Obi Wan had reached the height of his powers. Maul was still consumed by hate. Obi didn't deliver the killing blow in anger, he was focused, and realized Luke's secret could not leave this duel.
The moment Maul said "Protecting someone", it was over for him. Until that moment, he would have been content to talk things out with Maul and let him leave.
My takeaway to the “he will avenge us” line is that he is talking about himself and Savage Oppress but he is also talking about all force users in general, all who’ve died as pawns for Darth Sidious’s grand plan of establishing a new empire
Not just force users but the countless millions of others combined who were just needlessly killed on both sides to make the dreams of one person to come into fruition.
Blind wave there a amazing channel there all realy big Star Wars fans and the guy In the red shirt Eric knows more about Star Wars then anyone I’ve ever seen
Yeah, I feel the ones that were the most surprised didn’t see the connection between the stances and forms. I was kinda surprised too, but it didn’t take long at all to see it. It’s like “give me a good fight”, but when you see it last like 3 seconds if that, you’re shocked only because you wanted a fight. Once reality kicks in, you actually start seeing the significance of the whole thing. Well done, imo.
Maul was evil. He chose, after he had a chance at a new life, to change who he was... He did not. He chose, willingly, to continue his sadism. That said - Yes. He was a created evil. As was Darth Vader. A created evil. Many like to point out the killing of the Younglings as his worst crime, but it was not. Younglings had been training for combat for 4-9 years by the time they're considered younglings. Yes - Children. Children that could, and sometimes did, kill non-force sensitives. Anakin, also, chose to be the one to kill them so that they would not suffer from blaster fire - the plasma burns of which tended to kill slowly - or for them to suffer an even worse fate... The children _were_ going to either be killed, or they'd have been raised, maimed, and tortured under Sith tutoring for the rest of their lives. Twisted into hollow husks of people, and shaped into hunters or assassins. This was Sidious' plan for any Younglings that Vader 'found alive.' Just like Maul - these children would have been brutalized, tortured, and utterly unloved. It was horrific, but in his deranged mind justified. Admittedly you have to read the novels to discover these thoughts that Anakin had at the moment, and the years afterward that he dreamed of that moment.
@@thalastianjorusI think in canon you can definitely say evil and won’t let go but legends they literally had what if comics and one covered maul being a Jedi and other stories showing palpatine destroying everything about him but his rage
The reason why I love this scene so much is just because between qui-gon's stance and how he beats him, to where they're at, it all ends exactly where it started, considering Maul first attacked them on Tatooine
Maul was bent on revenge after chasing external acknowledgement all his life, and thus never grew of changed. Thats why it was so easy for Kenobi to bait him with the stance.
i want Obi-Wan to at least say "Do you know who i am DO you know who i've fought and killed you do not stand a chance against me i can at a moment notice become one with the force"
Really sitting here and reflecting on the dialogue choices "Look what I've risen above" and "and what do you have?" Obi-wan and Maul's rivalry at one point consumed them both. Maul's desire for revenge for his initial loss, and Obi-wan wanting to avenge his master. Obi-wan using Qui-gon's stance really shows how much it replayed in his head, and Obi-wan's defense combat. Then once it is done Obi-wan rises above it again to comfort Maul. I don't really even watch star wars content but this scene replays in my head a lot and it means more the more I think on it.
I like how everyone gets hyped at the first 2 strikes and then immediately goes to shock when that final hit connects, and they realize what happened. Almost like they were maul in that moment.
Arrogance and anger mostly. Others say it in better ways, I'm pretty sure Kenobi does it because he knows mauls STUCK in his way. He shows him that to lead the fight, angering maul to make the first move to think he can best another master like he did qui gon, it's a pretty killer chess move
One who chooses the dark side does Not master it, but instead becomes a SLAVE to it. This is what led to Mauls down fall: his hatred, anger, hubris led him to want to kill Obi in the same way he killed QuiGon but this led to his death
@@TheLostArchangel666 I both agree and disagree. I feel like when he first went into exile he would have this weight of failure but the duel of fates fight would have weighed on him especially heavily, as he probably thinks maybe had qui-gon lived Anakin wouldn’t have fallen to the dark side. But after a while I think he made peace with what he cannot change even if he has figured out exactly how he could’ve (and eventually does) win the fight with Maul
@@abean9789 Oh, I agree with that, too. By this point I do think he's wrestled his way through that past trauma. But I definitely think it's something that has haunted him for a long time prior to this point: Kenobi very much was the type to blame to take too much guilt and responsibility onto himself for things that were in truth outside of his own control - in part, I'd say, a mindset caused by certain... Failings, in Qui-Gon's approach to teaching him (Events like Melina-Daan and Bandomeer come to mind if we involve Legends continuity) I do agree he's overcome that baggage - for the most part at least - at this point, though. And he's learned some valuable lessons from it, too.
@@Svensk7119 And the reason the stance works for him is that his small stature allows for more open spaces amd acrobatic finesse. As opposed to Qui Gon, which he was stuck in a ditch and a bunch of corridors by Maul, which was only a matter of time before Maul finds an opening and hits him.
Dying Qui Gon to Obi Wan: "He is the chosen one. He will bring balance." Dying Maul to Obi Wan: "Tell me, is it the chosen one?" "He is." "He will avenge us." Love the parallels
I interpreted it in that Maul, in his final moments, seeks peace with the force. And when he says, “He will avenge us” , he’s *quite literally* speaking on behalf of the all the force users that have died in the current conflict and the return of the Sith/Sidious.
It’s interesting because they’re both talking about the same thing but they have completely different perspectives. Qui Gon in concerned with bringing balance to the force whereas Darth Maul in only concerned with revenge.
I know there's a some fans that doesen't like it, but personally felt it was perfect. Obi-Wan has had like a decade to mentally prepare and train for something like this. Not to mention Maul was threatening Obi-Wan's pretty much sole purpose to exist at that point. He was not going to lose that fight. Also it's just a nice homage to samurai movies.
I disagree with the Idea that the duel is short. Yes, it is not as long as some other 15 minutes fights, but the duel is not 15 seconds short either. The duel starts when they start talking. Obi Wan wins the first exchange when Maul ignites his light saber. Maul wins the second when Obi Wan ignites his own. Then, they observe themselves, change stances, and Obi Wan wins the third exchange, and the duel by killing Maul. The duel is philosophical, mental and martial, and it is 3 minutes long...
