What does canon say about these two? As of rots, who takes it?
Mace is considered the champion of the order, who "seemingly" beat Sidious according to SW data bank.
The grand master of the order for likely centuries. Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures clearly states Yoda being unable to defeat Sidious in a lightsaber duel.
I'm not saying it's end all be all, but what does the new canon say about these two specifically?
I'd still give Yoda the nod against Mace in sabers. Vaapad is probably not going to give him an advantage against the champion of the light like it would against Sidious.
There is canon material putting Yoda and Dooku above Windu in sabers but apparently there is more recent canon material putting Windu above even Yoda..which I don't accept at all.
So I say Yoda is still the top dog.
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Mmm toss-up then. Both of them disarmed Palpatine, but Sidious also wasn't using his preferred form. I'd also argue Yoda faced a more powerful Sidious.
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I seriously don't think it's implying purely technical skill. Yoda > Mace just seems like ignoring the new facts. I would prefer Yoda > Mace too but just seems like bias to me.
"There were many famous Jedi throughout the years. The wisest and most powerful Jedi of all was Grand Master Yoda."
Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi - The Power of the Force
Yoda is stated to be more powerful and the new quote doeasn't contradict this. That guidebook is about lightsabers so it's very likely the quote is only about technical skill.
Mace was stated to be the "greatest swordsman" of the Order. Yoda was stated to be the "most powerful" of the Order. So in a saber duel, Mace should win. In an all-out setting, Yoda should win.
As mentioned above, this is really no different than Vader being placed above Palpatine in sabers.
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I suppose augmentation could give Yoda an edge but it seems extremely pointless to give Mace the accolade of being the finest swordsmen if he wouldn't be the best in a duel. How would you even figure that out, it's not like Jedi just casually stop using the force to augment their abilities and I don't see why you would even word it like that anyway. Do you think the author actually thought about technical skill verses all out?
There's also a quote that states Yoda's saber skills are unequaled but clearly that's outdated so I can easily see the 'most powerful' sources also being outdated. Although the Vader point is pretty good. It's pretty clear that Palpatine > Vader all out.
I can agree with your points but it would be nice if someone of the story group could clear it up. I feel like the average reader would intepret that as "Yoda is the most powerful in the force" and "Mace is the best duelist"
Aug 8th, 2020 03:02 AM
