Who is THE master of the lightsaber?

Maul was by far the best lightsaber fighter shown so far. Obi-1 only killed him with a cheap shot. He should have been able to kill both of the jedi he was fighting at the time.

Best lightsaber fighters so far (as seen on the films so far):
Maul
Yoda
dooku
Anakin
Obiwan
Windu

The lightsaber fights in the original movies seemed to have more emotional content, but the lightsaber fights on the prequals have been far better and much more skillful

Originally posted by Coyote x
I think everybody agrees with the fact that maybe was not a good idea kill Darth Maul in ep 1, after all we know almost nothing about his past... it seems to me that he was a powerfull fighter that maybe killed a lot of Jedis, pirates, etc... to make it short we just saw a bit of his skill.

SO very true on all counts.
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yep maul should of beeing in all of the prequels

Actually, I see someone mentioning dual sabres above... we have been this way a lot of times, but basically it is an error to think two blades are better than one.

I cannot really see Maul being better than Dooku. Faster, but that is all.

Maul took on 2 jedi's with a duel saber. it is a lot more difficult to use a double ended lightsaber than it is to use 2 individual lightsabers (one in each hand). So maul must have been SO much more skilled than obiwan and qui gon.

not quite. don't forget padawan obi wan cuts maul's saber in half. And qui-gon wasn't renouned for his saber skill. he was good but not extraordinary.
Maul was very good....but i don't see him against dooku

It's the fact that maul chose to use a doube ended blade, which is far more difficult than using 2 single blades. He killed quigon, and was more than a match for obi1 (who he really should have been able to kill)

err....as i said. Using a double bladed saber is just a thing of style. Obi wan cut it in half in DIRECT one on one duel with him ..and he had a normal saber..and he was a padawan. Yes he probably should have died...but he didn't.....and he was sort of a match for him.

The Episode 3 Obi-Wan is hands down the greatest Jedi swordsman ever. If he can defeat General Grievous and Anakakin, the chosen one, he is hands down the best. I mean two years of fighting in the frontline with your lightsabre would make you an extreme hard ass.

I agree, the Episode 3 Obi-Wan should be the greatest swordsman ever. Still, we'll have to wait and see what Palpatine has for us as well.

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Well Palpatine is so enclouded in the dark side that I am not completely sure his sabre skills could compare to Obi-Wan. I'm willing to bet as powerful as palpatine is, he still fights extremely dirty. Obi-Wan would definately have a chance.

Originally posted by Dexx
Maul was very good....but i don't see him against dooku

Maul vs Obi-Wan is the more speed of all fight!
Dooku vs Obi-Wan , Anakin , Yoda , are beautiful fight , but less intense than Maul vs Obi-Wan.

But it's normal , because Ray Park is very powerful in Martial Arts. In episode 1 , with Ewan Mc Gregor , they do really the best fight i saw in the saga!!

About Christopher Lee , he is old and he's slow in his fight...but in the movie , he is more powerful than Maul.

My classification in order (for all episodes , exept the 3 episode of course^^) :
1)Maul
2)Obi-Wan
3)Yoda
4)Anakin
6)Dooku/Windus
7)Luc/Vador

Originally posted by Gemini no Saga
Hum...but Maul is very powerful in lightsaber fight. Dooku is strong too , but if you see the Maul's lightsaber fight and the Dooku's lightsaber fight...Maul is more powerful than Dooku.

I agree with you there, Maul is the most impressive from the films thus far. If he had survived and trained between episodes 1 and 2, perhaps hewould have killed Sidious and trained Anakin
Although Anakin with 2 light sabres vs. Maul and his duel sabre would rock, although Anakin would likely win.

Originally posted by Darth_Nefarus
The Episode 3 Obi-Wan is hands down the greatest Jedi swordsman ever. If he can defeat General Grievous and Anakakin, the chosen one, he is hands down the best. I mean two years of fighting in the frontline with your lightsabre would make you an extreme hard ass.

it's doubtable.....we still didn't see mace windu. nor palpatine (which probably is)
and vader, afterwards would surely defeat him...if we're talking in best ever terms

But Anakin kills Mace Windu, and Obi-Wan beats Anakins ass. Palpatine is the only person I think that could possibly match Obi-Wan. Even Luke, the most powerful Jedi ever, at his prime might not be able to defeat the Episode 3 Obi-Wan. Like I said, 2 years on the front line makes you an insane badass.