But then again this is full powered GG, the same GG who managed to take out 5 jedi at once. I say Maul wins, but it would be close. The force would be the deciding factor.
The Jedi that you speak of were exhausted. Anyway, this Grievous lost to Mace Windu. According to LOE, Grievous's little computer brain could create a lightsaber form frighteningly like Vapaad, so he'd probably be able to create a fighting form much like the one Maul used, and figure out the weaknesses
__________________
"Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one." -Dr. Seuss
We don't know if they had regained their strenght with the force. They didn't look tired either. But we cannot really know, but Grievous had fear on his side, which he won't have here...
__________________
Necessity is the mother of inventions.
(Don't be a pig, get an Icejaw sig.)
Oh cool, didn't know that. When did he say it? When they were in the Council in the CW? And that doesn't eliminate the fact that Grievous did it without too much difficult and while only using 2 swords, and that three jedi and 2 clone troopers ran from him...
__________________
Necessity is the mother of inventions.
(Don't be a pig, get an Icejaw sig.)
Two of those Jedi were gravely wounded. They were also panting even before the fight began, and sweating, which are signs of fatigue. Maul wins, but it's close. I'd put TPM Maul + 10 more years of experience as even with Tyranus, but that's just speculation, and Tyranus > Grievous.
No, like 1 or 2 was panting before the fight, and Ki-Adi (no one else was sweating what I could see) was sweating because they heard Grievous come and prepared to face him and he tried to figure out which direction he would come in. One yelled "we cannot face him" and Ki-Adi replies "we must try, stay focused". (Pretty dumb, since Yoda trains Luke by saying, "there is no try, do or do not").
__________________
Necessity is the mother of inventions.
(Don't be a pig, get an Icejaw sig.)
I know K'Kruhj was panting and was hunkered down near the ground, I can't remember if anyone else was panting. Ki-Adi was the only one we saw sweating but it he was I don't see why the others wouldn't be. They had just fought a big battle, they all must have been exhausted.
They sweat because Grievous was closing in. They didn't sweat before that, they started to sweat because Grievous was coming, and they were scared of him...
__________________
Necessity is the mother of inventions.
(Don't be a pig, get an Icejaw sig.)
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: On cloud 9 in 7th heaven! I didn't
noooooo, it was said somewhere that at the time of TPM, Maul was about peaked out...he would never reach Dooku's level. Dooku was more powerful than the movies showed. The only thing Maul would gain with 10 years is some fighting experience, but not enough to Match Dooku or even OB1 (ROTS).
I will try to find where this was said about Maul, since i know there might be a fanboy or two out there chomping at the bit to defend him...and no im not referring to anyone in particular, so dont get your panties in a bunch.
He was a nublet in the Dark Side at the time, he could very well learn many Force Powers, Lightsaber skills, combat experience, and increase in power. Nowhere does it say he was peaked(unless you count his Youth being peak in strength and such), he was an Apprentice, not a Master
I've had this debate with Ush "Almighty", however, he can't be wrong. Ever. So I had to give up, but whatever. The actual quote goes as follows (and also note that this is not Qui-Gon's thoughts as people tried to say in the past debate, it's definitely the narrator telling you this as a factual statement):
"Darth Maul was a warrior in his prime, never to be any better, his powers at their apex."
-- The Phantom Menace novelization, Chapter 21 by Terry Brooks.
__________________
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent." - Sagacious Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn.
We can't know that is factual, as he only knew a few Force Powers from what we saw, and you can ALWAYS improve in Fighting Skills if you look at it in Real Life terms, Martial Artists always improve to perfect things, develop new moves, everything
Yes, but there's a thing called "potential" in Star Wars. We aren't limited (in a way, yes, but you know what I mean) to "potential". For example, once Anakin would reach his potential - how's he going to get any stronger? It's basically a level cap (think Warcraft, some RPG, etc.).
EDIT: And according to Ush "Almighty", you can take it in a different way, in which case it'd still be factual.
__________________
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent." - Sagacious Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn.
Last edited by Advent on Sep 29th, 2006 at 03:05 AM
I guess that makes sense, but you see where I'm coming from? The Jedi/Sith had to practice/focus in order to learn Powers over long periods of time, so he SHOULD be able to learn more Force Powers.
Lightsaber skills I dunno, I see it in Martial Arts type ranking, at 3rd Degree Blackbelt, you're usually declared Master level, and can take students, yet then there's Grandmasters at like 10th Degree, just the same as almost every Jedi of some importance being a "Master" of their respective form, yet then there's people like Obi-Wan who are THE Master of their Lightsaber form. I would assume he is still capable of improving in that
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: On cloud 9 in 7th heaven! I didn't
right but you have to understand that not everyone would make it that far. Everyone has their limit. lets say you and i made it to 3rd degree black belt, just cause we can do that in no way means we can get to 5th degree, let alone 10th. Otherwise, everyone would do it. Vader was never a master, but i would only Sidious above him due to what the flanneled one said. Maul was in his prime,(thanks advent for the quote, i just couldnt remember where to look). Once youre topped out, thats it, thats why only one person could be the "one". If anyone could be powerful enough to fulfil the prophecy, then they would have. Now i know that might not be the best example being that Ani never reached his potential, but i think you see where I'm coming from.
Now i think maul could maybe improve slightly on his saber skills he already had, but in no way could ever rival Dooku.
Sep 28th, 2006 04:52 AM
When did he say it? When they were in the Council in the CW? And that doesn't eliminate the fact that Grievous did it without too much difficult and while only using 2 swords, and that three jedi and 2 clone troopers ran from him...
