Plagueis vs Exar Kun and Ulic Qel Droma

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XSUPREMEXSKILLZ
All characters at their peaks, fight takes place on flat, neutral terrain.

MythLord
Exar Kun solos.

Emperordmb
Nem Bees solos

chingchangwalla
Plagueis stomps Ulic tbh but idk about Kun

Nephthys
Originally posted by MythLord
Exar Kun solos.

XSUPREMEXSKILLZ
Jesus Christ what happened smile

Deronn_solo
Ehh.
Plagueis would take either one-on-one, but combined is a bit too much..

Emperordmb
Yeah Plagueis would definitely take either 1v1

JKBart
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f86/t627989.html

****** stole'd my thread

NewGuy01
Dunno, Plagueis is something of a wildcard.

The Ellimist
Plagueis wins handily.

Syndicate
Team wins handily.

XSUPREMEXSKILLZ
Lmfao

AncientPower
Originally posted by MythLord
Exar Kun solos.

MS Warehouse
Kun could take plagueis on his own. This is overkill.

The Ellimist
Originally posted by Syndicate
Team wins handily.

Darth Plagueis is powerful enough for Sidious to have feared a direct confrontation. Exar is possibly Vader-tier, but Ulic is much weaker, and not enough to bridge the gap between Vader and Plagueis.

FreshestSlice
Originally posted by Deronn_solo
Ehh.
Plagueis would take either one-on-one, but combined is a bit too much..

DarthAnt66
Originally posted by Deronn_solo
Ehh.
Plagueis would take either one-on-one, but combined is a bit too much..

AncientPower
Sidious 'feared' Asajj Ventress, doesn't mean anything but him being a paranoid megalomaniac. Kun wins, him improving drastically in the years following his duel against Ulic Qel-Droma, who stomped Warb Null years before that, is more impressive than killing Venamis. Who also, by the way, doesn't have any feats besides being the RoT equivalent of Kas'im.

chingchangwalla
No. Venamis was made to kill Plagueis. If he can defeat someone made specifically to kill him, he can defeat almost anyone.
And Sidious fearing Ventress LOLOLOLOLOL

Syndicate
Originally posted by The Ellimist
Darth Plagueis is powerful enough for Sidious to have feared a direct confrontation. Exar is possibly Vader-tier, but Ulic is much weaker, and not enough to bridge the gap between Vader and Plagueis.

I disagree.

Deronn_solo
Refresh my memory; what showings/accolades are Warb Null sporting, the ranks him emphatically above Venamis?

MythLord
Originally posted by Deronn_solo
Refresh my memory; what showings/accolades are Warb Null sporting, the ranks him emphatically above Venamis?

He's a "prodigious warrior" of "great martial prowess" clad in an armour that made a failed padawan effectively stalemate a Jedi Master, and shares the memories, wisdom and cunning of Freedon Nadd and King Adas; the former being a close contender with Masters while a padawan and surpassing Naga and the latter making some of the most powerful Sith in his day cover before his roar. Granted, Null clearly isn't comparable to Adas or Nadd in any way, shape or form.

AncientPower
That's still on par with Kas'im, er, I mean Venamis. Keeping in mind that Nadd with just a pistol killed more Jedi than any Sith with a lightsaber, including Tulak Hord.

Then Ulic Qel-Droma vastly improved by the time he faced Exar Kun in a stalemate, and despite becoming a 'warrior magus' with 'immense' powers, far more powerful than all of the Krath, in the following years, Exar Kun himself became head and shoulders above him in that time frame.

MythLord
Originally posted by AncientPower
That's still on par with Kas'im, er, I mean Venamis.

Because being a prodigious warrior in magical armour that has memories of the long dead = being an ambidexterous DoE Bane + level master of all forms of lightsaber combat and being trained from birth to match one of the most powerful Sith Lords in existence, apparently.

