Ray Park, one of the three actors most associated with Darth Maul (eventually known as just Maul), shared a photo that has some speculating whether the character could return in an upcoming Star Wars project.
On Instagram, Park posted a picture of the head prosthetic that gives Maul his signature horns. "Meet me on Dathomir!" he wrote in the caption. "SITH LIFE! TAO"
The inclusion of the Solo hashtag could indicate this was simply a throwback to Park's cameo as Maul in 2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story. However, many fans are coming to the conclusion that it means Maul could return.
Maul debuted in 1999's The Phantom Menace, played Park and voiced by Peter Serafinowicz. The character is a Zabrak from Dathomir who was abducted by Darth Sidious as a child and became his first Sith apprentice. He was seemingly killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi in Episode I, but in The Clone Wars (where he was voiced by Sam Witwer), it was revealed that he used the dark side to preserve himself. It was also established that he forfeited the "Darth" title and renounced the Sith after realizing he was simply Sidious' pawn. Instead, Maul became a ruthless crime lord.
Maul would factor heavily into The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, the latter of which saw him encounter Obi-Wan once more, dying in a lightsaber duel. His last live-action appearance, however, was in Solo, which ended with him summoning Qi'ra to Dathomir and left his fate between then and Rebels unclear.
Timeline-wise, Maul would still be alive during the events of Obi-Wan Kenobi, which begins filming this spring.
Source: Instagram