Sam Witwer on Lucas and Vader

Sam Witwer: Well, going back to Clone Wars, there was, I mean, part of the preparation for Darth Maul was just being a Star Wars fan. I mean, some of the things ... Like, me and my buddies would talk about, "What if Maul lived? What would that character be like, and what are some cool scenes that could happen if he survived?" And to my great shock, when we were doing Clone Wars, some of those scenes were in scripts, some of the scene that I had discussed with friends ten years earlier were, five years earlier ... that was fascinating.

Just a little example of when Darth Maul regains his sanity and reaches through the Force to try to take the lightsaber from Savage [Opress]’s hand, it sort of levitated into his hand, and it doesn't work at first. And then he gets angry and tries harder and then pulled the lightsaber in his hand. That's literally a scene me and friends talked about years ago. Wouldn't it be interesting to tell the story, as you lose your humanity, in the same way that Darth Vader- George Lucas would say that Darth Vader wasn't as good because he got cut up and turned into part machine. So he was never as strong with the Force as he could’ve been. It would be interesting to tell that story with Darth Maul, that if he got cut in half and he was partially robotic, that the Force would fail him sometimes. And for one of the first scenes, Darth Maul could be exactly that. I thought that was just fascinating, it was great.

Source -- Interview: Sam Witwer of 'Star Wars Rebels'

> Korriban wrote:Refers to accessible potential.

He was "never as strong AS HE COULD HAVE BEEN"

Latham2000 wrote:@SithSauce, you asked wouldn't this also indicate that TPM Maul is > TCW Maul, and my answer to that is that worse case scenario, all this statement would indicate is that TPM Maul is more powerful than S4 Maul, but not S5 Maul and beyond because LFL sources have confirmed that S5 Maul outgrew his TPM self's powers.

Latham2000 wrote:

> Korriban wrote:Refers to accessible potential.

He was "never as strong AS HE COULD HAVE BEEN"

ISV, a sentence before that, Witwer literally says "

George Lucas would say that Darth Vader wasn't as good because he got cut up and turned into part machine. 

> Korriban wrote:Well lucas doesn't apply to canon

Zenwolf wrote:

> Korriban wrote:Well lucas doesn't apply to canon

Right, but the interview does.

But regardless though, it's not speaking anything new anyway.

SithSauce wrote:

Latham2000 wrote:@SithSauce, you asked wouldn't this also indicate that TPM Maul is > TCW Maul, and my answer to that is that worse case scenario, all this statement would indicate is that TPM Maul is more powerful than S4 Maul, but not S5 Maul and beyond because LFL sources have confirmed that S5 Maul outgrew his TPM self's powers.

Fair enough, besides Shadow Conspiracy do you have any sources that confirm SOD Maul>TPM?

Zenwolf wrote:Why is this in the Legends section, when the interview is from Canon?