After watching The Phantom Menace for the very first time, many fans thought that it had no redeemable qualities. But for all the Jar Jar Binks and Pod Races, George Lucas did at least deliver not only one of Star Wars’ coolest ever characters in Darth Maul, but then placed him in one of the most exciting showdowns of the entire saga. Darth Maul disposes of Qui-Gon Jinn as if he were nothing at all, only to go out like a complete punk to Obi-Wan Kenobi, ending up exactly like his Lightsaber – in two separate halves.