I'd say Kanan even lasting more than three seconds period is a tall order, and there's no way in hell Kanan is prolonging the fight as long as Leia did across the map.
She went from the inside of the bunker to outside of it and crossed two platforms, so obviously, it was of a longer length than someone like Kanan could replicate.
I mean, this thread is kind of meant to be based on some speculation and guesswork, so I don't think you guys should be such sticklers for concrete information and all. Do your best to gather information from the fight and come to a conclusion—I don't think to say she could beat Kanan Jarrus is much of a stretch from the fight, for example.
Yeah the fact that Leia wasn't immediately creamed even after taking a point blank proton grenade explosion, whereas Kota was dismissed by the Dark Apprentice with one arm in saber combat, then thrown away via TK, shows she's definitely above Kota in this iteration.
Kota did get better if his 7 day non stop arena fighting was anything to note, fighting all manner of beasts from across the galaxy including a Krayt Dragon. Despite all the wounds he suffered, it was noted that he was in no real danger due to The Force.
More to that, Leia also broke through the Dark Apprentice's block who was able to stop an enraged Chewbacca with one arm and then KO him with a single punch. She also withstood a few melee hits too and kept going.
Fair enough. Since she wasn't ragdolled right off the bat that'd put her moderately above Kota. It should be noted that Kota had been fighting through the Kaminoan compound prior and it had only been a few days since his time in the arena.
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