"where's the chancellor?" "he's on a diplomatic mission to mandalore."

It’s rare for Sidious to deal with a problem personally

The fact that Maul used Soresu, the most defensive duelling style, in the beginning of this fight shows how utterly terrified he is of his former master

You notice Sidious' sabers' activation sounds at the start of the fight? The one in his right hand uses the same sound it did in ROTS when he fought Windu, and the one in his left hand used the one when he activated it against Yoda. It's implied he was using his spare against Yoda since his primary saber fell out the window during his fight with Windu. I love little details like this.

When you and your brother were doing something you shouldn’t and Dad comes home.

Give credit to Darth Maul, he just fought the whole Senate

For Maul and Savage, this was the most brutal and close-to-death battle in their lives, a test of survival, when no matter how powerful of a duo they become, even Maul is visibly fearful knowing the abilities of their enemy as soon as he enters the room. For Palpatine, this was a Tuesday night

I'm fairly certain this has been said before...but the fact that Sidious can conceal his presence at will, yet chooses to let his guard down here, just goes to show how much he wanted to scare Maul before he even arrived. Dedication.

“You have become a rival” To be considered as a rival by Sidious, I think that’s actually a pretty good compliment.

I like how Maul, being a pretty big jerk himself, genuinely cares about his brother. Maul. Sith Lord, Mandalorian dictator, Family Man

0:36 - 0:50 Note how Sidious uses the Force-choke here. He's strong enough that he could've killed them immediately by crushing their windpipes or snapping their necks. But instead he does a slowly tightening one, that draws out their suffering before killing them. Nice little touch from the writers or animators to show just how sadistic Sidious is.

2:26 the fact that no one is talking about how clean this block was is a crime

Only sidious can make you root for the two psychos who just overthrew a planet.

The way maul says “I sense a presence. A presence I haven’t felt since.... master!” You can hear the shock and terror.

One detail at the end not many people realize is the one thing Maul says once the fight is over. "Please have Mercy." You may be thinking, well of course because he doesn’t want to die to his master, but we see throughout that Maul will stay for a battle until one opponent is killed. Whether it be him or his rival. He has shown that he is willing to take a warrior's death (just like in rebels), and even with his Dathomirian origin it makes sense. So this scene shows exactly how scary Sidious is, even to Maul. The fact that Maul, despite being willing to have a warrior's death, he asks for mercy from Sidious. When even an evil, determined and beligerent foe like Maul asks for Mercy from Sidious, that is how you know what true terror is.

The fact that Mace Windu managed it to defeat Sidious in lightsaber combat is, after seeing this fight, just a showcase of how powerful Mace was. I would have loved to see a lightsaber duell between him and Maul

Savage must've been really confused at first, seeing his really powerful brother kneeling before a skinny old man lol

"You have been replaced!" I like to think he's not even talking about Dooku

Sidious was savage to oppress Maul like that.

I love how dominant Sidious is the whole battle. The only time when any semblance of a balanced conflict goes on is right after Savage dies. At that moment Maul proves that he is truly the one with the greatest ability to use what the sith philosophy teaches. He is the one who truly follows the sith code, the passion and hate gives power thing. But ultimately Palpatine is simply too good. He is the culmination of a thousand year plot, and a thousand years of linear improvement of the dark lords of the sith, beginning with Bane.

Palpatine is pretty badass when he's not frying himself with his own lightning.

The best part about this is that Palpatine is acting like this is the most fun he’s had in a while.

Can we just talk about how it's super amazing that they gave Palpatine two lightsabers in this scene purely to fix a minor plot hole in episode 3 that you really wouldn't notice unless someone pointed it out? (In his fight against Mace, Palpatine loses his lightsaber, but then has it again when he later fights Yoda. Giving him two fixes this with so little effort, it's amazing).

I like how Savage manages to legitimately land a hit at 2:18 despite being completely outclassed by Sidious.

