Notion Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 I'm just wondering.. Is there anybody who truly dislikes Darth Maul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wassup Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Ya I hate him because he killed the super-cool Qui-Gon. j/k Maul is...well...Maul I don't think anyone can really hate or like him as he didn't really have a personality in the movie. Can anyone out there who has read Shadowhunter tell me if Maul had somewhat of a personality in that and other books? Maybe we can draw some conclusions from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Maul's da man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Maul is incredible......I haven't actually heard of anybody ever disliking him. I would be very surprised. How can you not like a guy with a dbls and can jump around like he can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 He's cool. He would have been amazing if he was properly fleshed out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Originally posted by Boba Rhett He's cool. He would have been amazing if he was properly fleshed out though. I agree. They should have found some way to give us some sort of background info on him. Even the books didn't say much about Maul. GL has a way of making his more minute henchmen, look larger than life, and then killing them off as soon as we get attached to them, ala Boba, and Jango Fett. I don't think Darth Maul was intended to be much more than an assasin, but he suuuuuuuuure was a big part of TPM, and the merchandising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 I've read Shadow Hunter; it's become one of my favorite EU books of all time. In it, the author gives Maul somewhat of a toying, arrogant personality that is totally devoted to Darth Sidious and is extremely hateful of the Jedi. But he is also shown to have respect for his foes, Jedi and non-Jedi. In fact, he kills only when is absolutely necessary. It's not altruism, but it's something. And when he kills whom he deems to be a worthy opponent, it is swift and without much pain, as a token of respect for his defeated foe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Put it this way, I have a framed photograph of Maul signed by Ray Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 I know that they hyped up Maul in the advertising before hands, making him look like he was going to be a major part of the movie... Tell me when you saw him standing there, hood on, and Duel of the Fates started, you thought that this scene was about as good as it gets in a SW movie. As much as we got The Imperial March in TESB and Emperors Theme in ROTJ, they had nothing on Maul's entrance into the hangar. I think in GL's mind, the Sith were still hiding in TPM, and we could never get to see Maul a lot, as it would throw out the idea that the Sith are secretive, and not yet exposed. So, a potentially good character, a baddie, never got the exposure we expected. We had the Sith fully exposed in the OT, and had plenty of time to show what bad deeds they were up to. Would any of you have agreed if we had that Maul entrance earlier in the movie, before he ran into the Jedi, then perhaps we would've felt more for him in the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova_wolf Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 He was good from action point of view. Useful in terms of plot development. Naff as a character - would have been nice to have kept him and expanded him some how, but as the plot played out, Dooku fits, with his diplomatic ways. Can't really see Maul doing too well in that situation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemme w/Stick Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Well, I dont like him. I mean, yeah he had a dual saber. Thats more or less was what he had. He didnt really know how to use the force, if you compare him to Dooku or Vader hes a wuss!! IMO hes the worst Sith to ever appear in the movies. I mean I dont think that he should have been in the movie, they should have made another Sith instead of him. Well, thats my opinnion. I'm not trying to bash any1 here, just to say what I feel about Maul. -Clemme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova_wolf Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 The problem is that ANY Sith that was put in the position Maul was in would have been of the same undeveloped level. Who's to say that Maul had a particular adeptness for Force Mind Tricks. With a face like that, surely you would need to be to get around without hassle! If Dooku had been there, and Maul in the second one, things would still be against the Sith from Ep I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notion Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 Well there you have it. Someone who dislikes Maul. And Only 6 votes in! I'm surprised it went so quick. So there must be something unusual about you. Go ahead, let us know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmjedi Posted February 5, 2003 Share Posted February 5, 2003 I love Maul. He was just awesome. He is something that people never saw in the OT and it really gave Star Wars a new look and it just showed the audience that we were going to see some new stuff that we would never of thought of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Qel-Droma Posted February 5, 2003 Share Posted February 5, 2003 Maul was a good evil caracther i would like him to be in more than teh first movie and play a biger role than he did. but i really got the chils when he stod in the door in front of obi wan and qui gon and ignition his double bladed saber the duel fo the fates is as good as the