SS - LUKE SKYWALKER (CRUCIBLE) VS DARTH MAUL (ROTS/S7)

LUKE SKYWALKER (CRUCIBLE) VS DARTH MAUL (ROTS/S7)

JAX VS VAELIAS

DARK LORD OF THE SITH: DARTH MAUL THE SON OF DATHOMIR

He wasn’t sure if the weakness was in him or if, with the death of every Jedi, the war was leaching some of the Force out the universe. -- Dark Lord Rise of Darth Vader

The Jedi are extinct, their fire has gone out of the Universe, you my friend are all that's left of their religion -A New Hope

He had thought of his diminished abilities as a personal failure—owing to the fact that he had lost his faith in the Jedi order, allowed his two Padawans to die, grown thought-bound—when, in fact, it was the Force as the Jedi had known it that had been defeated. The flame extinguished. -Dark Lord Rise of Darth Vader

Obi-Wan reached out to the Force to find him, but met only the thin stirring of a barren world. It was strange to live in a galaxy now that had no Jedi in it. He hadn't realized that he had once felt a humming presence, alive with the Force-ability of his fellow Jedi. It had fed him, and he hadn't even known it. -The Last One Standing

-Labyrinth of Evil wrote:

Altar of Mortis Rewatch wrote:

"The Jedi were hunted down by these deadly Sith knights. With every Jedi death, contact with the Ashla grows weaker, and the force of the Bogan grows more powerful.  "Now, the Jedi are hidden; but many are still fighting to free the systems from the grip of the Empire...
 -The ADVENTURES OF THE STARKILLER EPISODE ONE: THE STAR WARS, (George Lucas, 1975)

For over a thousand generations, Luke the Jedi Knights were the most powerful, most respected force in the galaxy. -A New Hope Novelisation

For over a thousand generations Jedi Knights were the most powerful, most respected force in the galaxy... the guardians of peace and justice in the old republic. That was when the galactic senate ruled the galaxy before the dark times, before the empire.
Adventures of Luke Skywalker as taken from The Journal of the Whills

This is a breathtaking duel from start to finish, showcasing Jedi and Sith at the peak of their powers. The choreography is astonishing - not too fast, not too slow - and that is probably due to the fact that Ray Park (Darth Maul) is a trained martial artist. Maul is the quickest, seemingly deadliest villain we'd seen in Star Wars up to that point -10 Best Fights on Starwars.com

Since George Lucas set Episode I at a time when the Jedi Knights were are the height of their powers, Gillard ramped up the action, stunt work and, of course, lightsaber duels for the new film. -Starwars.com: Episode I Production Notes

That had been the case with the Jedi Order. For two hundred years before the coming of Darth Sidious the power of the dark side had been gaining strength, and yet the Jedi had made only minimal efforts to thwart it. The Sith were pleased by the fact that the Jedi, too, had been allowed to grow so powerful, because, in the end, their sense of entitlement would blind them to what was occurring in their midst. -Revenge of the Sith I: Labyrinth of Evil

“But before the prequels, when all we had were Expanded Universe stories more closely tied to the era of the original trilogy, we really had no idea what being a Jedi Knight or a Jedi Master in their prime was really like until George Lucas presented the characters of Qui-Gon Jinn and young Obi-Wan Kenobi.”
Insider #147

"We're trying to go much more classical for some characters," says Gillard, "Some of the characters are real master swordsmen, better than anything we've seen so far. So we're using an old, classical European style for a couple of the characters." -Homing Beacon #57

We've actually never seen real Jedi at work, we've only seen crippled half-droid half-men and young boys that have learned from these old people. So to see a Jedi in his prime fighting in the prime of the Jedi, I want it to be a much more energetic and faster version of what we've been doing
George Lucas: Phantom Menace Fights Featurette

Will the action in Star Wars: Episode I surpass the previous trilogy of films? "by a million miles" promises Gillard. -Insider #38

It was very important in the beginning here, of the film to establish that the Jedi were invincible. I’ve kinda reversed the classic monster coming through the door motif, and make it where the aliens and the droids and all the villains are faced with these two sort of invincible creatures, you know? Jedi Godzillas that nothing can stop.| -George Lucas: The Phantom Menace Director's Commentary

