Maul's final words here always stuck with me. "YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BURN! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!" Not just because of Sam Witwer's outstanding performance, but also because he and us, the audience, both know what's about to happen. And nobody believes him.
Well... Maul still has his pride and overconfidence. He should've just cut the beam on the other side! But no, his pride demands that he has to end it with a lightsaber
@@vadimblin tbf, Ahsoka could have survived that. The force lets you negate fall damage and she could have just used it to pull Maul down with her and continue the fight.
@@enderduck4253 Ahsoka is dann good in negating fall dmg but I doubt that she could handle that.... also Maul is stronger in the force. He could push her away before she could drag him down. And even if he would fall with her.... he survived being cut in half AND falling down.
That would cause me to Take a pause and figure out what got powerful Sith so shook. His fear and terror was genuine and came from Something he knew or saw
That would raise a lot of alarms and start questioning him. Bc Sith Lords don't freak out like that even after being caught. Especially someone like maul.
This fight was actually motion captured, it's actually Ray Park (who played Darth Maul in Phantom Menace) doing Maul's saber moves here! The animators did tweak it and add things, but it was built off motion capture information. It's a very impressive achievement, but perhaps in a different way from the other Clone Wars duels
@@TheMimiSard Yeah, the 100% animated duels have a certain ANIMATED look to them, whereas this one looks a lot more like the live action films. Clone Wars has a lot of iconic duels but I'm glad they did this one with mo-cap, especially having Ray Park reprise Darth Maul. It's just so cool
@@TheMimiSardWith such a great loghtsaber fight makes you wonder what happened to her skills in Ahsoka. Wish they had got the same people who did the stunt work on this came back and did the lightsaber choreography in the Ahsoka live action series
This is honestly my favorite interaction in Clone Wars. Maul had her. He almost got her to join his side. And then he lost her when he told her about Anakin and she didn't believe her. And that's when everything about maul suddenly hit me like a truck. Maul is a lot of things. Murderer, tyrant, manipulator, a monster. But the one thing he isn't. Is a liar.
I know the Sith in the movies do lie a lot, but according to their central tenets, they should be the most honest bunch among friends and disciples. They will of course deceive their enemies though.
Let’s not forget count dooku he was many things. But in truth he was the true hero. He wanted qui gon and obi to join him and help with stop lord sidious. He told qui hon way in advance who he was really and how he was playing both sides that he planned on destroying the Jedi. I’m he taught qui gon to question everything which is why qui hon was a bit of an outcast to the other Jedi masters as he questioned every action and believed that there was always another way. After count dooku talked to him sidious caught on to what was going on and sent darth maul to kill him and he did which stopped the whole plan as obi didn’t know count dooku like qui gon did but even so dooku tried convincing him and anakin to help him. They didn’t which lead to the events we know. If they did help stop sidious dolly’s version of the galaxy was completely different and honestly would of been 100% better than if sidious won and there would of been legitimate peace. Count dooku wasn’t a true sith. If you want proof, look at his eyes, he never had sith eyes because he never excepted the dark side like most people did. He questioned it and questioned the Jedi and refused to fall prey to either side. He stood to his morals till his death. He was a true hero that never got his chance to shine.
@@JohnSmith-bs9ym it’s an ability dooku never used. Dooku was to busy politics and everything else. He did use his sith eyes I think once or twice in the animated series. But it was a very very rare.
Actually that already happened after sidious killed savage,long story short talazan eventually got lured out and got killed by grevious,but maul managed to escape
@@Onionaniamtionsexactly so if the clones take him back to the Coruscant and he knows the Jedi are about to fall, he will be left to Palpatine either way. Republic or Empire and since we know from the Darth Maul comics that Sidious will not want to go through the trouble of imprisoning him and so he likely kill him and painfully. He only kept Maul alive previously to weed out Mother Talzon as her force and magic were a threat him.
I love how important Maul became to the story, going from a no-personality bad guy just to be a villain in TPM to basically being the guy that knew everything and was actively trying to stop Sidious from raising to power, even if his methods were flawed and no one believed him.
I love when a character was made to be a one off villain, and then develops into an important and beloved figure. It happened to one of my DnD characters, and they have been my best character by far.
I didn’t like Maul portrayal in Rebels. Like u said trying to stop Sidious rise to power, you’ll think his next move would be to sabotage the empire. Like probably help finance the rebellion through his criminal empire, supplying them with stolen imperial weapons through smugglers. I expected more from him but just got same old revenge against Kenobi story 🙄
Maul is a tragic character. The writers of The Clone Wars deserve a lot of credit for taking him from a silent killer, a character many walked out of theaters not remembering the name of (even if they'd never forget the iconic look), to being a tragedy you could write a dissertation on.
@travismaguire1349 not sure where you're from, friend, but here our schools teach us the word hyperbole Always down to diss on the American education system when it's merited
@@kalleh6400 Nope. Ahsoka was mocapped by the same stunt woman who did The Armorer’s fight scene in The Mandalorian. I can’t remember her name but there’s a behind the scenes video of this fight that’s really cool
@@donovanridley1146 Yup - Lauren Mary Kim. The Corridor Crew VFX channel did a few stunt breakdowns and talked about this with her. Certified badass! Everyone should watch the BTS stuff for this, soooo good!
The only thing missing from this is some of the banter that was in the Ahsoka novel. When Maul says he was upset that they only sent a padawan to take him and she replied with "You're only half a sith" Not even Anakin got burned that bad.
That "we're all going to die" feels so fucking terrifying. The fact he would rather fall to his death than risk being at the will of Sidious speaks VOLUMES
let alone that line came from the terrified depths of his soul meaning every word spoken inn utter terror to what events would unfold if Anakin wasn't stopped, sure maul would have taken over the place of Sidious but at least the man was honest and his story arc just trying to stop the galaxy from caving in is extremely tragic because nobody truly believed a word he said trying to warn literally everyone, the acting by Sam is some of the best in almost any character we've seen in the franchise, you don't just see or hear the desperation you can feel it in an almost palpable level.
"We could have destroyed Sidious!" "Only for you to take his place!" Beautiful dialogue, really cements that despite Ahsoka being wrong about Anakin, she's still right not to trust Maul.
Even then I doubt they could take out Sidious. Not like Maul has ever even approached Sidious in terms of power. And no offense to Ahsoka but she isn't top of the world either. And the last person Maul promised power to was killed in 1 hit by Sidious.
@@haruhirogrimgar6047 No, but they could have got to Anakin in his pivotal final moments before Mustafar. I think the one person that could *maybe* have prevented Anakin's full descent into Vader at that point would have been Ahsoka. Obi Wan had lost his trust, and Padme was the focal point for all his passion and fear of loss. Ahsoka was the one true friend he had left, and her having left the Order while sticking to her moral principles could have served as an example to him of how he could find balance in himself. In a way, the master-apprentice roles would be reversed - she would teach *him* how to find his path between dark and light. Plus it would have made for great drama if they teamed up, cause Maul would be all "Anakin needs to die to save the Galaxy" and Ahsoka would fight for him to be saved.
@@1lamafarmer or simply Maul could take on Dark Anakin along with Obi-Wan that would be awesome to see ... And Ahsoka could come and take sense to Anakin or just simply go join in as well as 3 of them could overwhelm Anakin and Maul could tell Anakin about the entire plan of Sidious
tbh a familiar monster like Maul is easier to deal with than the mystery that is Sidious…ofc this all hinges on them being able to take Sidious down in the first place.
Should’ve believed him Ashoka. On the side note I love Maul’s change in tone of voice before being captured and stunned that yelling of the destruction of everything felt so real and genuine.
I feel like at that point while he was screaming in genuine terror, she felt immense confusion, but she pushed her feelings and thoughts aside and carried on by doing what's already practical.
It didnt matter because when they were fighting anakin found out that palp was a sith lord and it would have been too late if she actually joined him or listened to him
@@mathies3598 Actually you do. I can choose to believe that my view point in belief is right because I believe so (weird way of putting it). I can also choose to believe in others on group projects because they have given me good reason to believe they’ll come through.
Well, he didn't actually know about Order 66, as he said "I had a glimpse of my master's plans, but I did not realize they were sewn so deep." He didn't know the clone army was made to destroy the Jedi, he only knew that in some way they would help him win.
@@Death_13TH He knew the Jedi Purge and the Empire were going to happen, he just didn't know how. Either way, he knew Sidious was going to rise to power, and he knew death was a preferable alternative to living under his rule.
You know this is insanely well written when the tension is earth shattering. Maul articulating Anakin’s destiny was like rediscovering his fate when we already knew about it
Right? It's because Anakin being groomed had always been implied, but not articulated. Therefore when it was vocalized, and from Maul's inside perspective, it had impact.
This makes Ahsoka's fight with Vader all the more heartbreaking because she was told of Anakin's downfall but refused to believe it. Now when I watch Twilight of the Apprentice, I feel Ahsoka was recalling her fight with Maul and his warning to her.
exactly, I think once she sliced part of Vader’s helmet in the fight she realized Maul was right about what he said. And thus I think explains why she walked back into the temple after her fight with Vader and the structure collapsing.
@@akshaysundaram7391and then moments later to be taken into the World Between worlds trying to hold her against TheSenate. She fought Maul, Vader & Sidious for a brief moment and lived (even with the help of Ezra through the World between worlds but still)
You gotta give the Clone Wars animators some serious props for how far they came in being able to recreate realistic light saber duels from the beginning of the series. This is a serious improvement from the first several seasons.
Part of it is thanks to motion capture. Ray Park and The Armorer's stunt doubles were responsible for the crazy choreography that would be extremely difficult to animate alone.
@@BrianSilva-oc7xg I definitely enjoy both styles. The unrealistic, force powered ridiculousness of earlier stuff, and the absolutely amazingly choreographed stuff we see here. That being said, they definitely improved even in non-motion captured stuff in later seasons. Such as the duels of Sidious vs Maul and Savage, or Kenobi and Skywalker vs Dooku. All of which really showcased the styles of each character.
In one of the stuntman react episodes on the Corridor Crew channel had the woman that did the mocap for Asoka break down the process, was awesome to see👍🔥
You know what would be awesome, if we see the throne room in the Mandalorian and it still has ghosts of those lightsaber scratches on the floor. Something makes me think they'd not erase them entirely out of respect-like keeping scars on their armor.
@Ryan He's not wrong... look it up. Armor and Armour are the same and both correct spelling. One is the American spelling and the other may be preferred by other English speaking cultures like Britain.
2:34 the way he flies thru the window with the lightsaber marks on both sides, is a throwback to old Wiley Coyote cartoons when he would fly thru a wall and leave an outline of his shape.
Sidious was using the dark side to cloud the future from the Jedi, but it obviously wouldn't cloud other dark side users. Maul had premonitions, and was clever putting it all together. Perspective matters. 🙂
Uh he didn't figure it out, he was told part of the plan just like darth tyrannus was. Perhaps some details were missing but he understood the nature of the clone wars, the grand scheme of sidious and several other things.
@@vegitoblue5856 that's basically all duels in the Clone wars lol. All the protagonists would survive because the movies decreed it. If someone watched these in chronological order rather than release order, I feel like every battle could have people on their toes.
YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BURN! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!-Darth Maul One of Maul's best lines because it was both epic and true.
I get chills everytime to be honest. Because they truly do not know what is to happen. It reminds me of the finale of Loki and how terrified Loki is of what is to come and trying to warn everyone.
Tbh, they shouldn’t have even brought Ahsoka into live action, she looks way better in an animated style. Even Rebels Ahsoka looks better than how she does in live action. Ahsoka should’ve been an animation only character.
@@fivestarguy100 exactly. If they wanted to give her a solo oroject, it should've been animated as well. Her transition into la betrays her roots and doesn't do her arcobatic dueling style any favors.
I also feel like the live action version is missing something . Kinda like her snippiness. Idk what to call it . They shoulda stayed in animation tho with ahsoka
@@FebiMaster Yes, this is the only animated lightsaber battle to be motion-captured. There's a behind-the-scenes video from IGN. Features the return Maul's body and stunt actor, Ray Park, as well as the stuntwoman for The Armorer, Lauren Mary Kim. The voice actors were also present to get a vibe of how intense the fight would be.
“He is the key to everything.” - Great line that always hits the bullseye. Maul hadn’t a clue just how right he was. He could only see so much of the big picture, in spite of all his experiences.
