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i'm happy that GL canon doesn't matter anymore. the more he attempted to clarified things, the more confusing it became.
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Yeah but Lucas was the one who said he was dead. The Lucas was the one who retconned that. That's my point. And that His words and interpretation of the Saga will never simply be thrown out of the window.
Hence [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Kyber crystals powering the Death Star in Rogue One.
"At one point, when Obi-Wan kills Darth Maul, he just fell in the pit. I looked at it and thought this isn't going to work because, if people like him enough, they're going to want him to come back and they're going to assume somehow he gets out of it. So I had to cut him in half to say that this guy's gone, he's history, he ain't coming back. I'll come up with another apprentice. The whole issue of having apprentices, poor Darth Sidious trying to replenish his apprentice supply, is one of the main plot points."
Lucas should have cut him in pieces, so Maul would definitely not come back....
Fan's probably put pressure on Lucas to approve Filoni's work by using Maul.....
I like that they brought him back, but I don't like how they've changed his character. He was so badass and mysterious in TPM, now he's just a failure with a lot of bad showings.
He simply changed his mind about Maul returning after the Prequels were finished. The point of him being cut in half was so no one gets their hopes up about him returning in the next two films. But with the animation they have many episodes to flesh out his return.
Well that was the issue with bringing him back was that he HAD TO Continue Losing.
Because we Know Palpatine doesn't take him back as an apprentice, and we Know he's not going to overthrow Palpatine either, nor are there any other Sith Lords even in the picture later on. And we Know he's not going to get his revenge by killing Obi-Wan.
As for his Return though, I really like what Witwer brought to his character, and how they fleshed Maul out.
Now keeping him around for Rebels was probably a mistake as all he can do is continue to lose.
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