Bingowings said:
The bulk of Star Wars duels is (as said earlier) banter being thrown around more than weight. At no point do the Jedi try and get any information out of the guy yet they are there to investigate him under orders from the council in the interest of the chancellor and the senate?

That's a very good point I'd never considered. Maul is the silent type, so - dull as it is - it's fair enough that he doesn't say anything during the fight. But the Jedi should at least try to get some information out of him. This was a missed opportunity to have some taunting/banter between the opponents.

The duels in the other PT films have their problems (in some cases serious ones), but they at least more enjoyable because the characters talk to each other (IMO - I realise many people think the PM duel is one of the best SW sabre fights).

Also, why didn't Obi-Wan check out Maul's ship for clues? Did it auto-destruct before he could do so? I can't remember now if this was ever shown/explained (pretty sure it wasn't), but it seems like a bit of a loose end; having him check it out - even if it blew up as he approached - would have mad the Jedi look a bit more competent/aware that something's going on. This lack of awareness/agency is a problem that gets worse in the next film when they don't figure out the rather obvious Jango/Dooku/Sifu-Dyas/Separatist/Clone order mystery. They seem oddly passive and uninvolved throughout the PT.