Originally posted by AncientPower
Keeping in mind that Nadd with just a pistol killed more Jedi than any Sith with a lightsaber, including Tulak Hord.

K... Warb Null doesn't have a blaster, nor is he really as skilled a marksman, swordsman, or combatant in general as Freedon Nadd. He isn't even close.

Originally posted by AncientPower
Then Ulic Qel-Droma vastly improved by the time he faced Exar Kun in a stalemate, and despite becoming a 'Sith Magnus' with 'immense' powers in the following years, Exar Kun became head and shoulders above him in that time frame.

Based on what did Exar become "head and shoulders" above Ulic? Sure, he should've logically grown to be more skilled given him adopting a new style of fighting, and being more powerful in the Force thus improving faster, but nothing notes he's "heads and shoulders" above him. Ulic should still, in a lightsaber engagement, be comparable to Exar.

AncientPower
Technical knowledge isn't everything as Darth Bane, Darth Plagueis and Darth Vader all proved. Freedon Nadd and King Adas provided Warb Null with a combination of a two life times worth of immense combative experience and gave him reflexes almost faster than thought. That is all besides his own expert swordsmanship and stated mastery of the dark side.

Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma fodderised Null and his five Krath Warriors in short order, Spirit Nadd and Ommin even basically admit that Null doesn't stand a chance.

Because Exar Kun became 'unparalleled', learnt Sith teachings that Kreia accurately states makes modern era Kotor Jedi, including evidently TOTJ era Jedi like Vodo Siosk-Baas, look like children playing with toys. Freedon Nadd before either Kun or Ulic had been corrupted, tells Ulic he'll be one of the 'great ones' and states there is one even greater than Ulic, Exar Kun.

Fast forward to their respective primes and we know that Exar Kun is 'far more powerful' than any other Jedi of his day. Considering it clearly refers to Exar Kun himself as a Jedi, then there's no reason to assume Ulic is irrelevant in terms of the statement.

Obviously Ulic Qel-Droma gives him a hard contest either way, but the superiority is clearly there for Exar Kun in terms of statements.

MythLord
Originally posted by AncientPower
Technical knowledge isn't everything as Darth Bane, Darth Plagueis and Darth Vader all proved.

Lucky for Venamis, he has more than technical knowledge -- he has physicals rivalling Plagueis, an inherently strong Force connection(y'know, something that wins duels most of the time) based off of nearly a thousand years of succession from Darth Bane, who shits on Warb, and, to make Plagueis' feat even more impressive, in-depth knowledge on how Hego fights and how to counter such fighting tactics. Comparing Null to Venamis is just ludicrous.

Originally posted by AncientPower
Freedon Nadd and King Adas provided Warb Null with a combination of a two life times worth of immense combative experience and gave him reflexes almost faster than thought. That is all besides his own expert swordsmanship and stated mastery of the dark side.

That lifetime supply of knowledge didn't really aid him all that much against a hindered Ulic. It didn't even aid Telloti against his master, and Telloti was being driven back most of the duel. Now, Telloti is no Dovos, but it's still worth noting how all the knowledge from Nadd and Adas helped so little in the end and didn't help at all against Qel-Droma.

Originally posted by AncientPower
Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma fodderised Null and his five Krath Warriors in short order, Spirit Nadd and Ommin even basically admit that Null doesn't stand a chance.

Alright, I guess. Warb would be fodderised by Bane or Zannah, as well, and both Venamis and Plagueis are confirmed to be heads and shoulders above them.

Originally posted by AncientPower
Because Exar Kun became 'unparalleled', learnt Sith teachings that Kreia accurately states makes modern era Kotor Jedi, including evidently TOTJ era Jedi like Vodo Siosk-Baas, look like children playing with toys. Freedon Nadd before either Kun or Ulic had been corrupted, tells Ulic he'll be one of the 'great ones' and states there is one even greater than Ulic, Exar Kun.

