Except we know Maul was an actual Sith apprentice. It's not some conjecture like what you're talking about below.
A great many things have more cells overall, and more magical space mitochondria at hand. That does not make you more powerful in the Force, otherwise all large animals would be Force Sensitive.
It's also stated Marek's clone, who is more powerful than him, was no match for Vader, let alone the Emperor, so don't stop there.
So are you claiming Dooku had all the knowledge of the dark side Palpatine and Plaguies had?
My point is we can't know for sure Dooku didn't have a similar potential, until Dooku learns everything Sidious learned.
The fact that Maul and Dooku may have been place holders, doesn't mean Palpatine didn't consider them both to be his potential successor should things go wrong with Skywalker.
... ares already provided a host of other sources showing that Maul was not meant to be a true apprentice... I don't understand why this is so hard for you.
If you have more midichlorians per cell then you're usually going to supersede a larger creature with less. Also animals don't have the mental capacity to actively call upon the Force I'd imagine.
In the opinion of a voice actor when the narrative contradicts it.
The same source states that Suited Vader wasn't supposed to be either. But clearly Sidious doesn't choose his apprentices lightly, and will make the most out of the best apprentice he has available to him.
The novel made it clear Starkiller II could not defeat Vader.
In the end he had to shoot Lightning in a spot of Vader's armor Juno cut for him.
Luckily ILS is the biggest Maul wanker I know and has a respect thread you can google to show otherwise, a sample of which is above. But to convinece you: When the fourteen days were over, Maul was exhausted. His entire body ached as he stood before Sidious in the meeting room. Not only had he passed every test, he had destroyed every test. However, his Master always expected more from him, so he was not entirely surprised when Sidious said, "Because you have survived the preliminaries, you may proceed to the actual test to become a Sith Lord."
"Unless the GM wishes to diverge from Star Wars canon, he should not allow characters to adopt this class. The only Sith Lords in The Phantom Menace are Darth Maul and Darth Sidious."
And so on, the novel you cited clearly said Plagueis was worried about what Sidious planned for Maul, which was to kill him, because that is what Sith do. Sidious only stopped caring when Anakin came into the picture.
Obviously, because it's midichlorians per cell that actually matters. And, no, animals can use the Force. The Force is often used innately, and there are numerous Force Sensitive animals, often of Sith creation, in the mythos.
And DP handled this. The narrative doesn't contradict it whatsoever.
You forgot to put the GM not wishing to diverge from canon part of that quote. :P
A creature created by Sith alchemy is obviously going to be different from a naturally occurring species.
It does actually. Galen thinks to himself that he needs to get into an indefensible position to get Vader to lower his guard and low and behold his plan works.
So instead of cutting the middle man and asking ILS, you argued amongst yourselves. Typical.
Is Darth Maul a true Sith Apprentice to Sidious? Yes.
Is Darth Maul a Sith Lord? Yes.
Is Darth Maul someone Sidious thought worthy of upholding Sith tradition after/if he died? Yes.
Is Darth Maul capable of exceeding Palpatine? I would honestly guess not but it's not like any canon sources have been clear about it. Who knows where Maul would be if Palpatine groomed him from birth to be his successor, gave him all of his knowledge, and he didn't suffer being cut in half.
Read this post. If my answers to those questions are incorrect I'll eat my own foot.
No doubt I hold him in higher praise than most people, but I do resent the idea that having deep knowledge of a field and being able to apply that knowledge in the realm of discussion and debate, instead of having emotional outbursts and calling everyone in sight a wanker, is looked down upon.
Galen wanker.
__________________ “The galaxy must experience the pain of death and the rapture of rebirth as I have. I will bring chaos. It is time for war.”
Some people define wanker as wanking a character for more than their worth. At least, that's how Syn has defined it the numerous times I've seen him b#tch about people.
I don't mind being defined as a wanker within reason. A reasonable wanker.
__________________ “The galaxy must experience the pain of death and the rapture of rebirth as I have. I will bring chaos. It is time for war.”
The Clone Wars obviously. And considering how quickly Maul managed to create his own army without the support of Sidious, it seems like he would have been more than able to do so.
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