This duel is my definitive favorite duel in all of star wars for several reasons. 1. Unique. This was the first duel we have seen on screen between double blade and dual blade users. 2. Felt heavy. The apprentice of the Chosen One v.s. The killer of his master's master. 3. Felt balanced. It felt like the fight was fairly even with Maul being stronger and faster, but Ahsoka being quicker and smarter. 4. Well paced. The duel didn't feel too fast or too slow. Bursts of battle with quick monolauge. 5. Felt alive. Sometimes with animated duels it doesn't feel real, but this fight felt like the movements were light while the strikes were heavy.
The jump he does at 1:38 is pure bliss. The fight was motion captured and the original actor for Maul from the prequels returned for the choreography and I absolutely love it.
@@T4nkcommander 1: The person who did the mo-cap for Ahsoka in this fight is a professional stuntwoman, while Ray Park is a former internationally ranked Wushu champion. These are both people who know how to fight. 2: You undermined your own argument when you pointed out that it's "for show's sake". TV and movies get to take dramatic and artistic license with fight scenes in order to make them more entertaining, hence why they're not always entirely accurate.
4:41 Some legendary tier voice acting from Sam Witwer there. From Starkiller to Darth Maul he was always giving it his all, you can really hear the desesperation and horror in those screams, in any other scenario this would be just a crazy Sith, but here? With the knowledge we have about what's about to go down? The entire scene makes Maul look more heroic than he otherwise would look, it was the last chance the galaxy had to save itself, and as soon as Maul lost that fight and got captured any hope for the galaxy to not fall into darkness vanished completely, and he knew this, he wanted to die before things went down and finally be free.
@Vaquero2o9 I'm curious about what was originally planned for when he met Obi Wan again If I remember, Sam said that originally, there was more dialogue between the 2
@@MCSPARTAN501 That and the animations in this show are usually the opposite extreme, with a lot of very pose-to-pose animating since fights have so many swings.
What’s great about this fight, is that after 3 seasons, Darth Maul went back to his roots in lightsaber combat, and it’s amazing to see him back in that manner.
Even better - Disney brought back Ray Park to perform motion capture for this fight. Maul hasn’t looked this good since _Phantom Menace,_ and that’s a big part of the reason why.
In the event where Ashoka didn’t believe him... Maul should have thrown his lightsaber off to the side (much like Luke) to show that he was telling the truth and didn’t want to wage war with Ashoka
I love how Ahsoka herself gives off some type of respect to Maul. She went from saying that Maul wouldn't last if Anakin showed up to commenting on how Maul is hard to kill. Game recognize game. Lol
I think the best example of them respecting each other is when they take a short break at 2:06. There's no hate, revenge, anger, pride, need to kill each other ASAP, just two warriors trying to best each other. Sure, Ahsoka was taunting him, but it feels more like friendly banter than an actual insult
That was a diss! She said that he should be glad that Anakin didn't come himself because the way he was fighting, he wouldn't last very long at all against him. That's something I never understood that in the entire Rebels and Clone wars franchise, Anakin/Vader and Maul never got to fight. That would have been an interesting battle. But maybe it can still be explored. Kenobi finally kills Maul for good about 3-4 BBY, about 6 years after the Obi Wan Kenobi series when Luke and Ezra (both born in 19 bby) were 15 or 16 or so. There is still a 5-6 year period between Obi Wan Kenobi and Rebels, Perhaps Vader and Maul clashed before Maul was the leader of the Crimson Dawn syndicate, with Maul barely escaping, but completely giving up trying to kill vader and deciding to rule over lower-hanging fruit. Which is why when he meets Ezra and the others, he says, "I cannot beat Vader alone." having already barely escaping him before. Disney, I hope you are reading this and taking notes. haha :)
We've seen Order 66 in so much SW media (and its many many aftermaths) thorough the years, and Filoni managed to keep us at the edge of our seats with this scene. Maul was barely hinting what was going to happen, yet we all felt that panic. Because we all knew what was going to happen a few hours later.
Agreed. Filoni did a masterful job showing the events of the battle in the Chancellor's office from a different point of view. Plus the eerie music was also a stroke of genius
Maul begging to die over being captured was one of the strongest things I had seen in this series when it premiered back in 2020. So on point- Filoni is a master
I give the edge to Maul in this fight. He has disarmed Ahsoka thrice, and for the latter part of the fight seems to be more focused on getting away or getting Ahsoka to join him. @2:36 you can clearly see Ahsoka needed to catch her breath. However, props to Ahsoka for wearing down Maul long enough, using his weight or strength against him, and capturing him. This was well-made, well-choreographed fight.
Yeah no. She just would not be able to beat him. Explaining what she did doesn’t take away the fact that she just shouldn’t have been able to. But yeah this fight was incredible .
@Darth Momo And yet she did and the show runners gave a reason. It was confirmed by the show runners that Maul was the superior duelist. It was the fact that his mind was so off-balance plus arrogance and overconfidence that Ahsoka was able to win...and even that win was more do to outwitting him.
@@IamCanadian3333 arrogance and overconfidence are off the table. We can't just take whatever the writers said so seriously. We have to look at previous experience with other firm of media and past episodes because the action is done. Ahsoka won and now they can say whatever excuse they want because it already happened. Maul had always been arrogant and overconfident but that shouldn't mean he sucks at fighting all the sudden. There's a really good video on it by a buddy of mine I'll send a link in a different comment. But in case you don't have like an hour and a half I'll shorten it down a bit. He is an experienced fencer and he uses that as an example. There is a letter rating system I'm the USA that goes from a to e. A is the highest rated and best fencers. He is a level b fencer and uses a style weak to hyper aggressive type fencers so if he was being rushed by another a or b fencer he would probably lose. And if he were to fight an aggressive c type fencer he would most likely win but wouldn't be surprised if he lost. But if he were to fight a D level fencer the he wouldn't be worried. Because there is such a gap in the skill level between B and D level fencers. He even fought such a fight and won in a short time scape. Hopefully you can see where i- or technically he was going with this. He also explains how with close levels or ratings advantages and disadvantages matter a lot more than with further levels and they should look to style. But by going off of that then we would be saying ahsoka would be equal to Anakin and obi wan which just isn't true. The gap between ahsoka and mauls power is just too much for ahsoka to win by reasons such as overconfidence and arrogance. The writers are just using whatever excuse they can to justify ahsoka's win. But they can't because it just shouldn't be possible. Of course you are missing a lot of context and I recommend watching his video
0:41 I love how irritated Maul is about Ahsoka telling him to believe Anakin will bring balance to the force. Maul saw what Anakin will do in his Vision. And a "Jedi" telling him in this moment, when every thing is about to fall apart, that Anakin will bring balance to the force, is just so absurd to him. Him realising the Jedi dont have in the slightist any Idea in what is about to happen, probably had his respect for the jedi bounce to zero.
@@jswajsbergi think that Luke and Vader was more of a back up plan that the force had to wipe out both extremist religions from the galaxy. The original plan the Gorce had for the Chosen One was for Qui-Gon to train Anakin to change the increasingly stagnant Jedi Order, but that plan was scuppered on Naboo thanks to Sidious.
After watching Tales of the Jedi it really hits home the irony that if Anakin hadn’t trained her so damn well she would have never survived this battle - nor the ambush of her clone troopers. Ahsoka is a badass. Can’t wait to see her series!!!
Let's be real, Ahsoka only survived this battle because Maul believed he could turn her. There are 2 distinct points in this battle where he didn't press an attack and let Ahsoka get back up, when he could've just finished her there.
@@Paul-D-Hoff Nah man you got it all wrong, I love Ahsoka, I'm pumped as all hell for her upcoming show. But she still was outmatched here, which makes sense. Maul has been killing Jedi since before she was alive. And in the end, her superior wits bested him, due to his arrogance.
@@yunglink992 just for you I went back to watch that battle as the details were hazy I hadn’t watched it since it first aired - but in no way did I ever see she was on the ropes she even kicked him thru a window and the battle could’ve ended there but she chased him down again - even when she lost her sabers she still countered everything he did perfectly and even reversed the momentum by grabbing his own saber - hell she saved him from dying! She was Mauls match and then some Lol I think you need to rewatch that again also. My original comment stands.
The way that Maul screamed "You don't know what you're doing, we're all going to die"! it just gets me every time, the fact that none of them, not even the clones ( give a few like 5s) knew what terrifying things were about to happen, except him, and Sidious is truly moving.
He should never declare what's written. You have to have faith. Some books written by people that have spoken word are irresponsible. What if we imagine utopia. Ultimate paradise that replenished life
It's called " we know maul is far stronger in the force, and a far better duelist, but it's a woman character so she's the best no matter what". Lame. And now filoni is retconning the lore post revenge of the sith, so he can make her a part of every moment in star wars history. He even had Luke simping for her. I get that she is his creation, but he's really ruined her character recently.
"I know Anakin"... Oh Ahsoka, you naive little fool. You and Obi-Wan ignored every warning sign there was and couldn't believe how he would fall so far until it was too late. You confused recklessness with bravery, arrogance with charm and posessiveness with compassion.
Anakin was a genuine person. His fall was due to the fact that he needed to come to terms with his emotions and was told to just ignore them. He did what he was told the best he could.
The last season, the art, the voice work, the scoring (which gave me chills), and the fights all elevated several levels. The end of the season blows my mind every time I watch it.
This scene really made me wake up to how far she's become. From that annoying little twerp to a mature, resourceful and powerful young woman and one of the best characters in Star Wars ever. She had truly an amazing art. Kinda brings a tear to the eye. You know... moments before they start overflowing.
I think they'll do the same with Rey eventually given enough time. The fun thing about star wars is that lots of writers get to do their own takes on the characters.
@@seekingabsolution1907 Not a chance. Ahsoka was intentionally written to be unlikeable at the beginning. Dave Filoni had a very specific character in mind, and wrote her with flaws he knew would make the audience dislike her. Over the course of about four episodes, he adjusted those flaws to demonstrate some character growth and endear her to the audience. There is a great character analysis that shows what he did and how he went about it, and the psychology of why it was so successful. Rey was written as a power fantasy as part of a political agenda. She's barely even a character. And, as a result, we'll see Ahsoka return again and again(like she did in Rebels and The Mandalorian) due to fan demand, whereas Rey will be consigned to the Disney dumpster fire and never be seen again.
@@scruffd0g193 Nah. Zuko overcoming the odds was well set up. Ahsoka got magically better when she needed to. She shouldn't be taking on Sith Lords. And I know that Filoni said that Maul could've killed her and whatnot, but then they should've showcased that better. This made Ahsoka feel way too close to the top tier fighters than she should be, because Maul was literally equal to Sidious in Juyo, which was both of their preferred fighting styles. How the fuck does Ahsoka beat Sidious' equal in lightsaber combat, even if he's holding back? It's dumb.
@@TheStraightestWhitest to give ahsoka credit, you can see her growth as a jedi duelist throughout clone wars, and in season 7 when she's DEFINITELY matured, i'd say that she probably couldnt BEAT maul, even if he was holding back. but i could certainly see her at least being able to stay alive and hold her own. not only was anakin her master, but im sure she got some soresu lessons from obi wan as well. she also didnt want to kill maul either. both of them were holding back. its just a matter of perspective on who was holding back MORE.
True, at the end she did wear him down. But, Maul did best her 3 times. Honestly I just couldn’t stop thinking, oh you’ve got no idea what’s about to happen.
@@overanDownUnder I think at this point in time she was close to the level of Obi Wan Anakin and Maul. But growing even stronger in Rebels beating Inquisitors and holding her own against Vader. A great journey.
@@janos5555 She was definitely not close to those three people at this time in her life. To say that, it would mean that she was near the level of the greatest practitioner of Soresu in the history of Jedi (even Mace can’t penetrate his defense); and nearly as best as one of the top Jedi of the time in terms of skill which is hardly true due to how many times she was disarmed by someone who didn’t have the intention to kill her; and nearly as best as the person who gives a tough time for Kenobi who I will say again was the greatest practitioner of Soresu. She is one of the top in skill level among regular Jedi Knights, but she is not yet there with the greats. Your statement better aligns with Rebels Ahsoka :), especially that she was able to put up a good defense against Vader (without getting disarmed (if my memory serves me right)) really shows how much she grown in her skills.
@@janos5555 she was still weaker than maul and well vader probably wasnt using his full strength against ahsoka probably cause he still feels his emotions and doesnt really want to kill her so no she is nowhere near as strong and considering how obi wan easily defeated Maul multiple times
He dIdnt win twice. Ahsoka threw him out of the window and he lost to a 17 year old who is just reaching knight level. Pretty embarrassing for a Sith Lord.
