Why Darth Maul Never Used Force Lightning - Star Wars Explained 

In my opinion, Darth Maul is highly underrated...

If you have to have been hit by force lightning to learn how to use it then how did the first person to ever use force lightning learn how to use it?

why he never used force lighting because he didn't want to there's your answer

Why didn't Maul ever use force lighting? *That's just not his vibe*

If he wasn't a Sith Lord, he wouldn't have been called "Darth." He _was_ a Sith assassin, but upon receiving the "Darth" title, he became a Sith Lord.

Rey uses force lighting without ever being struck by one Darth Plageous : Am i a joke to you?

Maul would rek kylo ren

here is a good video suggestion for youtube. In Star Wars the phantom menace, its shown that obi wan and qui gon can use force run to escape the destroyer droids in the beginning. So why doesn't obi wan use force run at the end of the movie to beat the laser gates and help qui gon beat darth maul?

Darth Maul definitely understood Force lightning. He simply preferred not to use it. He was trained from a small child to be an assassin, and prefer to kill up close. Not to mention, he probably understood that the more powerful Jedi can reflect lightning back at the user. He has studied everything about the Jedi from Sidious. He was well-trained and they were no match for him

maul is my favorite sith of all time, always has been. you ever read maul: lockdown? amazing book displaying his power and might

How about 'was palpatine ready to deflect Windu's lightsaber if Anakin didn't intervene?' would be interesting to see if he had a back up plan since he was clearly faking being too weak

They made amazing use of Ray Park's martial arts talents when they wrote this character. Maul was terrifying to me as a child. He was angry, designed to be intimidating, and was the stuff of nightmares for my entire class.

Darth maul is my favorite character in star wars. What they did with him in the comics clone wars tv show and rebels truely made him the most interesting character and one of if not the most complex and cunning person in the galaxy. All I know is whenever he shows up big time consequences happen. As good ole jr, from wwe would say business is about to pick up. And it always did. Anytime he came on it was just watch tv. What a character. Love what he became.

let's not forget in legends, sidious sent maul to an training academy thing where e was trained in combat and was specifically not allowed to use the force. so that's why he is so good as a fighter and in my opinion why he prefers not to use force powers such as lightning and force choke

I love Maul. He was extremely powerful, but I think his personal code defined how he used his abilities. So I think he has the ability to use Force lightning, but chose not too. I believe he was stronger than Dooku as well.

But wait a minute. If Rey was never hit with the force lightning. Then how did she use it in the rise of Skywalker?

Dooku was a very skilled and calm fighter who tended to taunt his enemies using his superiority and arrogance and he was kind of a scholar of a force user, maybe truly not that powerful but very skilled and hungry for knowledge as he was a very precise and patient character which is also displayed by his actually superior use of the dark side not being corrupted by it - without the red and yellow eyes and the corrupted flesh. It seems he was well aware of how to use the dark side as was Palpatine before his life was threatened fighting Mace Windu where he suffered severe damage exceeding his limits and drawing a lot of energy from the dark side so that it first became visible that was a dark side user. Maul who on the other hand used the dark side all the time to fuel his physical strength has from the beginning shown the taint of the dark side.

Makes you wonder just how happy Maul would of been if he ever got a hold on one of the old Sith blades... Granted, he'd likely get distracted mid battle by all the blood spray..

Do "What if Anakin didn't duck when Qui Gon told him to in the Phantom Menace"

I feel like Maul lost to Kenobi due to plot convenience more than lack of skill.

I like to think of the whole "who beats who" in Star Wars in a more "elemental" sense (like water beats fire, etc.). Darth Maul beat Qui-Gon because Qui-Gon's fighting style was better suited to open spaces (wasn't it similar to the crazy style of Yoda?) whereas Maul's was more flexible and could adapt to the closed spaces. Later in the clone wars, I think Obi-Wan was able to beat Maul (for the most part) because Obi-Wan's defensive fighting style and trolly personality were well suited for aggravating Maul. Then, Dooku could beat Obi-Wan because Dooku's finesse in dueling could get past Obi-Wan's defenses, and Anakin could beat Dooku because Anakin was able to overwhelm him. Mace Windu is a strange one to analyze. I think Windu would easily beat Maul because Windu's Vapaad would draw in Maul's intense rage and use it against him. With Dooku; however, Windu's Vapaad would have much less rage to draw in, so that fight would be close to a 50/50. And yes, I believe Windu did beat Sidious because of Vapaad (at least you can think of Windu as a glass cannon/one-trick pony). Finally, I think Maul was definitely stronger than Dooku before Maul got cut in half, but afterwards Maul became less powerful overall (I mean, if the Chosen One lost half of his potential due to being cut in half, why wouldn't Maul?).

