Count Dooku vs. Obi-Wan Kenobi & Darth Maul

Originally posted by Darth Thor
Because I doubt Dooku would ragdoll Kenobi every time.

I would call this fight split, or majority for Dooku. Kenobi has better synergy with Anakin, who also is better suited to compete with Dooku then Maul. It all depends how effective Dooku will be at the beggining of the fight. I doubt that Maul will be as protective as Anakin was for Obi-Wan. He may die early, which will leave Maul alone. And since I consider Dooku as Maul's superior, I doubt that Maul will be able to win.

Originally posted by McP
Well, he actually could. I dont believe, that it was only due to the Force. I can't imagine that Dooku would be able to ragdoll Kenobi only with his Force powers. But with Force powers combined with saber skills? Why not.

In a one on one? Sure. But I don't believe it would happen every time Dooku is facing a second opponent. Especially not one as strong as Maul.

And yes I know Anakin was stronger. But let's not forget Anakin was getting drop kicked when Dooku ragdolled Kenobi. He wasn't drop kicked like that in their previous fights, so yeah I do think that was a one off.

Most people say Dooku or either way, but the poll has Maul/Kenobi in the lead.

Interesting developments.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
In a one on one? Sure. But I don't believe it would happen every time Dooku is facing a second opponent. Especially not one as strong as Maul.

And yes I know Anakin was stronger. But let's not forget Anakin was getting drop kicked when Dooku ragdolled Kenobi. He wasn't drop kicked like that in their previous fights, so yeah I do think that was a one off.

But it already happened. Every single time Kenobi faced Dooku, he was somehow humiliated. Two times he was supported by Maul's superior. And he also had better synergy with that guy. And that had care of him. Kenobi would not survive this fight.

Anakin was also kicked, because Dooku catched him off guard. And that happened only because he overhelmed them in saber lock and thrown them off-balance in my opinion. Anyway, either of them got kicked by Dooku at least once in last two meetings. And Dooku's kick were extremely effective. That rather proves, that Dooku actually could do that again.

And one last thing: Dooku's performances from last two fights are much superior to those ealier ones. I would rather assume, that Dooku try hard to not hurt Anakin. In that first fight on Naboo he had to catch Anakin alive to trade him for Grievous. In another one, Palpatine was watching them, I doubt that he would be pleased if Dooku would kill Anakin.

It's been said that Palpatine told Dooku to hold back against Anakin in the novelization.

But I've never read it.

His job was to push Anakin over the edge into the Darkside. That backfired and Dooku tried to save his ass but by then it was too late.

Yeah, that's why Dooku taunted Anakin to use the dark side. Vader did the same against Luke in ROTJ.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
Especially not one as strong as Maul.

for you claim to be valid you'd have to prove that Maul > Anakin and thats not possible. Dooku wins.

Maul solos

And dies in the attempt

Team should win, but Dooku is really good at fighting multiple opponents and he's proven many times that he can take Kenobi out pretty easily, so it could go either way.

Dooku wins

Maul isn't competent enough to beat him in a duel and Kenobi gets ragdolled.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
I think Dooku can win. But I'd give large majority to the team personally.

Because I doubt Dooku would ragdoll Kenobi every time.

Dooku. He has fared well against a more powerful team.

Originally posted by Trocity
Most people say Dooku or either way, but the poll has Maul/Kenobi in the lead.

Interesting developments.

The silent majority strikes again.

Originally posted by juggernaut74
Kenobi has never been a challenge to Tyranus.

But in the novels, he always presses Dooku at least a bit, including in the AOTC Novel.

Originally posted by relentless1
for you claim to be valid you'd have to prove that Maul > Anakin and thats not possible. Dooku wins.

I already said Anakin was stronger in the same damn post. Try reading my whole argument before responding next time.

Why give a shit about how well Kenobi did against Dooku in the novel when it's directly retconned by the movie, i.e. the source that actually matters?

Originally posted by |King Joker|
Why give a shit about how well Kenobi did against Dooku in the novel when it's directly retconned by the movie, i.e. the source that actually matters?

Directly contradicted by the comic, too. Per the majority of sources, Obi-Wan isn't able to properly stand up to Dooku.

Not on his own. And if this was Kenobi and Ventress then I'd say Dooku wins 10/10. But it's not.

Maul fails.

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