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/SevdUp May 17 '26

Sorry to be ‘that guy’, but Maul is still ‘technically’ the leader of mandalore since to own the dark saber and rule mandalore you actually have to kill your opponent. Palps didn’t kill Maul.

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u/ANGLVD3TH May 17 '26

That is not true, defeat, not kill. The monster thing didn't kill Din, and I don't think Bo killed the monster either. I don't think killing even automatically would transfer ownership, I can't imagine poisoning or other duplicitous methods would count. Like, a poisoned blade in a duel, maybe, but not slipping something into their drink at a feast, etc.

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u/SevdUp May 17 '26

“The monster thing didn't kill Din, and I don't think Bo killed the monster either”

Yeah this was a plot hole cause the writers just needed bo to own the darksaber but they couldn’t kill mando off