TheNuisanceBird
"Though he could be quite stalwart when necessary, his strength was merely baseline." - Jensaarbias-I mean Jensaarai1, Versus Series Strikezone: The Uncut Blocks (Kao Cen Darach Vs. Obi-Wan Kenobi)
The following two are the first two examples that come to mind, both from the ROTS novelization.
"A single slash of his lightsaber amputated the shoulder cannon of one power droid and continued into a spinning Force-assisted kick that brought his boot heel to the point of the other power droid's duranium chin, snapping the droid's head back hard enough to sever its cervical sensor cables."
Compared to other Jedi of his era this is pretty good. If he can cause damage to a spider droid, he should disable an Inquisitor with a physical strike.
This is where it gets juicy:
"But Obi-Wan's arm had the Force to give it strength, and the general's arm only had the innate crystalline intermolecular structure of duranium alloy.
Grievous' forearm bent like a cheap spoon."
For those of you saying this feat "isn't canon" we have this:
https://youtu.be/Q4Rc_3D_0Tc?t=3s
Obi-Wan disarms Grievous which while debatably is indirect, is still a legitimate feat of strength and honestly, I still wouldn't put the cheap spoon feat past TCW Kenobi in the later seasons.
While this is TCW Grievous, I still wouldn't call this "baseline strength" when Kit Fisto chose to avoid Grievous, only engaging when his back was turned and when he got access to Nahdar's saber. Plus TCW Grievous has been shown to be capable of overpower three clones one of which was Commander Cody.
Sorta weird to go back and watch ROTS with the Utapau battle knowing that Grievous and Cody had a physical encounter. lol
During his fight with Maul and Opress, Kenobi manages to block both of their strikes with one arm when he's pinned against the wall, right before he slices Savage's arm off.
Anyways,
During the battle of the heroes, Obi-Wan bowls Anakin over in the junior novelization of ROTS.
"Anakin did a back flip onto the table to gain the high ground, But Obi-Wan had been expecting something like that, and did not follow. Instead, he threw himself into a long slide, bowling Anakin over."
Further more, in the ROTS movie, Kenobi manages to overpower Anakin in a direct contest of strength by redirecting him:
https://youtu.be/xbsBiyG1mnU?t=2m46s
Throughout the fight, Kenobi held his own against a hindered Pre-Suit Vader and while he had to constantly retreat and reposition himself, managed to deal with the power behind Anakin's strikes whereas Dooku could not.
See why this is a big deal in DarthAnt's thread for Anakin's physcial strength here:
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f6/t636525.html
Where Kenobi hurts himself in the ROTS movie by trying to kick Grievous, this is mostly due to him directly trying to strike Grievous. The spoon feat was where Obi-Wan had caught Grievous' arm.
Overall, as an experienced Ataru Kenobi's physicality or even strength isn't "baseline".
Kenobi could possibly have a physicality advantage over ROTS Vader since he should be able to deal with his strength.
Anyways, I made this thread because I have a lot of time to myself in my dorm and everybody else is off campus or taking SAT's so I can't duel with my friends.
Plus, I felt Kenobi is massively undervalued in terms of his physicality.
The following two are the first two examples that come to mind, both from the ROTS novelization.
"A single slash of his lightsaber amputated the shoulder cannon of one power droid and continued into a spinning Force-assisted kick that brought his boot heel to the point of the other power droid's duranium chin, snapping the droid's head back hard enough to sever its cervical sensor cables."
Compared to other Jedi of his era this is pretty good. If he can cause damage to a spider droid, he should disable an Inquisitor with a physical strike.
This is where it gets juicy:
"But Obi-Wan's arm had the Force to give it strength, and the general's arm only had the innate crystalline intermolecular structure of duranium alloy.
Grievous' forearm bent like a cheap spoon."
For those of you saying this feat "isn't canon" we have this:
https://youtu.be/Q4Rc_3D_0Tc?t=3s
Obi-Wan disarms Grievous which while debatably is indirect, is still a legitimate feat of strength and honestly, I still wouldn't put the cheap spoon feat past TCW Kenobi in the later seasons.
While this is TCW Grievous, I still wouldn't call this "baseline strength" when Kit Fisto chose to avoid Grievous, only engaging when his back was turned and when he got access to Nahdar's saber. Plus TCW Grievous has been shown to be capable of overpower three clones one of which was Commander Cody.
Sorta weird to go back and watch ROTS with the Utapau battle knowing that Grievous and Cody had a physical encounter. lol
During his fight with Maul and Opress, Kenobi manages to block both of their strikes with one arm when he's pinned against the wall, right before he slices Savage's arm off.
Anyways,
During the battle of the heroes, Obi-Wan bowls Anakin over in the junior novelization of ROTS.
"Anakin did a back flip onto the table to gain the high ground, But Obi-Wan had been expecting something like that, and did not follow. Instead, he threw himself into a long slide, bowling Anakin over."
Further more, in the ROTS movie, Kenobi manages to overpower Anakin in a direct contest of strength by redirecting him:
https://youtu.be/xbsBiyG1mnU?t=2m46s
Throughout the fight, Kenobi held his own against a hindered Pre-Suit Vader and while he had to constantly retreat and reposition himself, managed to deal with the power behind Anakin's strikes whereas Dooku could not.
See why this is a big deal in DarthAnt's thread for Anakin's physcial strength here:
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f6/t636525.html
Where Kenobi hurts himself in the ROTS movie by trying to kick Grievous, this is mostly due to him directly trying to strike Grievous. The spoon feat was where Obi-Wan had caught Grievous' arm.
Overall, as an experienced Ataru Kenobi's physicality or even strength isn't "baseline".
Kenobi could possibly have a physicality advantage over ROTS Vader since he should be able to deal with his strength.
Anyways, I made this thread because I have a lot of time to myself in my dorm and everybody else is off campus or taking SAT's so I can't duel with my friends.
Plus, I felt Kenobi is massively undervalued in terms of his physicality.