Who would win in a podrace: Mace Windu or Albus Dumbledore?

What is the tune of Star Wars Theory's outro when he concludes his videos? I love how ethereal and surreal it sounds...

Was literally wondering this the other day and came upon this out of the blue! My mind has been blown and an answer has been answered! Thank you 😊

*knows where somebody is going to strike without looking at them. But doesn't see a guy jump over him, ignite his lightsaber and cut him in half.*

Anyone here after rise of Skywalker where Rey is randomly able to use force lightning?

The truth of what you’ve said can be seen in The Clone Wars S7 finale. When Maul loses his lightsaber, he doesn’t pick up and use a clone trooper’s blaster to defend himself, he relies on the Force and uses it to slaughter the troopers.

good video again dude! really loved the darth vader part where he was able to stop Han solos blaster I have always wondered about that!!!! 😎

It's very interesting to me that maul found lightning to be cowardly. This sheds a little more light on his opinion of palpatine.

So i don't under stand why a lot of people don't believe maul was a Sith Lord, they say he was a Sith Assassin or a Sith Warrior but not a Sith Lord. In Rebels (cannon) he claims "Formerly Darth, now just Maul" meaning at some point he considered himself as a Sith lord worthy of the title of Darth and no longer does. And in the EU Darth Sidious named his apprentice Darth Maul, Sith Lord after he’d passed his final test by showing the desire to kill his master. Other than that i like the video and agree on a lot of the points.

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Bro I love your vids keep up the good work

Plagueis: "The only way to learn Force Lightning is to have tasted it pain." Me: "I'm confused." Plagueis: "How so? Its self explanatory." Me: "How was the first person to use it able to use it if no one before them has ever used it before?" Plagueis: "I-Huh....Never thought about that."

I hope Disney makes a Darth Maul anthology film.

I think Maul knew how to use it, he just preferred to use other techniques and attacks. I think that he and Dooku were on par with each other, both in terms of skill and power. Dooku was more of a duelist than a fighter, but he made up for that with his strength and proficiency in using the Force. Maul on the other hand, was a warrior. He knew how to fight and fight dirty. Maul was skilled in the Force, but preferred to get up close.

I also love how we got a better look at the dark saber when Darth maul was using it in one of the shows of clone wars or rebels

Of course maul can use force lightning, as a close quarter's combat nerd, I know that darth maul would never completely disregard force lightning. He has the skill, and the training. Furthermore, no one would suspect that he would use it, therefore it is very likely that he CAN use it. But, as you said he just doesn't like to. In fact I think that darth maul can use a great many more powers than we see him use, he just thinks of them as trump cards to turn to when it is absolutely necessary. After all he is still sith, conserving his life takes precedent over something as silly as disliking a technique.

anakin did bring balance before he turned to the dark side the jedi were unstoppable and more powerfull that the sith and then anakin fixed that

Star Wars Theory you should probably tell us what the ending song in your videos are. That would be awesome!

Almost 1 million subs! You can do it!

If someone has to be hit with force lightning then how did Rey use it?

Why did Maul never reveal Sidious's identity as Palpatine to the Jedi?

you have giving me a new found love for darth maul

"You come to your doom old man" I found that funny! hahaha love Maul!

Darth mauls athletic abilities were, in my opinion unrivaled. that's what he used force for. i don't believe that he could have used force lightning. in the kotor games (aside from the necessary ones) I many times level and use force abilities that increase the combat abilities such as athletics and lightsaber strength. that's probably what he used force powers for.

Maul wasn't able to use Force lightning. He was a savage, like you said; he liked it up close & personal. Sidious only taught him the basics of Sith power. But he never showed & taught him the Sith techniques he taught to Dooku. Dooku was without a doubt more powerful than Maul.

