Great point. Perfect sith trait to have..just pure evil, that look on his face throughout the movie says it all. You completely understand his thoughts & intentions without needing him speaking lines
That’s what people don’t understand about him, and so what he doesn’t have much dialogue! He doesn’t wank to talk and conspire like other sith, he just wants to kill
Sorry to sound shallow but... Am I the only one who thinks he is HOT AS HELL ? Like, I still think he is fine af but when I first saw him, I was only a kid, and my body was definitely not ready. 😹😹😹
Agreed. Consider that within a one-year span he was in PHANTOM MENACE, X-MEN (Toad), and SLEEPY HOLLOW (The Headless Horseman double for Christopher Walken). Why movie producers didn't want this guy after those three movies I've never understood.
@@davidyoung5114 He was caught charging kids for autographs which was a bit of a scandal, especially as it came right at the height of the backlash for 'Phantom Menace' and Lucas kind of made a scape goat of him after Hamil savaged him in the press. It's why Maul was cut from 'The Clone Wars' after Serafinowicz had recorded dialogue. Interestingly under Disney it's the other way round, with Park welcomed back while Serafinowicz is in the cold. (Although mostly due to contracts, unless the time he played an unfrozen zombie Walt upset them.)
Ray Park had the piercing and forgot he left the earring in, make up was intense and thought it was part of Darth Maul's costume, George Lucas liked and thus it's become canon.
The secret of Darth Maul's success was Ray Park's obvious martial arts ability and his intensity whenever he was on screen. Ray Park seethed and paced. He embodied the Sith's reliance on strong emotions to power them. As menacing as Darth Vader was in his armor, Darth Maul's facial expressions and body language were the most intimidating things to me. Ray Park doesn't get enough credit for the acting he did as Darth Maul. There's a reason why his fighting scenes are considered legendary even over 20 years later.
Wild Dragon waffle What else could’ve Star Wars done with Maul? By rebels he was a beat up old man who has lost everything. I would’ve rather him die with a renewed meaning in his life than to die of old age.
ExplodingHam I understand and agree with you. But they totally botched the execution. I think that at least giving him his own episode would be a major improvement. The thing is,I think Maul should have gone out less... pathetically? I'm not sure. I honestly can't articulate it but it just feels of to me.
I always thought that the ear rings was meant to be a part of the look. When I first saw him i studied his look and noticed his ear ring his yellow and red eyes, and his quick skills and awesome flips and obviously his sweet duel edge Light Saber. My first favorite Star Wars character and Sith.
Stefan Gheorghe that was honestly clever who ever brought the design to like as we'll as admiral Trent who was originally a general grievous concept design although with a few small changes
Maul's duel with sidious in the clone wars is probably one of my favorite moments of the clone wars tv show. Actually that entire arc of Maul building an army is one of my favorite story arcs in general.
Yeah true well Clone Wars animated was done very well. Wish Lucas had Filoni during the prequel trilogy. I would of luved an expanded Maul story and see Ventress, more clones and Plo Koon having a damn role.
I always thought that sidious gave one of his lightsaber crystals to maul for his lightsaber, as to why he only had one lightsaber in ep 3, and gave his last one to darth vader after finding out vader had lost his with an arm and two legs. Kind of shits on that idea seeing him fight maul with two lightsabers and only one against windu and the jedi police.
The actual title of the music used during Anakin & Obi-Wan's duel on Mustafar is titled (quite fittingly) "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan" also during the scene plays "Duel of Heroes" and "Anakin's Betrayal"
ItsJustMelon if I’m not mistaken, you are referring to this particular arrangement? Anybody watching this video will know that it was “Duel of the Fates”, but this was not the OST version... I would LOVE to know whose recording it was... it sounded awesome with the electric guitar
I don't know why this is such a popular opinion. Maul had no character going for him, he was just the muscle to Sidious' brains, so to speak. It would've been boring to see Maul pretend to be anything more than this fearsome Sith Warrior. Which is why when they did bring him back in clone wars for fan service they pretty much ruined what gravitas he held in the movie. Maul's not supposed to have a backstory. Like Yoda, the mystery behind him is what makes him cool. Dooku by contrast is the kind of character where backstory would've been much appreciated since he is a complex figure. He's a former Jedi and was Qui-Gon's master. He truly believes in joining the Separatist cause for the good of the galaxy. He wants Obi-Wan to learn what he sees is the truth. He's a conflicted character, and spending more time fleshing him out would've done more to enrich the prequels.
I agree, he should have beaten obi wan and the film should have followed obi wan trying to overcome his failure to defeat him. The prequels should have been obi wans story
LOL What? They DO have this kind of "Art" and "visual storytelling" COMPLETELY for their characters. Kylo Ren is perfect example of them, what you're saying here makes no sense at all by saying that.
