We've seen what happens when Anakin fights other Force users (as of AotC). It's all rushing in to get your arm chopped off. And against someone not as classy as Dooku (something about Dooku makes me think he's a bit more forgiving than Maul), he'd probably lose much more than that.
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: The Dark Side of the Force
Well, do you think Anakin could hold off Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon like how Maul did?
I don't think so. Therefore, Maul takes this.
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well, i dont think my opinion matters here. in fact im sure everyone thought about me before they vote in any maul thread, but cmon, what do u think i think?
Wrong. Anakin would give him a small fight. Honestly, a tired Maul took out Jinn in 30 seconds, and Jinn > Anakin. I call 30 seconds a medium length duel at best. Anakin won't be lasting 30 seconds.
DS you are overrating Maul here, Anakin lasted longer than 30 seconds with Dooku, he did better than Kenobi in the novel and the movie, and Dooku is at a different level than Maul. And AOTC Anakin in sabers is equal with AOTC Kenobi, and the TPM Kenobi gave Maul a very good fight, which took all of Maul's skills to not get killed, well he did killed, and AOTC Anakin>TPM Kenobi, it would be a very close fight.
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: On cloud 9 in 7th heaven! I didn't
And Maul wasn't hot-headed and rush in? He himself got cut in half, your forearm being cut off isnt quite as bad.
You cant judge that because we haven't seen Anakin really fight in AOTC, and when he did, he did so against someone superior to Maul, and made Dooku have to catch his breath. If Maul won, it would be after a long fight. And "not 100%" doesn't equal tired. He wasn't panting or moving slowly around the room.
Maul wasn't at full strength because he was panting in the duel, he wasn't at full strength meaning that his battle with Tuskens and Pirates on Tatooine left him not at full strength. Was Dooku toying with Anakin? Still, Anakin doesn't put up a "very good fight".
Obi-Wan killed Maul only because Jinn gave Maul a good fight. Maul was exhausted by the time Obi-Wan started fighting him. Thats why Maul could fight both of them at the beginning, but died at the end.
Oh, and to Darth Subjekt: Dooku could have killed Anakin in AOTC with a flick of his finger. He didn't because Sidious told him not to kill Anakin. Remember, Sidious wanted to convert Anakin to the dark side.
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: On cloud 9 in 7th heaven! I didn't
You'd have to prove he had orders not to kill Anakin. He (dooku) was clearly "tested" by his encounter with Skywalker, as you can tell by his reaction after pushing him. Also, i believe the novel goes into more detail how fatigued Dooku was after fighting Anakin. It should be noted that Anakin did better against Dooku that OB1 did and the severity of injuries they both received is not an indication of success in the duels, as Dooku could have quite easily gone right through OB1's arm and leg.
Also, if you even want to take it to ROTS and say Dooku was not to kill Anakin, you will know that in the novel (the only place that ridiculous portion of the storyline was included) that Dooku said he would treat the duel "as if it were his crowning achievement" meaning he would not hold back. In fact, Anakin was the one holding back and still tooled Dooku. However, as this may be irrelevant in this thread, i digress. There was not a "doubling" in Anakin's power from AOTC to ROTS,as that statement was made out of Anakin talking shit. So, Anakin was still extremely proficient and skilled with a saber, and would at the very least give Maul a hell of a fight. Overall skill level means jack shit in the big picture as people fight and react differently in each fight, meaning, just because Maul can do this to person A, doesn't mean he can do it to anyone else, especially Anakin. An example, Anakin pwnd Dooku, Dooku tooled OB1, OB1 bested Anakin. Yet another reason why DarthSith's A>B>C bullshit doesn't work.
Oh and, OB1 won out of luck, as he usually does, thus making his OT quote, "no such thing as luck," quite humorous.
Apr 25th, 2005 09:35 PM
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