Athena Yvette Portillo (Exec. Producer), Brad Rau (Supervising Director), and Matt Michnovetz (Writer and Exec. Producer) Roundtable Interview (MAUL: SHADOW LORD)

Skytalkers

Charlotte Errity & Caitlin Plesher

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4.7 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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This week’s episode of Skytalkers includes a roundtable interview with the creators of Maul: Shadow Lord! We talked with Executive Producer Athena Yvette Portillo, Supervising Director/Executive Producer Brad Rau, and Writer/Executive Producer Matt Michnovetz! Tune in to hear them answer questions about: Developing the character of Devon Izara and some of the early concepts for the show. What technical achievements did this show accomplish? How did this team work with Sam Witwer as the voice of Maul and also a consultant producer on the show? …and much much more! Join our Patreon community and unlock bonus episodes + more! Our website! Follow us on Twitter/X @skytalkerspod Follow us on TikTok @skytalkers Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram @skytalkerspodcast Follow Charlotte on Twitter/X @crerrity Follow Caitlin on Twitter/X @caitlinplesher Email us! hello@skytalkers.com For ad inquiries please email: skytalkers@58ember.com Please note this Episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this Episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to a 58 Ember production.
0:16.7	Welcome to Sky Talkers. Here are your hosts, Charlotte and Caitlin. Hello and welcome to Sky Talkers. Here are your host, Charlotte and Caitlin.
0:23.1	Hello and welcome to Sky Talkers. I'm your host, Charlotte.
0:26.2	Hey, everyone. I'm your other host, Caitlin. And welcome to this week's episode where we are
0:31.0	bringing you another roundtable interview in preparation for Mall Shadow Lord. And this one was super, super exciting because we got to
0:41.2	interview Athena Portillo, who is executive producer, Matt McNovitz, who's executive producer and writer,
0:46.6	and Brad Rao, who's also an executive producer and supervising director. It was all three of them.
0:51.9	And this interview, I knew, I knew this was going to be a good one.
0:58.5	And it delivered for me personally. And like a really big way. 100%. 100%. I'm obsessed with them.
1:04.4	Also, just you're not going to be able to know because it's audio and we don't get the video files.
1:08.7	But every time someone said hi, they in unison gave a big
1:12.7	wave, like a big, like almost like body wave. I'm going to be real. Yeah, they were. So the other
1:18.5	episode we have out right now is a roundtable with Sam Whitwear and Gideon, who of course played
1:23.7	Mal and Devon. And they were in two separate places. So they, like, had
1:28.2	their own video screens right on the Zoom. But Athena, Matt and Brad, they were all together
1:33.1	at kind of this table. And so, yeah, every time someone, you know, was like, oh, hi, this is Charlotte
1:38.8	asked our question for this interview. Charlotte from Skytalkers, they all in unison raised their hand. It was really cute. It
1:46.6	was nice. It was so great. Yeah. It really was so great. I love them. And Brad has been on the podcast
1:52.5	before. We've done a roundtable with him before for The Bad Batch. So it was great to see him again.
1:57.7	And yeah, so without further ado, here is our roundtable interview with Athena, Matt, and Brad.
2:04.2	So who talks first? You talk first? I talk first.
2:07.2	My question is for Matt. You've been writing Star Wars for so long. How much of the show is David Filoni asking you to do it? How much of this is you
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