Um, Traya said the Ancient Sith and was referring to Sadow, Tulak and Ajunta Pall specifically and was comparing herself and a pre-prime Exile to their skill. We know Vodo-Baas is more than a child playing with toys compared to Exar Kun, given his victories over him and them fighting relatively evenly until Kun used the double-bladed function of his lightsaber.

As for Nadd, great that confirms Kun > Ulic. Give me proof he's "heads and shoulders" ahead of Ulic.


Originally posted by AncientPower
Fast forward to their respective primes and we know that Exar Kun is 'far more powerful' than any other Jedi of his day. Considering it clearly refers to Exar Kun himself as a Jedi, then there's no reason to assume Ulic is irrelevant in terms of the statement.

Given that statements have said Ulic is the "greatest Jedi Knight" of the time, it would seem he is in fact irrelevant to that statement. And Exar being far more powerful than any other Jedi while a Jedi would be contradictory to Vodo being capable of trading wins and losses with Exar and casually defeating him(prior to Kun's Jar'Kai and rage amp) when actually going all-out in a spar and giving him grief in a later fight.

Originally posted by AncientPower
Obviously Ulic Qel-Droma gives him a hard contest either way, but the superiority is clearly there for Exar Kun in terms of statements.

Great, I never doubted Kun's superiority. I doubted your statement saying Exar is heads and shoulders above Ulic.

Jmanghan
Originally posted by MythLord
Exar Kun solos.

SunRazer
Warb Null doesn't compare to Venamis. If he got destroyed by Jedi Ulic so easily, then yeah, Plagueis absolutely blitzes him to shreds.

ILS
The funny thing is, AP wasn't originally even claiming Null was on-par with Venamis, but rather that Kun stalemating Ulic was as good as beating Venamis, using the Null feat to substantiate Ulic, but felt the need to defend the point anyway.

Null is cool and all, but he's just a dude who drew inspiration from Adas and Nadd and donned alchemically enhanced armour. Him being a Trakata adept and fending off Tott/Cay at the same time is decent, but he's nowhere near the same ballpark as Venamis.

Emperordmb
Originally posted by MythLord
Lucky for Venamis, he has more than technical knowledge -- he has physicals rivalling Plagueis, an inherently strong Force connection(y'know, something that wins duels most of the time) based off of nearly a thousand years of succession from Darth Bane, who shits on Warb,



Alright, I guess. Warb would be fodderised by Bane or Zannah, as well, and both Venamis and Plagueis are confirmed to be heads and shoulders above them.

Neither Venamis nor the incarnation of Plagueis that fought him are confirmed to be heads and shoulder's above Bane and Zannah Wollf.

As an apprentice who never became a master, Venamis is not subject to receiving scaling, and Plagueis though he is superior to Bane in his mastery via the quotes, the quotes did not specify when in his mastery, and considering he didn't best Tenebrous through a display of superiority, and the Tenebrous way implies this Plagueis's powers to be considerably beneath Tenebrous's, not to mention a side by side comparison of their abilities in the Plagueis novel (Tenebrous almost knocking Plagueis over with the speed of his departure and Tenebrous managing the effects of the explosion when Plagueis got thrown on his ass).

So no, Plagueis as of this point does not get Banite scaling, and Venamis likewise doesn't receive it given his failure to secure the rank of master (hell, Tenebrous hadn't even proclaimed him a Darth), and both Bane and Tenebrous have greater feats than Plagueis or Venamis at this point.

I agree Plagueis is well above Kun, and I agree peak Plagueis is head and shoulders above Bane, but I do not for a second buy the notion that Venamis is, even if he is impressive in his own right.

The only argument that would suggest Venamis and Plagueis as of this point are would be that potential+training argument ILS is fond of, but you've already told me you disagree with that line of thought, and Tenebrous was stated to have not trained Plagueis to the best of his abilities anyways.

