Maul watched Luke defy the Emperor. The courage of his friend was astounding to watch. Most everyone held a healthy fear for the Sith Lord but Luke seemed t have none at all. Stupid, brave boy, just as his father thought he was. Maul waited to see just what would happen next.
Watching Luke fight his father, Maul saw a different side to the young Jedi. He had a temper on him that reminded Maul very distinctly of Anakin's and he could see exactly where Luke had gotten it from. There was darkness there, the same that had run through Anakin, but Maul saw that Luke was not just his father's son when he hesitated and did what Anakin never could: he refused to give into the darkness, turned his back on it and instead embraced the light. It was impressive to say the least for Maul to watch. There was much there that reminded Maul far more of Obi-Wan, that Jedi way of being able not to fall into the temptation of darkness even when it would have been the easiest path.
Maul saw a look on Palpatine's face he hadn't seen for a very, very long time when Luke refused the Dark Side of the Force. It was the expression he wore when things had not gone to plan, when an outcome occurred he had neither expected or wanted. So brilliant a chessmaster was he that it produced great anger and frustration in the Sith Lord when things didn't go his way. Much as he never would have admitted it, he was just as likely to throw a temper tantrum as his adoptive son was when this happened and his were just as deadly as Maul's were. It wasn't often but it had happened before and a chill ran through Maul upon hearing what the Emperor said next.
"So be it.....Jedi." Maul could understand both what his master was and wasn't saying. He was acknowledging Luke as a Jedi, and really, with no other Jedi now around to complete the ceremony it really took the order's oldest foe to acknowledge when a person had completed enough trials to become one. Luke refused to give into the darkness and so he had earned the title. In a strange way, it was something approaching a compliment.
Unfortunately, Maul knew what that also meant, especially with that look on Palpatine's face. If he bestowed the title of Jedi on Luke, that meant he was no longer looking to turn the young man into his next apprentice. Instead, it meant that Luke was now an enemy and there was only one way Palpatine would deal with one of the last Jedi in the galaxy. He was going to kill him, and knowing that Palpatine was upset with this unforeseen outcome, he wasn't going to make it a quick death either.
Maul mentally flinched back as soon as the first bolts of Force Lightning struck Luke, his PTSD coming to the front of his mind as he flashed back to one of the many times this had happened to him as a child. He'd had this done to him countless times in his youth and knew the ins and outs of the power well enough to know that Palpatine wasn't giving Luke a full voltage. He fully intended to torture the Jedi before he ultimately killed him. This didn't surprise Maul but it made him worried as to what the next few minutes were going to hold for Skywalker.
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Watching Luke fight his father, Maul saw a different side to the young Jedi. He had a temper on him that reminded Maul very distinctly of Anakin's and he could see exactly where Luke had gotten it from. There was darkness there, the same that had run through Anakin, but Maul saw that Luke was not just his father's son when he hesitated and did what Anakin never could: he refused to give into the darkness, turned his back on it and instead embraced the light. It was impressive to say the least for Maul to watch. There was much there that reminded Maul far more of Obi-Wan, that Jedi way of being able not to fall into the temptation of darkness even when it would have been the easiest path.
Maul saw a look on Palpatine's face he hadn't seen for a very, very long time when Luke refused the Dark Side of the Force. It was the expression he wore when things had not gone to plan, when an outcome occurred he had neither expected or wanted. So brilliant a chessmaster was he that it produced great anger and frustration in the Sith Lord when things didn't go his way. Much as he never would have admitted it, he was just as likely to throw a temper tantrum as his adoptive son was when this happened and his were just as deadly as Maul's were. It wasn't often but it had happened before and a chill ran through Maul upon hearing what the Emperor said next.
"So be it.....Jedi." Maul could understand both what his master was and wasn't saying. He was acknowledging Luke as a Jedi, and really, with no other Jedi now around to complete the ceremony it really took the order's oldest foe to acknowledge when a person had completed enough trials to become one. Luke refused to give into the darkness and so he had earned the title. In a strange way, it was something approaching a compliment.
Unfortunately, Maul knew what that also meant, especially with that look on Palpatine's face. If he bestowed the title of Jedi on Luke, that meant he was no longer looking to turn the young man into his next apprentice. Instead, it meant that Luke was now an enemy and there was only one way Palpatine would deal with one of the last Jedi in the galaxy. He was going to kill him, and knowing that Palpatine was upset with this unforeseen outcome, he wasn't going to make it a quick death either.
Maul mentally flinched back as soon as the first bolts of Force Lightning struck Luke, his PTSD coming to the front of his mind as he flashed back to one of the many times this had happened to him as a child. He'd had this done to him countless times in his youth and knew the ins and outs of the power well enough to know that Palpatine wasn't giving Luke a full voltage. He fully intended to torture the Jedi before he ultimately killed him. This didn't surprise Maul but it made him worried as to what the next few minutes were going to hold for Skywalker.