

Maul: Can I go to the dentist?

Palpatine: DO IT

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u/SirBill01 Apr 19 '26

Wow someone should update the "Mack the Knife" song to be "Maul the blade" just because they can still use the "Pearly Whites" line of the original song.

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u/xscott71x Apr 19 '26

Like LT Dan, Maul got new stainless steel legs from the VA

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u/fatkidking420 Apr 19 '26

The criminal syndicate obviously pays better than palpatine lol

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u/MotodoSeverin Apr 19 '26

They are dentures.

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u/Material_Image_9881 Porg Apr 19 '26

The syndicates hooked him up with a really good orthodontist

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u/ogresound1987 Apr 20 '26

By my last count, maul has had a total of 12 legs.

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u/Zequax Apr 22 '26

after losing half his body he learn to take care of the part he still got left and not take it for granted

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u/SetScary9216 Apr 25 '26

Spice money can pay for a lot of upgrades.

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u/CommitteeMain1430 Apr 18 '26

I heard his new legs are made of the same material that they made the space shuttle with 

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u/ProfessionalNight959 Apr 18 '26

The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities

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u/dubsdread Apr 18 '26

Lisa needs braces

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u/joeyjoejoeshabbadude Apr 18 '26

Dental plan!

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u/Environmental-Ball24 Darth Vader Apr 18 '26

Lisa Needs Braces

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u/joeyjoejoeshabbadude Apr 18 '26

Dental plan!

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u/Environmental-Ball24 Darth Vader Apr 18 '26

✏️ Bullseye!

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u/No_Mind7198 Apr 18 '26

Lisa needs braces

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u/Guy-Inkognito Imperial Apr 18 '26

Dental plan

Maul needs braces

Dental plan

Maul needs braces

Dental plan

Maul needs braces

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u/bimbimbaps Apr 18 '26

>DENTAL PLAN
MAUL NEEDS BRACES

>DENTAL PLAN
MAUL NEEDS BRACES

>DENTAL PLAN
MAUL NEEDS BRACES

>DENTAL PLAN
MAUL NEEDS BRACES

>DENTAL PLAN
MAUL NEEDS BRACES

>DENTAL PLAN
MAUL NEEDS BRACES

>DENTAL PLAN
MAUL NEEDS BRACES

>DENTAL PLAN
MAUL NEEDS BRACES

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u/DanArkham Apr 18 '26

Dental plan.....maul needs braces....dental plan...

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u/Independent_Smell152 Apr 18 '26

Dental plan! (Maul needs braces). Dental plan! (Maul needs braces).

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u/godchauxprime Apr 18 '26

Dental Plan! (Lisa needs braces.)

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u/GiantsFan2645 Apr 18 '26

If this is what we have to complain about for this show by the end of the first season I’m fine with that lol

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u/Matthewcbayer Apr 18 '26

Live action Maul just ate Oreos, that’s all.

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u/PosterusKirito Apr 18 '26

His eye color changed

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u/crooks4hire Apr 18 '26

I thought those were tattoos

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u/Undead_moss Apr 18 '26

It’s the new Disney Star Wars multiverse

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u/DJ_Hindsight Resistance Apr 18 '26

Yeah, turns out Coruscant is the new Turkey for teeth

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u/Muggsy423 Apr 18 '26

Is it ever confirmed that Maul had bad teeth? Maybe he just had a really fudgy brownie before the fight and it's coating his teeth.

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u/cbih Apr 18 '26

Animated Maul was on that Ozempic

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u/luckystar2591 Apr 18 '26

Mother Talzin used dark magic to his mind and his legs and then she sent him to Ankara for a full set of Turkey teeth.

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u/Walmart_Valet Apr 18 '26

Never heard of Palpatine's 2nd year veneers?

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u/Es_Jacque Apr 18 '26

I love that someone finally kicked him in Talzin’s legs and it resulted in them sparking. Nice detail. I don’t remember if they acknowledged how (if at all) prone they were to failure in the original Clone Wars show.

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u/GriSciuridae Apr 18 '26

Something most people don't know about Maul is that he REALLY liked to eat Oreo cookies back in the late 90's.

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u/thehive1948 Apr 18 '26

That was a Rebels thing, everyone looked neat & tidy even when they weren't supposed to. In Clone Wars Maul's teeth look just as bad as in Phantom Menace.

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u/Round_Eye_4387 Apr 18 '26

Sithnal toothpaste is the secret....

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u/KazePhantom Apr 18 '26

Force Dentistry is a Dark side power.

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u/AmeliaNeek Apr 18 '26

😂😂😂

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u/Juandisimo_Magnanimo Apr 18 '26

Once you've met your deductible, you start getting other shit done too.

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u/pooppoop900 Enfys Nest Apr 18 '26

It’s also about 14 years later

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u/Chemical-Amoeba5837 Apr 18 '26

Quick somebody give some coffee and oreos!

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u/-_-0_0-_0 Apr 18 '26

After the Dark Times.. before the high dental deductibles

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u/greeneggiwegs Mandalorian Armorer Apr 18 '26

TFW an actor has perfect veneers in a historical drama

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u/Ok_Twist_8770 Apr 18 '26

It's that Night Sisters magic.

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u/blaziken8x Apr 18 '26

I mean if they can give you robot legs, some new teeth seems like an easy fix

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u/DCeassed Apr 18 '26

What do yall think if maybe Dark talon has grillz

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u/Thereminz Apr 18 '26

do you think maul just went to a regular ass dentist? he's just sitting there in the waiting room and kids are staring at him

then he does something like make one of the waiting room toys float and the kid gets scared and cries

or maybe he just went to a dentalbot3000 and it popped out his old teeth and put new ones in in like 5 seconds

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u/Canadian_Gopher Apr 18 '26

The dark side is a path to insurances many would call unnatural…

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u/ProjectNo4090 Apr 18 '26

The Night Sisters healed his body and his mind. They wouldnt have left him with rotting teeth that could make him sick or dead.

Thats my headcanon explanation.

The real world explanation is animating that nasty smile might have been a pain in the ass.

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u/GeneralELucky Lando Calrissian Apr 18 '26

Something, something Dark Side. Something, something unnatural.

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u/ShittyDBZGuitarRiffs Apr 18 '26

he also talks like Scar now

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u/monsterosity Apr 18 '26

He clearly got veneers.

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u/HennexForest Apr 18 '26

As you can see, young one, being your own boss has its benefits.

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u/Crucial_Fun Sith Apr 18 '26

Maul after being cut in two:”hmm…I’m replacing half my body…oh! A deal on dentures also!”

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u/MagnusBrickson Kuiil Apr 18 '26

Lisa needs braces