Darth Sakul
Junior Member
Just a simple reply to Advent and her snippy attempt to refute the obvious.
First, my post stated that Vader could dispense with a Force lightening bolt as he did with Han's blaster bolt in ESB. While he may not be able to use his hand as noted in Advent's well researched reference, he most certainly could use his lightsaber as Obi Wan did in AOTC. And for someone with his force-level capacity, we should expect him to do so easily. Thus Vader would likely render any force lightening assualt a non-factor and he would therefore force any contest with a fellow force-user into a combative lightsaber duel. Second, there is the question of his movement, or lack thereof. Yoda, apparently, is beset with age, hunchbacked, and has trouble walking without a cane in his day-to-day life. Yoda can only actively fight by drawing on the force. Why could Vader not do the very same, especially considering that he does have more midichlorians than even Yoda himself? Third, you claim that Yoda is more profficient in the Force, but that is based only your wishful thinking. If midichlorians are the determinant of a force user's abilities, than Vader/Anakin would be more proficient with the Force than any known character in the series (with the except being Palpatine, since he was not tested). Fourth, as I stated in my prior post, Anakin was able to dispense with Tyranus with no training in the Dark Side (clearly a more deadly fighting style), and so Vader, armed with hate and the dark side, would most surely defeat Tyranus, force lightening or no. Fifth, most posters here seem to assume that Vader's robotic/droid-like enhancements are impediments to his fighting ability. Why should that be the case? Clearly, Grevious was a far better warrior *because* of his enhancements, both in terms of maneuverability and strength. Grevious's *improvements* only served as the precursusor and prototype for Vader's armour and body, and therefore we can expect that Vader's robotic arms and legs to be capable of both quick movement and incredible strength. I concede that Advent's quote from Lucas clearly determines that Vader lost the potential to become the most powerful Sith lord in its history, but we must not diminish his great force level capacity even after his encounter with Obi Wan.