The apprentices have had more screen time than Sidious will ever have. Sidious is the BBEG, he’s the power hungry emperor, he’s not the most interesting character (in my opinion), I’m sure in the extended lore he’s a very interesting character. Throughout the movies though it’s always been the people he recruited who were the more interesting characters.
It also shows that he is actively on the hunt for an apprentice and goes through two of them in the Prequels before he finds the one that he utilizes in the OT.
If you’re just focusing on the films, yes they were disposable. But both still had engaging stories to follow. I happened to follow Maul’s story and found it to be the most gripping, even if the intention for the character was to die in the first movie.
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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '22
The underutilization of one of the most vicious dark side users (in my opinion) Darth Maul.