An observation of the Rebels Maul Vs Obi-Wan duel and the Duel of the Fates

The Dave Filoni interpretation of Duel of the Fates, how it the fate was of Anakin, as it ended in him losing this father figure that could have prevented his path to the dark side, made me think about the Rebels duel with Maul and Obi-Wan. That duel is almost a repeat. That's already clear to begin with, because of how the duel played out. Obi-Wan tricks Maul into repeating the same move he used to kill Qui-Gon, and it goes differently. Instead of Obi-Wan dying like Qui-Gon did, it is instead Maul who's finally defeated and killed. What I began to think about though, was how this is even more brilliant, due to why the duel began. Luke. Obi-Wan was doing this to protect Luke, so this duel was already about the fate of him, but even more so, it's very similar to the Duel of the Fates, because it all depends on who survives this duel. While Obi-Wan had failed Anakin due to being more like a brother figure than the father figure he needed, an argument could be made, that Obi-Wan made up for this, by taking a more parental like role with Luke. Of course we know how much of a big role Obi-Wan plays in Luke's fate and his role in the Original Trilogy. That wouldn't have happened had Obi-Wan been killed. Like how Anakin needed Qui-Gon, Luke needed Obi-Wan. So here Obi-Wan and Maul were. As Maul had once unknowingly set the path of fate for Anakin by killing the figure he needed, history was now about to repeat itself with Anakin's son. This really was the second Duel of the Fates, and Obi-Wan saw that. So he chose to trick Maul into playing out those same events, so Obi-Wan could then control the outcome, ensuring that history did not indeed repeat itself. via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/31wGqCK