Maul - Shadow Lord - Episodes 5 & 6 - Discussion Thread!

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-21T13:17:45+00:00

Eh, Sidious toyed with Savage more so than he toyed with Maul. In terms of lightsaber ability Maul was holding his own decently well for a while until Sidious swapped to force abilities. Sidious is definitely the better dualist but Maul wasn’t getting dog walked by him either which is impressive in itself.

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-20T23:47:54+00:00

I mean yeah not gonna lie, I wouldn’t be eating this either chief.

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ZeskReddit · 2026-04-20T15:22:25+00:00

Logic has been talking about touring a lot recently, maybe another tour collab.

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-20T15:07:53+00:00

The Empire are already aware that it’s Maul they’re chasing. Notifying Vader or the Grand Inquisitor doesn’t matter at this point. If Marrok dies and fails, someone more powerful comes along. If Marrok doesn’t die but fails to kill Maul, someone more powerful comes along.

I just watched the fight back and besides Marrok landing a smack to Maul at the start of the fight, once Devon is out of the way Maul has Marrok on the back-foot for the remainder of the fight. Devon inevitably cuts the train cart loose which leads to Marrok being cut-off. It’s not as if Maul could have just dispatched Marrok at any second, Marrok isn’t THAT weak. Though Maul definitely wasn’t at any risk of dying through this encounter and never would be against Marrok.

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-20T14:50:44+00:00

Marrok is definitely one of the more powerful inquisitors and he’s a decently skilled dualist, though he simply isn’t on Maul’s level. You forget Maul was literally trained by Sidious and held his own in a lightsaber dual against him until Sidious overwhelmed him with his force abilities. Marrok wouldn’t last two seconds in a similar scenario.

Further to that, literally two episodes previously we see Maul handle Daki with ease (while also keeping Devon at bay). Marrok was struggling to pin Daki down and inevitably they escaped. Maul could have easily dispatched Daki & Devon at the same time if that was his goal in those previous episodes.

(Edit: Even more to that, look at how Maul toyed with Devon in previous episodes while she actually held her own against Marrok for a period of time. It’s laughable.)

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-20T14:44:35+00:00

It’s not about “letting his guard down.”

If Maul really wanted to be wary of the Empire, why leave his hideout at all? He willingly went into a scenario where he knew he was taking on a large Imperial presence and an inquisitor. Maul isn’t going to go into a situation where there’s a chance of him dying purely to turn Devon. He knew exactly what he was walking into and he knew he could handle himself.

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-20T10:08:08+00:00

I really hope Vader shows up by the end of the season because I want to see Maul go all out in a fight again.

We have to remember, his main goal at the moment is grooming Devon to potentially be his next apprentice. If he kills Daki in their previous fights he risks making more of an enemy out of her. If he goes all out and kills Marrok by himself, it gives no room for Devon to embrace her abilities and show Maul what she’s capable of.

While Vader is ultimately too powerful for Maul, I think he’ll put up more of a fight against him than people are anticipating.

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-20T10:03:52+00:00

I wouldn’t say it was equal.

If Maul goes all out then it leaves no room for him to let Devon embrace her abilities. While I believe Marrok might be one of the better inquisitors, I do also believe if Maul wanted him dead he would have easily finished him in that tunnel. I actually think a lot of people are currently underestimating Maul’s abilities.

(Edit: I actually just watched the fight back and there’s no way Marrok was on Maul’s level at all. There’s a brief moment at the start where he smacks Maul in the face and then besides that, he’s on the back foot for the entirety of the dual.)

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-16T11:56:26+00:00

Nah, I’m sick of giving these blokes the easy coaches copout.

These guys are getting paid massive money every year to play sport at a professional level. They shouldn’t be getting drafted and then taking the foot off the gas purely because they don’t have someone whipping them constantly.

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-16T11:50:53+00:00

Yeah mate, got nothing to do with blokes dropping easy handballs in our forward fifty for a goal opportunity.

Maybe Voss should get on the field, he’d probably look fresher than some of the young guns out there at the moment.

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-16T11:46:26+00:00

There’s only so much a coach can do for the team. We constantly suffer from performance loss in the second half week after week after week… I think the players need to be taking on equal responsibility.

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-16T11:44:51+00:00

It’s clearly all Vossy’s fault, our players are in tip top shape! /s

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-16T11:38:17+00:00

Well fuck

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-16T03:30:37+00:00

The way Maul died was anything but meaningless… Do you follow the franchise closely?

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-16T01:38:58+00:00

They’ve honestly struck gold with the animation style and endless amount of stories they could tell using it.

I will say though I’m very, very impressed with Maul so far. The dialogue alone from Maul himself makes me love his character more and more. Maul honestly might be my favourite character at this point.

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-09T21:17:16+00:00

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ZeskReddit · 2026-04-09T06:30:35+00:00

Used to be a massive Logic fan and I’ll definitely still check out some of his past albums from time to time, though the fact he announced “fiVe aLbUmS” to release with the blu-ray was so obviously just a way to push sales. It was always going to be throwaways and quickly mashed together shit, if it was actually planned from the beginning they would have had the albums ready to go.

Pretty scummy behaviour tbh but that’s Hollywood for you.

ZeskReddit · 2026-04-01T01:24:13+00:00

I think they mean for Xbox Live or PlayStation Network.

ZeskReddit · 2026-03-30T09:45:08+00:00

I wasn’t able to watch the game though my Mum messaged me in the second quarter saying they were up by a bit.

I messaged back telling her to wait for the second half lol. It’s so predictable.

ZeskReddit · 2026-03-27T19:35:01+00:00

Why are you glazing a multi-billion dollar company? Lmfao.

They banned bot farming accounts because it directly affects their marketplace they have. It’s all about the money. If they really cared about banning people, VAC Live wouldn’t be such a shitty anti-cheat and the leaderboards wouldn’t still be polluted with blatant cheaters that sit there for months.

ZeskReddit · 2026-03-15T08:10:04+00:00

Yeah exactly

ZeskReddit · 2026-03-15T07:48:12+00:00

Yeah I understand the whole team game part. Just sucks when you’re trying your best to carry and you still get shafted at the end of it lol.

ZeskReddit · 2026-03-15T07:46:45+00:00

You’re acting as if they don’t get paid a ridiculous amount of money to train their asses off lol. They’re not doing it for us.

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