@@brianhanes5413 he disarmed her 3 times while not trying to kill her. Even the creators said maul was above ahsoka. Talking about a guy who consistently rag dolls obi wan with the force. It’s an amazing fight but if maul was really trying to kill her, I would give the fight about a minute
Ashoka’s Ataru form is so clean, the he way she flips into her opponents with overhead strikes and the way she makes up for her size by pushing all her weight behind her blade is a great parallel to Yoda who emphasizes pure agility in his form. The way she implements martial arts with kicks and backhands with her saber reminds me of Qui Gon too which was probably really pissing Maul off.
Not as clean as Aayla Secura or Shaak Ti but that's kinda cheating because they are both Jedi Masters after all. Ahsoka's Ataru form came a very long way for someone who isn't even a Jedi.
@@FilthyFrankenjoyerkeep in mind she is essentially a freshly promoted knight in terms of experience here, she had maybe a few months between leaving the order and the battle of mandalore.
@@FilthyFrankenjoyer in terms of experience they definitely have a leg up on Ahsoka, but in terms of skill, Ahsoka was definitely a more competent fighter than either of them. Holding her own against powerhouses like Maul, Ventress, and Grievous. Easily one of the best lightsaber duelists the jedi order had during the clone wars
@@VaguelyRowletneither Aayla nor Shaak Ti were as experienced as Ahsoka, they didn’t duel Grievous or Ventress, Aayla dueled Maul alongside with Windu (in SOD) but Maul managed to take on both of them and he was giving Aayla a hard time while defending from Windu’s attacks. And both Ti and Sekura’s senses were not sharp enough to get prepared for incoming death threat when Order 66 happened. Even Depa Billaba extremely skilled duelist who managed to cut off on of Grievous’s arms in a fight wasn’t good enough to survive Order 66. So Ahsoka is extremely skillful
@@SidestickPilot Exactly. When he starts to scream you know there's some serious shit going on. It's the same when he infamously screams Kenobi in Rebels
What was funny is Maul *never* lied here. He actually just wanted to destroy Sidious. If he had done anything, like tell Ashoka who Sidious was, or find a way to show the others what Anakin was becoming, all of the original trilogy could probably have been prevented. All they needed to do was for a moment, just a moment, put their trust in a Sith’s words.
yeah it is plot armor at it's finest. He could have just pushed her over with the force making Rex capture her instead which gives Maul the time to escape
Or simply use a single saber for way more precision. Ahsoka would've been forced to land on a gunship, where they then could've surrounded Maul. That would've made way more sense for the plot than a Palpatine-trained Sith gitting his weapon grabbed.
motion capture on this was amazing. Just watch the footwork, feels so dynamic and fluid but still realistic. 1:36 Maul hops on one foot to kind of fake a defensive stance but then presses his offense. 1:55 Maul does it again, Ahsoka evades 2:08 Not fighting but that is like every lightsaber stand off in live action but really reminded me of Anakin's standoff against Dooku in AotC and RotS. 2:20 Spins don't cut it anymore, Ahsoka. She switches to the unorthodox. Backflip, and then when pinned by Maul, decides to use and kicks him out. And then everything on the beams. Absolutely awesome. Both characters makes stumbles and slips but never lose confidence in their balance.
@@SatansGreatestSoldier Something I'll have to bear in mind if I ever decide to use him as an antagonist in my Star Wars RPG set immediately after Order 66.
It's actually insane how i literally said to myself "this looks like real people fighting, almost like motion capture" just to see this comment holy shit clone wars really went all out
Whether she knew it or not, this was actually her final trial. This is the battle that made her a Jedi Knight, unfortunately the part of the test she did fail, was letting her relationship with Anakin cloud her from seeing the truth. However, joining Maul would have been a failure, and she probably would have died. By the time her and Maul made it to the emperor, Anakin would have already fallen, and order 66 would have been in place.
@@FBI-1987 bruh it’s literally motion capture, search up Star Wars clone wars s7 motion capture, there’s literally a whole vid on it, a bit of research doesn’t hurt 💀💀
I love everything about The Siege of Mandalore. I love Maul’s character arc and Sam Witwer’s incredible delivery of every line. It’s incredible how Darth Maul went from a one-off villain in TPM to something of an anti-hero. He knew what was coming and definitely did everything in the name of his own survival and to get revenge on Sidious, but had Maul’s plan worked, many lives would have been saved. I love the completion of Ahsoka’s character arc. She finally grows up and is willing to put faith in herself, not necessarily in the Jedi. In my opinion, this is where Ahsoka becomes a Master. It’s also incredible to think that Ahsoka is one of only 3 Jedi to defeat a Sith Lord in single combat, Obi-Wan having beaten Maul in Phantom Menace and Anakin killing Dooku in ROTS. I love the dialogue. Every line has weight and story behind it. You can feel Maul’s desperation, how badly he needs allies and how afraid he is of the future. You can feel Ahsoka’s disgust when he says Anakin will fall to the Dark Side. Even Ahsoka’s quippy lines are things she picked up from Obi-Wan and Anakin, but while they might be their words, the way Ahsoka delivers them is unique to her character. She speaks carrying more experience than at any point previously in this show and it makes a world of difference. I love the Lightsaber fights. The animation is incredible. This is maybe the finest lightsaber battle in Star Wars: no unnecessary spins or aiming for the blades, no environmental hazards, just two duelists fighting with every ounce of skill and strength they have. Also, shout out to the animators for when Maul ignites his double-saber. It’s a clear reference to the moment he ignited the double-saber for the first time in TPM. Also, kudos for animating sparks on the floor when Ahsoka was doing her backhand spring and her Lightsabers hit the ground. I love the music. This sounds like Star Wars music: strong, horn heavy instrumental music. The choice to juxtapose the very triumphant music to showcase how Ahsoka feels accomplished meanwhile we all feel the tension in each scene because we know how this ends. If you had told me 5 months ago that I would say that The Clone Wars is the best Star Wars has ever been, I would have laughed in your face. But now… the last two seasons of Clone Wars just hit perfectly. They didn’t miss a single beat. It is Star Wars at it’s absolute best.
Execpt Mauls plan wouldn't have saved many lives. It would have only delayed the inevitable because being a Sith at heart after he takes Sidious place he may or may not want to stop order 66. He's not really an anti-hero, he's still a villian but not the ultimate villian like Palpatine is. So his plan would still involve the death of the jedi. He'd still want to kill Obi-Wan. The Jedi council would most definitely tried to take him prisoner again. He'd still want the jedi purge to happen with or without the Clones. And he would still cause chaos and destruction in his own way. He just knows the Sidious's plan is wipe all of his enemies out- including Maul along with the Jedi
Maul should’ve just stayed on the defensive to prove he had nothing against Ashoka or currently the Jedi. Just wanted to stop one of the largest changes that was coming for the galaxy and then to be left alone.
Well he was a true Sith when he used the opportunity to kill a powerful opponent that could be his rival in the future. Also Sith are typically arrogant and addicted to winning.
@@thebookofspirit1777 at the same time ashoka would have never let maul leave she could have left when he got tossed out the window but she was determined on finishing the job so I don’t think there was any other way IMO.
At 1:36 you can hear the sith scream. It’s sounds exactly like sidious used in episode 3 when fighting mace windu. Either it’s a call back or darth maul used the sith scream to disorient Ashoka
Idk if you play battle front.. but I always recognized him starting the fight with his spin dash attack in that scene. In the game and here it looks like sidious sith scream dash although not as potent. He taught him well lol
I think its implying that this fight scene is mirroring Windu vs Sidious in real time.. because its not long after their fight is over that O66 is executed
The more I rewatch this, the more I realise that maul was going easy on Ashoka, he genuinely wanted to not kill Ashoka and tried to reason with her multiple times. Guys report the 2 kids in the comments for unnecessary spam
I’ve said that from the beginning. My first clue was when she kicked him out the window and she got up gasping for breath. She didn’t do that with anyone else she has ever fought in the show. Maul was in a different class of combat and he could have easily won if he really wanted to.
I genuinely thought he was gonna defeat her using the exact style he put Padawan Obi-Wan thru so much trouble with in the reactor room I was afraid for Ahsoka. Thank God Anakin trained her well. Too well almost.
Ironic... That is, the greatest enemy of the Jedi is truth. Maul and Dooku told them nothing but the truth. I guess Ahsoka was not ready to shed her Jedi skin yet. This animation is breath taking.
I like when people say that Ashoka should have listened to Maul. He wanted to kill Anakin. The death of him will be pointless at this moment, Sidious would have won with or without Anakin. The extension of the unbalance was so great that nothing could stop it, the death of Anakin would have just doomed the galaxy, because no one else could redeemed the Force, after all Anakin is THE child of the Force.
Thats a tough call here. Anakin is the one that purged almost all jedis. Hes the one that saved sidious. Hes the one that forced yoda and obi wan to split to face himself and sidious seperately. He definately influenced obi wan more than once and deceived the jedi council in more than one way, even if part of it was unknown to him. There is too much speculation to be definitive about the outcome. One thing is definitive tho, it would have made the Empire much weaker and the Rebels much stronger in not having Vader and having many jedis still alive and potentially training padawans. Maybe Sidious would have risen anyway, but perhaps not at all. Time was also of the essence here. It wasnt playing to Palpatine's advantage. The attack on Coruscant was actually him trying to flee due to his cover being very close to be unmasked (you can reqd it in both the wiki and the clone wars mini series intro) It would have also weaken the Republic enough to strenghten the seperatists as they grew tired themselves of the charade, but Sidious needed Anakin to end the leaders as it would create a strong opposition to his rule on top of the Rebel alliance.
Maul knew Palpatine had already won, the Empire was all but waiting for the announcement. This was personal I think, the former apprentice cutting down his intended replacement. He can't strike at Palpatine directly...but, what better revenge than to undermine Palpatines judgement? To show him he was a fool by killing the golden boy, the chosen one. And force wise to stop Anakin before he could become a shatterpoint. It's a large part of why Ashoka didn't trust him. She felt, accurately, he was obsessed with revenge.
@141_Christopher Marco Manahan true, Anakin is the key at this point in time, but considering Anakins potential vs Darth Vader is insane. Anakin before the suit was possibly the strongest force user in history at this point. Nearly twice the potential of Sidious. After his injuries on Mustifar, his potential dropped 70 percent, thus Sidious was planning to replace Vader o ce he found a suitable replacement. He only kept Vader out of nessiseity. Vader was almost replaced over a dozen times, even by non Foce sensitives.
Mauls downfall is always his aggression, his desire to inflict pain. He could have convinced Ahsoka by throwing away his saber, but he wanted to "teach her a lesson". At the end he could have just cut away the portion she was standing on and won automatically but he just had to strike the blow himself. Love that character trait.
Funnily he doesn't even seem angry until she says Obi-Wan's name and goads Maul into a rage. He was pretty cool and controlled and holding back before that. But uh. We all know that Maul hates ONE man, VERY intensely, lmao!
Maul is a villian that is hard to hate. Because so much of what he says and does is actually to stop other more powerful villian from rising to power. And can we just take a moment and appreciate the level of music that was put into this fight. AHHH. ITS SOOOO GOOD.
Ahsoka ignored what he said and didn't inform the council about Anakin's destiny when Yoda asked her if she had something else to tell. Great last season, all clone wars just improved the prequels
The choice to do mocap for the fight and not only mocap but to then show the FULLBODY characters as they fight was the best choice made in the entire series. I remember watching this in 2020 when it aired and rewinding to watch the moment at 1:42 again because it was so smooth and perfectly shot that it took my breath away
Finished CW for the first time yesterday. Honestly……this is now my favourite lightsaber duel in the franchise. It’s flawless and Mauls dialogue pre-duel is incredibly well written. I love it.
I still feel Maul and Obi-Wan's final encounter is perfection. Two absolute masters of their craft settling a final score with fast and decisive action.
I love how he keeps calling her lady Tano, and speaks so respectfully to her. Makes you remember he comes from a matriarchal planet, with very powerful women.
Except how he disarms her multiple times and intentionally doesnt kill her when he has mutliiple opportunities,they still make her look like she is the stronger of the two.
This was the moment that the two most developed hero and villain in the show finally met in combat. This came together through jaw-dropping choreography, beautiful dialogue, and an overwhelming amount of tension. Everything came full circle in this duel- we know Ahsoka was right not to trust Maul, but her feelings toward Anakin blinded her. Maul never lied in this series, and they so beautifully integrated his strong reliance on the force to become a prophetic persona. The screams of terror at the end just had my jaw on the floor- we all know what’s going to happen, but they don’t. He is so horrified by what the outcome is that he is begging A JEDI to not only kill him, but listen to him to save themselves! You really walked away from that like, “holy shit, this is all about to happen.” For those not born in 2005 or before, this and the final two episodes were just a gift to the world that couldn’t experience ROTS in theaters. Hands down the most well written sequence in all of the Clone Wars.
