With the release of Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 10 THE PHANTOM APPRENTICE, many of you may
have noticed that Maul unleashed an incredibly powerful scream at the beginning of his duel
with Ahsoka, similar to the one that Darth Sidious used in his fight with Mace Windu.
So what exactly is a dark side Force Scream, and why did Maul use it?
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At the beginning of Maul’s incredible Duel with Ahsoka inside of the Mandalorian royal
palace, he released an extremely powerful scream at Ahsoka.
This action was known as a force scream and served to aid its user in debilitating an
opponent in a fight.
The only other confirmed Canon use of this force ability comes from Darth Sidious, who
used the dark side force scream to sever the three Jedi Masters’ connection to the force,
damaging their Jedi foresight, allowing him to quickly strike each of them down and defeat
them.
Sidious was able to quickly kill Masters Kit Fisto, Agen Kolar and Saesee Tiin because
the dark side force scream would momentarily allow its user to sever a victims’ connection
to the force, leaving them severely disoriented.
Mace Windu on the other hand was able to avoid the effects of this force ability because
of his extreme strength and power in the force.
In the duel against Ahsoka, Maul likely used this Dark Side Force scream in an attempt
to disorientate and quickly defeat her, before she was able to put up a fight.
Similarly to Mace Windu however, Ahsoka was likely far too powerful in the force to be
affected by the ability.
Her strong connection to the light side of the force, along with her immense training
under Anakin Skywalker likely allowed her to resist any sort of disconnection to the
force.
It’s possible that Maul even learned this ability from his former Master, Sidious, while
he was still the apprentice before his defeat at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
This force scream, however, was not only used by Maul to disorent Ahsoka, but to give the
viewers a point of reference for where these events take place on the timeline.
The usage of the exact same force scream sound as Sidious, indicates to the viewer that this
scene is taking place at the exact same moment that Sidious fights and kills the three Jedi
masters at his office in Revenge of the Sith.
This is further backed up by many other parallels throughout this fight scene.
The first instance of this is the window shattering before the initial fight, which references
the exact moment that Mace Windu breaks the window in Palpatine’s office before they
begin THEIR duel.
Another is the moment that Maul is pushed out the palace window, which references Mace
Windu’s fall out of the window in Palpatine's office.
There are so many more parallels to the events of Revenge of the Sith in this episode, which
I’m going to cover in depth in tomorrow’s video, so remember to subscribe for that,
I was truly shocked at how well Filloni was able to indicate exactly where we are in the
timeline.
Other than that, we do have a potential Light Side equivalent of the force scream.
The light side force scream would only be used for protection and defence, rather than
debilitation or severing a force connection.
The first instance of a light side force scream is used by Obi-Wan Kenobi to scare away the
Tusken Raiders in A New Hope.
The George Lucas special editions have changed Kenobi’s scream on multiple occasions, making
them sound more unnatural and inhuman, lending credence to the theory that this scream was
enhanced by the force.
The original version of this scream however, sounded much more refined and toned back,
intended to imitate a Krayt Dragon, making it possible that Kenobi did not use the force
to enhance this scream.
Another notable appearance of the light side equivalent is when Ithorian Jedi master Joruus
used the technique against general Grievous, while protecting Chancellor Palpatine in the
2003 Clone Wars series.
In legends, the force scream was an extremely powerful ability that again allowed its users
to stun their opponents and defeat them without warning.
A notable Legends user of this ability include Freedon Nadd, who attempted to use the ability
to strengthen his connection with the dark side of the force after he was stabbed by
a lightsaber, in hopes of saving his life.
Darth Malak, Darth Traya and Darth Nihilus were also known to have used the force scream
in times of great distress or danger.
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I’ll break down every part of the Ahsoka Vs Maul fight scene that gave us hints about
where everything lines up with Revenge of the Sith.
Thanks so much for watching, cheers guys!