Registered: Nov 2007
Location: various remote midwestern hillbilly
I don't think Luke had enough actual saber fighting experience to take on Maul. I say he goes down. Vader was much slower and not at his peak and it took Luke awhile to get the best of him.
actually, ROTJ Vader was not at his peak... if he ever had a peak after getting put in the suit, it probably would have been around TFU, or possible closer to RODV (any suited vader material in-between i'm missing?)
Vader vs. Luke was like Dooku vs. Anakin. They were playing for keeps and each Sith gave it there all and lost. Luke beat him legitimately. But Luke still would not defeat Maul.
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Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Hiding from zombies
I can't say I agree with this at all. Especially the implication that Vader in his later age was inferior to Maul somehow, or that Maul is so radically different from Vader that he would own Luke, but Vader would not have such a chance.
Speaking from a movie viewer's perspective, the fights were mirrors of each other for a good reason, and in both cases the older, superior fights mocked and gave ground before the younger fights solely for the purpose of converting them to the Dark Side, not "giving it their all". Vader sure as hell didn't have any problems getting up after Luke was done mashing on him like a demented Hammer Bros. goon. Giving it their all would have been Vader force choking Luke like the ***** he was and then throwing him into the reactor shaft.
Registered: Aug 2008
Location: Drinking gasoline. Pissing napalm.
Sure.
In Resurrection (set in the same year or just after A New Hope) Darth Maul is resurrected by the Prophets of the Dark Side and battles Darth Vader. They're on even footing duel-wise for a while, going back and forth. Vader manages to cut his saberstaff in two - but instead of one side going out like in The Phantom Menace, both ends stay active and Maul switches to Jar'Kai, and absolutely dominates Vader.
Vader has to resort to stabbing himself through the chest, damaging his own life support system and almost killing himself, in order to hit and kill Maul.
Oct 10th, 2008 08:19 PM