One of the best moments is when we see Ahsoka out of breath. It highlights how difficult of a fight this was for her, and in a way it makes her victory that much better.
@@BowserFilthFederation I am inclined to agree with your analysis of the duel, but regardless of how little Maul was trying the entirety of the fight, she still managed to keep up with him long enough to be there when he let down his guard, which is a personal accomplishment for her. Maul may not have been trying his best, but Ahsoka truly was.
You could tell in the tone of Mauls scream when he was beaten that he wanted them to believe him. Terrified of the future and begging Ahsoka and the clones to kill him. Great voice acting by Sam Witwer as well!
One of those odd cases of you wanting the good guy to believe the bad guy, like much in the finale, had moments of things coming so close to going a different way. Know Maul is crazy, but here he is literally the only sane man in the universe and no one believes him. Love the theory crafting done looking at this fight and what would have happened if Ahsoka believed him and took his offer, since it felt like she was very close to, probably sensing through the force there was truth to his words, but still Jedi enough that she reverted to "sith bad".
There was truth...but Maul is also obsessed with revenge. He doesn't want to stop Palpatine to save the galaxy, he wants to do it to make himself feel better. This was a bridge Ashoka could never cross.
Exactly. She knew that it was ultimately a ploy for Maul to achieve power. Once Maul mentioned trying to lure Anakin there to kill him, that was all she needed to know. He wanted to kill Anakin not because he was concerned about the good of the galaxy, but because he wanted his old role back and wanted a chance to kill and replace Sidious, and needed help.
Such a fantastic show. This fight with the music, beautiful choreography, and epic lore behind it. They just don’t make Star Wars shows like they use to
Throughout the series Maul really developed from a Sith assassin to a Sith lord. With plans, a vision, foresight and wisdom. What an excellent character arc! I'd love for a Darth Maul series to come out
If she believed him they'd have immediately made their way back to coruscant, Ashoka would have altered the council earlier and potentially led to a more aggressive takedown of sidious. And with all of Sidious's cards on the table Anakin might see through the lies and realise he was being played by the sith lord. The fight in that office would have been better performed with Yoda, Kenobi, Mace, Ahsoka and the original Jedi facing down Sidious and likely besting him, especially if Maul joins the battle fighting with the Jedi In an ideal universe perhaps even doing that might let him and Kenobi talk enough to put aside their problems and redeem Maul. In a perfect outcome, Sidious would be killed by Maul, Anakin would not fall to the dark side, Ahsoka and him would reconcile and then both leave the order to live their own lives in peace, Anakin with Padme, and his eventual children and Ahsoka to start her own life. Future Jedi Ezra and Cal would be trained fully and with the war over, the order could examine itself and address the problems within. Hell depending on timing of things they might get the secrets out before Dooku falls and potentially redeem him too. Creating that scene Yoda saw in his vision but with Jedi Master Dooku and honourary Jedi Knight Maul.
The amount of things that throne room has seen. From Satines peaceful leadership where the room looked bright and full of color, to now, with maul having turned the room into a macabre room of power and chaos. Destruction, chaos, and blood staining the room that once was a symbol of peace. So well written.
The teachings of their masters really bleeds through in this fight. I can see all the things sidious taught maul as well as all the things anakin and Obi taught Snipes as they duel. Kenobis defensive and anakins attack style. 2:10 I bet Maul really felt that Kenobi arrogance resonating off her lol The same way he has sidious veracity, speed, an force scream
Not to mention Sidious taught him how to disguise his ambition and to at least appear to be polite and cordial to achieve your means, outright aggression always doesn't work in these cases. Maul was practically polite to Ahsoka at the beginning of their exchange here. Sidious was a master of that, pulling the wool over the Jedi for years, appearing as a concerned, sweet, bumbling old man. He taught Maul how to do that as well, it nearly worked for Ahsoka, and he tried it also with Ezra.
Maul's final words here always stuck with me. "YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BURN! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!" Not just because of Sam Witwer's outstanding performance, but also because he and us, the audience, both know what's about to happen.
And nobody believes him.
sort of foreshadowing what's going on in modern times
@@galslovvemeain't it though?
@@nicktaylor2391 Star Wars has always had pretty on-point political commentary, especially in regards to how Fascism takes hold in a society
nobody believes a tyranic maniac that tries to destroy them and offers frendship when he's loosing the fight, who would have thought?
Maybe if he didnt speak in riddles someone would belive him.
Just say Palpatine is Sidious ffs.
"You have Kenobi's ARROGANCE". Still recognizes the master of trolling.
A little bit of trolling we do
Well... Maul still has his pride and overconfidence. He should've just cut the beam on the other side! But no, his pride demands that he has to end it with a lightsaber
@@vadimblin tbf, Ahsoka could have survived that. The force lets you negate fall damage and she could have just used it to pull Maul down with her and continue the fight.
@@enderduck4253 Ahsoka is dann good in negating fall dmg but I doubt that she could handle that.... also Maul is stronger in the force. He could push her away before she could drag him down. And even if he would fall with her.... he survived being cut in half AND falling down.
@@enderduck4253 still good point tho
Okay seriously though, imagine defeating a SITH LORD then hearing HIM scream in terror about what's coming and begging you to kill him.
That would cause me to
Take a pause and figure out what got powerful Sith so shook. His fear and terror was genuine and came from
Something he knew or saw
I would start to think I am seriously undeserving of my power and that defeating that sith would not have been within my power level
I would probably be more inclined to hear what he had to say at that point
That would raise a lot of alarms and start questioning him. Bc Sith Lords don't freak out like that even after being caught. Especially someone like maul.
Maul was never a sithlord. he was an intern 😂 anakin would have slaughtered him within 5 minutes
The dedication to the animators is not to be underestimated. Maul and Ashoka’s lightsaber strikes were so SMOOTH throughout this fight!
This fight was actually motion captured, it's actually Ray Park (who played Darth Maul in Phantom Menace) doing Maul's saber moves here! The animators did tweak it and add things, but it was built off motion capture information. It's a very impressive achievement, but perhaps in a different way from the other Clone Wars duels
@@ConnerFoxxWord, there are details in the movements that I think only exist because there were real human stunt-people behind them.
@@TheMimiSard Yeah, the 100% animated duels have a certain ANIMATED look to them, whereas this one looks a lot more like the live action films. Clone Wars has a lot of iconic duels but I'm glad they did this one with mo-cap, especially having Ray Park reprise Darth Maul. It's just so cool
@@TheMimiSardWith such a great loghtsaber fight makes you wonder what happened to her skills in Ahsoka. Wish they had got the same people who did the stunt work on this came back and did the lightsaber choreography in the Ahsoka live action series
@@BIGDaddioJohnB Rosario Dawson didn’t learn her choreography well enough. That’s what happened to Ahsoka’s skills.
Ahsoka:What do you want with anakin Skywalker?
Maul:I almost ran him over as a kid I just want to apologize him in person.
:o wait they did met before maul just didn’t know
@@mizu4305 yes Maul attacked Qui-Gon Jinn and Anakin just as they were leaving Tatooine in the Phantom Menace
@@falmark187 of course I know he nearly got ran over by maul I just didn’t think of it that way
Wholesome
Well, yes but actually yes
This is honestly my favorite interaction in Clone Wars.
Maul had her. He almost got her to join his side. And then he lost her when he told her about Anakin and she didn't believe her. And that's when everything about maul suddenly hit me like a truck.
Maul is a lot of things. Murderer, tyrant, manipulator, a monster.
But the one thing he isn't. Is a liar.
if only she joined him
I know the Sith in the movies do lie a lot, but according to their central tenets, they should be the most honest bunch among friends and disciples. They will of course deceive their enemies though.
Let’s not forget count dooku he was many things. But in truth he was the true hero. He wanted qui gon and obi to join him and help with stop lord sidious. He told qui hon way in advance who he was really and how he was playing both sides that he planned on destroying the Jedi. I’m he taught qui gon to question everything which is why qui hon was a bit of an outcast to the other Jedi masters as he questioned every action and believed that there was always another way. After count dooku talked to him sidious caught on to what was going on and sent darth maul to kill him and he did which stopped the whole plan as obi didn’t know count dooku like qui gon did but even so dooku tried convincing him and anakin to help him. They didn’t which lead to the events we know. If they did help stop sidious dolly’s version of the galaxy was completely different and honestly would of been 100% better than if sidious won and there would of been legitimate peace. Count dooku wasn’t a true sith. If you want proof, look at his eyes, he never had sith eyes because he never excepted the dark side like most people did. He questioned it and questioned the Jedi and refused to fall prey to either side. He stood to his morals till his death. He was a true hero that never got his chance to shine.
@@metalrain300 I mean, Sidious in his senator form didn't have the "eyes", either...That means a Sith can conceal their true form.
@@JohnSmith-bs9ym it’s an ability dooku never used. Dooku was to busy politics and everything else. He did use his sith eyes I think once or twice in the animated series.
But it was a very very rare.
You know the situation is bad, when even one of the most powerful and gruesome siths is scared of something upcoming
Yeah maul doesnt even come close to either thing you just said about him
@@KaalQahnaarin exactly. He was never gruesome. He was never sith.
@@Jayson_Tatum does noone remember when he slaughtered a whole village just to lure Kenobi?
@@KaalQahnaarin go read the comics and you'll change your mind
@@Jayson_Tatum he was but ok
4:32 the fact that he would rather die than be arrested and handed over to Sidious. Who knows what horrors he would experience
Actually that already happened after sidious killed savage,long story short talazan eventually got lured out and got killed by grevious,but maul managed to escape
@@Onionaniamtionshis group of Mandos found him and busted him out
@@Onionaniamtionsexactly so if the clones take him back to the Coruscant and he knows the Jedi are about to fall, he will be left to Palpatine either way. Republic or Empire and since we know from the Darth Maul comics that Sidious will not want to go through the trouble of imprisoning him and so he likely kill him and painfully. He only kept Maul alive previously to weed out Mother Talzon as her force and magic were a threat him.
You, surely, seeing as you're the one he was handed over to.
Ashoka: “I know Anakin!”
Meanwhile on Coruscant…
Youngling: “Master Skywalker, there’s too many of them, what are we going to do?”
*lightsaber ignites
Underrated
🤣🤣🤣
The Jedi in the prequels are a great example of evil triumphing because good is dumb.
Not yet. Order 66 happens in next episode.
@@kevinramsey417 Too bad this isn't the Wide World of Sports!
Bringing Maul back and giving him such an arch is one of the best things in all of star wars
He truly was a phantom menace.
Writers really took the nothing Lucas gave us and made him into such a centrally tragic figure. Such is the love of this franchise.
Why couldnt they make a movie like this!?!? Are they stupid or what?! Maul was fucking amazing in this series, it would have saved the franchise.
Maul died on the first film and put him back on TCW was, I think, a terrible idea.... but he gave us the bests scenes on TCW 😭😭
@AnkhAnanku They made him incredibly weak. It's not the same Darth Maul that defeated Qui-Gon. George Lucas shouldn't have abandoned his franchise.
I love how important Maul became to the story, going from a no-personality bad guy just to be a villain in TPM to basically being the guy that knew everything and was actively trying to stop Sidious from raising to power, even if his methods were flawed and no one believed him.
I love when a character was made to be a one off villain, and then develops into an important and beloved figure. It happened to one of my DnD characters, and they have been my best character by far.
I really wanted to see an Anakin vs Maul fight. would have been so much better than the fight with geriatric Dooku
@@Nesymafdet Ooh, could I learn more about your D&D character?
ofc they couldve done this with count dooku, which is what his character was in ep2 but they made him shit in tcw
I didn’t like Maul portrayal in Rebels. Like u said trying to stop Sidious rise to power, you’ll think his next move would be to sabotage the empire. Like probably help finance the rebellion through his criminal empire, supplying them with stolen imperial weapons through smugglers. I expected more from him but just got same old revenge against Kenobi story 🙄
Maul is a tragic character. The writers of The Clone Wars deserve a lot of credit for taking him from a silent killer, a character many walked out of theaters not remembering the name of (even if they'd never forget the iconic look), to being a tragedy you could write a dissertation on.
Maul's death in Rebels is heart wrenching. Maul was a victim of the Sith...like the rest of the galaxy
His look was indeed phenomenal for kids that grew with this prelogy it was not rare to see a Maul poster in their rooms.
@travismaguire1349 not sure where you're from, friend, but here our schools teach us the word hyperbole
Always down to diss on the American education system when it's merited
Have you heard the tale of Darth Maul the Manic? I figured not, it's not the tale the Jedi would tell you...
