Originally posted by KuRuPT Thanosi
@ KurkSo you typed all that and did post anything of significance that changes the argument. I don't care that he was abused as a poor child and managed to overcome that. Whoopty Do. That isn't much of an accomplishment.
So you are admitting your ignorance.
Originally posted by KuRuPT Thanosi
For all the emotional instability Anakin showed (and he did have such moments, just less that what you and Quan are saying), he sure accomplished vastly more than Maul, which again, is the point.
One is either emotionally secure or insecure. There aren't on and off moments. When the baby has his candy he's not going to cry. When the candy gets taken away he cries until someone puts a pacifier in his mouth. Anakin to a tee right there. Countless times he freaks out in unstable situations rather than thinking rationally. We can cite these moments together if you'd like.
Originally posted by KuRuPT ThanosiAs a little boy he was already building his own pod racer, developing and building an advanced robot from scratch. This blows out of the water anything Maul ever did.
Plenty of 9 year olds can play with legos; not many can survive weeks in a hostile environment or the rigorous training of Sidious.
Originally posted by KuRuPT Thanosi
Further, and again, he was a member of the Jedi counsel, and the youngest ever. You can try and minimize that feat, but again, it's greater than anything Maul ever did. Anakin was the youngest ever. The reason he wasn't made master is because the Council was concerned over the relationship between Anakin and Palps, but that was the reason, nothing to do about his skill or track record. His exploits in the Clone Wars warranted his position.
So Palpatine begging the jedi to put Anakin on the council to serve as his representative, aka spy, is indicative of some sort of achievement in your eyes? He was denied master because he was so emotionally immature and conflicted which left him especially vulnerable to Palpatine.
Originally posted by KuRuPT Thanosi
While all the above is true, you'd also be left with Anakin beating somebody better than anybody Maul ever beat. Anakin was beating Sith apprentices with vastly more years of experience than him. Maul was losing to Padawan's with barely any experience. They are so far removed from each other when it comes to accomplishments it's not even funny. So you can talk about emotions all you want, Anakin still did far more and beat far better than Maul ever did.
Anakin lost to Hondo the pirate and his pet monkey. You don't think that's embarrassing? He was naive enough to help him up from the cliff too.
Anakin was also losing to padawans. Remember Barriss Offee? He struggled with her up until the end when his emotions had to take over. A jedi half his size kicked him off a ledge. The difference here is that Maul had both of his apprentices dead from the start. Kenobi was hanging helpless and Maul played with his food for too long. Maul was about to kill Kanan if it wasn't for Tano's involvement. So at the end of the day, no Anakin's not better.