I love this moment for Obi-Wan, I mean despite Darth Maul killing his master and the woman he loved, he still held him in his arms and comforted him as he died. Obi-Wan is the embodiment of what a Jedi should be
I feel like its scene is perfect because its symbolises another lost connection to his life as Obi-Wan. By the time of his duel with Vader, he truly kept 0 earthly connections, making his transition into Force Ghost more meaningful and logical
Obi wan knew maul was just another of Palpatines victims. Maul had no choice in his life the darkside was chosen for him. I think obi wan felt sorry for him
The mind games happening here are off the charts this is one of the best lightsaber duels in Star Wars just because of all the meaning and build up behind it
Honestly, it isn’t that bad. Sure compared to Clone Wars it seems bad. but i’d say that’s true for the early Rebels seasons the last seasons are pretty good.
He’s also holding him exactly as he held both Qui Gon and Satine - he’s reached the enlightenment necessary to treat Maul with the same compassion he treated Maul’s victims that he loved
@@glamourweaverreminds me of Matthew chapter 5 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Mercy is important, just as Justice is too. Sure Maul’s victims deserve Justice, but Maul was a victim of things too. The sith ruined him too. But mercy gives a chance for redemption. Mercy is knowing that we are all humans and all have regrets. And instead of dispensing eye for an eye, by forgiving we relinquish our right to get even. Obi Wan could have walked away but he forgave Maul and gave him the same treatment as his mentor and friend Qui Gon, and the love of his life Satine, whom Maul killed. There will always be justice in the end, but mercy is a gift to give and is never deserved.
Actually, I don't think that Maul was consumed by hatred at this point. He was just too broken emotionaly to do anything else. He seeked for this duel just to finish their "arguement". I believe, that even if he killed Obi Wan there, he would have been even more exausted and shattered. Just like how Maiev felt after killing Illidan: "I'm hunter without prey. I'm nothing..."
To comment on the significance of the mind games aspect of the fight: After witnessing the death of his master, Obi-Wan was traumatized and haunted by it. He devoted his training to the now his signature defensive style, primarily because it was a direct counter to Maul's fighting style. In the back of Kenobi's mind, he was always preparing for this fight. He went through it in his head countless times, visualizing exactly what he would do to avenge his master. And after years and years, when it was finally time to put all that preparation into practice, in that moment, he realized that he had been fueling his grievance, his grudge, his hatred for Maul in his own obsession with him. He realized that was wrong. This fight wasn't meant to be for vengeance. In those 10 seconds, Obi-Wan confronted and made peace with his past and he realized that Maul could never do it. He realized what Maul would do being blinded by hatred and bitterness. So he changd his form to his master's form. He knew Maul could not resist the temptation of poetic irony of killing a master and his apprentice with the exact same strike. But Obi-Wan studied this exact fight, this exact chain of strikes his entire life. He studied Maul's form and how to counter it and devoted his training to the form that is best suited against it. And then he chose not to use it. He changed it to his master's form which would put him at a disadvantage. Not for poetic justice, but because he knew Maul in his hubris and hatred would attempt to do the same thing as he did back then. Obi-Wan set him up. That's why the fight is 3 moves. Because Obi-Wan knew the exact 3 moves that would be used. He didn't need a form anymore. You don't need a form when you can see the future. You just directly counter what will happen. It's not even a fight at that point, it's just going through the motions, playing your part. This was no longer about the past, about Kenobi's grudge, Maul's hatred, or their fated clash. None of that mattered anymore. This was about protecting Luke. In those 10 seconds, Kenobi came to terms with the past and moved on and Maul didn't. Maul couldn't. He had become a slave to his past and that meant he had no future.
Every move had a meaning weighed by almost 40 years of memory’s and experience. Maul lost because he didn’t let go of the past while obi wan survived because he survived it.
Nope. All that drove Maul was his need for revenge (it was his only line in the movies after all) and for all his focus on that he never grew in the Force in any significant way. Obi-wan spend his time in the desert growing by learning from Qui-Gon's Force spirit and Yoda through the Force. Indeed Maul never truly had a chance.
@@darthroden maybe so, but this revenge comes from his want of something better or at least some sort of approval. He looked to Palpatine for that and Palpy just threw him aside after he was defeated. Like he was nothing, I’d be pretty pissed if I gave my life to something and the one time I fail, it’s done with me.
@@Elijah_Elias I think the most interesting thing about the whole exchange between Maul and Kenobi was the fact that, for all the evil Maul committed: killing Qui-Gon and Satine, ect. Obi-Wan seemed to feel only regret in having to end Maul's life. Even the moment just before Satine's murder in the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan told him that he realized the decision to join the Dark Side had never truly been Maul's in the first place. That was made for him by Sidious at a young age filling him with the messianic hatred he felt for the Jedi. The difference is that, unlike Assaj Ventress (who was also betrayed by the Sith), Maul did not choose to try and find a different path other than his revenge. The Dark Side dominated his destiny and consumed him. That is the real tragedy.
@@darthroden Obi Wan didn’t go into this last duel with the desire to kill Maul. He was completely willing to let Maul go. He only decided that he couldn’t let Maul live when Maul made it very clear he knew *far* too much, and would use that knowledge in such a way that everything Kenobi had worked and suffered for, the other Jedi had died for, would be ruined.
@@CasualNickname In spite of all that Maul did, all the evil he'd committed, Obi-Wan pitied him because he knew the choice to serve the Dark Side had never been his. He was sold by the Nightsisters to Sidious and raised to hate and seek revenge in a war he never choose for himself.
As a small Star Wars fan who didn’t notice it until I saw a video about it, I love these big Star Wars fan that notice that Maul used the same attack as when he killed Qui-Gon. And all these years later, Kenobi still remembers, and was able to counter it.
He didn't just remember, Obi Wan baited Maul into using that move by taking Qui Gon's signature fighting stance. Even through their conversation, Ben was in complete control of this entire situation.
I was always curious about who Maul was referring to when he said,”He will avenge us.”? I prefer to think he was talking about himself and Obi-Wan. At this point in his life he had no one else but him.
@@robertmckenna3994 Yes and no. He was raised to be the way he is, and ultimately was cast aside. There's a reason that Maul hated Palpatine, and it wasn't just because of how his brother died.
