We told you about this in a “rumor has it” post back in October! He’s one of our favorite TV vampires, is the voice of Starkiller in the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game and “the Son” on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Now Sam Witwer returns to the animated series as the voice of the believed-to-be-long-dead Darth Maul, and he couldn’t be happier about it. Neither can we!

Here’s a great featurette via MTV that includes not only an interview with Mr. Witwer, but a behind the scenes look at the voicing sessions, and clips from the upcoming episode:

The return of Darth Maul is scheduled for March 9. Get ready.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars airs Fridays at 8/7c on Cartoon Network.