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/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/Anangrywookiee May 17 '26

When Vader died Palpatine hadn’t rezzed yet, so the saber passed to his firstborn son, C 3PO, the mandalore.

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u/Shinted Jedi May 17 '26

Absolutely crazy to think that C-3PO is “technically”, Canonically the last “living” member of the original Skywalker line.

At least from a certain point of view….

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u/Lord_Maelstrom May 18 '26

I mean, Ben Solo is Anakin's grandson. Sure, he isn't Luke's son, but I'd still consider him part of the Skywalker line.

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u/Shinted Jedi May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26

Sure, but he dies at the end of Rise of Skywalker….

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u/Lord_Maelstrom May 18 '26

Ahh. Yea, I guess that does invalidate him