What the fuck are you talking about. Maul was the one thing everyone loved about Episode 1
The fact that Maul was motion captured by Ray Park makes this fight one of the best for me
Wasn't Ahsoka also Motion Captured by Ashley Eckstein.
@@kalleh6400 Nope. Ahsoka was mocapped by the same stunt woman who did The Armorer’s fight scene in The Mandalorian. I can’t remember her name but there’s a behind the scenes video of this fight that’s really cool
@@donovanridley1146 yeah i know the video is very cool but okay then i remebered wrong.
@@donovanridley1146 Yup - Lauren Mary Kim. The Corridor Crew VFX channel did a few stunt breakdowns and talked about this with her. Certified badass! Everyone should watch the BTS stuff for this, soooo good!
What does that mean?
The Mandalore throne room has seen the best lightsaber fights: Maul vs Pre Visla, Savage and Maul vs Sideous and of course, Ashoka vs Maul
What does all those duels have in common? Maul.
@@SlandermanPlays A lightsaber
@@brazilpaes a force user
A sith... lawd ?
@@SlandermanPlays the throne room
The only thing missing from this is some of the banter that was in the Ahsoka novel.
When Maul says he was upset that they only sent a padawan to take him and she replied with "You're only half a sith"
Not even Anakin got burned that bad.
Well actually he got burned and cut apart ....soo ya anakin (darth vader) still got worse
@@fritzdaddy-135mmgetstagger4 he litteraly got roasted
Oh you people are bad! I love it.
Should have said that he's not even half a sith since not only did he get cut in half but sidious disowned him :p
@@mappingshaman5280 Ahsoka didn't know about Palps kicking him to the kerb.
That "we're all going to die" feels so fucking terrifying. The fact he would rather fall to his death than risk being at the will of Sidious speaks VOLUMES
let alone that line came from the terrified depths of his soul meaning every word spoken inn utter terror to what events would unfold if Anakin wasn't stopped, sure maul would have taken over the place of Sidious but at least the man was honest and his story arc just trying to stop the galaxy from caving in is extremely tragic because nobody truly believed a word he said trying to warn literally everyone, the acting by Sam is some of the best in almost any character we've seen in the franchise, you don't just see or hear the desperation you can feel it in an almost palpable level.
"We could have destroyed Sidious!"
"Only for you to take his place!"
Beautiful dialogue, really cements that despite Ahsoka being wrong about Anakin, she's still right not to trust Maul.
Even if Maul took the place of Sidious, he probably wouldn’t plan to be the emperor of galaxy lol. Sidious was obviously the bigger threat
Even then I doubt they could take out Sidious. Not like Maul has ever even approached Sidious in terms of power. And no offense to Ahsoka but she isn't top of the world either.
And the last person Maul promised power to was killed in 1 hit by Sidious.
@@haruhirogrimgar6047 No, but they could have got to Anakin in his pivotal final moments before Mustafar. I think the one person that could *maybe* have prevented Anakin's full descent into Vader at that point would have been Ahsoka. Obi Wan had lost his trust, and Padme was the focal point for all his passion and fear of loss. Ahsoka was the one true friend he had left, and her having left the Order while sticking to her moral principles could have served as an example to him of how he could find balance in himself. In a way, the master-apprentice roles would be reversed - she would teach *him* how to find his path between dark and light.
Plus it would have made for great drama if they teamed up, cause Maul would be all "Anakin needs to die to save the Galaxy" and Ahsoka would fight for him to be saved.
@@1lamafarmer or simply Maul could take on Dark Anakin along with Obi-Wan that would be awesome to see ... And Ahsoka could come and take sense to Anakin or just simply go join in as well as 3 of them could overwhelm Anakin and Maul could tell Anakin about the entire plan of Sidious
tbh a familiar monster like Maul is easier to deal with than the mystery that is Sidious…ofc this all hinges on them being able to take Sidious down in the first place.
Should’ve believed him Ashoka.
On the side note I love Maul’s change in tone of voice before being captured and stunned that yelling of the destruction of everything felt so real and genuine.
I feel like at that point while he was screaming in genuine terror, she felt immense confusion, but she pushed her feelings and thoughts aside and carried on by doing what's already practical.
It didnt matter because when they were fighting anakin found out that palp was a sith lord and it would have been too late if she actually joined him or listened to him
Sam Witwer is such an incredible voice actor. he was also fantastic as Starkiller in all the Force Unleashed games
That's not how believing works. There is no "should", you don't have a choice in what you believe.
@@mathies3598 Actually you do. I can choose to believe that my view point in belief is right because I believe so (weird way of putting it). I can also choose to believe in others on group projects because they have given me good reason to believe they’ll come through.
Mauls terror when he’s finally captured is just sublime, truly showing how terrifying order 66 was
Well, he didn't actually know about Order 66, as he said "I had a glimpse of my master's plans, but I did not realize they were sewn so deep."
He didn't know the clone army was made to destroy the Jedi, he only knew that in some way they would help him win.
Ironically Maul was the best chance at stopping the Empire's rise.
@@Death_13TH He knew the Jedi Purge and the Empire were going to happen, he just didn't know how. Either way, he knew Sidious was going to rise to power, and he knew death was a preferable alternative to living under his rule.
So terrifying that a trillion Jedi apparently survived it
Brilliant - Darth Maul on hearing about Order 66
You know this is insanely well written when the tension is earth shattering. Maul articulating Anakin’s destiny was like rediscovering his fate when we already knew about it
Right? It's because Anakin being groomed had always been implied, but not articulated. Therefore when it was vocalized, and from Maul's inside perspective, it had impact.
This makes Ahsoka's fight with Vader all the more heartbreaking because she was told of Anakin's downfall but refused to believe it. Now when I watch Twilight of the Apprentice, I feel Ahsoka was recalling her fight with Maul and his warning to her.
Especially since she had just run into Maul and crossed blades with him again briefly before the Vader fight. Definitely brought everything back
It was in that moment Ahsoka realized, Maul was right, about everything.
Because ashoka is dumb.
exactly, I think once she sliced part of Vader’s helmet in the fight she realized Maul was right about what he said. And thus I think explains why she walked back into the temple after her fight with Vader and the structure collapsing.
@@akshaysundaram7391and then moments later to be taken into the World Between worlds trying to hold her against TheSenate. She fought Maul, Vader & Sidious for a brief moment and lived (even with the help of Ezra through the World between worlds but still)
You gotta give the Clone Wars animators some serious props for how far they came in being able to recreate realistic light saber duels from the beginning of the series. This is a serious improvement from the first several seasons.
Part of it is thanks to motion capture. Ray Park and The Armorer's stunt doubles were responsible for the crazy choreography that would be extremely difficult to animate alone.
@@moddedinkling4168 It looks great and realistic, but there's something about animated duels that allows for the impossible to look possible.
@@BrianSilva-oc7xg I definitely enjoy both styles. The unrealistic, force powered ridiculousness of earlier stuff, and the absolutely amazingly choreographed stuff we see here. That being said, they definitely improved even in non-motion captured stuff in later seasons. Such as the duels of Sidious vs Maul and Savage, or Kenobi and Skywalker vs Dooku. All of which really showcased the styles of each character.
In one of the stuntman react episodes on the Corridor Crew channel had the woman that did the mocap for Asoka break down the process, was awesome to see👍🔥
Actually bro this was Ray Park (OG Darth Maul) and another stuntwoman doing MoCap. Fricken GOATs
The sabers damaging the floor during her back-flips was a nice touch.
You know what would be awesome, if we see the throne room in the Mandalorian and it still has ghosts of those lightsaber scratches on the floor. Something makes me think they'd not erase them entirely out of respect-like keeping scars on their armor.
@Angelcynn Midgard Both are fine. Armor is the generally used one by Americans, British prefer Armour- but both are correct.
@Angelcynn Midgard No he’s not, friend. Both can be used. “Color” and “Colour” are another example.
I liked when she threw him through the glass and it left the double light saber slices
@Ryan He's not wrong... look it up. Armor and Armour are the same and both correct spelling. One is the American spelling and the other may be preferred by other English speaking cultures like Britain.
2:34 the way he flies thru the window with the lightsaber marks on both sides, is a throwback to old Wiley Coyote cartoons when he would fly thru a wall and leave an outline of his shape.
I love the fact that maul was able to understand sideous’ plan before it happened. It really shows just how clever he was
Sidious was using the dark side to cloud the future from the Jedi, but it obviously wouldn't cloud other dark side users. Maul had premonitions, and was clever putting it all together. Perspective matters. 🙂
Uh he didn't figure it out, he was told part of the plan just like darth tyrannus was. Perhaps some details were missing but he understood the nature of the clone wars, the grand scheme of sidious and several other things.
@@colbywidener7092True, most people keep saying sidious plan. Even tho it was plagieus’s plan.
@@prestonroberts2941how did count dooku not see it though?
@@prestonroberts2941I always wondered when palpatine said “do it” count dooku saw that as unexpected
This was the only duel in the Clone wars that I actually was worried for the ending.
Y tbh rebels kinda ruined it for me cuz we all knew ahsoka was going to be okay
@@vegitoblue5856 that's basically all duels in the Clone wars lol. All the protagonists would survive because the movies decreed it. If someone watched these in chronological order rather than release order, I feel like every battle could have people on their toes.
@@vegitoblue5856 nah but Ashoka still might lose
Why? She was in rebels....
@@maul_360 losing doesn’t mean dying
YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BURN! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!-Darth Maul
One of Maul's best lines because it was both epic and true.
I get chills everytime to be honest. Because they truly do not know what is to happen. It reminds me of the finale of Loki and how terrified Loki is of what is to come and trying to warn everyone.
Took me out! CHILLS to this day.
Literally chilling to the bone as he tells them in terror the fear in his voice.
We Could Have Destroyed Sidious. Only For You To Take His Place
Trash
This is the best design of Ahsoka. They should have kept that look even growing older. The clone wars really is a gem.
I bet they made it shorter in live action cuz it was too heavy for Rosario or it got in the way during stunts
Tbh, they shouldn’t have even brought Ahsoka into live action, she looks way better in an animated style. Even Rebels Ahsoka looks better than how she does in live action. Ahsoka should’ve been an animation only character.
@@fivestarguy100 exactly. If they wanted to give her a solo oroject, it should've been animated as well. Her transition into la betrays her roots and doesn't do her arcobatic dueling style any favors.
@@anthonyt1t5 Yeah, not like CGI exists though...
I also feel like the live action version is missing something . Kinda like her snippiness. Idk what to call it . They shoulda stayed in animation tho with ahsoka
this battle was so insanely animated and choreographed, the effects are amazing and the tension was high, gave me literal chills
All thanks to the two legendary stunt actors who motion captured this
I prefer non mo cap. Not realistic yes but flashy and cooler like obiwan and anakin vs dooku
@@moddedinkling4168 this is mocapped?
@@FebiMaster Yes, this is the only animated lightsaber battle to be motion-captured. There's a behind-the-scenes video from IGN.
Features the return Maul's body and stunt actor, Ray Park, as well as the stuntwoman for The Armorer, Lauren Mary Kim. The voice actors were also present to get a vibe of how intense the fight would be.
This battle suck
“He is the key to everything.” - Great line that always hits the bullseye. Maul hadn’t a clue just how right he was. He could only see so much of the big picture, in spite of all his experiences.
Very well said. It’s like Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker, and how there’s nothing more scarier than a villain who is 100% truthful
@@chefalex1753 what about spiders
This duel is my definitive favorite duel in all of star wars for several reasons.
1. Unique. This was the first duel we have seen on screen between double blade and dual blade users.
2. Felt heavy. The apprentice of the Chosen One v.s. The killer of his master's master.
3. Felt balanced. It felt like the fight was fairly even with Maul being stronger and faster, but Ahsoka being quicker and smarter.
4. Well paced. The duel didn't feel too fast or too slow. Bursts of battle with quick monolauge.
5. Felt alive. Sometimes with animated duels it doesn't feel real, but this fight felt like the movements were light while the strikes were heavy.
It was motion captured, so the animation was superimposed on actual people fighting with lightsabers.
You're forgetting Savage Oppress and Obi Wan Kenobi's duel for 1.
I assume by "quicker" you meant her wits. She's able to think fast, and smart, while Maul is stronger and physically faster.
Killer of her masters (anakin) masters (obi wan) master (qui gon). 3 masters
@@leminscate9248 also darth maul and his brother vs palpatine that was 2 double blades vs 1 dual blade user
The jump he does at 1:38 is pure bliss. The fight was motion captured and the original actor for Maul from the prequels returned for the choreography and I absolutely love it.
