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The Clone Wars - Season Five Discussion Thread
Nicklab:
As this arc goes on Maul is coming across as a much more complex and fleshed out character. His manipulation of the various factions has been very deft, and he's showing himself to be much more the Master to Savage Opress's apprentice. And his fight with Pre Viszla? It was one of the best moments of the season, if not one of the best duels of the series. Viszla armed with his dark saber as well as the Mandalorian armor against an agile Force wielding Sith with a lightsaber made for some of the best combat we've seen in the series. And you have to appreciate that Maul was struggling somewhat since he seems to be getting accustomed to the cybernetic legs that the Death Watch gave him.
Where does this all go? Well, the season trailer with Sidious has to give you some indication that things are going to get more .... complicated. And there's also the matter of Obi-Wan getting involved in the conflict, which we also saw in the early trailers. I have to suspect that he may join forces with Bo Katan's faction in an attempt to restore Satine to power.
But the most interesting thing about this Maul/Savage/Death Watch arc? We're getting into characters whose future doesn't have the level of certainty of the mainstays like Anakin, Obi-Wan, Padme, Yoda, etc. We all know that those characters survive the Clone Wars to make it to the events of Episode III. With the characters in the past couple of episodes we just don't know how things will shake out, and for me that makes for a much more compelling storyline.
Brian:
I know a lot of this Maul/Mando stuff reeks of fan service, but I have to say I've been enjoying it quite a bit. It may be the fact that the majority of this season has been kind of boring, so it seems like we're going 0 to 60 now with this new arc, but this show has been "fun" to watch, which has been a lot more rare in the last couple seasons. Looking forward to next week's episode, and like my daughter said "hopefully we'll see some good guys too". :)
Scockery:
--- Quote from: McMetal on January 27, 2013, 10:06 PM ---That was a pretty sweet duel, no doubt, but I don't see why Maul just didn't just force choke him or whatever. Not good theatre I guess.
--- End quote ---
Certainly not honorable combat. Maul knew his opponent and his goal. Maul had to best Vizla to win leadership of Death Watch. Force choke Vizla to death and everyone in the room is gonna start shooting at Maul.
Diddly:
Yeah, good stuff... and I agree that they should have ditched that terrible Void/Garcon (whatever his name is, I don't care enough to look it up) arc and given this arc a few more episodes. I feel like that Maul/Vizla duel should have come after like 3 episodes of those two plotting behind each other's backs and trying to one-up the other.
Jayson:
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