How can Darth Maul survive being cut in half?
And falling down that very deep shaft? If he can survive that, then Mace Windu must still be alive too.
shareno, Mace Windu was human. Maul is not, and the dark side is the pathway to things some consider unnatural.
Sith have no afterlife, so they manipulate the Force itself, as did Plagueis when keeping people from dying and creating life.
Hatred kept Maul alive, the desire to take revenge.
Mace jumped a hell of a height into the arena in AotC without breaking a sweat so it's not outside the realms of impossibility that he could survive that fall.
sharethat's nerdy but true. A trained Force user could slow his fall of course.
But I prefer people to die for good, it adds gravitas and finality to drama, or you end up with endless cartoonish clobber porn.