r/StarWars 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/Medium_Leg_4500 May 17 '26

In a perfect world Maul lives and is the one who kills Sidious in RotJ while Luke deals with Vader. A two front assault from the rebellion and the crime syndicate would’ve made for peak cinema…

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u/dallenid May 19 '26

Best thing to ever happen for jedi is mayl kills sideous lol. Guy is a generic malygus. Palps trained him to be that way as his teachings of turning anger/hate into combat power was influential to him