One of the best lightsaber duels EVER

I thought we'd take a look at one of my favorite Lightsaber duels ever - Darth Maul and his brother Savage Oppress vs Darth Sidious from The Clone Wars Season 5!

[@battledroid3497]

This was just a weekend vacation for palpatine

[@djcody492]

“Please have mercy!” “There is no mercy”

[@kalvin187douglas]

🔥

[@shubhnamdeo2865]

and in season 4 Maul was the same guy to criticize those who ask for mercy lmfao

[@isaackim7675]

A Cobra Kai stamp of approval

[@scenepack2529]

@@isaackim7675it’s funny because there was a Cobra Kai reference in a trophy in Jedi Survivor called “Cobra Cal” which you could get if you wore a headband with weapons

[@pavloszimbrakos4410]

The funny part was how his voice switched between 2 different actors for that scene lol

[@wickdaline8668]

He sensed something. A presence he hadn't felt since.

[@legndaryhero]

“Master.” 😳

[@dangdroideka3185]

@@legndaryhero lmao that’s his exact face when he realizes

[@ericwlezniak2081]

"I don't think you understand; the galaxy isn't yours to conquer."

[@Errodynamix]

“The meeting about politics is about to start, where is the chancellor?” Palpatine:

[@mattstorm360]

He's involved with some aggressive negotiations. He'll be back shortly.

[@Errodynamix]

@@mattstorm360 “Ah, fair enough. The council will start without him”

[@cliffysilver6612]

Savage was a complete beast literally, he had no technique which was abundantly clear here, he was sheer power and pure animalistic savage instinct

[@ElectricalMatthew]

This is definitely one of my favorite fights in the clone wars series

[@MUSTANG_P51]

That’s what I love about Sidious’ duel against the brothers. It’s the way moves, dodges, and swings. He plays and toys with them as if they were a pair of inexperienced and arrogant Sith acolytes from the Old Republic. It’s only when Mail pulls out the Darksaber and even kicks Sidious back, that he gets serious. Also, I an Ask Eck question; what would you fix about the Acolyte? What changes and improvements would you make if given the opportunity?

[@jedileader0174]

Yeah, the music is ALSO great. The main of it feels like it would be right at home in The Old Republic, then there's BOTH main Imperial themes sprinkled in. Those being Imperial March and Palpatine's theme. Then at the end with Palpatine's theme transitioning into Imperial March. It's like Palpatine is killing the ways of the old Sith Empire to make way for HIS Empire.

[@kevinhernandez2594]

One way to fix The Acolyte would be to stop knocking Osha out. She's definitely developing space CTE after that show. Give her Force visions either in her actual sleep, or give her spontaneous visions like on "That's So Raven" strictly for the cheese factor. I personally liked the show, but holy shit knocking her out every other episode was a bit much

[@FalconWingedGirl]

I also love how, after being let down from the window, Maul took Obi Wan's stance, a defensive fighting style the Jedi use.

[@hafeezasif7932]

To be honest that was the most fun palpatine had in decades he always had to pretend to be a boring politician but in those 5 minutes he was a dark lord of the sith and showed his true power.

[@stevenjohnson6962]

I've always loved the fact that palpatine is just toying with them throughout the fight. He didn't just defeat maul he mocked maul for thinking that maul could even be consider himself a rival.

[@TheKnifeRaven]

This will always be my favourite animated duel in Star Wars. Seriously, when a scene from the Clone Wars can compete with Luke V.S. Vader in ROTJ, you know it's good.

[@rubenballesteros-so2zi]

This coupled with Satine dying in Obi Wan's arms, and the look of sad regret he had in his eyes, makes this Clone Wars episode the best of them all, IMHO.

[@ednamodee]

palpatine was working them so bad i started feeling bad for them 😭

[@mr.t-rex3113]

Back when palpatine had skill and fought like an actual Sith Lord

[@primal1233]

Sidious was disrespectful to both Savage and Maul throughout that entire fight

[@Leondegrance2]

He's disrespectful to pretty much everyone.

[@justlivin2499]

Watching that when it aired live was such a treat

[@RIPchen54321]

My favourite lightsaber Duel is where Savage and Ventress fighting Dooku

[@AlindBack]

As they say: "There's always a bigger fish."