I had kind of a split reaction to Darth Maul. On one hand, I saw a lot of advertising before Phantom Menace was released, and he looked like he was gonna be an elaborate new villain, like a really big deal. On the other hand, though, when I saw the movie, I was disappointed to see he had little to no dialogue, and I felt like it was kind of a wasted opportunity to get to know him better, especially since he was around for only one movie. Though some say that his silence makes him more intimidating and mysterious, which I can kinda see, but for me personally, I like my characters speaking more, especially if they have a lot of buildup to them. I'm so glad, though, that Maul got a lot more attention in following Star Wars media, he deserved it. And holy hell, they did a damn good job with him! The ways he survived and dealt in his own way with what happened afterward were very believable. And he actually turned out to be a pretty sympathetic character, again, in his own way. There were a lot of things he did that were terrible, so he was still solidly a villain, but man, was his life sad! He could never really win against his enemies, he never really had the approval of his master, and his life was completely wrecked at the end. Talk about getting chewed up and spat back out. It was interesting, and honestly a relief, to see that at the end, Obi-Wan seemed to show him some compassion in Star Wars Rebels. The way he held Maul as he was dying was really quite touching, and intriguing. It makes me think, if they weren't so pitted against each other being Jedi and Sith, what would they have been like towards each other in everyday life? Despite everything Obi-Wan suffered because of Maul, Maul's most hated enemy ends up showing him mercy at the end, and caring enough to be there for him in his last moments when no one else would or could be. Also, I love what Ray Park brought to the role. He is very physically fit to do a lot of Maul's acrobatic moves. Though I thought it was kinda funny that his voice turned out to be too soft. LOL Park seems like a really nice and funny guy in real life, too, I watched his Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim a few years ago talking with James Arnold Taylor, and he looked like a ton of fun to be around. And of course, Sam Witwer is always fun, I first heard him when he voiced the Son in Clone Wars. He does a pitch perfect imitation of Palpatine, too, and he was perfect for Darth Maul as well. He also seems like a friendly and funny guy in real life. :) I also appreciate that he had his own dedication to the character to bring him more to life, and he did a great job. :D
His Palpatine isn't that good, I like the original Battlefront 2 actor and Mike from Red Letter Media's impression more. Also Ian Abercrombie and Tim Curry were great.
Ray Park did all of his own fighting and stunts including all of the flips, butterfly twists through the air etc. If you see Darth Maul, it was Ray Park. No stunt double unlike Ewan and Liam who were heavily doubled. Ray was a champion martial artist and gymnast. Aside from crazy presence and aura, he had such a beautiful and acrobatic martial arts style that it makes it even more amazing to see it with brutality together with the stylish killing methods
Ray Park was so good as Darth Maul. But he's also been in other films. In Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" he played the Headless Horseman (the fight scenes in which the horseman was headless). He played Snake Eyes in the GI Joe live action movies and so much more.
I watch this video at least once or twice a month. Maul is definitely one of my favorite characters of all time and this vid definitely does him justice...and now there’s enough media that Maul’s been apart of to make a pt.2 👀
@Nicholas Rocco a lot of people say this, but Darth Maul was really only interesting as a mute sith lord, and he would have been ruined by george lucas' "colorful" writing.
There were so many potentially excellent villains in the prequels, Maul, Dooku and Grievous are all very interesting characters. I know the prequels are meant for Anakin’s fall to the dark side but a few more scenes would have really helped. Each one of those characters could easily get a full movie and still have plenty of story left.
I never really thought about his death in Rebels. Anger was always Mauls weakness. If he gave his actions a 2nd thought things could have been alot different. Imagine Obi-wan and Maul watching over Luke as a child.
Anger yes, but more pride than anger. He overcame Obi-Wan on multiple occasions, but it was his pride his desire to toy with him that allowed Obi-Wan to come back at him.
@@RavenThanatos Darth Maul got me into the series entirely, he should get a Badass scene in the next Star Wars spin-off movie like Darth Vader did in Rouge One.
Lucas always seems to misjudge the value of a character. He doesn't just toss good characters too quickly but gives too much screen time to things like jar jar. Dooku should have had more screen time throughout the prequels.
Its funny how some of the most loved and coolest characters lasted so little time. Brings up the question, how much do we like these characters due to their short lifespan/screen time ? The fact we see so little of them slowly allows them to become fan favorites, maybe more-so than if they had been in every film ?. One thing that is certain though, regardless of them being killed off, is their coolness level. Even General Grievous, Dooku, Jango Fett....so many baddass characters that don't really last long. Yet we got more than we wanted of Jar Jar etc.
I agree with Maul, Boba Fett not so much, I never understood how people love him so much when he did even less then Darth Maul in the movies. From what I remember in TESB Boba Fett never even killed anyone. imo Boba Fett is a very over rated character
But we don't exactly like them due to their killcount etc, I mean...how many people do we really see Darth Vader kill ? we know he can...but he doesnt just go about killing people...he has intimidation and respect, I guess its about whats implied by the character, not exactly what we see them do. Just as we know Vader is a beast who could take on pretty much anyone and win, Boba Fett is a bounty hunter...he has an awesome set of armour with cool weapons, so we can only imagine who he has taken out or 'hunted' down throughout his career. i think what it comes down to mostly, with Fett atleast, is hes just cool...simple as that for allot of people. His identity is mysterious also which can make him interesting to some people (even though we technically know who he is and what he looks like now due to the prequels, Jango Fett, clones etc etc but for many years nobody really knew as he was never unmasked)
Gavin Blair I know I did. His look was unexpected in a good way. I can remember him stepping into the projection and thinking “oooooooooo he looks badass!”
people have a short memory. The original reaction to Phantom Menace was good. It wasnt until after weeks of David Letterman and Jay Leno making fun of Jar Jar Binks that begin to alter peoples 'take' on the PM. When I left the theater on opening night there wasnt a single person who wasnt yelling and screaming and cheering... well except for me and my roommates. Nobody really noticed Jar Jar. I remember being in the apt hearing late night tv night after night making fun of Jar Jar Binks and I knew exactly what was going to happen. I saw all of this 18 years ago. I saw people acting like they hated the Phantom Menace from the beginning when they really didnt. They just gave into peer pressure. I didnt. I just made fun of people for being weak minded and allowing a stranger to tell them what is cool and what isnt. David Letterman is an idiot. He was never funny. Yet thousands of people let him dictate what President should be voted for, made fun of and harrassed. Ill never understand it.
thats a lie i remember as a kid being excited as shit for this movie and wanting to leave the theatre somewhere around the overly long pod racing bit and i never walk out of movies.
