Luke has defeated Vader twice(although one of these times Obi-wan helped, it was just by a little).
If you really want to dirty your hands and use Splinter of the Mind's Eye, you should point out that Obi-Wan controlled Luke's body. So helping "just by a little" is a bit of a stretch. Also, the conditions of Luke's victory in ROTJ are highly in question. I don't know how to reiterate that any more, but apparently no one wants to listen.
Luke was able to take down fifty-some thugs on Tatooine, a much greater feat than many of the Knights on Geonosis.
Where the **** where these fifty some thugs?? Not in the movies, and no in the novelisation. Please, prove up.
Luke defeated Guri(which I will elaborate on later in my post.).
More Glentract Feat Wars. Substantiate. How did he beat her? Was it a fair fight? Demonstrate how this relates to Luke pwning AOTC Anakin.
Luke took out Black Sun(effectively destroyed them).
Details, man! Details! Luke Skywalker also took out the Death Star. Does Luke > millions of Imps make sense? Stop with the feat wars and SUBSTANTIATE.
Fought off Boba(it was rather retarded though).
Lando Calrissian snuck up on Boba, and Han Solo offed him when he was blind. Hardly convincing. Details?
The day after ROTJ, Luke commanded a fleet into Bakura(not technically ROTJ Luke, but there is no way there was any major improvement in a mere 24 hours of partying).
And Revan commanded a Sith Empire of sorts. Revan > Luke in saber combat? No. That doesn't relate. Details, relation, proof.... something. Just no more Feat Wars.
Luke has demonstrated the ability to greatly enhance his strength(defeated Guri), fight battles effectively when severely outnumbered(Black Sun and Sail Barge), has defeated Vader and Boba(showing that ability to defeat tough opponents in one-on-one), commanded fleets(showing the Alliance’s faith in his ability in tactics and reasoning.).
How will upping his strength help him against a jedi of 10 years training and a lightsaber prodigy? How will being able to fight blaster wielding goons help? How will beating his dad in a conflicted emotional battle of dubious authenticity and through no real skill and one-upping the same bounty hunter everyone else gets the jump on relate to fighting Anakin? How does commanding troops do a goddamned thing to help him? "Anakin, behold I have fleets?!" WTF, Glentract? You're getting as bad as ER was with Revan. Feats, feats, feats. Most unrealted, and none substantiated. Horrid.
The above shows why I think Skywalker is as good as I say. If it doesn’t make you think the same thing, then we, like I said, will have to agree to disagree, unless some new angles can be found.
New angles? How about any angles? I'm seeing Luke destroyed by AOTC Anakin really.
My point is far more closely related to this than yours. Did the peasant engage the Samurai and defeat him with the Samurai’s weapon of choice?
You miss the point; the peasant wasn't a trained soldier. Yet he was able to kill Mitsuhide because of CIRCUMSTANCE, not skill.
Was it a lucky shot(example: The Samurai is distracted when a bird is flying along and hits him in the face. During his confusion, the peasant guts him.). If the peasant defeats the Samurai like Luke defeated Vader, then yes, the peasant would be better than the Samurai.
So the peasant would have to first find his father (Who hopefully would be a notable samurai of repute), have his father's master want him to turn to the dark side, have his father provoke him, and then swing his weapon back and forth and back and forth and back and forth while his daddy takes a horrible dive? And then the peasant = Luke Skywalker?
lol!
Luke was lucky his dad didn't pwn his ass inside of two seconds. Vader lost his temper in ESB when Luke managed a hit in on his shoulder and inside of a few seconds Luke was handless and crying. Vader >>> Luke.
That is assuming that the Samurai defeated all of his foes in a fair fight, a.k.a. no major external influences.
Do you know anything about samurai?
Also note that Luke defeated Luke twice(one of those times Obi-wan’s spirit did help him, but by how much cannot really be understood. If it was by a lot, where was Obi-wan on Bespin? It was probably his proximity to Pomjema, but it still counts for something.)
I already addressed this. Luke was never Vader's better, period. Evidence is against it. Both times Luke had severe help and benefitted from circumstances. I realize you don't want to admit this because you'd have to admit Luke sucks in the grand scheme of things during ROTJ, but too ****ing bad.
Is Luke overpowering Vader any different to Yoda winning a saberlock with Dooku? It’s power from the force that gives them extra strength. I also think your explanation on that is good, except that I don’t think Vader would purposely lose to Luke as he has seen first hand what happens to Sith who try to lure others to the Darkside(Dooku decapitated, perhaps).
Really? So you're assuming Vader's motives without proof? Vader wanted his son to embrace the dark side and join him. He was serving his own ends and the emperor's. My theory still holds.
Also note that Luke defeated Guri in unarmed combat. Guri is a HRD of extreme strength. Other HRD’s have, while unarmed, easily killed several foes who are lightly armed(vibro-knives, for instance). There is no way Luke could have one the fight without severe use of the force to greatly enhance his strength.
And considering that genetically Anakin's Force power outstrips Luke's (His son) how could you argue that this would help him?
Btw, use imageshack to host animated gifs.
I can’t post clips, but there are other parts of the battle where they fight far more effectively. I’ll concede this point tas I lack the resources(I can’t show video clips) so I can’t prove my outlook on this to anyone.
I'd worry more about the legwork of the argument if I were you. Everyone's seen the movies and no one agreed with your thesis. I'd say the point is moot and the gifs pretty much buried them.