‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Featurette Takes You Behind The Scenes Of The Ahsoka Vs. Maul Lightsaber Fight

If you aren’t watchingStar Wars: The Clone Wars, you probably missed one of the best lightsaber fights in the franchise’s history in last Friday’s episode. Ahsoka Tano and Maul clashed on Mandalore, and since executive producer and supervising director Dave Filoni knew that confrontation was a big deal for fans, he wanted to verify the lightsaber fight was taken to the next level.

So he utilized performance capture technology and brought inRay Park, the actor who portrayed Maul inThe Phantom Menace(and briefly again inSolo: A Star Wars Story), to embody the character one more time. Check out this new featurette that shows how the scene was achieved.

Ahsoka vs Maul Lightsaber Duel Featurette

I’m sure fans will be thrilled to see Ray Park in action once again, and watching this video is a surreal experience for me because I actually got to havemy own lightsaber fight with Park himselfaround the timeSolo: A Star Wars Storycame to theaters.Soloseemed to set him up to portray the character again in a sequel, but since a follow-up seems unlikely, this could conceivably be the final time that he ever plays the character.

But it’s also super cool to see stunt performerLauren Mary Kimstep back into this universe. Even if you don’t recognize her name or face, you’ve absolutely seen her work before: she’s done stunts for movies likeCrank: High Voltage,Furious 7, andPacific Rim: Uprising, TV shows likeVeronica Mars,Luke Cage, andWestworld, and plenty of work for video games, includingKinect Star Wars,Mortal Kombat 11, andPS4’sSpider-Man.

I’ve never seen a full episode ofClone Wars, but after watching this featurette, I fired up Disney+ and skipped ahead to last Friday’s “The Phantom Apprentice” episode just to watch this fight play out in context, and it lives up to the hype. And if you want to learn much more about that episode, participate in fan polls, hear more commentary from the cast and crew, check out concept art of several of the episode’s key moments, learn fun facts and trivia, and explore more about all the major characters who appear in the episode, be sure to head over toStarWars.com’s episode guide page.

The next episode ofStar Wars: The Clone Warsarrives on Disney+ on this Friday,July 27, 2025.