__________________ "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
^ There's a reason Kenobi kept moving backwards. And it's not just because he's a defensive fighter. He was constantly giving ground to neutralise Anakin's strength advantage. The script even states Kenobi was being "forced" backwards.
Plus the script describes the Anakin, Dooku, Kenobi fight describing Anakin getting stronger as the fight went on whilst Kenobi and Dooku got weaker. The novel describes a similar situation.
Obi-Wan had better balance, while Anakin lacks that. So, it is true that Anakin had better strength and stamina, but he still failed to use it properly against Obi-Wan.
That balance of Obi-Wan is even better at Windu tbh.
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^ Ok what about the passage of the novel with Kenobi trying anything desperate to slow Skywalker down? And with Skywalker Force slamming Kenobi against the room?
The novel also makes it clear they knew each others moves inside out, which is the same thing Nick Gillard said. Which was the reason given for them being so equal in skill and combat prowess.
Last edited by Darth Thor on Nov 11th, 2014 at 12:50 AM
Well, I know one thing now, we should consider ''balance'' in these debates from now on, clearly Obi-Wan was not faster and stronger than Anakin but he still won in the end. RotS Novel implies that he won because of the ''balance''.
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Still, Anakin made a tactical mistake that Obi-wan wouldn't. Windu is a superior combatant to Kenobi and there is no reason to believe Anakin would do better against Windu. Besides, the calm ROTS Anakin wouldn't be as powerful as he was at that point and a raged Anakin would do even worse against Windu.
In movies and TCW you will not see speed disparity even between Force sensitives and non-sensitives. Skill is determined by the ability to outskill opponent. More skilled one is not going to look more impressive, he is just less likely to lose a fight. And how fast a fight ends depends on circumstances. In other words you can't really use that as an example.
How do you know how it would go with Windu? 0.o
If we remove circumstances, it leaves both Anakin and Windu with the same saber prowess but Anakin has power advantage, which gives Anakin higher win probability.
Last edited by Arhael on Nov 11th, 2014 at 01:33 AM
I'm mad that people overstate Mace's skill, when in All honesty his dueling feats barely put him above Kenobi
__________________ "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
You werent quoting me dawg. Windu struggled with Bulq, Tiin, Ventress, and Grievous. He'd fare no better than Dooku did against the flaming passion of the furnace heart
__________________ "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
And I assume you'd wank Windu in spite of the fact his showings are more comparable to Kenobi than posters here want to admit
__________________ "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
Nov 11th, 2014 12:18 AM
