imperialscum said:

thekremlin said:

Has GL ever given a decent reason for why he killed Maul off? Or was it just another misguided attempt at symphonic symmetry (Maul/Kenobi)?

PS. Hello everyone! First post. :)

I think he wanted to make some conclusion. I mean if one of the main heroes is killed, the general audience expects a dead villain as a compensation. :)

If that was the idea surely it would have been better to have allowed Maul to live because then we'd have known he was someone to be reckoned with, someone we didn't like and someone to spark a bit of tension for Kenobi and Anakin rather than Grievous who was just rubbish. He could also have fulfilled the role of Dooku with a only a little bit of jiggery pokery.

Killing Maul was a missed opportunity to have a really cool villain in all three films. It was similar to killing Boba Fett in such a crap way IMO. Waste of a good character.