Anakin would win. He had the upper hand most of the fight against Obi-Wan in ROTS and had 3 years of war to increase hi skills.
Obi was more then a match for Maul when he was a Padawan and Obi-Wan was on the defense against Anakin and Obi was using form IV the same form he used against Maul. Don't believe me on that look it up or just watch the fight. Form IV has jumps and spins and Obi was doing a lot of spinning and he had more trouble with Anakin then he did with Maul.
Anakin wins.
Despite popular believe Maul does have a good chance of winning this.
Anakin may have more raw talent but his rage was uncontrollable at times and cost him quite a few limbs.
Maul being trained since infancy in the ways of the darkside knew how to better handle his rage and control it. He was also manipulative and could probably egg Anakin on like he did Obi-Wan in TPM, and ultimately defeat him
Maul was smarter than what we give him credit for. He tricked Qui-Gon a Jedi master, and then baited Obi-Wan and could have killed him.
He successfully defeated two decent Jedi, and is the only person in the PT to realisticaly fight more than one opponent and school them both. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan had trained together for years, and not only did he fight them at once, but was able to control the fight. He threw kicks, flips and everything at those two and beat them, he also used the terrain to his advantage, and took out the master then the apprentice strategically.
Maul was very skilled in the art of combat and not enough people realize it, he was also a good military strategist as well, he dictated the whole blockade of Naboo, and it only failed because he was too focused on slaying Jedi to command his fleet properly in the end. Sidious told him to create a blockade, but he was the one that orchestrated everything.
Anakin might win, but Maul I think has the upper hand.
Originally posted by Apex
Maul was very skilled in the art of combat and not enough people realize it, he was also a good military strategist as well, he dictated the whole blockade of Naboo, and it only failed because he was too focused on slaying Jedi to command his fleet properly in the end. Sidious told him to create a blockade, but he was the one that orchestrated everything.
Where did you get that from ? In TPM the blockade of Naboo was already installed when Sidious introduced Maul. In fact Maul is only on Naboo because he followed the two Jedi.
Back to the topic: Anakin will take Maul. He kicked quite some people around in ROTS (including Cin Drallig) and he is just too fast for Maul. Or making it easier: ROTS Obi-Wan would kill Maul, ROTS Anakin is better in terms of sheer lightsaber combat.
Originally posted by Darth_Janus
*Hands out tissue for the writer of such a work, since it obviously beats off to Maul's supposed greatness*I'm starting more and more to agree with the SW purists' viewpoint. Some EU is beyond ****ed up.
It's wrote by Jude Watson and it doesn't really make Maul out to be a great warrior but it mainly focuses on his relationship with Palpatine. It talks about how he trained Maul to be mistake free and ultimately failed.
It's really a kids book I had back in the 6th Grade but it was interesting.
Well, I may be mistaken, but anyways, I think a lot of Eu needs to be under limitations, since it always seems to be championing some person or another. It's like the author lives out his ego through the character of his choice. Stupid really. Like NJo Luke. That is a prime example of how fan worship can go mad.
i dont think is Anakin is better in pure lightsaber combat. I forget the name of the guy who said that, but he is a dumbass in my book. Being smart enough to use terrain to you advantage and out-think your opponents is part of LS combat. Obi-wan is better in everything except raw potential.
Anakin might have this fight, but I think I am going to give it to Maul. In the fight in TMP, he had already fought a lot of Sand People who had ambushed him. His leg was hurt during that fight. Without that injury he could probably take Anakin.
I've never read NJO, but people seem pretty upset about it. From what I've heard which is mostly on this forum it seems like Luke made some adjustments to the Order reformed it and it's more leniant.
He has unbelieveable powers, but aren't those are only because he studies a different aspect of the force or so I thought.
One reason why Qui-Gon wasn't on the council, he followed the living force, but the council looked down upon that area of the force. If I had the source I could go all into it, but its late and I'm tired.