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I voted for Maul. I dunno, just heard people saying Asajj could beat Depa and I think Maul could beat Asajj. And Mace, who was still recovering from bad injuries, could have beat depa by quite a bit in Shatterpoint had he wanted to. I think Maul could challenge Mace if Mace was still recovering from broken bones and other stuff.
Let's see...
Mace > Sidious
Sidious > Maul (by far)
Depa is close to Mace but still Maul wins ?
If you want to have a look at the lightsaber styles: Maul mastered form VII which is nice for him. Vaapad mastery does at least require form VII mastery - other sources say it requires form IV, V and VII mastery but I'm not sure about it. So Depa did at least master Mauls own style and something that is the completion of this style. Depa > Maul in lightsaber combat.
For force powers we can't tell but at least Depa is a Jedi Master and Maul is a lesser pawn compared to his own master in terms of force powers.
So...if Depa's lightsaber skill isn't enough Maul's arrogance will take him down. Hell...he was almost killed by a Padawan in Shadow Hunter and then got his ass kicked by Padawan Obi-Wan in TPM. A Jedi Master with Vaapad mastery should be able to kill him.
Originally posted by Darth Avis
im going with maul. Just because depas STYLE is better means little. Plo's style is better than kits but we all agree kit can beat plo. Also Maul tends to get cocky after he wins.
Depas style is not simply better - it's the completion of the style Maul was using and she mastered Maul's own style. So what would give Maul the edge here ? Fighting against somebody with a better lightsaber style (which Maul doesn't even know about), fighting against somebody with a very "dark" mindset (that will suprise Maul), fighting against somebody that mastered his own style or fighting against somebody that has - as far as we can tell - the better force mastery ?
Originally posted by Borbaradwell maul has a double bladed saber, the darkside (which is better then sudden outbreaks of it). we dont know anything about force powers so lets call that equal. It pretty much is vappad vs double bladed saber. also maul pwned qui gon who is pretty good but that is beside the point. lol. As for the expiriance thing janus, how old is depa? 30? 40? 45 max. Also all the years before ROTS count for little. Maul got sith training that is more valuabe then what mace taught depa because without war there wasnt much for mace to teach.
Depas style is not simply better - it's the completion of the style Maul was using and she mastered Maul's own style. So what would give Maul the edge here ? Fighting against somebody with a better lightsaber style (which Maul doesn't even know about), fighting against somebody with a very "dark" mindset (that will suprise Maul), fighting against somebody that mastered his own style or fighting against somebody that has - as far as we can tell - the better force mastery ?
Originally posted by Deus Ex
And no doubt more experience, as she was a jedi master on the council by TPM. Maul is pretty well outclassed here.
Maul has killed two Masters, one of who could have been on the Council.
We've seen how good Qui-gon's experince did against Maul. Qui-gon was at least a veteran of a real conflict, Depa had participated in none until the Clone Wars, where she saw little action(compared to many others).
Avis, don't be a fanboy, because I don't want to have to smash your argument into the ground when I shouldn't have to. Obi-Wan Kenobi as a padawan went toe to toe with Maul and did exceptionally well. Depa Billaba, who has MASTERED Juoy and even Vaapad, would destroy him. It's pretty well evident that she's just below Mace's level. Do you know a thing about her, I wonder?
Originally posted by Borbarad
Let's see...
Mace > Sidious
Sidious > Maul (by far)
Depa is close to Mace but still Maul wins ?If you want to have a look at the lightsaber styles: Maul mastered form VII which is nice for him. Vaapad mastery does at least require form VII mastery - other sources say it requires form IV, V and VII mastery but I'm not sure about it. So Depa did at least master Mauls own style and something that is the completion of this style. Depa > Maul in lightsaber combat.
For force powers we can't tell but at least Depa is a Jedi Master and Maul is a lesser pawn compared to his own master in terms of force powers.
So...if Depa's lightsaber skill isn't enough Maul's arrogance will take him down. Hell...he was almost killed by a Padawan in Shadow Hunter and then got his ass kicked by Padawan Obi-Wan in TPM. A Jedi Master with Vaapad mastery should be able to kill him.
1) Not saying Sidious doesn't > Maul, but the TPM visual dictionary actually says Maul has better saber skills than Sidious. And in some book they actually fight and Maul nearly wins. And, um, Sidious faked the duel, but I don't start an arguement, if you want to do so in an appropreiate thread.
2) Mace, who had just broken many bones and gotten many other injuries, could have easily beaten depa in Shatterpoint. A fulkly healed Mace'd beat her by far.
3) What? Maul uses Vaapad?
4) As far as Force goes this is undeterminable.
5) OMG. Darsha was a very gifted Padawan who was on the power level of a Knight. Maul only lost to Obi-Wan the same why Dooku lost to Anakin. And Maul beat Qui-Gon and Anoon Bondara.
And no doubt more experience, as she was a jedi master on the council by TPM. Maul is pretty well outclassed here.