@@Swissswoosher i like to think it was just a lucky accident, as Palpatine had a lot of them lol. Really he makes extremely complex plans that are usually hinged upon an R2 unit or a whiny emo dude xD
The way Sidious fights is perhaps the most menacing, badass style in all of the Star Wars content. Dragging the lightsabers across the floor nonchalantly, moving with extreme precision and elegance, never making a single step too much is just insanely good. Especially the part where he just absolutely flexes by not even turning his lightsaber on but just casually side-stepping the attacks for a moment, and even then he takes his time reigniting his lightabers and doesn't immediately counterattack. He just oozes absolute control over his body, his opponents and the situation in general. An absolutely evil being who is so powerful and experienced that noone can stand against him.
He considers lightsaber dueling so demeaning as its a value of the Jedi yet he's so good at it his logic his is that when fighting a Jedi he'll stoop down to their level to kick their asses
Yea it’s a primary reason he used the tactics he did. The Jedi were obsessed with meeting their enemies on the field of honourable combat, blade in hand. Sidious truly despised such things and came up with a plan that made their fighting abilities absolutely pointless. At least if he met their martial strength and won it would be at least a fight. He held it so below him he didn’t even bother to engage them. He created a huge trap for them to blunder into with duplicitous political genius. The exact kind of insidious stuff the Jedi think themselves above, and yet Sidious used it to defeat them. His entire plan really shows his disdain for the Jedi way of horrible combat and using crude lightsabers. He only bothers to do it to mock the Jedi, he laughs while doing it because he’s like “Hey look, I’m doing your stupid tricks even better than you are!” I do love Sidious and how his actions reflect his personality and ideology.
Idk that I'd agree with you entirely. I mean yeah,, there are some better than him in terms of saber skill, but to my knowledge it was only 2. Yoda and Windu. Aside from those two, Palpatine straight up outclassed every other person we've seen him duel. He actively toys with and mocks his opponents while doing so because he WANTS them to know how "beneath him" they are
@@nicholaswilkerson4394 he outclasses his opponents cuz of his force augmentation, which makes him faster and stronger than everyone. if we get rid of that and think only in terms of saber skill, he's less than or equal yoda, windu, dooku, prime anakin, etc.
This shows how big an issue Maul had become for Sidious that he went to see to it personally he doesn’t do that for anything anything else in the clone wars. When he shows up you know everyone who sees him dies
I don't think they were a problem. It was more personal and about pride. Maul and Savage were going around pretending to be Sith Lords. Sidious was the true Lord of the Sith, and there can only be 2. He couldn't let the name Sith be represented by a failed weakling. I think if Maul and Savage would have not called themselves Sith, Palpatine wouldn't have cared.
@@rayloc420 the had an entire criminal empire and mandlore, tho the show only really focused on madalore, this threatened plaps plan, so he went to deal with it himself
@@FFangsYt A criminal empire in a huge galaxy. The Empire could have wiped them out like nothing. They were a menace, but i dont think that big of a deal, especially since criminal empires already existed. Upon the confrontation, Sidious only mentions the Sith issues. He's a rival. There can only be 2. These are absolute. He upholds these truths by taking them out. His laughing the whole time is a display of his dominance as the true Lord of the Sith. imo
@@rayloc420 it was a crime syndicate, it was made up of hurts, mandos, pikes, and many more. It was incredibly powerful, and would have caused problems in the outer rim. This is to the extent of what I know tho, go research more yourself.
@@rayloc420 They were too powerful to send dooku to deal with so he went to deal with it knowing he was more than capable also Mauls plans jeopardised palps since he wanted Kenobi dead and if he killed him Anakin would come for revenge and he couldn’t risk that so although yes maul and savages power and their criminal empire were an issue it was the possibility of Anakin death which was the main issue
When Maul begs for mercy, he's begging for Sidious to just kill him right then and there. Knowing that death would be far less painful than being under Palpatines care. Terrifying
@@Daron7181sith training boarders on torture the sith are taught to take pain and turn it into hate and anger which fuels the dark side. Sidious's training under Plagueis was torture
Obviously Palpatine absolutely demolishes them, but I'm glad that it at least reaches a point where Maul starts to put up a little bit of a fight (after Savage dies) before Palpatine is just like "aight, I'm done."
My 2 favorite things about this. 1. Maul instantly takes a knee and tries to play up his subservience. That alone is just wet your pants lvl fear for a sith to show 2. Nobody……nobody talks about how Palpatine intentionally lets Maul run to his brothers side to drink up all that sadness and loss from him like wine as he watches from above.
Especially because Sidious knows that by letting Maul do that he is letting Maul become more powerful. Sidious is the most knowledgable Dark Sider alive, he knows that the pain and rage Maul will feel from watching/feeling his brother die will channel into the Dark Side and make Maul more powerful. Yet he doesn’t care, in fact he stands there and laughs at and mocks Maul, goading him even further. It’s a true demonstration that Sidious is truly so above Maul that he is deliberately pushing Maul into unleashing everything he has and is demonstrating “even the best you have is unequal to my passive effort” before just slamming him into the ground. A true power play.
They did a good job catching Palpatine's style of dueling. He's mastered all seven forms, but his style is more chaotic, which makes it that much harder for his opponents to try and fight him.
Everyone who uses form 7 needs to know mastery of all other forms, since Juyo Is a amalgamation of the 5 other lightsaber forms (Niman not included, since it's already a hybrid form). What makes Juyo so powerful, is that the user can keep drawing on the darkside to gain stamina and speed. The funny thing is, I don't think Sidious is using Juyo at all in this duel. It looks like he's exclusively using Makashii in it's Jar Kai configuration
@@assadarlingtoni The opening stance Sidious does in this duel is actually the Makashi flourish. His lightsaber moves, and even the way he moves his body are flowing and elegant (very reminiscent of Makashi). While Juyo is grounded and straight to the point. In the other duels, like with Sidious against Yoda or Mace Windu, you can clearly tell he’s using Juyo. But in this duel Sidious is toying with Maul and Savage.
