Originally posted by Beniboybling
Yeah obviously considering Maul didn't win. My suggestion isn't that Maul had the upper hand lol, only that Sidious was tested by his opponent, which brings into question how long he would have remained complacent.
Barely tested, yeah. As for how long he remained complacent: I assume until Maul actually managed to tag him, but then we did see what happens after that either way.
Originally posted by Beniboybling
I already said why, bringing up more examples of Jedi tapping into dark side rage doesn't help your case. Nor does bringing up Savage. Because all of these individuals have one thing in common, they are new to tapping into these emotions, they are discovering their power.Again, Maul is deeply seated in his hate, getting pissed off about his brother is not going to rocket him up to new plateaus of power that he couldn't have already reached. Unless you care to argue this is more of a motivator than getting cut in half by Kenobi.
See above. And I really don't know what comparison you are drawing.
The fact that Maul is deepy seated in his hate means nothing if not the fact that he has the benefit of greater skill in drawing on said hate.
And one doesn't need to do mental gymnastics to assume the rage amp was more prelevant than his exhaustion when a non-exhausted Maul gets danced around by a holding back Sidious with the aid of his brother, while the rage-amped Maul actually manages to trade a few blows with him. So even assuming Anakin tapping into his rage, or Vos tapping into his rage is an outliar and cannot be applied to Maul, we can just as easily see Maul's performance against Sidious pre and post Savage death and gauge the rage-amp is superfluous to counterbalance the fatigue.