POD Bane vs ROTS Obi-Wan Kenobi sabers only

I strongly disagree Exodus. Honestly i could put bane up against Luke, Sidious, Yoda, and Boba Fett (who we all know is invincible apparently)
and you would be all:

Bane WINS!! Orbalisk!! OMG!! yeah! faster than eye moves, dominates kas'im, YAY!!!

I'm not kidding, hearing the same argument over and over and over again (and false argument as far as the Kas'im fight is concerned) almost makes Bane threads more of a pain to read then they are worth to answer. I dunno about other people, but when i see you posting about bane, and i see the word orbalisk, or the word Kas'im, or the word "PWN!!!!" i just kinda skip the rest of it, because i know i've read it elsewhere on the forum. (and then you start copy pasting the part of the Kas'im fight that you find relevent, IGNORING the rest of it.... which if i were more ambitious, i would type in, and tiredly reply to EVERY time you posted it. ) have you nothing original to add to your defense of Bane? Ever? believe it or not, some of the same people read different threads, so using the exact same argument for every thread with Bane fails to convince us he is a force GOD.

k. i'm done.....

Originally posted by tauros
Sirak was the top student before Bane. Kas'Im was the Sith Lord swordmaster-teacher in the academy. You mixed them up?

Don't mind truejedi. He's had this slightly creepy vendetta against Bane ever since he came back here and started posting again, and my guess is that he's just jealous of the fact that Bane can pull off wearing makeup whilst looking like a gangster at the same time. Either that or his penis size. Or maybe even his bald head. One of the three for sure.

I'm sure that he has nothing to fear from Bane in the Penis department, Those orbaliks have sharp teeth and cover every part of his body. I was actaully shocked when I read that. One becuase I thought he would be rolling on the floor weeping and one becuase he thought that protecting his feet were more important than his penis.

Originally posted by ??????????????
Don't mind truejedi. He's had this slightly creepy vendetta against Bane ever since he came back here and started posting again, and my guess is that he's just jealous of the fact that Bane can pull off wearing makeup whilst looking like a gangster at the same time. Either that or his penis size. Or maybe even his bald head. One of the three for sure.

eh, i'm not against bane, i like bane, as far as sith are concerned, i think he's probably near the top. sidious>bane, but as far as i'm concerned, that's about it on sith. I will admit i have a huge vendetta against orbalisk armor, lol, seems too much like superman, (or i.e.) invincible to me.
i just don't think the ancient EU characters are in the same category of skill as the movie characters. I just go by the fact that Yoda was considered the most powerful Jedi, and Sidious the most powerful sith. Since others (i.e. mace, or anakin, or even yes, kenobi, dooku) could challenge those two, i believe the power levels were higher across the board at the time the Prequel trilogy.
as far as bane criticism: i don't like that it makes Zannah seem almost as powerful as bane does. I don't like Bane's "tiny target defense" aided by his armor, and such. In fact, i'm really looking forward to another Bane book (which they almost have to write) because Bane lost his orbalisks, and that makes him a much more interesting character to me.

Exodus: Sorry about that last post, i think i did get on a soap box. You are perfectly entitled to your opinion on it, just like i am.

???????????????????? (how do i even address such a screen name)
where does someone who just joined get off telling me that "since i returned" ) unless you do admit being the nebaris you keep denying you are?
hmmmmm....

Forcewise, Bane will take this... But saberwise I really do not know.

I've never seen Kenobi fare against someone like Bane, though. Bane is physical beast, he's pure muscle. Although, I have no argument here. In POD, Bane could pretty much destroy any other Sith Lord... But then again, the ones in the book could hardly be considered 'Sith Lords' (by the exception of Kas'im).

Since I have not seen true evidence of just how skilled, saberwise, Bane was by POD, I cannot come up with a reasonable argument.

Bane beat Kas'Im.

I think we all know that. 🤨

Luke beat Vader.
also, Kenobi beat Grievous.

Originally posted by tauros
Bane beat Kas'Im.

Not saberwise.

Originally posted by Lt. Valerian
Not saberwise.

More specifically, not in lightsaber technique.

an english teacher would say "not as far as lightsabers are concerned..."

Originally posted by truejedi
an english teacher would say "not as far as lightsabers are concerned..."

And are you an english teacher? wink1

Yes, Bane did beat Kas'Im with lightsabers only. Isn't it pretty darn clear? When they were both familiar with each others styles, and both using their best style, Bane was just toying with Kas'Im. Kas needed all his skill to stay alive.

Originally posted by skywalker833
I think we all know that. 🤨

Well you don't even know who Kas'im is apparently.

lol, true.

Originally posted by tauros
Yes, Bane did beat Kas'Im with lightsabers only. Isn't it pretty darn clear? When they were both familiar with each others styles, and both using their best style

Bane was familiar with most of Ka'sim's techniques. Bane did have the edge once he started attacking, but Kas'im realized he would be risking his life if he didn't use his secret technique, which gave him a clear advantage over his opponent, and which Bane couldn't do absolutely anything against.

Bane was just toying with Kas'Im

On the contrary. He unleashed his full potential to have enough skill to finish with the life of his former mentor,

"He drove Kas'im back with furious slashes, forcing his old mentor into a backpedaling retreat across the floor of the chamber.

Each time he tried to change tactics or switch forms, Bane anticipated, reacted, and seized advantage."

Bane was not toying with him, he was aiming for the kill. He was using everything he had.

Kas needed all his skill to stay alive

As did Bane. And him using the Force to be able to survive this encounter is proof for this. Bane knew he had no other choice but to call on the power of the Force. That was the only way in which he could emerge victorious. If the fight would have continued, Bane would have eventually died on the hands of the Blademaster.

Awesome sig Lt.!

Thank you. 🙂

Originally posted by ??????????????
Well you don't even know who Kas'im is apparently.

and you don't even know you are an ***
no offense.... wait, I take that back...