It comes to show Sidious is a evil vile monster in all existence for killing so many people, jedi, ruining Mauls life, and worse killing Mauls only family he had left, Savage.
It is the best Single episode of the series, hands down.. So much happens and it's pacing just perfect. sidious Was having so much fun moving like an air bender
Sidious has got to be one of the best and most feared villains in cinema. You can see the fear in so many of the reactors eyes the second those lightsabers come out they know the fights over before it’s started and it’s still one of the best unwinnable fights ever
Palpatine is being far more sinister here than the show tells you. In the comics it's revealed the reason he keeps Maul alive is to lure in Mother Talzin in order to kill her. The plan works.
@bowens620 I'm pretty sure Talzin was the only non-jedi Palpatine feared. Even then, I don't think it was like... a DEATHLY fear. But he knew her force magicks was extremely formidable. Definitely a threat to him, judging by what we see her do to Dooku
This scene's biggest impression left on me was how smooth Palpatine was, constantly dragging his sabers through the floor. I've always wanted to see him fight like this more in movies and games, dragging his sabers through the ground as he fights, but I think this was the only time he's done that? I'm not sure.
One of the best ways to communicate how powerful a villain is: show people reacting to them. We have seen Maul go through fights where he almost dies, challenging to the death, and more. Throughout it all he just gets angry and pushes through. Yet directly after seeing all that fearlessness, we see his terror filled “Master…” that pure fear and knowledge that he stands no chance. The instant bowing where you knew he’d never bow to anyone else. It communicates how truly unstoppable Sidious is and how he is the ultimate obstacle.
At first glance, it can be assumed darth sidious is a frail and stooped old man, but the power of the dark side flows through one so ruthless, and no grace or skill is lost in age.
Somthing to remember. Palpatine demolished 4 jedi counsel masters with only one saber which he didnt even need. He gave maul and his brother a huge handicap in this fight.
The part I love the most in this whole fight is that little spin into the ground he does during that opening exchange. He's so in tune with the force, so many moves ahead of their actual strikes, that he can take the time between blocks to decorate the ground just because he relishes the fun and destruction he's about to unleash.
And what makes Sidious even scarier is the fact that he doesn't like lightsabers at all , he thinks about them as toys that the weak Jedi use and honestly other than Yoda he probably could have ragdolled everybody without a lightsaber , he even outdid Yoda in purely force power so his reasoning is understandable , but he is a sadistic one so I guess he like to give his opponents some hope in a duel like here , he could have crushed both with just force only but he gave them a little hope that they can beat him in a duel, when he got bored he just used the force and dismantled Maul easily , he is nasty
@@isilencer8877 but its cânon that He lost in The saber duel He was overpowered by windu i dont know the rest was a act like after windu block his lightning strikes but in The saber duel windu def owned him
@@isilencer8877 Yeah, I used to believe that, but Lucas DID say he actually lost to Windu, but it worked perfectly. In reality, Sidious was kind of expecting either a "good" Anakin that followed the Jedi or the one he wanted. The Sith
Honestly this fight is lowkey a sign of respect for maul and savage. They’re so powerful sidious couldn’t even send dooku to deal with them. He knew they were too powerful for dooku so he had to deal with it himself
If Dooku could beat Anakin and Obi Wan and beat Asajj Ventress and the Night Sisters in lightsaber combat, he shouldn't have any problem with Maul and Opress. Enough said.
Palpatine is like Yoda in a sense, he is so strong with the force, he rarely needs to use his lightsaber to show how powerful and skilled he is, but when he needs to (or rather when he chooses to).....he is all but unstoppable
does palpatine defeating maul at the end while he was using the darksaber technically make palpatine the rightful owner of the darksaber? obviously he probably wouldn’t want it or even really care, but i guess you could make the argument that after this episode, the darksaber no longer “belongs,” as it were, to maul.
True , it does belong to palpatine here but since he has the might of the empire behind him later on he subjugates mandalore by bombing it instead. For him its just another worthless relic with no true value to the sith as he sees it.
No, because they didn't wager the darksaber beforehand. You can lose a battle and still be the rightful wielder, so long as that battle was not FOR the right to rule Mandalore.
@@prestonjones1653 i don’t think moff gideon wagered the darksaber to mando did he? he just explains it’s significance. mando even said he didn’t want it but he’s still the rightful owner right? or is gideon?
@@captainkenway6571 Well we do see the Darksaber resisting Mando, so maybe it is rightfully Gideon's, or maybe the rule doesn't apply to non-Mandalorians.
Surprised no one mentioned how this fight is pretty much a total mirror to Maul vs Obi wan and Qui-gon Jinn back in ep 1, or how Maul actually takes up Kenobi's signature stance after recognizing the threat
Monsters?? Yeah right, and Darth Sidious is Freakin' Saint. I bet Sidious Kill Count (directly & indirectly) is ridiculously higher than Maul's & Savage's Kill Count Combined.
@@GRIMLOCK07 Sidious is a saint he even gave job to invalide with asthma. He destroyed the rebel terrorists tried atleast and got rid off the war criminals.
@@GRIMLOCK07 At least with Maul, his tattoos are not Nightbrother tattoos like how his species has, they are Sith tattoos, almost demonic, and they were painfully applied by Palpatine himself to Maul. Combined with the red eyes and horns, it does make him look like a demon, hence why the other guy called him a monster. Savage is a hulking brute, and his horns and tattoos only add to his menacing look.
