I think most people here believe SOD was Maul's prime. We obviously know it wasn't Rebels, as confirmed by Matt Martin. But couldn't it be argued that Maul declined after TPM since he lost his legs and basically became a mad man for years until he was found by Opress. Therefore this makes me look at TPM where he was duelling Obi Wan and Qui Gon (two of the best Jedi in the order's history) at the same time while doing acrobatic kicks, and all sorts of martial arts moves. There is also Maul duelling Qui Gon while injured on Tatooine, and still gaining the advantage against him.Also Filoni likened TCW Maul to Vader in the sense that he was broken and possibly not as powerful as he once was before. So is it possible that TPM Maul could replicate those feats that he performed against Aayla and Mace to an even greater extent? Could TPM Maul ragdoll Kenobi etc.?
TCW Maul sure was less effective than TPM Maul. SOD Maul is portrayed as being just as effective if not more than his TPM counterpart. There’s a reason I used SOD Maul against Anakin in the video of them I did.
There’s also the fact that throughout the Clone Wars Maul was deprived of a saber staff.
SOD Maul with a saber staff should be around his TPM self.
In terms of the legs they’re more durable but could have problems with Force lightning.
In Force SOD Maul is clearly > TPM Maul.
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All we know is it was prior to TPM. Hence any comparison of parity to TPM Maul is kinda moot.
Also its not like he lost to that padawan. Anakin struggled against Barriss, Grievous against Ahsoka and Vader against Luke. Padawans can be tough sometimes.
I mean, it certainly didn't read like it was set very long before the events of TPM, given the overall portrayal of Palpatine and Maul, along with the fact that they had already allied themselves with the Trade Federation by the time of this series. /shrug
Also, I didn't say Maul lost to Eldra, but she did give him a very good fight.
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Indeed there are a lot of 'could haves' and 'maybes' we could shuffle through here. Just saying that the comics read like they were set shortly before the events of TPM... At least in my opinion. /shrug
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TPM Maul. Of course being in his prime didn't save from getting dabbed on by an angry apprentice.
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Why not? As of TPM, while still in his early 20s he was already comparable in power to AOTC Dooku, who was the unparalleled prodigy in the Jedi Order until Anakin came along, and had about seven decades of Jedi training and another decade of training under Sidious.
I'd say Maul was certainly comparable, especially before he was bisected.