MythLord
Plagueis at this time should at least be comparable to Tenebrous, given he felt his master's life had gone on long enough. I believe even the Tenebrous Way notes that Plagueis has surpassed Tenebrous by the time of his death. So yeah, the RoT scaling is quite applicable to Plagueis. It's also quite applicable to Venamis seeing as Venamis was ment to be a legitimate apprentice powerful and skilled enough to kill Plagueis when the time arrives(well that was what he was trained for, anyways), so it's perfectly reasonable to assume two Sith Lords who were legitiatemly trained to not just be expendable pawns by Tenebrous, one of which is implied to have surpassed him, would get scaling from Bane and Zannah and should be considerably ahead of either.

Beniboybling
Originally posted by Emperordmb
(hell, Tenebrous hadn't even proclaimed him a Darth) Is his name not "Darth" Venamis? erm

Emperordmb
The Tenebrous way never by any stretch of the imagination implied Plagueis surpassed him by that point in time though and their showings on Baldemnic paint Tenebrous as the clear superior, and the Tenebrous way even notes that Tenebrous was negligent in his training of Plagueis.

So no, the Plagueis Tenebrous comparison, which is central to your entire argument comparing Bane and Venamis, doesn't stand, and thus neither does that argument.

Emperordmb
Originally posted by Beniboybling
Is his name not "Darth" Venamis? erm
The title was self proclaimed IIRC since Venamis said Plagueis's death would legitimize it.

MythLord
The Tenebrous Way doesn't note Tenebrous' negligence over Plagueis; it notes how Tenebrous spent more time perfecting his Maxi-Chlorian technique than training Hego, and instead sent Hego on missions that were doomed to fail from the beginning. We do know Tenebrous trained Plagueis to at least a good enough extent that Plagueis no longer required his master, and they've had the trade-mark Master/Apprentice VS Kursid warriors trainning session several times.

On Bal'demnic, Plagueis and Tenebrous seemed to be more on-par than anything else. The only time it ever implies Tenebrous' superiority is when he nearly knocks Plagueis back with his swiftness, but you'd need to stretch quite a bit to make that a 100% concrete clue that Tenebrous > Plagueis. We know Plagueis gained up and kept up with Tenebrous, after drawing deeply on the Force, and Plagueis wasn't even ready to depart when Tenebrous started running and the former was even surprised just how fast the latter started rushing madly. So Tenebrous was more-than-likely moving faster than usual and nearly knocked back an unready Plagueis. That doesn't say much. In fact, regarding speed, Plagueis collapsed a portion of a cave almost faster than Tenebrous could even realize it.

In terms of TK, both managed to successfully support the massive collapsing rubble falling upon them and Hego even broke Tenebrous' telekinetic grip over some of the stone slabs and hurled them onto him(again, so fast that Tenebrous barely realized it). And this is before Plagueis' confirmed power-growth prior to meeting Venamis, at which point he would've logically grown even further.

So by the time of his duel with Venamis, Plagueis and Venamis should've both been at least very close to Tenebrous and thus scaling should apply to both of them.

Emperordmb
Sorry for Syndicating, but I'm still on vacation and thus restricted to my phone.

"Instead of actually training his doltish apprentice, Tenebrous had flattered Plagueis' mysticism while pricking his insecurities, sending him off on one useless, doomed-to-fail mission after another."

"Full access to his apprentice's Force-perceptions! Delightful. Better than Tenebrous had allowed himself to hope. Hmm-perhaps he should have invested some time in actually training the foolish Muun."

