thekremlin said:

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.

I have to disagree with Boba Fett. I don't think you can waste character with the way he dies. Actually I like Boba's death (well tbh I like some of EU stuff where he survived so I believe he survived). I hate the comic book / "Hollywood" style death at the end of an overinflated final "epic" battle. That kind of stuff is just cheap, common and boring to me.

I love the way Boba and Emperor were killed. Especially the Emperor. No pomp. It was unexpected, simplistic and brutally realistic. Vader picked him up and threw him into the reactor shaft. Perfect and original.