Vader wasn't a particularly brilliant fighter either, though, as GL has mentioned. And Luke was learning, was becoming powerful with his released emotions, AND he was the hero at the critical point of the saga, which counts for a lot.
But none of the OT combatants would have stood a chance against the PT ones (though Obi-Wan would have been fine if he had gotten back into the 'groove'😉.
Oh, and I massively prefer Dooku to Maul, of course; he was awesome.
Mace Rules, becaus ehe uses form VII jedi techniques, whihc takes him very close to the dark side, but he controls his emotions making him very skilled. He is able to utilize emotion in fighting while still staying on the light side. There are very few form VII users.
I still think maul was cool. He was young i think, and thus impatient. The thing about dooku was that he had the best of both world, he had jedi and sith traits so he was more skilled, used emotion, but was patient also.
Originally posted by Captain REX
Found some interesting fan ideas for lightsabers.One was the lightstaff (or double-edged lightsaber) with a guard to defend it from being cut in half. Impractical, as you would need to make sure you could flip the guard around in time to block the blow, but still a creative idea.