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Titolo: Nel mio pellegrinaggio...

...ho trovato questo. Lo posto giusto per occupare un po' di banda.
After careful studies of the movie, I must agree that there really are two
Darth Mauls in the Phantom Menace. If it's the same Maul we see through out
the whole movie, or if it's actually two different characters, remains a
mystery untill we see Episode II. However, I'm going to try to point out the
facts that suggests that there are two different characters in the movie.
EVIDENCE 1 - THE FACE TATOO: The face tatoo is the most noticeble evidence
in the movie. The Maul we see on Coruscant and Tatooine is a lot different
from the one on Naboo that is cut in half. However, even if Maul has
different face tatoos it doesn't necessarily mean that it is two different
characters. It can simply be a make-up mistake by LucasFilm, or maybe Maul
has a washable tatoo? So every now and then he has to paint a new one.
Indians used face paint that was washable, and only painted their faces
during special occations.
EVIDENCE 2 - HIS TEETH: Another directly visable evidence that point to the
fact that there are two Darth Mauls in the Phantom Menace is the difference
between his teeth on Coruscant and on Naboo. The one on Coruscant has white
teeth, while the one on Naboo has yellow/black/red teeth. This is the
hardest difference to explain. However, it doesn't necessarily mean that it
is two different characters we see. Again it can be a mistake by LucasFilm,
or maybe the change in color is due to something Maul has eaten?
EVIDENCE 3 - HIS MOUTH DURING FIGHTING: There is also a difference between
the Maul on Tatooine and the one on Naboo if you compare facial expressions
during fighting. On Tatooine, Maul never opens his mouth during the
lightsaber duel with Qui-Gon Jinn, while on Naboo his mouth is open during
the whole duel. Neither does this evidence prove that there are two Mauls in
the movie. A reasonable explanation is that on Naboo the Jedi has an
advantage over Maul, so he's showing his teeth to intimidate the Jedi. He's
trying to get a mental advantage to make up for being outnumbered by the
Jedi.
EVIDENCE 4 - THE LIGHTSABER: Up on careful studies of the fighting scene on
Tatooine I have come to the conclusion that the lightsabre Maul uses against
Qui-Gon Jinn in their first duel is not the same sabre he uses on Naboo. The
bottom of the sabre used on Tatooine has no hole for a second blade to come
out, making a double bladed sabre impossible. What exactly does this mean?
Most likely Darth Maul changes lightsabre when he is dispatched to Naboo. He
knows he will probably encounter two Jedi Knights on Naboo so he desides to
use a weapon made primarely for defence. On Tatooine he is the attacker, on
Naboo he is the defender. Two different types of duels requires two
different types of weapons. Or maybe the difference in the lightsabres is
yet another mistake by LucasFilm?
EVIDENCE 5 - HIS SPEACH: To suggest that Maul is a talkative character would
be like calling the pope a muslim. Maul only has 3 lines through out the
whole movie. However, he seems to be more talkative while on Coruscant then
he is on Naboo. And the things he says on Coruscant actually has some
meaning, while on Naboo he only get out a stupid "Yes, my master" that
immediately lowers his expected IQ to a minimum.
Does this mean there are two Maul characters in the movie? Of course not, a
more likely explanation to why he doesn't talk much on Naboo is because he
might consider it being unappropriate for a Sith Lord to talk to weak-minded
people.
EVIDENCE 6 - SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR: This is something I reacted to the first time
I saw the Phantom Menace. While on Naboo, Darth Maul seems to lack any kind
of social behaviour. He seems to be mentaly absent in the Naboo scenes where
he doesn't fight. His face expression is very robotic and the look in his
eyes suggest that he's a mentaly unstable person. Completely the opposite to
the impression I got of him on Coruscant and Tatooine. I have no reasonable
explanation to the difference in his social behaviour. The only thing I can
come up with is that he might wanna scare the Neimoidian leaders by acting
mysterious and kind of insane. On the other hand, the way he acts on Naboo
also suggests that he might be a clone.
EVIDENCE 7 - THE SITH INFILTRATOR: We never get to see Darth Maul's arrival
on Naboo, but it is most likely that he's travelling with his Sith
Infiltrator spacecraft. The question is what happens to his ship after his
death? Is it recovered by Darth Sidious? Does the Republic get their hands
on it? Is it destroyed on board the Trade Federation mothership? Or maybe it
remains hidden in the swamps of Naboo, never to be seen again? If there are
two Mauls, then it's not impossible that the second Maul manages to recover
the Sith Infiltrator.
EVIDENCE 8 - THE INVASION OF NABOO: This is the evidence most people forget,
because it's not visable to the eye. However, it might give us an important
clue to why the Maul on Naboo is different from the one on Coruscant and
Tatooine. I've based it on the question: "Why is Darth Sidious interested in
a small, peaceful  planet called Naboo, located in the backwaters of the
galaxy?" My only answer to this question is that Naboo has something to
offer Sidious, a secret "treasure" of somekind. We have heard rumours of
Naboo cloning facilities, and some people even suggest that they have seen
concept art of these facilities. I believe these rumours are true. This also
supports the theory that the Maul who dies is a clone, created on Naboo
right after the real Maul arrives to the planet. Clones that grow too fast
tend to become mentaly unstable, the Maul on Naboo clearly show signs of
mental instability. This also explanes the mystery of the Sith Infiltrator:
Maul arrives at Naboo to oversee the Neimoidian invasion of the planet. As
soon as the planet is secured, he is dispatched to new duties. On Darth
Sidious orders, he creates a clone of himself in the Naboo cloning facility,
and leaves it behind to keep an eye on the Neimoidian leaders. Then he takes
his Infiltrator and leaves Naboo.
EVIDENCE 9 - THE HYPE: This is the strongest evidence that Darth Maul will
return in Episode II. Never before has a Star Wars character gotten the same
kind of hype as Maul has gotten. He's been seen on every magazine cover
available during the last six months. His character has been so popular that
his action figure is selling like icecream during a hot summer day. Would a
character with only 3 lines get this kind of media attention? No, of course
not. This points to the fact that Maul might return in Episode II.