I honestly never thought any of the movies were bad. Ive always loved them all. Ever since i can remember ive seen the movies in TV and on dvd and ive never said "This is bad". I love everything about the movies, even the stupid Jar Jar. Everytime i see the movies i feel like a little kid again.
The Truth Channel, I’m impressed, every word you just said was incorrect... I enjoyed PM a lot as a kid and wasn’t until a few years ago when I went back and watched them that I realized how clunky the dialogue was and how shit Hayden Christianson was at acting, but distinctly remember people being furious about HOW BAD it was during opening weekend... LOTS of people knew immediately what it took me years to realize
Andrew Justice Hey genius, there has never been an actor in ANY Star Wars film named Hayden “Christianson”. And on top of that, how fast do you think kids physically age? People like you shouldn’t be allowed an opinion.
Andrew Justice with the aging part that you thought it was Hayden in the phantom menace but he is way older in attack of the Clones so he couldn't have aged that fast
I still can't get past how the character of Darth Maul was blatantly killed off in ep 1. It was a very short sighted move and made it implausible for his return.
True, but until he was brought back in the Clone Wars. He was for all intents and purposes dead. So the decision to kill him in Ep 1 seemed wasteful. He was and is an amazing character.
@@DarthVader-pl5ts Modern sith Lords? More like modern SHIT Lords, ahahahahahahyahauayauqyayayayhaayyayahahahahahahahhahqhahahahaha.... kill me please.
My dream would be to be watching a future Star Wars movie where the good guys are staring down a dark hallway when a shadowy figure starts to appear. Then one red light saber emerges. Okay it's a Sith....But then....another red light saber comes out the other end forming the double blade....and you then realize.....he's back.....
The craziest part is that Obiwan showed so much humility and restraint in his last bout with Maul. *Clone Wars Spoilers* Obiwan lost his master and love of his life at Maul's hands and yet is merciful in his last fight. That not only shows the wisdom in Obiwan, but the evolution from his youth in his first fight with Maul with aggressive fueled strikes to their last being clean and controlled.
A helmet is a great design because not seeing someones face can be really intimidating as you cant read them as well, but on the other hand, not having a helmet can be just as effective at bringing a terrifying character to life. Like Darth Mauls evil psychotic grimace and unblinking stare. Ian Mccaig set out to try and rival Darth Vaders "perfect design", and i think he nailed it.
Search "Chosen One" on Wookieepedia. It's pretty clear that Anakin was the Chosen One, both within the universe and once again, according to Lucas himself. Obi-wan was voicing his opinion based on his own experiences rather than overall canonical facts.
actually, if you watch carefully, obi-wan started to believe luke was the chosen during A New Hope, so he lied to Maul to give him some comfort in his final moments
lol wtf are you on about, he only lost three times you idiot, he's beaten kenobi twice, and killed pre vizsla, also encaptured grievious and dooku which porves to me atleast that out of all the canon sith's he's the second strongest
I like the prequels, they successfully expand on the creative world of Star Wars and give us amazing lightsaber fights and locations, even if the storyline isn’t that good sometimes.
ASAP BIDOOF Yh but maybe a bit too scary for kids of which a lot probably went to see Phantom Menace when it released, I'd love to see that design resurrected at some point though, maybe for like a comic or something
killed in a shitty way only to come back and die in a shitty way again, in my opinion, they should have waited for the Obi-Wan spin off the movie to have a proper duel
Dovley Hutchinson I completely agree with you; Darth Maul's death in Rebels was horrible -- the kids show should've stayed away from Maul. For one, Obi-wan is too old. lol I am surprised that his arthritis and chronic back pain didn't act up during his duel.
Dammit, y'all not getting the point, the duel is more symbolic than epic [as seen in the video about samurai, he does not want to fight]. Besides that, you can see Obi Wan tricked Maul into thinking he's using Ataru then Maul did the same trick as he did on Qui Gon, this time Obi Wan is prepared. It shows a lot of their character as time went by.
I honestly feel like the reason Maul was SOOO larger than life WAS his lack of lines spoken, causing the mystery to feel captivating and intimidating
Great point. Perfect sith trait to have..just pure evil, that look on his face throughout the movie says it all. You completely understand his thoughts & intentions without needing him speaking lines
That’s what people don’t understand about him, and so what he doesn’t have much dialogue! He doesn’t wank to talk and conspire like other sith, he just wants to kill
Sorry to sound shallow but... Am I the only one who thinks he is HOT AS HELL ? Like, I still think he is fine af but when I first saw him, I was only a kid, and my body was definitely not ready. 😹😹😹
shizukagozen777 oh my
@@dblakes6487
Haha
When getting to choose him in Battlefront II and the character theme starts, it feels so darn epic.
i suck with jedi/sith in battlefront but i'm always hittin maul when i get 4k for the music xD
Whenever I play as maul I always hope I’m on the naboo map to do the iconic scene without going out the boundaries ofc
I always chose him in 2003 battlefront 2
only reason I play.
I was always fight Yoda in SWBF2
Spends 3 years meticulously developing a perfect, iconic character
Gives him 10 minutes of screen time and kills him off
I know right after all he did kill Liam Neeson, which Liam is known to be a badass that's hard to kill in most movies Liam is in.
Guessing you haven't seen clone wars
To be fair they were doing that with every character. Some live and some die
Jar Jar was the chosen one!
They need a Darth Maul back story. With Ray Park playing him
He made the video while his parents were sleeping
I laughed at this way more than I should have
How do you know
🤣
I’ve been there
HA that’s tuff lol
This guy sounds like ur friend when ur on a call with him at three AM and he dosnt want his parents to wake up
why does this man sound dead inside
Worst ASMR ever
Lol sounds like he’s trying to tell a ghost story or sum spooky shit
Mitchell Abtan don’t know
sounds like he's trying not to wake up his parents
He should narrate creepypastas or step in for blameitonjorge every once it a while! That's a compliment
Ray park is underrated
Agreed. Consider that within a one-year span he was in PHANTOM MENACE, X-MEN (Toad), and SLEEPY HOLLOW (The Headless Horseman double for Christopher Walken). Why movie producers didn't want this guy after those three movies I've never understood.