One thing not too many people realize about this fight is Maul's emotion befroe Sidious electrocutes him. He asks for Mercy. And Maul has shown that he willt ake a warriors death on his actions and origins. So the fact that he asks for Mercy from Sidious shows exactly how terrifying Sidious really is
Yeah that’s exactly what Maul is asking for, a cleans warrior’s death. That is what mercy is here. Maul knows that Sidious is a true sadist who enjoys torture and cruelty. He knows that living means being under Sidious’s care. He is pleading for Sidious to just kill him then and there. Sidious responds with torture instead, showing what is in store for Maul. Truly horrifying!
something to think about: this what Sidious holding back, Sidious views lightsabers as pointless tools, he believed one only needed the force, he viewed the weapons as a joke to the point he masters all 7 forms of lightsaber combat out of sheer boredom this fight was one sided even before it began, this was simply Sidious stretching his legs and having a bit of fun, before torturing Maul
The fact that Palpatine didn't send Grievous and full droid commando, or even Dooku to deal with Maul and Savage means how much of a threat the brothers became. This matter must've been dealt with personally
The finishing strike versus Savage doesn't get enough credit. Palps backed up into a man with a dual saber, no lookies, and struck him down and sheathed his weapons to let the moment sink in.
Also, before doing that he casually sheathed both sabers and started side stepping Savages swings before nonchalantly reactivating them. He had complete control over that interaction.
I feel so bad for Maul. He was trying to get vengeance on Kenobi, but in reality, he hated Sidious. Sidious killed his brother, and his mother, and yet Maul still reached out for Kenobi. To hate someone to the point you would plead for your own death, is intense.
This is definitely the 2nd best lightsaber duel from this show. Also, these reactors should read the "Star Wars: Darth Maul - Son of Dathomir" comic book series to learn what happened to Maul after Darth Sidious captured him and before the "Siege of Mandalore" arc.
I love how they pointed out he is laughing through this. He is not laughing when fighting Mace Windu or when he is trying to kill Luke. Interesting his laughs when fighting Yoda though.
I think the reason he laughs with Yoda is just the joyous feeling of victory. Plus the mockery of Yoda. He is laughing because he knows that Yoda has already lost, him trying to fight Sidious is pointless and the fact Yoda is still trying makes Sidious laugh. The Jedi have already been killed, Sidious is already in control. Anakin is already turned. Even if Yoda won the Empire still would have risen with Anakin as emperor instead.
I think the problem is that Palpatine once had such high hopes for Maul years past. Then he gets "killed" by Jedi and tries to overthrow him later. Like Palpatine must have been an absolute whizz teacher to Maul judging from the Zabrak's skill. Maul started caring about things after his fall which ironically defeated him against Palpatine.
It was obvious who was gonna win the whole time. But I’m glad there was a point in the fight where Maul managed to stagger Sidious backwards (after Savage died). Just goes to show Maul is no joke either
This is arguably the best Palpatine scene in the franchise. The brother duo has been the scourge of the galaxy for at least a season now. He simply walks in and tells Maul ‘you’re dead, we both know it, but at least give me some fun for a minute’, then lets em live for a bit before just saying ‘aight, the arthritis is kicking in, time to wrap this up’ and ends the fight.
What I think is scary is if you go back through and you count the whole entire few minutes that he fights them it's so short it just shows how powerful he is and it just makes it more of a nightmare fuel that this man if he wasn't thrown down that shaft by Vader could have literally destroyed the whole entire galaxy if he's so pleased then watch Revenge of the Sith and watch him fight all of the Jedi ignore Anakin getting they're and his stalemate against mace it just shows he's even more powerful he is and it's horrifying
That’s what I loved about the clone wars show. It wasn’t just “the Jedi council wars” or “the republic wars,” it was about all the characters and stories that took place in that era. You wouldn’t just follow the heroes, but the villains and side characters too. We formed new attachments to people like Savage and were sad when he died, even if he was technically a bad guy
I love the fight and the reactions but the thought of him picking up Savage's double-bladed Saber as a return to form to his roots and as a way to try and avenge his brother but I love it regardless.
Does it suck that Palpatine killed Savage? Yeah kind of, Maul and Savage were forced into the service of the Sith with little choices but to die otherwise. But Maul and Savage could have just not tried to create a galaxy-wide crime empire in direct competition to Palpatine. They chose to live by the sword, and Savage died by it
Technically, Savage's death is Maul's fault. Maul knew Sidious was out there, and Maul knew the RULE OF TWO. Which means his former Master would eventually come looking for him & take care of any loose ends. No Rivals, No Witnesses. It's a Sith Thing & Sith Happens.
Fun fact it’s not the actually lightsaber that blocks and redirects the lightning, but the force channeled through the lightsaber… mail would have had to at least match the force output of the lightning to really stop or send it back
Something I noticed.. Palps could have just crushed them when they were thrown against the windows.. he *let* them get down and duel him.. he knew he'd win and decided to toy with them.. Actually I wonder if he did it on purpose to kinda test them.. like was thinking "how useful could they be? let's see" and later just went "welp this Savage is worthless.. but of course my former apprentice still has use"
Palpatine is so powerful that he dominates and destroys lesser opponents easily, the three Jedi that went with Mace Windu, Maul and Savage are powerful but miles below him, even Ahsoka Tano defeated Maul easily, Palpatine would destroy her, he defeats everyone except for Mace and Yoda, even Anakin is beneath him
Savage kinda deserved it. He killed Feral, Trauma, Halsey, Knox, King Katuunko, Morley, Adi Gallia, Oruba the Hutt, and lots of others that we truly loved or not.