Doing this next trilogy, and starting off with Phantom Menace gave me a chance to introduce things that are only hinted at in the later movies, 4,5 and 6, which is the Jedi Council, how does it operate. You get to see, rather than just 1 or 2 fallen Jedi, or half trained Jedi, or exiled Jedi, you actually get to see the Jedi in full operation, their Temple, where they operate out of, this was a challenge to make this all concrete and real. -George Lucas: The Phantom Menace Director's Commentary

-Insider #103 wrote:

“It starts out a few years after Return of The Jedi and we establish pretty quickly that there’s this underworld, there are offshoot stormtroopers who started their own planets, and that Luke is trying to restart the Jedi. He puts the word out, so out of 100,000 Jedi, maybe 50 or 100 are left. The Jedi have to grow again from scratch, so Luke has to find two and three-year-olds, and train them. It’ll be 20 years before you have a new generation of Jedi -Archives: George Lucas

Book of Sith wrote:

"What became of it, then?" Vergere paced back and forth before Jacen, the patchy feathers on her frame fluffing and then smoothing again. "Perhaps you can tell me what has happened to the Republic in my absence. Tell me why the thousands of Jedi Knights I expected to contact on my return no longer exist, why there are only a few score half-trained young Jedi in their place, and what all of this has to do with this Sith Lord you mentioned on Coruscant, this Vader, your grandfather, whom I remember as that turbulent little Padawan, Anakin Skywalker." -The New Jedi Order: Destiny’s Way

Luke waited again, trembling faintly. He had tried everything he knew. Callista had undergone other training in her own years as a Jedi. She knew things Luke had never imagined-but even she knew of no way to tear away the smothering blanket around her, the blindness that prevented her from using the Force.
Darksaber

Q: With your Jedi Academy trilogy and your work on the Young Jedi Knights series, you put great effort into establishing Luke Skywalker’s new Jedi order after Return of the Jedi. Since the creative team now working on the sequel trilogy will soon be facing that same challenge, what were your thoughts behind the overall philosophy and moral underpinnings you created for Luke’s Jedi Knights? And how would you feel about finding some of your creations, such as a Jedi Academy on Yavin IV or multiple apprentices for a single master, in the new movies? A: Jedi-Akademie To be very clear, all of my work for Lucasfilm was done FOR them, and they are perfectly welcome to use any and all of my ideas in any fashion they like. Even though my Jedi Academy trilogy established Luke's attempts to recreate the Jedi Knights, it is an obvious idea to extend the history after Return of the Jedi. I would love to see them use some of my ideas in the new films, but they are under no obligation to. When I was writing the trilogy, I wanted Luke to understand the need to bring back the Jedi Knights as strong forces for the light side, but also be aware of the potential dangers. Even though he was the most powerful Jedi still alive at the time, Luke would have been a rank amateur a few decades earlier. That's a lot of pressure for a person!
Interview with Kevin J. Anderson

He could follow Anakin’s path. He could be pure warrior. He could be even greater than his brother had been: with the dark power he could command, he could surpass any living Jedi, even Uncle Luke. Surpass even the Jedi Knights of old. -New Jedi Order: Traitor

“He was a botanist and a savant,” said Jevax. “A Jedi Master of great age, we’ve heard; a Ho’Din from the planet Moltok -Children of the Jedi

After Ben Kenobi and Yoda, Luke was mostly self taught, and a lot of his learning focused on making him a better teacher. Mace mastered a clearly more versatile fighting style than Luke's, and he was a Jedi Master for a longer time than Luke was, even by The New Jedi Order era. He knows tricks that Luke never even thought of trying. Luke's eclectic learning might let him surprise Mace once or twice, but ultimately, Luke would switch off his lightsaber and acknowledge Mace as the superior combatant. But I think they'd both be sweating by then.
Wizards of the Coast, Starwars.com

