"What's awesome about Obi-Wan, and it's consistent through the Clone Wars, they always say 'he's one of the best, but he's not the best - he's not the best of the best. He's not the best swordsman. He's not the best pilot. But he's really good. But he has these A-game moments.' Well, we just saw an A-game moment (Obi-Wan vs Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace). There's another one, for example, in the Clone Wars, he loses his first fight to Darth Maul pretty hardcore. He does not even hold a candle to Darth Maul when him and Ventress fight Savage and Maul. He loses. But the next time he fights, he's up against Savage and Maul, and his Jedi partner had been killed - Adi Gallia had just been killed - and just like Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan then has his A-game moment and stands up to Darth Maul and Savage and drives them off. I like that the character elements are consistent about what activates these people, about when they are at their best and when they are not."
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Last edited by Jaggarath on Jun 3rd, 2017 at 06:09 AM
Kenobi's better than maul as a duelist as of tcw as their fights show, so nah, he can replicate getting wrecked by sids just fine
And kenobi's a game moment on florrum has already been confirmed by feloni not to have been externally based
"was kenobi empowered by galia's death"
"nah:
Maul's a game moment? Not so much.
Regardless
The "he's one of the best" is a neat accolade anyway. It's surprising that kenobi, someone who's among the most skille din the mythos is kinda lacking in statements along the lines of, "One of the most skilled swordsman in the order's history" or stuff like that.
Not that voice actor accolades should be given much weight("Ahsoka is the 3d or 4th most skilled jedi in canon")
Witwer's basically saying Obi-Wan can be extremely good at specific moments like Jinn or Galli's death but for the rest Maul's 'wrecking' him? Lol nice.
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Maul wrecking him when he's dircumstañtially wrecked physically and mentally after dun moch is cool. Kenobi wrecking maul taking him. Out twice in 1 minute when both are hindered is better
And the whole, amp argument's been beyond debunked courtesy of feloni himslef(the dude who it was based in anyway). Florrum wasn't beyond kenobi's normal abilities.
Kenobi's a better duelist than maul his, even as of TCW
Also worth noting Filoni has heavily implied that Maul's pre-Mandalorian legs hindered his combat abilities since his ability to perform acrobatics were limited.
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Witwer has also stated that Dave told him that Lucas told him that if characters don't use the Force for long periods of time, their connection to the Force will weaken and eventually disappear.
Witwer referenced this as a potential reason why Kenobi is "weak" in ANH. Thus, it seems apparent that early TCW Maul and Rebels Maul isn't their prime also - not that that wasn't obvious anyway.
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Last edited by Jaggarath on Jun 5th, 2017 at 04:27 AM