The Darth Maul board Write all your maulish opinions...
#1
Posted 07 June 2005 - 04:20 PM
In this board you can post what you really thought of Darth Maul: I you loved him, hateed him, that Lucas wasted a good character, that he is really stupid if he gets killed by a Padwan, etc.
My opinion:
Dart Maul COULD have been the greatest of all vilians. But George Lucas really wasted the character. I mean Maul is just a villian with a scary face and that's all! He could have at least personality having more that 3 lines. All muscle, no brains.
#5
Posted 07 June 2005 - 06:56 PM
Theres also an excellent Maul (resurrected again) vs Vader short in Star Wars tales 8 comic book. Its really well done and shows us a Maul we should've seen in TPM....not to mention one of the best lines Vaders ever uttered
#6
Posted 07 June 2005 - 07:34 PM
Though I respect him for trying to run over Jake Lloyd, he was messed around with too much with his "This is my apprentice","finally we will have revenge" and the slow hood reveal - from the first fight with Maul we saw he liked fast attacks with the benefit of surprise and wasn't above going for non-combatants (see above: running over Anakin) - then on Naboo he waits until the Queen and her men get away and until the only people left facing him are Jedi.
Also, his appearance was all wrong - when he decloaked, his red was too bright and his simple jumpsuit seemed - too simple. Someone with flesh that ornate should have been wearing a non medically-prescribed version of a Vader suit.
Also, the double-bladed lightsaber was clearly a gimmick - a more practical gimmick would have been a secondary lightsaber, used a la the old sword-and-dagger dark ages kind of fighting.
#7
Posted 07 June 2005 - 07:47 PM
What we have now is Qui-Gon not seeing through Maul's attempt to separate the Jedi.
Seeing them fight together and killing him together would have been pretty cool I think.
But then we have the problem of Qui Gon being alive. (Not that that is a problem).
#8
Posted 07 June 2005 - 08:29 PM
I think Darth Maul should have been taken out of the story and had General Grievous and Count Dooku introduced earlier in the PT.
I agree. Grievous should have appeared in all 3 prequels. He is a great character and was wasted in Episode III as Darth Maul in Episode I.
This post has been edited by SithAvenger: 07 June 2005 - 08:29 PM
#11
Posted 07 June 2005 - 11:39 PM
Exactly. Grievous kicks ass in the Clone Wars cartoons. He's injured in ROTS so we don't get to see him at his best.
#12
Posted 08 June 2005 - 02:47 AM
And Darth Maul was just a carelessly conceived 2D character that existed only to swish around a double-bladed lightsaber and make fanboys' brains explode.
#13
Posted 08 June 2005 - 03:18 AM
Just great believable fighting.
His character was useless in the long run, but oh that fight scene.
#14
Posted 08 June 2005 - 03:31 AM
Just great believable fighting.
His character was useless in the long run, but oh that fight scene.
Interesting opinion, too bad nothing in the entire series backs it up (except for the Maul being useless part). Great, believable fighting were you watching a different movie, or just high?
This post has been edited by Harvey Globetrotter: 08 June 2005 - 03:32 AM
#15
Posted 08 June 2005 - 05:28 AM
Save the jump Ob1 does from one floor to another, the entire fight was 100% actor vs actor with out the aid of chords or CGI.
What doesn't back up? What are you saying?