Wanderer259
Senior Member
Here we go. This is very long.
Darth Sidious
- There is no question that Sidious is powerful, as he is the Dark Lord of the Sith in each Star Wars movie. Darth Sidious was able to keep his Force presence completely masked while sitting as next door neighbor to the entire council of the Jedi Order (it's obvious, I know, but it's still important to note that each individual council member is considered to be very strong, and together, they're immensely powerful). The Dark Side's energies flow through Sidious' body so powerfully that he has to rely on clone bodies, switching his essence into them through ancient Sith magic. Supposedly, after his 'death' on the second Death Star, through sheer strength of will, Sidious was able to retain his identity in the Force, cross space as a spirit, and enter another clone. He was able to conjure a Force storm powerful enough to rip Luke Skywalker from one place and put him on another planet. StarWars.com itself considers Sidious to be the 'the most powerful practitioner of the Sith ways in modern times.' Apparently, Sidious also has control of a Kyber crystal, which furthers his powers.
- In terms of training, we have no basis other than the fact that Sidious was trained by the previous Dark Lord, and I'm assuming that with all that Sidious has done, he was a competent teacher at the least. It's unknown if Sidious ever began as Jedi; I doubt it. Darth Sidious studied the Sith ruins on Korriban and unlocked secrets from a stolen Jedi holocron, so it's safe to assume Sidious' knowledge of the Dark Side, and the Force in general, is very high.
- Sidious' skill with a lightsaber is unknown. We know he does indeed attack Mace Windu and at least two other Jedi with one, but what happens in that fight is hazy; the trailer decided to cut that scene off at his charge. It's commonly accepted that Sidious slays the Jedi accompanying Mace, but it's argued whether or not Sidious is truly defeated by Windu or merely feigns a loss. We will have to see. However, I would say that the killing of the other Jedi is not truly a feat, as all the Jedi at Geonosis were slain due to inadequate abilities in general; their ability to perform in a lightsaber duel would be even less, so Sidious' victory over them isn't impressive. It's his fight with Windu that would truly be his benchmark, but we don't know how that goes. Not everything that happens was planned by Sidious -- Maul's death being case in point.
- In the movies, Sidious is almost the epitome of cunning and strategy. He planned his overthrow of the Republic decades in advance and swiftly dealt with any set-backs he encountered (Maul's death). He effectively employed underlings (Dooku) and even dealt with anyone that may be able to throw off his plans (Maul was once sent to deal with the Black Sun).
- As far as feats go, Sidious overthrew the Republic. He is, in fact, the only one to do it, and he did it through deceit and illusion. Sidious once caused a massive Force storm that transplanted Luke Skywalker from one place to another. Sidious seduced Maul, Dooku, and Anakin to the Dark Side, but it is arguable that Dooku wasn't difficult and Anakin... well, Jake Lloyd could've done it just as well.
Darth Revan
- Again, as a Dark Lord of the Sith, Revan is immensely powerful and considered to be one the most powerful of all time. According to another Sith Lord, Traya, he was power incarnate, looking at him was like "staring into the heart of the Force." He was strong enough to cause the entire Jedi Order to tremble. He was able to activate and take control of the Star Forge, a powerful Dark Side artifact, and survived the incredible Dark Side powers of Malachor V. Even after his mind was wiped, Revan regained his control of the Force extremely quickly, and the new Revan is perhaps the quickest Jedi ever trained next to Luke Skywalker.
- Revan's knowledge most likely matches or exceeds that of Darth Sidious. In a time when the Sith were very prominent, Revan not only studied every shred of knowledge the Jedi had to offer, but also studied ancient Sith holocrons, was taught by another powerful Dark Lord in a well of Dark Side energy on Malachor V, and visited Korriban as Sidious did. Knowledge was Darth Revan's fetish and it's likely he knew Sith magic as well.
- With a lightsaber, Revan is extremely dangerous. Already powerful and in control, he also has the ancient Sith holocron of Tulak Hord, the greatest lightsaber duelist to have ever lived. In addition, Revan is extremely experienced in lightsaber dueling, doing it on a regular basis and always emerging as victor.
- Tactically, Revan was a military genius. He is the almost sole reason the Republic won the Mandalorian War and very nearly destroyed the Republic despite Bastila's powerful morale controlling ability. During the Sith War, Revan purposefully left the Republic's infrastructure intact, so that even if he lost, he'd leave it stronger and more capable. He also utilized underlings like Sidious, particularly HK-47, to assassinate any destabilizing entities.
- Feats wise, Revan found and dominated the Star Forge, survived the Dark Side energies of Malachor V, converted many, many Jedi and half of the Republic fleet to his side, single-handedly defeated the leader of the Mandalorians and his army, and would have dominated the Republic, without destroying, through brute force, no subterfuge required. Arguably, Revan destroyed the Old Sith Empire, leaving the next truly dangerous Dark Lord of the Sith to be a mere Republic official - Sidious.
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Wow, actually, I'm surprised. I was halfway sure that Sidious would actually trump Revan, but in the end, I really think that a one on one fight would end with Darth Revan as the victor.
Darth Revan wins.