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Mace was the best or lets say second best of his time, behind Yoda. Kun was the best of his time and beat his master with relative ease. We can say Vodo had no defense for Kun because he has never seen the style nor knew how to defend against it. Then again the Jedi of Mace's time were familiar with the double bladed style. It's a tough one but I'd have to go with Kun because he was the best duelist in a martial time.
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Why wouldn't they be? The style was invented 4,000 years earlier and unless they are completely uninformed of ancient Jeid history, then it's logical to assume they know about the style. You didn't see the duo act surprised when they saw Maul wield his kickass double bladed saber.
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The style was invented 4000 years earlier by Exar Kun who passed it on to... nobody. Other double-sabers have been shown to be of the staff-hilted variety and are different from Kun's short hilt.
That and there's this great point that the PT Jedi are totally uninformed about a lot of things.
"The Sith have been extinct for a millenia!"
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Anomaly your post was uncalled for, pipe down seriously.. And IKC it is reasonable to assume the PT Jedi knew the history of the Sith Wars and past Sith/Jedi even if they were uninformed during their time..
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But it is not reasonable to assume they knew every picayune detail, including how to fight against the combatants of those wars. The point is, nobody known during the PT except Darth Maul used a double-bladed saber, and even he used a different one from Kun's.
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His was literally two weapons fused into one; Kun's was as short as a single saber, even shorter. There's really little similarity save for the dual blades.
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Right but again my point is it is more logical to assume they knew more about the weapon, the style, or the history of it, than say Vodo right when Kun turned on the double blade.
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I highly doubt they knew so much more about it that they'd put up a better showing than Vodo, known to be a more experienced warrior.
That's like saying because I know about nuclear weapons, I'm more prepared to survive or otherwise resist one than someone who hasn't seen one before. The problem is, I'm still unfamiliar with the weapon and I've not been preparing for it; I don't have any lead suits in my house.
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But proper adjustments are the things applicable to a versus fight. Therefore, whatever Mace's knowledge of Kun's weapon (the likely extent of which is he's heard of it) won't help him to any extent.
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Assuming they don't know how to adjust to it and since they thought the Sith were extinct for a millennium I guess their incompetence would show with the proper way to combat Kun's style.
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The Jedi were incompetent enough to the point that one one in the order had even seen a Sith until Qui-Gon brought it to their attention. No one in the order used a double-bladed lightsaber, much less a short-hilt double-bladed lightsaber.
Could Mace have heard of it? Sure, but that doesn't mean he will have any clue how to stop it. It won't be much of an advantage for him.
Also, Mace would know next to nothing about Kun's style, Kun didn't pass it on to anyone, and most everyone he dueled ended up dead. Kun wouldn't know Mace's style either, they'd go into the fight blind, but Kun's saber superiority wins the fight.
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