Darth_Glentract
The Truest Sith Lord
All I can say about this talk about gods is what about Jesus? I'd have to say being able to instantly summon more Angels then there is sand on the beaches pretty much outdoes either Thor or Zeus.
On topic:
Luke gained most of his power after establishing his Academy on Yavin 4 and before that he was quite untrained. Jorus / Joruus who was clearly a PT Jedi not on Mace Windu's level outclassed him one year before DE and Sidious - who was beaten by Mace in a lightsaber duel - managed to disarm Luke in their first lightsaber fight in DE.
Keep in mind that Joruus isn't the same guy as the one that was in the PT-era. The Jorus that was inferior to Mace had less then 20 years of training if I remember correctly, yet he was still the Supreme Chancellor's Jedi adviser. I doubt that's a position giving to an average Jedi, especially one who had been a Jedi for such a little time, probably not much more then a decade).
Further proof that Joruus was more powerful then Jorus is the fact that Joruus was able to control tens of thousands of minds at one time. I strongly doubt Mace's force power ever came even near that. I doubt Yoda had force power on that level either. As you might now guess, Luke being weaker then Joruus doesn't mean that he definately isn't as strong as Mace.
I agree that Mace is a better fighter then ROTS Sidious, but remember that ROTS Sidious had only been able to practice the force for short periods of time for that last 13 years and hadn't touched his lightsaber in over a decade as it had been encased in a statue to hide it. Remember how Leia was only able to spend an hour or two per month training to be a Jedi when she was Chief of State. The same was probably true for Palpatine during that 13 year time. By DE, Sidious has an additional 25 years of training, a superior body, and a much greater access to knowledge. As with Joruus, Luke having lost to him at one time doesn't prove him weaker than Mace.
Also note that it was their first lightsaber duel that Luke lost. I'm guessing that this is Luke near or at the end of the DE series, as when we refer to NJO Luke we usually mean in TUF, not the first book in the series. I'm not totally sure, but I remember hearing that Luke later cut off Sidious' hand in lightsaber fight. I think you can guess what the implications of that may be.
Now add that Mace has far more force control compared to Luke and was a lightsaber prodigy on his own. Add some years of actual (lightsaber) battle experience on Mace's side and his unique Shatterpoint ability and Luke would get owned pretty much.
What is your basis for Mace having far more force control then Luke? I believe that Luke was able to permanetly cloak a planet with the force (The Courtship of Princess Leia) by this point, something that I can imagine taking a very large amount of power to do. I doubt we've seen Mace do anything on this level.
Luke also has a large amount of battle experince. The only person Luke has fought lightsaber against lightsaber in real combat is Sidious unless I am forgetting someone. Luke has fought Vader and Sidious. Plus he has fought them on multiple occasions. I'm not saying that Luke has more experince then Mace, but I don't believe that he is outclassed as far as you say.
Mace does have quite an advantage in his shatterpoint ability though. Then again Luke has a big advantage in his physical strength. He defeated a HRD in unarmed combat (Shadows of the Empire) and in ROTJ you can see him overpower Vader in a saber lock. The raw strength in his form would prove dificult to cope with and is a possible counter for Mace's shatterpoint ability.