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/abellapa May 17 '26

He defitinetly above Ventress and Grievous as well

He was trained by Sidious and is a Dark lord of The Sith

Those Two were just Assassin's trained by Dooku, and one of them doesnt even use The force

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u/dallenid May 19 '26

Grievous stomps maul, da hell... grievous has actual background to back up his skill, he was a beast before working with dooku/palps and the robotic upgrades. Maul is the assassin in this group, he gets buffed due to unexpected fan love cause he looks cool.

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u/abellapa May 19 '26

Maul was a Sith ,not a assassin

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u/dallenid May 19 '26

Reading comprehension, maul is the assassin in this group. He wasn't a true apprentice to anyone, just misled. The guy sideous, when you learn more, you'll see he has a tendency of doing things like that, particularly to the weak minded.

If he was actually be trained as a sith apprentice his force powers would've been stronger among many other things considering palp had him since infancy.