The Jedi were able to store vast amounts of information in small repositories known as Holocrons. Often created by ancient Jedi, most were destroyed during the purges of Emperor Palpatine -Fact File #46

Records do not reveal the fate of the Sith Holocrons used by Exar Kun and Count Dooku. Various databases and eyewitnesses testify that the Jedi Archives on Coruscant held scores of Jedi Holocrons. Unfortunately, the ancient technology of the Holocrons, as well as the majority of the devices themselves may be lost to time -The Essential Guide to the Force

He could follow Anakin’s path. He could be pure warrior. He could be even greater than his brother had been: with the dark power he could command, he could surpass any living Jedi, even Uncle Luke. Surpass even the Jedi Knights of old. -New Jedi Order: Traitor

Maul was replaced as Sidious's apprentice by Count Dooku, who was given the name Darth Tyranus. Thought it seemed Maul's body was dead, his spirit was kept alive by his intense hatred - fuelling the dark side within him -Clone Wars Magazine 19

You cannot imagine the depths I would go to to stay alive fuelled by my singular hatred for you -Revenge Script

The old Jedi order died with the Old Republic. Then there was Luke, and only Luke, and a lot of fumbling to re-create Jedi from what little he knew of them. He did the best he could, and he made mistakes. I was one of them. His generation of Jedi was put together like a rickety space scow, but from it something new has emerged. It's not the old Jedi order, nor should it be. We, Jaina, are the new Jedi order. And this is our war. New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory II: Rebirth

“Thirty-five standard years ago, I became the last guardian of an ancient order that had thrived for a thousand generations. During all that time, no evil dared challenge its power, no honest being ever questioned its integrity. Yet fall it did, brought low by the treachery of a Sith Lord who disguised himself as a friend and an ally. Only a handful of Masters survived, hiding in deserts and swamps so that the bright light that was the Jedi order would not be extinguished.” Luke paused here and exchanged gazes with Leia. Her face had been lined by four decades of sacrifice and service to the galaxy, yet her brown eyes still shined with the intensity of her youth. At the moment, they were also shining with curiosity. Luke had not discussed what he intended to say even with her. He looked back to the other Jedi. “Under the guidance of two of those Masters, I became the instrument of the Jedi’s return, and I have dedicated myself to rekindling the light of their order. Ours may be a smaller, paler beacon than the one that once lit the way for the Old Republic, but it has been growing, both in size and in brilliance.” -Dark Nest III: The Swarm War

“And whatever it is, it really doesn’t want us to find it,” said Jaina. Luke gave her a serene smile. “We’re more than a hundred Jedi. Would you?” -Fate of the Jedi: Ascension

Even if his life had not been as long as Yoda’s, it had been a good one filled with close friends and much-loved family. He had been of some small service, at least, to his fellow sentient beings. And in the new Jedi Order, he had rekindled a light that had once gone out in the galaxy. He had few regrets for anything he had done, and if the time had come to let another Jedi carry the torch, he was ready. -Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse

Luke could accept that. His training had been rushed; and with the deaths of Obi-Wan and Yoda he had been obliged largely to pursue his own counsel, and find his own way to mastery. He would have been the first to admit that his understanding of the Force might be limited or incomplete; that he had perhaps become more a Master of the Living Force than what the late Vergere had called the Unifying Force. But even that deficiency should not have prevented him from being able to see Harrar. - “The Unifying Force,” Luke said. “That might explain it. In fact, all the years since the deaths of Obi-Wan, Yoda, and my father, I’ve felt as if the Jedi have been on a quest to recover the Force’s power to glimpse the future, which is perhaps the nature of the Unifying Force. The search has not been unlike our search for Zonama Sekot. And there’s a power here, in the air and the trees and everything else, that convinces me we’ve found our way to something even greater than what we were seeking.” -Legacy of the Force: Betrayal

“The Force provides, Sidious,” Plagueis said after a moment. “As nature provides more male beings in the aftermath of war, the Force, ever mindful of balance, provides beings strong in the dark side when light has ruled for too long. This Zabrak bodes well.” -Darth Plagueis