Gotta love blind wave and how insightful and knowledgeable they are. They notice the smallest details, but some of the most important imo. Love their reactions
Obi killing Maul in three moves is amazing when you think about it. He's already a master, not a padawan anymore... you're not running away again. On the other hand you have Maul wasting a second chance pursuing Obi for years only to be killed again that easy. Everything about this scene is so poetic.
Did anybody notice that as Obi-Wan held Darth maul and asking about the chosen one.... It was similar to can I be held Qui-Gon before he died as well. They were both talking about the chosen one just before their death.
Both victims of the same man: Darth Sidious. Both of them, in the end, understood that only the chosen one could end the suffering, and both trusted Obi Wan to protect him.
True Palpatine in his prime took on one of the best Fighters in the Jedi order and 3 other masters with relative ease. In Episode VI he got beat by and an injured cyborg and a young Jedi
@@bastik.3011 not quite true. The point is that maul in particular stopped progressing a long time ago. In every single way. Obi wan did not. Maul was chained to the past, to his obsession. Anakin was weaker because he lost his limbs and got burned hard. Palpatine was getting, really, really old, and we still do not know if he was not still a beast with a lightsaber in Rotj. But he only needed lightning.
I like all the people who are clearly settling in for a typical drawn out saber battle, and before they can even finish expressing their excitement it's over. haha. I actually liked how swiftly Obi-Wan dispatched him. Obi-Wan was done playing around. ;)
God this scene is incredible. It shows that a lightsaber duel doesn't have to be long and flashy to be powerful and full of weight. The second Maul put Luke under threat, Kenobi knew right then and there, only one of them was going to leave alive.
Best animated lightsaber duel so far. Parallels of the past, stances, caressing the wounded afterwards, Obi-wan countering Maul's finisher. One of the few good things to come out of Rebels is this fight.
Rebels has some of the greatest moments of all time, season 1 and 2 finales + the bendu + nail + Ahsoka. I would say peak rebels is peak Star Wars but bad rebels is unbearable
SUCH A WONDERFUL SCENE! Kenobi won that fight before Maul ever arrived. He didn't want to kill Maul. He was trying to reach him. But when Maul brought Like into it, it was over. Using Quigon's stance was just to bait the Sith Lord.
I've always liked how Maul says, "He will avenge us." He's not just referring to Savage and himself, he's referring to everyone that died for Palpatine's quest of domination. Maul was as much a victim as Obi-Wan, Anakin, Dooku, and Grievous were
Honestly seing this just makes me hyped for obi wan cause we get to see obi wan's journey into becoming ben how he grows and evolves into the man that would help luke fulfill his destiny
I love the universal shock at the fact that this fight is so short. Whether it be because Obi-Wan immediately went for a killing strike, recognizing the mind game stuff, or just being so used to fights in media being longer affairs, especially when they're between major characters, no one (me included) expected this fight to be three moves, for the story of Maul to end in a whimper. But it should also be noted that no one (me included) was complaining about how short it was.
Obi wan used his masters light saber stance to bait Maul into using the Sabre but that killed his master Qui Gon. As Maul goes for the strike Obi wan uses the perfect counter that makes the killing blow through his chest
13:53 ..the anticipation, the 'oh f' yeah its on!' ..the ' holy **** its over' Thats what made this scene so amazing. People expected twirls and a long duel, how it played out was perfect.
When I first watched this back when it came out on TV I thought the duel was too short, but now I feel like it was just enough. It was swift and elegant and everything that George Lucas would've wanted in a ending duel between these two iconic characters.
i think it could just mean all who had their life ruined by palpatine. i mean his brother savage was killed in front of him by sheeve so he's probably also there on the list of avenging but yeah i did think him and obiwan when i first heard it. he knows that ben isnt his real enemy but he could never touch palpatine so he needed something to pin it on.
I feel like people who didn’t like this fight didn’t get it. Like one it represents the samurai duels from classic samurai films (they even have Maul pause before realizing he’s been fatally wounded) but also represents how Obi-wan has moved on and is willing to change, but Maul is literally stuck in the past.
The girl at 6:30 or whenever brought up a good point. Even the way he held Maul at the end was basically a reference to how Obi Wan held Qui Gon as he died.
Obi-Wan has had years of improvement, mentally, spiritually, & gaining in wisdom, so that he truly is a master now. He was too young to mentor Anakin properly, but had promised Qui-Gon Jinn. Now he can keep that promise, by protecting & mentoring Luke. Even at this stage, Obi-Wan is willing to talk things out, but Maul is still the same as he ever was and in pushing too hard and threatening to find Luke, he condemns himself to death.
So, three caught the "Old Wounds" Easter Egg. But only two sets of reactors caught Quigon's stance and understood the tragedy of Maul's "he will avenge us all." I missed it the first time too, though.
When I first saw this, I was expecting the fancy footwork lightsaber battles. This was much more elegant, and I think a good transition to what we see in Kenobi's next dual, with Vader in 1977' New Hope (unless the new Kenobi series or another series/movie adds something else).
Obi-Wan Kenobi may have been known as *THE* master of Form III (Soresu), but we tend to forget that Obi-Wan's other specialty is mind games... getting inside the other person's head. Here, Obi-Wan *knows* that Maul isn't exactly all there. He *knows* that Maul is extremely tunnel-visioned towards him. So Obi-Wan begins in his signature Soresu opening stance, which Maul has faced many times. But then Obi-Wan switches to Form IV (Ataru, the form that Qui-Gon specialized in), which he has not used since their first duel. So Maul adjusts his form, intending to break the form's lack of defense, exactly as he did to kill Qui-Gon. But Obi-Wan *KNEW* Maul would do exactly that. So on the *second* block, notice that Obi-Wan blocks Maul in such a way that he can't be leveraged out of the lock as Qui-Gon was. Then Maul attempts the same move he did that killed Qui-Gon; striking Obi-Wan in the face with his saberstaff's hilt. But Obi-Wan, knowing it was coming, sliced right though the saber, fatally wounding Maul.
Maul had such a rough life. He never truly was able to truly make a path for himself. Since his birth he was meant to be a tool for someone else and even when he'd risen to be a mighty crime lord and leader of Mandalorians, he was still so heavily influenced by his time with Palpatine. I think in his last moments was when we saw the real Maul.
I think the "he will avenge us." Line would be better if it served a metaphorical dual meaning, meaning he will not only avenge me and my brother but also obi wan.
