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.
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This could be interesting to be honest. I think we all know they'll use the robotic torso idea from one of the non-canon stories.
Bingowings said:
The telly audience have Grievous (who should have been Maul IMHO) they've had pseudoMaul AKA brother of Maul and now they have Maul back from the dead (presumably rubbing shoulders with the other resurrected Mauls of EUland).
A yes, the multiple "Resurrected Mauls"
And two of those three are supposed to be "canon". :rollseyes:
Er, the Vader fighting one is an infinities story, the hologram story is infinities while the scientist behind it is canon and that last one is infinties as well.
Edit: Take that back, apparently the vader fighting one was made canon. =/
The bottom one is from this story.
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jonathan7 said:
Only one word can describe how epically crap an idea this is. This is a shit idea (apologies for use of swearing, generally I think it degrading, but I was at a loss to think of a word appropriate.
Maul was killed off too early, and his death was awful - if Obi-Wan "had the high-ground" what on earth did Maul have? It would of been better if Maul's lightsaber had just stopped working when it was chopped in two, instead of magically carrying on working...
Somewhat off-topic... I've hard good reports of the clone wars, but some of the plots are awful. Still moment's like this; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnZaNNY_arU are much better Yoda moments than anything in the PT films. I just wish in Episode III Yoda and Sidious had a Force Fight, Yoda is about to win then Vader (in suit) turns up, and Yoda has to retreat... Would have been so much better!
Some of the clone wars episodes are a little mature for kids IMO. Seeing as how they do have light sabers going through bodies or cutting off heads in some episodes.
Aside from that, this will be another GL thing that i am going to say doesn't exist. The inifnites one with Darth Vader, that was from tales and it was supposed to be related to Luke's confrontation with Vader on Daghobah.
However, this maybe an interesting episode to watch anyways.
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...
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Add Maul to my list of "I don't understand the cult following". Poorly written, poorly realized, and created solely for visual impact (like so much of the prequels). Just standing in the background looking bad-ass, then twirling an oh-so-cool double light saber a few times. The prequel version of Boba.
The only thing surprising about Maul being resurrected is that it didn't happen ten years ago. It is, however, just in time for the 3D hype juggernaut. Well done, George.
An aside; About 5 years ago, someone gave me a Darth Maul cardboard stand-up. Not sure what it was originally for. It was still in the plastic sleeve, in two pieces (I think you had to attach the lightsaber portion or an arm or something). Not having any interest in it, but thinking I might try to sell it on ebay one day, I put it on a shelf in the garage and forgot about it. A couple of years ago I came across it while looking for something else. I folded it into a small wad and threw it in the curbside recycling container.
TV's Frink said:
Why? My SW world consists of the six movies and a few episodes of the Clone Wars cartoons. I don't even care that Boba Fett is a Mandaronian or whatever. To me he's a dude in a suit.
I find your SW world offensively overinclusive.
TheBoost said:
Dave Filloni, head TCW dude said this:
“...fans can expect Darth Maul to reignite his rivalry with Obi-Wan Kenobi.”
“There’s a lot of ground that has not been covered as far as Darth Maul is concerned, so there’s a lot of room to grow with him,”
Does Maul REALLY have a rivalry with Obi? They met once, never spoke, and Obi killed him. Does Obi have a rivalry with Walrus Man from the cantina, and every battle droid he ever killed?
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TV's Frink said:
Why? My SW world consists of the six movies and a few episodes of the Clone Wars cartoons. I don't even care that Boba Fett is a Mandaronian or whatever. To me he's a dude in a suit.
I find your SW world offensively overinclusive.
Geez, hey george, along with the maul resurrection, why stop there? we could bring ani's mom back, or the roasted handmaiden from the queen's exploding starship in AOTC? Or how about qui-gon? What a bunch of crap. Post OOT, the SW universe has become an absurd joke.
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Qui-Gon has come back as a ghost on the Clone Wars.
Don't give George any new ideas! ;)
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We need Qui-Gon, Padmé, and Shmi to show up as Force ghosts at the end of the next edition of ROTJ, seriously.
I want Darth Mel, Darth Maul's shorter, fatter brother voice by Mel Brooks. I can think of nothing better than a Sith using the word "schmuck."
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DuracellEnergizer said:
We need Qui-Gon, Padmé, and Shmi to show up as Force ghosts at the end of the next edition of ROTJ, seriously.
Don't leave out Jar-Jar; heesa free.
Didn't someone do a photo a while back that had just about every dead character as a ghost at the end of Jedi?
As for Gui_Gon...
Where were you in '77?
walkingdork said:
I want Darth Mel, Darth Maul's shorter, fatter brother voice by Mel Brooks. I can think of nothing better than a Sith using the word "schmuck."
YES. That needs to happen. You could have Obi-wan saying 'I didn't know he was Druish!'
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SilverWook said: Didn't someone do a photo a while back that had just about every dead character as a ghost at the end of Jedi? As for Gui_Gon... and both Spocks.
But he wouldn't fit because the Ghost Jedi were people he knew. He never met Qui-Gon so it wouldn't fit.
Random thoughts worthy: Pictures of the 2012 Star Wars lego sets have shown up online, the box art for all the sets OT, PT and Clone Wars features Darth Maul replacing a couple of clone troopers which were featured (I think) the last couple of years.
An example:
Coupled with the new TPM 3-D poster Lucasfilm marketing is really in Maul overdrive.
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Can't deny that Maul was the best Sith ever...In the movies that is.
WhatsMyName said:
Can't deny that Maul was the best Sith ever...In the movies that is.
I liked the part when Maul stood there for about 5 seconds while Obi-Wan leaped over him, grabbed a lightsaber, turned it on, and swung it into his stomach.
Really showed off those Sith instincts...
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WhatsMyName said:
Can't deny that Maul was the best Sith ever...In the movies that is.
Um no. (Bill Lumberg voice)- yyyyyeah, um, well Im gonna have to sorta disagree with you there.
Surely you mean the prequals? Right?
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