@dundermifflin: No offense but their are some serious issues with this scaling. Maul was only able to take on Sidious with a massive rage boost from seeing Savage die and even then, that fight lasted 23 seconds. An impressive 23 seconds, but it clearly shows that Sidious is still able to overpower Maul with effort.
Looking at Maul vs Obi Wan, it’s nowhere near as one sided as it appears. Even in the 2 in 1 fight, Maul ragdolls him twice without much trouble. And in Rebels Maul was half dead wandering the desert: https://youtu.be/A_6Z630T-hY. He also tricks Maul into replicating the move he used to kill Qui Gon (hitting Kenobi with the non lightsaber resistant lightsaber handle then stabbing him) by switching to his stance. According to the Maul's voice actor Sam Witwer, ''he takes a breath, no no... That was a mistake that young Obi-Wan did, I am actually Ben Kenobi. I am a different guy. And let's see if I can trick him with the old Qui-Gon pose. So he could lure Maul as if Maul could replicate the same victory that he gained against his old master Qui-Gon.'' This is why the fight is so short between the two with Kenobi being ready for this trick and cutting him down.
As for ANH, Kenobi was losing to Vader badly. Here’s a quote from the canon novel From a Certain Point of View: "Your powers are weak, old man." Our lightsabers clash. I try to push forward, only to be thrust violently back. It's like striking iron. There's no give in Vader's arms, and far too much in mine.
"You should not have come back," Vader tells me.
My resources are depleted, my body screaming with pain. I have no hope of winning this fight.
--I'm forced back, muscle burning, breath ragged. The grip of my lightsaber is slick in my hands, my ears ringing. - Obi-Wan Kenobi [Time of Death]
Here’s another new canon source: “This duel was very different from their last. Obi-Wan was older and weakerwhile Vader was even stronger, fueled by hatred and thrist for revenge.” — Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force (2016).
In other words it’s made pretty clear in canon that Obi Wan was inferior to Vader. And it’s pretty clear that not only was Vader on guard vs Ahsoka, but bloodlusted: “ "As far as how Vader would treat Ahsoka and react to her, I base that interaction – the attitude, if not the dialogue – on my conversation with George about how that would go. I asked him pretty pointedly, “How would this conversation go? How would he feel about her?” We both agreed that the one thing that Ahsoka can’t represent in any way is any path of redemption for Vader, or the hope that that’s there because Luke is the only one that’s going to be able to make that happen. And that’s the story that we see. It was our belief that we could have this moment, but it’s not even a moment of hesitation for Vader. Because he says then, “You will die,” and he means it. He is going to destroy her, and the reason that is, is that she has knowledge of him as a good person. She represents and is a vessel for everything that he once was, and he finds such pain in that, and hatred, and anger. He doesn’t want to face what he’s become, but he just wants to destroy anything that reminds him of that former self."
- Dave Filoni
Plus the only reason Maul was able to contend with Ahsoka at all was because of him spending years on Malachor, a dark side nexus. On neutral ground it’s clear that she is superior. Here’s a quote from months after Twilight of the Apprentice took place: "We used to have this problem in Clone Wars when we would try to put Yoda in a story and it would be like, “Yeah, if Yoda’s there, this isn’t really a problem is it?” That’s because Yoda’s going to go in there and kick everyone’s butt. We all felt that Ahsoka, the only person that could really match her in this time period, blow for blow, would be Vader or the Emperor."
- Dave Filoni, August 2016
And Ahsoka fights Vader for longer as well even if she like Ben would have lost in the end.
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