Darth Maul vs. Anakin (Obsession)

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kamikz A.I.M Mercenary

No, which is shown with Exar and Vodo. Vodo was a sixhundred year old jedi master, the best in the order, a masterfull swordsman and a staff which was better than lightsabers (so it said). Only months after ,Exar defeated him, some say even with ease. Months ago it was vice versa. Now they are different characters, but this clearly shows that just because someone defeated another through skill does not mean that they will do so later on, when the other has grown in power.....

And sorry, I misunderstood....

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by kamikz
No, which is shown with Exar and Vodo. Vodo was a sixhundred year old jedi master, the best in the order, a masterfull swordsman and a staff which was better than lightsabers (so it said). Only months after ,Exar defeated him, some say even with ease. Months ago it was vice versa. Now they are different characters, but this clearly shows that just because someone defeated another through skill does not mean that they will do so later on, when the other has grown in power.....

Yoda was 800 years old, but Palpatine and Dooku were both able to stand up to his Force abilities and his saber skills.
I don't deny that characters grow in power, but, if one character grows in power, so do the others. It is not a case of one character growing in power and the other not.

Originally posted by kamikz
And sorry, I misunderstood....

No problem

kamikz A.I.M Mercenary

Originally posted by Darth Vious
Yoda was 800 years old, but Palpatine and Dooku were both able to stand up to his Force abilities and his saber skills.
I don't deny that characters grow in power, but, if one character grows in power, so do the others. It is not a case of one character growing in power and the other not.

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No but some grow more than others, and some are not able to grow anymore on their saber styles and might have learnt all the abilities they want or need or could.

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by kamikz
No but some grow more than others, and some are not able to grow anymore on their saber styles and might have learnt all the abilities they want or need or could.

That's true. However, the activities Dooku engaged in during the events between AotC and RotS show that he continued to learn and improve.

kamikz A.I.M Mercenary

Where? What did he learn?

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by kamikz
Where? What did he learn?

The CW showed him sparring with Assajj and Grievous. The comics showed him fighting other Jedi. I couldn't tell you specifically what he learned as in he learned a new saber technique, but he clearly kept his skills sharp, and would have gained something from each of the battles he engaged in.

kamikz A.I.M Mercenary

It says that he had mastered it to the fullest degree, there was nothing more. He could possibly reinfine his techniques but I doubt he needed to. Thing is that Anakin is younger and has much more to learn, and because of his potential he grows in power SO much faster than everyone else. He is wiser in ROTS too than he was in AOTC.

Escape81 Restricted

Yes. It's testimony to Anakin's raw potential and command of the Force that, only by age 20-something, he's able to keep up and defeat an established duelist like Count Dooku. I'd say that within the next few years or so - had Mustafar not occured - he would have been able to defeat the likes of Yoda and Palpatine.

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by kamikz
It says that he had mastered it to the fullest degree, there was nothing more. He could possibly reinfine his techniques but I doubt he needed to. Thing is that Anakin is younger and has much more to learn, and because of his potential he grows in power SO much faster than everyone else. He is wiser in ROTS too than he was in AOTC.

That's a good point about Dooku's saber use, however, as you say, he could still possibly refine his technique. In AotC, he actually admitted to being a slow learner 😉 I wouldn't say that Anakin was any wiser in RotS, as he was still very much an immature and easilly angered person. The only thing that might be different, was that he would not have forgotten that Dooku was capable of cutting him, so would no doubt have been extra vigilant in his defensive techniques.

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by Escape81
Yes. It's testimony to Anakin's raw potential and command of the Force that, only by age 20-something, he's able to keep up and defeat an established duelist like Count Dooku. I'd say that within the next few years or so - had Mustafar not occured - he would have been able to defeat the likes of Yoda and Palpatine.

I quite agree, and Palpatine himself said to Yoda that Anakin would become more powerfull than either of them. However. It took his maiming on Mustafar to force him to learn to controll his emotions better. Had he not suffered that humbling experience, there would unlikely have been anything to make him re-think his attitude.

Escape81 Restricted

I don't like Anakin as much as a character. He's got his "cool moments", but a lot of the movies failed to bring out the potential in his "character", and played him off as a person who whines a lot.

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by Escape81
I don't like Anakin as much as a character. He's got his "cool moments", but a lot of the movies failed to bring out the potential in his "character", and played him off as a person who whines a lot.

I loved Anakin as a character. As a person, he was a whiny a$$hole, but as a character, he was fantastic, and hardly as 2 dimensional as some of the other characters, I thought the movies did a brilliant job of showing the depths of his character (although to be honest, Lucas is hardly the world's greatest director)

Darth_Maul_330 Junior Member

Everybody undrestimates maul, but fail to realize maul was taking on an expeirenced Jedi Master and a Over Achived padawan and was probly tired, So after a long fight, Maul would win.

jollyjim311 Scruffy Nerf Herder

Maul doesn't get tired. He's too good.

General Kon-El Last Son of the Sith

Re: Darth Maul vs. Anakin (Obsession)

Originally posted by jollyjim311
Obsession is 5 months before ROTS, I beleive, a little after Anakin was knighted. Well, you've read the comics, right?

For those of you that haven't and are bored or really want to post on this thread and can't due to lack of information!!!... 🙁 : http://www.swcomics.com/?f=Obsession

Anakin wins. But barely.