Originally posted by Underachiever59
Rebels S1 Finale Kanan was fighting better than his performances at any point in S2 due to believing he had "nothing to lose" and letting himself give entirely into the Force. The only other time we see Kanan fighting on that level before his later Season 3&4 performances is when he BFR'ed Maul after being blinded. So to say Kanan was "absolutely never on Maul or Ahsoka's level" would be factually incorrect. Peak Kanan, trusting entirely in the Force, bested an overconfident Maul. And that's the same state Kanan was in when he beat the GI.
You said yourself it was an Overconfident Maul. Maul also tripped over a statue when that happened, and Kanan fell to the floor right after, implying he couldn't have carried on fighting at that level for much longer.
Plus as we know it's basically become a running joke in SW that Maul gets pushed over a ledge when fighting an inferior opponent.
So no you haven't shown anything to suggest Kanan is anywhere near Maul level. Old Maul fought on par with Ahsoka in her prime, and both have fought on par with or outright beat down 2 or 3 Inquisitors simultaneously, something which is clearly beyond Kanan.
Sam Witwer also stated that neither Kanan, Ezra or any Inquisitor were on Maul's level. Heck Kanan himself (Freddie Prince) stated Kanan is no match for Maul at all (commenting on the time he bested Maul).
And before you say they're just voice actors, Filoni does discuss their characters and situation with them in great detail, and at least they're being clear. That comment from Hidalgo, is far from clear that he actually thinks the GI is on Maul's level as long as he has a spinning lightsaber
Heck I see no reason to place Kanan or GI anywhere close to TPM Maul or TPM Kenobi either.
Originally posted by Underachiever59
Cal's growth throughout Fallen Order cannot be used to scale his future growth. So much of his apparent "growth" was him just remembering all of his Jedi lessons after having cut himself off from the Force for the previous five years. He literally had just got back to the level he'd been as a Padawan when he beat the 9th Sister. And from that point on, he didn't particularly display any major growth outside of rebuilding his lightsaber to allow for dual-wielding. So there's no reason to believe Cal would maintain anything near his level of early game growth.
He was remembering but he's also clearly older and stronger. He never cut himself off from the Force.
Inquisitors are like trained Jedi. For someone whose training was cut so short to beat the 9th Sister (and Trilla IIRC) in such a short span of time, is damn impressive. He was also Knighted by Cere 10 years before Kanan has been in any kind of duel.
Of course I'm speculating about future growth here, and Cal might not even be around by the time of Rebels, so will just have to wait and see. But I fully expect him to outpace Kanan.
Originally posted by Underachiever59
I stand by my original assessment.
Well your supposed evidence is not in the least bit convincing. I mean the idea that a spinning lightsaber actually puts GI on Maul's level is ludicrous.