What’s impressive about Darth Sidious is that he kept his hood on in the whole fight

When Sidious casually waltzes in and destroys an entire season of scheming in like three minutes.

I love the little exchange starting at 2:50. Sidius jumps over him causally “dodge, dodge” then activates his lightsabers in a relaxed manner. It’s not even a battle ready stance either. He just treats it like a little dance rehearsal, “yup, 1, 2, 3, and 1, 2, 3.” 😂

I can understand why palpatine enjoyed this so much he literally spends every waking moment in an office surrounded by jedi whilw pretending to be someone else. But here he can just be himself with no hiding

Remember: Sith don’t take fall damage

The fact that the hood didn’t move or fall is another skill on its own.

I would be lying if I said I wasn't smiling with Sidious in this fight. He's so confident in this battle, he knows he's going to win. He constantly turns his lightsaber off and laughs in their face while literally toying with them. One of my favourite duels from the Clone Wars.

The fact this whole scene even took place is a testament to Sidious' evil. The whole encounter could have ended at 1:50 when both Savage and Maul failed to resist a mere force push from Sidious but he decided to test both their prowess in lightsaber combat instead and initiated the duel. Then at 2:40 after being successfully charged at by Savage and finding it difficult to take on both brother who have resorted to attack him from multiple direction simultaneously, you can see him audibly scowl before once more opting to use his superior mastery of the force to momentarily disable Maul and dispatch an isolated Savage. Finally, at 4:13 the dual wielding enraged Maul clearly has gained a lead against Sidious in terms of strength finally managing to land a kick and have the advantage in the final saber cross, however at this point Sidious had decided to end the encounter and further tapped into the dark side to overpower Maul on the saber cross, and opted to use the force to disable him.

i think palpatine was laughing so much because because he was tired of just chilling with the republic and was finally able to get in a fight

Everyone gangsta till Palpatine starts doing backflips.

I like how Palpatine’s blades emits deeper humming sounds, it’s a small detail that really fits his evil personality :)

I love Palpatine here. He is just having the best of times when he is not having to deal with the Senate, a poor-running Republic, and feckless Jedi. This probably was like a major stress reliever for him

When Maul is begging for mercy, hes not begging for life, hes begging for a quick death because he knows Sidous will torture him. That. is the scary part

Doesn’t Palpatine beating Maul technically make him the rightful leader of Mandalore now? lmao

Now THIS is what the people who refuse to watch this show because it’s animated are missing out on. Clone Wars has some of the greatest peaks in the franchise, without a doubt

The fact that savage and maul had so much potential to grow into powerful warriors is actually amazing the fact that sidious himself had to see for savage's death and mauls submission

Gotta love how this entire arc was Maul and Savage just schooling everyone then Palps just shows up and rocks their shit in like 3 minutes flat

This whole arc Maul was just kicking ass and taking names, then the senate shows up and beats him in a 2v1 in less than 5 minutes.

It’s always so funny to me that Palpatine CHOSE to have this lightsaber fight. He could’ve just ended it in seconds with his sheer strength in the force as soon as he walked into that throne room. The fact that he even chose to learn to use a lightsaber as a pure mockery of the Jedi and not only learn the basics but learn how to use it BETTER than a majority of the Jedi is even funnier.

The fact that Palpatine openly admits that Darth Maul has become a “rival” to him says a lot about Darth Maul.

The coolest thing about clone wars is when Palpatine moonwalk executes Savage LOL

You can tell Sidious got salty over Maul landing a solid kick and decided to show off his mastery of the force lol

I dont think people actually realise that maul could have ruled the galaxy if it weren't for this fight, not only was he a tremendous fighter, he was a brilliant strategist and politician which often gets forgotten. I think he learnt all this from his master, but ultimately he could have taken a lot more but, I don't even think we saw maul at his full power.

I think this fight showed how effective sidious is as a master. Mauls training went so far he competed against sidious in a duel one on one. Maul was nothing in terms of force but his physical skill is just to underrated

Being called a 'rival' by one of the most powerful beings in the galaxy is actually a _huge_ compliment.