Ian McDiarmid was brilliant when it came to showing Palpatine as the puppet master of the prequels, but this is where I bought into Sidious as an actual, four-alarm physical threat.
What's funny is Palpatine actually hates using lightsabers. He uses them to insult jedi. His force abilities are just that beastly he could've soloed maul and savage without a saber.
I'm interested in where the Supreme Chancellor finds time to do flexibility exercises, bc I don't think the Force does that for you but decades-old Sidious still does a backbend to block Savage's blade.
“I never saw Palpatine use lightsabers before.” For real? You never saw the part of Episode III: Revenge of The Sith where Palpatine fought Mace Windu and 3 other Jedi Masters?
Remember palpatine has studied all forms of lightsaber arts… all 7 forms he has mastered. He uses all in combination when fighting. Nobody can defeat him ongod. He has studied sith knowledge and political knowledge at the same time to win. He is the ultimate Sith Lord.
What's crazy is this whole fight was EASY work to Palps. He was having FUN. And from reading the novels he didn't even LIKE saber work. He felt it was beneath a true sith Lord. He knew ALL 6 forms, BEAT Yoda! But LOST Mace Windu (who had mastered a secret 7th form that actually used the dark side called Vapaad) and just FYI I keep hearing rumors that Windu's story arc is NOT done yet
Palpatine laughing throughout the fight, showing he does not take this seriously at all, is so disturbing. He is such a boss.
It just goes to show much powerful Mace and Yoda were. Here Sidious isn't even trying with them. It's badass.
@@GreenFalcon926 True. Though he was defeated by Mace (even though I think that was intentional).
After all that grueling training Plagueis put him through, he better be the best.
@@Swissswoosher i like to think it was just a lucky accident, as Palpatine had a lot of them lol. Really he makes extremely complex plans that are usually hinged upon an R2 unit or a whiny emo dude xD
@@Dino-god69 to be fair, Anakin was a traumatised teen. Teens are usually quite whiny lol.
The way Sidious fights is perhaps the most menacing, badass style in all of the Star Wars content. Dragging the lightsabers across the floor nonchalantly, moving with extreme precision and elegance, never making a single step too much is just insanely good. Especially the part where he just absolutely flexes by not even turning his lightsaber on but just casually side-stepping the attacks for a moment, and even then he takes his time reigniting his lightabers and doesn't immediately counterattack.
He just oozes absolute control over his body, his opponents and the situation in general. An absolutely evil being who is so powerful and experienced that noone can stand against him.
Perfect description. My favorite fighting style
Palpatine also fights with a dual wield stance, a faster but more vulnerable fighting style, because he can't put his full force in a single strike.
The fact that palpatine hates dueling but is still one of the best at it is hilarious.
He considers lightsaber dueling so demeaning as its a value of the Jedi yet he's so good at it his logic his is that when fighting a Jedi he'll stoop down to their level to kick their asses
Yea it’s a primary reason he used the tactics he did. The Jedi were obsessed with meeting their enemies on the field of honourable combat, blade in hand. Sidious truly despised such things and came up with a plan that made their fighting abilities absolutely pointless.
At least if he met their martial strength and won it would be at least a fight. He held it so below him he didn’t even bother to engage them. He created a huge trap for them to blunder into with duplicitous political genius. The exact kind of insidious stuff the Jedi think themselves above, and yet Sidious used it to defeat them. His entire plan really shows his disdain for the Jedi way of horrible combat and using crude lightsabers. He only bothers to do it to mock the Jedi, he laughs while doing it because he’s like “Hey look, I’m doing your stupid tricks even better than you are!”
I do love Sidious and how his actions reflect his personality and ideology.
his pure dueling skill is a little lacking compared to the top tiers but his massive force reserves more than make up for it lol
Idk that I'd agree with you entirely. I mean yeah,, there are some better than him in terms of saber skill, but to my knowledge it was only 2. Yoda and Windu. Aside from those two, Palpatine straight up outclassed every other person we've seen him duel. He actively toys with and mocks his opponents while doing so because he WANTS them to know how "beneath him" they are
@@nicholaswilkerson4394 he outclasses his opponents cuz of his force augmentation, which makes him faster and stronger than everyone. if we get rid of that and think only in terms of saber skill, he's less than or equal yoda, windu, dooku, prime anakin, etc.
I like how Maul took a defensive stance, specifically Obi Wan's.
Yeah never noticed it till now, he goes into form 3
OMG!! Never noticed that, that is so interesting.
THAT SHIT WONT WORK ON DARTH SIDIOUS LMFAO 😂😂😂
@@fafishing3280 To be fair, nothing Maul could throw it him would work on Darth Sidious.
Bro and sidious literally killed savage looking maul directly in the eyes just as maul did to obi-wan when he killed qui-gon
This shows how big an issue Maul had become for Sidious that he went to see to it personally he doesn’t do that for anything anything else in the clone wars. When he shows up you know everyone who sees him dies
I don't think they were a problem. It was more personal and about pride.
Maul and Savage were going around pretending to be Sith Lords. Sidious was the true Lord of the Sith, and there can only be 2. He couldn't let the name Sith be represented by a failed weakling.
I think if Maul and Savage would have not called themselves Sith, Palpatine wouldn't have cared.
@@rayloc420 the had an entire criminal empire and mandlore, tho the show only really focused on madalore, this threatened plaps plan, so he went to deal with it himself
@@FFangsYt A criminal empire in a huge galaxy. The Empire could have wiped them out like nothing. They were a menace, but i dont think that big of a deal, especially since criminal empires already existed.
