LotF Luke Skywalker. But, the damn inconsistencies are endless. I'm sure that LotF Kyp Durron, LotF Jacen Solo, Emperor Palpatine, Exar Kun, Master Yoda, Mace Windu, Count Dooku, Ulic Qel-Droma, and Depa Billaba are up there, too.
But Luke is head and shoulders above them (for now - Jacen's jumped power levels like skipping stones).
vos, TPM sidious saber skills are above DE sidious.
why? because at tpm sidious was still practising with the saber,
between rotj and DE sidious was wandering as a spirit not playing with the saber.
common sense will tell you if u r good at something and slack and not practise, you wont be as good as u practice
really? even after rotj it was 6 years drifting as a spirit and he didnt practise with the saber.
tpm sidious on the other hand practises and practises.
like having a 6 pac on your body, you dont exercise you lose em, and its like taking steriods after 6 years when ur pac aint good
or a martial art expert, at 1 point he practised until he is near "perfection".
he stops for a while and yet 6 years, so what if this martial art guy take those adrenaline pump things?
thats like sidious being put in a younger body, point is he didnt play with the saber for 6 years
and just because the book says he moves fast till u cant see him?
that book DE source sadly came out before tpm, or was it after?
Originally posted by Blue_Hefner
Um what is so special about TPM Sidious?
tpm saber skills surpass that of DE, because he was still practising with the saber to its finest, after his death in ROTJ he didnt practise with the saber for 6 years and common sense will tell you if you were an expert in fighting and u did not fight for 6 years, you wouldnt be as good as you were once u fight again.
and prob mace would be the best dueler against darksiders using vaapad to reflect their own hate against them
besides the obvious luke yoda and sidious id go with dooku, and i know it wont be popular but maul. i dont think dooku needs any explaination, but maul had dedicated himself to being the best duelist in the history of the jedi and sith.
i dont think he made it quite that far, but in pure skill with a saber maul would have to be very high on the list, his big failing was his lack of strategy. while he could stand toe to toe with almost anyone with a saber, he doesnt seem to think of anything beyond the duel, his environment and any real plan dont come into his style, he is just out to prove he has the most skill. someone like obi wan in rots could hold on long enough and take good advantage of his weakness, but wouldnt be that much better in pure saber skills i dont think.
other than that rots vader was good enough to take on dooku and win, and depending on the scource was in the same league as yoda and sidious although not in force mastery.
as much as i hate him mace is supposed to be almost as good as dooku, although he never really did anything other than debatably defeat sidious in a pure saber duel, and take the head off jango after hed been trampled and had his jet back damaged.
over all the answer is probably luke, hes just that far ahead of everyone in force powers. followed by yoda and sidious.