On his own Darth Maul represents a real threat to the delicate balance of the Galactic republic, which the Jedi Council strives to preserve. But with the powers of the Master and Apprentice combined, there is no telling what terrible conflicts awaits the Jedi -Starwars.com Character Profile: Darth Maul

Darth Maul was a weapon forged by the hateful energies of the dark side to ensure the victory of the Sith over the Jedi order. a creature of pure evil, Maul had no personality beyond his ultimate devotion to his master Darth Sidious -Real Action Heroes Medicom Darth Maul

Where Darth Sidious was a strategist, his fearsome apprentice Darth Maul was a blazing lightsaber aimed directly at the heart of the Jedi Order. -The Dark Side Sourcebook

My master will be most pleased with this discovery. Lord Vader. The Jedi are growing in their power. It will be their undoing. -Shroud of Darkness

Taken from his home at a very early age by Darth Sidious, Maul was trained ruthlessly in all forms of Sith arts, becoming a living embodiment of evil. -Fandex Deluxe Edition

Maul was taken in by Darth Sidious as an infant and secretly trained in all aspects of the dark side of the Force. -Star Wars Collectors Edition 2013

Maul has absorbed his Master Darth Sidious' lessons and has learned to command the power of the dark side so that he may carry out the Sith Lords orders -The Phantom Menace Visual Dictionary

"Thus far your apprenticeship has been impeccable. You have never wavered in your intent, and you have executed your tasks flawlessly. Your skill as a sword master is peerless." -Darth Maul: Saboteur

The Sith believe that they will soon reign supreme once more, with Sidious as unquestioned ruler of the galaxy. and eventually, when Sidious has nothing more to teach, Maul may plot against his Master to take his place -Phantom Menace Visual Dictionary

Darth Maul was a warrior in his prime, never to be any better, his powers at their apex. In addition, he was driven by his messianic hatred for and disdain of the Jedi Knights, the enemies of the Sith for millennia. He had worked and trained all his life for this moment, for a chance to meet a Jedi Knight in combat. -The Phantom Menace Novelisation

Only the baseness of Coruscant’s populace, the almost sheer absence of anything natural, kept the world from being as strong in the light as Korriban was in the dark. While he accepted that he and Plagueis were more than equal to the most powerful of the Jedi Order he understood that they were no match for their combined strength—the Sith imperative notwithstanding. The Jedi would fall only with the full collaboration of the dark side; that was, only when the dark side of the Force was ready and willing to conspire in their downfall.
-Darth Plagueis

-Beware the Sith wrote:

At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At
last we will have our revenge. You have been well trained, my young apprentice,
Darth Sidious soothed. The Jedi will be no match for you. It is too late for them
to stop us now. Everything is going as planned.
-The Phantom Menace Novelisation

Qui-Gon struggles to cope with Maul’s surprising skills and only narrowly escapes when Queen Amidala’s starship picks him up. The Jedi is unprepared for the encounter because the Sith were believed to be extinct. It is clear from this duel that the Sith are very much alive and more powerful than ever.
-A Galaxy at War

-Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels wrote:

He could follow Anakin’s path. He could be pure warrior. He
could be even greater than his brother had been: with the dark
power he could command, he could surpass any living Jedi, even
Uncle Luke. Surpass even the Jedi Knights of old.
-New Jedi Order: Traitor

from this point on after he was chopped in half his anger fuels him and keeps him alive while he nurtures it the entire time, then his lost power was restored, on top of that and he comes back deadlier than ever
Maul was replaced as Sidious's apprentice by Count Dooku, who was given the name Darth Tyranus. Thought it seemed Maul's body was dead, his spirit was kept alive by his intense hatred - fuelling the dark side within him
-Clone Wars Magazine 19

You cannot imagine the depths I would go to to stay alive fuelled by my singular hatred for you
-Revenge Script

-Clone Wars Comic UK 6.28 wrote:

For years I have lurked in the dark regaining my strength, regaining my power . Soon I will reveal myself to the Jedi and have my revenge
-Clone Wars UK Magazine 28

-Darth Maul Returns DVD Case wrote:

Sent to track down the mysterious figure behind the deaths of several Jedi, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi find themselves on the trail of Count Dooku?s newest apprentice ? the monstrous Savage Opress. However, Dooku and Asajj Ventress discover that their creation has a will of his own, and that he has grown more powerful than either of them had anticipated ? perhaps even more powerful than the combined forces of the Jedi and the Sith. The end begins in Witches of the Mist, the final chapter of a thrilling, three-part Clone Wars arc airing at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT Friday, January 21 on Cartoon Network. -Witches of the Mist, Preview Starwars.com

I can sense him Grievous. That creature Savage Opress is growing stronger and stronger as each day passes. You consider him a threat? He is a threat to all of us, even the Jedi. With the Nightsisters eradicated, there's no one left to control him. Something is rising, something sinister. -Brothers Script 

Viewers of Star Wars: The Clone Wars know that Maul's brother Savage Opress is no slouch when it comes to fighting. But compared to Maul, even a killer like Savage takes a back seat. "Savage is fearsome," Taylor points out. "He would tear the arms off a wookiee with his teeth. But Maul is calculating, and his ability makes him a far more formidable foe." Add the fact that the two warriors share a brotherly bond, and you have a one-two punch unrivalled by another other team in the Star Wars galaxy. Taylor finds the familial link an interesting avenue for character exploration. "Savage went looking for his brother and, to me, this is because he needed someone," he says. "There's a lot more emotional instability and rage in him. With Maul, you don't feel like he needs anyone. Maul is the only child who got all the cool presents. Savage just wants to share some of them." ― Star Wars Insider 134

So it is time for a lesson. ( Lightsabers humming ) You have grown so powerful. And I shall complete your training...

Revival Script

Luke felt the attack - the Force, propelling numerous small objects at him. He jumped back and brought up both lightsabers as a shower of old nuts and bolts came at him with missile speed. It was like defending himself against Yuuzhan Vong thud bugs for the first time in years, but the old skill was undiminished - he calculated which objects had a chance of hitting him and incinerated only them with his blades, letting the others fly harmlessly past.

Legacy of the Force: Fury

But apart from the fact that he was now minus everything good in his heart except Ben, Luke felt like his old self for the first time in years. He felt clarity. He knew what he had to do, and there were no gray areas or ambiguities about who was right and who was wrong. For all his pain, the sense of clean focus gave him something to cling to.

Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice

His heart should have been the only guide he needed, with the Force offering the occasional nudge when things were unclear. But his heart had been burned beyond recognition when Mara had died, and what was left was in pieces, each piece suggesting a different course of action. Throw everything into the effort against Jacen. Hunt down Alema Rar and make her pay for killing Mara. The rot is too deep; the Jedi Order should withdraw and let the warring states fight their way to a finish; only then can rebuilding begin. This kill is mine. This kill is mine. And the Force was silent. It seemed like forever since it had shown him any guidance about the bigger picture. All it offered him these days was guidance for immediate problems, the here and now. It had been that way since - for how long? Since Mara's death at least. It could have begun before then. Perhaps he could no longer read the Force. Perhaps it chose not to speak to him anymore.

Legacy of the Force: Fury

OBI-WAN : I have a bad feeling about this. QUI-GON : I don't sense anything. OBI-WAN : It's not about the mission, Master, it's somethging...elsewhere...elusive. QUI-GON : Don't center on your anxiety, Obi-Wan. Keep your concentration here and now where it belongs. OBI-WAN : Master Yoda says I should be mindful of the future... QUI-GON : .....but not at the expense of the moment. Be mindful of the living Force, my young Padawan. OBI-WAN : Yes, Master...how do you think the trade viceroy will deal with the chancellor's demands? -The Phantom Menace

The last thing he wanted to do right now was focus on the Order. With only an aching void where there used to be Mara, Luke felt like the victim of a heart amputation, everything inside burning in grief, his thoughts whirling with memories of Mara’s death … that sudden awful pulling on their Force-bond, as though she were falling into a star, then trying to reach out and draw her to safety, but the bond just snapping and leaving him broken and lost and hurting.