Interesting you mention his tolerance to pain, as i understand it Zabrak have an already higher tolerance than humans? Great video I've seen many of these comparing Darth Maul to other Sith and the makers clearly haven't done much research on Maul at all. He was a very powerful force user alas his over confidence was his weakness :(

I think that you nailed it right on the head; he probably had the ability to use it, but didn't simply because it didn't fit his style

Can you do a Star Wars quiz for us so you can test our knowledge of Star wars

You have to get hit by lightning to use it Rey: well yes, but actually no Also Rey: diddly dee force lightning for me

Love your intro while using my new beats

Nice vid.

spoiler alert in the new movie rey uses force lightning for a mear second and destroys a ship but she was never hit

I think Maul is capable of learning Force Lightning but couldn't for two reasons One he prefers to fight physically preferng to defeat enemies with his physical prowess as you stated in video Secondly it's the same reason why Asasji Ventress and the Imperial Inquisitors didn't learn it, they were all minions of the Sith, Maul was perhaps intended to replace Plagueis as the Second Sith before Anakin and Naboo came into the picture, as he was given the title of Darth But while Plageuis lived Palpatine had to appease him by limiting Maul's knowledge, teaching him only how to fight physically and be an assassin as well as a living weapon Not only Maul wasn't taught Force Lightning he didn't know how to defend against Force Attacks as he didn't even block Lightning with Lightsaber In contrast to Dooku who while a placeholder for Vader, was Trained as a true Sith Lord. He was trained to command and to lead as he was tasked to help cause the Clone Wars in a public sense Dooku didn't just learned Lightning but how to defend against it as he deflected the Redirected Lightning from Yoda at Episode 2 Maul's education as a Sith Lord was incomplete as evidenced to his vulnerably to not only Lightning but Force attacks in general Had he not fallen at Naboo, Palpatine freed from Appeasing Plagueis would have completed Maul's training in Dooku's place Although it seemed Palpatine had plans for Dooku before Maul's failure He might test the two's worth by pitting them against eachother on which would be Sidious' apprentice to serve in the Clone Wars." Should that happen it's unknown who would win if Maul was given some formal training after Naboo Maul has potiental Dooku was one of the finest swordsmen in modern history at the time If he was fresh from defecting from Jedi with no formal Sith training such a fight between Maul and Dooku could go either way Maul might win with physical power, as Dooku's style Makashi is weak lacking kinetic energy and weak against strong acrobatic opponents like Maul Dooku might win with Pure skill But again fight could go either way. That could make a good fan-fiction or video (like what if Maul hadn't failed Naboo and was pitted against Jedi Master Dooku for Sith Mantle ) Anyway to conclude Maul's training was incomplete He's capable of learning Lightning if he tried but might not because he prefers physical fights But also because Maul like the Sith assassins and minions after him had an incomplete education on purpose as Plagueis ordered Palpatine to only teach him to be a warrior and Assassin not a true Sith skilled in Force as well as Lightsaber combat Thus because he never completed his training he never learned Lightning from his master, and was ironically vulnerable to Lightning because he was also never taught how to defend against it

Darth Mual and his brother have always been my favorite characters

i like you line of thinking

If Maul would be a Samurai He would use some sort of longrange weapon because Samurais only got Info melee combat when it would be neccesary

Maul was more of a serial killer than a samurai, in my opinion. Sure, he was a very powerful Sith, way more powerful than Dooku, but focused on his Force powers as a rarity. He fully knew how to use Force lightning, he just didn't like to use it. Maybe it over exerted him?

Cool video! Can u do if dooku didn't die in revenge of the sith if you haven't already done it? Thx

I want you to know that I like your videos on strait principle now. lol.

Maybe he actually can use it, but just doesn't choose to. Arrogance at it's finest I'd say.

How did Starkiller learn it then? Or (Spoiler i think) Ma-Reysue?(probs cause of Disneys new nonexistent logic)

The writers should have never killed Darth Maul off. He was exciting to watch and keeping him alive a while longer cojld have delivered the missing excitement from the latest Star Wars instalments.

Video idea: if you were to make an Episode 0 for the Skywalker saga, what would its plot be?

Is it just me, or did anyone else think that Darth Maul wasn't as cool anymore when he wasn't such a silent beast anymore.

at 3:29 Obi Wan literally aims for Maul's lightsaber instead of his body lmao.

Oooh, good one. and I think I agree with your conclusion. I've always sorta looked at Force-lightning as the Sith "finesse move," in a way, and Maul was all about gettin' up in your grill and takin' you out. Yeah, he had finesse in his acrobatics, I will give you that, but his pscyhe was more brutal than that.

