Originally posted by Intrepid37
No, since Yoda has never appeared imperceptible to other extremely fast Force practitioners whereas Palpatine has on multiple occassions.
Well he should have displayed his Uber "I Blitz anyone whose not Mace or Yoda" ability against Maul and Opress.
But since he didn't, I'm not buying it.
Originally posted by Intrepid37
At the end, Sidious was fighting so fast that Maul only saw countless afterimages of Sidious' blade.
1) But he was still able to defend for a bit because force-users have precog.
2) That wasn't Maul at his TCW height, which in turn wasn't as much as Dooku.
Originally posted by DARTH POWER
Well he should have displayed his Uber "I Blitz anyone whose not Mace or Yoda" ability against Maul and Opress.But since he didn't, I'm not buying it.
The writer even said the reason why they were able to not be blitzed was, simply, they were a bit better than the masters who fell.
Originally posted by Q99
1) But he was still able to defend for a bit because force-users have precog.
Originally posted by Q99
2) That wasn't Maul at his TCW height, which in turn wasn't as much as Dooku.
Originally posted by Q99
The writer even said the reason why they were able to not be blitzed was, simply, they were a bit better than the masters who fell.
Originally posted by Intrepid37
At the end, Sidious was fighting so fast that Maul only saw countless afterimages of Sidious' blade.
Have the passage? From what I recall, it is contradicted by the show.
Originally posted by Q99
I'm pretty sure the writer implied the opposite. I mean, Oppress definitely needed Maul's presence to stay alive, but Sidious didn't dominate until he split them up. He did not have them on the defensive on sabers when they were double-teaming him.
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Originally posted by ares834
What Word of God was that?
Filoni. That Sidious was "the strongest, most dangerous guy" and at the end of the day "no one was really going to touch him" and "he's really enjoying himself" and Maul is "nowhere near as powerful as Sidious" and "no one can compete with this guy."
This fight was basically a love letter to Sidious and every single thing Dave Filoni's had to say about the duel in the past year confirms it. This was not a contest of peers; this was an ass kicking.
Originally posted by The_Tempest
Filoni. That Sidious was "the strongest, most dangerous guy" and at the end of the day "no one was really going to touch him" and "he's really enjoying himself" and Maul is "nowhere near as powerful as Sidious" and "no one can compete with this guy."This fight was basically a love letter to Sidious and every single thing Dave Filoni's had to say about the duel in the past year confirms it. This was not a contest of peers; this was an ass kicking.
None of which says he was holding back when facing them both at once- Heck yea they can't compete with him, it was two on one!
He was enjoying himself, but what's the other time he really enjoyed himself? Well, when he let completely loose against Yoda. He *loves* letting loose.
And even in our version, he was holding his own two-on-one. I think you're going to need something more explicit to prove that he was significantly holding back on top of that.
Originally posted by The_Tempest
Filoni. That Sidious was "the strongest, most dangerous guy" and at the end of the day "no one was really going to touch him" and "he's really enjoying himself" and Maul is "nowhere near as powerful as Sidious" and "no one can compete with this guy."This fight was basically a love letter to Sidious and every single thing Dave Filoni's had to say about the duel in the past year confirms it. This was not a contest of peers; this was an ass kicking.
Beg your pardon but I think there's some misunderstanding here.
All he's saying in the above comments is that Maul & Savage never had a chance at beating Palpatine. I don't think anyone here is claiming otherwise. All we're saying is that they acquitted themselves well given who they were up against.
A previous poster said it best; you can't "compete" in a race against someone who is far faster than you because you don't really have a chance at beating them. That doesn't mean that you didn't do well in your own right.
Originally posted by ares834
Have the passage? From what I recall, it is contradicted by the show.
Sidious raised his saber and flew at Maul, who parried desperately, his mechanical legs whirring as he sought to counter his former Master’s blows. Sidious’s sabers were a blur, a whirling cage of deadly plasma. Maul danced away from one blow, then reversed his movement to avoid another, and then there were too many to count, and then there were even more than that.
Maul’s saber spun out of his hand, bouncing away across the floor.
Originally posted by ares834
Have the passage? From what I recall, it is contradicted by the show.
It was completed contradicted by the show. Maul fought at the same speed as Sidious in the final fight. Also no mention in the novel of Maul also using dual Sabers. That is probably the most contradicted part of the whole novel. Likely because they wanted to keep that final fight a surprise when watching it.
Originally posted by Q99
None of which says he was holding back when facing them both at once- Heck yea they can't compete with him, it was two on one!He was enjoying himself, but what's the other time he really enjoyed himself? Well, when he let completely loose against Yoda. He *loves* letting loose.
And even in our version, he was holding his own two-on-one. I think you're going to need something more explicit to prove that he was significantly holding back on top of that.
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