Originally posted by Dejio
He has this knack of killing the villains in such a way that they (book writers/fans/etc..) can no longer revive the character.
That's not true. They used a vision of Maul in Anakin's head when he (Anakin) was getting the crystal for his lightsaber. He chops Maul in half in the "vision." It's kinda like a ghost, but it's just in Anakin's head, like a boggart from Harry Potter.