Legacy of the Force: Inferno

He was too weak to rise, and he could feel nothing of himself except the aching void Abeloth had torn in his chest. It occurred to him that he might well be dying, and it was not a thought that brought him any fear. -Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse

As he grew stronger in the dark side, the profane world became a stranger and stranger place, swept by currents he’d had no previous awareness of and populated by vaguely outlined life-forms he saw as magnitudes of the Force. -Darth Plagueis

Beyond the vision of the Jedi Knights, somewhere within the darkness, the greatest master of evil ever to use Sith power bides his time. As his strength grows, his plans begin to shape the course of the galaxy, and his snares await the unsuspecting. -The Complete Visual Dictionary

The Father warns that the Sith will be strengthened by his Daughter's death, and that the Jedi must leave Mortis before the Son can take their ship -Altar of Mortis Episode Gallery

Although the son has always touched the dark side, never before has he been so deeply held within its grip. -The Clone Wars: Secrets Revealed in 3D - Pablo Hidalgo

As the Son reaches further into the dark side, so too will the Sith gain strength and power. -The Clone Wars: Secrets Revealed in 3D - Pablo Hidalgo

the darkening cloud upon the Force that had risen with the rebirth of the Sith made that harder and harder with each passing day the presence of shatterpoints was always clear. -Revenge of the Sith Novel

With the strength of the dark side growing, the Sith must, logically, have grown stronger, too. -Revenge of the Sith Junior Novel

“He gets it when Savage says ‘the Clone Wars,’ there’s conflict, that’s what it is. He knows, he can sense that because to him, when he is alive in Phantom Menace then when he’s reborn in our time during the Clone Wars, it’s like he’s dropped into two different pools of water - one is salt, one is not. When he’s reborn he goes ‘Oh my gosh, everything is different now,’ because remember the shroud of the dark side has fallen. It’s clouding everything. So when Obi-Wan says it’s a fertile place for Maul to flourish, meaning the underworld, but the galaxy as it exists now is a fertile place for Maul to flourish because he’s so powerful within the dark side, because he’s able to channel it because of his teachings from Sidious and now he’s kind of backed by the Mother Talzin magic. He’s got a bit of that in him as well.” -Revival Featurette

On the alter of the night sisters, Maul has been taken apart piece by piece. The damage assessed and cast off so he could be reborn stronger than before. On two reforged legs, showing his sheer strength of will, he at first stumbles like a baby calf then takes off at a galloping pace to see what his new limbs can do. Releasing a primal howl in his victory. -Brothers Rewatch

Serving as a foil for the final confrontation between the former master and his jilted apprentice is the massively powerful Opress. Ostensibly a blunt instrument of evil, the monstrous creation is nonetheless imbued with a perverse humanity of his own ? brought to the surface by sharp writing and a soulful performance by screen legend Clancy Brown (Highlander, The Shawshank Redemption). -Witches of the Mist, Preview

"I was betrayed by Ventress, the Jedi are after me!! I'm not nearly strong enough to defeat them all." “Calm yourself. You will be.” -Witches of the Mist Script

"You've watched Jedi battle Sith, Clones battle separatists, and secrets be revealed, but now, everything's about to change. A dark lord's betrayal will set in motion a chain of events that even the Jedi might not be powerful enough to stop, and lead to the creation of a new threat. One who could consume the galaxy with hate. Basically he's no joke. It's time for the Clone Wars to kick into high gear, and nothing will be the same." -Witches of the Mist Promo

While Ventress has certainly asserted herself and assumed a more powerful role than ever before, ?Monster? also introduces an all-new villain into the power struggle. A warrior from the same fearsome race that spawned Episode I?s Darth Maul, Opress is bred and trained to serve ? but he is destined to become more powerful than either his masters had imagined.
"Monster" Preview

Clone Wars Comic UK 6.16 wrote:

