Darth Maul vs. Darth Tyranus

I had a whole response typed up and then I hit a wrong key on this evil keyboard and it's poofed, gone.

Let's just sum it up in that Dooku has better defensive capabilities, and is used to fighting opponents with a lightsaber. Considering he studied ancient fighting styles and even styled his own handle after an ancient one, he would have some know-how of Maul's technique. And seeing as how Dooku defeated Mace and I believe Mace could defeat Maul, that's saying a lot.

And think about how hard it is to defend with a double bladed lightsaber. Imagine, if you will, a thrust aimed at your heart. How will you block it? I can think of two or three possibilities, but they are difficult to do and leave little chance for proper recovery.

Defending with a staff is nearly impossible, especially one that can only be touched in the middle... Cutting your own hands isn't a really smart move after all. A direct thrust at you will be almost impossible to block, a swing from the side on the other can be blocked much easier... But Dooku is smart enough to know that and won't do something stupid like that

I am not completely sure of the outcome. I can go based off of personal experience though. I have been studying jujitsu for a length of time now, and I wouldn't call myself a master of the bo-staff, but I have some skill. Now for fun I sparred with my best friends uncle, who is a master rapier duelist. (Yeah yeah, we're both star wars freeks, so we wanted to play it out). It was an interresting bout, to say the least. But having two edges to one is a very huge advantage. To answer your question darth_janus, it actually isn't too difficult to parry a thrust to the midsection. a bo-staff has a great deal more maneuverability than a singled edged weapon, and with good footwork, a thrust can be easily side-stepped and parried, accompanied with an attack from the opposite end of the staff. There would be very many thrusts involved in the duel, as my friends uncle found out. He was best to stay on the defensive (much like your Form III lightsaber style) and wait for an opportune moment to attack.

All in all, it was somewhat of a one-sided battle. But that didn't truely represent a bout between dooku and maul. Maul could only touch the middle two feet of his "bo", thus making it a little harder to attack. As far as I can tell, it does nothing to hinder the ability to block and parry, but it would slow your attacks down tremendously.

So it would be a very close battle in that sense, and I would give the upper hand to Dooku. I'm not for sure. Those are just my thoughts on the issue.

I agree with what you say, but Dooku with all of his skill, would chop Maul's saber in half quicker than Padawan Kenobi. If Padawan Kenobi could do that, Dooku easily could. Then once it was one saber to one saber, Dooku would outclass the shite out of him.

Staff or not Dooku would outclass him..

Qui Gon you fought with a staff? Then you must know how hard it is to block an attack with only the piece in the middle, avoiding attacks can be done but blocking is hard you have to agree right?

Maul would have a very hard time blocking Dooku his attacks in the first place. He would never succeed even if he had a staff

Well, he would do better than Obi-Wan and Anakin did in AOTC I think. But once Dooku really got into it, Maul would fail horribly.

Dooku would smite the weiner off of him, but i think it would be close.

Saruman, wait . . . Dooku owns!

I wonder id Saruman could take Dooku...

interesting.

No

no way......

dooku plays with lightning and lightsabers, and kills jedi, and mandalorians.....

saruman plays.......the skin flute.

True dat lol

Dooku would just call the staff to him, slice it in half, then fry Saruman with lightning

fry....lol.....what a good way to put it.

actually Dooku is a better swordsman,,an is cooler then maul

better swordsman? maybe.....better fighter? no...more skill with a saber? no......more powerful? yes.....would own in this fight? yes.

better swordsman? YES
.better fighter? YES
more skill with a saber? YES
more powerful? YES
would own in this fight? YES
more cooler? YES

wow, you sure got me there...... 🤨 👇 ❌

Saruman throws about Mountains, issues fireballs at people. Dooku could take him at close range and has lightning.
Maul has his sexual partner, Jackstain, to scare them off with their rendition of 'In the Navy' 💃

lol,,