Originally posted by Nylost Trask
I haven't read this whole page, but I keep hearing 'Ninman' pop up.I am EXTREMELY certain that palpatine is a master of Ataro and Juyo. A very agressive combination of both.
It makes sense.
In KOTOR II, which all self respecting SW fans should own, I use Ataro. Against EVERYONE. Why? Because if you can kill a single opponent before he can do anything, does it matter that you are exposed to more than one? Finish one in record time, move on to the next. If you have noticed, the jumps were...precise. Ninman, even fully mastered, does not give someone the full grace of a precise Ataro jump. He glided past foes, launched strikes in midair...beyond the par of most Ninman users.
His blade was everywhere.
=Not to mention that Ninman is described as 'Passive, balanced, for those who preferred Force mastery."
The LAST thing I call Palpatine is 'passive' and 'balanced.' He sought, ALWAYS to put his foes on edge, to expose their weaknesses. He aggressively attacked, on par with most Sith tradition. Can you name any combination of styles more...aggressive than Ataro and Juyo?
Djem So, shien perhaps?
Shien-Perseverance.
Ataro-Agression
Juyo-Ferocity.I think not.
As for Exar Kun, Makashi? I spent a LARGE portion of time researching that man.
Dooku placed clear resentment in use of more than one blade in Labyrinth of Evil, LoE.
He mastered makashi. The inventor of the Staff saber, a Makashi master? Doubtful.
Not to mention, Dooku described Maul as a 'mere animal.' An animal that employed the tool of Exar kun.
=Hard to believe.
I think you'll find that it's Ataru, not Ataro. Matthew Stover was smoking crack at the time of his writing the Episode III novelisation.