I love how Palpatine took a break from his day job to go across the galaxy to school his old apprentice

Props to them for surviving more than a few seconds against him

Aside from when they first met, Maul made a big deal about calling Savage his apprentice, but the moment he died, Maul once again called him brother 😢

Why does this throne room tend to have the best duels in star wars history

Palpatine: *died* Disney: “I have other uses for you”

We need more Sith vs Sith fights in Star Wars, the sheer aggression on their choreography, especially after Savage's death, is impressive: two force users, fuelled by rage and violence, going all out in the dark side with full intention to kill each other. We need more of this.

Crazy how Sidious is literally playing with them the entire time, he could’ve very easily just killed them as soon as he walked into the throne room

When you realize that Palpatine did not come to fight He came to play.

Darth Maul and savage: Fighting for their lives The senate: Warm up for dual with mace windu and the boys

Through the show we see Jedi try to kick Savage’s leg and he isn’t fazed. But at 2:42 we see Sidious kick Savage so hard with ONE leg that Savage’s entire body goes flying. Really great way to show just how powerful Palpatine is.

The fact that he wanted to face this problem personally and considered maul a rival and fought them with a lighsaber really says a lot about maul

"Where's the chancellor?" "He's on a charity visit."

CN: "We stand amidst my achievement, not yours!" Disney+: "Unfortunately for you, history will not see it that way."

On one hand, I'm impressed that Maul was briefly able to solo against Sidious, who is one of the greatest lightsaber duelists in history. On the other hand, Sidious considers lightsabers to be a weakness and the Force to be the greatest weapon a person can use. So like, Maul was amazing and probably in his best fighting form, but Sidous was literally just toying with him.

I gotta say, Sidious fights way more better in the Clone Wars than in Revenge of the Sith. This really shows how powerful Sidious is cause we’ve always just seen him as this old, wise guy on the sidelines, but when he’s doing stuff himself it’s crazy to just see the action he can pull

That guy's chin be lookin similar to the chancellor lmao imagine if he was a sith lord

The fact Sidious was smiling the whole fight makes him that much more terrifying

"Have mercy... please, please!" "There is no mercy." Best part in the whole fight, hands down.

I like rewatching this fight. It's so detailed. During the whole duel, Sidious is more focused on Maul. Completely humoring Oppresses attacks. Since he is aware of Mauls familiarity with his blindspots and openings. It was only until Palpatine realized Maul was opening him up to allow Savage to take the first blow. A deception that only further insulted Sidious even more.

Funny thing is, Palpatine's hood does not fall in the entire duel.

I just realized Karma hit Maul hard He killed Qui-Gon-who Obi-Wan cared for-while Obi-Wan watched helplessly Now Sidious kills his brother, while he watches helplessly

One of the absolute most badass duels in all of starwars

What amazes me is that Sidious' hood never flew off during the fight

Maul: "lets try to use the highground brother." Sidious: "I'll try spinning. That's a good trick."

Imagine this if you will... “How was your day off Chancellor?” “Rather dull truth be told.”

It is nuts. Absolutely nuts this scene. I mean, Maul's a pretty nasty guy, plenty bad, but he has his motives despite his executions. But when Palpatine shows up, Maul is met with sheer, incomprehensible absolute evil. He plays with them, revels and chuckles as he stabs Opress. He's fast, an old man against two Zabrak warriors and not even breaking a sweat. It makes Maul look like a hero in this scene. And when you think about it objectively - Maul dualwielding with the darksaber against a spry dualwielding Palpatine under Mandalore. Definitely one of the most iconic fights in Star Wars.

My boy Maul really did all that work to only rule for a day 😂😂

I like how sidious just casually stores his lightsabers in his armpits.

Sidious: “You have been replaced.” Maul: “By Dooku?” Sidious: “Yes but also no.”