I totally agree.
@@davidyoung5114 He was caught charging kids for autographs which was a bit of a scandal, especially as it came right at the height of the backlash for 'Phantom Menace' and Lucas kind of made a scape goat of him after Hamil savaged him in the press. It's why Maul was cut from 'The Clone Wars' after
Serafinowicz had recorded dialogue. Interestingly under Disney it's the other way round, with Park welcomed back while Serafinowicz is in the cold. (Although mostly due to contracts, unless the time he played an unfrozen zombie Walt upset them.)
@Petey Blinders No that was Luke Goss
Didn't even see that earring until now
Attention was on the lightsaber fight.
yup
Same
@@corvus1253 No - Lucas has a background in documentary he probably thought it made sense to keep it as that was who Park who.
Ino haha that’s so weird
What I took away from this video:
*Darth Maul has an Earring*
Ahhaha yea
Hahaahah, same. Mother Talzin coming from Maul drafting was pretty cool too tho.
And he still has it in the clone wars and rebels
@@juanrodriguez-xy9vj naaaa necesito comprobar eso jajaja
Ray Park had the piercing and forgot he left the earring in, make up was intense and thought it was part of Darth Maul's costume, George Lucas liked and thus it's become canon.
I love the "Lucas was intrigued" clip at 1:55 where he pops out of the chair
I'm awake, I'm awake!
"oh yes I'm working" 🤣
helmets and masks: I SLEEP
face tattoos: *REAL SHIT*
To think Episode 1 is nearly 20 years old... My god..
I wasn't even born haha
Dan J that makes me feel so old haha I was a freshman in hs lol
I was 2yrs old or about to be when this movie was out, now I'm 21 😬🤯
Even closer now as we go into 2019!
All ready time have passed...20 years of the making of the Phantom menace...
The secret of Darth Maul's success was Ray Park's obvious martial arts ability and his intensity whenever he was on screen. Ray Park seethed and paced. He embodied the Sith's reliance on strong emotions to power them. As menacing as Darth Vader was in his armor, Darth Maul's facial expressions and body language were the most intimidating things to me. Ray Park doesn't get enough credit for the acting he did as Darth Maul. There's a reason why his fighting scenes are considered legendary even over 20 years later.
Maul's final end is still one of the most beautiful conclusions to a character's story arc I've ever seen
No.
Wild Dragon waffle
What else could’ve Star Wars done with Maul? By rebels he was a beat up old man who has lost everything. I would’ve rather him die with a renewed meaning in his life than to die of old age.
ExplodingHam
I understand and agree with you. But they totally botched the execution. I think that at least giving him his own episode would be a major improvement. The thing is,I think Maul should have gone out less... pathetically? I'm not sure. I honestly can't articulate it but it just feels of to me.
@@theolatour9604 then you dont get the scene
@@theolatour9604 Palpatine and Snoke go out pathetically. Maul's death was poetic.
1:11 wait, is that Mother Talzin? Was her design originally an idea for Maul?
That's exactly what I thought. The one with the red dreadlocks reminded me of Eldon Ax.
Imagine how many concept arts the will use in future projects
Yeah I noticed it immediately and was like “wait what”
Mother Talzin came before Maul...
Yes! I watched a little of the concept design of maul. They thought of making Maul a female and that was a design. Which they’d later use for Talzin
darth maul is such an iconic character.. my favourite sith in star wars..
I actually never noticed the earring
Having just watched that movie recently, I get that owl reference.
I always thought that the ear rings was meant to be a part of the look.
When I first saw him i studied his look and noticed his ear ring his yellow and red eyes, and his quick skills and awesome flips and obviously his sweet duel edge Light Saber.
My first favorite Star Wars character and Sith.
Tyto Alba neither did I until I saw this video
I might have not noticed it because the saber
Darth Maul is my favourite character in prequel trylogy.
"Just make him evil. Just make him sound real evil." LOL
I'd hate to hear this guy read his kid a bedtime story.
They'd fall asleep from boredom
Well problem solved.
Depending on the Maul he probably wouldn’t even read
Mike Serot lmao
@@hollywoodghostbusters9869 that's the point isnt it
Lmao I've never noticed the earring after all these years!
Attention was on the lightsaber fight.
I only noticed it in Clone Wars
@@Heebeej Meaning?
No one's gonna mention Mother Talzin as a prototype design for Maul?
Deon D I was gonna say that lol
Her prototype design gave birth to Maul's design. It makes sense that she is his mother hehe.
Stefan Gheorghe that was honestly clever who ever brought the design to like as we'll as admiral Trent who was originally a general grievous concept design although with a few small changes
thats prob why they used her as an origin story character for mauls people he was trained with
Yeah! I knew I couldn't be the only one to notice.
Maul's duel with sidious in the clone wars is probably one of my favorite moments of the clone wars tv show. Actually that entire arc of Maul building an army is one of my favorite story arcs in general.
Ebomb 113 yeah. It gives a violent side to maul. As all he really wants to do, is have revenge on Obi-Wan.
Yeah true well Clone Wars animated was done very well. Wish Lucas had Filoni during the prequel trilogy. I would of luved an expanded Maul story and see Ventress, more clones and Plo Koon having a damn role.
I always thought that sidious gave one of his lightsaber crystals to maul for his lightsaber, as to why he only had one lightsaber in ep 3, and gave his last one to darth vader after finding out vader had lost his with an arm and two legs. Kind of shits on that idea seeing him fight maul with two lightsabers and only one against windu and the jedi police.
