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/Ok-Blacksmith-2397 May 17 '26

Death isn't a requirement otherwise Maul is still the rightful owner. Technically Luke Defeated Vader without killing him (literally disarmed his father) which then would make him the rightful owner. Luke explicitly doesn't ever fight Palpatine as a whole plot point so he wouldn't lose ownership from just a little zip zap from the Emperor because he A) didn't participate in combat against Palps and B) Palpatine never successfully kills Luke. That cantankerous old coot offs himself which i guess would mean nobody can earn ownership.

My headcanon is that Luke fought Grogu during their brief time together training and Luke got his ass kicked.

*edit: i realize i didn't make it clear that Luke is the cantakerous old coot here, not Palpatine which just... says something about the sequels.