Originally posted by Borbarad
I keep arguing because that duels are exception to the rules where the prior advantage in terms of force mastery was negated. Anakin vs Dooku receives a power boost by allowing himself to utilize his dark emotions (similar to Luke in RotJ) that makes him more powerful for a short amount of time in which he's capable of surprising Dooku with a highly unorthodox movement. His average skill-level in terms of force control and bladework is still below that of Dooku even when he enters "the zone".
That's just the point Nai, you finally got it. A superior force user is in no way guaranteed to win a saber fight..
And in the fight between Mace versus Sidious, Mace did benefit from the fact that he possessed a very rare ability that is especially useful against Dark Siders (his Vaapad mindset) and a completely unique ability (his Shatterpoint ability) which he both needed to defeat Sidious.
Yes, he did benefit from all of this, even THOUGH Sidious was the superior force user.
So you are still arguing based on exceptions rather then the rule. In general the more powerful force user will be the one that walks out alive of a lightsaber duel.
I am arguing the exceptions because it proves being a superior force user doesn't guarantee you a win in a saber duel. That's all.
No. If you add highly unlikely conditions to a fight, then the better force user might lose. Still we don't play the "assume that one opponent has his lucky day" game here.
We also don't go by the distorted logic of "A more powerful force user will always win a saber duel". Reread what Kas'm wrote.
Can you read, DS ? Somehow I doubt it. With his Vaapad abilities used to the fullest extend (at least if you want to go by the novel) Mace and Sidious were equals. The Shatterpoint ability was that tipped the balance in favor for Mace. Without both abilities, Mace would have lost against Sidious.
No, this is your ASSUMPTION. Please show me where it states that both of them were EQUALS even WITH Mace's Vaapad abilities. Please, go ahead.
No. That just brings up the question again why you think that Anakin is better trained in lightsaber combat than Exar Kun because there is nothing to base that assumption on.
I never said he was better trained. Where are you reading this? I am simply refuting your points that Exar Kun being the superior force user and beating Vodo doesn't make him in any way, shape, or form better than Anakin.
And in "teh z0ne" Anakin was not able to overcome Obi-Wan. Are you going to claim now that Obi-Wan > Dooku and Exar Kun in saber combat ? If so, make another thread.
This is just ridiculous on your part. How many times do you have to ignore the fact that everything Anakin threw at Obiwan, Obiwan already knew because Obiwan TRAINED him. Your A>B or whatever riidiculous assertion you're making is plain nonsense.
But just for your information. We had some nice debates here regarding Dooku's abilities and if I remember correctly he was sorted to one level with people like Malak and Ulic at that time. So I guess Kun is superior to him in saber combat not to mention that he's definetely superior to Dooku when it comes to force abilities and raw physical shape.
And as I recall, some of you used to believe Ancient Sith could chuck stars around. What's your point? We progress intellectually so what we 'thought' a month ago, might not be what we think today, in light of either new evidence or a more logical line of thought.
Really. The omniscient narrator claims that Vodo is an "experienced duellist" which means that he, obviously, had some experience real duels otherwise that statement wouldn't make much sense. We see that he's capable of defeating Kun in their first engagement by finding the balance point of his apprentice and simply sent him flying - and this against the same Kun he noted to be the most formidable student he ever had. And there is the fact that he trained all Jedi in lightsaber combat on Ossus.
1. Please quantify "Experienced", since you like to throw that word around.
2. Trained all the Jedi on Ossus? Is this star wars according to Nai now?
Does that make him a saber powerhouse ? No, because we don't see him fight with a lightsaber really. Does it make him a being that is quite skilled in the art of combat, in fact more skilled than most if not any other Jedi Master in his own era going by the fact that they take their students to him to be trained in that department ? Quite likely. So what do you think how good somebody must be to toy with such an individual and leave it without the slightest chance to win ?
No, it does not make him more skilled than any other jedi master, because you have no proof of him training EVERYONE on Ossus, and everyone sending students to HIM. Furthermore, Ulic is at least Vodo's superior, so at his best, Vodo is #3 in his era.
a) I agree with Faunus here.
b) Having to ask Lightsnake for some sources says a lot about your ability to debate SW related topics.
Actually it has nothing to do with sw related topics Nai. Your ignorance is obvious here. Me asking lightsnake for sources means I remember reading about Anakin's physical abilities but not remembering where I read them, and since LS has more SW material than anyone here, I could legitimately ask him for the source. But thanks for your ignorant opinion.
In comparison to you a dead starfish is an authority when it comes to logical reasoning.
Yet again, judging by your distorted logic and ridiculous assertions (not to mention mentally retarded insults and trolling), I doubt you'd recognize logical reasoning if it came up behind you and offered you sex.
No. It was the glowing of his amulet that did put the fingers through the Chancellors skull. Oh wait. Kun always wears this amulet so it doesn't matter if that action was aided by his force abilities (and I'd say the amulet was glowing because he used some sort of mind-control on the Chancellor).
Ah, so we're talking about force aided physical abilities, not natural physical abilities. It's about time Nai, thanks.
No, of course. I know that logical reasoning isn't your cup of tea. We could continue the debate on your level. For that we just need to repeat the line: "No you're wrong because I'm correct" as long as one of us succumbs to inevitable boredom.
Yet again, considering the fact that your reality and logic are both distorted, I don't think you are capable of arguing this logically either. Does the term "objective" even register in your armor plated head?
ROFL, DS. So his force mastery which doesn't influence lightsaber abilities is what makes him an uber duellist. Nice way to turn your entire argument into absurd babble by stating yourself what you wanted to question the entire time. WTF ?
Wtf are you babbling about?
Can somebody translate this for me ? You might want to get your own thoughts straight before trying to debate, DS.
You might want to jump back into reality, not reality according to Nai.
And that must be the most stupid thing I've read from you so far. So you don't know how strong Anakin is because you don't know any feat that speaks for his physical strenght. Yet you still argue that he must be stronger than Kun ? 🙄 [/B]
You have the reading comprehension of a paraplegic 3 year old. I have NEVER stated that Anakin was physically superior to Kun. The only thing I have stated regarding this matter was that I've read about Anakin's physical abilities but I forgot where, so I'm trying to get the sources from lightsnake.
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