What? They made Maul a whiny bitch, literally
Filoni is a hack. A fanservice hack that destroys work that came before him to fit his way.
darth maul....my favorite sith, Ever!
He's the best along with Revan
DarksaberForce facts
Revan is so overrated.
David Mobeck shut up go watch power puff girls somewhere else
It's treason, then...
He sounds like Darth Maul himself.
thought the same thing
Ok sidious
Its.. its you.. The Senate
What if Maul actually retired and this is his channel?
Dew it
Never thought I would be listening to star wars ASMR
I've never notice he is wearing an earring before 😬
Yea same here.. hahah first time i noticed that.
Fishplants same, can't believe I never noticed either.
Fishplants me too lol but now that I know he looks more badass
Neither did I
WHAT IS HE
Make a great characker, kill it after few scenes.
1234 5678 he had a great comeback
The greatness of Maul's character comes from having so little screen time, thus creating a sense of mystery.
He's not dead, even in the movies
He didn't die, WHICH IS SUPER LAME BECUZ I RLLY WANTED TO SEE THIS SPIKE HEADED BABY DIE ANYWAY
L4AT22 he was killed so you can still see him die
Dat background music tho
duel of the fates. heard briefly in Ep 1, fully fleshed in Ep 3 Mustafar Obi-Wan Vs Darth "Anakin" Vader
AsHalt totally not briefly in episode 1
The actual title of the music used during Anakin & Obi-Wan's duel on Mustafar is titled (quite fittingly) "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan" also during the scene plays "Duel of Heroes" and "Anakin's Betrayal"
Aristichus correction the one track is called "Duel of the Fates" just FYI
ItsJustMelon if I’m not mistaken, you are referring to this particular arrangement? Anybody watching this video will know that it was “Duel of the Fates”, but this was not the OST version... I would LOVE to know whose recording it was... it sounded awesome with the electric guitar
1:29-a sith witch huh? Looks like a 2019 rapper to me
Muffin Man 😂😂😂
Lil yachty after seeing a ghost
It's the night sister
Nickname: Lil' Skittle.
Zillakami
"Fueled by my singular hatred....for you...." He delivered that line so good.
this sector is clear...NOT CLEAR NOT CLEAR!!!
Dawson Boyle *A red fidget spinner kills a bunch of clones*
Skelzore hahahaha that's the best description ever
I don't know what the new version
Abdullah Alghadhouri ????
Dawson Boyle did u really bring for honor
As much as I love Christopher Lee, Darth Maul should have taken his place and been a villain throughout the 3 films.
Movie Games Yes.
They should have kept Maul and not introduce Grevious. Maul is the muscle and Dooku is the brains.
dude i have been saying this for years i totally agree! hell yeah!
I don't know why this is such a popular opinion. Maul had no character going for him, he was just the muscle to Sidious' brains, so to speak. It would've been boring to see Maul pretend to be anything more than this fearsome Sith Warrior. Which is why when they did bring him back in clone wars for fan service they pretty much ruined what gravitas he held in the movie. Maul's not supposed to have a backstory. Like Yoda, the mystery behind him is what makes him cool.
Dooku by contrast is the kind of character where backstory would've been much appreciated since he is a complex figure. He's a former Jedi and was Qui-Gon's master. He truly believes in joining the Separatist cause for the good of the galaxy. He wants Obi-Wan to learn what he sees is the truth. He's a conflicted character, and spending more time fleshing him out would've done more to enrich the prequels.
I agree, he should have beaten obi wan and the film should have followed obi wan trying to overcome his failure to defeat him. The prequels should have been obi wans story
This man has the voice that you hear before you get murdered.
I would never be murdered by a Britishertur!!!! What am I? A Hookér?
Let’s start a go fund me for the narrators therapy
Cookies Tv lmfao 😂😂
For his closet case racism ?
@@MichaelMedici61W2 Fucking what?
@@MichaelMedici61W2 *sincere confusion*
@@MichaelMedici61W2 ?
Wow, I never noticed the ear ring! lol
@Mo Ana Please explain this lol
Me either and wtf
"Just make him evil, just make him sound real evil"
The death of Maul in Rebels after that amazing duel against Obi Wan, is one of the most touching, poignant and emotive moments in the entire saga.
So this is what Chris Hemsworth does while his kids sleep
Panna lmao
I can I hear it
I hear it, it's like chris Hemsworth voice but slower
This kind of art and visual story telling is one of many things Disney is missing.
A coherent story and likable characters are another.
@@MeDecade Finn is the only sort of likeable character.
@@Iliadic Finn had such potential, but Kennedy; JJ; and Rian really shit the sheets on that one.
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LOL What? They DO have this kind of "Art" and "visual storytelling" COMPLETELY for their characters. Kylo Ren is perfect example of them, what you're saying here makes no sense at all by saying that.
For those of you who don't know Maul also made a appearance in the horror blockbuster Insidious
The force is strong within Darth Maul, his force spirit can travel to our world and conquer, WOW!
Darth Insidious
Nate Fontana ahahahah you win
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I had kind of a split reaction to Darth Maul. On one hand, I saw a lot of advertising before Phantom Menace was released, and he looked like he was gonna be an elaborate new villain, like a really big deal. On the other hand, though, when I saw the movie, I was disappointed to see he had little to no dialogue, and I felt like it was kind of a wasted opportunity to get to know him better, especially since he was around for only one movie. Though some say that his silence makes him more intimidating and mysterious, which I can kinda see, but for me personally, I like my characters speaking more, especially if they have a lot of buildup to them.
