Darth_Janus
Plo Koon Rulez!
Originally posted by Human Vader
well if anikan hadnt been cut down by obi wan, he would have become the most powerful jedi ever to live. sidious states himself that vader would have become more powerful then he or yoda, who were probably the most powerful force users in the movies. but since vader was defeated and became mechanical he lost a lot of his power and int anywhere near the most powerful. but id have to agree and say the skywalker bloodline is the strongest. luke became a knight in a very short period of time and anakin was born through the force so theyd have to be the most powerful family. btw does anyone know lukes midichlorian count? im courious to see if its above or below vader's, i know its never said in the movies, but EU perhaps?
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Anakin had the -potential- to become one of the strongest Force users of all time. It's like saying the child of Einstein had the potential to solve E=MC squared, but then he was kicked by a horse and now can't remember his own name. In any case, he wasn't anywhere near the level of Sith or most major Jedi before his time (Since this is a forum where we consider EU as something to include, not just something to add to our movie biased viewpoints...) In any case, Anakin didn't even defeat Obi Wan or Sidious in ROTS, so he obviously had a long way to go.
Luke becoming a knight is hilarious. Luke isn't qualified to be a Jedi padawan let alone a Jedi knight. The Jedi order died with Yoda and Obi-Wan. Those few exiles who remained hiding in the shadows were not Jedi any longer, and Luke Skywalker basically built his own order from scratch, which I find absolutely unreal but whatever. Point is, it's like NATO dissolving and then some new country that barely qualified for membership in the organisation comes along and ressurects the organisation, qualifying itself for any position it wants. It's not prestige if you made the title up. And besides, you can't say Luke by ROTJ (A few months or years training, as everyone rabidly goes on about) was a full fledged Jedi Knight! TPM Obi-Wan was more capable than him. AOTC Anakin, a padawan, fought better and had better control of the Force than him. Luke hadn't even used the Force before the end of ANH consciously. If you think Luke's speed training crash course makes him a padawan or even more, a knight... you're crazy. And he may be a master in this NJO, but only because he is the most experienced Jedi in his timeperiod... not because he's so damn powerful compared to all who come before him.
And the Skywalker bloodline isn't the strongest in the Force. For one, Shmi was a slave with no special talents. Annie's spiritual conception may make him exceptional, but it doesn't make him AND all his progeny with a woman of no Force sensitivity even potentially on the same scale as him or above.
And in any case, NJO Luke is starting to become the new Vader/Anakin in this forum since ROTS came out. I guess Anakin wasn't the god everyone built him up to be.