Upon the confrontation, Sidious only mentions the Sith issues. He's a rival. There can only be 2. These are absolute. He upholds these truths by taking them out. His laughing the whole time is a display of his dominance as the true Lord of the Sith. imo
@@rayloc420 it was a crime syndicate, it was made up of hurts, mandos, pikes, and many more. It was incredibly powerful, and would have caused problems in the outer rim. This is to the extent of what I know tho, go research more yourself.
@@rayloc420 They were too powerful to send dooku to deal with so he went to deal with it knowing he was more than capable also Mauls plans jeopardised palps since he wanted Kenobi dead and if he killed him Anakin would come for revenge and he couldn’t risk that so although yes maul and savages power and their criminal empire were an issue it was the possibility of Anakin death which was the main issue
When Maul begs for mercy, he's begging for Sidious to just kill him right then and there. Knowing that death would be far less painful than being under Palpatines care. Terrifying
He brought back all that childhood abuse trauma.
@@Daron7181 I love how they used a darth vader line!!
In the words of the Grand Inquisitor, “There are things far more frightening than death!”
@@Daron7181sith training boarders on torture the sith are taught to take pain and turn it into hate and anger which fuels the dark side. Sidious's training under Plagueis was torture
Obviously Palpatine absolutely demolishes them, but I'm glad that it at least reaches a point where Maul starts to put up a little bit of a fight (after Savage dies) before Palpatine is just like "aight, I'm done."
he defenitely should have lost the fight.
@@m3rkbullw0rm48 who?
@@Gachmara palpatine no doubt about it. but pre established movies ruin the fights
@@m3rkbullw0rm48 Are you saying Palpatine should have lost to them?
@@elijahamores yes
My 2 favorite things about this.
1. Maul instantly takes a knee and tries to play up his subservience. That alone is just wet your pants lvl fear for a sith to show
2. Nobody……nobody talks about how Palpatine intentionally lets Maul run to his brothers side to drink up all that sadness and loss from him like wine as he watches from above.
Especially because Sidious knows that by letting Maul do that he is letting Maul become more powerful. Sidious is the most knowledgable Dark Sider alive, he knows that the pain and rage Maul will feel from watching/feeling his brother die will channel into the Dark Side and make Maul more powerful.
Yet he doesn’t care, in fact he stands there and laughs at and mocks Maul, goading him even further. It’s a true demonstration that Sidious is truly so above Maul that he is deliberately pushing Maul into unleashing everything he has and is demonstrating “even the best you have is unequal to my passive effort” before just slamming him into the ground. A true power play.
They did a good job catching Palpatine's style of dueling. He's mastered all seven forms, but his style is more chaotic, which makes it that much harder for his opponents to try and fight him.
Everyone who uses form 7 needs to know mastery of all other forms, since Juyo Is a amalgamation of the 5 other lightsaber forms (Niman not included, since it's already a hybrid form). What makes Juyo so powerful, is that the user can keep drawing on the darkside to gain stamina and speed.
The funny thing is, I don't think Sidious is using Juyo at all in this duel.
It looks like he's exclusively using Makashii in it's Jar Kai configuration
@@m_rubenHenis using it but his fighting style is just very agile and aerobic so it looks different
@@assadarlingtoni The opening stance Sidious does in this duel is actually the Makashi flourish.
His lightsaber moves, and even the way he moves his body are flowing and elegant (very reminiscent of Makashi). While Juyo is grounded and straight to the point.
In the other duels, like with Sidious against Yoda or Mace Windu, you can clearly tell he’s using Juyo.
But in this duel Sidious is toying with Maul and Savage.
@@m_ruben honestly for me it seems more agile and chaotic than elegant. It seems more like Ataru, opening seems Makashi yes
That little effect on Sidious’s voice when he says “a rival!” sends shivers down my spine. It’s so good
It comes to show Sidious is a evil vile monster in all existence for killing so many people, jedi, ruining Mauls life, and worse killing Mauls only family he had left, Savage.
Or how about the greatest villain of all time.
Only Family?? Maul still had Mother Talzin left at that time Savage died.
@@GRIMLOCK07 well only at the time since, grievous killed her later on from what i remember
@@comradedogo Yeah, that's why I used the words *"at that time"* in my previous statement.
Pure Evil Complete Monster in a nutshell
This is the only time we see maul afraid, just goes to show how powerful Sidious is
The only time maul is ever afraid is when sidious is involved. Makes sense
It is the best Single episode of the series, hands down.. So much happens and it's pacing just perfect. sidious Was having so much fun moving like an air bender
Sidious has got to be one of the best and most feared villains in cinema. You can see the fear in so many of the reactors eyes the second those lightsabers come out they know the fights over before it’s started and it’s still one of the best unwinnable fights ever
Quite possibly my favorite fight scene in clone wars
The Ahsoka vs Maul fight was truly the worst of the entire series imo
@@suckmymiddlefinger4350 it wasn’t that bad it was a pretty good fight
@@suckmymiddlefinger4350 What? Why?
Incorrect@@suckmymiddlefinger4350
@@suckmymiddlefinger4350It was good, but Maul was holding back and paranoid while Ahsoka had some plot armour.
Palpatine is being far more sinister here than the show tells you. In the comics it's revealed the reason he keeps Maul alive is to lure in Mother Talzin in order to kill her. The plan works.
Maul escapes with the help of mother talzin and mother talzin only died because she was in a weakened state at the time
Also killed his entire family before he was sith.
@bowens620 I'm pretty sure Talzin was the only non-jedi Palpatine feared. Even then, I don't think it was like... a DEATHLY fear. But he knew her force magicks was extremely formidable. Definitely a threat to him, judging by what we see her do to Dooku
This was just Palpatine playing with his food. You can tell he was having the time of his life here!
To truly appreciate Palpatine's evil, stone cold drive for power, and grooming of Maul, two absolute reads are Darth Plagueis and Maul Lockdown.