I'm so glad, though, that Maul got a lot more attention in following Star Wars media, he deserved it. And holy hell, they did a damn good job with him! The ways he survived and dealt in his own way with what happened afterward were very believable. And he actually turned out to be a pretty sympathetic character, again, in his own way. There were a lot of things he did that were terrible, so he was still solidly a villain, but man, was his life sad! He could never really win against his enemies, he never really had the approval of his master, and his life was completely wrecked at the end. Talk about getting chewed up and spat back out.
It was interesting, and honestly a relief, to see that at the end, Obi-Wan seemed to show him some compassion in Star Wars Rebels. The way he held Maul as he was dying was really quite touching, and intriguing. It makes me think, if they weren't so pitted against each other being Jedi and Sith, what would they have been like towards each other in everyday life? Despite everything Obi-Wan suffered because of Maul, Maul's most hated enemy ends up showing him mercy at the end, and caring enough to be there for him in his last moments when no one else would or could be.
Also, I love what Ray Park brought to the role. He is very physically fit to do a lot of Maul's acrobatic moves. Though I thought it was kinda funny that his voice turned out to be too soft. LOL Park seems like a really nice and funny guy in real life, too, I watched his Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim a few years ago talking with James Arnold Taylor, and he looked like a ton of fun to be around.
And of course, Sam Witwer is always fun, I first heard him when he voiced the Son in Clone Wars. He does a pitch perfect imitation of Palpatine, too, and he was perfect for Darth Maul as well. He also seems like a friendly and funny guy in real life. :) I also appreciate that he had his own dedication to the character to bring him more to life, and he did a great job. :D
His Palpatine isn't that good, I like the original Battlefront 2 actor and Mike from Red Letter Media's impression more. Also Ian Abercrombie and Tim Curry were great.
George Lucas' directing is summed up in three words: Faster. More intense.
crankysmurf except for the boring walking scenes
IantheGamer
And romance scenes.
That Rebel That Got Crushed by Darth Vader and all the other scenes
And absolutely 0 direction.
"It's like poetry"
Ray Park did all of his own fighting and stunts including all of the flips, butterfly twists through the air etc. If you see Darth Maul, it was Ray Park. No stunt double unlike Ewan and Liam who were heavily doubled. Ray was a champion martial artist and gymnast. Aside from crazy presence and aura, he had such a beautiful and acrobatic martial arts style that it makes it even more amazing to see it with brutality together with the stylish killing methods
Shaolin martial arts does that.
Mauls death had me in close to tears.
This guy should've voiced him lmao
Yes 😂😂😂😂
Ray Park was so good as Darth Maul. But he's also been in other films. In Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" he played the Headless Horseman (the fight scenes in which the horseman was headless). He played Snake Eyes in the GI Joe live action movies and so much more.
best duel in the series
I was the 69th like. You're welcome.
I watch this video at least once or twice a month. Maul is definitely one of my favorite characters of all time and this vid definitely does him justice...and now there’s enough media that Maul’s been apart of to make a pt.2 👀
I wish Maul was the main villain throughout the whole prequel trilogy
No you don't
@Nicholas Rocco a lot of people say this, but Darth Maul was really only interesting as a mute sith lord, and he would have been ruined by george lucas' "colorful" writing.
Same
@Nicholas Rocco just an opinion mate I think he would of been good too. People predicting this that but they dont know either so.
There were so many potentially excellent villains in the prequels, Maul, Dooku and Grievous are all very interesting characters. I know the prequels are meant for Anakin’s fall to the dark side but a few more scenes would have really helped. Each one of those characters could easily get a full movie and still have plenty of story left.
I never really thought about his death in Rebels. Anger was always Mauls weakness. If he gave his actions a 2nd thought things could have been alot different. Imagine Obi-wan and Maul watching over Luke as a child.
It's some kinda paradox, as long as anger saved him from being dead after the "TPM" duel! His strenght is his own weakness!!
Anger yes, but more pride than anger.
He overcame Obi-Wan on multiple occasions, but it was his pride his desire to toy with him that allowed Obi-Wan to come back at him.
LOL Just no. His death was perfect as it was in Rebels, the thought of him turning good is just repulsive for his design and character.
@Gadget-Walkmen yes. I was a fool. Honestly the dumbest shit I've ever said. Mauls death is as close to perfect as you can get.
Incredible. Such a wonderfully designed, well-built character. The new trilogy could learn a thing or two just from this one character alone..
Lucas’ directing style: “Faster, more intense”
Well , he did start out in stock car racing after all!
the fuck is wrong with that statement?
Look where we are now. Stoked for Friday and Monday!
This is like ASMR but instead of eating something you just sound depressed
MAUL MY FAVORITE SITH!!!!!!!!! And I also don't care what other people think of The Phantom Menace was my favorite Star Wars movie of all time
the duel was the better one...and no dialogue which made it unique lol
Phantom Menace is also my favorite Star Wars film, Darth Maul is the reason I loved the film as a kid when I saw in theatres.
Darth Maul made Light Saber battles look badass and change how lame and slow the original trilogy made them look.
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Darth Maul got me into the series entirely, he should get a Badass scene in the next Star Wars spin-off movie like Darth Vader did in Rouge One.
Zahra Mohseni I thought revenge of the sixth was a pretty cool movie the ending was really good
Lucas wasted, Boba Fett and Maul.
Lucas always seems to misjudge the value of a character. He doesn't just toss good characters too quickly but gives too much screen time to things like jar jar. Dooku should have had more screen time throughout the prequels.
Its funny how some of the most loved and coolest characters lasted so little time.
Brings up the question, how much do we like these characters due to their short lifespan/screen time ?
The fact we see so little of them slowly allows them to become fan favorites, maybe more-so than if they had been in every film ?.