@@alexdavis-mann8513 She originally was gonna get a 10 episode arc in the clone wars that would conclude her story but when the show was cancled it was adapted into a novel instead. You can look up "dark disciple".
The fact that you can (and somebody did) write a comment longer than my screen just analysing what happened in this 20 seconds and 3 moves of fight, shows how much thinking and meaning went into those parts of starwars. And its beautiful Today a random girl teleports a lightsaber and 6 trained guards just fall over witout being touched.
"Tell me is it the Chosen One?" A desperate plea that despite Maul being a faithful student of the Dark Side he wants & needs some kind of hope "He is" Obi-Wan giving a man who's haunted his dreams and waking moments for years that tiny bit of hope that he himself is barely clinging to "He will..avenge us.." Maul finding that shred of hope & being at peace with the end because he believes that all will be set right by what will happen
I love how it makes you feel like mail the whole time as you have been anticipating this fight too and also are in awe when it ends so quick, beautiful scene.
Man this duel. It brought it back to what Star Wars duels were originally: an homage to old samurai movies, with long staredowns and mind games, and with a quick decisive ending. Beautiful
You know it’s funny when this episode first came out I had some heavy mixed feelings about it. But after getting a chance to watch it and dissect the scenes I really love this fight. No flashy drawn out duel, more like a battle of wits between two old enemies with a LOT of history together.
Love these reactions. This is probably my favorite single scene in all of Star Wars. You anticipate an epic duel and when it's over in 3 moves, immediately realize that was better than anything you could have imagined! Maul's last line is so poetic and heart breaking and gets me every time.
i loved how you get to watch everyone do the same go to settle in as the fight starts only for it to end before you've even finished settling. also some sound management between vids would be nice to level them out between each other
When Obi-Wan fought Maul in the Phantom Menace, he matched the dark apprentice blow for blow as another apprentice. He fights like an apprentice. Wastes time like one, too. When Obi-Wan met Maul again here, he cut down the dark apprentice like a Master. A Master does not waste the effort on five blows when he can kill in one.
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Obi Wan had reached the height of his powers. Maul was still consumed by hate. Obi didn't deliver the killing blow in anger, he was focused, and realized Luke's secret could not leave this duel.
Yeah, his power had the high ground, Maul didn't stand a chance.
The moment Maul said "Protecting someone", it was over for him. Until that moment, he would have been content to talk things out with Maul and let him leave.
@@kirkistief That's what he was referring to when he said "Look what I have risen above."
My takeaway to the “he will avenge us” line is that he is talking about himself and Savage Oppress but he is also talking about all force users in general, all who’ve died as pawns for Darth Sidious’s grand plan of establishing a new empire
Not just force users but the countless millions of others combined who were just needlessly killed on both sides to make the dreams of one person to come into fruition.
i mean...those guys, who detected stances, all attacks of different times, Qui-Gon's lethal push to head attack. Man, they know and love Star Wars
Blind wave there a amazing channel there all realy big Star Wars fans and the guy In the red shirt Eric knows more about Star Wars then anyone I’ve ever seen
@@alphaomega5673 I know of them, watch from time to time :)
I knew the stances because of Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga. Who knew Lego games would be detailed like that.
Yeah, I feel the ones that were the most surprised didn’t see the connection between the stances and forms. I was kinda surprised too, but it didn’t take long at all to see it.
It’s like “give me a good fight”, but when you see it last like 3 seconds if that, you’re shocked only because you wanted a fight. Once reality kicks in, you actually start seeing the significance of the whole thing. Well done, imo.
@@spiritreaper1882 .
Maul is a perfect example of how not all villains are evil. Some are just broken
And just wont let go
Darth Vader is the prime example
Darth Vader was flat out evil when he started out only an evil person kills a bunch of kids.
Maul was evil. He chose, after he had a chance at a new life, to change who he was... He did not. He chose, willingly, to continue his sadism. That said - Yes. He was a created evil.
As was Darth Vader. A created evil. Many like to point out the killing of the Younglings as his worst crime, but it was not. Younglings had been training for combat for 4-9 years by the time they're considered younglings. Yes - Children. Children that could, and sometimes did, kill non-force sensitives. Anakin, also, chose to be the one to kill them so that they would not suffer from blaster fire - the plasma burns of which tended to kill slowly - or for them to suffer an even worse fate... The children _were_ going to either be killed, or they'd have been raised, maimed, and tortured under Sith tutoring for the rest of their lives. Twisted into hollow husks of people, and shaped into hunters or assassins. This was Sidious' plan for any Younglings that Vader 'found alive.' Just like Maul - these children would have been brutalized, tortured, and utterly unloved.
It was horrific, but in his deranged mind justified. Admittedly you have to read the novels to discover these thoughts that Anakin had at the moment, and the years afterward that he dreamed of that moment.
@@thalastianjorusI think in canon you can definitely say evil and won’t let go but legends they literally had what if comics and one covered maul being a Jedi and other stories showing palpatine destroying everything about him but his rage
The reason why I love this scene so much is just because between qui-gon's stance and how he beats him, to where they're at, it all ends exactly where it started, considering Maul first attacked them on Tatooine
I hadn't even thought of that.
Maul was bent on revenge after chasing external acknowledgement all his life, and thus never grew of changed. Thats why it was so easy for Kenobi to bait him with the stance.
I just watched the same scene 7 times in a row...and I cried each time. Powerful is the only word for it.
Final battle of Darth Maul
Formally Darth, now just Maul
A fitting end, almost the way it began
No one talking about how beautiful that theme in the background plays when maul dies
i want Obi-Wan to at least say "Do you know who i am DO you know who i've fought and killed you do not stand a chance against me i can at a moment notice become one with the force"
Really sitting here and reflecting on the dialogue choices "Look what I've risen above" and "and what do you have?" Obi-wan and Maul's rivalry at one point consumed them both. Maul's desire for revenge for his initial loss, and Obi-wan wanting to avenge his master. Obi-wan using Qui-gon's stance really shows how much it replayed in his head, and Obi-wan's defense combat. Then once it is done Obi-wan rises above it again to comfort Maul. I don't really even watch star wars content but this scene replays in my head a lot and it means more the more I think on it.
GOD I LOVE IT WHEN THEY RECOGNIZE QUI-GON'S STANCEE
I like how everyone gets hyped at the first 2 strikes and then immediately goes to shock when that final hit connects, and they realize what happened. Almost like they were maul in that moment.
great move obi and you didn't needed the high ground👍
The epitome of crossing the prequels with the originals.
