Registered: Aug 2014
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We must however take note that the Exile was the person Traya was relying on entirely, I am not saying Traya held back but I don't think she was being as focused as she could have been, the dialogue of the fight makes it seem like she was teaching yet another lesson.
Her stealth and mind abilities however could prove lethal against Dooku.
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No one said but people somehow give the edge in Force to her, which is ridiculous. Sidious caught Dooku off guard. Yoda has no problem with overpowering his opponents with TK, if he can, as demonstrated on Ventress, hence, wouldn't work on Dooku.
Dooku: "It is obvious that this contest couldn't be decided by our knowledge of the Force but by our skills with a lightsaber".
Yoda did not disagree.
You don't have to ragdoll someone to win via the Force.
Yoda just doesn't like going at someone with the Force. He's obviously more powerful than Dooku and could in fact kick his ass with TK. I don't see why Sidious, the guy who radolled Maul and Savage at the same time, needs to catch Dooku off guard to pwn him.
Yes, because it is easier to engage in lightsaber combat, while you can barely walk.
Nah, I don't buy it that Yoda "could". Example with brothers is irrelevant, Sidious even turned away to make the attack less expected. If there is an opportunity to successfully Force blast someone, Yoda has no qualms of doing it as he demonstrated on Sidious on two occasions.
Yeah, I always took it to mean that, too. He wasn't hurling anything back at Dooku, other than the one burst of lightning. When he says it's clear the contest cannot be decided by their knowledge of the force, I thought he meant because it's clear Yoda is just defending everything he throws and not trying to do shit back, so he engages him in sabers.
Yeah, that's why Yoda Force hurls himself at Dooku with raging *wrawrr*, which totally contradicts the quote. Unless using Force jump to initiate an attack doesn't count or his lightsaber attacks weren't guided by the Force. It's a good quote to teach younglings but that's as far as it goes.
Registered: Jul 2014
Location: Off learning Ground Realities
Not really, the Exile was a master duelist. She beat Atris, a purely physical Juyo master of the high council in pure saber combat, in Atris' personal Nexus...
Traya held her own against Surik for quite some time.
It's not just my opinion, Yoda's actions speak for themselves. Destroying droids with TK. Disarming Ventress with TK. Force blasting Sidious and sending a platform at him. Heck, even sending Dooku's own lightning back at him is considered using the Force to attack. It's not my fault that Yoda consistently violated his own claim.
Registered: Jul 2014
Location: Off learning Ground Realities
I rate Dooku higher than you and am in no way saying she's better.
I just know that he won't be able to lol smash as soon as he gets in saber range, she will be able to retreat or camo etc.
None of those are particularly aggressive or violate the spirit of his words. You can point out supposed inconsistencies if you want but the fact is that Yoda notably prefers not to aggressively attack people with the Force, which is why he didn't beat up Dooku despite obviously being capable of doing so. Just because he smashes some droids and harmlessly uses it against some people on occasion doesn't mean that he'd smack around his favorite apprentice with it.
Frankly, you'd have to be as high as Emp to think that Dooku stands a chance against Yoda in an all-out Force battle.
Oct 8th, 2014 12:39 PM