Tenebrous trained Plagueis to a good enough extent that he no longer required his master? You do realize in the Banite line even POD Bane was powerful enough to function on his own in the Galaxy without a master and with FAR less resources, so that hardly proves anything. Tenebrous never intended Plagueis to surpass him, merely to set Plagueis on the immortality seeking path so he'd create the chosen one with Plagueis possessing an unparralleled aptitude for midichlorian manipulation, however even with the ability within Plagueis Tenebrous prized most and was most essential to his goals, Plagueis under Tenebrous's training hadn't even reached the point where he could influence the midichlorians, merely perceive them, and even then Tenebrous viewed his ability to do so as "clumsy force probing"

And on Baldemnic, I was mainly referring to Plagueis's inability to handle the massive explosion and that he got knocked on his ass by it, whereas Tenebrous not only blocked the entire explosion from reaching him and Plagueis but simultaneously held several ship crushing slabs above their ship.

And as far as the speed goes, the Tenebrous way confirms that Tenebrous's death was all part of Tenebrous's master plan, so I'm a little more than hesitant to view the circumstances of his death as indicating parity or superiority on Plagueis's part.

So again no, Banite scaling does not apply to these two.

Beniboybling
Originally posted by Emperordmb
The title was self proclaimed IIRC since Venamis said Plagueis's death would legitimize it. Perhaps but then he also has a Sith moniker.

Emperordmb
Originally posted by Beniboybling
Perhaps but then he also has a Sith moniker.
So did Malgus, Bane, Scourge, Vindican, and several students at the Korriban academy before they were christened Darths or without ever being christened Darths. Just having a Sith name is definitely not indicative of one being a Darth.

AncientPower
The point not being that Warb Null is as strong as Venamis, but that the amount of accolades and feats he has, paints him as a very strong Dark Jedi with knowledge on par with Venamis, if not superior to him. Warb Null who, again, was fodderised by an Ulic far less powerful than the Ulic facing Exar Kun whom himself improves drastically.

Exar Kun learnt from the Dark Holocron which contains Sith knowledge, the oldest of which dated further back than a hundred thousand years. Exar Kun's saberstaff is stated to be from an ancient Sith design, he verbally owes his victory over Vodo Siosk-Baas to a correct use of ancient Sith teachings. This implies heavily that Exar Kun's new unique form, which was stated to make him a virtually unstoppable combatant, was derived from the Dark Holocron or Naga Sadow's treasury and thus his style would be relevant to Kreia's (accurate) assessment.

Exar Kun in his prime as a Sith was stated to be far more powerful than any other Jedi of the time, clearly they still consider Dark Jedi to be relevant to that stated or it wouldn't state he was far more powerful than other Jedi. Thus the implication of Exar Kun being far more powerful than his apprentice is valid.

Beniboybling
Originally posted by Emperordmb
So did Malgus, Bane, Scourge, Vindican, and several students at the Korriban academy before they were christened Darths or without ever being christened Darths. Just having a Sith name is definitely not indicative of one being a Darth. True that's probably most likely.

Emperordmb
Originally posted by AncientPower
The point not being that Warb Null is as strong as Venamis, but that the amount of accolades and feats he has, paints him as a very strong Dark Jedi with knowledge on par with Venamis, if not superior to him. Warb Null who, again, was fodderised by an Ulic far less powerful than the Ulic facing Exar Kun whom himself improves drastically.

Exar Kun learnt from the Dark Holocron which contains Sith knowledge, the oldest of which dated further back than a hundred thousand years. Exar Kun's saberstaff is stated to be from an ancient Sith design, he verbally owes his victory over Vodo Siosk-Baas to a correct use of ancient Sith teachings. This implies heavily that Exar Kun's new unique form, which was stated to make him a virtually unstoppable combatant, was derived from the Dark Holocron or Naga Sadow's treasury and thus his style would be relevant to Kreia's (accurate) assessment.

Exar Kun in his prime as a Sith was stated to be far more powerful than any other Jedi of the time, clearly they still consider Dark Jedi to be relevant to that stated or it wouldn't state he was far more powerful than other Jedi. Thus the implication of Exar Kun being far more powerful than his apprentice is valid.

Could you post the full quote for that? I think the one in ILS's respect thread has some typo shit going on and it's seriously ****ing with my head.

AncientPower
Full quote for what?