Sent to track down the mysterious figure behind the deaths of several Jedi, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi find themselves on the trail of Count Dooku?s newest apprentice ? the monstrous Savage Opress. However, Dooku and Asajj Ventress discover that their creation has a will of his own, and that he has grown more powerful than either of them had anticipated ? perhaps even more powerful than the combined forces of the Jedi and the Sith. The end begins in Witches of the Mist, the final chapter of a thrilling, three-part Clone Wars arc airing at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT Friday, January 21 on Cartoon Network. -Witches of the Mist, Preview Starwars.com

I can sense him Grievous. That creature Savage Opress is growing stronger and stronger as each day passes. You consider him a threat? He is a threat to all of us, even the Jedi. With the Nightsisters eradicated, there's no one left to control him. Something is rising, something sinister. -Brothers Script 

Viewers of Star Wars: The Clone Wars know that Maul's brother Savage Opress is no slouch when it comes to fighting. But compared to Maul, even a killer like Savage takes a back seat. "Savage is fearsome," Taylor points out. "He would tear the arms off a wookiee with his teeth. But Maul is calculating, and his ability makes him a far more formidable foe." Add the fact that the two warriors share a brotherly bond, and you have a one-two punch unrivalled by another other team in the Star Wars galaxy. Taylor finds the familial link an interesting avenue for character exploration. "Savage went looking for his brother and, to me, this is because he needed someone," he says. "There's a lot more emotional instability and rage in him. With Maul, you don't feel like he needs anyone. Maul is the only child who got all the cool presents. Savage just wants to share some of them." ― Star Wars Insider 134

So it is time for a lesson. ( Lightsabers humming ) You have grown so powerful. And I shall complete your training...

Revival Script

Luke felt the attack - the Force, propelling numerous small objects at him. He jumped back and brought up both lightsabers as a shower of old nuts and bolts came at him with missile speed. It was like defending himself against Yuuzhan Vong thud bugs for the first time in years, but the old skill was undiminished - he calculated which objects had a chance of hitting him and incinerated only them with his blades, letting the others fly harmlessly past.

Legacy of the Force: Fury

But apart from the fact that he was now minus everything good in his heart except Ben, Luke felt like his old self for the first time in years. He felt clarity. He knew what he had to do, and there were no gray areas or ambiguities about who was right and who was wrong. For all his pain, the sense of clean focus gave him something to cling to.
Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice.

His heart should have been the only guide he needed, with the Force offering the occasional nudge when things were unclear. But his heart had been burned beyond recognition when Mara had died, and what was left was in pieces, each piece suggesting a different course of action. Throw everything into the effort against Jacen. Hunt down Alema Rar and make her pay for killing Mara. The rot is too deep; the Jedi Order should withdraw and let the warring states fight their way to a finish; only then can rebuilding begin. This kill is mine. This kill is mine. And the Force was silent. It seemed like forever since it had shown him any guidance about the bigger picture. All it offered him these days was guidance for immediate problems, the here and now. It had been that way since - for how long? Since Mara's death at least. It could have begun before then. Perhaps he could no longer read the Force. Perhaps it chose not to speak to him anymore.

Legacy of the Force: Fury

OBI-WAN : I have a bad feeling about this. QUI-GON : I don't sense anything. OBI-WAN : It's not about the mission, Master, it's somethging...elsewhere...elusive. QUI-GON : Don't center on your anxiety, Obi-Wan. Keep your concentration here and now where it belongs. OBI-WAN : Master Yoda says I should be mindful of the future... QUI-GON : .....but not at the expense of the moment. Be mindful of the living Force, my young Padawan. OBI-WAN : Yes, Master...how do you think the trade viceroy will deal with the chancellor's demands? -The Phantom Menace

The last thing he wanted to do right now was focus on the Order. With only an aching void where there used to be Mara, Luke felt like the victim of a heart amputation, everything inside burning in grief, his thoughts whirling with memories of Mara’s death … that sudden awful pulling on their Force-bond, as though she were falling into a star, then trying to reach out and draw her to safety, but the bond just snapping and leaving him broken and lost and hurting.

Legacy of the Force: Inferno

He was too weak to rise, and he could feel nothing of himself except the aching void Abeloth had torn in his chest. It occurred to him that he might well be dying, and it was not a thought that brought him any fear. -Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse

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