*spoilers* darth maul obiwan fight

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(03/19/2017)[-]

>trying to use the same technique he used to kill Qui Gon Jinn

Because there's no ******* way Obi Wan wasn't running that fight through his head for the past couple decades. Seriously, Obi Wan is an experienced Jedi Master that sliced 3 limbs off The Chosen One and left him burning on a lava planet, what did you expect to happen?

#1 - ihavenoregrets#171 on commentsRank#171

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(03/19/2017)[-]

#12 - aggronlover

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(03/19/2017)[-]

The duel itself was anticlimactic, but at the same time very realistic and fitting. Actual swordfights rarely last more than a few strikes.

Maul is a crazed old man who spent weeks on end aimlessly wandering a desert, deteriorating in both mind and spirtit, while Kenobi is a composed master of defense who has adapted to his age. The duel also had several references to their long history: they start out using their more progressed fighting stances, before reverting to using the styles they used when they dueled in Theed. Maul also tried to kill Kenobi with the same move he used to kill Qui-Gonn.

I feel they put more emphasis on Obi-Wan and Maul as characters, and less as duelists. Maul at least died with a sense of dignity and peace, which is more than can be said for most Star Wars villains.

#15 to #12 - dubh

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(03/20/2017)[-]

I thought it was perfect.
Maul's basically been the Sith whipping boy from day one.
He was raised as a placeholder until Sidious could find his wonder-baby (Anakin)
He got cut in half, and kept himself alive through sheer hate and madness.
He became a crime lord, only to be betrayed and abandoned by his scumbag disciples.
He became the leader of a planet, only to go back to being Sidious' puppet about an hour later.
Then, twenty years on, he's still banging his head against a wall, following the Sith teachings of vengeance, and he wastes away for years on a dead planet.
And finally, he finds Obi Wan again, the man who started all this depressive nonsense.
And he dies in 4 seconds.
A lifetime dedicated to hatred and death, and that's it.
If there's any disappointment in the scene, I think that's intentional. Maul dies, and he realizes just how futile his life has been.

#3 - aimoperative

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(03/19/2017)[-]

The episode was amazing.

#6 - urapooper

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(03/19/2017)[-]

I felt like that was less of a fight more of a (I can't find the right word for it the closest I can go with is "ceremony").

What's with maul? That's not the maul that I expected will be on the fight does the rest of the episode explain why maul is like that?

I still think the art style looks childish.

#4 - traitortrooper

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(03/19/2017)[-]

#8 - testaburger

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#5 - searsman

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(03/19/2017)[-]

....Well that was disappointingly quick.

#10 to #5 - vondarkmoor

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(03/19/2017)[-]

that's what she said

#13 - salsajoe

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(03/19/2017)[-]

I think this works well as a testament to obi-wans skill, rather than having a long drawn out battle he ended his foe with a single strike, after a few deflections.

#11 - aggronlover

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