Emperordmb
Exar being above any other Jedi, along with who discovered this and where they discovered this.

AncientPower

Emperordmb
Who is "she" and where does she discover this?

AncientPower
Tionne Solusar, she reads through the Jedi archives and lore that Luke had recovered and stored in the temple.

MythLord
Originally posted by AncientPower
The point not being that Warb Null is as strong as Venamis, but that the amount of accolades and feats he has, paints him as a very strong Dark Jedi with knowledge on par with Venamis, if not superior to him. Warb Null who, again, was fodderised by an Ulic far less powerful than the Ulic facing Exar Kun whom himself improves drastically.

Warb Null being as knowledgable as Venamis, who has mastered every single style(as oppose to Warb who's only confirmed style is Shii-Cho lol) and has enough knowledge from Tenebrous(someone considerably, if not substantially, more knowledgable than Bane) to challenge Plagueis is just hilarious. And at least Venamis has the power/skill/physicals to back up the knowledge he's given, Null doesn't.

Originally posted by AncientPower
Exar Kun learnt from the Dark Holocron which contains Sith knowledge, the oldest of which dated further back than a hundred thousand years. Exar Kun's saberstaff is stated to be from an ancient Sith design, he verbally owes his victory over Vodo Siosk-Baas to a correct use of ancient Sith teachings. This implies heavily that Exar Kun's new unique form, which was stated to make him a virtually unstoppable combatant, was derived from the Dark Holocron or Naga Sadow's treasury and thus his style would be relevant to Kreia's (accurate) assessment.

Him verbally scolding Vodo about how his teachings pale in comparisons to the teachings of the ancient Sith is irrelevant to me. Can I get a quote that says Kun's saberstaff is from an ancient Sith design? From what I recall: Exar Kun was the creator of the saberstaff and his model in particular is unique. Kun might've been inspired by ancient Sith knowledge, but it's highly unlike he modeled his lightsaber completely off of old designs.

Originally posted by AncientPower
Exar Kun in his prime as a Sith was stated to be far more powerful than any other Jedi of the time, clearly they still consider Dark Jedi to be relevant to that stated or it wouldn't state he was far more powerful than other Jedi. Thus the implication of Exar Kun being far more powerful than his apprentice is valid.

Jedi and Dark Jedi are two very distinct terms. And neither refers to Qel-Droma in his prime. He was given the rank of Sith Lord, and the first and foremost apprentice of Exar Kun.

Ziggystardust
Plagueis gets spanked

Nephthys
Originally posted by Emperordmb
Sorry for Syndicating, but I'm still on vacation and thus restricted to my phone.

"Instead of actually training his doltish apprentice, Tenebrous had flattered Plagueis' mysticism while pricking his insecurities, sending him off on one useless, doomed-to-fail mission after another."

"Full access to his apprentice's Force-perceptions! Delightful. Better than Tenebrous had allowed himself to hope. Hmm-perhaps he should have invested some time in actually training the foolish Muun."

Tenebrous trained Plagueis to a good enough extent that he no longer required his master? You do realize in the Banite line even POD Bane was powerful enough to function on his own in the Galaxy without a master and with FAR less resources, so that hardly proves anything. Tenebrous never intended Plagueis to surpass him, merely to set Plagueis on the immortality seeking path so he'd create the chosen one with Plagueis possessing an unparralleled aptitude for midichlorian manipulation, however even with the ability within Plagueis Tenebrous prized most and was most essential to his goals, Plagueis under Tenebrous's training hadn't even reached the point where he could influence the midichlorians, merely perceive them, and even then Tenebrous viewed his ability to do so as "clumsy force probing"

And on Baldemnic, I was mainly referring to Plagueis's inability to handle the massive explosion and that he got knocked on his ass by it, whereas Tenebrous not only blocked the entire explosion from reaching him and Plagueis but simultaneously held several ship crushing slabs above their ship.

