No, it isn't. It just means Kun isn't as powerful as once thought. Outdated quotes that state Kun > Vitiate when the latter wasn't even a concept, let alone a character, mean nothing.
Kun > post Nathema Vitiate. Unless we're assuming Vitiate grew a vast amount between Nathema and the novel then the gap between Revan and Vitiate can't be all that large.
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The fact Vitiate soundly defeated Revan, invalidates Kun > Vitiate. Not some kind of way makes a nexus double someone's power despite that being stated absolutely nowhere.
The novel made it clear Vitiate is a beast above Revan. No amount of mental gymnastics will change that.
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Last edited by Deronn Solo on Sep 2nd, 2017 at 02:02 AM
But it doesn't. Gaps between characters don't invalidate canonical quotes.
There's only two options to go with here.
Either the majority of the reason Revan performed as he did was Vitiate's amp or it was Vitiate's growth in power between Nathema and the novel.
I don't like it either but if we're going to be consistent with how we view quotes that's how it is. The former feels more reasonable to me given precedents like Luke being too weakened on a DS nexus to take on a group of Sith.
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Last edited by UCanShootMyNova on Sep 2nd, 2017 at 02:07 AM
An author has no authority regarding the work once they submit it for review. It's true death of the author since it's lucasfilms property after that point.
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Last edited by UCanShootMyNova on Sep 2nd, 2017 at 02:13 AM
Or, you know, Vitiate's existence invalidates a quote that was made before he was even an idea? His showings prove why the quote don't actualky apply to him by besting Revan?
Like I said, PROVE, not speculate that Vitiate wss amped to his eye-balls. And please, explain to me, how an attack that even staggered Revan, the person launching, that called on BOTH sided of the Force, did nothing but push Vitiate back some meters, despite being comletely unprotected and all of his attention was on dominating Revan's mind.
Given that Revan was basically unleashing all of his power here(hence why he staggers backwards as he's dishing out the attack) on someone who's defenses are down, I'd expect him to be blasting Vitiate away tbh, if he was remotely comparable.
Canonical quotes don't get retconned with the creation of new characters.
I don't know whether he was "amped to his eyeballs" as you put it or not. We know he WAS amped and we know it's logical he DID grow in power between the Nathema ritual and the novel. How much in either regard is debatable though we know combined they were enough to place him extremely far above his post Nathema ritual self given his performance against Revan. As I said, I find the most likely option to be that DK amped him greatly given precedents like Luke being weakened enough for him to be wary of facing a group of Sith.
Personally, I think it's most likely the impact the nexus had, as mentioned. How about you? No opinion is wrong here since it's all speculation approaching a pre-determined outcome.
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Last edited by UCanShootMyNova on Sep 2nd, 2017 at 02:15 AM
Very true. But if no comment is made regarding the matter, we can't assume what the author is saying is legitimate. That'd be like some random fan saying their first person fanfiction of a canonical third person work is a valid interpretation that adds extra depth to the scene and then us all believing it.
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