Originally posted by SunRazer
Think they were trying to draw a lot of parallels with TPM. The way Maul dies is like Qui-Gon's, and it seems like he was trying to do the move that dispatched Qui-Gon on Obi-Wan.
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This was actually exactly why, and its noted that the shortness of the fight is because both are very good fighters:
https://youtu.be/8eIZsJsck7A?t=7m39s
So kenobi 's edge vs maul should be only marginal and maul logicaly is at his prime at this point