This is seriously the best animated duel I've ever seen. Those movements are so real its crazy
because they are real the entire ight scene was done with mo-cap
@@hatsunemikufanboy well that explains a lot haha. Really hope they keep doing this for all future star wars shows
Fun fact, it was Maul Actors from Ep 1 who did it, making it his last lightsaber duel.
I have the opposite opinion. Lots of opening where both combatants could have killed the other but didn't, all for shows sake.
@@T4nkcommander 1: The person who did the mo-cap for Ahsoka in this fight is a professional stuntwoman, while Ray Park is a former internationally ranked Wushu champion. These are both people who know how to fight.
2: You undermined your own argument when you pointed out that it's "for show's sake". TV and movies get to take dramatic and artistic license with fight scenes in order to make them more entertaining, hence why they're not always entirely accurate.
4:41
Some legendary tier voice acting from Sam Witwer there. From Starkiller to Darth Maul he was always giving it his all, you can really hear the desesperation and horror in those screams, in any other scenario this would be just a crazy Sith, but here? With the knowledge we have about what's about to go down? The entire scene makes Maul look more heroic than he otherwise would look, it was the last chance the galaxy had to save itself, and as soon as Maul lost that fight and got captured any hope for the galaxy to not fall into darkness vanished completely, and he knew this, he wanted to die before things went down and finally be free.
I had no clue it was starkiller’s va, i definitely heard it in the grunts during the fight lol
KENOBIIIIIIIIII
we deserve far more from him, he knows star wars inside and out while they get these other dummies to take control of all the narratives.
I liked the way he went down in rebels
@Vaquero2o9
I'm curious about what was originally planned for when he met Obi Wan again
If I remember, Sam said that originally, there was more dialogue between the 2
You know the one point I love here more than any other duel ever depicted?
The footwork, it just so well done here and that’s rare
It helped that the movements were done with motion capture
@@MCSPARTAN501 That and the animations in this show are usually the opposite extreme, with a lot of very pose-to-pose animating since fights have so many swings.
YES!!!
What’s great about this fight, is that after 3 seasons, Darth Maul went back to his roots in lightsaber combat, and it’s amazing to see him back in that manner.
Even better - Disney brought back Ray Park to perform motion capture for this fight. Maul hasn’t looked this good since _Phantom Menace,_ and that’s a big part of the reason why.
In the event where Ashoka didn’t believe him... Maul should have thrown his lightsaber off to the side (much like Luke) to show that he was telling the truth and didn’t want to wage war with Ashoka
His arrogance for him again
That would have been awesome to see
It’s not something a sith would do tho
He was definitely trying to kill her. So I don’t know what you’re talking about
He lost because ahsoka is op here.
I love how Ahsoka herself gives off some type of respect to Maul. She went from saying that Maul wouldn't last if Anakin showed up to commenting on how Maul is hard to kill. Game recognize game. Lol
I think the best example of them respecting each other is when they take a short break at 2:06. There's no hate, revenge, anger, pride, need to kill each other ASAP, just two warriors trying to best each other. Sure, Ahsoka was taunting him, but it feels more like friendly banter than an actual insult
That was a diss! She said that he should be glad that Anakin didn't come himself because the way he was fighting, he wouldn't last very long at all against him. That's something I never understood that in the entire Rebels and Clone wars franchise, Anakin/Vader and Maul never got to fight. That would have been an interesting battle. But maybe it can still be explored. Kenobi finally kills Maul for good about 3-4 BBY, about 6 years after the Obi Wan Kenobi series when Luke and Ezra (both born in 19 bby) were 15 or 16 or so. There is still a 5-6 year period between Obi Wan Kenobi and Rebels, Perhaps Vader and Maul clashed before Maul was the leader of the Crimson Dawn syndicate, with Maul barely escaping, but completely giving up trying to kill vader and deciding to rule over lower-hanging fruit. Which is why when he meets Ezra and the others, he says, "I cannot beat Vader alone." having already barely escaping him before. Disney, I hope you are reading this and taking notes. haha :)
She had no intentions of killing him
Real recognizes real
😂😂
We've seen Order 66 in so much SW media (and its many many aftermaths) thorough the years, and Filoni managed to keep us at the edge of our seats with this scene. Maul was barely hinting what was going to happen, yet we all felt that panic. Because we all knew what was going to happen a few hours later.
Agreed. Filoni did a masterful job showing the events of the battle in the Chancellor's office from a different point of view. Plus the eerie music was also a stroke of genius
Agreed but my favorite depiction of Order 66 is still the Star Wars Endgame comic. That was Soo wholesome
Maul begging to die over being captured was one of the strongest things I had seen in this series when it premiered back in 2020. So on point- Filoni is a master
I give the edge to Maul in this fight. He has disarmed Ahsoka thrice, and for the latter part of the fight seems to be more focused on getting away or getting Ahsoka to join him. @2:36 you can clearly see Ahsoka needed to catch her breath.
However, props to Ahsoka for wearing down Maul long enough, using his weight or strength against him, and capturing him. This was well-made, well-choreographed fight.
Made all the better by Ray Park doing the motion capture
@@mrinvin1944 ikr? Maul's opening stance was almost exactly as it was in Phantom Menace!
Yeah no. She just would not be able to beat him. Explaining what she did doesn’t take away the fact that she just shouldn’t have been able to. But yeah this fight was incredible .
@Darth Momo And yet she did and the show runners gave a reason. It was confirmed by the show runners that Maul was the superior duelist. It was the fact that his mind was so off-balance plus arrogance and overconfidence that Ahsoka was able to win...and even that win was more do to outwitting him.
@@IamCanadian3333 arrogance and overconfidence are off the table. We can't just take whatever the writers said so seriously. We have to look at previous experience with other firm of media and past episodes because the action is done. Ahsoka won and now they can say whatever excuse they want because it already happened. Maul had always been arrogant and overconfident but that shouldn't mean he sucks at fighting all the sudden. There's a really good video on it by a buddy of mine I'll send a link in a different comment. But in case you don't have like an hour and a half I'll shorten it down a bit. He is an experienced fencer and he uses that as an example. There is a letter rating system I'm the USA that goes from a to e. A is the highest rated and best fencers. He is a level b fencer and uses a style weak to hyper aggressive type fencers so if he was being rushed by another a or b fencer he would probably lose. And if he were to fight an aggressive c type fencer he would most likely win but wouldn't be surprised if he lost. But if he were to fight a D level fencer the he wouldn't be worried. Because there is such a gap in the skill level between B and D level fencers. He even fought such a fight and won in a short time scape. Hopefully you can see where i- or technically he was going with this. He also explains how with close levels or ratings advantages and disadvantages matter a lot more than with further levels and they should look to style. But by going off of that then we would be saying ahsoka would be equal to Anakin and obi wan which just isn't true. The gap between ahsoka and mauls power is just too much for ahsoka to win by reasons such as overconfidence and arrogance. The writers are just using whatever excuse they can to justify ahsoka's win. But they can't because it just shouldn't be possible. Of course you are missing a lot of context and I recommend watching his video
0:41 I love how irritated Maul is about Ahsoka telling him to believe Anakin will bring balance to the force.
Maul saw what Anakin will do in his Vision. And a "Jedi" telling him in this moment, when every thing is about to fall apart, that Anakin will bring balance to the force, is just so absurd to him. Him realising the Jedi dont have in the slightist any Idea in what is about to happen, probably had his respect for the jedi bounce to zero.
I mean, he kinda did bring balance :troll:
The worst part is, she was right
But YEARS later
@@themightykv-5410 well he did until disney erased 6 movies tons of books, shows et cetera
Anakin was part of the equation, along with Luke, that brought balance to the force.
@@jswajsbergi think that Luke and Vader was more of a back up plan that the force had to wipe out both extremist religions from the galaxy.
The original plan the Gorce had for the Chosen One was for Qui-Gon to train Anakin to change the increasingly stagnant Jedi Order, but that plan was scuppered on Naboo thanks to Sidious.
After watching Tales of the Jedi it really hits home the irony that if Anakin hadn’t trained her so damn well she would have never survived this battle - nor the ambush of her clone troopers. Ahsoka is a badass. Can’t wait to see her series!!!
Yes, you are so right. I always said that Ahsoka was much stronger than many think. And Ahsoka has a lot more growth too do.
Let's be real, Ahsoka only survived this battle because Maul believed he could turn her. There are 2 distinct points in this battle where he didn't press an attack and let Ahsoka get back up, when he could've just finished her there.
@@yunglink992 Let's get real, you don't like Ahsoka and no matter what she does you will find fault with it, even if she saves a baby human.
@@Paul-D-Hoff Nah man you got it all wrong, I love Ahsoka, I'm pumped as all hell for her upcoming show. But she still was outmatched here, which makes sense. Maul has been killing Jedi since before she was alive. And in the end, her superior wits bested him, due to his arrogance.
@@yunglink992 just for you I went back to watch that battle as the details were hazy I hadn’t watched it since it first aired - but in no way did I ever see she was on the ropes she even kicked him thru a window and the battle could’ve ended there but she chased him down again - even when she lost her sabers she still countered everything he did perfectly and even reversed the momentum by grabbing his own saber - hell she saved him from dying! She was Mauls match and then some Lol I think you need to rewatch that again also. My original comment stands.
I do not know how many times I have rewatched this duel, but it remains to be one of the best ever made in Star Wars history.
I read it was made with motion capture
@@cibriis1710 indeed it was
The way that Maul screamed "You don't know what you're doing, we're all going to die"! it just gets me every time, the fact that none of them, not even the clones ( give a few like 5s) knew what terrifying things were about to happen, except him, and Sidious is truly moving.
He should never declare what's written. You have to have faith. Some books written by people that have spoken word are irresponsible. What if we imagine utopia. Ultimate paradise that replenished life
Ahsoka's ability to quickly regain offensive momentum after being half disarmed and forced on the defensive is astonishing.
plot armor :D
Yeah aint no way in the hell that should have happened. Maul had her. If he wanted to kill her, he would have just pushed her off.
She lost a lightsaber three times in that fight…
Maul wasnt trying to kill her the entire fight lol and he still disarmed her like 4 times
It's called " we know maul is far stronger in the force, and a far better duelist, but it's a woman character so she's the best no matter what". Lame. And now filoni is retconning the lore post revenge of the sith, so he can make her a part of every moment in star wars history. He even had Luke simping for her. I get that she is his creation, but he's really ruined her character recently.
"I know Anakin"... Oh Ahsoka, you naive little fool. You and Obi-Wan ignored every warning sign there was and couldn't believe how he would fall so far until it was too late. You confused recklessness with bravery, arrogance with charm and posessiveness with compassion.
Well said, but we never allow ourselves to see the faults of those we love.
Damn son
Anakin was a genuine person. His fall was due to the fact that he needed to come to terms with his emotions and was told to just ignore them. He did what he was told the best he could.
Anakin was manipulated by Palpatine because of his forbidden love to Padme.
Nobody guessed how fast and far anakin could have fallen in a night
Not even his wife
The last season, the art, the voice work, the scoring (which gave me chills), and the fights all elevated several levels. The end of the season blows my mind every time I watch it.
This scene really made me wake up to how far she's become. From that annoying little twerp to a mature, resourceful and powerful young woman and one of the best characters in Star Wars ever. She had truly an amazing art. Kinda brings a tear to the eye. You know... moments before they start overflowing.
If she was real you'd kiss her 😂
I think they'll do the same with Rey eventually given enough time. The fun thing about star wars is that lots of writers get to do their own takes on the characters.
@@seekingabsolution1907 i hope they do that with ezra, he was so nerfed
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@@seekingabsolution1907 Not a chance. Ahsoka was intentionally written to be unlikeable at the beginning. Dave Filoni had a very specific character in mind, and wrote her with flaws he knew would make the audience dislike her. Over the course of about four episodes, he adjusted those flaws to demonstrate some character growth and endear her to the audience. There is a great character analysis that shows what he did and how he went about it, and the psychology of why it was so successful.
Rey was written as a power fantasy as part of a political agenda. She's barely even a character. And, as a result, we'll see Ahsoka return again and again(like she did in Rebels and The Mandalorian) due to fan demand, whereas Rey will be consigned to the Disney dumpster fire and never be seen again.
Ahsoka really is a gift of good quality we got from the clone wars series. Such a well developed character.
She is Zuko level good. In terms of character development
@@scruffd0g193 Nah. Zuko overcoming the odds was well set up. Ahsoka got magically better when she needed to. She shouldn't be taking on Sith Lords. And I know that Filoni said that Maul could've killed her and whatnot, but then they should've showcased that better. This made Ahsoka feel way too close to the top tier fighters than she should be, because Maul was literally equal to Sidious in Juyo, which was both of their preferred fighting styles. How the fuck does Ahsoka beat Sidious' equal in lightsaber combat, even if he's holding back? It's dumb.
