skyjedi2005 said:

I loved Ray Parks martial arts work, his kendo etc.

Thought Ewan was good as well.

But it seems a lot more visual, less than anything above a physical confrontation.

It lacked the meeting of mental Wills.

Yep, and same thing, well even more-so, with Anakin v.s. Obi-Wan in Revenge of the Sith. Fighting over lava is so unnecessary when we already know how the fight ends from the start (both survive).

But with the Episode I fight - it always bothered me when Obi-Wan immediately kills Darth Maul - I would have liked to see them at least fight for a bit. The other thing that bothers me about the fight is that Qui-Gon engages him without waiting for his apprentice to catch up - that's not a good battle plan, they should have taken him together, just as Obi-Wan instructs Anakin to do against Dooku in the following film.