It is. Having most of your major organs eviscerated with a hot blade of plasma means most victims die instantly.

[Even those that lingered, like Qui-Gon after Maul had sadistically run him through, usually only lasted a short amount of time.]

The same thing that happened to me, I am afraid. My master sunk his claws deep into his mind and he's been brainwashed to think he can give him what he most desires, which is to save the woman he so dearly loves.

[Maul's learned quite a bit about Anakin's situation since he first came to Deerington but it hasn't made him one iota more sympathetic towards the young Jedi's plight.]