@@TheStraightestWhitest to give ahsoka credit, you can see her growth as a jedi duelist throughout clone wars, and in season 7 when she's DEFINITELY matured, i'd say that she probably couldnt BEAT maul, even if he was holding back. but i could certainly see her at least being able to stay alive and hold her own. not only was anakin her master, but im sure she got some soresu lessons from obi wan as well. she also didnt want to kill maul either. both of them were holding back. its just a matter of perspective on who was holding back MORE.
Last 4 episodes of the
Clone wars was like a Movie!
It is a movie
I remember ahsoka struggling to take down typical droids and now defeating maul, it's crazy seeing how much she grew
True, at the end she did wear him down. But, Maul did best her 3 times. Honestly I just couldn’t stop thinking, oh you’ve got no idea what’s about to happen.
@@overanDownUnder I think at this point in time she was close to the level of Obi Wan Anakin and Maul. But growing even stronger in Rebels beating Inquisitors and holding her own against Vader. A great journey.
@@janos5555 She was definitely not close to those three people at this time in her life. To say that, it would mean that she was near the level of the greatest practitioner of Soresu in the history of Jedi (even Mace can’t penetrate his defense); and nearly as best as one of the top Jedi of the time in terms of skill which is hardly true due to how many times she was disarmed by someone who didn’t have the intention to kill her; and nearly as best as the person who gives a tough time for Kenobi who I will say again was the greatest practitioner of Soresu. She is one of the top in skill level among regular Jedi Knights, but she is not yet there with the greats. Your statement better aligns with Rebels Ahsoka :), especially that she was able to put up a good defense against Vader (without getting disarmed (if my memory serves me right)) really shows how much she grown in her skills.
@@janos5555 she was still weaker than maul and well vader probably wasnt using his full strength against ahsoka probably cause he still feels his emotions and doesnt really want to kill her so no she is nowhere near as strong and considering how obi wan easily defeated Maul multiple times
@@Kevin-fj3ff Vader doesn't hold back unless he's playing with his food. I disagree. Maybe it's time to give Ahsoka some credit.
This deserved an Emmy. Or a theatrical release of all four episodes combined into a movie. And then win an Oscar for animated movie. It was masterful.
The seige of mandatory is basically a unofficial movie if you combine them all
@@blitz4779 I reallly wish I could watch it in cinema. It would be so epic
No it kinda sucked
@@blitz4779 The siege of mandatory is also my favorite arc
Razzie award for sure
I like how Maul actually won the fight twice but didnt killed Ashoka because he wanted her to join him.
What?
@@LucasAlves-iu2gy 3:30 , 4:04
He dIdnt win twice. Ahsoka threw him out of the window and he lost to a 17 year old who is just reaching knight level. Pretty embarrassing for a Sith Lord.
@@brianhanes5413 he disarmed her 3 times while not trying to kill her. Even the creators said maul was above ahsoka. Talking about a guy who consistently rag dolls obi wan with the force. It’s an amazing fight but if maul was really trying to kill her, I would give the fight about a minute
@@brianhanes5413read what you said and re watch the clip
Ashoka’s Ataru form is so clean, the he way she flips into her opponents with overhead strikes and the way she makes up for her size by pushing all her weight behind her blade is a great parallel to Yoda who emphasizes pure agility in his form. The way she implements martial arts with kicks and backhands with her saber reminds me of Qui Gon too which was probably really pissing Maul off.
Not as clean as Aayla Secura or Shaak Ti but that's kinda cheating because they are both Jedi Masters after all. Ahsoka's Ataru form came a very long way for someone who isn't even a Jedi.
@@FilthyFrankenjoyerahsoka is easily more powerful than them. Even at this point
@@FilthyFrankenjoyerkeep in mind she is essentially a freshly promoted knight in terms of experience here, she had maybe a few months between leaving the order and the battle of mandalore.
@@FilthyFrankenjoyer in terms of experience they definitely have a leg up on Ahsoka, but in terms of skill, Ahsoka was definitely a more competent fighter than either of them. Holding her own against powerhouses like Maul, Ventress, and Grievous. Easily one of the best lightsaber duelists the jedi order had during the clone wars
@@VaguelyRowletneither Aayla nor Shaak Ti were as experienced as Ahsoka, they didn’t duel Grievous or Ventress, Aayla dueled Maul alongside with Windu (in SOD) but Maul managed to take on both of them and he was giving Aayla a hard time while defending from Windu’s attacks. And both Ti and Sekura’s senses were not sharp enough to get prepared for incoming death threat when Order 66 happened. Even Depa Billaba extremely skilled duelist who managed to cut off on of Grievous’s arms in a fight wasn’t good enough to survive Order 66. So Ahsoka is extremely skillful
Wish Maul used his yelling voice more often… it sounds really threatening and I think it would have made his character more intimidating
Did you like kylo ren in the sequels?
@@Joshua-kg7sf no it's sh*t
It’s great but it’s so great because it’s obscure and rare. If it was constant it would get old, stale, and annoying.
@@FitWithDanii I agree, however I was asking him because he liked Maul screaming so I thought he would like kylo because he does that a lot.
@@SidestickPilot Exactly. When he starts to scream you know there's some serious shit going on. It's the same when he infamously screams Kenobi in Rebels
What was funny is Maul *never* lied here. He actually just wanted to destroy Sidious. If he had done anything, like tell Ashoka who Sidious was, or find a way to show the others what Anakin was becoming, all of the original trilogy could probably have been prevented.
All they needed to do was for a moment, just a moment, put their trust in a Sith’s words.
ashoka forgot one key thing about the sith: they only deal in absolutes
When a former Lord of the sith is screaming in terror trying to warn you, you should probably take note...
at 4:13 instead of just cutting the ledge off with Ahsoka standing on it, Maul rushed into fighting, IQ10 move
She would jump away anyway
yeah it is plot armor at it's finest. He could have just pushed her over with the force making Rex capture her instead which gives Maul the time to escape
Or simply use a single saber for way more precision. Ahsoka would've been forced to land on a gunship, where they then could've surrounded Maul. That would've made way more sense for the plot than a Palpatine-trained Sith gitting his weapon grabbed.
@@TK-evA Palpatine-trained Sith who lost to Obi-wan when he was still technically a padawan.
to be fair, nobody in star wars dies from falling
motion capture on this was amazing. Just watch the footwork, feels so dynamic and fluid but still realistic.
1:36 Maul hops on one foot to kind of fake a defensive stance but then presses his offense.
1:55 Maul does it again, Ahsoka evades
2:08 Not fighting but that is like every lightsaber stand off in live action but really reminded me of Anakin's standoff against Dooku in AotC and RotS.
2:20 Spins don't cut it anymore, Ahsoka. She switches to the unorthodox. Backflip, and then when pinned by Maul, decides to use and kicks him out.
And then everything on the beams. Absolutely awesome. Both characters makes stumbles and slips but never lose confidence in their balance.
Something I liked about Ahsoka's backflips were the sparks when her lightsabers struck the ground.
Maul doesn't get enough credit for being a *smart* fighter.
@@SatansGreatestSoldier Something I'll have to bear in mind if I ever decide to use him as an antagonist in my Star Wars RPG set immediately after Order 66.
@@Kartissa that's dooope!
It's actually insane how i literally said to myself "this looks like real people fighting, almost like motion capture" just to see this comment holy shit clone wars really went all out
Whether she knew it or not, this was actually her final trial. This is the battle that made her a Jedi Knight, unfortunately the part of the test she did fail, was letting her relationship with Anakin cloud her from seeing the truth. However, joining Maul would have been a failure, and she probably would have died. By the time her and Maul made it to the emperor, Anakin would have already fallen, and order 66 would have been in place.
EXACTLY ugh people don’t see this
She is no Jedi.
thats right, they would have both died trying either by sidious or vader
The duel between Ahsoka Tano vs Darth maul is awesome
It's very low energy......
@@FBI-1987 because the actual fight is realistically choreographed, well it’s motion capture, not the wacky moves from the previous seasons
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It's lower energy than the live action, so that can't be it.
@@FBI-1987 bruh it’s literally motion capture, search up Star Wars clone wars s7 motion capture, there’s literally a whole vid on it, a bit of research doesn’t hurt 💀💀
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Yeah, I already know, but that didn't explain anything, as I already said.
I love everything about The Siege of Mandalore.
I love Maul’s character arc and Sam Witwer’s incredible delivery of every line. It’s incredible how Darth Maul went from a one-off villain in TPM to something of an anti-hero. He knew what was coming and definitely did everything in the name of his own survival and to get revenge on Sidious, but had Maul’s plan worked, many lives would have been saved.
I love the completion of Ahsoka’s character arc. She finally grows up and is willing to put faith in herself, not necessarily in the Jedi. In my opinion, this is where Ahsoka becomes a Master. It’s also incredible to think that Ahsoka is one of only 3 Jedi to defeat a Sith Lord in single combat, Obi-Wan having beaten Maul in Phantom Menace and Anakin killing Dooku in ROTS.
I love the dialogue. Every line has weight and story behind it. You can feel Maul’s desperation, how badly he needs allies and how afraid he is of the future. You can feel Ahsoka’s disgust when he says Anakin will fall to the Dark Side. Even Ahsoka’s quippy lines are things she picked up from Obi-Wan and Anakin, but while they might be their words, the way Ahsoka delivers them is unique to her character. She speaks carrying more experience than at any point previously in this show and it makes a world of difference.
I love the Lightsaber fights. The animation is incredible. This is maybe the finest lightsaber battle in Star Wars: no unnecessary spins or aiming for the blades, no environmental hazards, just two duelists fighting with every ounce of skill and strength they have. Also, shout out to the animators for when Maul ignites his double-saber. It’s a clear reference to the moment he ignited the double-saber for the first time in TPM. Also, kudos for animating sparks on the floor when Ahsoka was doing her backhand spring and her Lightsabers hit the ground.
I love the music. This sounds like Star Wars music: strong, horn heavy instrumental music. The choice to juxtapose the very triumphant music to showcase how Ahsoka feels accomplished meanwhile we all feel the tension in each scene because we know how this ends.
If you had told me 5 months ago that I would say that The Clone Wars is the best Star Wars has ever been, I would have laughed in your face. But now… the last two seasons of Clone Wars just hit perfectly. They didn’t miss a single beat. It is Star Wars at it’s absolute best.
Execpt Mauls plan wouldn't have saved many lives. It would have only delayed the inevitable because being a Sith at heart after he takes Sidious place he may or may not want to stop order 66. He's not really an anti-hero, he's still a villian but not the ultimate villian like Palpatine is. So his plan would still involve the death of the jedi. He'd still want to kill Obi-Wan. The Jedi council would most definitely tried to take him prisoner again. He'd still want the jedi purge to happen with or without the Clones. And he would still cause chaos and destruction in his own way. He just knows the Sidious's plan is wipe all of his enemies out- including Maul along with the Jedi
Don’t forget how the fight was the first (only?) in the series to use mo cap and they brought back Ray Park to give Maul the authentic feel
One of the great moments in Mauls history.
Maul should’ve just stayed on the defensive to prove he had nothing against Ashoka or currently the Jedi. Just wanted to stop one of the largest changes that was coming for the galaxy and then to be left alone.
THIS EXACTLY. Could have just cut the bar between him and ahsoka no need to be offensive at all there. captured for no reason
In all of his life, jedi are his enemy.
Well he was a true Sith when he used the opportunity to kill a powerful opponent that could be his rival in the future. Also Sith are typically arrogant and addicted to winning.
Maul using defense like Kenobi? Yech! He’d never stoop that low unless it was absolutely necessity for survival, aka Palpatine
@@thebookofspirit1777 at the same time ashoka would have never let maul leave she could have left when he got tossed out the window but she was determined on finishing the job so I don’t think there was any other way IMO.
At 1:36 you can hear the sith scream. It’s sounds exactly like sidious used in episode 3 when fighting mace windu. Either it’s a call back or darth maul used the sith scream to disorient Ashoka
Idk if you play battle front.. but I always recognized him starting the fight with his spin dash attack in that scene. In the game and here it looks like sidious sith scream dash although not as potent. He taught him well lol
I think its implying that this fight scene is mirroring Windu vs Sidious in real time.. because its not long after their fight is over that O66 is executed
2:23 when Tano backflips here, her sabers go through the ground a bit. Nice touch!
