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What is Disney’s obsession with Darth Maul?

posted 5 years ago by BurningSun (717)
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I know it doesn’t really apply to this movie, but why does Disney love Darth Maul more than any other prequel villain, and even more than half of the original villains too? Yeah, he was a cool, badass villain, but he didn’t do anything in TPM besides flip and jump around.

The idea of resurrecting Darth Maul and turning him into some mentally derranged robot spider was one of the dumbest ideas in the legends expanded universe. Of all the awesome and intricately detailed stuff that Disney totally erased and paved over from the expanded universe, why did they keep THAT of all things?? It’s beyond ridiculous! He got sliced in half at the naval and fell thousands of feet into an incinerator! You’re telling me Maul survived that, but the even more skilled Mace doesn’t survive falling out of a window? At this point, why don’t Jango Fett and Dooku also survive? Sure a decapitation is a pretty definitive death, but I could believe that science in the SW universe could sow/reconnect a person’s head to their spinal column before saving someone who was sliced thru multiple introcate organs.

It just seems like one of the higher ups at Disney really had a boner for Darth Maul and wanted to cram him into every movie and series, regardless of whether or not his resurrection even made any sense. Like, what business does Maul have in a Han Solo movie?

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[–] arflexit (2376) 5 years ago

Lol, that is a good point about the character selling well without contributing much in terms of story or character. He was a style/visual over substance character. No depth or interesting qualities but he sure looked cool.

I always thought it was silly to bring him back, I mean the dude was cut in half and fell down an endless whole in the ground. I know it is a galaxy far away and he was an alien species but still give me a break.

[–] galahadfairlight (414) 5 years ago

Well, to be fair, he's not the only person to "fall down" an endless hole in the ground.

cough *Palpatine* cough

Seems to be a lot of it about.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

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[–] arflexit (2376) 5 years ago

Yeah I know right, "no one is ever really dead". Well wonderful that means there is no tension. Can't wait for Episode 12 when Yoda, Luke, and Obi-wan team up to fight the Clone of Palpatine, the reincarnation of Vader, and the reanimated corpse of Maul. Such an epic battle. Can't wait.

[–] galahadfairlight (414) 5 years ago

Yup, its the most egregious mistake of Rise of Skywalker.

Vaders sacrifice turned out to be entirely undone.

[–] arflexit (2376) 5 years ago

Exactly. Who thought this was a good idea? Let's take one of the most iconic scenes of the OT, Vader saving his son and killing the emperor, and render completely pointless.

[–] Longrain (37) 5 years ago

The fact that he was sliced in half across his middle should have killed him almost instantly, but the impact of the fall should have made what's left of him go splat and I doubt any science could've brought him back from that. Though, since they brought back Palpatine who also fell from great heights into a power reactor core proves that in Disney Star Wars that somehow that's not a lethal thing in that universe.

[–] AP (5288) 5 years ago

To be fair, Maul was not brought back by Disney. Lucasfilm did that themselves.

[–] BurningSun (717) 5 years ago

Good point. It was still ridiculous that somebody from Lucasarts brought him back, and even more ridiculous that somebody from Disney continued the idea and thiught Maul made it past the events of Episode 4! Just the idea of Maul still breathing after the Death Star blew up is laughably stupid.

Why can’t we bring Mace Windu back? I highly doubt that fall would’ve stopped him, if it didn’t stop Maul.

[–] StannisTheMannis (143) 5 years ago

Maul is dathomirian, Windu isn't. Dathomirians have a higher tolerance to pain and damage then humans do. Combined with his ability to use the Force with his talent for technology, it's completely possible for him to survive by merging himself with those spider legs to prevent blood loss.

[–] ghostrider38 (1034) 5 years ago

if Disney is obsessed with Darth Maul, then they should make a Darth Maul solo movie.