Around this time in the SW saga, I think Obi Wan had the juice to take down Sidious himself.
For a defensive fighter, Obi-Wan kicks ALL KINDS of ass when he goes offensive
Such a quick, yet amazing fight.
And after all he's been through with Maul He still showed him respect... Do you think maul would've showed respect....hell no
Crusader is better than others because while he was watching , he didn't speak and just listened.
The guy at 3:11 calls Soresu Form 7 xD, its Form 3 ffs
the thing is Kenobi had already seen Maul do that move on his master, so how the heck did Maul think it was a good idea?
Arrogance and anger mostly. Others say it in better ways, I'm pretty sure Kenobi does it because he knows mauls STUCK in his way. He shows him that to lead the fight, angering maul to make the first move to think he can best another master like he did qui gon, it's a pretty killer chess move
One who chooses the dark side does Not master it, but instead becomes a SLAVE to it. This is what led to Mauls down fall: his hatred, anger, hubris led him to want to kill Obi in the same way he killed QuiGon but this led to his death
He used form 4 then form 3.
I like that obi-wan uses qui-gons stance as he’s clearly baiting maul into using a move he knows he can counter
He's probably gone over that duel in his mind countless times, too, beating himself up over having been unable to save Qui-Gon.
@@TheLostArchangel666 I both agree and disagree. I feel like when he first went into exile he would have this weight of failure but the duel of fates fight would have weighed on him especially heavily, as he probably thinks maybe had qui-gon lived Anakin wouldn’t have fallen to the dark side.
But after a while I think he made peace with what he cannot change even if he has figured out exactly how he could’ve (and eventually does) win the fight with Maul
@@abean9789 Oh, I agree with that, too. By this point I do think he's wrestled his way through that past trauma. But I definitely think it's something that has haunted him for a long time prior to this point: Kenobi very much was the type to blame to take too much guilt and responsibility onto himself for things that were in truth outside of his own control - in part, I'd say, a mindset caused by certain... Failings, in Qui-Gon's approach to teaching him (Events like Melina-Daan and Bandomeer come to mind if we involve Legends continuity)
I do agree he's overcome that baggage - for the most part at least - at this point, though. And he's learned some valuable lessons from it, too.
It was Yoda's stance, too!
@@Svensk7119 And the reason the stance works for him is that his small stature allows for more open spaces amd acrobatic finesse. As opposed to Qui Gon, which he was stuck in a ditch and a bunch of corridors by Maul, which was only a matter of time before Maul finds an opening and hits him.
Dying Qui Gon to Obi Wan:
"He is the chosen one. He will bring balance."
Dying Maul to Obi Wan:
"Tell me, is it the chosen one?"
"He is."
"He will avenge us."
Love the parallels
In a way both do happen
I interpreted it in that Maul, in his final moments, seeks peace with the force. And when he says, “He will avenge us” , he’s *quite literally* speaking on behalf of the all the force users that have died in the current conflict and the return of the Sith/Sidious.
It’s interesting because they’re both talking about the same thing but they have completely different perspectives. Qui Gon in concerned with bringing balance to the force whereas Darth Maul in only concerned with revenge.
@@ricepresident2990 that's my takeaway from it too.
Never noticed that
Even though this duel was short, it was satisfying to see Obi-Wan and Maul's rivlary come to an end.
I know there's a some fans that doesen't like it, but personally felt it was perfect. Obi-Wan has had like a decade to mentally prepare and train for something like this. Not to mention Maul was threatening Obi-Wan's pretty much sole purpose to exist at that point. He was not going to lose that fight.
Also it's just a nice homage to samurai movies.
It was good because it was short, the tension buildup was amazing.
It was such a short duel to end such a long rivalry. Its so unbelieveably poetic. I loved this scene so so much.
I disagree with the Idea that the duel is short. Yes, it is not as long as some other 15 minutes fights, but the duel is not 15 seconds short either.
The duel starts when they start talking.
Obi Wan wins the first exchange when Maul ignites his light saber.
Maul wins the second when Obi Wan ignites his own.
Then, they observe themselves, change stances, and Obi Wan wins the third exchange, and the duel by killing Maul.
The duel is philosophical, mental and martial, and it is 3 minutes long...
@@TheArrowedKnee No it wasn't. Maul got on his revenge already on Obi Wan. He is the perfect character. He should have been the Villain of the sequels
I love this moment for Obi-Wan, I mean despite Darth Maul killing his master and the woman he loved, he still held him in his arms and comforted him as he died. Obi-Wan is the embodiment of what a Jedi should be
I feel like its scene is perfect because its symbolises another lost connection to his life as Obi-Wan. By the time of his duel with Vader, he truly kept 0 earthly connections, making his transition into Force Ghost more meaningful and logical
Bingo. We all can learn from this…
Obi wan knew maul was just another of Palpatines victims. Maul had no choice in his life the darkside was chosen for him. I think obi wan felt sorry for him
@I forgot and by us" maul meant obi wan and himself he recognized in the end that obi wan was not his true enemy
@@StefanWinchesterrip darth maul
The mind games happening here are off the charts this is one of the best lightsaber duels in Star Wars just because of all the meaning and build up behind it
Yeah Obi-Wan definitely baited him into making that attack by assuming Qui-Gon’s fighting stance.
I should probably watch this show
Honestly, it isn’t that bad. Sure compared to Clone Wars it seems bad. but i’d say that’s true for the early Rebels seasons the last seasons are pretty good.
@@xgcsurreal2608 people often forget that CW early seasons weren't too impressive either
Nah Rebels despite being a little kid focused on terms of Star Wars content, was a fantastic show
The minute Maul brought Luke into the equation, Obi-wan knew he couldn't let him leave.
"I'll do what I must"
Eric said it best, " That is not how I thought it would go down. It was so much better."
The gentleness with which Obi Wan treats Maul after he's struck him down shows that he really just feels pity for him as a being consumed by hatred.