[@timalsept2854]

You gotta figure Palpatine had to pretend to be a nice guy and have minions do everything behind the scenes to rise to power. He needed some dueling, laughing, killing time.

[@Dakarai_Knight]

This was also my favorite duel in the series. I'm a jedi fanboy especially ahsoka but this was it for me.

[@darkflameofphonix4709]

I'm so sad that they killed Savage though. He was already back lined when Maul was introduced and he really deserved more. Also technically he kinda landed a kick against Palpatine, which is insane with no real training and lightsaber technique.

[@benjamin8002]

Great example of just how powerful Palpatine was!!!

[@jeffersonsam5316]

My second favorite episode

[@g.williams2047]

This episode was top 3 in TCW.

[@shnickersz6312]

Im a huge fan of the original trilogy, for all the shortcomings of the prequels, some bits of clone wars is the best Star Wars we’ve ever had

[@cisarvitiate]

I agree, this fight was amazing, top 5 for sure. But in my opinion the Dooku vs Anakin and Obi-Wan fight in season 6 was still better (Dooku was also just playing with them and had one hand behind his back, and was beating their ass lije nothing…plus he put each one to the disadvantage because Anakin as an attacker was put in defense and Obi-Wan who is just the defense duelist had to attack). Tho it wasn’t a long duel it was still a top 3 fight in my opinion.

[@jeremy1860]

Clone Wars was just peak Star Wars ^_^

[@HumanoidDerpling]

Honestly, I think that Maul should have died here. His final showdown against Kenobi in Rebels was a masterful climax to his story, but I think this would have been even better. After crawling his way back from the brink of death, Maul does everything he can to make a name for himself, amass power, and eventually take his revenge on Kenobi, but the moment Sidious sees him as an anomaly, he snuffs out Maul just like he snuffs out anyone else who gets in the way. Imagine if he actually killed Maul right after saying "There is no mercy". That line would have been great but sounds dumb when he proceeds to spare Maul. And seriously, there's no reason for Sidious to keep him alive. He can't do any good for the plan and could do a great deal of harm. Isn't that the reason he confronted Maul in the first place? Idk, his initial return felt plausible and led to some cool things (like seeing Palpatine deal with X factors), but keeping him alive after that just felt like fanservice. At least he got a good end in Rebels, unlike Ahsoka (who also felt like she was brought back for fanservice, but that's another can of worms).

[@jediclonekag13]

Darth Maul and Savage Opress vs. Darth Sidious is still my 2nd favorite lightsaber duel in TCW.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

I really miss those days, loving The Clone Wars 2008 and moments like this. Alas, constant ignoring of greatness like the CW Multimedia Project, flawed follow-ups from the same continuity like Rebels, The Rise of Skywalker, and Battlefront 2 2017, the increasingly condemned "Creators' Pet/Franchise Original Sin" stuff pertaining to Ahsoka and Maul, have ruined my enjoyment of the show. Permanently, I fear too.

[@Sc0ts]

Agreed, it was phenominal

[@JGr2000]

This is also my favorite duel in the entire show

[@acegabrielcruz3687]

Nothing tops Anakin vs Obi Wan

[@Alice.59]

I still wonder if at the end palpatine stopped the fight and used the force juste because he wanted to end it quick, like no more time to loose playing, or if for a second he really struggled to hold off maul's attack and even if it was still no threat to him he just didn't wanted to make any effort and take a risk fighting for "real"

[@jiyuhong5853]

Also Maul uses Kenobi stance despite his hate for him

[@camoboy4338]

SAME!!!

[@59rlmccormack]

Sidious wrecked Maul hard.

[@dach829]

and people think sideos was beat by mace.

[@PrettyboyAshtun]

now just imagine starkiller in this duel

[@marcelxd1633]

Sidious win

[@bloodfire1989]

I actually think this is a bit of a let down in terms of plot. Sidious should never have been an expert duelist, it was obvious from the scenes we do get from him that his mastery of the force is his specialty. Where Maul and Savage are pretty much solely in the duelist category. Instead, I think the writers should have gone down the path of Sidious 'dueling' with them using his force powers to make up for his saber skills. It would give him more character and play into his role of being a deceiver and force manipulator.

[@Tomszpl]

It doesnt make sense for sidious to go there, just another flaw in this mid show

[@jeffersonsam5316]

My second favorite episode