One of the ironies of keeping Maul from the more esoteric aspects of The Dark Side. Is that Plagueis and Sidious wanted access to the powers of Sith Sorcery. But neither of them had an inherent talent for it. Maul on the other hand, being the son of Mother Talzin, might have been able to use those powers.

He mastered his double bladed lightsaber, was taught personally in the seventh form of lightsaber combat by Palpatine and also mastered Niman, he also masterd the art of single bladed and duel single blades, but was also taught the history of the Sith even being brought to Malachor by Palpatine who had raised him.

a double lightsaber is a good lightsaber to master and combining that with Sith Assassin training makes him dangerous. Teras Kesi is a dangerous martial art that does compliment lightsaber combat

Dooku also had a similar view on the double bladed lightsaber. He believed it gave an unfair advantage to the wielder and was a brutal uncivilized weapon. Of course, he encouraged the use of such advantages among the darkside agents who worked for him.

The only weakness that Maul’s double-bladed Lightsaber had was the same issue with any saber staff. It was larger than a normal Lightsaber which provided a bigger target. The reason why I mention this is because this is the same weakness that killed Maul in his last fight with Kenobi. If his Lightsaber handle was as small as Exar Kun’s then his weapon would be absolutely perfect. He was no doubt a better duelist than Darth Zannah but Exar Kun is still the best double-bladed lightsaber master.

Growing up with the prequels my fav was Maul. As more has come out over the years & growing older myself my understanding of him has gotten deeper. I went from a kid who thought Maul looked cool & wanting to see more of him dominating Jedi after Ep. 1. To getting a ton of more lore on him by an adult I felt sorry for him. I still was always rooting for him but, not it’s for reasons much more nuanced then him & his saber looking cool

1:48, Does anyone else see an enraged Martin Short in this picture of young Palpatine? Maybe its just me, but I find it hilarious picturing Martin cutting down Jedi with a lightsaber. 😂😅

Completely agree with your arguments. Used some other instances with some people that just coudn't accept Maul was much more an assassin than a dark lord of the sith, excels in dueling but lacks in the dark side of the force powers. Hope some of those people saw your video and become more reasonable. It's a great video and few of these explaining Maul's role in the sith plans. Cheers.

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I love your daily videos. Thank you.

Maul's Force usage was pretty badass though. He could tap your chest and crush your heart instantly and could precisely throw things at small targets. These are both pretty scary for one who was only meant to be a Sith assassin. If he had been trained more in The Force he probably would have been a real threat to even Sidious.

One thing I still want to know is what is the difference between a Sith Lord and a Sith assassin or a Sith Lord and any other darksider

Well done!

You could say that like Anakin, Maul was denied the rank of master

Would mother talzin have been able to defeat palpating if mace windy didn’t sop her from absorbing force power?

What the background music called? it sounds so calming for some reason

He was so impressed when he realized how cool it looks in a trailer.

The funny thing is. Because of Maul being trained almost exclusively in combat and his use of a Saber staff he would have been one of the best duelists in all of the lore. Able to best a lot of masters. Besides Obi wan (obviously), Yoda, Mace Windu, and Plo kun, Dooku, and of course our chosen one Anakin Skywalker towards the end. That seems like a Big list. But remember in the republic there were Many thousands of Jedi and Padawans in the clone wars era.

How ironic how VERY much NOT to Sideous's likely annoyance that Mail didn't much wind up a "barbarian" but quite a good faction leader, sorta, to become a powerful threat requiring the Dark Lord's personal attention.. not to mention being able to take charge of an lead a legendary faction AND enough strategic chops to quite unlike a brute set traps for an even punish of sorts his arch rival in Obi Wan..

He wasn't impressed by his swordmanship so much he was with his ruthless defense and brutality.

This is probably widely known and explained but I’m reasonably familiar with much of the Star Wars universe rather than an expert - With regards to the Sith ‘Rule Of Two’, what would happen there were two Sith Lords with trainees who, perhaps hundreds of light years apart didn’t know of each other? Or if a Jedi Madter turned to the dark side when there was already a Sith Lord and learner? It seems that could cause huge conflict: for example Dooku turned to the dark side but if Plagus was still alive or Sidious had already a very experienced learner, that would disrupt the rule of two and by eliminating one, the Sith May redress the balance of their ‘rules’ but would hamstring themselves when battling with the Jedi It doesn’t make sense to me, in the build up to Order 66, to eliminate Sith that could help turn the tide against the Jedi and then after Order 66 removing rival Sith so only the stronger and the strongest learner survive Is this ever addressed or is it one of those fan question that just kinda hover out there until another fan has a reasonable theory?

Despite Palpatine’s distaste for Lightsaber, Maul’s use of the double bladed lightsaber shows his Master acknowledges that he has skill and that duel bladed lightsaber compliments those said skills.

