The Shadow Has a Name. Now It Has a Blade.

Before the Empire had a face, darkness had a servant who was trained in secret, discarded when convenient, and too dangerous to stay dead. The NEO sabers Shadow Hunter Collection exists because Maul's story was never really about the Sith, it was about what happens to a weapon when it develops a will of its own.

Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord arrives with the weight of two decades of storytelling behind it  like animated arcs, graphic novels, cameos that hit harder than most leading roles. We built five sabers to honour that history, each one a different angle on the same relentless truth: some people are simply built to endure.

Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord. The series, the Franchise Has Owed Us Since 2012.

Shadow Lord is the first live-action feature built entirely around Darth Maul, not as a cameo, not as a mid-credits revelation, but as the full, uncompromising centre of the story. The title alone tells you what Lucasfilm finally understood: this is not the tale of a fallen apprentice. This is the origin story of something far more difficult to define, a man who was made into a weapon and then had the audacity to survive his own maker.

The Shadow Hunter Collection from NEO sabers was designed to sit alongside that moment, not capitalise on it. Five sabers built with the same care and specificity that the character himself has always demanded. If you've been waiting for the Star Wars universe to take Maul as seriously as the fans always did, 2026 is the year that wait ends.

MAUL CHARACTER LEGACY 

He Was Introduced as a Threat. He Became Something Infinitely More Interesting.

When Darth Maul first appeared in The Phantom Menace, the instinct was to read him as spectacle like the double blade, the face paint, the silence that somehow felt louder than dialogue. What nobody predicted was that the character would outlast almost every other element of that film, deepening with every subsequent appearance until his arc became one of the most emotionally sophisticated in the entire franchise.

His last conversation with Obi-Wan which was brief, almost gentle, achingly final re contextualised every moment of aggression that came before it and revealed a man who had been running from grief for thirty years. The NEO sabers Shadow Hunter Collection is built for the people who felt that scene land, who understood what it cost both characters, and who have been waiting for the franchise to return to that depth ever since.

LIGHTSABER LORE 

The Double-Bladed Saber Is the Most Iconic Weapon in the Star Wars Universe. That Distinction Was Earned in a Single Scene.

When Maul ignited the second blade in the Theed Generator complex, it didn't just change the fight,  it changed the grammar of what a lightsaber duel could look like, how it could move, what it could mean for the character holding it. The choreography of that sequence, designed by Nick Gillard and executed by Ray Park with a physicality that has never quite been replicated, remains the visual high point of the prequel era for millions of viewers who disagree about almost everything else.

In The Clone Wars and Rebels, we see the separated hilts used with a fluidity that suggests years of specific training, a whole additional discipline built on top of an already demanding foundation. That versatility like staff or dual, weapon or symbol, spectacle or precision is exactly what the Shadow Hunter Collection is designed to let you explore across five distinct sabers, each one a different interpretation of the same essential legacy.

PRODUCT SHOWCASE

Five Sabers. Each One a Different Entry Point Into the Same Legend.

The Shadow Hunter Collection was not designed to offer variations on a single idea, it was designed so that five different people, with five different relationships to this character and this story, could each find the one that was made for them. 

Lord Rebel Double-Bladed Saber — The Definitive Statement Piece The Lord Rebel is the double-bladed configuration that anchors the entire collection available with XRGB 3.0 or Xenopixel V3, 

1. Shadow Hunter DM — Xenopixel V3 — For Those Who Want the Blade to Match the Story Running on Xenopixel V3, the Shadow Hunter DM delivers pixel-accurate blade effects.
2. Shadow Hunter DM — Baselit — Reliability Built Into Every Layer The same hilt as the Xenopixel variant, rebuilt around the XRGB 3.0 board for those who prioritise brightness.
3. Maul Pro Saber — The Builder's Choice The Maul Pro is the most configurable saber in the collection: XRGB 3.0, Xenopixel V3, or Neo Proffie 2.2 with three board paths.
4. DM Weathered SE — The One That Looks Like It Has a Past Available in RGB Baselit or SN-Pixel V4, the Weathered SE carries a deliberately aged finish.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 

Five Sabers. Four Board Technologies. Every Decision Documented.

All Shadow Hunter Collection hilts are machined from aircraft-grade aluminium with tolerances that reflect the seriousness with which NEO sabers approaches every component of the build  because a hilt that flexes, creaks, or feels hollow in the hand undermines everything else the saber is trying to be.

XRGB 3.0 : Lord Rebel, Shadow Hunter DM Baselit, Maul Pro A high-output baselit board engineered for brightness, colour accuracy, and no-friction daily performance. 

Xenopixel V3 : Lord Rebel, Shadow Hunter DM Xenopixel, Maul Pro A Neopixel-class board with individual LED control across the full blade length delivering scroll-on ignition, blade drag, tip flicker, and motion-responsive sound.

Neo Proffie 2.2 : Maul Pro exclusively. The open-source board that turns the Maul Pro into a platform rather than a product fully programmable blade styles.

SN-Pixel V4 :  DM Weathered SE A pixel board that brings smooth, responsive blade effects to the Weathered SE's already distinctive aesthetic offering a meaningful step up from baselit performance.

Blade Lengths at a Glance:

The Shadow Hunter Collection is available now.

300,000 Sabers Shipped. Every Single One of Them to Someone Who Did Their Research First.

NEO sabers has never been a brand that relied on impulse purchases the people who find us are typically the people who have spent weeks reading forums, watching reviews, and comparing specifications before they make a decision. That's the customer base we've built for, and it's the reason our post-purchase satisfaction numbers look the way they do: when detail-oriented buyers choose you after exhaustive research, they tend to stay.

The dueling community specifically has responded to the Maul Pro's Proffie 2.2 option with the kind of enthusiasm that only comes from people who have waited a long time for a specific configuration to exist at this price point.

NEO sabers has been the official or preferred supplier for multiple competitive dueling leagues, cosplay championships, and fan film productions across three continents.