I think i know the name of his ability to ssee obi wans attack just before it happened in episode 1. I remember reading somwhere that it's an extremely rare force ability called plot vision

For everybody who’s a fan of Darth Maul: DARTH MAUL - Apprentice a Fan Film ist a really well produced mini movie about him

Wait,so Luke Skywalker can use force lightning?or is it for sith?

U should really do a podcast it’d be so good

i think you're right on the part that he could use it but chose not to, and i think he's definitely more powerful than Dooku, i think Maul was suppose to he the true apprentice to Sidius but once thought to be dead and Anakin was discovered and thought to be the chosen one Sidius decided to make Anakin his apprentice and simply use Dooku, so to me Maul and Vader were the only 2 Sidius truly took as apprentices

Why is he saying was when talking about Maul? He is still alive.

If you must be hit by force lighting to learn it who was the first ever to get hit by it and by who what or how

Can you do "what if Maul and Savage Opress defeated Darth Sidious on Mandalore?" Think of how much that would alter ROTS and the OT!

have you done a video on what would happen if maul defeated obi wan and jin or was never sent to engage the jedi? these are both video's i would like to see

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why did Qui Gon try so hard to train anakin even though the council had a bad feeling about him? could it be that Qui Gon was in a way a double spy? Did he know Anakin's son Luke would be the one?

you have a badass intro

Anybody else find it funny how Qui Gon gets stabbed once, in the stomach, and dies immediately but Darth Mall-complex gets cut in half and still lives on for really just too long?

How could the first user use force lightning if they never been hit by it 🤔

What is Maul's original skin colour?? Black or Red

Darth Plagueis was wrong about having to be hit by force lightning to use it. Guess that’s why he died lol.

That strike that Maul "blocked" wasn't a block. It was a strike that obi-wan blocked if we ignore the possibility of poor choreography. Obi-wan's movement was aimed at Maul's blade, not at Maul. That also fits better with the aggressive nature of Maul's style

What if all the Star Wars movies were Rated-X?

I thought that there was something where Maul actually used red lightning. Am I just misremembering?

If I were to say anything about Maul from what you explained, I think he could've known how to use Force Lightning, and if given enough time, found a way to channel it into his lightsabers like he did in the games. That way he could employ it into his fighting style without compromising his morals or code of conduct

While playing Jedi academy and outcast, I noticed that more often then not using sith lightning against force users doesn't deal as much damage and is prohibitively expensive in consuming force power, by they time you have regenerated enough force power to respond to other threats and such you may very well already be dead. Unless you just stall for time and run. Which are not always options. Using force power to absorb enemy attacks, pushes, rage, speed, etc when used correctly seem to deal more damage per force used when incorporating them in saber melee.

Uhhh no. Kylo Ren wasn't a bad duelist, or at least you can't really say how good he was for now. So far we only seen him fight when he was hindered both physically and mentally. I don't think you can really pinpoint his level after that one fight.

Darth Maul may have been strong in Phantom Menace but in The Clone Wars, both he and Savage Opress where EASILY defeated by Darth Sidious!

Do a video about what if both oni wan and earth mail survived the phantom menace and if maul somehow assassinated a akin when he was still in training

What came first? A forceuser able to use force lightning or some being hit with force lightning?

Thoughts on darth maul being snoke?

You clearly know nothing about the samurai. Seriously, do some reading about them. The myths about them are all based on one book - Bushido, The Soul of Japan. Which was written purely to sell well in America. By a Japanese mam who had studied and lived in America. Just like how most of the pirate myths are based on Treasure Island. They did not live by a rigid code of honour (they betrayed each other all of the time); they only comitted ritual suicide if they were forced to (which is pretty much the same as being killed); they always preferred long distance warfare, they used guns and cannons as soon as they came to Japan, and longbows before that, whenever they could because getting up close and personal was dangerous. As a student of history, it bothers me when people clearly have views on world events based on The Last Samurai and nonsense BS like that. What I find funny is that everyone thinks of the ninja as sneaky backstabbing assassins, which they were, but they were also the only ones in the samurai period who were loyal and trustworthy.

Where is that very first clip from? I don’t remember it in the phantom menace but I could be wrong.

He likes the Dinobot (Beast Wars) approach. "I prefer to beat my enemies the old fashioned way: Brutally!"

In my opinion, Kylo Ren is severely overrated.

I saw him use it once in a commercial.

Darth Maul: the guy who just won't die.

here's a question I've always wondered. its that if both of darth vaders hand were cut off how could he use such ability as forse choke or any of the others he has been showen using