I do remember that Nihilus was, to borrow the KotOR Campaign Guide's words, "psychically starved." I do not understand what bearing that has on his durability. If what you say is true, it should have been independent of the effort, considering he survived Malachor V as a "man" and prior to his Sith training.
When he fed upon the Exile, he ended up exhausting nearly all of his energy - rendering him not much more than an animated suit of armor and robes.
- But back when Malachor V was ripped apart and everyone on it died - in that instant, his pain and anguish at the deafening destruction, warped his being into a Wound in the Force - and becoming that Wound, to begin with, fed him instantly with enough power to tank the blast.
In other words, as the destruction occurred, he became a hole - and all of that death, just sucked right into him.
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Nowhere does it explicitly note "This is bullshit and only a rumor", both Visas and Unseen Unheard confirm that Nihilus is capable of it. Kreia does as well.
Only Nihilus's planetary consumption has physical after-effects, as we've seen.
Exposed to it most likely. The Jedi Masters say that Malachor V is a 'crucible' that teaches them to consume and kill. Basically I imagine they go through the same experience as the Exile did when they feel the Wound on Malachor V and walk on its surface and are transformed like she was.
It's crazy to think that Darth Nihilus really is the most powerful Sith Lord that ever existed.
But as he was not technically a living being, and was not known to history or the Galaxy, afterwards - he cannot be recognized formally as the most powerful Sith Lord.
But Palpatine, especially since he's alive and organic, is the next best thing, and can.
__________________ Originally posted by Arhael Okay, look. Um, me feels no agenda to meeting and vacuum in leadership position, so me has composed 12 point plan for good happy success.
Well he does "expire" but it's almost like the Dark energies that made him up were just dissipating back into the void.
As an entity that does not breathe, sleep, has no blood, no organs, no brain and cannot naturally reproduce, by textbook definition he's not technically alive.
Palpatine may have been the most powerful Sith Lord ever to live - but Nihilus is the more powerful Sith Lord than him, no matter what version he is.
__________________ Originally posted by Arhael Okay, look. Um, me feels no agenda to meeting and vacuum in leadership position, so me has composed 12 point plan for good happy success.
- The really cool thing is that Nihilus didn't drain Kreia's connections to the Force the whole way - if he had chose to do that, he would have killed her.
But draining them nearly the whole way merely cut her off of the Force temporarily, giving her the inspiration to recognize it's futility and want to annihilate it.
- and, it gave her the ability to utilize the weaker version of Nihilus's drain.
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__________________ Originally posted by Arhael Okay, look. Um, me feels no agenda to meeting and vacuum in leadership position, so me has composed 12 point plan for good happy success.
In terms of temporary raw power and connection to the dark side he is, followed by Vitiate.
In terms of success, that would be the GALACTIC Emperor, Sidious, by miles.
__________________ "Compounding these trickster aspects, the Joker ethos is verbally explicated as such by his psychiatrist, who describes his madness as "super-sanity." Where "sanity" previously suggested acquiescence with cultural codes, the addition of "super" implies that this common "sanity" has been replaced by a superior form, in which perception and processing are completely ungoverned and unconstrained"
Vitiate needed the aid of thousands of Force users in a lengthy ritual - to do what Nihilus could accomplish by himself - and with a single utterance.
Unlike Nihilus, who could tank the explosion of a planet breaking into pieces - Vitiate was so weak that he could be brought down conventionally by some Force attacks and a lightsaber.
Compared to Nihilus and his power, Vitiate is weak and pathetic.
Nihilus (especially after having eaten a world) has Planet-Level-Durability and a Drain that kills within moments, and cannot be blocked.
So, all Vitiate will make for Nihilus, is a nice snack.
Don't get it twisted, they're the same thing. The Dark Side is the Force, connection is how they interact, and strength of the connection is "raw power" to command it.
__________________ "Compounding these trickster aspects, the Joker ethos is verbally explicated as such by his psychiatrist, who describes his madness as "super-sanity." Where "sanity" previously suggested acquiescence with cultural codes, the addition of "super" implies that this common "sanity" has been replaced by a superior form, in which perception and processing are completely ungoverned and unconstrained"