Darth Maul Debate

I think that honestly, keeping Maul throughout the saga would have been better than putting Dooku in in Episode 2. It would've been much cooler if he had killed Qui-Gon, beaten Obi-wan down into that cylander and just LEFT. That would've been confounding as hell.

Maul a clone 😆 😆 your joke right ? Why in the hell would he be cloned, it would be a waste of time.

Originally posted by VengeanceGOD
I think that honestly, keeping Maul throughout the saga would have been better than putting Dooku in in Episode 2. It would've been much cooler if he had killed Qui-Gon, beaten Obi-wan down into that cylander and just LEFT. That would've been confounding as hell.

Always two there is, Master and Apprentice, no more no less!
Crap as the character was in EP2 Count Dooku is unfortunately very pivotol in the grander scheme of things which is why Maul had to die which is a great shame as Mauls was a fantastically cool dude. I mean how many kids wanna play at being Dooku compared with Maul?

those old at heart?

Originally posted by Baylin
Always two there is, Master and Apprentice, no more no less!
Crap as the character was in EP2 Count Dooku is unfortunately very pivotol in the grander scheme of things which is why Maul had to die which is a great shame as Mauls was a fantastically cool dude. I mean how many kids wanna play at being Dooku compared with Maul?

Originally posted by Baylin
Always two there is, Master and Apprentice, no more no less!
Crap as the character was in EP2 Count Dooku is unfortunately very pivotol in the grander scheme of things which is why Maul had to die which is a great shame as Mauls was a fantastically cool dude. I mean how many kids wanna play at being Dooku compared with Maul?

I rate Dooku ten times better as a character than Maul.

Dooku had much more depth. I would have been happy to see him as the only Sith apprentice in the PT. Maul was great in the action sequences, but overall....un-necessary.

true, unfortunatly

they should have delved further into his character. there are a few books that do this, and i gotta say, in the books he is a well rounded character.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
I rate Dooku ten times better as a character than Maul.

The idea of Dooku? Yes it could have been and should have been fantastic, I just dont think it was portrayed very well. Considering how long GL spent making the new episodes when I watch them I always get the impression of them being a rush job! That doesnt mean I didnt enjoy them though.

(I still think Maul was one very cool geezer 😎 )

Aside from that he should have been in the first half of the film as well, I thought Dooku was implemented just fine.

Thing is, very cool as Maul was, he was just an assassin/thug, like Vader eventually becomes.

Dooku actually ADDED something to the type of evil guys we get. Sidious is the background manipulator. Vader the executioner, which Maul duplicates. But Dooku is the social bad guy- the charming, refined and intelligent one. It was an evil 'type' we had not seen in SW again and worked well.

ush, you think they picked the right actor to play dooku? if no, who do you think could have played him better?

Thats a fair point Ush. I think if Dooku had maybe introduced better in the film it might have made a diffence to the way the guy has been recieved.

As far as the actor they probably picked the right person, he's certainly got that refined, old school charm about him. Maybe someone a little more dynamic as well would have been better but I cant think of anyone.

Both TPM and AOTC suffered from insufficient bad guy time, actually. All Maul would have needed was a couple more establishing scenes earlier on and he would have been doing just fine!

Oh, I think Mr. Lee worked very well as Dooku.

yeah, maul was like " me maul. me kill. me bad man." 😆

"At last we will reveal ourselfs to the Jedi.
At last we will have revange" *drools*

If Maul had been more developed, had more dialogue or more of a character, he would've been awesome, and well worth staying in all three movies, as opposed to this "new villain every flick" crap.

Maul just diddnt strike me as being all that powerful. I mean he was a great warrior, but I dont thing he was suited to manipulate anyone like Dooku does the confedaracy.

well, not manipulating, but I think if he says "join us or die" people WILL listen 😉