Originally posted by Razielim
Depa did manage to beat Mace, but Mace was emotionally stressed and kinda injured...
As for Old Obi-Wan vs. Depa Billaba, that's a good question. Billaba uses Vaapad and, according to Mace, is 2nd best Jedi in the order with a lightsaber with him being #1 (personally I doubt this, she's got to be behind Yoda as well). But Kenobi's stronger with the Force. There's no way she'll be able to pull a Dooku on him and chuck him across a room. I actually see this going very much like Obi-Wan and Vader's duel in ROTS, except a bit slower and less intense. Kenobi plays the defense and if Depa f*cks up then Kenobi wins, otherwise he holds Depa off for a while but he gets tired before she does and then she wins.
So yeah, could go either way, IMHO. But I want to say Kenobi, so I guess I will, don't know why. I'll say Kenobi wins 6/10, just like General Kon-El said. 🙂
I think that Depa wins. Kenobi's fighting style is very defensive, and so it might be hard for Depa's Vaapad to break through. However, Depa has the advantage of age and speed. Eventually, I think Depa will wear the elderly Jedi down.
Basically, I'm summerizing everything everyone who thinks Depa will win said.
Depa defeats him.
Did you people read Shatterpoint ? Yoda himself says that only Mace would be able to defeat Depa in a lightsaber fight. She's Mace best student and (with Mace and Anakin as exceptions) she was the youngest Jedi Council Member.
And please. ANH Obi-Wan wasn't able to beat Vader - at least this is what the ANH novel tells us. Even if he was able to do so. Mace was able to beat Sidious and Vader is just 80 % of that. If Depa is basically Mace's equal she should be able to defeat ANH Obi-Wan.
About Depa being Mace's equal... I was under the impression that although Mace and her are on par with sabers, Mace was the greater force user. And when Depa beat Mace, Mace was plagued by injuries. He wasn't exactly in tip-top shape.
Now, I think Obi-Wan in RotS isn't too far off from Mace and Depa where sabers are concerned. If ANH Ben is superior to RotS Kenobi, I say he stands a fair chance. Still, Depa managed to overcome Mace, something I think Ben would be unable to do. I think she takes it more often than not.
Originally posted by jollyjim311
Kenobi may be slower, but he still has incredible speed for someone of his age. He has a defensive style that uses minimal energy, while Depa's style is slow and powerful. Obi Wan's advantage in the force should hand him a sure win.
Um...I thought both Mace and Old Ben was in their 50's.
Mace - 53.
Ben - 57.
Depa - early 30s.
Anyhow just to clear a few things up, at the time of shatterpoint, the only jedi on Depa's level were Mace, Yoda and Luminara Unduli. However as of ROTS, both Anakin and Obi-Wan became stronger then Depa ever was. Depa would have become as strong as the likes of Dooku if she had reached full potential.