Originally posted by Jbill311
The point remains: he preformed this feat in the setting of a Sith Ritual and we have no other evidence that says he could do this at a whim in the middle of combat. Later, after his 'far deeper understanding of the darkside' he is fried with his own Force Lightning. If you want to say that Bane's Lightning > The combined efforts of the Brotherhood's elite, go ahead. Please excuse me for laughing at your obviously crippling bias.[/b]
Bane was UNABLE to create a holocron until after he used the 'subatomic alterations' so it was obviously necessary. We have several options:
1. Everyone used a different method than Bane, which did NOT require subatomic alterations
2. Everyone else used the same method but were so much more competent that they didn't need to make the adjustments (making Bane inept)
3. Everyone used the same method, and made the same adjustments.
1. There has been no proof of a different method, and considering Bane learned how to make his holocron from ancient texts, rather than inventing a method on his own, I think we can discard this possibility.
2. It is possible that no one else needed to make the adjustments, but why would Bane run into problems that they did not unless he was bad at the process. There are two possibilities- that he didn't follow directions (making him dumb/irrational) or that he was bad at it (making him inept, and forcing him to adopt a more difficult process). Neither is complementary to Bane, so lets move on.
3. Nothing suggests that Bane didn't follow the instructions so we have to believe that he did. If through these instructions he faced a problem, then his precursors would have as well. Therefore, Revan and everyone who made a holocron before Bane would have had to make the 'sub-atomic alterations' we are told about in PoD.[/b]
He is not shown to be able to tank planetary energies outside of ritual, unless you want to say that his own lightning reflected back at him was greater than a planetary scale. That seems excessive. Also, the amulets use a different style of attack than Force Lightning. I don't know if we've ever seen someone able to block or deflect a Blast the way we've seen Yoda, Mace or Obi-Wan block Lightning. Evasion seems to be the only form of defense. If you have examples of someone surviving a direct hit, PLEASE share it- I am admittedly ignorant of the Comics.I thought that because they 'fed on the dark side of the Force' they were especially weak to attacks from that source. If it was said to be simple electricity that is their weakness I will concede the point. However, it will still be your responsibility to show that the Orbalisks can protect him from such a devastating Force attack. [/B]