This scene's biggest impression left on me was how smooth Palpatine was, constantly dragging his sabers through the floor. I've always wanted to see him fight like this more in movies and games, dragging his sabers through the ground as he fights, but I think this was the only time he's done that? I'm not sure.
In this fight, Savage and Sidious demonstrated a key trait about battle. It's not the size that counts, it's how you use it.
Daddy took his belt off, haha.
This episode made me so happy. Just Sidious in his raw, naked power. Amazing.
One of the best ways to communicate how powerful a villain is: show people reacting to them.
We have seen Maul go through fights where he almost dies, challenging to the death, and more. Throughout it all he just gets angry and pushes through. Yet directly after seeing all that fearlessness, we see his terror filled “Master…” that pure fear and knowledge that he stands no chance. The instant bowing where you knew he’d never bow to anyone else. It communicates how truly unstoppable Sidious is and how he is the ultimate obstacle.
Fitting that this was Ian Abercrombee's final role as Palapatine before his death. What a final note to go out on.
At first glance, it can be assumed darth sidious is a frail and stooped old man, but the power of the dark side flows through one so ruthless, and no grace or skill is lost in age.
Somthing to remember. Palpatine demolished 4 jedi counsel masters with only one saber which he didnt even need. He gave maul and his brother a huge handicap in this fight.
The part I love the most in this whole fight is that little spin into the ground he does during that opening exchange. He's so in tune with the force, so many moves ahead of their actual strikes, that he can take the time between blocks to decorate the ground just because he relishes the fun and destruction he's about to unleash.
And what makes Sidious even scarier is the fact that he doesn't like lightsabers at all , he thinks about them as toys that the weak Jedi use and honestly other than Yoda he probably could have ragdolled everybody without a lightsaber , he even outdid Yoda in purely force power so his reasoning is understandable , but he is a sadistic one so I guess he like to give his opponents some hope in a duel like here , he could have crushed both with just force only but he gave them a little hope that they can beat him in a duel, when he got bored he just used the force and dismantled Maul easily , he is nasty
Exactly what i am trying to say to those who dont know how powerfull he is. His force is enough to kill sith lords…
dude yoda kicked his ass twice wtf are you smoking
@@m3rkbullw0rm48 They only fought once.
@@vietcongwarlord6931 twice.
@@m3rkbullw0rm48 No. I'm right and your wrong. They fought once.
Biggest flex: Fighting two highly skilled Zabraks at one and laughing like its lightwork.
This kinda also shows how skilled Mace Windu was tbh
I’m a firm believer that he lost to mace on purpose to sway Anakin
@@isilencer8877 but its cânon that He lost in The saber duel He was overpowered by windu i dont know the rest was a act like after windu block his lightning strikes but in The saber duel windu def owned him
@@arthurnikiforck7954 windu has vaapad form to defeat siths…. In duel mace wins but overall with the force palpatine destroyes mace
@@isilencer8877 Yeah, I used to believe that, but Lucas DID say he actually lost to Windu, but it worked perfectly. In reality, Sidious was kind of expecting either a "good" Anakin that followed the Jedi or the one he wanted. The Sith
I mean he is one of the members of the Jedi Council for a reason.
Imagine palpatine trained his abilities and he rarely have chance to use them , of course he enjoying this
Honestly this fight is lowkey a sign of respect for maul and savage. They’re so powerful sidious couldn’t even send dooku to deal with them. He knew they were too powerful for dooku so he had to deal with it himself
If Dooku could beat Anakin and Obi Wan and beat Asajj Ventress and the Night Sisters in lightsaber combat, he shouldn't have any problem with Maul and Opress. Enough said.
@@wiiliamhamilton147 so why didn’t palpatine just send Dooku to do it
@@jacksonyon5276 Why would Palpatine send Dooku to do something that he could do himself?
@@wiiliamhamilton147 well then he’d just be doing everything wouldn’t he?
@@jacksonyon5276 I've got news for you, Palpatine has done it all, hasn't he?
Palpatine is like Yoda in a sense, he is so strong with the force, he rarely needs to use his lightsaber to show how powerful and skilled he is, but when he needs to (or rather when he chooses to).....he is all but unstoppable
I do love the pure “Oh Shit!” look Maul has when he realizes who he’s sensing
I love how easily you can tell who's light-side or dark-side among the reactors.
Palpatine looks like he's having a fun time during that fight, lol.
does palpatine defeating maul at the end while he was using the darksaber technically make palpatine the rightful owner of the darksaber? obviously he probably wouldn’t want it or even really care, but i guess you could make the argument that after this episode, the darksaber no longer “belongs,” as it were, to maul.
True , it does belong to palpatine here but since he has the might of the empire behind him later on he subjugates mandalore by bombing it instead. For him its just another worthless relic with no true value to the sith as he sees it.
@Chief Millard Johnson good name though 😄
No, because they didn't wager the darksaber beforehand. You can lose a battle and still be the rightful wielder, so long as that battle was not FOR the right to rule Mandalore.
@@prestonjones1653 i don’t think moff gideon wagered the darksaber to mando did he? he just explains it’s significance. mando even said he didn’t want it but he’s still the rightful owner right? or is gideon?
@@captainkenway6571
Well we do see the Darksaber resisting Mando, so maybe it is rightfully Gideon's, or maybe the rule doesn't apply to non-Mandalorians.
Surprised no one mentioned how this fight is pretty much a total mirror to Maul vs Obi wan and Qui-gon Jinn back in ep 1, or how Maul actually takes up Kenobi's signature stance after recognizing the threat
This is one of the best fight scenes in star wars.
Prefect fight between Darth Sidious and two monsters
Monsters?? Yeah right, and Darth Sidious is Freakin' Saint.
