aw damn,whan I saw the tital of this thread,I thought it was to talk about if Darth Maul was a good villian or not.He suckes as a villian and was not at all a beliveable villain like Darth Vader was.He looked like one of rock stars from the rock group KISS.seriously,look at those singers from the rock group KISS and then look at Darth Maul,the comparions are very similiar.
Darth Maul was an excellent apprentice. The fight scene between Qui-Gon and Maul was fantastic. He was a hunter and killer and served his purpose quite well. But I wish GL would have let us all in on the origin of Maul. He's so out of character with the rest of the cast that a back story should have been inserted. Still, he's a mystery character, and only served the purpose to kill Jedi, as per Sidious's order.
I think most people were disappointed that more wasn't made out of darth mauls character..but then, darth maul was basically a very skilled heavy. No more, no less. The problem with him not being given much screen time is that we didn't get to cultivate a deeper hatred that would have made his sabre fighting scenes with the good guys more engrossing to watch. There's a history, presence and depth to Darth Vaders character that naturally makes us interested in his duals with the other characters.
Originally posted by Reborn Again
Darth Maul was an excellent apprentice. The fight scene between Qui-Gon and Maul was fantastic. He was a hunter and killer and served his purpose quite well. But I wish GL would have let us all in on the origin of Maul. He's so out of character with the rest of the cast that a back story should have been inserted. Still, he's a mystery character, and only served the purpose to kill Jedi, as per Sidious's order.
There are always mysterious characters, do you know sidious' history? or dookus other than he was a jedi?
I'm a big fan of Maul. He's da shiznit. However, I have to say no to this one. When I saw the end of it at TPM, I was in awe. How could he die like that? I went storming out of the theatre. At least 10 people gave me weird looks. Then I realized what happened. He got cocky and overconfident. It's his fault, not Obi's. Obi didn't do anything unfair. Maul's death was his own fault. You don't have to agree with me, all of you other Maul fans. I'm just saying my piece.
Seems like an old topic, but i had to join in.
Both Darth Maul and Count Dooku served their purpose in the plot: creating a parallel.
Darth Sidious went through as many apprentices as Luke Skywalker went through masters in the original trilogy. In any case, Darth Maul is (was) a noble character that got a fair death in the end. He should not have stayed, just cause he LOOKS cool.
And the point of the lack of villains in Ep 2 or 3 or whatever, you're obviously missing Vadar himself, hes right there on the screen for viewing pleasure for nearly all of 2 and 3. How many movies do you know that focuses the entire plot on the "bad guy"? the entire star wars saga is the story of Darth Vadar, or Anakin skywalker from his start as a jedi, his journey to the dark side and back. Any other sith lords or apprentices is excessive.