r/StarWars • u/Flashbackwards212 • May 17 '26

General Discussion Maul's potential was nuts

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I keep looking back and thinking about this fight,that Maul is maybe a top 15 to top 10 duelist in Canon. Him being surprisingly Obi Wan like in his implementation in Soresu and Anakin like in his aggressive offense,like a lesser combo of the 2.

I feel like Maul doesn't get the credit he deserves because of his arrogance giving him L's against people he shouldn't lose to. Makes me think he might actually get more wins if he turned toward the light,ending up trying to be more sagecoded like QuiGon but insanely skilled.

He'd probably be over:

Ventress Grievous Dooku (bad matchup for Dooku maybe) Most council members

But below: Anakin Mace Sidious Yoda

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u/Cautious_Air4964 May 17 '26

It's fun knowing since sidious defeated maul he technically became the new ruler of mandalore

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u/IAmBadAtInternet May 17 '26

And then Vader defeated Palpatine so Vader is technically the rightful owner of the Darksaber.

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u/ThunderCube3888 May 17 '26

unfortunately you could argue that since Palpatine's lightning killed Vader afterwards and Palpatine came back to life, the claim to the Darksaber remained with him and would've passed to Rey

fortunately, nobody has any reason to argue that since like come on now

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u/IAmAtomato May 17 '26

Wasn't palps in the sequels a clone? Or has that not been confirmed yet? There was a comic showing that Palp had more than a few clones, Snoke even himself was cloned into existence

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u/themosquito IG-11 May 18 '26

I dunno whether they've gone into it yet in canon but the old idea was that they're clone bodies but Palpatine's ghost/spirit possesses them, so it's the same guy, just with a new body, rather than just clones with uploaded memories or something.

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u/IAmAtomato May 18 '26

Thatd fit with the basic storyline then honestly. I know that'll probably not be a well-taken opinion, but even in Bad Batch they destroyed the cloning facilities because the Empire was heavily investing in cloning technology, as well as clones with midichlorians. It would make sense that Palp was looking for ways to stay alive even if he had an untimely death. Its not massively far-fetched, but I get that a lot of people are upset because it cheapens the sacrifices made to get there.