One thing that is certain though, regardless of them being killed off, is their coolness level. Even General Grievous, Dooku, Jango Fett....so many baddass characters that don't really last long. Yet we got more than we wanted of Jar Jar etc.
i got my maul fan service, just waiting on disney who will probably fail to put boba fett in their filler episodes of rebels
I agree with Maul, Boba Fett not so much, I never understood how people love him so much when he did even less then Darth Maul in the movies. From what I remember in TESB Boba Fett never even killed anyone. imo Boba Fett is a very over rated character
But we don't exactly like them due to their killcount etc, I mean...how many people do we really see Darth Vader kill ? we know he can...but he doesnt just go about killing people...he has intimidation and respect, I guess its about whats implied by the character, not exactly what we see them do.
Just as we know Vader is a beast who could take on pretty much anyone and win, Boba Fett is a bounty hunter...he has an awesome set of armour with cool weapons, so we can only imagine who he has taken out or 'hunted' down throughout his career.
i think what it comes down to mostly, with Fett atleast, is hes just cool...simple as that for allot of people. His identity is mysterious also which can make him interesting to some people (even though we technically know who he is and what he looks like now due to the prequels, Jango Fett, clones etc etc but for many years nobody really knew as he was never unmasked)
sam witwer is very underrated, maybe a bit overacting at times but i can tell he puts passion on his lines
I love the fact that maul's story ends once he has a common goal with his life long enemy.
Now that they showed the ear piercing im never gonna see darth maul the same again
I want to see a Kenobi movie that ends with the final duel with Maul.
RDSUnforgivable
That already happened in Rebels. Kenobi destroyed him
@@coledavis5212 I'm well aware of that, I'm saying I want to see it in live action.
Maybe in his serie
That already exists in canon so they wouldn't do that unless rebels is declared non canon
lol did anyone else absolutely shit themselves when mauls face popped up at the start
Gavin Blair I know I did. His look was unexpected in a good way. I can remember him stepping into the projection and thinking “oooooooooo he looks badass!”
people have a short memory. The original reaction to Phantom Menace was good. It wasnt until after weeks of David Letterman and Jay Leno making fun of Jar Jar Binks that begin to alter peoples 'take' on the PM. When I left the theater on opening night there wasnt a single person who wasnt yelling and screaming and cheering... well except for me and my roommates. Nobody really noticed Jar Jar. I remember being in the apt hearing late night tv night after night making fun of Jar Jar Binks and I knew exactly what was going to happen. I saw all of this 18 years ago. I saw people acting like they hated the Phantom Menace from the beginning when they really didnt. They just gave into peer pressure. I didnt. I just made fun of people for being weak minded and allowing a stranger to tell them what is cool and what isnt. David Letterman is an idiot. He was never funny. Yet thousands of people let him dictate what President should be voted for, made fun of and harrassed. Ill never understand it.
thats a lie i remember as a kid being excited as shit for this movie and wanting to leave the theatre somewhere around the overly long pod racing bit and i never walk out of movies.
I honestly never thought any of the movies were bad. Ive always loved them all. Ever since i can remember ive seen the movies in TV and on dvd and ive never said "This is bad". I love everything about the movies, even the stupid Jar Jar. Everytime i see the movies i feel like a little kid again.
The Truth Channel, I’m impressed, every word you just said was incorrect...
I enjoyed PM a lot as a kid and wasn’t until a few years ago when I went back and watched them that I realized how clunky the dialogue was and how shit Hayden Christianson was at acting, but distinctly remember people being furious about HOW BAD it was during opening weekend... LOTS of people knew immediately what it took me years to realize
Andrew Justice Hey genius, there has never been an actor in ANY Star Wars film named Hayden “Christianson”. And on top of that, how fast do you think kids physically age? People like you shouldn’t be allowed an opinion.
Andrew Justice with the aging part that you thought it was Hayden in the phantom menace but he is way older in attack of the Clones so he couldn't have aged that fast
Best narration voice on any Star Wars vid, possibly on most of RUclips
Such A Badass concept. Darth Maul looks like the origin story to the sith. Awesome video thanks for the detail
I like how some of Maul's designs later became Mother Talzin and the nightsisters
“Because the characters appearance required him to show emotions such as anger and hatred, using only facial expressions.” You don’t say 😂😂😂
I still can't get past how the character of Darth Maul was blatantly killed off in ep 1. It was a very short sighted move and made it implausible for his return.
Matthew Clark he wasn't killed off. Follow up on Star Wars: Rebels. Episode: Twin Suns. That's when he truly dies.
True, but until he was brought back in the Clone Wars. He was for all intents and purposes dead. So the decision to kill him in Ep 1 seemed wasteful. He was and is an amazing character.
ZMan1471 he was in the clone wars too, and it was confirmed canon
His arc in The Clone Wars show is one of the best arcs in Star Wars though
Matthew Clark I wish he would've stayed as the main antagonist throughout the prequel trilogy
This man narrating this video has all the emotion of a wet fish. My ears started bleeding within seconds of hearing it.
I'll bet his girlfriend is in love with his pillow talk
Darth Maul > Kylo Ren
you mean Ben Swolo?
Me > litterally every other crappy sith lord these days
@@DarthVader-pl5ts Legends/EU sith masters > you
Whatever ya say, darth hideous.
@@DarthVader-pl5ts Modern sith Lords? More like modern SHIT Lords, ahahahahahahyahauayauqyayayayhaayyayahahahahahahahhahqhahahahaha.... kill me please.
Did you voice him?
Ben Kenobi Hmmm.....someone is setting his high ground around here....
Ben Kenobi Hello there.
JEDI!!!!!
He does sound like him
"At last we will have revenge"
Dad savage
My dream would be to be watching a future Star Wars movie where the good guys are staring down a dark hallway when a shadowy figure starts to appear. Then one red light saber emerges. Okay it's a Sith....But then....another red light saber comes out the other end forming the double blade....and you then realize.....he's back.....
