__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
I'm not sure he'd be able to defend against Thanaton's Force storms. And if the HoT is the Outlander, I don't think Kenobi would defeat him. Even if he's not, he'd have a hard time.
They are angry because they have been forced to recognize that their hour has arrived; that the time has come to surrender power to Shimrra and the new order."
He's fast enough to outright overwhelm Thanaton in a duel, when he was struggling with a far inferior Exal Kressh.
__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
I personally dont see how it matters, unless there is a massive increase in skill between that duel and when he got annihilated by Nox. There isn't much to suggest he became a more skilled duelist.
__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
I agree Thanaton is pretty much featless as a duelist. I think there was a quote somewhere that said something about his skills. Lemme find it.
But the starting distance for the duel matters because it helps determine whether Thanaton would be fast enough to apply his Force powers on Kenobi or not.