And as far as the speed goes, the Tenebrous way confirms that Tenebrous's death was all part of Tenebrous's master plan, so I'm a little more than hesitant to view the circumstances of his death as indicating parity or superiority on Plagueis's part.

So again no, Banite scaling does not apply to these two.

Dang. thumb up

AncientPower
Venamis was trained solely as a weapon against Darth Plagueis, he is certainly not comparable in knowledge to King Adas or Freedon Nadd. Certainly not the two of them combined, whilst Warb Null wouldn't strictly retain their knowledge he does share their memories and cunning. This renders him a source of combat knowledge far beyond that of Venamis.



Exar Kun's saberstaff was an ancient Sith design from the Dark Holocron, something we know he learnt much knowledge of the Sith from and became more powerful for it:







So we know for a fact that Exar Kun got his saberstaff design from the Dark Holocron, but he also retailored his entire fighting style to become a 'virtually unstoppable combatant':



So yes, he became a far more deadly opponent in combat, contrary to your claim, even Vodo Siosk-Baas stood no chance at all:





So yes Vodo stood no chance against a 'virtually unstoppable comvatant', who used ancient Sith lightsaber fighting style. Ancient Sith duelists are stated by Kreia to make Kotor era Jedi look like infants by comparison, something Chris Avellone states is an accurate estimate.

Meaning that Exar Kun is far more deadly in combat than when he faced Ulic Qel-Droma and became:

AncientPower
As if that wasn't enough, in a section containing Exar Kun, Ulic Qel-Droma, Freedon Nadd and Naga Sadow, Kun is stated to be:



Evidently, Exar Kun is his apprentice's clear superior.

MythLord
Originally posted by AncientPower
Venamis was trained solely as a weapon against Darth Plagueis, he is certainly not comparable in knowledge to King Adas or Freedon Nadd. Certainly not the two of them combined, whilst Warb Null wouldn't strictly retain their knowledge he does share their memories and cunning. This renders him a source of combat knowledge far beyond that of Venamis.

Venamis was trained to be a weapon against Plagueis, but was also trained as a genuine RoT apprentice should Tenebrous need one after Hego's death. This gives him the combined knowledge of several of the Rule of Two's past Sith Lords, one of which is Freedon Nadd. Warb Null sharing their "cunning"

Originally posted by AncientPower
Exar Kun's saberstaff was an ancient Sith design from the Dark Holocron, something we know he learnt much knowledge of the Sith from and became more powerful for it:

None of those quotes state: "It was an ancient Sith design!" All it says is Exar Kun gained knowledge. Great, instead of making me run in circles, answer my question: What source specifically notes it was from an ancient Sith design? And even if there is a source, Exar Kun is noted as being the one who created the double-bladed lightsaber. So my point stands, he might've had inspiration from the Dark Holocron, but he didn't get a lightsaber design out of it. He created his own modifications.

Originally posted by AncientPower
So we know for a fact that Exar Kun got his saberstaff design from the Dark Holocron, but he also retailored his entire fighting style to become a 'virtually unstoppable combatant':

Alright, I guess. Only problem is we don't know for a fact and saying he got it from the Dark Holocron is highly contradictory.

Originally posted by AncientPower
So yes, he became a far more deadly opponent in combat, contrary to your claim, even Vodo Siosk-Baas stood no chance at all:

If by stood no chance you mean "no match for Kun's double-bladed lightsaber" you'd be correct. Prior to any double-blading, they seemed to be relatively even.

Originally posted by AncientPower
So yes Vodo stood no chance against a 'virtually unstoppable comvatant', who used ancient Sith lightsaber fighting style. Ancient Sith duelists are stated by Kreia to make Kotor era Jedi look like infants by comparison, something Chris Avellone states is an accurate estimate.

Ancient Sith lightsaber style my ass, he created his own unique style in accordance to his new unique lightsaber which is the first of it's kind. I don't even know how I got sucked into this useless tangent.