Soooo kind of like Darth Vader in Rogue One?
I got goose bumps just from reading of it.
Mans sounds exactly like how Darth Maul talks, thats the reason why I felt so immersed in this video! Well done!
And he said his story in the clone wars had finished... Little did he know season 7 was going to be a thing 😂
Do General Grievous next!
Or Jango fett would be cool
yea!
I want!
lets make it happen!
yes
The craziest part is that Obiwan showed so much humility and restraint in his last bout with Maul.
*Clone Wars Spoilers*
Obiwan lost his master and love of his life at Maul's hands and yet is merciful in his last fight. That not only shows the wisdom in Obiwan, but the evolution from his youth in his first fight with Maul with aggressive fueled strikes to their last being clean and controlled.
Darth Maul is by far my favorite Star Wars character
More than Vader?
A helmet is a great design because not seeing someones face can be really intimidating as you cant read them as well, but on the other hand, not having a helmet can be just as effective at bringing a terrifying character to life. Like Darth Mauls evil psychotic grimace and unblinking stare.
Ian Mccaig set out to try and rival Darth Vaders "perfect design", and i think he nailed it.
Great video. Thank you for producing it!
Great video. According to Lucas, the "Chosen One" was Anakin Skywalker, but I can see the argument for Luke being him.
Tony Navarro After the events of Revenge Of The Sith, Obi Wan no longer believed in that and instead thought Luke is their only hope to bring balance.
Search "Chosen One" on Wookieepedia. It's pretty clear that Anakin was the Chosen One, both within the universe and once again, according to Lucas himself.
Obi-wan was voicing his opinion based on his own experiences rather than overall canonical facts.
actually, if you watch carefully, obi-wan started to believe luke was the chosen during A New Hope, so he lied to Maul to give him some comfort in his final moments
You Can't Handle The Fluffle I believe Obi Wan genuinely thought Luke to be the Chosen One. In his eyes there was no chance of redemption.
+Dark Lord Of The Sith How would that be lying then?
Let's give a shout out and big thanks to Ray Park (Darth Maul Actor) for all his amazing stunts and acting.
Why does this guy sound like he hasn’t slept since 10 weeks
6:28 Galen Marek (Starkiller)
Hch hch lol no one else notice?? Come on y’all
I. Don't get it
Hch hch yeah it appears not many noticed
Oh yeag
Yay, Sam Witwer/Galen Marek (Starkiller)/voice of Darth Maul. I'll admit, I have a man crush on him.😁
Maul is an amazing character for sure. Love to hate him, hate to love him.
Darth maul is the coolest villain in star wars
CBRMoto Darth Vader
If not vlone Wars and Rebels he wouldnt have any story
Darth Revan wants a word with you CBRMoto. Also Darth Bane, and even Jango and Boba. Oh and the Rancor from Jabba's palace is hungry again.
how so? he gets his ass kicked every time.
lol wtf are you on about, he only lost three times you idiot, he's beaten kenobi twice, and killed pre vizsla, also encaptured grievious and dooku which porves to me atleast that out of all the canon sith's he's the second strongest
It sounds like this guy is whispering directly into my left ear
I thought that the final moments of Darth Maul were perfect.
Its always cool to see the process on how creators come up with characters, and to see how they had a completely different idea from the start
The last dual between Obi wan and Maul is just perfect
*Asks if there’s any plans for the character*
Solo writers: “Well no, but also yes.”
A sith witch would have been awesome. The Nightsisters needs more attention in the movies.
Creepy Girl we did, asajj ventress from the clone wars series
I Dunno Yeah, but they put an influence on her being an assassin and acolyte rather than a nightsister, even when she returned to Dathomir.
GTFO, prequel haters...
Jedi Knight why?
I like the prequels, they successfully expand on the creative world of Star Wars and give us amazing lightsaber fights and locations, even if the storyline isn’t that good sometimes.
Lol you mean sequel lovers...
@@tolomemazariegos9044 But to be fair, they also gave us midichlorians
Tolome ́ Mazariegos the storyline is great wtf
It’s not the story that’s the issue
A truly underused character. Great video. Subbed
By far the most evil looking Star Wars character after Emperor. Damn brilliant design.
1:29 would've been a perfectly scary villain
ASAP BIDOOF Yh but maybe a bit too scary for kids of which a lot probably went to see Phantom Menace when it released, I'd love to see that design resurrected at some point though, maybe for like a comic or something
ASAP BIDOOF is that Lil pump??
Hell no.
LIL Maul
ASAP BIDOOF 66 Likes 👌 and yes, maybe second to Darth Maul
killed in a shitty way only to come back and die in a shitty way again, in my opinion, they should have waited for the Obi-Wan spin off the movie to have a proper duel
Dovley Hutchinson
I completely agree with you; Darth Maul's death in Rebels was horrible -- the kids show should've stayed away from Maul. For one, Obi-wan is too old. lol I am surprised that his arthritis and chronic back pain didn't act up during his duel.
Dovley Hutchinson ya I wished they didn't bring him to rebels
Maul is probably my favourite character
Dovley Hutchinson His death in Rebels is beautiful. It is not meant to be some epic duel, but a symbolic duel.
Dammit, y'all not getting the point, the duel is more symbolic than epic [as seen in the video about samurai, he does not want to fight]. Besides that, you can see Obi Wan tricked Maul into thinking he's using Ataru then Maul did the same trick as he did on Qui Gon, this time Obi Wan is prepared.
It shows a lot of their character as time went by.
Upload the remix. It was bloody badass, mate.
Ray Park is absolutely stunning in playing Maul. It's classical STAR WARS!
Greatest, most underutilized villain in film history