He’s also holding him exactly as he held both Qui Gon and Satine - he’s reached the enlightenment necessary to treat Maul with the same compassion he treated Maul’s victims that he loved
@@glamourweaverreminds me of Matthew chapter 5
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Mercy is important, just as Justice is too. Sure Maul’s victims deserve Justice, but Maul was a victim of things too. The sith ruined him too. But mercy gives a chance for redemption. Mercy is knowing that we are all humans and all have regrets. And instead of dispensing eye for an eye, by forgiving we relinquish our right to get even. Obi Wan could have walked away but he forgave Maul and gave him the same treatment as his mentor and friend Qui Gon, and the love of his life Satine, whom Maul killed. There will always be justice in the end, but mercy is a gift to give and is never deserved.
Actually, I don't think that Maul was consumed by hatred at this point. He was just too broken emotionaly to do anything else. He seeked for this duel just to finish their "arguement".
I believe, that even if he killed Obi Wan there, he would have been even more exausted and shattered. Just like how Maiev felt after killing Illidan: "I'm hunter without prey. I'm nothing..."
To comment on the significance of the mind games aspect of the fight:
After witnessing the death of his master, Obi-Wan was traumatized and haunted by it. He devoted his training to the now his signature defensive style, primarily because it was a direct counter to Maul's fighting style. In the back of Kenobi's mind, he was always preparing for this fight. He went through it in his head countless times, visualizing exactly what he would do to avenge his master. And after years and years, when it was finally time to put all that preparation into practice, in that moment, he realized that he had been fueling his grievance, his grudge, his hatred for Maul in his own obsession with him. He realized that was wrong. This fight wasn't meant to be for vengeance. In those 10 seconds, Obi-Wan confronted and made peace with his past and he realized that Maul could never do it. He realized what Maul would do being blinded by hatred and bitterness. So he changd his form to his master's form. He knew Maul could not resist the temptation of poetic irony of killing a master and his apprentice with the exact same strike. But Obi-Wan studied this exact fight, this exact chain of strikes his entire life. He studied Maul's form and how to counter it and devoted his training to the form that is best suited against it. And then he chose not to use it. He changed it to his master's form which would put him at a disadvantage. Not for poetic justice, but because he knew Maul in his hubris and hatred would attempt to do the same thing as he did back then. Obi-Wan set him up. That's why the fight is 3 moves. Because Obi-Wan knew the exact 3 moves that would be used. He didn't need a form anymore. You don't need a form when you can see the future. You just directly counter what will happen. It's not even a fight at that point, it's just going through the motions, playing your part. This was no longer about the past, about Kenobi's grudge, Maul's hatred, or their fated clash. None of that mattered anymore. This was about protecting Luke. In those 10 seconds, Kenobi came to terms with the past and moved on and Maul didn't. Maul couldn't. He had become a slave to his past and that meant he had no future.
Nobody is gonna read this unnecessary ass novel
@@HanSoloDolo95 Proof you're wrong: I did, even though I've heard similar things countless times.
@@HanSoloDolo95 Who pissed in your cerial?
@@Missingno_Miner I did too. This is what the whole fight is about. Nothing else.
what a nice novel to read
I think this is the most eloquent duel in all of Star Wars
Every move had a meaning weighed by almost 40 years of memory’s and experience.
Maul lost because he didn’t let go of the past while obi wan survived because he survived it.
An eloquent duel, reminiscent of a more civilized age...
@@ConnorLinley *cut to rey screaming and swinging her saber like a baseball bat*
@@nocknmae Okay but the prequels did this too. Way too drawn out.
@@AxeloftheKey False, the prequels duels had good cheorography and the Jedi were actually calm.
Props to those who noticed the stance change. That was a next-level bait to Maul.
I love that they gave Alec Guinness his fair share of love the man that started it all gets to end the storyline
Well it's not him but it's the same look and a similar voice
Stephen Stanton did a fantastic job impersonating Alec
I pity Maul. A man used out of his mind. Dominated by revenge and betrayal. All that Maul has been through, the man never stood a chance.
Nope. All that drove Maul was his need for revenge (it was his only line in the movies after all) and for all his focus on that he never grew in the Force in any significant way. Obi-wan spend his time in the desert growing by learning from Qui-Gon's Force spirit and Yoda through the Force. Indeed Maul never truly had a chance.
@@darthroden maybe so, but this revenge comes from his want of something better or at least some sort of approval. He looked to Palpatine for that and Palpy just threw him aside after he was defeated. Like he was nothing, I’d be pretty pissed if I gave my life to something and the one time I fail, it’s done with me.
@@Elijah_Elias I think the most interesting thing about the whole exchange between Maul and Kenobi was the fact that, for all the evil Maul committed: killing Qui-Gon and Satine, ect. Obi-Wan seemed to feel only regret in having to end Maul's life.
Even the moment just before Satine's murder in the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan told him that he realized the decision to join the Dark Side had never truly been Maul's in the first place. That was made for him by Sidious at a young age filling him with the messianic hatred he felt for the Jedi.
The difference is that, unlike Assaj Ventress (who was also betrayed by the Sith), Maul did not choose to try and find a different path other than his revenge. The Dark Side dominated his destiny and consumed him.
That is the real tragedy.
@@darthroden Obi Wan didn’t go into this last duel with the desire to kill Maul. He was completely willing to let Maul go. He only decided that he couldn’t let Maul live when Maul made it very clear he knew *far* too much, and would use that knowledge in such a way that everything Kenobi had worked and suffered for, the other Jedi had died for, would be ruined.
@@CasualNickname In spite of all that Maul did, all the evil he'd committed, Obi-Wan pitied him because he knew the choice to serve the Dark Side had never been his. He was sold by the Nightsisters to Sidious and raised to hate and seek revenge in a war he never choose for himself.
As a small Star Wars fan who didn’t notice it until I saw a video about it, I love these big Star Wars fan that notice that Maul used the same attack as when he killed Qui-Gon. And all these years later, Kenobi still remembers, and was able to counter it.
He didn't just remember, Obi Wan baited Maul into using that move by taking Qui Gon's signature fighting stance. Even through their conversation, Ben was in complete control of this entire situation.
He prepared for decades to finish what his master couldn't
Qui Gon’s last words: “He is the chosen one. He will bring balance”
Mauls last words: “Is he the chosen one? He will avenge us”
"...then you have nothing"
"And what do you have?" *puts out fire
".....i had a pretty sweet campfire, you ass."
I was always curious about who Maul was referring to when he said,”He will avenge us.”? I prefer to think he was talking about himself and Obi-Wan. At this point in his life he had no one else but him.
He obviously means everyone who Palpatine had stepped on through the years, but mostly himself, Savage, and Obi-wan.