"Where's the chancellor?" "He went on a walk. A very enthusiastic walk."

Imagine being taken from your mother and being tortured your whole life,having your life destroyed and then being abandoned by your master.Then years later when you think you have power all of a sudden that man walks back into your life and then murders your brother just to get your attention,man that’s truly terrifying.

"So, Chancellor, how was your vacation?" “Oh, I met up with an old friend. He brought his older brother along. It was..." *[Maul screaming in agony as Force Lightning tears through his body]* " _Quite_ enjoyable."

> "You have been replaced." He's already talking about Anakin, poor Dooku.

Sidious is so brutal in this fight, from impaling Savage and launching him off a cliff to force slamming Maul and electrocuting him even after he begged for mercy. I wish we could’ve seen more of this type of action from Sidious in CW or the films. Also goddamn form 7 looks clean asf with CW animation.

This fight is so sweet, the fact maul had become such a threat that Sidious had to deal with him personally, the fact that he toyed with them, he could have killed them with just the force but was so confident in his abilities he decided to dual fight them, the fact he kills oppress and tortures maul, like a wild lion toying with his prey before killing it! It’s so good! I never really felt Palpatine was a threat in the movies like Vader if he tried hard enough could over throw him especially since windu bested him but the clone wars made me LOVE sidious! Like he was so good he could have taken the galaxy whenever he wished but constructed this convoluted plan to embarrass the Jedi and make themselves the architects of their own downfall ensuring they’d never rise again to full strength. What a bad ass

1:58 Notice Maul's stance. Maul is a Juyo practitioner, aka, the most aggressive form of lightsaber combat, and had used it to defeat Qui Gon Jinn and even breakthrough Kenobi's defense However, in this battle, he takes the stance of Soresu, which is the most defensive form of combat Maul was so scared of Sidious, he took the absolute defense form over his normal form Loved that minor detail.

“There is no mercy.” This line alone summarizes Darth Sidious as a whole.

Palps was the only person I’ve ever seen force choke people with no actual movement.

The minute Maul knows Palpatine’s here, he’s afraid. His ego is destroyed, his fighting style is defensive, he resorts to try and trick Palpatine at first. Just goes to show that Palpatine was always powerful.

What I like about this fight is how Sidious very clearly started _trying_ against Maul after Savage died. He's pretty much just dancing around for the first part of the fight, then when Maul gets pissed, he knows he needs to take it a bit more seriously.

I always saw this moment as Palpatine looking at what Maul had and realizing he could be quite the annoyance to his plans. He also realized that there was no easy way of having either the Republic or the Sepratists to handle it. So what does he do? He takes his personal ship, flies down there himself and reminds his former apprentice who is in charge, and it sure as hell isn’t him.

the fact that maul, for several seconds of the ending was a match for palpatine, is really underrated

Ashoka had to do an entire siege get the republic and with the help of Death Watch to capture maul Palpatine just walked in there

Jedi: There are no emotions, there is peace. There is no passion, there is serenity Sith: Cutting the floor looks cool

The one thing that separates Sidious from all the other Sith Lords is that they had some extent of love and humility in them. Even a violent and bloodthirsty killer like Maul had the ability to have concern and care for his “brother” as Dooku had for Qui Gon Jinn and Ventress to a certain extent and Vader to his son Luke.

“I used your training master.” I just realized this meant that Sidious taught maul how to cheat death.

"where's the chancellor" "he's on a charity visit"

Imagine being trained as a warrior your whole life just to get choked to death by a skinny white dude on guard duty

A lot of people don’t fully realize just how dark of a show this was to appear on Cartoon Network

This shows you just how powerful Vaapad is against a Sith. Windu defeated Sidious. Lucas confirmed that Sidious was actually trying to defeat Windu, but because he was using Vaapad, he was using Sidious' own power against him.

How tf did the whole senate managed to enter that tiny ship Edit: So many likes that doubt Palpatine's un-natural abilities. IT'S TREASON THEN!