Originally posted by GM Nebaris
'Seems a flick of the wrist from Exar Kun is all it takes to take down Sylvar. Very powerful indeed.'Do you seriously understand how idiotic that statement is?
That's a very funny question to be asking me.
Since when does being force pushed by Exar Kun make you weak? It's not like it even injured her.
Considering she's crying, and holding her head - she clearly felt some effect of it.
I could say the same about Sidious in his battle with Yoda - 'Seems a flick of the wrist from Yoda is all it takes to take down Sidious. Very powerful indeed.' - see how silly that is?
You could say that. However Yoda, we have actual evidence of being powerful. Sylvar...we have your baseless speculation with no evidence backing up her power other than getting owned on almost every occasion.
It stills shows that she must have been pretty powerful.
How exactly would that be? Firstly, that would be a padawan Exar Kun. Secondly, she tapped into the Darkside when Kun wasn't expecting it.
To even contend with Exar, I can't see Toot, Dace or Cay doing that.
To contend with a padawan Kun - you can't see Tott Donetta do that? Or Cay for that matter. That's pretty funny. On top of the fact Sylvar used the Darkside when Kun wasn't expecting it.
Ah yes, I forgot that catching someone clearly superior to you using the Darkside means you can actually "contend" with them. As well, if you notice right after Kun pushes Sylvar's face in with apparent ease. She was simply overpowered by Kun's single hand.
Kun wasn't expecting it hence the "You've failed Master Vodo's test" text. And are you going to tell me that Sylvar can contend with Master Vodo as a padawan? Ha. That's just silly.
It seems Vodo must have been a great teacher (in terms of training them as warriors).
Sure. As good as a job Arca Jeth did on teaching Ulic, Cay, and Tott. And Vodo being a great teacher means what exactly? I seem to recall Kun developing his own style separate from Vodo, and his own lightsaber. Along with the Sith teachings making Exar Kun what he is.
Vodo did a good job of course, not taking anything away from him, but his teachings weren't the only thing that made Exar superior.
That is impressive, but the fact that she was able to defeat three Massasi warriors without a saber in seconds kind of convinced me, and Tott blocking blaster bolts with his hands (while tha is impressive) isn't going to convince me otherwise.
Oh yes, Sylvar giving into her pointless rage and clawing three Massassi means she is clearly superior to the other Jedi Knights of the era! Great reasoning, I guess Sidious > everyone in history of Star Wars since he decimated three Jedi Masters in seconds then.
Since when has the bar standard become killing three Massassi in an angry rage (notice she didn't have a problem when the two Massassi stopped her from attacking Kun) before you can be considering "powerful"? That's ridiculous.
You overestimate the power of every single TOTJ character (Vodo, Odan, Ood, etc.), and even submitted once that Vodo > Kun! Your "reasonings" clearly aren't based off what we see in the comic.
Firstly, he never bested him as a padawan. Vodo had defeated him, but Kun was able to break through his stick a second time (part 2 of their first duel, not their final duel) around with the addition of two sabers and his raw physical strength.
And this is somehow not besting Vodo? Clearly the fact that Vodo could not disarm Kun as he had done the first time is incompetance on Vodo's part.
This just shows the inferiority of Vodo's staff.
As opposed to what exactly?
Secondly, there is only a time difference of about a year between their two fights, so while Kun improved very greatly between the two fights, I just wanted to point that out.
Thirdly, I honestly don't see how you consider the fight a slaughter. The fight was pretty even imo, and Kun was only able to defeat him by breaking through his staff, and not by outdueling him which shows that he won due to the inferiority of Vodo's staff (though it does show that Kun possessed great physical strength). IMHO the difference between Kun and Vodo was the same
Kun was being contemptuous with him and trying to commute Vodo to the Darkside. As soon as he realizes Vodo won't falter, he casually steps back, ignites the other end of his lightsaber, gives a quick sermon, and then cleaves Vodo in two effortlessly. All with one side of his lightsaber. Add to the fact he was practically grinning the whole fight, and that's how I see it. Not to mention how well he fared as a padawan against Vodo, but now he's a Sith Lord, mastered lightsaber combat, created a new lightsaber which hasn't been seen before, received Nadd's teachings, Sadow's amulet, Sadow's scrolls, and all that stuff.
Now the simple fact that Kun used ONE SIDE of his lightsaber to break Vodo's side (not two) shows me he clearly is > Vodo.
difference between Obi-Wan and Anakin in ROTS.
The difference between Anakin and Obi-Wan is by a decent margin. Obi-Wan is not close to Anakin in terms of dueling whatsoever. Nor is Vodo close to Kun in terms of Force abilities.