Who else thinks Darth Maul got the shaft?

Question

I'll spare you the boring details, but suffice it to say I believe Darth Maul's end in Phantom Menace was silly.

He is clearly a superior fighter to both Jedi dumbazz Qui Gon and Obi. He kills the master and pushes the student over the ledge.
Yet Obi manages to jump up, flip over Maul, TK grab Jin's lightsaber, land cat-like on his feet and slice Maul in half. Whaaaaa?

What happened to that whole fight scene where Obi was barely able to keep up with Maul's speed and reflexes?

That whole scene made me think that during the board room meeting the staff asked George how are they gonna end the fight seeing that Maul was pretty darn unbeatable.

George goes: "I know, I know... We'll have Obi (insert everything I just described above) and kills Maul.

A look of total confusion comes across the staffers face as they say that makes no sense whatsover.

And George says "Exactly! It makes no sense. That's why it'll work."

Answer 1

It was stupid how he didn't fight Obi Wan when he jumped out of the shaft. And a bit anti climatic. GRIEVOUS IS THE COoLEST CHARACTER EVER!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Darth Maul lost because he had Obi-wan beaten, but he got cocky and lost his focus, while Obi-wan stayed focused with the force. As far as the fight, I thought Obi-wan and Darth Maul were equals as far as quickness and skills go, but Maul seemed more experienced with the force. But like I said, he got over-confident.

I feel you on Mace going out getting blindsided, he was too good for that. Head up, nobody could have beaten him.

Answer 3

i feel your pain...i feel exactly the same about mace windu...now that would be an awesome battle...mace vs. maul...

Answer 4

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