>>10671639That was for the Maul & Talon videogame that he wanted on a whim when he barged into the gamedev studio, put the statues of Maul and Talon together, and told them that they are friends, make a game about them.
In his sequels, Maul was going to be old and he was supposed to survive the OT era. But then Disney killed Maul in Rebels for some reason, probably because Disney's ST fucked up Luke and Leia and the New Republic beyond repair, so George's ST were not doable anymore.