Who is a better villan Maul or Dooku and Why?

I think Maul is a better villan, simply because he is more ruthless.

 

Dooku is more insidious and has much more depth.

 

dooku because Christopher Lee owns Ray Park

 

Maul was a flashy bad guy, but he had no substance. he was a tool that was a throwaway pawn to Sidious.

Could you honestly have seen Maul try to outdo Sidious and run the Sith? Never happen.

Dooku has the brains and the power to do that, though, making him an instant threat to everybody. Maul was young and brash, and that never bodes well with villains.

Didn't anybody ever see Octopussy? Mische and Grishcka are the examples of the moment.

 

wow - using Octopussy to help your point

I think Dooku would not be a Sith if Maul died.

I truly believe that Maul was to be Sidious' guy the whole time. His death was not expected.

I do also think that Dooku was absolutely a temporary replacement, and I hope that we hear that line or a semblance of it soon.... I am spoiler-free, so I really do not know.

So Dooku is a better villain, also because he fell from being friends with the good guys - he had beliefs that went against his "good" friends, and he followed those feelings. He may have thought he was doing what he was doing for the good of the galaxy.

Very few people actually think they are bad people, or do evil because they are evil. Maul was evil. But he was a zealot of sorts - listen to his lines in TPM - he really believes he needs to be there and to kill Jedi

I have not read Shadow Hunter - is that philosphy in there - that "he knows he is good,"

please let me know

Madine out

 

Shadow Hunter is a great read! That and the Episode I journal of Maul's.

He truly believes that what he is doing is right, and loves Sidious liek a father. His whole life was dedicated to the irradication of the Jedi.

I do believe also taht Dooku is a tweener of sorts. However, I don't believe that Sidious knew that he'd become as deadly as he is.

I think he expected Maul to progress much faster than he did. However, Maul is the better swordsman, but doesn't show much Force ability.

 

in my opinion Maul was the better villian.

Dooku is cool but he is still a pawn just as Maul was. Both are used for there purpose. Dooku is a swell character but i still think maul is one of the best characters in starwars.

I doubt that he would ever have been able to take over the sith...but he is still cool.

dkt

 

Maul was a soldier, a spy, an "I work alone" type. He did what he was told. That doesnt mean he wasn't intelligent. He trusted Sidious but to a point, I bet he would of had no problem killing Sidious.

Dooku was a talker, he used his brain more than his skills. He was helping Sidious plan. Dooku thought Sidious was his friend.

In war old men talk, young men die. Thats just how it is.

 

I prefer Maul. Dooku never really seemed evil at heart. He seemed sad when he beat Anakin and Obi-Wan plus he still affection for Qui-Gon. And to say that Maul was not as intelligent as Dooku is stupid. Of course Dooku is cleverer. He's 80 and Maul's in his 20's, 30's at most. It takes time for someone to become as intelligent as Dooku. Given time, I think that Maul could have ruled the Sith. Maul also has a cooler lightsaber.
I would go more into why Maul is better (he has a cooler name as well) but that would be ROTS spoilers.

 

Dooku, for the whole 'Saruman effect' (fallen wizard). And I prefer his fighting style.

 

Maul is the embodiment of rage.

 

Dooku did use sith force more maul, but he was once a Jedi. Maul was a sith from training which would make him more evil and was Sidious' first right hand man.

 

in my opinion i don't think dooku was really giving the sith 100% effort.

I still think that he still had good in him and that utimalty he was supsicios of sidious.

Maal is just a mean ol *******. He'd probably kill puppies.

dkt

 

maul just seemed like an over all more interesting character

his duels were better and he had a bit a mystery about him

 

Had I learned more about Maul he mite be better but Dooku's story is one that I like so I vote Count Dooku.

 

Dooku for sure,Maul was a fighter he was good with a saber but it ended there.

Dooku was a Grandfather villian type,he had knowledge,he planned,used the weaknesses around him to his advantage.

If a villian can only fight well he`s nothing more than a henchman...

 

Maul was cool because he was a skilled warrior. Even though he didn't have many lines the way he moves and fights sort of reflects this.
But Dooku seems much more sophisticated. He was a jedi master and I'm sure Dooku was much more skilled in the use of the force. Dooku seems very powerful.

I would say that my favourite would have to be Dooku. He is experienced and powerful,but is also very intelligent.

 

I think it's a shame that Maul wasn't used as the badguy sidekick for all three of the prequels.

A fight to the death between Anakin and Maul in ROTS would have been brilliant.

Dooku doesn't do it for me.

 

Both. Maul is just cool and Dooku is just cool. Would've been better if Dooku was in the end of TPM yelling at Yoda or something - it would really have connected with AOTC well.

 

Hmmm, they both had a LOT of potential. In my TPM rewrite I'm working on, Dooku plays Sidious' role in that he is the one pushing the Trade Federation to invade Naboo for a "higher cause." Where the Neimodians have no idea about the Sith. Basically, putting Dooku's charismatic diplomat character in a more visible role instead of the "ruthless Sith lord in the shadows," accentuating the manipulation of the Sith on both sides.

Basically, the only character I'd do away with would be Jango Fett. Instead, I wrote Maul in Jango's role as a bounty hunter held on a leash by Dooku. He has Jedi training, but not specifically a Jedi or Sith, but rather a handy third party that Dooku would eventually use to overthrow Sidious.

In the absence of Jango, the Republic's troops would be draftees and volunteers while the Confederacy upgrades their armies from droids to clones.

 

Up until a couple of months ago, I would have said Maul in a heartbeat. He is really cool in that he is something of a living weapon. He is absolutely and fanatically devoted to his cause, and his mere presence is powerful enough that gangs of armed men, who have no idea what a Sith is or what they're capable of, get the heck out of his way as soon as he shows up.

"We'll take the long way!"

Dooku didn't impress me much when I saw AOTC on the big screen because I was looking for a Sith Lord with Maul's raw intensity, and found the good count to be somewhat lacking. After I bought the DVD though, and watched the film a little more closely, I began to appreciate the depth of the Dooku character, and what he brings to the story.

"It may be difficult to secure your release."

Classic!

They are two different kinds of villains, and I really dig each of them. Its hard to say who is "cooler". Its like comparing Hannibal Lecter and the Terminator. Apples and oranges, really.

 

Dooku.Because he is powerful and i like his personality

 

I'd have to agree with the "apples&oranges" argument...it is tough to compare the teo because they are uch different characters. However, if I had to pick I would take Maul. When I think of a Sith Lord obviously I think of Vader first...Maul just reminds me of Vader (and Sidious for that matter) because he is a darker, more sinister, and just simply more bad ass character than Dooku. I have to say that Chris Lee was great as Dooku though, he really gave him that regal, cool & collected, former Jedi feel.

 

"Dooku because Christopher Lee owns Ray Park"

Lee: 80 Years Old, dull, and monotonous actor
Park: Young, physical, and great at acting