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Advocatus Diaboli
Originally posted by Dr McBeefington
How was it a fluke exactly? Explain how Maul's arrogance constitutes as a fluke please. if I gave an impression that Obiwan was superior to Maul in any way then I apologize. My only contention(I thought), was that an enraged Obiwan held his own, lost his ground with a force maneuver, and won because Maul got arrogant.
Get yourself a dictionary (yes...this is a guy from Germany telling you to do so) and look up the word "fluke". What you may find is:
fluke [flook] - noun
1. an accidental advantage; stroke of good luck: He got the job by a fluke.
Do I really have to point out Kenobi's "lucky moments" again? Okay.
a) Instead of landing on solid ground disarmed, which would have resulted in a dead Jedi moments later, Kenobi drops into the nice pit, giving Maul the chance to play macho man instead of getting rid of his opponent.
b) He manages to grap on an input nozzle which was, lucky him, deactivated. Otherwise he would have been blown down the shaft, atomized or whatever, depending on what kind of stuff they did insert through said nozzle.
c) He, luckily, has the weapon of his master lying on the spot right next to him, which he then utilized to kill his opponent who - rightly - assumed that Kenobi was disarmed.
Now, let me make it pretty clear: If one of that componets weren't there [and every single one of them amounts to one instance of luck on Kenobi's side], the young padawan would have died. So, sorry to tell you: It was a fluke, that he managed to kill Maul.
The next thing is, that I don't get how you can stick to your idea that Kenobi was "holding his own" when Kenobi himself tells us that, in that 30 seconds of fighting Maul, despite using his anger, he was exhausting himself, while Maul just became stronger. I will make this one clear to you too: If Kenobi had not used his anger - which is obviously not present in every situation - Maul would possible have overwhelmed him even faster.
The same fight scene shows Obiwan attacking Maul, then defending, then breaking his lightsaber, forcing him to the ground, getting kicked by Maul and landing on his feet, and driving Maul back, where Maul decides to use the force.
I don't give a flying ducky about your interpretation of the fight, when I have the words of the Kenobi himself on the issue, who states that he was definitely losing the fight even in that situation.
could you post the scans of the fight scene with Mighella? My memory is hazy. I had the comic a few months ago.
I have known already that you are fairly stupid, even by troll-standards. But you didn't just ask the guy that you called, I quote, a "fool" and "not so bright" because he asserted, that you - basically - have no access to original SW sources, to provide source material for you? No. Even you can't be that freaking stupid.
Furthermore: If your memory is "hazy", you may want to tell us, how you arrived at the conclusion that Obi-Wan performed far better than Mighella, without remembering the duel between Mighella and Maul. Was that one of this great Darth Sexy ideas, or did you just want to proof my "baseless assertion" that you have no idea what you're talking about?
But before you drop down dead, burried under that pile of ownage, I will just provide some scans for you. First we have two pages of actual fighting happen. Both attack, both defend, Maghilla dodges some attacks. Then this here follows:
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Maul cuts her weapon in two [so the duel could have lasted even longer, if she had been using a lightsaber], she manages to recover from being disarmed with a barrage of force lightning, that puts Maul, who comes flying at her, on his knees for a brief time period, before he overcomes the lightning and kills her. This can be seen here:
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As you may notice, her lasts words are: "How can you resist? I know. I know what you must be." So she actually wonders how a single being in the Galaxy [which is filled with Jedi, in case one did forget] can resist a force lightning attack and, within seconds and facing her own demise, recognizes that Maul must be a Sith Lord.
She still, even after being disarmed managed to put Maul on his knees, while - in case you don't recall - Kenobi after being disarmed luckily found himself hanging just above a reactor shaft, on an inactive input nozzle. So...urm...who did perform better against Maul again?
What force abilities Nai? Other than force lightning, what have we seen? And can she compete with Obiwan in saber combat? And of course she has more offensive force maneuvers. She uses the dark side.
Stop dodging the issue or stop posting, Sexy. I've pointed out thrice now, that force lightning alone could be enough to deal with Kenobi, considering that we've seen Jedi Masters utterly failing against this ability. You didn't answer the point. Try again.