Why Sidious Was So Impressed With Darth Maul’s Double Bladed Lightsaber - Star Wars Explained

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[DarthArachnious]

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.

[thealmightypancakeface]

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.

[DeathScepter]

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

[jaredbanister]

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.

[TheBlckMandalorian]

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

[TheAncientSith]

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.

[Maddog-xczv]

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.

[markmathisen]

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. 😂😅

[cambuxton]

Aw shucks Pappy. You are making us double bladed saber lovers blush.

[vincentmarcellino]

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.

[Scoobydude-qpmt]

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

[MRBooze-ylit]

Am I opinion this is a perfect video you nailed it and that’s it

[eddie]

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

[jessco]

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

[GhostOfAces]

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.

[GioMarron]

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?

[Small_Schlonng_]

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

[christopherhood]

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

[robertagu]

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..

[marktorch]

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,