PT how did obi wan defeat darth maul? opinions?

It takes away credibility from Obi-Wan because he never killed Maul. And there is no way Maul survived that long without food or without a male's vital organ. Totally ridiculous

 

no it doesn't and what? mother talzin's magic kept him alive.

 

Mother Talzin should've went and got him instead of leaving him to suffer, lol

 

"...he lives in the Outer Rim, in exile."―Mother Talzin tells Opress that Maul survived.

After his body had been severed in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi, through his hate and will to survive, Maul used the Force to grab an air vent as he was tumbling down the reactor shaft. He then went into a trash container.[10] Maul's shattered body was dumped on the junkyard world of Lotho Minor.[12] He lived in the bowels of the planet and had his legs replaced by a six-legged apparatus that allowed him to walk again.

 

Maul was clearly superior. Even in TCW he could still handle a master-level Obi-Wan with ease. So the indication to me is that Maul got cocky. Han Solo was most likely very disapointed when he discovered that.

 

Possibly my favorite end to a duel; it was completely out of nowhere, and Maul must have been just as surprised as the viewer. Obi-Wan was defeated, but not killed. Obi-Wan could still escape, so Maul did what he could by raining sparks down on him as he waited. Obi-Wan just saw his opening and took it when Maul was least expecting it.

Originally, Obi-Wan had a much more acrobatic finish by severing his opponent in midair.

 

the force my friend it is a powerful allie, just like anakin at the end of ROTS he is also in half basically and burning alive,

i dont like how they did bring him back as just a whiny little bitch, i mean maul had so much going for him

 

This is what i mean Maul had so much more power then we were shown and that saddens me

 

Darth Maul was superior to Qui Gon and Obi-Wan. That is pretty clear from the movie.

Darth Maul went down like a punk because he got overconfident. One small beef I have with the movie is that the final shot has him going down stupidly. The guy has amazing speed and reflexes and he just kind of watches Obi-Wan fly over him and force pull the saber? That jump, force pull, and swing actually took a lot of time. They should have sped that part up when filming that scene so that it really looks like Darth Maul was really taken by surprise. In the movie he's just kind of gawking and spectating watching Obi-Wan.

 

yea thinking about it, maul was very very fast to say the least, obi wans jump and slide took sometime. maul would have very quickly evaded the blow or deflected it with ease. more owned a qui gon who was one of the wises and best duellists there was, yet gets a sucker punch from obi wan

 

Maybe a cooler ending would be Maul completely forgetting about Qui Gon's lightsaber (like he did in the movie) then have Obi-Wan force throw the light saber into Maul's chest while Obi-Wan is hanging on for his life. Then once the saber has impaled Maul then he force jumps to the top, force pulls the saber back, and chops Maul in 2. That would explain Maul's reaction time being slower, because he's been impaled by a light saber.

 

i think instead of obi doing the sabre throw qui gon does seeing as obi needs both hands to hang on, plus qui gon at this point in the fight wasnt completely out the fight, he was using the force to maintain living.
it would have been a better way for the master qui gon to dead sacrificing his last bit of force power to throw the sabre in maul. then obi wan jumps up as maul is looking at qui gon confused as all hell

 

Ya that works too.

 

well he had his arms and legs severed so it's a little more believable that he made it through. I just dont like the idea of everyone coming back to life. If Maul survived than the Emperor could've easily survived

 

thats true but maul wouldn't have bleed out, seeing as it was a light sabre and maybe because he isnt human he doesn't have the same organs as humans making it more believable, meaning he may not have died at all.

them emperor even if he survived the fall like maul did, i dont think he would have had the time to leave as the ship was blowing up meaning he would have died in the explosion

 

you saw blood spew from Maul as he got cut in half in TPM if you rewatch it, maybe it's not as impossible as i think it is. Mother Talzin apparently used her magic to keep him alive in TCW

 

i think the blood was just for effect remember in ANH where obi wan cut the hand of the alien and his hand has blood there, that was changed because a sabre is pure heat meaning the wound would be sealed with impact of the blow, george lucas changed that for a good reason i mean qui gon doesn't bleed and he got stabbed in the gut, do why does maul its just for effect

 

Huh? Obi Wan did not defeat Maul. He got beaten and pushed down.
He only got to kill Maul after that because of Plot Armor the same as vs Anakin.

 

you know it!!! maul would have wiped the floor with obi wan if there was no plot armour

 

Because Maul made THREE mistakes in a row:
A) toying with Obi-Wan instead of finishing off quickly
b) he was astonished and totally off guard when he made the force jump
c) he totally forgot about Qui-Gon's saber

that said, I dont like the way the scene was directed-edited

 

i doubt he forgot about the lightsabre he most likely just didnt think obi wan had the power or the strategic mind to get the lightsabre, plus the editing could have been much better

 

Obi-Wan was no match for Darth Maul in their duel.

 

What? Obi-Wan did kill Maul and that was true cannon all the way up until they retconned Maul into TCW for fan service. You can consider new Maul cannon and like the fact that they brought him back much as you want... but acting like Obi-Wan only survived against a character that he actually canonically slayed because of HIS "plot armor" is lunacy. Maul's supposed strength yall jeep referencing is retroactive continuity from EU. Yes it's officially cannon but man yall take it to another level acting like this new version of Star Wars is what it always was lol.

 

he had the high ground!

oh wait...low ground? hanging-no-ground?



Edit: D'awww didn't read the second post nevermind.

 

I generally go with "because Maul was being an arrogant creep and Obi-Wan caught him off-guard at the right time", "because that's just the way it happened in this story, so whatever," or he defeated him using the power of handsomeness. (On most days I am inclined to side with the first, and most serious, option. )