Originally posted by Faunus
You're mixing up information.1) If the statement was referring to Dooku, it is retconned by the fact that Dooku's master was Yoda, who was eight hundred years- old, tops, not four.
2) If the statement was referring to Qui-Gon, it is retconned by the fact that Qui-Gon's master was Dooku, who was seventy years old, tops, not four hundred.
3) Even if it wasn't retconned, the statement would mean that Dooku was 400+ years-old himself, and was surpassed in swordsmanship by Qui-Gon.
That quote just doesn't work.
Then you need to re-read the book. I have it, should I need to check it, and the fight wasn't short by any means. Kenobi's, on the other hand, lasted as long as it did only because of Fisto's intervention: as soon as Obi-Wan leapt up to combat Ventress, she feinted and kicked him to the ground, then proceeded to attack him while he was on his back. He was getting pwned.
No, that means if there had been any Jedi of Kit's or Mace's calibre, Grievous probably would have failed. And you seem to think that those four Jedi put up a fight - they were slaughtered in seconds, all of them, hence Grievous's observation.
LoE and the CWC are two different explanations for the events of the same time period, so assuming we can pick and choose, Kit can hurl balls of water capable of destroying a warship, and can more or less take out a small army.
And for future reference, Shaak Ti - for all her skill - was one of seven Jedi crushed by Grievous on Hypori, alongside Ki-Adi-Mundi and K'Kruhk. So it can be assumed that Kit outclasses her by a bit.
My friend this CWC is accepted as Canon in GL's eyes look at the DVD commentary when Grievous arrives on Utapau He says somtin like you can find out why grievous coughs like that in the CWC. Thus it is generally known to be more Canon than LOE why? because thats what it said in the comentary not if ya wanna know what happened to greivous read loe