The new comic will show the Sith Lord before his 'Phantom Menace' debut.

Marvel Entertainment's next Star Wars comic book will take place even more of a long, long time ago than before, with a spotlight on Darth Maul revealing what a galaxy far, far away looked like before The Phantom Menace.

The newly announced five-issue Star Wars: Darth Maul series will take place before Maul's onscreen debut in 1999's Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace, and see the villain take on both the criminal underworld and Jedi in an attempt to prove himself to his mentor, Darth Sidious.

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