original fight betwen luke and vader in return of the jedi. the maul duel was bether than anakin and obi wan vs dooku. the yoda fight was cool to but the maul fight is one of the best ever made i think. he should deffenently been a much larger part of the new trilogy he shouldn't have died before the end of episode 2 mabye living on in episode 3 but deffenently he should have had a much biger part in the trilogy. - Fear is my allie, fear atracts the weak, fear atracts the fearfull- and something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentSmith Posted February 5, 2003 Share Posted February 5, 2003 I like Darth Maul, he's a very cool character and great Sith. Indeed it is too bad he didn't get much scenes in Episode I, nor that his character was properly fleshed out. Though, besides "Shadow Hunter" there's also an excellent Trade Paperback "Darth Maul" comic with artwork by Jan Duursema. It's a good story with tons of action and the art of Maul is superb! I highly recommend it to all Maul fans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro The Hutt Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 eh I like him, but not as much as Vader O_o hm, that's interesting though, according to the EU book he kills in a quick and painless fashion, yet in TPM he stabs Qui-Gon and leaves him there in pain for several minutes. And he stands gloating and waving his saber about above Obi-Wan rather than going for the said quick kill O_o I sense clashing information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 Originally posted by Rogue Nine I've read Shadow Hunter; it's become one of my favorite EU books of all time. In it, the author gives Maul somewhat of a toying, arrogant personality that is totally devoted to Darth Sidious and is extremely hateful of the Jedi. But he is also shown to have respect for his foes, Jedi and non-Jedi. In fact, he kills only when is absolutely necessary. It's not altruism, but it's something. And when he kills whom he deems to be a worthy opponent, it is swift and without much pain, as a token of respect for his defeated foe. That description kinda reminds me of Boba Fett... hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notion Posted February 7, 2003 Author Share Posted February 7, 2003 eh I like him, but not as much as Vader O_o hm, that's interesting though, according to the EU book he kills in a quick and painless fashion, yet in TPM he stabs Qui-Gon and leaves him there in pain for several minutes. And he stands gloating and waving his saber about above Obi-Wan rather than going for the said quick kill O_o I sense clashing information. It said he killed quick those whom he RESPECTED. I certainly wouldn't respect Qui-gon in a duel but he gave ALL the respect to Obi-Wan! Including his torso! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jed Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Maul? Easily one of my favorite characters from TPM. Too bad he got killed so easily, he would have been such a badass in AOTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breton Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 Originally posted by Notion It said he killed quick those whom he RESPECTED. I certainly wouldn't respect Qui-gon in a duel but he gave ALL the respect to Obi-Wan! Including his torso! Why wouldn't you respect Qui-Gon in a duel? He fights just like a light-side Jedi is supposed to fight: Safe and tactical hits and always concentrating in combat. Meanwhile Obi-Wan did excactly the same thing Luke did in ep6, he was furious and used his anger to fight, the only difference is that Obi-Wan tried to control it. So why wouldn't he respect Qui-Gon? He fought excactly how he's supposed to fight, but since he's a strong Jedi Master, he was the best thing Maul had fought, is that why he couldn't respect him? And we also have the thing about Qui-Gon hesitating when he have the chance to kill Maul, perhaps that is it? That he couldn't respect anything that respected him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Apprentice Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 --Not really a dislike, but that I would've liked him more if his character would've been deeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Rive Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Maul was easily the best Sith character ever created. He was the epitome of evilness after the Emperor. The way he held himself, the way he spoke, moved, fought. Basically he kicked arse. He needed some serious fleshing out and tons of extra scenes in that movie though. And he definitely should have survived Episode I, and should have been in Episode II instead of Count Dooku, who was a crap character IMO. In my movies, Maul would have killed Qui-Gon, wounded Obi-Wan and made his escape. Then he would have gone ahead and carried out Dooku's role in AotC, but I would have then rather he cloned Palpatine from a DNA sample that he'd covertly managed to get somehow, got the Kaminoans to re-configure the clone to have no Force-usage abilities and to obey his every command. Then he should have killed off Palpatine and used the clone in his place with the political senate side of things, keeping himself in power and training other Dark Jedi as apprentices to do his bidding. An army of Dark Jedi would have been nice as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 It's almost scary that you've had that all planned out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight22 Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 yeah hes cool but i like vader the best out of every villain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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