Yeah I've been saying for a while that Kenobi simply has Maul's number, and that's just the wrong fight for Maul. Kind of like Dooku always seemed to have Kenobi's number in their fights.
Still I guess I just have a pretty high opinion of TPM Maul. I know Rebels Maul sort of stalemated Ahsoka for a while, but then there are implications it was dark side amped. And I really don't see TPM Maul losing to Kanan, even in a Oneness state, and especially not on a dark side temple.
So I'd personally put my "safe bet" on TPM Maul over Rebels Maul.
Unfortunately, that's at best an inference you can draw since sw.com never specifies why Maul's better suited to protect Ezra. And even if we were to take your inference to be true, we sill have the matter of the nexus and Ahsoka being authoritatively above Maul on even ground.
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Ezra gave Maul a new purpose, though. That was the point of Maul's machinations during the show. I also need to see proof that Maul's supposedly deteriorated mental state as a result of his political failings genuinely worsened his combative skills. And I don't know what you mean when you say he "visibly degraded in the physical department." He still looks very physically fit.
I think a lot of your argument could be applied to TPM Maul vs. SoD Maul as well. SoD Maul was stuck in the past with his vendetta against Kenobi. SoD Maul lost his potential. So why not argue that TPM Maul is superior to that incarnation as well? The only legitimate distinctions between SoD Maul and Rebels Maul are age and political standing, the former of which isn't as relevant as people think it is, and the latter's importance in determining Rebels Maul's combative effectiveness is suspect, to say the least.
His actual physical state appears to have atrophied
And the most important one, he clearly lacks the hatred that he once had - which is the fundamental tenant of Sith power, according to Nick Gillard, the difference between entire tiers of skill. TPM Maul doesn't reconcile with his enemy when he knows all is lost. He tries to bite of their hand and spit in their face. He also doesn't die from getting cut in half.
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“We defeated the wrong enemy” - General George S. Patton, Berlin 1945
What do you mean? Rebels Maul has all the training of TPM and then any experience/training received afterwards.
How so?
I don't think his last, dying breath accurately reflects his motivations leading up to that point. He deliberately blinded Kanan, threw him into the vacuum of space, manipulated Ezra into helping him unlock a Sith battlestation which he would have caused who knows how much damage with, trekked across an entire desert to kill Obi-Wan and steal Luke, etc. From all appearances he's still as ambitious as before.
__________________ “The galaxy must experience the pain of death and the rapture of rebirth as I have. I will bring chaos. It is time for war.”
Evidence for Maul increasing:
-> Feloni indicating he grew
-> Maul having more than a decade to grow in power
-> Being in the range of a force user who's feats several years beforehand was performing a better version of Maul's best feats
its pretty typical for force adepts to lose skill and power if they've been out of action for a long time. afaik thats the case for maul, so why wouldnt he be worse
Maul was stranded on Malachor for three years. Before that he spent a decade or so where he collected artifacts, caused problems for the empire, and then searched for a holocron. After escaping Malahcor he spent about a year actively searching for Ezra, trying to mold him into his apprentice and then started hunting Kenobi.
Edit: I should add that Maul spent almost a year post sod fighting off a rebellion Ahsoka started
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