DARTH MAUL’S DEATH : WHY MAUL DIED SO EASILY AGAIN OBI-WAN IN REBELS

Star Wars Theory

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🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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MANDO VERSE MONDAY -Today we are analyzing why Darth Maul died so easily at the hands of Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan was much older when he faced Maul. Kenobi had a whole lifetime of training to prepare for any encounter, but it still doesn’t explain Maul’s untimely loss. Even though Obi-Wan was a worthy adversary, why did Maul die so quickly and so easily? Let’s break down this fight and analyze what happened to give Obi-Wan the quick victory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Remember that dude at the video store that knew way too much about movies but always made you laugh?
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0:08.5	Go listen at bwpodcast.com and every month the show's host a new theme of episodes like
0:13.8	Bad Romances back in the day hits and an annual horror movie marathon called Summerslash.
0:18.5	Listen now at bwpodcast.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.4	Look what has become of you. A rat in the desert. Look what I have risen above.
0:38.8	I have come to kill you but perhaps it's worse to leave you here festering in your squallair.
0:48.6	If you define yourself by your power to take life, a desire to dominate, to possess, but you have nothing.
0:57.8	And what do you have?
1:06.8	Hey everyone, happy Monday. Welcome back to my Star Wars theory podcast.
1:10.5	The fierceness that Maul attacked Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan with was one of the most captivating moments in episode 1.
1:16.4	Maul attacked with his double-bladed red lightsaber with an intensity that we haven't seen before in Star Wars.
1:21.6	The duels between Luke Skywalker and Vader were iconic and dramatic, but were mostly built upon Luke facing Vader with limited skills and just trying to survive.
1:29.8	And Vader wasn't executing his highest level of fighting because Luke was his son and didn't want to kill him.
1:35.2	Predominantly, Vader wanted Luke to turn. George Lucas blew our minds with the Phantom Menace.
1:40.2	This fight showed us lightsaber fighting forms and a new level of physical combat.
1:44.0	And Maul fluidly moved with aggression.
1:46.5	We were able to see his remarkable technique of form 7, Juyo, with Maul fluidly assaulting the Jedi using his double-bladed saber.
1:53.6	By the end of the first part of the fight, we are struck with tragedy.
1:56.6	Qui-Gon is shockingly killed by Maul leaving a young Obi-Wan Kenobi to fight a David vs. Goliath battle alone against a superior dominant sip.
2:05.2	Maul fought Obi-Wan confidently, outmatching him blow by blow. He would come out triumphant.
2:10.5	As Obi-Wan falls into an exhaust shaft hanging on by deer life, Maul begins to imagine the accolades that he will receive in his head.
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