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To be fair, Maul in TCW was shown as being really powerful. He was only bested by Sidious. Obi-Wan technically beat him once, but he had to go into rage mode to do it. Dooku in his prime probably would have beat Maul, but in TCW they consistently showed that Dooku's age had slowed him down. So Maul's higher stamina and agility would probably allow him to beat Dooku. That's sort of how Anakin did it in Revenge of the Sith.

I´m pretty sure it´s purely about lightsaber combat skills. Sidious would be on top in terms of force skills and Dooku would be ranked second in my opinion.

Lightsaber I'd say:

1. Vader
2. Sidious
3. Dooku
4. Maul
5. Savage

Vader in his prime with the suit would do well vs Sidious if it was PURE Lightsaber combat only, however Sidious uses the force a lot, that how he ended his duel with Maul so quick.

I'd pick Savage over Ventress just because of his immense physical strength. Vader is really strong though as well from his cybernetic parts, he crushed a Magnaguard metal hand with his fist in TCW before he was even Vader.


Force Power only:

1. Sidious
2. Dooku
3. Vader
4. Maul
5. Ventress

Sidious is obvious number 1, Vader is strong with the force but Dooku has access to more tricks.


Universal:

1. Sidious
2. Vader
3. Dooku
4. Maul
5 Ventress

TCW Maul IMO was actually only shown as a mid-tier Sith in my view and Dooku could beat him a majority of the time. It's not going to be easy but he would do it I believe. The only canon dark side user Maul could beat would probably be Ventress and even she would give him some trouble.  Maul was bested solely by Sidious not due to his power or skill but because no-one stronger than Obi-Wan other than Palpy decided to fight Maul.  Dooku could have went and fought Maul + Savage and while I shouldn't make assumptions as they aren't valid in discussions like these, I think Dooku would have beaten them eventually with effort. 

Sidious going was done as a tribute to the late voice actor and because it ended the arc on a cooler note. Also, Sidious might have had a better in-story reason to go because he perceived Maul challenging his plans. It wasn't because he was the only one who could challenge him.

And no way was Dooku slow (or getting that much slower) in TCW. Look at this Season 6 performance.



Dooku prances around like a cat during duels. And this is him at 82 years old, past his prime. He shows tremendous agility and speed which I think is on par or even exceeds Maul's (consider that he's fighting two opponents here which means twice the effort). In fact his acrobatic and his nimble fighting skill is something he was known for as a Jedi & retained as a Sith. Something we also see in the video is his ability to frequently kick Obi Wan and Anakin during duelling. In most duels stuff like this only happens every now and then but Dooku does it regularly so he can separate his opponents (if he's fighting multiple) or disorientate if he's fighting one. Dooku has been described as having the fitness of some Jedi half his age and he's quite a physically fit old man.

Dooku is consistently referred to as one of the most powerful Sith and Jedi of all time in terms of saber combat and force. We are also told that he could outclass nearly all opponents except Yoda at the time of the PT:



 In ROTS Dooku hadn't grown weaker. Anakin had grown stronger. Even then Dooku performed quite well in the duel incapacitating Obi Wan and putting up a good performance against Anakin. In the novel he is described as shrugging off Anakin's charges in the first half of the duel.




It was only when Anakin tapped into his rage when provoked that he defeated and overcame Dooku. Also Anakin used Shien which is a counter to Dooku's form whereas Maul doesn't.  This might not make too much of a difference but I think if Maul decided to start using a form he wasn't used to using he would be outclassed quite easily.  Dooku's Makashi advantage is not to be underestimated , it's one of the reasons why Sidious targeted Dooku as his apprentice because he knew it would give him a huge advantage in duels. 




Maul's achievements don't really mean much because they could be achieved by Dooku just as, if not more, easily than Maul achieved them. Maul has killed a few grunt Jedi & Qui Gon . He's put up good performances against Obi-Wan but Dooku usually incapacitates Obi Wan within seconds of combat. His feats don't really put him above Dooku.  

So Dooku wins, probably between 60 and 80% of the time depending on the conditions. If he taunts Maul and makes him really angry then Maul could win because then his strength might go into overdrive like Anakin's and Dooku might be         in some real trouble. But even then it would still be uncertain because Maul is no Anakin and Dooku is significantly superior to Maul in almost all aspects except for physical strength and stamina and while Maul's strength is superior to Dooku's by a fair margin, I think Dooku's stamina is almost on par. Dooku's speed probably is slightly better than Maul's as well.

Dooku was out of breath after fighting Anakin in Shadow Warrior and he also tried out in Crisis on Naboo (funny how both of those were on Naboo). I'm pretty sure TCW was trying to show a progression of their duels as it led up to Revenge of the Sith.

And there's not really much evidence for if Maul was weak during TCW. He fought Obi-Wan, what, three times? He lost once, but he wasn't technically beaten since he just fled. In the Son of Dathomir comic I think he was able to hold his own against Aayla Secura and Mace Windu... not to mention he lasted a pretty good amount of time against Sidious.

I think his strength was outrageously good. But he lacked agility and was most likely conceited. That's why he lost to the clones due to him being cocky and not smart.

Honestly... I think he just a Jedi version of Savage, maybe even worse then him. Not much you can do in terms of moves swinging two double bladed Sabres around like a maniac. Savages raw force power is probably better as well

I want to eventually get the blu Ray complete saga it's about $100 I think... I guess it's worth it.. Idk a little under $20 for each disc? I think I got ROTS for $13 but that wasn't blu ray

Just watched AOTC... The part right after the Speeder chase to the dog fight between Jango and Obi-Wan is enough to put you to sleep... So boring

It's all on them. I don't think Lucas had to option to include TCW in the contract. And an episode of TCW costed about 2 million dollars, for comparison an episode of Legend of Korra costed 1 million, but some of them were only used for online release and still made money. TCW had a much larger audience and much better potential for merchandise so it definitely made back the money invested in it. I don't think Lucas even considered that they would cancel TCW, just like most of us didn't.

From what I have heard: Lucas wanted to create a new unique movie trilogy (with ties to the previous movies obviously) Disney wanted to do a New Hope remake filled with fanservice.

He could have waited two years then sold...

GL criticised TFA a few days ago, saying Disney snubbed him and ignored his suggestions and he believed the movie to be too "retro" for his tastes. He also talked about Star Wars in general.:

www.nytimes.com/2015/12/31/movies/george-lucas-criticizes-latest-star-wars-installment.html






He has since retracted his negative comments but I thought this was interesting.

I feel bad for George... you have to imagine that the massive amount of criticism he got from the prequels damaged him. Even if he was the one that sold Star Wars in the first place, the fact that it's really popular again probably makes him a bit sad since he's not a part of it at all.