Originally posted by AncientPower
Meaning that Exar Kun is far more deadly in combat than when he faced Ulic Qel-Droma and became:
Evidently, Exar Kun is his apprentice's clear superior.


And that's great and all, but I never disputed Kun clearly being superior, I'm disputing him being "heads and shoulders" above Ulic who is "heads and shoulders" above Null who is "equal" to Venamis(to whom, besides possibly knowledge, he ain't coming close to).

AncientPower
The quote literally states he built his lightsaber based off of instructions from the Dark Holocron, what are you reading? It even states the dark Jedi Exiles may have been the source for it. Do you need to be hand-held?

MythLord
Oh, right. Damn, I didn't notice that. Well what can you do, I'm half asleep. Not sure how that changes anything, either way, just means Sorzus Syn or Ajunta Pall are better at Mechu Deru than expected.

AncientPower
It means Kreia's statement is valid and that Exar Kun far surpassed his earlier self who could stalemate an enraged Ulic Qel-Droma so evenly they'd simply die of exhaustion hours later.

XSUPREMEXSKILLZ
Wollf said that Freedon Nadd was a Banite Sith. An hero timing. smile

MythLord
Wollf should die. Nadd was one of the main sources of knowledge for the original Banite Sith, tho smile

Emperordmb
There is no proof that knowledge made it past Gravid though tbf

MythLord
There's no proof it didn't make it past him, either. We know Gean did stop Gravid from ruining most of the holocrons, and Plagueis and Sidious were both well-versed in the ancient Sith. So Occams Razor dictates Nadd's holocron survived.

Ziggystardust
There is proof that Nadd's teachings didn't make it past Gravid:

"Gravid was an invention of mine. I needed some way to distance Plagueis from the ancient teachings and powers. The more I thought about Gravid, the more interesting his/her story became. In my mind, at any rate."
―James Luceno

Nephthys
Holy shit, nice quote. thumb up

MythLord
Originally posted by Ziggystardust
There is proof that Nadd's teachings didn't make it past Gravid:

"Gravid was an invention of mine. I needed some way to distance Plagueis from the ancient teachings and powers. The more I thought about Gravid, the more interesting his/her story became. In my mind, at any rate."
-- James Luceno

Doesn't say Nadd smile

The_Tempest
Thing is, that's just Luceno's interpretation of the source material, which in turn is an interpretation of unknowable events.

In other words, Ziggy is merely interpreting an interpretation of an interpretation. Nadd isn't even mentioned.

Imma need something more concrete. erm

Emperordmb
How is it any more valid to suggest Nadd's teachings got passed down than it is to assume they didn't?

Nephthys
Luceno's interpretation..... of a thing he invented?

http://i.imgur.com/HurrjOo.jpg

The_Tempest
He didn't invent Darth Plagueis, you goober.

Ziggystardust
I think Neph was reffering to Gravid, which would be correct thumb up

The_Tempest
You're merely interpreting Neph's words. And we can't even be sure he knows what the hell he's talking about, honestly.

But yeah, an interpretation of an interpretation. Can you find something more decisive, Ziggy?

Ziggystardust
"I like little boys"

-Gideon

thumb up

Emperordmb
That would explain a lot

The_Tempest
That's like really immature.

The Ellimist
Gideon I love you.

Ziggystardust
angel

As for other Luceno wisdom, there is this statement:

"Q: Is it safe to say that Sidious did not follow the Rule of Two?
A: Sidious doesn't follow rules of any sort."

-James Luceno

But that would just be his interpretation...

Nephthys
Originally posted by The_Tempest
You're merely interpreting Neph's words.

No, its a confirmed fact.

Emperordmb
Actually nah, that's not something to be joked about lightly and I apologize for going along with Ziggy's unfounded accusation Temp.

We should reserve such insults for the true pedophiles, like Intrepid and Aurbere thumb up

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