Maul was taking notes as he traded blows with Luke. The young Jedi clearly had a piecemeal education, which wasn't surprising given the era he'd come from. He saw little glimpses of different styles as Luke matched him blow for blow. The ghost of Soresu in there definitely gave him mental pause and he knew on an instinctive level that was a result of Obi-Wan's teaching. He'd fought the man too many times not to be able to tell.
It looked like Luke and himself were both enjoying this bout. What the boy lacked in technical style he made up for in natural aptitude. He was beginning to see why his master might have taken an interest in the next generation of Skywalkers upon seeing Luke. Between the strength he had in the Force and the natural way he wielded it in all aspects, of course that power would have been like catnip to Sidious. He'd just clearly underestimated the amount of goodness in the boy. He'd apparently forgotten the lesson he'd learned with both Maul and Anakin: you had to start manipulating them young or they'd never would have obeyed him.
Maul could tell Luke was getting better at predicting his movements, so it was time to change things up again. He backed up, far enough out of the distance of Luke's lightsaber. One side of the saberstaff got turned off and Maul choked up his grip on it, clasping closer to the edge of the blade than before. He then drew out the Darksaber. Now with two lightsaber blades in his hands, he reengaged Luke again to see how he would fare against this new style of fighting. He went back into the fray with a literal leap.
His movements now were quick and his thrusts more aggressive, though the movements were still flowing from one to another like a graceful dance. Though Luke had never seen the Emperor use a lightsaber, there was still the clear ghost of Sidious in the Jar'Kai style that Maul was using. Though Sidious disdained using lightsabers for the most part, he hadn't been about to let his apprentice go out to do his bidding without being the best killer possible. To that end, he'd gotten Maul to imitate and learn his own favorite personal style of combat in using two lightsabers. Maul went from favoring his left hand with this style to going to being functionally ambidextrous, again something long years of training had taught him.
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It looked like Luke and himself were both enjoying this bout. What the boy lacked in technical style he made up for in natural aptitude. He was beginning to see why his master might have taken an interest in the next generation of Skywalkers upon seeing Luke. Between the strength he had in the Force and the natural way he wielded it in all aspects, of course that power would have been like catnip to Sidious. He'd just clearly underestimated the amount of goodness in the boy. He'd apparently forgotten the lesson he'd learned with both Maul and Anakin: you had to start manipulating them young or they'd never would have obeyed him.
Maul could tell Luke was getting better at predicting his movements, so it was time to change things up again. He backed up, far enough out of the distance of Luke's lightsaber. One side of the saberstaff got turned off and Maul choked up his grip on it, clasping closer to the edge of the blade than before. He then drew out the Darksaber. Now with two lightsaber blades in his hands, he reengaged Luke again to see how he would fare against this new style of fighting. He went back into the fray with a literal leap.
His movements now were quick and his thrusts more aggressive, though the movements were still flowing from one to another like a graceful dance. Though Luke had never seen the Emperor use a lightsaber, there was still the clear ghost of Sidious in the Jar'Kai style that Maul was using. Though Sidious disdained using lightsabers for the most part, he hadn't been about to let his apprentice go out to do his bidding without being the best killer possible. To that end, he'd gotten Maul to imitate and learn his own favorite personal style of combat in using two lightsabers. Maul went from favoring his left hand with this style to going to being functionally ambidextrous, again something long years of training had taught him.