Shengokai wrote:
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She's right about the impracticalities of the dolon. I remember my Martial Arts instructor nearly foaming at the mouth when Phantom Menace came out. Ranted for half an hour about how stupid a double bladed weapon would be, and how you'd be more likely to disembowel yourself than hurt your opponent.
Those impracticalities apply only to Darth Maul's doublesaber: too short of a gripping distance, too many chances to grab the saber part, too many chances to loose a body part with a botched spin.
Sara's weapon has comparatively more grip room: it's like taking a bo staff up against a sword, only the bo has pointy bits on the end, it can be done, but only by expert wielders. In my experience, a shorter bladed staff weapon, like a nagamaki, can be used to great effect against a sword.
Also, she had less chance to grab the "on" end than she would with a darth maul weapon.
But all this is based on Jo techniques that I've learned when comparing them with katana techniques.
People are forgetting that in effect, Darth Maul was a master of masters with his weapon, plus he was for all purposes magically enhanced with speed and dexterity.
As for the lightsaber, it's a little hard to grab a spinning omni-directional blade, where the only handle portion is 1/2 covered by some VERY aggressive hands.
I would bet Darth Maul > Sarine x1000 if it came to a fight between them.
As for Sara's staff.. meh.. Warrels weapon made sense, hers doesn't.
Meh...Maul can't throw fireballs, sleep spells, etc, on the other hand. Plus, he was a henchman, and Sarine is a protagonist.