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Topic: Evaluating Darth Maul
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BobPalpatine
Foo Fighter
Member # 17
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posted 05-24-2002 06:07 PM
     
The thing I've been thinking lately is how much short work would've been made of by Yoda.I mean think about Dooku beat the crap outta Obi-Wan, and Obi-Wan killed DM, so Yoda should be able to just make short work of Maul right? -------------------- "Can't you hear my motored heart? Your the one that started it!" -Foo Fighters "Generator" Cogito ergo sum BobPalpatine
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Graysith
Chosen Daughter
Member # 27
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posted 05-31-2002 08:01 PM
Sorry, gang. Sithette though I might be... I think Maul was all glitz and flash. Yeah, he could whale with that double-blade, and whirl it around nice and pretty, but... as it was proven in EP1, long staff against shorter weapon no-so good. It got cut in half on him, and then he seemed a little less "spectacular."Not to mention that in one scene he clearly wobbled off-balance on the walkways they were leaping about on. And about him getting himself killed: no way was he taken off-guard. He just stood there like a big Gandy-Rak watching Obi-Wan leap up and out and nail him, sheesh, how ridiculous can you get? Personally, I think another great character was suffering mightily from "bad writer's syndrome...." or else they were running over-budget and had to cut corners somewhere. As you can tell, I never thought it realistic when he was killed, even though he had lost his apparent advantage by then by having his double blade whacked in half. -------------------- I ride the Stormcloud and the Night!
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BobPalpatine
Foo Fighter
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posted 05-31-2002 11:13 PM
Yea, definitly...Another thing you have to remember about Darth Maul is that he was just a lowly apprentice and probably about the age of Obi-Wan or so. Dooku is a much more powerful Sith Lord. While he may still be an apprentice under Darth Sidious he is still VERY strong in the Dark Side. I think Dooku could've taken Maul just for the fact that he seemed so much more powerful than Maul did. I mean the only use of the Force I saw Maul do, was haul a battle droid at a door and do some flips and stuff. Dooku, was...yea he was strong... Maul was definitly mauled by the less than par writing skills of Lucas. I wish Lucas would go back to the formula he used on ESB, have someone else direct and write for him while he supervised.... -------------------- "Can't you hear my motored heart? Your the one that started it!" -Foo Fighters "Generator" Cogito ergo sum BobPalpatine
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Sa'kal'ishaalas
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posted 09-10-2005 11:56 PM
I loved Darth Maul, but I think that Lucas's terrible writing skills of late made him suffer. I did read some of the Darth Maul books, in which it displayed how amazing he was. I have two theories on how Obi-Wan beat him. One is that power, that power that all good people have, the one I went on a rant about in my other response today. The other was that Obi-Wan was angry. But wait, isn't anger of the dark side? And Luke in ROTJ was mad at Vader for considering going after Leia. And we all know the example of Anakin. But that doesn't count in a way. But still, something seems a little to similar to be coincidental.Oh, an intersting fact about Darth Maul. When the person who came up with his design for him, they asked him to draw up the the scariest thing of his dreams. What he came back with was so scary, they had to come up a new drawing that wasn't as scary. My question is, what did his orginal drawing look like? THAT is something I'd want to see in special features on a DVD. [ 09-10-2005 11:57 PM: Message edited 1 time, lastly by Sa'kal'ishaalas ]
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