1. Other than name-dropping and brandishing another known crime syndicate to cause mayhem, violence, and increase tension - I'm not entirely sure what Jabba is doing here. So I'm convincing myself he gained some sort of insight or intel from this event that he uses to protect himself when the Empire rises to power. I have nothing to back that up though. LOL
2. Maul's arc through TCW and Rebels makes me wonder what a different path could've done for him. Imagine if he broke free from Palpatine at this stage of the story - Qui-Gon might've lived to train Anakin, Vader might never have existed, etc. On a smaller scale, perhaps Maul would've simply had a friend. Yes, I realize that would de-fang him as a villain in a lot respects, but it could've been an interesting path for his character.
3. I've heard of lightsaber forms from other parts of canon, but honestly don't pay much attention to it. I think it only made an impact on me when Maul was using the 7th form and Voso was surprised - like she understood he had training, that he excelled to get to that level, or something of that nature.
4. I didn't enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed other Star Wars novels. I understand this author writes mostly in the horror genre, which isn't a genre I tend to gravitate towards and I don't know what's common there. I didn't dislike it -- I can see several interesting threads with the Warden and her brother, the gambling/gladiator angel, etc. -- but the amount of page space spent on the intricacies of violence and gore disengaged me at quite a few points in the tale. I wanted more insight into Maul and don't feel like we ever got beyond the surface. Perhaps because Maul of this time period lacks agency.
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2. Maul's arc through TCW and Rebels makes me wonder what a different path could've done for him. Imagine if he broke free from Palpatine at this stage of the story - Qui-Gon might've lived to train Anakin, Vader might never have existed, etc. On a smaller scale, perhaps Maul would've simply had a friend. Yes, I realize that would de-fang him as a villain in a lot respects, but it could've been an interesting path for his character.
3. I've heard of lightsaber forms from other parts of canon, but honestly don't pay much attention to it. I think it only made an impact on me when Maul was using the 7th form and Voso was surprised - like she understood he had training, that he excelled to get to that level, or something of that nature.
4. I didn't enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed other Star Wars novels. I understand this author writes mostly in the horror genre, which isn't a genre I tend to gravitate towards and I don't know what's common there. I didn't dislike it -- I can see several interesting threads with the Warden and her brother, the gambling/gladiator angel, etc. -- but the amount of page space spent on the intricacies of violence and gore disengaged me at quite a few points in the tale.
I wanted more insight into Maul and don't feel like we ever got beyond the surface. Perhaps because Maul of this time period lacks agency.