This is a really spicy title there guy’s 😆

I think the only Jedi that we see use anything other than one single bladed lightsaber regularly were Ahsoka and Pong Krell, though the latter might be debatable to be called a Jedi. With every other Jedi, they didn't normally use anything other than one single-bladed lightsaber, and the only did otherwise when the situation was very desperate. Sidings was smart to train Maul in such a manner. It is curious though why Maul abandoned the form for a bit when he came back from being cut in half. For a form that was so lethal to many Jedi, Maul opted to abandon it for most of the Clone Wars. I wonder why we didn't see him use the double bladed lightsaber until Ahsoka confronted him on Mandalore. It could as simple as he simply did not have access to such a weapon, but if it's not that, I wonder what the reason could be.

One thing I could never quite grasp is why the Sith follow the rule of 2 so intensely. I know Sidious wants to move from the rule of 2 to the rule of 1. I think it would actually be in his best intested the swell the ranks with Sith, Running around fighting each other for position and power,

Everything shown in canon flies in the face of this video and theory, maul was more sith than dooku and was intended as a true apprentice, his potential alone rivalled sidious and his force powers were insane being able to casually ragdoll Jedi like kenobi just as dooku has, also palpatine gave him the title of darth and took him on the sith pilgrimage to malachor where he was taught the history of the sith.

Love Star Wars lore; but I get sad when it runs contrary to Real Life martial arts. A quarter staff and a short spear are both beautiful and glorious weapons to watch, and I have experience in RL with them as well as a long list of other weapons. I trained in both Eastern & Western martial arts. A skilled master with a staff could hold an army at bay ((until someone gets impatient and shoots them))

"What if" Darth Maul had been trained as a true Rule of Two Sith? How different would SW history be?

Was Dooku on the dark side already in this time period? I’ve never really understood where he came in, cause him flipping in the Episode 2 time period seems weird.

He’s not the apprentice, he’s just the phantom menace

I think Pong Krell used double bladed sabers as well

A dual bladed staff is actually rather unwieldy; limiting both reach and range of motion. I believe its purpose was more esoteric in that: it intimidated those who were ignorant and inexperienced in combat and, conversely, it showed absolute superiority when defeating those who were experienced and knew of it's weaknesses.

The reality is maul is as much of a sith as Luke was a Jedi, in training and duration. The irony is both would live on to be the face of their perspective factions. With both factions abandoned their practices. No rule of two dying with palguis and Jedi dying with Yoda. Maul and Luke are almost complete parallels.

Maul was a plow to throw off the Jedi. He was a lure to focus the Jedi off of his two masters. This would make the concealment of the Grand Plan that would later comes into fruition.

**cough*Pong Krell*cough**

Can't help but feel pity for Maul. Taken, mind fucked, and used since a small child only to be discarded as expendable. He deserved his revenge and I wish Asohka joined with him at the end of Clone Wars Animated. I fully believe Maul could have been turned eventually. Even if not, his acknowledgement of being screwed over by Sideous was enough for him to fight against the empire. 😊

Ventress falls into this category.

6:07 And yet Maul did anyway...

I dont think the rule of 2 means only 2 sith because sith almost always take a secret apprentice prior to usurping their master, and those sith apprentice dont count to the rule of 2 until the 1st sith lord definitively says this is my one disciple, sidious always had anakin in his sights so maul and dooku were just tools for his ploy against the jedi and the republic

Didn't Jaro Tapal use a double bladed lightsaber? If it's a style crafted by and for the sith, is there a canon explanation for why Tapal had one?

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Double-bladed lightsaber is indeed advantage. Jedi are unknown with it,it's a supprise. Maul was just a tool,mmeans to an end. Completely expandable. Sidious was right. It's archaic ancient weapon. Maul was just that--a weapon. But he's extremely skilled. Very skilled. May the Force be with you too

Still waiting for saber-chucks.

Ha ha. Maul has a double bladed saber because Lucas thought it'd increase merchandise profits. End of.

Day 88 of asking for a part 3 of what if anakin was trained by qui gon

Yaa all lie to like lord Vader by rule of 3 master king plagues disciple palpatine student Lord Vader movie didn’t show u that lord Vader father coming

Maul was just another pawn...sadly.

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'Why Sidious Was So Impressed With Darth Maul’s Double Bladed Lightsaber.' No, he wasn't. Maul and his lightsaber were just tools. A means to an end quickly discarded once their usefulness was over.

Ok this is a strange title lmao

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He was a tool. Palpable was the hammer & and Maul was the chistle. And as any construction person knows. When the chistle reaches its end: you get a brand new one.

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But Sidious didn't even like light sabers😄

I feel like eventually he would have killed himself using that weapon 😂

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The bass you put in the background of your videos is really disruptive to the listening experience

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Why does cal kestis use a double bladed saber if only ancient sith used them?

The title sounds kinda sus

Whats funny I dont believe this is at all true considering what Darth Maul does in Clone wars, he specifically knows the plan to conquer the galaxy and he employs Sidious' teachings to make his own little criminal empire while operating in the shadows using political puppets. I mean its kind of stupid how overtly wrong this video is as it contradicts what happens in cannon.

Satele shan was not a sith, and she was a grandmaster and she wielded a dbl bladed lightener... I'm unsubscribing

'rule of two' makes no sense for a hundred reasons.

I feel like you repeated the same things over and over in different ways

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