Darth Maul vs. Obi Wan

Originally posted by The Ellimist
For some reason it feels weird to conclude that Obi Wan never surpasses Maul.

Originally posted by Petrus
It really doesn't.

Originally posted by The Ellimist
I think we should prefer in-universe explanations to out of universe ones. Dooku should've known at least Obi Wan's fighting style from AotC anyway, so it's possible that he was shocked that they had gotten so good at their main forms. It's hardly unprecedented to have massive power growths in a matter of months (but wasn't it more than that?), and besides, doesn't the databank say that Anakin grew vastly more powerful from TCW to RotS?

Originally posted by Syndicate
Joker do you have the quote that states Maul degraded physically and in skill?

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Originally posted by ILS
TCW retcons the quote from Dooku(...)

There is no need of that. That part of novel is already retconed by movie itself.

Maul takes the Force
Split in sabers
Very small majority for Maul in all-out

Originally posted by McP

Maul takes the Force
Split in sabers
Very small majority for Maul in all-out

Probably something like this, assuming it's Maul and Kenobi from the same time period after Maul's TCW Revival.

The OP didn't specify which Kenobi it was.

^ RotS.

^ In that case I'd give Kenobi the majority against TCW Maul, but give SOD Maul the slight majority against Kenobi.

Originally posted by Dark-Kenshin
To the point of his powers having doubled, as Anakin puts it?

Sure? That doesn't have to be literal.

And what does Obi Wan even mean by insisting that he and Anakin fight Dooku together this time when they fought him together the previous time, per TCW, as well? Nah, the only in-universe explanation is Anakin and Obi Wan having a sudden spout of amnesia.

You can f*ck up on something, not f*ck up on it a few times, and then still someone can lecture you by saying "don't f*ck up this time". Or maybe the last time they encountered Dooku they also got split. *shrugs*