@@Missingno_Miner odd considering he did some of that stepping.
@@robertmckenna3994 Which is part of how ol' Palps stepped on Maul: By using him.
@@Missingno_Miner Maul knew what he was doing.
@@robertmckenna3994 Yes and no. He was raised to be the way he is, and ultimately was cast aside.
There's a reason that Maul hated Palpatine, and it wasn't just because of how his brother died.
Gotta love blind wave and how insightful and knowledgeable they are. They notice the smallest details, but some of the most important imo. Love their reactions
The way he used qui Gon's stance to bait him into using the same move that killed qui Gon. Beautiful
Obi-Wan do that very often. Also baited Anakin on Mustafar to use overhead jump - his own technic - which he prepared to counter.
@@voidseeker4394 Obi-Wan was a tactical battle genius
Even Maul was a victim of circumstance. Quite tragic when you think about it
That's the thing that makes Maul such a good villain. He was not Born evil but forced into this downwards spiral he could not get out off
He's basically a child soldier, tourtured for most of his life.
and then there's ol palpy, a psychopath from the start
@@obiberts6699 which is great, not every villian needs a deep reason to be evil
@@bastik.3011 Actually, Maul is kind if a deep villain considering if he wasn't tortured much before, his life could have gone differently better.
Obi killing Maul in three moves is amazing when you think about it. He's already a master, not a padawan anymore... you're not running away again. On the other hand you have Maul wasting a second chance pursuing Obi for years only to be killed again that easy. Everything about this scene is so poetic.
Did anybody notice that as Obi-Wan held Darth maul and asking about the chosen one.... It was similar to can I be held Qui-Gon before he died as well. They were both talking about the chosen one just before their death.
Both victims of the same man: Darth Sidious.
Both of them, in the end, understood that only the chosen one could end the suffering, and both trusted Obi Wan to protect him.
Perfect fight. Maul never stood a chance. Obi-Wan was at a completely different level at this point.
Because jedi get stronger with age while Sith kind of get weaker
True Palpatine in his prime took on one of the best Fighters in the Jedi order and 3 other masters with relative ease. In Episode VI he got beat by and an injured cyborg and a young Jedi
@@bastik.3011 not quite true. The point is that maul in particular stopped progressing a long time ago. In every single way. Obi wan did not. Maul was chained to the past, to his obsession.
Anakin was weaker because he lost his limbs and got burned hard.
Palpatine was getting, really, really old, and we still do not know if he was not still a beast with a lightsaber in Rotj. But he only needed lightning.
@@popkhorne5372 i know but the dark side destroy the users body.
because obi wan was able to let go of his past and negative emotions while maul clung to and was only driven by the pain of his past
I like all the people who are clearly settling in for a typical drawn out saber battle, and before they can even finish expressing their excitement it's over. haha.
I actually liked how swiftly Obi-Wan dispatched him. Obi-Wan was done playing around. ;)
God this scene is incredible. It shows that a lightsaber duel doesn't have to be long and flashy to be powerful and full of weight. The second Maul put Luke under threat, Kenobi knew right then and there, only one of them was going to leave alive.
Best animated lightsaber duel so far. Parallels of the past, stances, caressing the wounded afterwards, Obi-wan countering Maul's finisher. One of the few good things to come out of Rebels is this fight.
Rebels has some of the greatest moments of all time, season 1 and 2 finales + the bendu + nail + Ahsoka. I would say peak rebels is peak Star Wars but bad rebels is unbearable
SUCH A WONDERFUL SCENE! Kenobi won that fight before Maul ever arrived. He didn't want to kill Maul. He was trying to reach him. But when Maul brought Like into it, it was over. Using Quigon's stance was just to bait the Sith Lord.
I've always liked how Maul says, "He will avenge us." He's not just referring to Savage and himself, he's referring to everyone that died for Palpatine's quest of domination. Maul was as much a victim as Obi-Wan, Anakin, Dooku, and Grievous were
I find it so goofy that Tatooine has double suns AND double moons. There's no actual reason for it to be both, and yet.
Just be glad they stopped at 2 each
The most meaningful and realistic duel in all of star wars
And like a true jedi, even to a sith, obi wan gives him comfort in his final moments
Honestly seing this just makes me hyped for obi wan cause we get to see obi wan's journey into becoming ben how he grows and evolves into the man that would help luke fulfill his destiny
Yeah... Not what happened. Sorry dude.
@@lucasbakeforero426 that's exactly what happened tf
@@yahjah3795 the kenobi show was awful
I love how almost everyone is like “God dammit Maul you coulda walked away from this but you had to open your mouth!”
I love the universal shock at the fact that this fight is so short. Whether it be because Obi-Wan immediately went for a killing strike, recognizing the mind game stuff, or just being so used to fights in media being longer affairs, especially when they're between major characters, no one (me included) expected this fight to be three moves, for the story of Maul to end in a whimper.
But it should also be noted that no one (me included) was complaining about how short it was.
I can "shop" my reactors here by using the old, "Did they notice the stance" filter...
Obi wan used his masters light saber stance to bait Maul into using the Sabre but that killed his master Qui Gon. As Maul goes for the strike Obi wan uses the perfect counter that makes the killing blow through his chest
Kenobi and Maul are just so well written, best character duo ever. Not even Ahsoka and Anakin can beat this special enemies respected like friendship.
13:53 ..the anticipation, the 'oh f' yeah its on!' ..the ' holy **** its over' Thats what made this scene so amazing. People expected twirls and a long duel, how it played out was perfect.
Soresu form seven? It’s form three my guy!
Talking about mauls stance not obi wans
Soresu vs Juuya.
Becomes form IV vs Juuya (forgot 4th form name)
@@Blurgamer17 4th form is ataru I think
@@snazzywolf5083 whichever Hasso is (found the name from other comments).
When I first watched this back when it came out on TV I thought the duel was too short, but now I feel like it was just enough. It was swift and elegant and everything that George Lucas would've wanted in a ending duel between these two iconic characters.
When Maul puts it together, that Obi Wan is there protecting Luke, even the noobs be like "You done messed up, A-A-ron..."
I am surprised by how many people didn't seem to realize that when Maul said "He will avenge us" he meant himself and Ben.
i think it could just mean all who had their life ruined by palpatine. i mean his brother savage was killed in front of him by sheeve so he's probably also there on the list of avenging but yeah i did think him and obiwan when i first heard it. he knows that ben isnt his real enemy but he could never touch palpatine so he needed something to pin it on.
