Bingowings said:

Maul's saber was two sabers locked together which explains how one half continued to work without evoking magic. I learned this on the backing card of some toy or something.

Yeah, I was aware of that, though I always took it as a retcon to explain it rather than something being planned. My reaction when I saw it as a kid was "why's his lightsaber still working?" Which is much the same reaction I still have now. I still think having it stop working would of been much more interesting, and think it would add to Obi-Wan's charachter being a great Jedi.

@WhatisMyName - I think it depends on the kid, that sort of stuff wouldn't of bothered me, but some of my friends kids now, would be really upset by it. Suppose it's much like film certificate's there are 13 year old who are quite fine watching "adult" rated films, while there are some adults who should be allowed near "adult" films...