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Alhon
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4/1/05 12:40pm
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Maul Was great! He could have killed Dooku on a whim, would have held his own against Vader, killed Jango Fett and taken a force-sensitive Boba as his padawan.
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Billy_Dee_Binks
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4/1/05 1:03pm
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Maul is not forgotten at all. He is a iconic figure of SW even if he just played the role of a henchman. Pop Culture has a place saved for him ever since we first got a glimpse of him in the Teaser Trailer.
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Adm_Thrawn
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4/1/05 1:11pm
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Maul does not get the attention and respect he deserves.
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chrisguyver
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4/1/05 1:51pm
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Maul was one of the reasons i got back into star wars back in 1999 when i thought star wars's prequels would never be made. but when i saw the first image of Darth Maul i about crapped my paints. I was a little let down when i saw episode one because of the lack of maul but when he was on screen it was pure eye candy. I really think lucas under estmated the popularity of this character. it would of been great to see him fight anikin in ROTS. So to me he is and always will be on of the best sith's in the star wars saga.
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DarthJohnkenobi
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4/1/05 2:24pm
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He is a iconic figure of SW
I don't know about that. Everybody, meaning non SW average run of the mill movie fans, knows Yoda, Darth Vader, Obi-wan but not to many people even remember his name. I don't know that Darth Maul is himself iconic.
I personally have nothing against Darth Maul but I agree with what a previous poster said. He served his purpose. Let's just all be thankful the EU hasn't found a way to bring him back to life.
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Darth-Seldon
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4/1/05 2:45pm
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He is not important to the Saga.
Hell, he isn't even important to the prequels.
Maul is jus there. His looks are interesting, the mystery around him remotely interesting, but hardly an important part of the film. If it wasn't him, it would be someone else.
Dooku, Vader, Sidious, they all have dynamic personalities and characters.
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Billy_Dee_Binks
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Ummmm....Darth Maul is iconic because of his tattoos, eyes, horns, teeth, fighting skills and his double edged Lightsaber.
The general moviegoers still seem to remember him very well for that.
He is in a certain way just like Jaws (from James Bond). A henchman you will not forget for his uniqueness even though he didn't serve a really great purpose.
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Virgilius
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Darth Maul was stolen from birth by Sidious/Palpatine to train as his Sith apprentice. He formed him into his tool, his weapon. You get a good insight into Maul's psychology and Sith philosophy in "Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter" by Michael Reaves. As far as he was concerned, his life began with Darth Sidous. He's a serial killer who believes that "lives, even hundreds of lives" do not matter. He also believes that no one ever learns anything from pleasure, for pain is an excellent teacher. The Sith, after all, believe that one must understand the Force not through meditation (as the Jedi do) but through emotion.
As for his role in TPM, I would say he is a terrifying weapon for Sidious/Palpatine. He certainly was a lethal force for Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to reckon with. Long have I wondered what would have happened if he had not died. I guess Palpatine still would have wanted Anakin to become his apprentice. Imagine an Anakin versus Maul duel instead of Anakin versus Dooku.
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LowRyder
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4/2/05 12:08pm
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Someone here said that Maul was not important to the sage. I disagree because he killed Qui-gon and I believe that Qui-gon could have kept Anakin from the dark-side, if he had trained him. So looking at it from this point of view, you could say that Maul played an important role.
Edit: So maul isn't forgotten, especially not by me 
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Smuggler-of-Mos-Espa
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I don't see Darth Maul as a "forgotten" villian, but as an unimportant one. Lord Maul was fast-- fast enough to get the job done, however, he held no real power more than being a drone of Sidious'. He faught with anger, and when you fight with true anger, you'll die. Maul made the best duel in the whole saga, but as a character, he's nowhere as interesting as Lord Vader or Tyrannus.
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Darth-Seldon
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4/3/05 10:54am
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He may have killed Jinn, but if he didn't some other sith would've.
Maul himself is not important to the saga.
What is important is a Sith apprentice.
-Seldon
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Chaotic_Serenity
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4/3/05 12:20pm
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I don't think having Sideous should mention Maul in ROTS unless it's in passing to describe something else. It would be out of his nature - everyone is a pawn to him, faceless creations that he can move around for his gain. He feels no more care over losing Maul then he does stepping on a bug, especially since less than a day after Maul's destruction, the Jedi served a bright, shiny little Chosen One to him on a silver platter.
I personally have nothing against Darth Maul but I agree with what a previous poster said. He served his purpose. Let's just all be thankful the EU hasn't found a way to bring him back to life.
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DeadDooku
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4/3/05 7:02pm
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Dooku OWNS Kenobi who Killed Darth Maul. Dooku in rots...WAIT i cannot reveal that but Maul is dissed by his successor 
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darkoak
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4/4/05 4:30am
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I havn't forgotten Maul. He is a man with little to say, though if you watch him when he is looking at something,or someone. His eyes says it all. On Dooku, if you remember, he is of the old fighting style. DM, I think he played a big part in Star Wars, cuase even though he appeared, the Jedi, still are relaxed. Maybe not as much, but they are still relaxed.
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dragonsith13
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DM will never be forgotten he is one of my favorites. I still remember the feeling when he ignited the other side of the lightsaber in TPM before the dual. DM was a sith lord, but still only a minion to sidious he was expendable, I agree that sidious would not think twice about the loss of his apprantice, only that he would focus on what may have gone wrong with his training of DM and the begin focusing on who was going to be his next apprentice.
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