I bet Sidious Kill Count (directly & indirectly) is ridiculously higher than
Maul's & Savage's Kill Count Combined.
@@GRIMLOCK07 yeah sidious is pure evil and one with the dark side… but savage and maul look like monsters😂
@@huhad8276Look like Monsters?? I'm sure to their own species they look perfectly normal.
You're opinion is from a certain point of view.
@@GRIMLOCK07 Sidious is a saint he even gave job to invalide with asthma. He destroyed the rebel terrorists tried atleast and got rid off the war criminals.
@@GRIMLOCK07 At least with Maul, his tattoos are not Nightbrother tattoos like how his species has, they are Sith tattoos, almost demonic, and they were painfully applied by Palpatine himself to Maul. Combined with the red eyes and horns, it does make him look like a demon, hence why the other guy called him a monster. Savage is a hulking brute, and his horns and tattoos only add to his menacing look.
Palpatine's lightsaber form and movement is just insane in this scene. The way he navigates between Maul and Savage is crazy!
4:29 To answer Alyska, that was the power given by Mother Talzin to Savage.... which is now leaving him.
The disrespect when he kills Savage, doesnt even look at him when he runs him through
One thing not too many people realize about this fight is Maul's emotion befroe Sidious electrocutes him. He asks for Mercy. And Maul has shown that he willt ake a warriors death on his actions and origins. So the fact that he asks for Mercy from Sidious shows exactly how terrifying Sidious really is
Yeah that’s exactly what Maul is asking for, a cleans warrior’s death. That is what mercy is here. Maul knows that Sidious is a true sadist who enjoys torture and cruelty. He knows that living means being under Sidious’s care. He is pleading for Sidious to just kill him then and there. Sidious responds with torture instead, showing what is in store for Maul. Truly horrifying!
something to think about:
this what Sidious holding back, Sidious views lightsabers as pointless tools, he believed one only needed the force, he viewed the weapons as a joke to the point he masters all 7 forms of lightsaber combat out of sheer boredom
this fight was one sided even before it began, this was simply Sidious stretching his legs and having a bit of fun, before torturing Maul
The fact that Palpatine didn't send Grievous and full droid commando, or even Dooku to deal with Maul and Savage means how much of a threat the brothers became. This matter must've been dealt with personally
The finishing strike versus Savage doesn't get enough credit.
Palps backed up into a man with a dual saber, no lookies, and struck him down and sheathed his weapons to let the moment sink in.
Also, before doing that he casually sheathed both sabers and started side stepping Savages swings before nonchalantly reactivating them. He had complete control over that interaction.
I feel so bad for Maul. He was trying to get vengeance on Kenobi, but in reality, he hated Sidious. Sidious killed his brother, and his mother, and yet Maul still reached out for Kenobi. To hate someone to the point you would plead for your own death, is intense.
1:53 me too
I just realized that when maul ignited his lightsaber after being pushed against the window
He went into the soresu stance like obi wan
This is definitely the 2nd best lightsaber duel from this show. Also, these reactors should read the "Star Wars: Darth Maul - Son of Dathomir" comic book series to learn what happened to Maul after Darth Sidious captured him and before the "Siege of Mandalore" arc.
when he screamed UNLIMITED POWER, mf MEANT IT ❤🔥
I love how they pointed out he is laughing through this. He is not laughing when fighting Mace Windu or when he is trying to kill Luke. Interesting his laughs when fighting Yoda though.
I think the reason he laughs with Yoda is just the joyous feeling of victory. Plus the mockery of Yoda. He is laughing because he knows that Yoda has already lost, him trying to fight Sidious is pointless and the fact Yoda is still trying makes Sidious laugh. The Jedi have already been killed, Sidious is already in control. Anakin is already turned. Even if Yoda won the Empire still would have risen with Anakin as emperor instead.
I think the problem is that Palpatine once had such high hopes for Maul years past. Then he gets "killed" by Jedi and tries to overthrow him later. Like Palpatine must have been an absolute whizz teacher to Maul judging from the Zabrak's skill. Maul started caring about things after his fall which ironically defeated him against Palpatine.
I love how right before he offs Savage, it looks like he's dancing.
2:09 I get the idea that sidious lost his first lightsaber from mace windu and kept the spare lightsaber from fighting yoda.
@thetjbucy makes sense. But, mace windu is dead.
Sidious vs Maul and Savage is like Hikaru pre-moving Mate in 20 while blindfolded.
It was obvious who was gonna win the whole time. But I’m glad there was a point in the fight where Maul managed to stagger Sidious backwards (after Savage died). Just goes to show Maul is no joke either
Its nice to see that the live action shows are drawing people to Clone Wars and Rebels
OP and Pure Evil Complete Monster in a nutshell...
This is arguably the best Palpatine scene in the franchise. The brother duo has been the scourge of the galaxy for at least a season now. He simply walks in and tells Maul ‘you’re dead, we both know it, but at least give me some fun for a minute’, then lets em live for a bit before just saying ‘aight, the arthritis is kicking in, time to wrap this up’ and ends the fight.
What I think is scary is if you go back through and you count the whole entire few minutes that he fights them it's so short it just shows how powerful he is and it just makes it more of a nightmare fuel that this man if he wasn't thrown down that shaft by Vader could have literally destroyed the whole entire galaxy if he's so pleased then watch Revenge of the Sith and watch him fight all of the Jedi ignore Anakin getting they're and his stalemate against mace it just shows he's even more powerful he is and it's horrifying
That’s what I loved about the clone wars show. It wasn’t just “the Jedi council wars” or “the republic wars,” it was about all the characters and stories that took place in that era. You wouldn’t just follow the heroes, but the villains and side characters too. We formed new attachments to people like Savage and were sad when he died, even if he was technically a bad guy
I just realised Sidious didn't kill Maul cause Maul was needed to distact Ashoka when Anakin was going to go to the Dark Side
Nah lmao he needed him to kill Mother Talzin (Canon in the comics)
That's what happens when you break the rule of two.
