darth maul is a very good character but he's far from the best. Ush, i don't know if these separations are that accurate between saber skill and force power, in the movies. They are VERY linked. If one is sensitive to the force, how can the other one surprise him with an attack?
P.S.: watch something in slow motion. Just before Dooku cutting anakin's arm doesne't anakin just stand still for a second, like waiting for the blow? and dooku didn't inflict any flow on him..i checked dooku's moovement.
Anakin realised he had been caught out.
Knowing something is coming and stopping it are two entirely different things. If you are outplayed with the sabre you are outplayed and that is it. Dooku is MUCH better than Obi-Wan with th Force but had to use his sabre to defeat him, nor did he use the same trick on Anakin twice once Anakin was prepared.
It is EXCEEDINGLY clear that once you are a reasonably trained Jedi then only by using the sabre do you have any chance of taking down a like-trained opponent. Yoy can use your Force powers to aid yourself in limited ways but sabre skill is by far the most important factor.
Frankly, Dooku struck me as not showing any less power than Vader... though at an older age, of course.
And queeq... well, it would be possible, with a LOT of training, for a normal guy to wield a weapon like that, as there ARE some real-life weapons that are as dangerous to the user as the opponent like a lightsabre is. But none quite THAT dangerous, and nothing as ludicrously self-destroying than Maul's sabre! All in all, compared relatively to a Jedi, you'd have to say no. And I would assume that it is only the Jedi's ability to sense things before they happen that allows them to intercept laser fire, and so on.
That was exactly my point, Ush. Thanks.
Of course, one can use a lightsabre. We can use sabres and swords, but we're talking about a weapon in a universe called SW. Deflecting laserbolts or even frantic attacks like OB1's when charging at Maul, would be nearly impossible for a non-Force user. So then, what's the point in using one, if only non-Force users would be defeatable, while they can choose from such a wide array of other lethal weapons.