I know in the cartoon they had a saber duel Maul did well by going toe to toe with sidious in the light sabre duel till sidious used his force powers to subdue maul: but suppose it was the same fight only : maul vs palpatine only and non can use their force powers abilities and only a light saber duel fair and square: who will win ?
oh yes thats right i missed that part never knew he got disarmed only just saw/recognised it i thought the sabers were still in his hands but he switched them of briefly etc but obviously not.. i guess that explains it