I love the fight and the reactions but the thought of him picking up Savage's double-bladed Saber as a return to form to his roots and as a way to try and avenge his brother but I love it regardless.
Im pretty sure Sidious viewed this as a nice little vacation from being chancellor
Maul can call Savage appretence as much as he wants but at the end of the end of the day he just wanted to take over with his bro
Meanwhile Palpatine is gonna be killed by Rey...
Bad writing and plot armor… the most powerfull sith being killed by a girl with no training
@@huhad8276That's why people should forget about the sequel trilogy.
I wish they would do a 4-6 episode series like tales of the jedi that takes pace between this and season 7. It deserves more than a comic
The Son of Dathomir comic should be made into a 4 part animated limited series.
"To be honest mual and Savage deserve that because they killed a lot of Jedi"
Does it suck that Palpatine killed Savage? Yeah kind of, Maul and Savage were forced into the service of the Sith with little choices but to die otherwise. But Maul and Savage could have just not tried to create a galaxy-wide crime empire in direct competition to Palpatine. They chose to live by the sword, and Savage died by it
"Those who ask for mercy are too weak to deserve it" Darth Bane
This is why Darth Sidious has a claim to the darksaber.
How did everyone feel for Savage🥺 sad for a brother to die in Maul’s hands
Technically, Savage's death is Maul's fault.
Maul knew Sidious was out there, and Maul knew the RULE OF TWO.
Which means his former Master would eventually come looking for him & take care of any loose ends. No Rivals, No Witnesses. It's a Sith Thing & Sith Happens.
Palpatine was just playing dude lol
Palpatine really hit savage with the 1 2 3 wombo combo 💀💀
Maul is no one to underestimate. He can compete in lightsaber combat but palpi is too OP with the force
Maul and Savage fight for their lives, meanwhile Sidious is just having a day off from his office works.
if only he used a lightsaber to block the force lightning, palpatine would have killed himself
True
No chance to do that, he dissarmed him and his durability is good for palpatines age
Fun fact it’s not the actually lightsaber that blocks and redirects the lightning, but the force channeled through the lightsaber… mail would have had to at least match the force output of the lightning to really stop or send it back
The music perfectly encapsulates fighting Sideous, pure horror.
if Maul had only teamed up with Mother Talzin when he took over Mandalor, he'd have had a chance at getting rid of Sidious
Darth Sidious was so OP and a savage in this episode of Star Wars the Clone Wars
Ian McDiarmid maybe the GOAT when it comes to Sidious but Ian Abercrombie performance gave us a powerful but terrifying Sidious
Something I noticed.. Palps could have just crushed them when they were thrown against the windows.. he *let* them get down and duel him.. he knew he'd win and decided to toy with them..
Actually I wonder if he did it on purpose to kinda test them.. like was thinking "how useful could they be? let's see" and later just went "welp this Savage is worthless.. but of course my former apprentice still has use"
I’d love to sit on the couch and watch something with the Gaxelle AIR USE group.
I'm genuinely curious what would have happened if Sidious never stepped in and dealt with Maul
Maul and Savage: fighting for their lives
Palpatine: Cutting the floor makes me look cool
I sometimes wonder if this scene was karma vibe-checking Maul.
Palpatine is so powerful that he dominates and destroys lesser opponents easily, the three Jedi that went with Mace Windu, Maul and Savage are powerful but miles below him, even Ahsoka Tano defeated Maul easily, Palpatine would destroy her, he defeats everyone except for Mace and Yoda, even Anakin is beneath him
Palpatine was just having fun because he hasn't fought for ages.
Savage kinda deserved it.
He killed Feral, Trauma, Halsey, Knox, King Katuunko, Morley, Adi Gallia, Oruba the Hutt, and lots of others that we truly loved or not.
Alyska's best reaction.
Ian McDiarmid was brilliant when it came to showing Palpatine as the puppet master of the prequels, but this is where I bought into Sidious as an actual, four-alarm physical threat.
What's funny is Palpatine actually hates using lightsabers. He uses them to insult jedi. His force abilities are just that beastly he could've soloed maul and savage without a saber.
I'm interested in where the Supreme Chancellor finds time to do flexibility exercises, bc I don't think the Force does that for you but decades-old Sidious still does a backbend to block Savage's blade.
“I never saw Palpatine use lightsabers before.” For real? You never saw the part of Episode III: Revenge of The Sith where Palpatine fought Mace Windu and 3 other Jedi Masters?
Those poor mandalorians they had no idea what they was getting into. They in the middle of someone else’s mess 😂😂😂
Remember palpatine has studied all forms of lightsaber arts… all 7 forms he has mastered. He uses all in combination when fighting. Nobody can defeat him ongod. He has studied sith knowledge and political knowledge at the same time to win. He is the ultimate Sith Lord.
About Savage Remember he was enhanced by night sister magic that's why he turns gaseous Green.. As he offgases
What's crazy is this whole fight was EASY work to Palps. He was having FUN. And from reading the novels he didn't even LIKE saber work. He felt it was beneath a true sith Lord. He knew ALL 6 forms, BEAT Yoda! But LOST Mace Windu (who had mastered a secret 7th form that actually used the dark side called Vapaad) and just FYI I keep hearing rumors that Windu's story arc is NOT done yet
One thing i noticed, is that Palpatine kills Savage the way Maul killed Qui-Gon, disorienting him and stabbing him in the stomach.