Molte delle considerazioni di questo tizio mi paiono sensate... Certo che ha
dedicato al film un'attenzione a dir poco maniacale! : )
Ciao : )

Ma perchè non si prende atto del fatto che un sith lord tanto sano di mente non
può essere?
Inoltre Maul su coruscant è vicino al suo maestro a cui è probabilmte soggiogato
mentalmente e quindi è in uno stato di relativa "pace" quando è su Naboo invece
viene spinto dal suo maestro a sfogare tutta la sua violenza e quindi è
decisamente instabile tanto che appena vede Sidious (che continuo a credere il
clone di Maurizio Costanzo con più capelli =) )  non sa che rispondere un timido
"yes master"
Tutta la storia dei denti? apparte il fatto che su Coruscant i denti non si
vedeno e poi mi sembrano delle gran devastazioni intestinali tutte queste
congetture sull'igiene orale di un sith lord.... =)
Maul parla poco? e allora? La genialità di Lucas sta qui ! Il suo demonio
cornuto è essenzialmente un letale killer senza alcuna volontà propria; una
marionetta manovrata da una grande mente, perchè mai dovrebbe sprecare fiato a
parlare con Qui Gon che
1)non conosce
2)deve affettare
3)odia in quanto maestro Jedi
sarebbe stato meglio il solito farneticante cattivo da Action movie americano
che ride ogni 20 secondi in modo isterico e quando parla sembra la caricatura di
se stesso?
"Ah AH!! maledetto Jedi!!! Io sono Darth Maul ! il più grande signore dei
Sith!!! Ah !AH!!! arrenditi subito e ti darò una morte onorevole !!! piccolo
bastardo!!! Anzi no ti strappero gli occhi e li darò in pasto al mio cane!!!! E
H eEH eheheheh!!!!!"
Preferivate così?

...ho trovato questo. Lo posto giusto per occupare un po' di banda.
solo un po' Yodo !?!? :PPP
Ciavz
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 Darth Mauls in the Phantom Menace. If it's the same Maul we see through
out
...le varie "evidence" qui riportate mi appaiono piuttosto
sensate....pero'...credo d'altra parte che molte di esse siano semplicemente
seghe mentali e che i diversi tatuaggi sul volto, non siano da imputare a
due diversi Maul....ma piuttosto ad alcuni errori veniali da parte dei
truccatori.
Anche nella vecchia trilogia ( mi pare C3po e Fett ) appaiono "al contrario"
in alcune scene...non per questo pero' sono personaggi differenti....per
quanto riguarda la questione della commercializzazione di Maul mi trova un
po' piu' d'accordo...anche se, dato che sono 20 anni che non uscivano nuovi
personaggi di SW, ( con buona pace di Shadows of the Empire...) tale
"sovra-affollamento" di Mauloni e Maulini nei negozi potrebbe essere
spiegata semplicemente con la volonta' da  parte di Lucas di cavalcare "in
pieno" l'onda del successo di E1.
Un ultima considerazione....spero vivamente che il tizio che ha fatto queste
considerazioni lo faccia per lavoro...  :))
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 EVIDENCE 9 - THE HYPE: 
IMHO questa sarebbe l'unica obiezione sensata se non fosse che McCallum
ha detto chiaramente che Maul non tornera'...
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 ha detto chiaramente che Maul non tornera'...
Cmq io spero che Lucas lo mandi a fankick (?) e decida di riproporci Maul in
versione + arrabbiata.
Saluti,
Kintor (alias l'inestimabile Lord Maul...)