Registered: Mar 2014
Location: The Proud Nation of Kekistan
I'm siding with Talzin atm
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The quote doesn't say "Talzin is a powerhouse who on her home turf can go toe to toe with Sidious." It says "Talzin is a powerhouse who can go toe to toe with Sidious."
Also while Talzin had a powerboost on Dathomir, it was also implied she could have been weakened during the fight. She also was able to hold back Dooku and Sidious' lightning at one point. Lets not forget that Sidious' alone brought Yoda's defenses to the max.
Clearly, the "toe-to-toe" quote referred to the context of an encounter on Dathomir. If she really could go toe-to-toe with him on other worlds, she wouldn't have to lure him to Dathomir to kill him, which was her ultimate goal during SoD.
Oh, and Talzin enjoyed far less success against some pirates just because the location was "sterile" to her, whereas Palpatine killed them all with no issue and Talzin was palpably afraid/wary of him at that stage, and that was pre-TPM Sidious.
Obviously, if she couldn't sustain her powers in such a location (where Sidious would have no particular difficulty using his own powers), then she's not going "toe-to-toe" with a more powerful version of Palpatine in such a location. So the quote is clearly referring to Dathomir.
Registered: Jul 2014
Location: Off learning Ground Realities
Why are you using a far pre-prime Talzin despite the fact she explains she learned how to wield the force?
And toe-to-toe doesn't mean beat. Just because she had to lure him to Dathomir to kill him doesn't mean she couldn't compete with him on any other planet
Besides, unless I'm mistaken, that quote came out long before they actually had a fight on Dathomir. I'd hardly say it's "clearly" referring to an event that happened a year later...
How do you figure? She wrecked Dooku from across the galaxy. Sidious did the same. Not saying she'd ever win against Sidious, but I doubt she'd be stomped off nexus.
Aug 6th, 2015 05:43 PM
Krayt isn't defeating a "powerhouse who can go toe to toe with Sidious"
