Probably, because Vader is a tank and he's not the sort of guy you can afford to leave yourself open to. He really can't afford to take much attention off dear old granddad, leaving hit and run a viable choice.
Can she control the environment?
Unless it's a flat, featureless plane, yes. Anything else helps. In a forest, she'd drop a tree on him in like fashion. In an urban environment, she'd drop a ceiling or a lamppost on him. In short, debris is going on a date with his head in quantity. If it's there in the first place.
Can she give her two shorter weapons an advantage? Sure. And if she can't, she's still got her purple full length blade. Among other things, Vader's still throwing everything he's got at his grandson, and Caedus can't afford to take it lightly. It must be remembered that Vader did manage to work with a very young Mara as Emperor's Hand, back in the day, so she has a pretty good idea of what her father in law can do.
And yet, turning away from Mara's likely to get him shanked by assassin tactics. If it were D&D, you could picture flanking+sneak attack to get an idea of what's happening to Caedus.
Rage amp? Probably the least important part of her arsenal. Besides, Vader has rage enough for two. (Even if he's mostly angry at himself, usually)
I'm not saying the poor writing was the reason Mara could challenge him, I was noting how inconsistent and bad the writing in Legacy was - it was a small note at the end of my argument.
Lol @ your air of superiority, passive aggressive message though.
I think Denning just tried to make the fights more realistic and similar to brawling overall. That being said I think the team has a shot
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Team takes this. Mara almost killed him in their first encounter and having Vader as a teammate is a bigger advantage than fighting in a cave and having a shoto.
>Mara lets Caedus tk her out of the fight, whilst Vader does his best to hold him off Mara hides her Force presence and delivers a severe wound, hit and running him
>hit and running him
>hit and run
>it's the police sir your son was killed by a hit and run driver, the driver was an alcohol
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I guess he let go of the lightsaber to grab the dart, only way I can make sense of it. Otherwise, when she arched her back, bringing both shoto and vibroblade up high, he could have just swept his lightsaber across her.
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__________________ "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