One of the prequels problems was that Lucas kept introducing a new “main” villain every movie. What would have been wrong with Darth Maul as the main antagonist for the entire PT?
What’s wrong with Darth Maul is Dooku. They should have gone with Dooku from E1 straight through 3.
I realize that the Empire doesn’t exist yet but Maul as the apprentice runs counter to the xenophobia of the realized Empire and Palpy was the one behind all that so Maul doesn’t make sense at all.Christopher Lee was a sadly wasted opportunity of quality; instead we were given Grievous in 3 and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom level garbage.
Ignoring Palpatine’s xenophobia, Maul’s just a metalhead’s wet dream with a gimmicky lightsaber played by an ascended stuntman; he’s all style, no substance. Dooku, on the other hand, was played by one of the greatest actors who ever lived, and all the ingredients for an amazing complex antivillian prefiguring Vader were there.