Top Ten Most Popular Dark Side Sith Lords from Star Wars
Who are the Sith Lords with the most following and popularity from the Star Wars universe? We will be including both Canon, Legends, Expanded Universe, and the games. This list is not to depict who is the strongest or who can beat whom, but who we find to have the most popular fan base.Aside from the beautiful design of Maul's character (and the fact that he's my favorite in all Star Wars history), he becomes further developed in the episode "Revenge." This can be a good thing and a bad thing, however. Due to the fact that his overall awesomeness greatly sprouted from his less appearance and more devious nature enshrouded by his presence, it remains to be seen if his return will add to his pre-existing ferocity or negate from his already established greatness. The reason behind this is that Maul's defeat was such a brilliantly orchestrated scene in terms of his actual combat maneuvers and fighting ability when it comes to martial arts, that his end in "The Phantom Menace" may not be able to be topped.
I enormously enjoyed the character of Darth Maul, performed by expert martial artist Ray Park, who had the best fight scene in all Star Wars history with his exquisite back-flips and astonishingly awesome posture as a gallant warrior, ruthless, yet elegant. He was the lone powerhouse in this flick. I also enjoyed the honorable Qui-Gon's eventual brilliant demise at the hands of the awesome Darth Maul, who slayed him with unflinching nerve, turning to take down his next opponent in a fierce thunderous rage, striking like lightning, yet remaining collected and calm as the flow of water; maintaining his physical composure as an expert martial artist.
Lord Maul quickly became my favorite Star Wars character and had one of the all-time greatest fight scenes and entrances in movie history. I always did prefer actual combat skills in a villain as opposed to screen time, so this was a great example of portraying that actions do indeed speak louder than words. Maul is by far the greatest villain in the history of the series and movies in terms of actual design, mannerism, mystery, and overall enigma (the only other villain who even comes close to this sinister behavior is Sidious himself, whom I also enjoyed greatly).
The deepest part of Maul's development is the fact that, in essence, he knew no greater joy than to see his enemy suffer, making this a morally complex venture, be it a dark one indeed. Although I did prefer when Maul appeared onscreen less as it added great deadly influence to the character in terms of his mysterious factor and overall impression of his evil as a lesser appearing character, I did find the final ending at the arms of Obi-Wan highly predictable in a good satisfying and conclusive manner. And what would have been more fitting than to see him come full circle and meet his end where it all began; on the planet of Tatooine; the great desert planet of twin suns, and Lord Maul's final resting ground! Even in his final moments, he wishes to seek vengeance on the Sith and asks Obi-Wan if the chosen one would complete the task in his place and bring balance to the force! Maul is the best!
Barely anyone contests this guy is better than Darth Maul
It's crazy to me that Sidious is only at #3. He is far more powerful than Darth Maul, he has even beaten him in a duel. He is also stronger than Darth Vader.
Having 2 sides of the force gives him a full unique understanding, let alone his dueling abilities.