The more I rewatch this, the more I realise that maul was going easy on Ashoka, he genuinely wanted to not kill Ashoka and tried to reason with her multiple times.
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I’ve said that from the beginning. My first clue was when she kicked him out the window and she got up gasping for breath. She didn’t do that with anyone else she has ever fought in the show. Maul was in a different class of combat and he could have easily won if he really wanted to.
@@redsetter1655no
@@BloxFoodxyes he could’ve maul damn near beat her but kept giving her chances
Why would he be fighting her then
The musical score, the fighting, the voice acting...this is truly a masterpiece
Dark saber never suited Maul, his double ended Lightsaber is too iconic
glad to see ahsoka was a bit more trusting of maul in rebels lmao
She learned the hard way 😂
@@maskdanger I mean can you blame her? Why would she chose a villain over her bestfriend.
I mean everything maul told her came out to be true
0:55 Sam Witwer's amazing voice acting really sells how desperate Maul is because he knows nobody is believing him
The window blowing up with neither of them flinching or acknowledging it is so beautiful. Gives me chills every time
This is honestly one of my favorite lightsaber duels. From a choreography standpoint and thematically as well it's just superb.
I love, how they managed to almost exactly copy his fighting style from the movies. So much detail.
The motion capture for this Maul fight was done by Ray Park, so it makes sense that he moves just like he did in TPM
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I genuinely thought he was gonna defeat her using the exact style he put Padawan Obi-Wan thru so much trouble with in the reactor room I was afraid for Ahsoka.
Thank God Anakin trained her well. Too well almost.
Maul begging to die knowing what’s coming is just such fantastic writing
Ironic... That is, the greatest enemy of the Jedi is truth. Maul and Dooku told them nothing but the truth. I guess Ahsoka was not ready to shed her Jedi skin yet.
This animation is breath taking.
I like when people say that Ashoka should have listened to Maul. He wanted to kill Anakin. The death of him will be pointless at this moment, Sidious would have won with or without Anakin. The extension of the unbalance was so great that nothing could stop it, the death of Anakin would have just doomed the galaxy, because no one else could redeemed the Force, after all Anakin is THE child of the Force.
I agree. The death of Anakin would only slow Sidious down, not stop him
Thats a tough call here. Anakin is the one that purged almost all jedis. Hes the one that saved sidious. Hes the one that forced yoda and obi wan to split to face himself and sidious seperately. He definately influenced obi wan more than once and deceived the jedi council in more than one way, even if part of it was unknown to him. There is too much speculation to be definitive about the outcome. One thing is definitive tho, it would have made the Empire much weaker and the Rebels much stronger in not having Vader and having many jedis still alive and potentially training padawans. Maybe Sidious would have risen anyway, but perhaps not at all.
Time was also of the essence here. It wasnt playing to Palpatine's advantage. The attack on Coruscant was actually him trying to flee due to his cover being very close to be unmasked (you can reqd it in both the wiki and the clone wars mini series intro) It would have also weaken the Republic enough to strenghten the seperatists as they grew tired themselves of the charade, but Sidious needed Anakin to end the leaders as it would create a strong opposition to his rule on top of the Rebel alliance.
Maul knew Palpatine had already won, the Empire was all but waiting for the announcement. This was personal I think, the former apprentice cutting down his intended replacement. He can't strike at Palpatine directly...but, what better revenge than to undermine Palpatines judgement? To show him he was a fool by killing the golden boy, the chosen one. And force wise to stop Anakin before he could become a shatterpoint.
It's a large part of why Ashoka didn't trust him. She felt, accurately, he was obsessed with revenge.
Luke and Leia were already conceived by this point, what are you on about
@141_Christopher Marco Manahan true, Anakin is the key at this point in time, but considering Anakins potential vs Darth Vader is insane. Anakin before the suit was possibly the strongest force user in history at this point. Nearly twice the potential of Sidious. After his injuries on Mustifar, his potential dropped 70 percent, thus Sidious was planning to replace Vader o ce he found a suitable replacement. He only kept Vader out of nessiseity. Vader was almost replaced over a dozen times, even by non Foce sensitives.
Mauls downfall is always his aggression, his desire to inflict pain. He could have convinced Ahsoka by throwing away his saber, but he wanted to "teach her a lesson". At the end he could have just cut away the portion she was standing on and won automatically but he just had to strike the blow himself. Love that character trait.
Funnily he doesn't even seem angry until she says Obi-Wan's name and goads Maul into a rage. He was pretty cool and controlled and holding back before that. But uh. We all know that Maul hates ONE man, VERY intensely, lmao!
@@christabelle__KENOBIIIIIII!!!!!!!
Maul is a villian that is hard to hate. Because so much of what he says and does is actually to stop other more powerful villian from rising to power.
And can we just take a moment and appreciate the level of music that was put into this fight. AHHH. ITS SOOOO GOOD.
Ahsoka: you're vision is flawed
*15 years later after Order 66 & the rise of the Empire*
Maul: I'm sorry what was it you said back on Mandalore?
"You'll find I have many quality for you to dislike" that is peak Ahsoka. Love her!
Ahsoka ignored what he said and didn't inform the council about Anakin's destiny when Yoda asked her if she had something else to tell. Great last season, all clone wars just improved the prequels
The choice to do mocap for the fight and not only mocap but to then show the FULLBODY characters as they fight was the best choice made in the entire series. I remember watching this in 2020 when it aired and rewinding to watch the moment at 1:42 again because it was so smooth and perfectly shot that it took my breath away
Finished CW for the first time yesterday. Honestly……this is now my favourite lightsaber duel in the franchise. It’s flawless and Mauls dialogue pre-duel is incredibly well written. I love it.
I still feel Maul and Obi-Wan's final encounter is perfection. Two absolute masters of their craft settling a final score with fast and decisive action.
I wouldn't say flawless but to each their own lol
@@vksasdgaming9472 Yeah but that's rebels.
I love how he keeps calling her lady Tano, and speaks so respectfully to her. Makes you remember he comes from a matriarchal planet, with very powerful women.
Except how he disarms her multiple times and intentionally doesnt kill her when he has mutliiple opportunities,they still make her look like she is the stronger of the two.
“Your vision is flawed.”
Had me on the edge with goosebumps every SINGLE time.
Can we just stop and recognize how amazing this scene sequence was? The music, the voice actors, the animation, everything!!
This was the moment that the two most developed hero and villain in the show finally met in combat. This came together through jaw-dropping choreography, beautiful dialogue, and an overwhelming amount of tension.
Everything came full circle in this duel- we know Ahsoka was right not to trust Maul, but her feelings toward Anakin blinded her. Maul never lied in this series, and they so beautifully integrated his strong reliance on the force to become a prophetic persona. The screams of terror at the end just had my jaw on the floor- we all know what’s going to happen, but they don’t. He is so horrified by what the outcome is that he is begging A JEDI to not only kill him, but listen to him to save themselves! You really walked away from that like, “holy shit, this is all about to happen.” For those not born in 2005 or before, this and the final two episodes were just a gift to the world that couldn’t experience ROTS in theaters.
Hands down the most well written sequence in all of the Clone Wars.
One of the best moments is when we see Ahsoka out of breath. It highlights how difficult of a fight this was for her, and in a way it makes her victory that much better.
She didn’t win though maul let his guard down and payed for it, maul wasn’t even trying to kill her and still won
@@BowserFilthFederation I am inclined to agree with your analysis of the duel, but regardless of how little Maul was trying the entirety of the fight, she still managed to keep up with him long enough to be there when he let down his guard, which is a personal accomplishment for her. Maul may not have been trying his best, but Ahsoka truly was.
@@yourlocalmathgeek4815 you’re proving my point, maul wasn’t trying while she was
@@BowserFilthFederation I am proving both your point and mine.
@@yourlocalmathgeek4815 Maul was the superior duellist
You could tell in the tone of Mauls scream when he was beaten that he wanted them to believe him. Terrified of the future and begging Ahsoka and the clones to kill him. Great voice acting by Sam Witwer as well!
One of those odd cases of you wanting the good guy to believe the bad guy, like much in the finale, had moments of things coming so close to going a different way. Know Maul is crazy, but here he is literally the only sane man in the universe and no one believes him.
Love the theory crafting done looking at this fight and what would have happened if Ahsoka believed him and took his offer, since it felt like she was very close to, probably sensing through the force there was truth to his words, but still Jedi enough that she reverted to "sith bad".
There was truth...but Maul is also obsessed with revenge. He doesn't want to stop Palpatine to save the galaxy, he wants to do it to make himself feel better. This was a bridge Ashoka could never cross.
Exactly. She knew that it was ultimately a ploy for Maul to achieve power. Once Maul mentioned trying to lure Anakin there to kill him, that was all she needed to know. He wanted to kill Anakin not because he was concerned about the good of the galaxy, but because he wanted his old role back and wanted a chance to kill and replace Sidious, and needed help.
Such a fantastic show. This fight with the music, beautiful choreography, and epic lore behind it. They just don’t make Star Wars shows like they use to
Throughout the series Maul really developed from a Sith assassin to a Sith lord. With plans, a vision, foresight and wisdom. What an excellent character arc! I'd love for a Darth Maul series to come out
What's really left to explore of his character? I love Maul, but his story is told - just wish we could have gotten Son of Dathomir animated.
@@ZaZi-Zeta01 his years before ep 1? Son of dathomir? Crimson dawn? His path before rebels?
@@grievous8475 You countered my point by... Stating my point?
@@ZaZi-Zeta01 you said what’s left to explore? I gave an answer
@@grievous8475 By using a title I already referenced? That's not much of an answer. Not to mention those years already HAVE been explored.
Imagine if Ahsoka just believed him. Would’ve been great story.
If they fought sidious, he would kill them both. Wouldn't have been a long story lol.
@@Biscuits645 but if anakin joined them. outside of Luke Ashoka was the one that also got to him after he went full vader
If she believed him they'd have immediately made their way back to coruscant, Ashoka would have altered the council earlier and potentially led to a more aggressive takedown of sidious. And with all of Sidious's cards on the table Anakin might see through the lies and realise he was being played by the sith lord.
The fight in that office would have been better performed with Yoda, Kenobi, Mace, Ahsoka and the original Jedi facing down Sidious and likely besting him, especially if Maul joins the battle fighting with the Jedi
In an ideal universe perhaps even doing that might let him and Kenobi talk enough to put aside their problems and redeem Maul.
In a perfect outcome, Sidious would be killed by Maul, Anakin would not fall to the dark side, Ahsoka and him would reconcile and then both leave the order to live their own lives in peace, Anakin with Padme, and his eventual children and Ahsoka to start her own life.
Future Jedi Ezra and Cal would be trained fully and with the war over, the order could examine itself and address the problems within. Hell depending on timing of things they might get the secrets out before Dooku falls and potentially redeem him too. Creating that scene Yoda saw in his vision but with Jedi Master Dooku and honourary Jedi Knight Maul.
@@adambrown6669 i would've liked it if all that happened and have mace teach maul to channel the dark side into something good
The possibilities of them joining would have been interesting and new. We never seen a jedi and sith working together.
"I see the Padawan needs one last lesson"
Such a great line in so many ways regarding this situation.
The amount of things that throne room has seen. From Satines peaceful leadership where the room looked bright and full of color, to now, with maul having turned the room into a macabre room of power and chaos. Destruction, chaos, and blood staining the room that once was a symbol of peace. So well written.
"You'll find I have many qualities for you to dislike"
must be a callback to the season 1 snips haters
Personally it made me think of like saying to Vader “you’ll find I’m full of surprises”
1:36 when Maul roars, it sounds a lot like Sidious’s roar in Revenge of the Sith at the start of his duel with Windu.
That’s how force scream sounds like
The teachings of their masters really bleeds through in this fight. I can see all the things sidious taught maul as well as all the things anakin and Obi taught Snipes as they duel. Kenobis defensive and anakins attack style. 2:10 I bet Maul really felt that Kenobi arrogance resonating off her lol The same way he has sidious veracity, speed, an force scream
Not to mention Sidious taught him how to disguise his ambition and to at least appear to be polite and cordial to achieve your means, outright aggression always doesn't work in these cases. Maul was practically polite to Ahsoka at the beginning of their exchange here. Sidious was a master of that, pulling the wool over the Jedi for years, appearing as a concerned, sweet, bumbling old man. He taught Maul how to do that as well, it nearly worked for Ahsoka, and he tried it also with Ezra.
I think Maul is the only character in Star Wars I enjoyed more animated than live action. Not just looks wise but character screen time wise!
Always when we think we've already seen the best duel, they brings us another. There is no one best fight scene. They are all iconic on their own.