"He will avenge us."
Darth Maul's final insight. About himself. And sadly, also about Obi-Wan.
I feel like people who didn’t like this fight didn’t get it. Like one it represents the samurai duels from classic samurai films (they even have Maul pause before realizing he’s been fatally wounded) but also represents how Obi-wan has moved on and is willing to change, but Maul is literally stuck in the past.
The girl at 6:30 or whenever brought up a good point. Even the way he held Maul at the end was basically a reference to how Obi Wan held Qui Gon as he died.
Obi-Wan has had years of improvement, mentally, spiritually, & gaining in wisdom, so that he truly is a master now. He was too young to mentor Anakin properly, but had promised Qui-Gon Jinn. Now he can keep that promise, by protecting & mentoring Luke. Even at this stage, Obi-Wan is willing to talk things out, but Maul is still the same as he ever was and in pushing too hard and threatening to find Luke, he condemns himself to death.
So, three caught the "Old Wounds" Easter Egg. But only two sets of reactors caught Quigon's stance and understood the tragedy of Maul's "he will avenge us all." I missed it the first time too, though.
When I first saw this, I was expecting the fancy footwork lightsaber battles. This was much more elegant, and I think a good transition to what we see in Kenobi's next dual, with Vader in 1977' New Hope (unless the new Kenobi series or another series/movie adds something else).
I love how we all collectively knew that Maul F’d up when he mentioned Luke.
Obi-Wan Kenobi may have been known as *THE* master of Form III (Soresu), but we tend to forget that Obi-Wan's other specialty is mind games... getting inside the other person's head. Here, Obi-Wan *knows* that Maul isn't exactly all there. He *knows* that Maul is extremely tunnel-visioned towards him. So Obi-Wan begins in his signature Soresu opening stance, which Maul has faced many times. But then Obi-Wan switches to Form IV (Ataru, the form that Qui-Gon specialized in), which he has not used since their first duel. So Maul adjusts his form, intending to break the form's lack of defense, exactly as he did to kill Qui-Gon. But Obi-Wan *KNEW* Maul would do exactly that. So on the *second* block, notice that Obi-Wan blocks Maul in such a way that he can't be leveraged out of the lock as Qui-Gon was. Then Maul attempts the same move he did that killed Qui-Gon; striking Obi-Wan in the face with his saberstaff's hilt. But Obi-Wan, knowing it was coming, sliced right though the saber, fatally wounding Maul.
Soresu Form III
Ataru Form IV
Juyo Form VII
Please stop
Maul had such a rough life. He never truly was able to truly make a path for himself. Since his birth he was meant to be a tool for someone else and even when he'd risen to be a mighty crime lord and leader of Mandalorians, he was still so heavily influenced by his time with Palpatine. I think in his last moments was when we saw the real Maul.
A duel between two blade masters is always one thing: Short.
Always be cautious of a sword fighter who goes in Hasso stance. It means they know what they’re doing
I think the "he will avenge us." Line would be better if it served a metaphorical dual meaning, meaning he will not only avenge me and my brother but also obi wan.
Im still wondering if Ventress will show up in live action at somepoint
Dude she died before order 66 my guy
@@Johnzzz785 when was that? i thought she went of to do bounty hunting stuff after helping Ashoka
@@alexdavis-mann8513 She originally was gonna get a 10 episode arc in the clone wars that would conclude her story but when the show was cancled it was adapted into a novel instead. You can look up "dark disciple".
I believe she died in a book.
@@alexdavis-mann8513 she died in a book saving quinlan voss’s life
This was such a powerful scene, how Obi-Wan even comforted his old enemy in his last moments, truly beautiful.
8:56 THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!
The fact that you can (and somebody did) write a comment longer than my screen just analysing what happened in this 20 seconds and 3 moves of fight, shows how much thinking and meaning went into those parts of starwars. And its beautiful
Today a random girl teleports a lightsaber and 6 trained guards just fall over witout being touched.
"Tell me is it the Chosen One?" A desperate plea that despite Maul being a faithful student of the Dark Side he wants & needs some kind of hope
"He is" Obi-Wan giving a man who's haunted his dreams and waking moments for years that tiny bit of hope that he himself is barely clinging to
"He will..avenge us.." Maul finding that shred of hope & being at peace with the end because he believes that all will be set right by what will happen
"That's not how I thought it would go down. It's so much better"
low key glad u didnt find mine lol i was so disappointed at first but ive come to love this fight XD
That’s the last time I saw death maul getting killed by Obi Wan, when I saw it on TV.
i find the lack of qui gons stance knowledge disturbing amongst most of these reactors.
My favourite scene in all of star wars. So much history and emotion had built up to this one moment. Amazing
I don’t think anyone notices that Maul’s eyes change as Obi closes them.
At 3:47 I think you can actually see the kyber crystal fall out of Maul’s lightsaber
I love how it makes you feel like mail the whole time as you have been anticipating this fight too and also are in awe when it ends so quick, beautiful scene.
Man this duel. It brought it back to what Star Wars duels were originally: an homage to old samurai movies, with long staredowns and mind games, and with a quick decisive ending. Beautiful
You know it’s funny when this episode first came out I had some heavy mixed feelings about it. But after getting a chance to watch it and dissect the scenes I really love this fight. No flashy drawn out duel, more like a battle of wits between two old enemies with a LOT of history together.
I love how the fourth guy reacted *exactly* how Maul did to being cut in half.
I get it the obi wan vs maul bit was a episode like when qui gon was killed by maul
Love these reactions. This is probably my favorite single scene in all of Star Wars. You anticipate an epic duel and when it's over in 3 moves, immediately realize that was better than anything you could have imagined! Maul's last line is so poetic and heart breaking and gets me every time.
i loved how you get to watch everyone do the same go to settle in as the fight starts only for it to end before you've even finished settling. also some sound management between vids would be nice to level them out between each other
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When Obi-Wan fought Maul in the Phantom Menace, he matched the dark apprentice blow for blow as another apprentice.
He fights like an apprentice. Wastes time like one, too.
When Obi-Wan met Maul again here, he cut down the dark apprentice like a Master.
A Master does not waste the effort on five blows when he can kill in one.
no one saw it coming, and thats what made this scene so great and fitting